After doing all of the above, Zhao Youliang didn't just wait at home for Huang's younger brother to come back. Instead, he took the big yellow dog and Xiaojiaozi to help out at the barbecue stall.
Firstly, he wanted to repay Yingchun's kindness in providing her with three meals a day; secondly, he was worried that the three filthy creatures would come after this beautiful widow.
In case the evil spirit really comes, even if I can't help, I have the rogue dog!
Zhao Youliang even suspected at one point that the rogue dog simply didn't want to meddle in other people's business.
If he were to unleash his full power... for example, if those three filthy creatures provoked the big yellow dog's harem, the big yellow dog could absolutely wipe them out all by himself!
Of course, the above are just Zhao Youliang's personal thoughts and have not been tested in practice.
"Big sister, I'm here to help!"
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
Upon seeing Zhao Youliang's arrival, Yingchun's sister-in-law, who was busy and sweating profusely, smiled.
"What can you do? Help me unload the things."
"Oh, and make sure you keep an eye on your big yellow dog, don't let it scare my guests!"
"Otherwise, I'll castrate that old beast!"
Strangely enough, the big yellow dog, who is always defiant and argumentative, is afraid of nothing but Sister-in-law Yingchun.
Zhao Youliang felt that it must be related to the fact that this beautiful widow had once chased the big yellow dog for several blocks with a kitchen knife.
The incident started when a rogue dog ruined the lamb that someone was preparing to slaughter for kebabs...
Shaking his head to clear his mind of these strange thoughts, Zhao Youliang threw himself wholeheartedly into his work.
Because the town isn't very big, many people know the owner of the paper-making shop, so jokes are inevitable.
"What's wrong, Quantum? Are you chasing after Sister-in-law Yingchun again?"
"It's not enough for you to just help with the work; you need to show your appreciation in some other way."
"Come over and have a drink with me, and after we finish, I'll teach you how to woo women!"
After hearing what he said, Zhao, who was still a virgin, blushed deeply.
In contrast to him, Sister-in-law Yingchun remained as feisty as ever.
He snatched the wine glass from Zhao Youliang's hand and began to curse at the man who had spoken.
"You don't need to worry about what's between me and Quantum. Just enjoy your drink!"
"Also, you're not allowed to force Quantum to drink anymore. He's so young, he can't become an alcoholic!"
Sister-in-law Yingchun's words drew laughter from all the diners, who jokingly said that she was meddling in someone's affairs before they were even officially dating.
Sister-in-law Yingchun didn't care. While settling the bills for the departing guests, she laughed and cursed at the hecklers.
This scene may seem crude to some, but that's life—the life of millions of ordinary citizens.
The atmosphere at the barbecue stall was pleasant, but the barbecue chef, Lao Song, was quite unhappy.
There's no other reason than that although Old Song has a wife at home, he has been eyeing Yingchun, this pretty widow, for a long time.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have given up a high salary in the city to settle for a barbecue stall in the town.
With this mindset, the more the obese Old Song listened to the jeers from the outside world, the angrier he became.
However, due to his status as a married man, he could only endure it reluctantly; he could only hate Zhao Youliang, this outsider who had interfered, in his heart.
Barbecues are the same everywhere; they last until the wee hours of the morning. To be precise, the nightlife only truly begins in the wee hours.
However, Zhao Youliang dared not help until that time, because he had to go back to the paper shop to burn incense.
Fortunately, nothing supernatural happened at the barbecue stand before I left.
After returning to the shop through the back door, the young man from the Huang family still hadn't come back.
After offering incense to the two effigies, Zhao Youliang sat in the hall with Xiaojiaozi and waited.
As for the big yellow dog, it took the roasted meat that Sister-in-law Yingchun had given it back to its den to eat.
The young man from the Huang family did not keep Zhao Youliang waiting for long: after the wind rose, three blurry figures floated into the hall.
One of them was Huang Jiaxian, who went to gather the men, and the other was a strong giant bear.
As for the third one, Zhao Youliang was a bit confused... An egg the size of a soccer ball? An egg infested with maggots?!
It's no wonder Zhao Youliang thought that way, because this egg was indeed quite strange.
It looked exactly like a maggot hatching from its shell, with only the upper half of its body emerging while the lower half remained stuck inside.
Its little head, which was sticking out, was unusually round. From a distance, it looked like a shiny hard-boiled egg, much larger than its body.
Looking at Zhao Youliang's puzzled expression, the young man from the Huang family seemed a little embarrassed.
"Ahem, come over here, let me introduce you."
"This is Senior Xiong, the most powerful 'loose immortal' within a hundred miles of us."
"Senior has cultivated for a hundred years. Even among our peers in the five major families, his cultivation is outstanding."
Zhao Youliang was always polite to people, especially since the other party was a hundred-year-old bear immortal.
He quickly bowed and greeted her, saying, "Greetings, senior!"
Xiong Xian was clearly a very easygoing person, and he spoke in a deep, muffled voice.
"Don't call me senior, just call me Big Bear, or Blind Bear if you like."
"From now on, I'll enjoy your offerings, and we'll take care of each other."
"Blind bear" is a colloquial term used in northern China for black bears; it doesn't mean they are actually blind.
Compared to other animals at the top of the food chain, such as lions, black bears do have poor eyesight.
That's because lions live on vast grasslands, while black bears live in dense forests.
Without good eyesight, lions cannot spot their prey in time;
Conversely, even with good eyesight, black bears can't see very far: their field of vision is blocked by trees, so good eyesight is really useless.
Because of Brother Huang's relationship with Xiong Xian, Zhao Youliang dared not actually call him "Blind Bear."
So, with a forced smile, he asked, "Senior Xiong, what's your name?"
"I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to write a memorial tablet for you to keep."
"I really don't have a name." Xiong Xian shook his big head sheepishly.
"We're just a small family, we don't even have names, you can just give us any name you like."
"Oh, is that so?" Zhao Youliang looked at the young man from the Huang family beside him in disbelief.
Seeing this, Huang Yu nodded slightly and began to explain.
"You don't know how difficult it is for us animal cultivators, especially for a rogue cultivator like Brother Bear."
"His parents were just ordinary black bears, and Brother Xiong gained intelligence by chance."
"Therefore, it's normal not to have a name...and in the eyes of us animal cultivators, names aren't that important."
"Unless... unless a very important person bestows a name upon them, that would be equivalent to directly granting them official status."
When it comes to Fengzheng, whether it's Huang Jia's youngest brother, Xiong Xian, or Xiao Jiaozi, all of them show longing on their faces.
Although Zhao Youliang didn't know what a Fengzheng was, it didn't stop him from naming Xiong Xian.
Nothing more than empathy.
"Hey, Brother Xiong, can I call you Xiong Ba from now on?"
"Powerful, domineering, and handsome!"
Zhao Youliang was an orphan and naturally hadn't attended school for long. The name Xiong Ba came from a movie he had seen.
He thought it was very handsome and cool, so he decided to call the bear fairy in front of him that.
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