Near noon, apart from Old Jiangtou, only Jiang Ming and Old Zhoutou were left in the tavern.
Today's Jiang Ming, in the eyes of the people in the town, even if he can't compare to Master Scar, he is still a villain who wants to go around after seeing him. Who dares to stay here.
Old Jiangtou's eyes were filled with resentment.
"This old man drank two bowls of wine from me for nothing..." Jiang Mingze said dissatisfiedly while still throwing peanuts into his mouth.
Lao Zhoutou was speechless: "You have become a villain that everyone calls for beating, and you are still drinking these two bowls of wine."
"Hey, you're only half right!" Jiang Ming immediately corrected him: "It's true that he has become a villain. Everyone calls for beatings... but that's not necessarily the case."
Lao Zhou was at a loss for words, and then he sighed: "I have lived a lifetime, and I have gained some knowledge today."
"How can you be sure that Old Scar will spare you?" He still asked a little puzzled.
Jiang Ming smiled and said unhurriedly: "If I were an honest person who resisted the bully, Old Scar would definitely break my legs, because no matter how noisy the cows and sheep are, they are just lunch in the eyes of tigers and wolves. Once If you don’t obey me... you’ll be bitten to death and eaten.”
"But if I am a bully who does all kinds of evil, then I will be on the opposite side of the cows and sheep. The cows and sheep will be afraid of me, and the tigers and wolves... will regard me as the same kind."
"Even if there are fights between tigers and wolves, it will never be caused by the provocation of cattle and sheep... And to Mr. Scar, I am a young tiger and wolf who can form gangs. If I can conquer nature It’s best, why bother fighting for life and death.”
"As for those gangsters like Guo Heizi, in Lao Scarzi's eyes, they are just stupid and unaware cattle and sheep at best. They are used when they are useful and discarded when they are useless..."
Lao Zhoutou took a long breath, and suddenly thought of his young self, if he hadn't blindly forbeared and given in, maybe he would be very different now.
"It turns out that I have practiced martial arts for decades...but I am still just a cow and a sheep..."
"The future life is terrible!" Lao Zhoutou lost his interest, bought a bottle of wine, and left slowly with it.
Behind the counter, Lao Jiangtou looked at Jiang Ming with interest: "Then your image in the town has been completely ruined. Even if you clarify it now, it is difficult. Don't you care?"
"If you want something, you must give it up. What I seek now is purity, and what I want to give up is image." Jiang Ming tasted the old wine one mouthful at a time, feeling extremely comfortable at this time.
Old Jiangtou suddenly said: "So, you never planned to follow Old Scar..."
"Old Scar?" Jiang Ming stood up with the bowl in hand and said with a smile, "What the hell."
"Let's go!" He drank the last sip of wine and turned to leave.
Old Jiangtou looked at the figure gradually disappearing at the corner of the street, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Terrible young man..."
No matter what image or face, for the sake of your own goals, you can give up everything else.
Lao Jiangtou felt a little cold all over his body. He could see that Jiang Ming really didn't care about Lao Scar. The previous toasts and drinks were just for fun.
The true nature of this young man may be much scarier than the bully image he pretends to be...
…
Half a month later.
In the small courtyard with bamboo fence, the bamboo chairs creaked and swayed, and the dappled sunlight filtered through the lush leaves and hit Jiang Ming's body.
He put one hand under his head and held up a tattered and yellowed book in the other, reading it with gusto.
The book tells the story of "a young doctor who practiced medicine and accumulated good deeds...step by step and became a doctor...and finally became a royal physician and climbed to the top".
From Jiang Ming's point of view, it was a poorly written and entertaining book, but fortunately, there were many introductions about various places in the Yan Kingdom, which allowed Jiang Ming to understand a lot of customs and customs.
When you get tired of reading, just cover your face with the book and take a nap...
It wasn't until the evening that he stretched out, picked up the books that had fallen on the floor, brushed off the dust and put them away, then lit the fire, boiled water, kneaded the noodles, and rolled out noodles two fingers wide.
Stir-fried wild vegetables and dried bamboo shoots in the mountains with lard, covered them with white noodles that had been boiled and soaked in cold water, and then poured on the chili sauce that had been passed down from Lao Jiangtou. Jiang Ming started eating with big mouthfuls.
After finishing the bowl of noodles, Jiang Ming closed his eyes with satisfaction.
"This...this is life!"
"Master Bai, open your belly and eat!" He stroked a white rabbit that was nibbling carrots at his feet and said with great enthusiasm: "As long as I, Jiang Ming, have a mouthful to eat, you will never be hungry!"
Gu Gu Gu~
White Rabbit was full of intelligence and rubbed Jiang Ming's trouser legs, eating more happily...
"Calculating my savings, it's almost four or five taels of silver!" Jiang Ming calculated while playing with the rabbit.
"It will be difficult to improve your archery skills in the short term... It's almost time to learn martial arts from Master Zhou."
Since the last incident, Jiang Ming's life has become much more comfortable.
The re-trained Bai Ye was very smart and led him back on the road to wealth.
But now when he returned to town after collecting the medicine, the officials in the government turned a blind eye to him.
When setting up a stall in the medicine market, Lao Scarzi no longer charged him venue fees, but instead called him brother and sister...
Jiang Ming knew that Old Scar was also using him to consolidate his power in Ping'an Town. After all, even the newly promoted villain Jiang was his brother, Old Scar, so who would dare to provoke the increasingly powerful Scar.
But Jiang Ming doesn't care. No matter how much he earns now, no one in the town dares to trouble him anymore. This is the best thing.
Tuk-tuk-tuk~
There was a knock on the door, and outside the tattered wooden door that was half a man tall, a young boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes was waving to Jiang Ming.
"A Ming, tomorrow morning by the Hongyun River, Miss Wang is still willing to release her!" He shouted: "Watch my performance, A Fei!"
As he spoke, he raised the rotten fishing net in his other hand.
Jiang Ming smiled and said loudly: "Be careful of returning empty-handed."
"Hey, I've been practicing for a month, just wait and see!" Ah Fei chuckled and flew away with the fishing net, like dragging a rotten kite that can't fly...
Jiang Ming shook his head speechlessly. This Ah Fei was the same boy who hurriedly made a harpoon after hearing that Miss Wang was going to be released in the tavern last time.
Later I picked up a rotten fishing net somewhere and practiced catching fish in the river every day...
What's interesting is that except for a few people in the town, including Lao Zhoutou, who know the truth about the evil villain Jiang, everyone else avoids Jiang Ming. Only this Ah Fei doesn't care and maintains a relationship with Jiang Ming as always.
Even if someone said that this Ah Fei was just trying to hug the villain Jiang, he would not argue. He would just do what he liked and would not change at all due to other people's words.
"I have nothing to do, it would be nice to catch fish tomorrow..." Jiang Ming touched his chin. He happened to be looking for Master Zhou to learn martial arts. It would be a great honor to bring two big fish as a greeting gift.
The next day.
Hongyun River connects Dayunfu City and Yunmeng Mountain. As for where it leads further, ordinary people don't know.
Ping'an Town is built on the mountain, not far from Hongyun River.
Early that morning, many people gathered by the river. Jiang Ming also stood by the river gnawing on corn cobs and looking around.
That's what people are like when they're free, they want to join in any fun...
"Hey, it's coming!"
Suddenly, an excited voice sounded from the top of a certain big tree.
