Qian Qilai hadn’t studied much, but he was a good person. When he was young, he was very aggressive and liked to fight. But later, he got married and gave birth to a son, and he devoted himself to working hard for his son. During those years following Shi Zhen, although he would also use his position to help relatives or other small things, he never went too far, so Shi Zhen could still accept it.
Not to mention that the Qian Qilai now was far less greasy than he would be in the future.
Shi Zhen had lived for a long time and knew Qian Qilai well enough. He pretended to be casual and said that he had been practicing kung fu in the mountains since he was a child and had defeated many people, which made Qian Qilai admire him.
Immediately afterwards, Shi Zhen started to praise Qian Qilai a bit. “You are two years younger than me and haven’t grown up yet. If you fight me, you will suffer. If you train seriously for a few more years, I may not be able to beat you.”
“I really want to train, but I don’t know how… can you teach me? I will worship you as my master!” Qian Qilai wanted to be invincible among all the nearby villages.
“It’s possible, but I don’t have much time.”
“It’s okay. I have a lot of time! You can teach me whenever you are free!” Qian Qilai said.
He didn’t continue studying after graduating from junior high school. As for going to work, he couldn’t find a suitable job for the time being. Now he just stayed at home doing farm work or watching TV with others every day. He was very idle.
If he could become a martial arts master…that would be really cool!
Shi Zhen was also straightforward. He immediately taught Qian Qilai some classic exercise moves, and then told Qian Qilai some fitness knowledge from future generations. “In ancient times, there was a saying that the poor studied literature and the rich practiced martial arts, because to practice martial arts, you must eat better. This eating well is not to eat fatty meat, but to eat protein. Food like lean pork, chicken, duck, eggs, etc. Only by eating enough protein can you grow muscles. You should try to eat more eggs every day in the future. If you don’t have any at home, try to find ways to go out and make money to buy some.”
Qian Qilai suddenly realized.
Shi Zhen thought about it. If Qian Qilai followed the movements he taught him, practiced crunches and other exercises, and ate enough protein… He couldn’t guarantee how powerful Qian Qilai would be in fighting, but he would definitely be able to develop his biceps, chest, and abdominal muscles.
“My parents couldn’t have raised me with such good food… I don’t have any way to make money now…” It was a bit frustrating when it came to money. His family’s family background was quite average, and their income depended on raising pigs and silkworms. Although the family raised chickens and there was usually no shortage of eggs, he had several brothers and sisters, as well as his parents, grandparents… It was impossible for him to eat a plate of fried eggs alone.
But the person in front of him said that if he didn’t eat meat, he should eat five or six eggs a day. This…
“If you go to town more, you might be able to find a job.” Shi Zhen said a few more words to him, and then gave him Guan Baiyu’s home address, telling him to come find him when he had time.
After doing all this, Shi Zhen went back and continued to work.
That night, Qian Qilai came to find him.
When Qian Qilai came over, Shi Zhen was braising the pig heads to be sold tomorrow. As soon as Qian Qilai came in, he was moved by the rich aroma and couldn’t help but swallow his saliva. “Master, what are you braising?”
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Qian Qilai was quite famous in their junior high school. He founded the Qinglong Gang in the school, with more than a dozen members… But after Qian Qilai graduated from junior high school, the Qinglong Gang disbanded.
This “gang” was usually keen on skipping classes, climbing over the wall to go out to play, etc… Their school was not strictly controlled, and they could get out through the main gate. He didn’t know what was going through their heads, but they liked to climb over the wall.
Qian Qilai and his gang also often fought with people from other schools.
When they graduated from the third year of junior high school last year, they went to the high school in town to take the graduation exam. Because someone in the high school looked down on the people from their school, they beat up several high school students.
However, Qian Qilai would not bully others for no reason, and would protect the weak, so Guan Baiyu didn’t have a bad impression of Qian Qilai.
Now, Qian Qilai was calling his brother “Master”?
Guan Baiyu looked at Qian Qilai and felt a little unhappy.
Qian Qilai also noticed Guan Baiyu. “Hey! What’s your name? You look familiar to me.”
“He is my younger brother. His name is Guan Baiyu. He attends the junior high school you graduated from. You should have met him before,” Shi Zhen said. “He is currently in the third year of junior high school and is the first in his year.”
“First in the year? That’s awesome!” Qian Qilai said with admiration, “Oh, I used to have very good grades, scoring over 80 points every time. When I was in fifth grade, I broke my leg and stayed at home for a few months. When I went back to school, I couldn’t understand anything.”
Guan Baiyu: “…” Did a score of over 80* in an elementary school exam count as a good score?
Qian Qilai talked a lot. He told Shi Zhen a lot of things and wanted to test his “kung fu” with Shi Zhen again.
Shi Zhen didn’t refuse and pushed him to the ground again.
Men, especially young men, became familiar with each other as soon as they fought. Qian Qilai chatted a lot with Shi Zhen and when he left, he also bought two catties of pig head meat.
Although he didn’t have a job, he sometimes went to the river to catch some small fish and shrimp, and pick up some snails. He sold them in town, which could make a little money.
After Qian Qilai left, Guan Baiyu asked Shi Zhen, “Brother, how did you get to know Qian Qilai?”
Shi Zhen said, “I heard that he is very powerful. I had a fight with him and that’s how I got to know him.”
Guan Baiyu was a little confused. He always thought that his brother was a very stable person. So it turned out that his brother also liked to fight?
However, men of this age did like to fight and mess around. When he was like this, his brother had more of the aura of a young man.
Shi Zhen had lived thirty years longer than Qian Qilai, twenty of which were even lived in the age of information explosion.
He had also read a lot of books.
In this way, no matter what Qian Qilai said, he could strike up a conversation, and he could also talk about some things that Qian Qilai didn’t know. For example, when Qian Qilai mentioned martial arts novels, Shi Zhen could tell the story of those masters who wrote martial arts novels.
This made Qian Qilai admire him even more. Early the next morning, Qian Qilai came again.
Knowing that his master was going to town to sell pig head meat in the morning, he decided to help.
He couldn’t learn from others in vain, right?
Shi Zhen didn’t refuse. He told Guan Baiyu to rest at home, and together with Qian Qilai, he took the pig head meat to town to sell, while continuing to chat with Qian Qilai.
Pretending to be casual, he brought the topic to Qian Qilai’s old junior high school that Guan Baiyu was currently attending, and then brought up Yan Jiangtao.
“My brother has very good grades in school, and others are jealous. There is a person named Yan Jiangtao who always calls him dirty and bullies him,” Shi Zhen said.
“Is there such a thing? Master, do you want me to help you teach him a lesson?”
“If I just wanted to teach him a simple lesson, would I still need you? It’s too easy for me to beat him, but my brother still has to study in school… After he is beaten by me, I am afraid that he will cause trouble for my brother,” Shi Zhen said.
After Yan Jiangtao scolded Guan Baiyu in front of him that day, Shi Zhen wanted to teach this person a lesson that very night.
But there were not many outsiders in the countryside here, the buildings were low-density (not very soundproof), and there were no woods. It was difficult for him to beat Yan Jiangtao secretly without others seeing him.
And if he was seen… Yan Jiangtao would definitely take revenge on Guan Baiyu.
He couldn’t always be by Guan Baiyu’s side to protect him. What if Yan Jiangtao beat Guan Baiyu somewhere where he couldn’t see?
Even if Yan Jiangtao didn’t beat Guan Baiyu, if he went to find teachers, parents, etc., he and Guan Baiyu would easily suffer.
Guan Baiyu’s adoptive parents didn’t care about Guan Baiyu, and he…he was from outside and had no foundation here.
So at that time, Shi Zhen decided to find other ways to deal with Yan Jiangtao.
He delayed doing this for a week because he hoped that Yan Jiangtao would not connect this matter to him and Guan Baiyu.
“That’s true…then what should we do?” Qian Qilai was confused, “If I were still in school, I could tell people that I am protecting your brother, Master. But now I have graduated…”
Shi Zhen said, “There is a way… Didn’t you say that you have a few younger brothers who are still in the third year of junior high school? You do it like this…”
Shi Zhen told Qian Qilai his plan.
He wouldn’t let them do anything illegal, but Yan Jiangtao was such a foul-mouthed person that he needed to be taught a lesson.
What Shi Zhen said was not difficult to handle, and it was quite interesting when he thought about it. Qian Qilai agreed immediately and was a little eager to give it a try.
On the other side, Guan Baiyu was also thinking about Yan Jiangtao.
He didn’t take Yan Jiangtao seriously when he scolded him in the past, but when Yan Jiangtao scolded him in front of his brother and said that the things his brother sold were not good, he was a little angry.
This might affect his brother’s business!
However, Yan Jiangtao still came to school happily every day and called the pig head meat he brought for lunch disgusting… This matter could not be left alone.
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T/N: Just catching up on comments and really surprised people think Shi Zhen’s decision to pretend to be Baiyu’s cousin is stupid? I was a little surprised too at first, but if you think about it, it makes sense. Other than pretending to be a long lost relative, how else is he supposed to get close to Baiyu and justify wanting to take care of him?
*Chinese exams are usually out of 150, so a score of 80-something is really not impressive. I know some exams are also scored out of 100, but even then, 80-something isn’t something to brag about… people are really only impressed with perfect scores in China.
Yan Jiangtao has all the cannon fodder flags 😶
thank you for the chapter 😀