Chapter 50: The Secret of Zhang's Winery

  Good! The three of them walked out of the wine shop in a row, with Zhao Fei carrying the well-packed food.

  "Xiao Fei, aren't you angry?" Zhang Bao turned to ask Zhao Fei beside him, feeling a little surprised at Zhao's calmness.

  Zhao Fei smiled at Zhang Bao and said: "Why get angry, what he said is the truth anyway."

  "You're not angry at all?" Zhang Baoshan asked reluctantly.

  Zhao Fei rushed towards Zhang Bao and smiled wryly. "To be honest, how could he not get angry?" Zhao Fei shook his head. "Anyone would lose their temper with that kind of cold ridicule, who wouldn't get angry?"

  "You can still hold back. I was about to scold him for you, but since you didn't say anything..." Zhang Bao stopped talking.

  "Shopkeeper, I appreciate your kindness. But there's no need to make a fuss over a small tavern waiter. You should know that even the Marquis of Huaiyin, Han Xin, could endure humiliation back then. Although I dare not compare myself to King Xiang, this minor humiliation is still bearable."

  "Good, you have great potential." Zhang Bao looked at Zhao Fei with praise. "Enduring what others cannot endure, one can achieve what others cannot achieve in the future. You have the capacity to tolerate people and the ability to endure humiliation. You will definitely achieve something in the future." As he spoke, Zhang Bao burst out laughing: "Haha, it seems that my small winery has taken in an extraordinary person."

  "You're overpraising me, I just want to live a simple life, take good care of my parents and that's all I'm satisfied with. I don't have too many ambitions to stand out." Zhao Fei said calmly to Zhang Bao.

  "It's a good idea, but sometimes reality forces you to take a path of no return." Zhang Baoruo said thoughtfully. It was unclear whether he was saying it for Zhao Fei to hear or just thinking out loud about something.

  Zhao Hu did not interrupt the conversation between the two. At first, he was delighted to hear Zhang Bao praise Zhao Fei from the bottom of his heart. However, after hearing what Zhao Fei had said, Zhao Hu felt a little guilty and thought that he was hindering Xiao Fei's future. He looked at Zhao Fei with shame and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself. But Zhao Fei only responded to Zhang Bao and didn't notice his father's unusual behavior.

  "It's getting late, I'll head back first." He said this after seeing that the two of them had finished chatting, and also because it was getting late, to Zhang Bao and Zhao Fei.

  Zhao Hu's words broke Zhang Bao's train of thought. He looked up at the sky and found that it was indeed late. "It's really not early, so I'll send you out of the city with Xiao Fei. If I let Xiao Fei send you, he might get lost again."

  "Alright then." Zhao Hu did not decline and nodded in agreement. In fact, he just wanted to spend a little more time with Zhao Fei.

  Zhao Fei didn't say a word, but silently walked to Zhao Hu's side. He supported Zhao Hu and they walked in one direction, but after just a few steps, they heard Zhang Bao speaking from behind. "The direction you're heading is towards the South Gate." Upon hearing Zhang Bao's words, the father-son duo was stunned on the spot. Then, together, they turned around and foolishly smiled at Zhang Bao, who also looked very helpless.

  The city gate was still bustling with activity, Zhao Hu rubbed against Zhao Fei's head for a long time without speaking. Zhang Bao stood quietly behind the couple, looking at this father and son pair.

  "Alright, Dad's gone, you take care of things." Zhao Hu suddenly said.

  "Don't worry, Dad." Zhao Fei didn't say much more, just nodded firmly. Zhao Hu patted Zhao Fei's shoulder and turned to leave without looking back. Watching Zhao Hu's departing figure, watching that heavy silhouette, Zhao Fei felt a sour nose but kept telling himself in his heart not to cry.

  "Alright, let's go. We can't see it anymore." Zhang Bao walked to Zhao Fei's side and said to him. Zhao Fei didn't say anything, but turned around instead. Zhang Bao also didn't pay attention to Zhao Fei's expression, and followed behind him. After walking a few steps, Zhao Fei turned his head back, looking at Zhang Bao with a complex expression.

  "Why didn't you leave?" Zhang Bao asked.

  "I don't know the way." Zhao Fei looked at Zhang Bao with a similar expression, thinking that Zhang Bao was doing it on purpose.

  "Hehe, how could I have forgotten this?" Zhang Bao said with a sly smile to Zhao Fei. Seeing Zhao Fei glare at him fiercely, Zhang Bao quickly covered his mouth and whispered, "Hehe, I'll show you the way." Before Zhao Fei could react, he hastily quickened his pace.

  Back at Zhang Bao's winery, Zhao Fei felt very strange. When doing business, people usually choose places with a lot of traffic, so why did the Zhang family winery choose such a remote location? Along the way, Zhao Fei had asked Zhang Bao, but he hadn't told him, instead saying "You'll know later." Although Zhao Fei was curious, he also knew what to ask and what not to ask. But in his heart, he kept wondering, "What is the secret of the Zhang family winery?"

  As soon as they entered the wine shop, Zhao Fei found the same clerk from yesterday, and that clerk was clearly taken aback when he saw Zhang Bao bring someone in. But when he saw that it was Zhao Fei who had been brought in, the clerk's face turned red with anger, pointing at Zhao Fei and shouting: "It's you! You actually dare to come back. I'll see who still protects you!" The clerk then tried to step forward to beat up Zhao Fei.

  "What do you want to do!" Zhang Bao looked at his partner with a hint of frustration.

  Zhang Bao's roar intimidated the partners. Looking at Zhang Bao's slightly angry face, the partner couldn't help but feel even more inadequate. "That... that..."

  "I'm telling you! From today on, Little Fei is a partner in the store. If I find out that Little Fei makes any mistakes in the store from now on, I'll ask you to take responsibility." Then Zhang Bao turned his head and said to Zhao Fei: "Little Fei, follow me, I'll take you to your place." After finishing speaking, he walked into the inner room with Zhao Fei. Before leaving, he gave the partner a fierce stare. The partner took a step back after being stared at by Zhang Bao. But Zhao Fei followed Zhang Bao calmly as they walked towards the inner room.

  Zhang Bao took Zhao Fei to the inner courtyard, and Zhao Fei indeed found something unusual about the winery. The unusual thing was a door in the inner courtyard. It's not clear what's inside, but from time to time, you can see people entering and exiting, as well as white smoke coming out of it every now and then.

  Zhao Fei originally wanted to ask Zhang Bao a question, but felt it was somewhat abrupt, so he didn't make further inquiries.

  Zhang Bao brought Zhao Fei to a house outside and walked in. Zhao Fei also followed him in.

  "From now on, you can just live here." Zhang Bao turned around and said to Zhao Fei.

  Zhao Fei took a look around and found that there was only one bed in the entire room, which should be for himself alone. He nodded slightly.

  Entering the house, Zhao Fei sat down on the bed. After walking for half a day, Zhao Fei was clearly exhausted.

  "Now you know why this winery is so secretive, right?" Zhang Baosheng mysteriously said to Zhao Fei.

  "Is there something strange in that courtyard?" Zhao Fei had already roughly guessed what it was, but he still didn't dare to confirm. He could only hesitantly say a sentence.

  "Hmm!" Zhang Bao nodded and continued to ask: "What do you think is strange about it."

  "It should be a workshop inside, used for brewing wine only." Zhao Fei said out his own answer.

  "Haha." Zhang Bao laughed three times, then patted his hands and said: "That's right, it's for this workshop." Looking at Zhao Fei who seemed to have some extra wisdom, Zhang Bao nodded in satisfaction.

  Zhang Bao's words left Zhao Fei somewhat perplexed, and he hastily asked again: "Why must it be so secretive?"

  Zhang Baohua smiled. "Of course it's for brewing wine."

  "But wine brewing isn't supposed to be this secretive, is it?" Zhao Fei was still puzzled.

  "Xiao Fei, this is what you don't know. You should know that the wine of our Zhang family's winery is very famous in Changshan County and even the whole Hebei Province. This is also one of the main sources of income for the Zhang family. The brewing method is a secret transmission, how many families are eyeing it, if it's not kept secret, what can be thought." Zhang Bao smiled and said to Zhao Fei.

  "But wouldn't it be better if it were placed in Zhangjiabao?"

  Zhang Baosheng smiled mysteriously and said, "Can't you even think of that?"

  Zhao Fei said with a hint of a smile: "The most dangerous place is also the safest, and everyone will follow my example. They all think the workshop is in Zhangjiabao."

  "Haha, you didn't disappoint me, Xiao Fei, for this reason." Upon hearing this, Zhang Bao burst out laughing.

  "But just because I can think of it doesn't mean others can't." Zhao Fei muttered again.

  "You don't know this, but the Zhang family is one of the most prominent families in Zhending City. Even the governor has to show some respect when meeting my father. Who else in Zhending City would dare to casually pry into the strengths and weaknesses of the Zhang family?"

  "Hiss~~" Zhao Fei took a breath of cold air, unexpectedly, just being a member of a noble family, he already had such abilities.