Volume 1 Chapter 14: Huang Da Eats (Seeking Bookmarks)

  The sturdy man wanted to chat with Huang Li, but Old Wu secretly winked at Zhang Yuan and nodded slightly. The sturdy man showed a helpless expression, it's better not to mess with these officials. He bid farewell to Huang Li and left. The young man smiled lightly at Huang Li, nodded, and also turned around and left.

  This smile seems a bit like that of some women, the calendar is slightly distracted, but his thoughts were immediately brought back by Zhang Xiaosuo.

  "Huang, here's still your 50 bucks." Zhang Xiaosuo held the money, feeling embarrassed no matter what. If someone says to split it half and half, then just do it, who knows if they're just being polite!

  Huang Li pushed his hand back and said with a smile, "Don't be so calculating with me. Take the money and hurry home to say goodbye to my father, Zhen Niang, and Niu Niu for me."

  "But——" Zhang Xiaosuo felt even more embarrassed.

  "There's nothing to be done." Huang Li picked up the wild game from the ground and threw it into the basket, then tied the carrying pole securely. He said in a low voice to Zhang Xiaosuo, "Take advantage of the early hour and hurry back home, don't let people notice you. I have 100 yuan, which is enough for expenses, bringing too much would be asking for trouble."

  Zhang Xiaosuo heard this and immediately felt that there were not a few pairs of eyes staring at him, seemingly with ill intentions. Moreover, Huang Li's words made sense, it was indeed not good to push and pull the crisp RMB notes in front of everyone.

  "Huang, I'll go first. I'll leave the money with you for now." Zhang Xiaosuo squatted down to pick up his carrying pole and caught sight of Meng Shitou standing not far away, looking somewhat timid. He couldn't help but wave vigorously and quickly walked away with his pole.

  "Actually a good young man." Zhang Yuan gazed at the back of Zhang Xiaosuo, lightly praising him with a sentence, stretched out his hand to make a please gesture and said: "Brother Huang, please!"

  ……

  In a private room on the second floor of the wine house, Zhang Yuan and Huang Li sat facing each other. The young waiter nodded and bowed, showing extreme courtesy to Captain Zhang.

  "Huang brothers, you order some dishes." Zhang Yuan politely said.

  Huang Li didn't hesitate, reached out and took the menu, looked at it and said: "Autumn Leaf Prawn, Assorted Honeycomb Tofu, Pepper Salt Pork Chop, hmm, and a plate of Sauce Beef, two large bowls of rice."

  Zhang Yuan nodded with a smile and ordered his assistant, "Bring a clear soup with bamboo shoots, and another bottle of good wine. Hurry up!"

  The young fellow bowed and turned with great agility, then walked while shouting out the names of dishes in a sing-song tone.

  "Captain Zhang, you were sitting here just now, weren't you paying attention to me?" Huang Li asked.

  "That's right." Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement, picked up his teacup and took a sip, smiling: "Because I find Brother Huang very interesting."

  "What's interesting about it?" Huang Li asked puzzledly.

  Zhang Yuan put the teacup on the table, leaned forward and whispered mysteriously: "Fuck you! What does it mean? Haha, lucky for me that I understand a few English words, and lucky for me to have overheard it, otherwise I would have really missed the opportunity to get to know Brother Huang."

  It was actually noticed by him when eating in the greenhouse, Huang Li nodded, and it was okay to say that.

  "Huang brothers, in this poor and remote place, I actually saw a hunter dressed person speaking English, how can I not be curious?" Zhang Yuan continued: "But I didn't expect that Huang brothers would also be a martial arts master, and could even knock Hu Lao Si to the ground. Haha, great fight, too great!"

  "Do you have a grudge against Hu Lao Si?" Huang Li asked with a smile, looking at Zhang Yuan's excited expression, he couldn't help but think so.

  "Alright!" Zhang Yuan replied casually, and then asked: "I wonder if Brother Huang can tell me about his life experience, I'm really curious!"

  Huang Li sighed softly and said: "I also want to know, but..."

  Under Zhang's astonished, bewildered and amazed gaze, Huang Li recounted the whole story.

  Zhang Yuanshen sank into deep thought, and even when the shopkeeper brought up food, he was oblivious. Huang Li was really hungry, and in the mountains, there really wasn't much good to eat. Although there were often wild game and vegetables, even salt was precious, let alone the flavor of the dishes that came out, which was truly not worthy of praise.

  But seeing the yellow calendar squeeze eyes and eyebrows, it seems like a hungry prisoner who has just come out. Rushing to grab food, as if they haven't seen wine and dishes for years; grabbing two chopsticks, like not having met a banquet and seats for years. Eating until sweat drips down their face, oil smearing on the edge of their lips, only then did they turn to Zhang Yan and say: "Captain Zhang, why aren't you eating?"

  Zhang Yuan saw Huang Li's eating appearance, and his suspicions in his heart were reduced by several points. He smiled and said: "I was full just now, Brother Huang doesn't need to take care of me, it's fine as long as you're comfortable."

  Huang Li smiled and picked up his chopsticks, deftly plucking the crispy skin of the braised pork belly onto his bowl. He then broke the skin into small pieces, about an inch square, mixed them with his rice, and wolfed everything down in big mouthfuls, leaving nothing behind.

  After eating and drinking to their heart's content, the table was a mess, as if washed by water. Zhang Yuan couldn't help but think of two sentences from "Jin Ping Mei": One was called Food King General, the other was called Clean Plate General. The delicacies were all sent into the Temple of the Five Organs in an instant!

  "Awesome, this is what a real man should be!" Zhang Yuan had only taken a few sips of tea from start to finish, and was deep in thought as he watched the Huang Li performance. Now, however, he opened his mouth to offer praise.

  "What a real man, just a rice bucket." Huang Li ate very comfortably and was in a good mood.

  Zhang Yuan leaned forward and said with concern, "Huang brother, I've heard of this illness when I was studying abroad. It's called amnesia. Coincidentally, I know a foreign doctor. Why don't we invite him to take a look? Maybe there's a way to cure it."

  "Alright!" Huang Li asked anxiously: "Where is the doctor? Take me there quickly."

  Zhang Yuan is basically relieved now. Earlier when Huang Li was telling the story, he was quite suspicious that Huang Li was cheating him. Now, he hesitated a bit.

  "He's indeed a doctor." Zhang Wan said somewhat hesitantly, "But he only practices medicine occasionally, of course when he's normal. You know, in this remote place, having a doctor is better than not having one at all."

  Actually, Zhang Yuan meant to say that when the doctor was not drunk, his medical skills were still very impressive. If he got drunk, the patient could only pray to heaven or run away quickly. Earlier, he mentioned this doctor with a probing intention, but facing Huang Li's sincere and urgent request, it would be inappropriate to refuse again. Hmm, doctors are always doctors, perhaps they can provide a very practical explanation for this amnesia.

  Huang Li was overjoyed, of course, it was a relief that there was hope for treatment for his amnesia. He had eaten and drunk enough, so he hurriedly asked Zhang Yuan to take him to see this foreign doctor.

  It was really fortunate that Dr. Vogel had just woken up from last night's hangover and hadn't had a chance to get drunk again today, so Zhang Yuan led Huang Li to his door. In this way, Zhang Yuan and Huang Li didn't have to sit in the chair with fearful expressions, anxiously guessing what kind of mood the doctor would be in today.