Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 41: Zhao Qiang's request to let his son become his apprentice
Half a month after the spy case occurred, Zhao Qiang's daughter-in-law brought her son Zhao Gang from her hometown to Kyoto to reunite with Zhao Qiang.

Zhao Qiang had not seen his wife and son for many years due to work reasons. He was very happy when he saw his strong son.

After arranging the lives of the mother and child, he took the mother and child to Wang Li's home and introduced both parties.

Wang Li’s father congratulated him: Congratulations, Lao Zhao, you are finally reunited with your family, and your son has grown very strong.

Wang Li's mother and Lao Zhao's wife Aunt Zhao got along very well. Perhaps because they both came from the countryside, they had a lot in common. After hearing that their family had a vegetable garden, the two immediately walked towards the garden. This is how women get along with each other. They can get along like sisters in a short time. It's amazing.

Zhao Qiang's son, Zhao Gang, was a little shy when he first came, but under Wang Li's deliberate guidance, he quickly became familiar with the place and became very close to Wang Li.

Zhao Qiang was very happy when he saw this, and said to Wang Li's father: It seems that the two of them get along very well. Why not let my Zhao Gang and Wang Li learn Kung Fu? It will not only strengthen their bodies, but also provide more playmates. I heard that Wang Li has already accepted three registered disciples.

After hearing that Wang Li knew Kung Fu, Zhao Gang asked with great admiration: "Can you really teach me Kung Fu? I am willing to kowtow and become your disciple."

Wang Li said: It's a new era now and there aren't so many rules. If you're willing, you can come and learn martial arts from me tomorrow morning.

Zhao Gang's father disagreed and said: There is no order without rules. You still have to become a disciple.

Then, with the witness of both sets of parents, Wang Li gained another registered disciple. This disciple is two years older than him and is 11 years old this year.

In order to help his son adapt to the life in the city faster, Zhao Qiang transferred Zhao Gang's school registration to Shichahai Primary School, making him Wang Li's junior. From that day on, Wang Li had a little tail in the school and had more of a big brother temperament.

Wang Li learned about Zhao Gang and found that he was as strong as Zhang Fang, so he taught him the same sword technique. (Because the swords in this sword technique are heavy and require strength)
In this way, Wang Li's family's martial arts team grew again, reaching six people.

Because their children often practiced martial arts together, the families of Wang Li, Zhao Gang, Zhang Fang, Li Ren, and Lai often gathered in Wang Li's courtyard. Their relationships quickly became close, and a small group with Wang Li as the core was vaguely formed.

This is not only beneficial to the future work of the adults, but also to the future development of the children.

It also allows Zhao Qiang's family to adapt to urban life in Kyoto more quickly.

Usually, if there were any scarce materials or good things, the families would send some to Wang Li's family. And Wang Li's family would sometimes go hunting in their hometown on Sundays and bring back some meat to share with the families. In short, Wang Li's life in this era was more enjoyable. After the beginning of autumn, the main house of the three-courtyard house was also built, and the prototype of the first floor had been completed.

That morning, after the six people finished practicing, Lai San found Wang Li and said privately: I know a friend who told me a piece of news that I think you must want to know.

Wang Li asked: What news?
Lai San replied: My friend heard that a family wanted to move to the south, probably to go abroad. His family used to be in the timber business, and they had some precious timber they wanted to sell.

This news has been out for a long time, but the deal was not completed because the family only wanted gold.

I don’t know if you are interested. If you are interested, you can go and talk to him. Your family is building a house, so you should need a lot of wood.

Wang Li was very happy when he heard the news. Although there were several pieces of good wood in the barn in his garden, it was not enough according to Wang Li's plan for the future house.

He also needed a lot of precious wood. The house was almost built, and he would definitely need a lot of wood for interior decoration in the future. So he asked Lai San to take him to find that friend to contact the timber merchant, saying that he would find a way to make a deal with him.

The next morning, Lai San led his friends, Wang Li and Wang Li's father to find the timber merchant.

They met in the lumber merchant's shop.

The store was almost empty at this time, and there wasn't even a clerk. It looked like it was going to close.

When the timber merchant saw that Wang Li's father and Wang Li were buyers, he invited them into the reception room, but Lai San and the other man tactfully did not follow them in.

After nearly 20 minutes of bargaining among the three, the timber merchant finally sold all the 10 cubic meters of rosewood, 5 cubic meters of red sandalwood, 2 cubic meters of huanghuali, and nearly cubic meters of other miscellaneous wood to Wang Li's family for five thousand oceans.

This is still the Gray Tears' big sale, because these woods can't be sold at a high price in the current situation. If it were in the past, the price would be many times this, and it is not certain that so much wood could be bought.

In the end, the price was reduced to 100 small yellow croakers, or 10 kilograms of gold. To be honest, although the price he asked for was not high, there was basically no one else in Kyoto at that time who could afford to spend so much gold to buy wood. Fortunately, Wang Li's family found a box of gold, otherwise he really couldn't have come up with so much gold.

(End of this chapter)