A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 12 Free Food
Duan Rong looked at Zhang Zheng as if he was a fool. "I don't understand it myself, so how can I give you advice? I want you to give me some advice!"

Duan Rong curled his lips and thought: Just a little bit of spicy food and you want me to teach you. What are you thinking?

Zhang Zheng knew he was defeated when he saw Duan Rong's expression. He sighed, "Brother Rong, you are so good at playing routines, how could you not understand? I think it's you, Brother Rong, who is unwilling to pass on the teachings!"

Duan Rong sneered upon hearing this and said, "Let me ask you, you are so fluent in speaking, but can you teach others the method of 'sentence reading'? It's one thing to be able to do it yourself, but it's another to be able to teach others!"

The so-called punctuation is the meaning of grammar. Just because you speak Chinese well does not mean that you can extract grammatical structures from familiar words. These are two different things.

After hearing this, Zhang Zheng was speechless for a moment.

Duan Rong didn't want to waste any more time arguing with Zhang Zheng, so he turned around and left the yard.

Duan Rong went out and looked back at Zhang Zheng who was standing there in a daze. He said to himself, "My modern knowledge system of nine years of compulsory education can't crush you? You little bastard!"

As soon as Duan Rong walked out of the yard, Kong Bin came out from behind the old locust tree in the yard and stood next to Zhang Zheng.

Seeing Kong Bin coming over, Zhang Zheng shook his head and said, "This kid is a stubborn guy!"

There was no expression on Kong Bin's cold face. He was well aware of Zhang Zheng's communication skills. He could find any loophole. It seemed that Duan Rong was more difficult to deal with than expected.

Kong Bin said: "Don't worry, find another opportunity to try."

In the next few days, Zhang Zheng kept trying to get close to Duan Rong, and even went to the bathroom with him when Duan Rong got up at night, but all his attempts, without exception, failed.

Duan Rong was as slippery as a loach and just laughed it off with him, not a single word he said was to the point.

But internally, Duan Rong intensified his practice and did not dare to slack off for a moment.

April 8th is coming soon. Although he is confident, he cannot be careless.

Duan Rong practiced every day and lived a fulfilling life every day.

Today is the seventh day of April, and tomorrow is the eighth day of April, the assessment day. Even though Duan Rong has lived two lives, he still feels a little excited just thinking about it.

After Duan Rong finished his work at the stable, he went to the well in the yard to wash himself.

The weather gradually warmed up, and Duan Rong felt hot from time to time due to his diligent practice.

Duan Rong had just finished washing and was still naked, so Zhang Zheng and Kong Bin came over.

Duan Rong glanced at Kong Bin, who had an expressionless face behind Zhang Zheng, and was slightly surprised.

Zhang Zheng smiled and said, "Brother Rong, tomorrow is the assessment day. Brother Kong and I have pooled some money together, and we are going to a restaurant to have a good meal to prepare for tomorrow's assessment! I wonder if Brother Rong would be willing to join us?"

Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself: These little babies, whose testicles haven't even grown black yet, want to play the Hongmen Feast with me? I've been selling insurance for ten years, what kind of scenes have I not seen?

Zhang Zheng, Kong Bin and the others, although they hang out at the bottom and look mature, are only 15 or 16-year-old boys. In Duan Rong's opinion, they are indeed immature, and they can guess whether you are going to poop before you even stick your butt out.

Seeing that Duan Rong didn't reply, Kong Bin forced a smile and said: If you are chosen as my apprentice, we will be fellow disciples in the future. When we go out into the world, we should help each other. Don't you think so, brother Rong?
Duan Rong looked at Kong Bin's fake smile and said with a smile: "You two have contributed money, but I have no money at all. How can I eat for free?"

"Free food?" Zhang Zheng's face looked a little uncomfortable. He and Kong Bin were not rich, and the banquet almost used up all their family savings. He also wanted to ask Duan Rong to contribute some money to ease the burden a little.

He didn't know it at first, but over the past few days, he discovered that Duan Rong was eating either donkey meat hotpot or mutton soup every day. He was constantly eating meat and was obviously richer than him and Kong Bin, but this guy actually wanted to shamelessly eat for free!
But Kong Bin was obviously more decisive than Zhang Zheng, and said, "No problem! Brother Rong, you are here to honor us! At 15:30 tonight, we brothers will be waiting at the small restaurant on the corner! See you there!"

After Kong Bin finished speaking, he turned and left.

When Zhang Zheng saw Kong Bin leaving, he said to Duan Rong, "See you later," and turned around to catch up with Kong Bin.

Duan Rong looked at the two men's backs and touched his nose.

Although he has enough meat every day, he has been training too hard recently and still can't hold on.

I was thinking last night, it would be great if I could have a big meal like the day I met Yang Zhen.

I didn't expect that someone would give me a pillow just as I was dozing off.

He still didn't believe it. What kind of waves could two little babies, whose testicles hadn't even grown yet, make?
It was three quarters past the hour of the twilight and it was already dark. Xiangu County could not be called prosperous. Most shops would close after dark. There were only a few lights scattered on the street, mostly in restaurants, brothels, and gambling houses.

There was a small restaurant on the street corner in front of the Yuanshun Escort Agency. There were a few dim oil lamps lit, and not even lanterns covered. The night wind that blew through the hall from time to time made the candlelight sway violently, and pulled the shadows of the drinkers left and right, like a group of demons dancing wildly.

This small restaurant targets low-income diners. Its decoration is shabby and the tables and chairs are greasy, but the prices are affordable, the dishes are generous in size and high in oil and salt. The wines they serve are decent rice wine, but of course there is also low-quality wine mixed with water, but the prices are different.

But even in a place like this, not everyone can afford to eat!

Kong Bin and Zhang Zheng sat at a table in the corner. They ordered a bowl of bland, low-quality wine and drank it, glancing towards the entrance of the restaurant from time to time.

"Is that guy trying to fool us?" Zhang Zheng asked unhappily. He had been rejected so many times by Duan Rong recently that he had a psychological trauma.

As soon as Zhang Zheng finished speaking, a figure walked into the restaurant.

It’s Duan Rong!

After practicing martial arts and taking supplementary food during this period, Duan Rong's body became noticeably stronger.

He has a big frame to begin with, and although he is not very tall, he gives people a feeling of being strong and sturdy.

Duan Rong had a square face, greasy hair, a dark complexion, and was dressed in a plain way, but his face was filled with a kind of sophisticated confidence.

As soon as Duan Rong entered the room, he saw Kong Bin and the other person. He walked over, clasped his fists, and sat down, saying, "Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

"No, we just arrived too." Kong Bin still had a standard fake smile on his face.

Duan Rong really wanted to remind him that his fake smile was uglier than his stern face, but after all, he had to eat other people today, so he finally endured it.

"Waiter, serve the food!" Zhang Zheng turned his head and shouted at an old man who was filtering wine at the next table behind him.

The old man, with wrinkles all over his face and sweat all over his face, turned around and agreed.

(End of this chapter)