Chapter 4 Wu Song: Want to change careers? Come and join me

After returning home with the rabbit, Yang Chang told Yang De that he wanted to change his career, saying that he had no talent for hunting.

"What nonsense! Didn't you hunt a rabbit? That's a good start. As for changing your career to become a butcher, that's a lowly job and you have to go to the county."

"No matter what his job is, a butcher should have enough meat to eat."

Yang Chang didn't really want to be a butcher, but he thought that he could pick up ready-made things. How fun would it be to touch corpses and draw prizes every day?

After hearing this, Yang De frowned, shook his head and began to lecture: "What a wild idea! How many of the prey that Uncle Wu has hunted over the years have he eaten? Since we are ordinary people, we should not think about eating meat every day."

"I"

"Sanlang wants to go to the county to find a job. As an elder, you should support him and not discourage him."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to go to the county tomorrow to see if there are any butcher shops that need apprentices."

With the help of his aunt Lu, Yang De nodded in agreement.

Yang Chang only catches a rabbit every three days, but his appetite is still astonishingly huge. Perhaps working in the county is an opportunity for him.

Yang De was a man of vigor and efficiency. After breakfast the next day, he went to the village to look for help. Yang Chang planned to change his career to become a butcher, so he did not go into the mountains to hunt again. He stayed at home in the morning to sharpen his knife and repair his bow.

At the turn of Si and Wu, voices were heard outside the yard.

"Thank you for coming here, Sanlang is at home right now. It will be noon soon. I'd be so presumptuous as to invite you to have two rounds of drinks."

"Sorry for bothering you."

"Oh, this is really embarrassing for a humble person. It is a great honor for us to have a hero visit our humble home."

"Haha, you're welcome."

Yang Chang put down his work and wondered who his uncle was talking to. Why did he seem so happy?

Wu Song is here?

"Is Sanlang here? We have a distinguished guest at home!"

"here I am."

He responded to Yang De's call and hurriedly opened the door to greet him. He saw that he was indeed the tiger-fighting hero.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Wu Song had lost his miserable look on the hill. His tall and straight figure, coupled with the official uniform of the captain, made him look very dignified.

"Wu Zhuangshi"

"Sanlang, you don't know that Wu Yingxiong is now the head of the county's infantry."

"I apologize for my rude words, Chief."

"No need to be so polite, Sanlang."

After exchanging a few pleasantries at the door, Yang De led Wu Song into the main hall and served him tea.

"Captain, please offer tea."

Wu Song nodded and smiled, then took out a bag of silver from the bag he was carrying and placed it on the table.

"That big insect brought disaster to Jingyang, killing dozens of hunters and young men. I asked the county magistrate to distribute all the rewards raised by the households to you as compensation."

"How much is this?"

Yang De saw that there was a lot of silver in the bag, and he was so nervous that he swallowed his saliva while speaking.

"The copper coins are quite heavy and hard to carry, so I changed them into silver. Here are thirty taels."

"Thirty taels? Give them all to us?"

Happiness came too suddenly, and it seemed unreal to Yang De.

Just now on the road, he already knew that Wu Song was coming to give him money, so he served him attentively all the way. He didn't expect that the sum was so large, enough for his whole family to eat for two years.

Wu Song smiled and nodded, then patted the silver bag and explained, "Originally there was 1,000 strings of cash, but a hundred men came to share it, and the rest have been distributed, leaving only you uncle and nephew. Sanlang was injured by a stick before, so I left some more for you. Remember not to tell anyone when you go out."

"How dare we speak nonsense when the captain is so kind? You can rest assured."

Seeing Yang De patting his chest to guarantee his safety, Wu Song said "OK" in response.

In fact, Wu Song was not afraid of telling it out, and no one dared to gossip about him. He warned Yang De at this time because he was afraid that the uncle and nephew of the Yang family would talk nonsense and eventually be ostracized by the villagers and old friends.

"Originally, I could have sent someone to do this. I was quite impressed by Sanlang that day, but I didn't have the chance to have a drink and chat with him, so I came to Jingnan Township to deliver the silver today."

"That's perfect. Sanlang, have a good chat with the captain. I'll go to the village to buy some wine and meat, and call my wife back to serve me."

Yang De took the silver in his hand, bowed to Wu Song and left with a smile on his face. Before leaving, he did not forget to wink at Yang Chang, as if to tell him to stay tuned for the distinguished guest.

Yang Chang had been in this world for a short time and had never been to the market to buy or sell goods, so he had no idea what thirty taels of silver meant. His calm expression just now made Wu Song look at him with higher regard again.

He is calm, strong, and not greedy for money. Wu Song thinks that although Yang Chang is young, he is better than many heroes in Chai Jin's farm.

After Yang De left, Yang Chang became reserved when facing Wu Song alone.

Wu Song stopped looking at him, took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, handed it to Yang Chang and said, "It is said that Sanlang was beaten with a stick less than ten days ago, so he should not recover so quickly. Try my medicine for treating external injuries, it will definitely speed up your recovery."

"This"

"Don't worry, Sanlang, this is a prescription I got from an old doctor when I was traveling around the world. It's very effective in healing injuries. I used it frequently a few years ago."

"Then now"

"There are fewer injuries now, so it's basically not used."

Wu Song smiled and looked up and down at Yang Chang, muttering, "I see that Sanlang is thin, and it's hard to believe that you can lift a tiger with one hand. May I ask you how you can train yourself to be so strong?"

"Uh"

Yang Chang was stunned when he heard this. He thought to himself, this is a golden finger, I really can't share it with you, so he scratched his head and said, "I didn't practice it deliberately. Didn't Uncle Wu talk to the captain about it? I just went hunting with him and carried the load on my shoulders and back."

"Should not"

Wu Song smiled bitterly and said to himself: "Even the hard-working porters probably don't have the strength to do this. If Sanlang doesn't want to say it, forget it."

“It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that.”

Yang Chang suddenly came up with a plan and changed the subject and started to lie: "When my father was alive, he often gave me a kind of wine that seemed to have been soaked with special medicinal herbs. I wonder if this has anything to do with it?"

"Of course." Wu Song was delighted and asked hurriedly, "What special herb is it?"

"I really don't know. If my father were still alive, I could ask him, but they were all killed by the plague."

Yang Chang acted out a sad expression very realistically. Wu Song patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Brother, why are you asking so many questions? Don't mind it, Sanlang. I also lost my parents when I was young, and it was all thanks to my brother that I was brought up. But when I was young, I liked to fight bravely and violently, so I was bound to get hurt and bumped into things, so I found this medicine."

"So this is how the medicine came about."

"It's basically useless now. Sanlang has this much strength. Does he know any martial arts? Before your fifth uncle comes back from drinking, let's go to the yard and spar with him."

Wu Song spoke calmly, and Yang Chang shook his head like a rattle, thinking to himself, "You can kill a tiger with your bare hands, how can I dare to compete with you?"

"Captain, you are joking. How can I know any martial arts? I only have a little brute force."

"Really? It's a pity that he doesn't know martial arts when he has such great strength."

"You also know the situation in my family."

"Well, being poor has its own way. I have never had a master, and I have to rely on accumulating experience in the market. However, Sanlang has a calm personality, so he will definitely not do that."

Wu Song's current skills are the result of his previous bravery and ferocity. When he was young, he was a scoundrel and suffered many beatings. He recalled the past unconsciously and talked about brotherhood.

Yang Chang followed Wu Song's topic and asked about Wu Dalang's current situation. The two of them had a very pleasant chat.

About half an hour later, Yang De bought good wine and meat in the village and brought his wife and children home to see Wu Song.

Yang De received a huge sum of thirty taels of silver, and was willing to spend money to buy meat and wine. When he got home, he asked Lu to cut the meat and filter the wine.

After three rounds of drinking, Wu Song suddenly asked Yang De, "Sanlang has such outstanding strength, it is a waste of talent to stay in the countryside to farm and hunt. Do you have any other plans for the future?"

"what?"

Yang De was at a loss for words when asked, but Mrs. Lu, who hadn't drunk much, continued the conversation with a smile.

"Sanlang said he has no talent for hunting and wants to go to the city to learn how to be a butcher and sell meat. Of course, we strongly support him. His fifth uncle has asked someone to inquire this morning. If there is really a butcher shop recruiting apprentices, the head of the department may meet them often in the future."

"You? You want to be a butcher?"

Wu Song looked at Yang Chang in astonishment and thought to himself, what kind of crappy ideal is this?

"Uh"

Before Yang Chang could answer, Lu enthusiastically interrupted him and explained, "Captain, you may not know, Sanlang has gained strength recently, and his appetite has also increased a lot. After all, there are more opportunities in the county, so he thought about becoming an apprentice in a butcher shop, so that he can eat meat more often every month."

"Just to have more meat?"

Wu Song smiled in surprise, then slapped the table and said solemnly: "Sanlang wants to go to the county to make a living. With your extraordinary strength, you can come with me to the county to be an archer, which is definitely better than being a butcher and selling meat."

"That's great."

Yang De was delighted at first, but then he thought about the money he had to spend on official meals, so he asked quietly, "Captain, is this easy to handle? We need to get things done."

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it."

As the leader of the infantry, it was easy for Wu Song to get a position as an archer.

(End of this chapter)