Chapter 35: Heart-to-Heart Talk
Soon the two of them divided their rooms, with Dowling living on the east side of the second floor and Quitting Alcohol on the west side opposite him.
By the time they had cleaned up their rooms, it was getting late.
"Whatever you want to eat tonight, I'll make it for you." Dowling came to the drinking room and asked.
"It's all right, you have to have meat!" Quit said with a smile.
"Let's go, we've got to go shopping."
Dowling had just gone to see it, and the kitchen was empty and there was nothing, so they needed to stock up on a lot of necessities.
After asking passers-by, the two found a nearby vegetable market, where the necessary spices and ingredients can be bought, and if they need rare ingredients, they can only go to the farmers' market in the center of the city.
Both of them have storage utensils, so they don't care how much stuff they have, they will buy it as long as they need it.
Dowling mainly bought kitchen supplies, knives, ingredients, etc., and quit drinking to buy some grain, wine-making utensils, and wine jars, saying that he wanted to make wine at home.
By the time they finished shopping, it was already late, and if it weren't for the market closing, they might not have stopped.
When he returned home, Dowling went into the kitchen to make dinner, and when he quit drinking, he found a secret door in the courtyard that led to the underground, which was an excellent location for him to make wine.
"It's time to eat!" Dowling shouted out at the top of his voice.
The stone table in the pavilion was already filled with steaming meals.
"Wow, you're so good!" Quit drinking, I can't believe it, I come up and sniff non-stop.
"That's nature, otherwise how could I go and cook for the emperor." Dowling said with a smile.
"The wine-making process is almost done, and it won't take long to make inexhaustible wine." Quit alcohol and take out a wine gourd and hand it to Dowling, and take out one himself.
"I wish us every success in our stay!" Dowling and Quan Jiu touched the wine gourd, and then the two of them drank it in a big gulp.
"Eat vegetables and eat vegetables, I used to do it more casually on the road, but now there is a suitable place, and you will have a good taste in the future." Dowling picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in the bowl of the alcoholic abstinence and said.
I couldn't wait to quit drinking, I stuffed the braised pork into my mouth in one bite, and my eyes widened suddenly, the braised pork was simply delicious, the fat meat was not greasy, the lean meat was not firewood, it melted in the mouth, and it was full of fragrance.
"Satisfied... The little monk has never eaten such delicious braised pork! Quit Drinking cried out excitedly.
"Hahaha... Look where you still look like a monk. Dowling said with a smile, and then ate it himself.
After the wind and clouds, the dishes on the table were eaten clean by the two.
"When I met you, it was the fate of the little monk, thank you to the Buddha, thank you to the Bodhisattva." Quit alcohol said with emotion.
"It's also my fate to meet you." Dowling remembers that when he was desperate, he quit drinking to save himself, and he also remembers quitting drinking to avenge himself by killing the owner of the Evil Hidden Hall.
At night, Dowling tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, after all, he had just arrived in a new environment, and he felt a sense of unreality in his heart.
Opening the door, Dowling came to the corridor, where the stars were dense outside, and the bright moon disk hung in the sky.
"Why don't you sleep?" The door to the west side of the opposite side opened, and the monk came out and asked.
"Can't sleep." Dowling smiled bitterly and shook his head back.
"What's upset?" Quit asked, walking around the corridor.
"I'm a little confused about the road ahead, although I came to the imperial capital, but I have no direction." Dowling sighed as he leaned on the guardrail.
"It's time for the major schools to enroll students soon, and I'll inquire tomorrow." Quit said as he patted him on the shoulder.
"I'm tired, I'm fine, you should go and rest early." Dowling said with a grateful smile.
Back in his room, Dowling forced himself to lie down on the bed and fall asleep, he didn't want to practice cooking in his dreams tonight, he just wanted to sleep peacefully.
The next morning, Dowling got up and quit drinking.
In the small courtyard, Dao Lin played five sets of boxing techniques, and now he has stepped into the Kaiyuan realm, and "Evergreen Jue" has also broken through to the second level, and began to refine his body on the basis of bone refining, more impurities were discharged from his body, and a stench emanated from his body, and in desperation, he could only choose to take a bath happily.
Coming out of the bathroom, he had already returned from drinking, and he came with good news.
"There is still a month to go, and the enrollment competition is about to begin, and there are a total of five colleges and universities around the imperial capital."
"The first is Shenwu Imperial Capital Academy, the second is Chongming Academy, the third is Langyuan Academy, the fourth Jinshan Academy, and the fifth is Qianyuan Academy."
"This enrollment is different from the past, it is a collective competition, all the students who want to apply for the examination will pass a big competition, and the top 200 will be admitted, Shenwu Imperial Capital Academy can select the best 10 students, Chongming College can select 20 students, Langyuan College will choose 30 students, Jinshan College will choose 60, and Qianyuan College will choose 80."
Dowling listened carefully, remembering the names of the major academies in his heart.
"Quit drinking, the name of Qianyuan Academy is so big, only ranked fifth?" Dowling asked curiously.
"I heard that it was inexplicably wiped out decades ago, and all the masters were killed overnight, leaving only a bunch of teachers who were not very strong, so the ranking of the academy dropped again and again, and it became the fifth place now." Abstinence explained.
"Then it's better not to enter this kind of academy, ranking fifth is too bad."
Qu Jiu shook his head and continued: "There are more than these five schools around the imperial capital, and being able to become an enrollment college shows that they still have a certain strength. ”
Dowling nodded in realization.
"I don't know what this competition is, I'm better, you must work hard, strive for this month's time, and improve a little more." Quit Alcohol said softly.
Dao Lin also agreed to quit drinking in his heart, he was a serious grandmaster peak martial artist, even among the younger generation in the imperial capital, it was also the top.
I heard Wei Zhengyang say before that the younger generation in the imperial capital is the strongest but not the most powerful, and this little monk has reached the peak of the grandmaster, almost two big realms apart.
"After listening to so much, do you have an academy you want to go to?" Quit drinking and asked.
"I don't know, of course, the better, the better, my strength, it is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve." Dowling shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly.
"You have to have a little confidence in yourself, after all, you are now in the Kaiyuan Realm." Quit Drinking, handed over the wine gourd and comforted.
"It's okay, I won't go to the academy if it's a big deal." Dowling smiled and took the gourd and poured a sip of wine.
"If you open a restaurant, you are responsible for cooking, and I am responsible for brewing, and you and I will definitely sell well if we cooperate." Quit alcohol in another way to comfort.
"You've got a great idea, haha," Dowling laughed as he tugged at his drunken robe.