Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 20 How Many Times Can You Get Drunk in Your Life?

Mr. Jiang is a prominent figure from Linhu Village.

He is also the most powerful person recorded in the village chronicles of Linhu Village.

Unfortunately, ten years ago, Mr. Jiang and his family left Linhu Village and did not settle in Poyang City, but moved away directly.

Lin Chen didn't know where he went.

There is a rumor in the village that Mr. Jiang and his family moved to Raozhou Prefecture.

The village chief just told him a piece of news. When Mr. Jiang moved with his family, he said that if there were any outstanding young people in the village, they must go to Raozhou Prefecture to inform him.

Linhu Village is very far away from Raozhou Prefecture, and it is obviously impossible for people to report the news. The best way is to write a letter and give it to the postman at the post station to deliver it to Jiang Mansion.

The village chief asked him to write a letter to Mr. Jiang.

He was thinking whether he should write the letter now?

He was wondering what Mr. Jiang's mentality was when he said this.

Was it just a polite remark when facing the farewell of the folks, or did he really care about Linhu Village?

Considering that Mr. Jiang had not returned for ten years and no one from the Jiang family had ever returned, Lin Chen judged that it was very likely that Mr. Jiang was just speaking for show.

But people's attitude towards something will change with age, especially their feelings towards their hometown.

Mr. Jiang might have just said this casually at the time. Now, ten years have passed, and perhaps Mr. Jiang's attitude has changed.

When I was young, I complained about my hometown’s poverty. When I got old, I missed every bit of the soil of my hometown.

The older people get, the more they miss their homeland and hometown.

Mr. Jiang is certainly not old. According to Instructor Yu, Mr. Jiang should be in the prime of his life, a martial artist of the highest rank, so it is even more difficult to predict how his attitude will change.

"Mr. Jiang..."

When Father Lin heard what his son said, he pondered for a moment. Mr. Jiang was only a few years older than him, and he had also met Mr. Jiang in the village back then.

"Mr. Jiang's ancestors fled to our village to escape famine. It has only been three generations since Mr. Jiang came here. Their family is not very prosperous, and they don't interact much with the villagers."

After hearing what his father said, Lin Chen became more certain that Mr. Jiang had just said it casually.

How could he not know the situation in the countryside?

Although there will not be any exploitation or robbery, families with few male members will be bullied to some extent in the village.

When it comes to irrigating the fields, families have to line up behind those with more male members.

In addition, as he was an outsider, Mr. Jiang would definitely not have a good impression of the villagers. No wonder he left as soon as he became rich.

As for the benefit of free martial arts training at the martial arts hall that was secured for the villagers of Linhu Village, it was probably a decision made by Mr. Jiang out of a desire to build his image.

After this analysis, I wrote a letter to Mr. Jiang. Because of the polite words he said before, Mr. Jiang would give me some help, but only once, and don't think about it later.

This letter needs to be saved for use at a critical moment. It would be a waste to use it now.

I won’t write to Mr. Jiang for the time being.

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The next day.

At daybreak, Lin Chen got up and started practicing boxing in the yard.

Even though he has already developed his energy, he will not slack off in martial arts.

Cultivating vital energy is only the beginning of martial arts, there is still a long way to go in the future.

If you become complacent now and slack off in martial arts, even with a blessed destiny, you will not go far on the path of martial arts.

Mother Lin saw her son getting up so early in the morning, and her face was distressed: "Chen'er, you are wearing so little, will you be cold?"

"Mom, I have developed my energy now, and my blood and qi are very vigorous. This little bit of cold is nothing to me." Lin Chen smiled and comforted his mother. With his current energy and blood, he doesn't need to wear a cotton jacket even in the middle of winter, not to mention that he is practicing boxing now.

By the time Lin Chen finished boxing, his father and elder brother also stood up.

It is winter now, and the fishing boats no longer go out to the lake to fish, so the villagers have nothing to do.

The whole winter is a good season for the villagers who have sufficient food at home. After a busy year, they can rest for a month and then start the busy new year again after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Today is a big day for the Lin family. Although the village chief will prepare the banquet, Lin's father still decided to go to the town to buy a pig, and his eldest brother Lin Liang also went with him.

When the sky began to brighten, the village chief organized the villagers to move the tables and benches from their homes to the threshing ground in front of the village ancestral hall.

The winter sun was warm. When Lin Chen finished practicing boxing and arrived at the ancestral hall, many old people were sitting and basking in the sun.

Lin's mother and the women in the village were busy washing and cutting vegetables. The two large earthen stoves in the ancestral hall were burning vigorously. The lard in the big pot gave off an enticing aroma. Many children stood by the stoves, sucking their fingers, and refused to leave.

"You little guys, move away quickly or you'll get burned."

Mother Lin thought for a moment, then scooped a large spoonful of the remaining meat residue from the pot and distributed it to the children. After the children got the meat residue, they left happily.

"Mother, second mother."

"Chen'er has finished his boxing practice. You are the boss today, so go and entertain the guests."

Er Niang smiled and spoke. Seeing that Lin's mother was carrying a basket of radishes, she hurried over to help: "Sister-in-law, slow down, let me do it."

Lin Chen looked at Er Niang's attentive appearance and did not feel disgusted. He had a good impression of Er Niang's family, otherwise he would not have stood up for Lin Hui yesterday.

Where did the guests come from?
They are all people from the village, there are no outsiders.

There are two uncles on my mother's side, but because they are not in Kaohe Town, the journey alone takes five hours. In the middle of winter, a banquet needs to be held temporarily, and it has to be organized by the village, so Lin's mother did not let her eldest brother go to notify them.

My grandfather and my uncle and aunt’s family didn’t come, and after what happened yesterday, they won’t come either.

What surprised Lin Chen was that Gu Fei was not there either. After asking Gu Fei's father, he found out that Gu Fei had gone to his grandfather's house with her mother two days ago and would not be back for a few days.

When the people in the village saw Lin Chen appear, they burst into praise again.

At first, Lin Chen was quite satisfied when he heard what he said, but when he found that his every move was being watched, Lin Chen felt a little uncomfortable.

He even had to resist the urge to pick his nose.

Half an hour later, the village chief arrived and rescued him.

The village chief brought incense and candles and led Lin Chen into the village's ancestral hall. They first worshipped their ancestors and then worshipped the lake god. After the ceremony was completed, it was time for the banquet.

As the protagonist, Lin Chen did not have to toast at each table, but he could not resist the villagers who came to him to drink. After all this, even though he was full of energy, he still got drunk in the end.

At the moment of falling, Lin Chen vaguely discovered that several girls from the village seemed to come to support him, but were stopped by Er Niang.

"Chen'er is a little drunk, sister-in-law, please take Chen'er home to rest."

Second Lady yelled at the top of her lungs. Lin Chen only remembered vaguely hearing Second Lady muttering, "Hmph, these girls are very cunning. Our Chen'er has made a name for himself. We must not let them get involved with him. Chen'er is going to marry a girl from the city in the future."

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It’s rare to get drunk in life!
Lin Chen woke up at night and pretended to be drunk and did not go to the banquet. He lay on his hard bed. His mother made sobering soup and porridge for him.

He was not upset about being drunk.

Martial arts is his pursuit, but the scenery along the way is equally beautiful, and he is not a ruthless martial arts robot.

The driving force that keeps him moving forward, in addition to his pursuit of martial arts and the powerful strength that surpasses ordinary people, is also the desire to change the fate of himself and his family, and to gain a sense of accomplishment and vanity.

If he were left alone in the mountains and forests, he could constantly break through the realm of martial arts by practicing martial arts until he finally stood at the peak of martial arts, and then aged instantly.
He would not choose such a path.

He is not the kind of pure martial arts fanatic who would be willing to die in the evening if he could hear the truth in the morning.

(End of this chapter)