vrcanaries Chapter 187 Drunk
Chapter 187 Drunk
Helplessly, Xu Ranyuan had to raise his head and drink it all again.
This wine was the Shaodaozi that Jiang Yu had specially found. It was an extremely strong liquor, brewed using a unique technique, selected high-quality grains, and carefully brewed through multiple processes.
When you take a sip, the spicy feeling instantly explodes on the tip of your tongue, and then a hint of sweetness slowly seeps out. However, the aftereffect of this wine is extremely ferocious, like a lurking beast, which seems docile at first, but will suddenly attack when people let down their guard.
After drinking a few bowls of wine, Xu Ranyuan felt dizzy, the things in front of his eyes began to become blurry, and his body felt like he was stepping on cotton, soft and weak, and he was already feeling a little dizzy.
His cheeks were as red as ripe tomatoes, his eyes became blurry, and he was extremely drunk. The table was full of delicious food, steaming hot and emitting an enticing aroma, but he didn't even have time to taste a bite.
Cheng Yuntao heard the noise and rushed over from the kitchen. Seeing Xu Ranyuan's expression, she was both angry and amused. She hurriedly said, "Jiang Yu, stop teasing him. Let him eat something to calm him down."
Facing Cheng Yuntao's persuasion, Jiang Yu curled his lips, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and said proudly: "Yuntao, please don't plead for him."
"Who told him to prescribe such a bitter prescription to mess with me last time? Things have changed. Now I have to let him have a taste of my power, so that he won't think that I, Jiang Yu, am easy to mess with!"
Xu Ranyuan heard Jiang Yu's voice and fumbled in the direction of the voice. He wanted to find someone, but he ended up talking to the air, his tongue tangled. "Jiang... Jiang Yu, you have to drink too... I can't drink alone."
"We agreed... to have a good drink! You... you... can't cheat."
Seeing him pass out drunk, Jiang Yu laughed so hard that he fell backwards, mocking him as he laughed: "Xu Ranyuan, your alcohol tolerance is too poor. You're so drunk after just a few bowls."
"When we drank together back then, you didn't look like this." After saying that, he picked up a bowl of wine, tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp. The wine slid down the corners of his mouth and dripped onto his clothes.
Seeing this, Cheng Yuntao shook her head helplessly and stopped interfering in their fight. She just whispered, "You'd better drink less. Remember to eat more vegetables to fill your stomach, so as not to burn your stomach." After that, she turned around and went back to the kitchen to prepare some sobering soup for them.
He took a bright orange peel and gently scraped the white flesh with a knife. He then cut the peel into thin strips and neatly arranged them aside. He then carefully cleaned the old tangerine peel, also shredded it, and placed it alongside the orange peel. Sandalwood, kudzu flowers, white cardamom seeds, and mung bean flowers were then placed in a stone mortar and gently pounded. The ginseng was then sliced into thin, even slices.
Drunkenness, vomiting, and acid regurgitation. Orange peel, tangerine peel, sandalwood, cardamom, etc. regulate qi, kudzu flower, mung bean flower, etc. relieve alcohol, and ginseng strengthens the spleen and replenishes qi. Taken together, they can treat drunkenness and indigestion.
Cheng Yuntao put the prepared ingredients into the casserole one by one, added an appropriate amount of water, covered the pot, turned the fire to low, and waited patiently for the soup to slowly cook.
When she finished cooking the hangover soup and returned to the dining room, she found that Jiang Yu was also drunk.
He and Xu Ranyuan sat together with their arms around each other, their faces flushed and their eyes blurred, as they chattered about old times in the martial arts world, their voices sometimes high-pitched and sometimes low.
"Do you remember that time by the Mirror Lake?" Jiang Yu burped and patted Xu Ranyuan's shoulder. "We ran into that group of pirates. They relied on their familiarity with the water to run rampant on the lake, endangering passing merchants and travelers."
Xu Ranyuan narrowed his eyes and grinned, "How could I not remember? We happened to be passing by at that time, and couldn't stand it, so we took action to teach them a lesson. You were the first to walk on the water as if it were flat ground. Those pirates were scared by your posture of descending from the sky."
Jiang Yu's tone was also somewhat proud. "That's right. I distracted their attention, and you attacked from the flank, turning their boat hidden in the reeds upside down. The pirates had no way to retreat, so they had no choice but to surrender."
"And there's more," Xu Ranyuan said, his expression frosted as if he had remembered something, and his tone suddenly became serious. "That time at Broken Heart Cliff, we were chasing the bad guy. We thought he would be unable to escape, but who knew that guy actually set an ambush on the cliff top."
Jiang Yu's drunken eyes suddenly sharpened upon hearing this, and he continued, "That's right. As soon as we approached, the ground beneath our feet suddenly collapsed, revealing a series of traps covered in spikes. I dodged them by the skin of my teeth, but was nearly hit by a hidden arrow that shot out from the side."
As he spoke, he gestured the thrilling actions he had taken, bringing his memories back to that thrilling chase.
Xu Ranyuan continued, "But when that guy saw we weren't hit, he actually threw gunpowder at us. I've never seen such a spectacular explosion before. Flames shot up into the sky, debris flew everywhere, and the destructive power was incredible!"
Jiang Yu's eyes revealed a hint of relief. "Luckily, we reacted quickly. I pulled you behind a huge rock, so we weren't affected by the explosion. When the smoke and dust cleared, the villain thought we were dead and walked out in a swagger, but we caught him red-handed."
"That was a close call," Xu Ranyuan said with emotion. "But thanks to that experience, our reputation in the martial arts world has been fully established."
The two of them chatted with each other, and the past events of the martial arts world that had been buried by the years were gradually awakened in this drunken atmosphere.
Cheng Yuntao shook her head helplessly, walked forward with the hangover soup, and said softly, "How come you are so drunk? Come and drink the hangover soup."
Although Jiang Yu was also drunk, he still recognized people. After hearing Cheng Yuntao's words, he obediently reached out his hand, took the bowl of sobering soup, gulped it down, wiped his mouth and complained, "It's so bitter!" His brows were tightly furrowed, and his face was full of disgust.
Cheng Yuntao smiled and said, "This is a hangover soup, not a sweet soup, so it naturally won't taste very good."
After drinking the hangover soup, Jiang Yu became a little more sober and his eyes were no longer so blurry.
Cheng Yuntao handed him another bowl of hangover soup and said, "Feed some to Master Xu. He's even more drunk."
Jiang Yu staggered to his feet and finally walked to Xu Ranyuan's side. He had lost his usual patience and roughly pinched Xu Ranyuan's chin and poured the sobering soup into his mouth.
Xu Ranyuan was choked by the sudden movement and started coughing. The wine overflowed from the corner of his mouth and wet his lapel.
He struggled dazedly, mumbling, "Jiang Yu, what are you doing..."
Jiang Yu ignored him and continued to pour water, saying, "Just drink what I tell you to drink. Stop talking nonsense. You'll feel better after you drink."
Cheng Yuntao watched from the side and quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Slow down, don't choke him."