Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 12 Sincerity is the ultimate skill
After leaving the teacher's residence, Lin Chen went to the kitchen and met Manager Zhang.

Manager Zhang agreed very readily and even joked with Lin Chen that when he got meat from the cafeteria, he should give him more food, which would be considered as taking care of his own people.

Manager Zhang also knew that Lin Chen's strength reached 400 kilograms.

As the manager of the martial arts hall, he would be the first to know about any movement in the hall.

Lin Chen now has the potential to cultivate his essence within two years.

And since it seemed that the instructor had given Lin Chen special treatment, Manager Zhang wanted to make friends with Lin Chen even more.

After bidding farewell to Manager Zhang, Lin Chen walked out of the cafeteria and met Zhao Jingchuan and his four companions on his way back to the dormitory.

Seeing these five people, Lin Chen took the initiative to step aside.

"Junior Brother Lin, today is a day off. I would like to invite everyone to my restaurant. Junior Brother Lin, would you like to join us?"

Lin Chen didn't expect Zhao Jingchuan to actually take the initiative to greet him. After a moment's hesitation, he responded, "Then I'd be disrespectful to refuse."

The opportunity to eat for free should not be passed up.

Lu Yongfeng and others looked at Zhao Jingchuan with some confusion. They didn't understand why Zhao Jingchuan called Lin Chen. Even though Lin Chen's strength reached 400 kilograms, there was still a big gap compared to them.

However, Zhao Jingchuan was the host today, so they couldn't say anything.

The group walked out of the martial arts hall gate and met several students on the way. When they saw Lin Chen walking with the five of them, they all gave him strange looks.

Obviously, the martial arts hall students have the same idea in their minds.

Although Lin Chen shocked them today, he still has some gap with Lu Yongfeng and the other four.

Lin Chen walked silently at the end, listening to the conversation between Zhao Jingchuan and others along the way. They were talking about the martial arts school in the county, and he could not get a word in.

He could only sigh, this is the gap!
While most of their students were working hard to develop their energy within two years, others were considering which martial arts school to choose in the county.

Cheng Ying's goal was the Seven Stars Martial Arts School, while Xu Botao wanted to go to the Zhenyue Martial Arts School. The two were discussing which martial arts school was stronger, and others would occasionally interject and offer their own suggestions.

Lin Chen listened silently. No one mentioned him and everyone seemed to ignore him. He was happy and at ease. His purpose was to have a free meal, and he also got a lot of useful information from the conversations of these people.

The Seven Star Martial Arts School that Cheng Ying wants to go to is best known for its Seven Star Boxing, while the Zhen Yue Martial Arts School that Xu Botao wants to go to is best known for its Horizontal Training Kung Fu.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone arrived at the door of Zhao's Restaurant.

Zhao Dongyang was standing at the door. When he saw his son and his friends coming, he said with a smile, "Jingchuan, these are your fellow apprentices, right?"

He asked his son to organize this dinner party, and he knew the family backgrounds of these teenagers.

Lu Yongfeng, the young master of the Lu family's medicine shop; Cheng Ying, the young master of the Cheng family's cloth shop...

When doing business, what you need is personal connections.

Lu Yongfeng and others introduced themselves and shouted "Uncle Zhao" or "Uncle Zhao".

"Uncle Zhao, my nephew Lin Chen."

"Nephew Lin!"

After Lin Chen introduced himself, Zhao Dongyang still had confusion in his eyes. Jingchuan had never mentioned a student named "Lin Chen" before.

However, as a businessman, Zhao Dongyang did not show any expression on his face. He led everyone into the restaurant with enthusiasm and went straight to the private room on the second floor.

In the restaurant's private room, there were already six cold dishes on the table.

Braised beef, fennel beans, fermented fish with lees, pickled century eggs, cold-mixed amaranth, and a plate of pastries that Lin Chen didn't recognize.

Good guy!
The cold dishes alone are richer than the dishes at home.

It has been almost a year since Lin Chen came to this world, and this is his first time going out to a restaurant. In his original body's memory, the most delicious thing was the tofu pudding from the tofu shop in town.

The original body followed Lin's father to the town to sell fish. Every time, Lin's father would take the original body to the tofu shop in the town and spend two cents to order a bowl of tofu pudding. The tofu pudding with lard and chopped green onions was so fragrant that it was the most delicious food in the original body's memory.

After everyone sat down, the others were not in a hurry to pick up their chopsticks.

They're not here for the cold dishes.

Lin Chen picked up the chopsticks and started tasting it without hesitation.

It tastes really good.

Therefore, there is no shortage of delicious food in this world, it’s just that the poor cannot eat it.

After a while, the waiter brought a large plate of meat. When the meat came up, Lin Chen noticed that Yan Dexing, who was sitting next to him, swallowed his saliva, and everyone else's eyes were also on the plate of meat.

"Yesterday, a hunter from Qingshan Village killed a black muntjac. I happened to be there collecting game, so I bought it. This thing replenishes your qi and blood, so you should eat more."

After hearing what Zhao Dongyang said, Lin Chen saw Yan Dexing and the others swallowing their saliva, and he knew that the black deer meat in front of him was either extremely delicious or a tonic. The latter was more likely. In this case, he would not be polite.

"Thank you, uncle. I'll try it then."

While others were still a little embarrassed, Lin Chen was the first to use his chopsticks, picking up a large piece of meat and putting it in his bowl.

Not to mention, the black deer meat is quite chewy and has a sweet aftertaste. Soon, Lin Chen felt his abdomen getting hot.

Is it effective so quickly?
Lin Chen raised his eyelids and whispered in his heart: "Panel!"

[Name: Lin Chen]

[Occupation: Warrior]

[Qi and blood: 2008/3000]

[Fate: [Successful outcome]: In the realm of martial arts, perseverance, gradual progress, unstoppable momentum, no bottlenecks.]

In just a few breaths, his qi and blood increased by 5 points. This was the first time he saw qi and blood increase on the same day.

In the past, the growth of qi and blood would only occur after waking up the next day.

When Lu Yongfeng and others saw him picking up his chopsticks, especially when they saw Lin Chen was about to pick up his chopsticks for the second time, they were no longer reserved. If they continued to be reserved, the black deer meat would be gone.

Zhao Dongyang watched these young men wolfing down the food with a smile on his face. He was not surprised at all. Black deer meat is a very nutritious food. Just a plate of it is worth ten taels and it may not be available for purchase.

"There is also a soup made from black deer bones here. You can try it later. I won't bother you anymore, Jingchuan. Please stay with your fellow apprentices."

Zhao Dongyang knew that with him as their elder around, these teenagers were reluctant to talk freely. If they didn't talk more, how could they get closer to each other?

After the elders left, the atmosphere in the box became relaxed. Yan Dexing wanted to say something, but found that Lin Chen was using the spoon to scoop the broth again.

As he did so, the others followed suit. There was no more sound in the box except for the sound of eating.

No one wants to end up without even a sip of soup.

"Junior Brother Lin, have you never eaten at home?"

After finishing the soup, Yan Dexing found an opportunity to speak, and his words were full of disdain for Lin Chen.

"My fellow brothers know that I come from an ordinary family. All I ate at home before were boiled and stewed dishes. Not to mention seasoning, my mother was reluctant to add even more oil and salt. This was the first time I ate such a delicious dish, and I was a little bit out of control."

Lin Chen's sincere answer prevented Yan Dexing from saying anything sarcastic.

No?

Don’t you have any shame or dignity?
Are you speaking so bluntly about the hardships at home?
On the contrary, the other people were somewhat moved when they heard Lin Chen's words.

They asked themselves, if they were Lin Chen, they would never be able to say these words so calmly.

"When Junior Brother Lin helped out in the cafeteria, I admired him very much. To be honest, I don't think I can do what Junior Brother did."

Zhao Jingchuan sighed, and Lu Yongfeng and the others agreed. If they were in Lin Chen's place, they would not be able to let go of their dignity if they were asked to serve food in the cafeteria in front of students they knew well.

"My family is poor, so I can only exchange this for beef in the cafeteria."

Lin Chen spoke sincerely, without hiding anything. The next moment, he stood up and clasped his fists towards the few people: "Just because my family is poor, I will not give up any opportunity to increase my blood and energy. If I have been disrespectful this time, I apologize to all the senior brothers here."

After saying this, he did not wait for the others to reply: "I am very satisfied to have such a meal in my life. I dare not disturb you brothers any more. I will take my leave now. Brother Zhao, thank you for the banquet!"

Lin Chen walked very naturally, but the disappointment in his eyes the moment he turned around was still caught by Lu Yongfeng and others.

There was silence in the box for a moment.

After calculating the time, Zhao Jingchuan sighed again: "It's not easy for Junior Brother Lin either. I don't know how much hardship he has endured to increase his strength by 400 kilograms."

"Practicing martial arts has never been an easy task. Today, Junior Brother Lin is to us the difference between us and the children of those families in the county." Xu Botao nodded, feeling the same way.

Seeing that everyone's eyes finally fell on him, Yan Dexing looked helpless: "I... I just said one sentence to him, I didn't mean anything else."

Yan Dexing was very depressed, extremely depressed.

Why are these people blaming me? I didn’t say anything unpleasant.

Lin Chen walked out of the box with a slight smile on his face. "Little guy, you are too naive to try to play tricks on me, Senior Brother Yan."

Do you know what sincerity is, the ultimate weapon?

I just showed it off a little bit. If I really go full throttle, I'm afraid you'll wake up in the middle of the night and slap yourself and say: I deserve to die.

(End of this chapter)