Chapter Forty-Five Leaving the Village Preparations

  "Now that you've agreed, teacher, I'll take my leave." After getting the village chief's affirmative reply, Zhao Fei bid farewell to the village chief with extraordinary excitement.

  "Wait a minute," said the village head, turning around and walking into the house. Before long, he came out again with several volumes of books in his hand. "Take these few volumes," he said, handing over the books to Zhao Fei. "Although there will be no more guidance and supervision from me in the future, you still have to work hard."

  Taking the letter from the village chief's hand, Zhao Fei nodded firmly. Then he said to the village chief: "Don't worry, teacher, I will definitely not let you down and live up to your expectations."

  The village chief nodded in satisfaction. "Your character as a teacher is naturally understood, and I'm also very relieved. Alright, go now. Just come back to visit me often." Although the village chief didn't show much expression, he was actually feeling quite sad inside. As they say, "one day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father", it's not false at all - the village chief's feelings towards Zhao Fei weren't any weaker than Zhao Hu's feelings towards Zhao Fei. After all, he had spent so much time carefully teaching his most beloved student, and now that student was leaving him. How could he not feel sorrow?

  Feeling the thick sadness in the village chief's words, Zhao Fei didn't know what to say either. "Teacher, don't worry, I'll come visit you whenever I have time."

  "Hehe, I knew you were the most filial. Alright, you still have to go into town tomorrow, there must be many things to do." The village chief forced a smile and waved his hand at Zhao Fei. "Go ahead, go ahead."

  "Then, teacher, you can rest now. The students will take their leave first." After finishing speaking, Zhao Fei turned around and left. Looking at the back of Zhao Fei leaving, the eyes of the village couldn't help but become a little moist. He shook his head in dismay. "People are getting older and older, yet they're becoming more and more like before. They even almost shed tears. Work hard, okay? The sky is about to change, and from now on it belongs to you all."

  After bidding farewell to the village chief, Zhao Fei also felt a little sad. After all, this time was different from last time. This time, he didn't know when he would be able to come back, and even if he did come back, he didn't know how many days he could stay. "The teacher is alone and doesn't know what the future holds. Forget it, don't think about it. If there's a chance in the future, I'll come back and visit the teacher again." With that thought, Zhao Fei headed towards Zhao Feng's house to bid him farewell and ask him to take care of the teacher.

  Arriving at the Zhao Wind Courtyard, he saw that the main gate was open and Zhao Fei didn't greet him, so he walked straight in. Coincidentally, he bumped into Zhao Feng who was walking out of the house. "Brother Feng, are you going out?"

  "It's Little Fei, you're back so early! I was just thinking of going to your place for a visit, but it seems that's not necessary now." Zhao Feng looked somewhat surprised at Zhao Fei's arrival.

  "It's like this, today I was lucky and a store bought my grain at a high price, so I came back early." Up to here Zhao Fei was still very happy, having sold his grain and found a good job.

  "That's good, right, did you come to find me for something?" Zhao Fei walked into the courtyard and found a place to sit down. And also beckoned to Zhao Fei. Zhao Fei didn't stand on ceremony either, and casually sat down beside Zhao Feng.

  "That Wind Brother..." sat down beside Zhao Feng, looking at Zhao Feng's familiar face, Zhao Fei's mood became extremely melancholic.

  Zhao Feng noticed Zhao Fei's abnormality and put his arm around him. "What's wrong? Why the sad face?"

  "It's like this, from now on I may not be able to come find you again." After hearing Zhao Fei's words, Zhao Feng became agitated and grabbed Zhao Fei's neck. "What did you say, Little Fei?" Zhao Feng roared at Zhao Fei.

  "Not...not...Wind Ge, your strength is too great, you're choking me." Zhao Fei was being choked by Zhao Wind and couldn't catch his breath, while Zhao Wind also felt he had gone too far and quickly released the hand that was holding onto Zhao Fei.

  "So what's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly say that. What do you mean? Are you going somewhere?" Although Zhao Feng let go, his worried expression was still hard to express.

  Looking at Zhao Feng's appearance, Zhao Fei felt extremely unbearable and reluctant. He gritted his teeth and said to Zhao Feng: "Yun Ge, you misunderstood my intention. Because I promised the winery owner to go work for him, I have to enter the city, so in the future, I won't be able to come accompany you again."

  After listening to Zhao Fei, a hint of bitterness flashed across Zhao Feng's face, but it was quickly hidden. "Hehe, going to the city is good, after all, the environment in the city is better than in the village. And now that you're practicing Wu Xing Quan every day, I don't need to teach you anymore."

  Seeing the bitter smile on Zhao Feng's face, Zhao Fei didn't know what to say either. "Alright, don't be so sentimental, it's not like we're parting for life and death. Your brother has hands and feet, if I miss you, I can still go to the city to see you, anyway, it's not far." Before Zhao Fei could comfort Zhao Feng, Zhao Feng turned around to comfort Zhao Fei instead.

  "I knew you were feeling down, Wind, and I was going to comfort you, but instead, you ended up comforting me." Zhao Fei said with a bitter smile.

  "Haha, silly kid, you think you can comfort me? Take care of yourself first. What's there for me to be unhappy about? All gatherings will eventually disperse, and we'll all go our separate ways. You've accompanied me for so long, I'm already content. Zhao Feng patted Zhao Fei's shoulder, revealing a hint of a smile. "After entering the city, do your best and achieve something, or else I won't acknowledge you as my brother."

  "Don't worry, I'll be fine." After hearing Zhao Feng's words, Zhao Fei regained his confidence. In fact, seeing the worried expressions of Zhao Feng and his parents, Zhao Fei had wanted to give up. But Zhao Feng had already sensed Zhao Fei's emotions and took a step forward to comfort him. With a determined look on his face, Zhao Fei nodded heavily in agreement.

  "I knew you'd be fine, okay? Nothing to worry about, go home now. You still have to head into the city tomorrow and there's a lot of things to take care of, so just go home." Zhao Feng patted Zhao Fei on the shoulder again, then gave him another pat on the back.

  "That's all, Brother Feng, I'm leaving now." Zhao Fei waved his hand and stood up to leave.

  Back home, the house was filled with the sorrow of parting. Only Zhao Hu stood alone in the courtyard, looking at the distance with a despondent expression. "Dad..." Looking at Zhao Hu's appearance, Zhao Fei also looked downcast.

  Hearing the shout, Zhao Hu woke up, "Oh, it's Xiao Fei. You're back. Your mother is inside, go in."

  "Oh." Zhao Fei didn't say anything, just nodded and walked into the house. Inside, he saw Li Shi wiping away tears while helping Zhao Fei pack his luggage. She carefully folded each piece of clothing, and Duer stood beside her with a sorrowful face, looking like she had been crying too. "Mother..." Zhao Fei almost choked out a single word.

  "Ah, Little Fei." Mrs. Li hastily got up and hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face, "How did you come back so early? Your father didn't even tell me a word." After wiping away the tears on her face, Mrs. Li hastily squeezed out a faint smile. But Duer was not so polite, directly throwing herself into Zhao Fei's arms and bursting into tears, "Brother, don't leave Duer, Duer misses you." People's hearts are made of flesh, how could Zhao Fei not be distressed? Looking at the tearfully sobbing Duer, Zhao Fei also felt a pang of heartache. But he didn't know what to say. He stroked Duer's head and softly said, "Duer, good girl, don't cry."

  Perhaps infected by Duer, Li's tears fell again. Seeing his mother cry, Zhao Fei couldn't hold back his own tears either. Hearing some noise inside the house, Zhao Hu also turned around and walked in, looking at the three people crying inside, shaking his head helplessly. "Alright, alright, what are you all crying about?"

  Upon hearing Zhao Hu's words, Zhao Fei hastily wiped away her tears, and Li Shi also struggled to control herself. Only Duo'er was still sniffling in Zhao Fei's arms.