22: Chapter 22: Practice Dragon Spear Once You Get Home_1 22: Chapter 22: Practice Dragon Spear Once You Get Home_1 Yanfei’s father, against all expectation, faced countless complaints due to his injury, an experience both physically and emotionally painful.
However, Yan Fei’s strategy was highly successful.
He managed to surprise his parents and earn a bargaining chip for his plan of “freedom”.
Interestingly, this bargaining chip had a significant impact on Yanfei’s mom, who was originally the most opposed to him being alone.
Yet, this incident spontaneously added a few points to Yan Fei in her eyes.
Upon returning home, Yan Fei continued to persuade his parents, “It’s convenient for me to cook by myself.”
This was an extremely crucial reason, one which Yan Fei had proved to be valid over the past few days.
For every meal, the amount of food Yan Fei cooked for himself was as much as what the other three ate combined.
Despite this, he still ate whatever he saw when he was out and about, as if his stomach was a bottomless pit.
The third reasoning he gave was, “Mom, Dad, you both know very well that I don’t do well in school, and I can’t keep up here.
I’ve never caused any trouble when I go to school, so it wouldn’t be a problem for me to study at home.”
As for grades, Yan Fei admitted his academic performance wasn’t great.
It wasn’t the best in the middle school of the town, but as long as he fulfilled his promise of not causing any trouble, obtaining a middle school diploma wouldn’t be an issue.
Being trouble-free is crucial, and Yan Fei had managed this in the past.
Despite having been called a fool since he was a child, indiscriminate comments and laughter fell on his deaf ears.
It was just like listening to the noise of dogs barking and roosters crowing by the roadside.
These were the reasons Yan Fei had thought of to let him study at home by himself as much as possible.
As for his ability to live independently, it didn’t need to be mentioned anymore.
His cooking skills were unquestionable.
Recently, Yan Fei had grown taller and more sturdy.
He also had Xu Xiaoyan to thank for.
This food-loving girl felt embarrassed for freeloading food and had helped Yan Fei clean his room.
Other than his torn clothes, Yan Fei seemed pretty good in the eyes of others.
Then, Yan Fei quietly awaited his parents’ verdict.
Clearly, Yan Fei who had settled into a wild lifestyle, was feeling restrained in the new house.
This put a lot of pressure on his parents, resulting in their decision taking them an entire night of discussion.
The next day at mealtime, his father sat down to have a serious conversation with Yan Fei.
“In principle, we temporarily agree to your decision to study middle school alone at the old house, but…”
Upon hearing the initial comment, Yan Fei was already thrilled and almost jumped for joy.
Consequently, all other conditions such as accepting regular checks, guaranteeing study progress, maintaining cleanliness, paying attention to food and clothing were whole-heartedly accepted.
Who wouldn’t know how to eat?
Who wouldn’t know to wear clothes when it’s cold?
Indeed, some youngsters are so concerned about looking good that they refuse to put on thick clothes in advance.
However, Yan Fei, who has always been indifferent to others’ opinions, did not worry about such stuff.
Therefore, the latter half of breakfast time seemed remarkably warm and family-oriented.
Although their worries were evident, the parents did not voice them out.
When they were sending Yan Fei to the station in the morning, Yan Chao, who had been roaming the streets with his brother for two days, started crying as if they were parting forever.
He hugged a small packet of beef jerky tightly and shouted, “I don’t want my brother to go, I don’t want my brother to go…”
It was evident how happy and content Yan Chao was to roam around the city and eat at every street with Yan Fei.
The packet of beef jerky in his hand was bought by Yan Fei to take home, but of course, leaving some for his little brother was a given.
Yan Fei was eager to return home.
It wasn’t that he was annoyed with his little brother.
In fact, the little guy was pretty well-behaved, and aside being a bit spoilt, he didn’t have any major faults.
Basically, any good food would satisfy him.
What Yan Fei cared about was his broken gun, which was completely useless as of the previous night.
Yan Fei didn’t even bother thinking about getting more gunpowder.
Back in the days when guns were not prohibited, one could purchase gunpowder from the stalls on the streets of Sancha River town.
But now, risking attracting the police for just some gunpowder was not worth it.
Of course, the pitiful power of this homemade gunpowder was also a concern.
Yan Fei, who was out of ammunition, did not plan to give up easily.
As long as he didn’t lose heart, he was determined to find a way to kill the Pterosaur one day.
Even if it meant bothersome daily firecracker tossing, he was adamant about not letting the Pterosaurs off easy.
Of course, this was something he only dared think about.
What if the Pterosaurs fled due to the regular disturbances?
How would he get Pterosaur eggs then?
I wish the pterosaurs on the island were a bit smaller!
After a long pondering, Yan Fei couldn’t find a solution.
Antagonizing the pterosaurs wouldn’t kill them, and it could affect his pterosaurs’ egg supply as well.
To kill such a sizable prey, he would need a machine gun; otherwise, they are untouchable for him at the moment.
Just as Yan Fei who had been thinking all the way home arrived, he saw Xu Xiaoyan reading a book in their house.
Upon seeing Yan Fei in new clothes, she immediately exclaimed, “Oh my, Yan Xiaofei, dressed in new clothes, I hardly recognize you!
Who’s the young master here?”
Yan Fei ignored her banter and handed over the beef jerky.
Her demeanor changed as soon as she got the jerky.
“These clothes fit you well, your parents really love you…”
Yan Fei was speechless.
This gossipy girl at home was quiet and soft-spoken, but when she’s with him, she had a completely different persona.
What’s she like at school, he wondered?
When at home, he has two things to do: eat and make money.
Eating his meal, he thought about his diminished piggy bank, now 20 percent smaller, and Yan Fei felt it was time to step up his efforts.
While Xu Xiaoyan was cleaning up the dishes, Yan Fei started to change his outfit to do some work.
When Xu Xiaoyan came out of the kitchen, Yan Fei was wearing those two pieces of rags that his mother almost threw away, cleaning the chicken coop with a shovel.
Seeing him busy, Xu Xiaoyan grabbed a broom to sweep the surrounding area.
She asked him while sweeping, “Yan Xiaofei, make sure you throw the chicken manure far away, or it will stink up the place and get us in trouble.”
Yan Fei dumped a shovel of chicken manure into an old cardboard box, not even lifting his head as he responded, “You don’t have to worry about it, I promise I’ll make it disappear completely, no one will ever see it again.”
His words were true; Yan Fei never caused trouble to the neighbors when he disposed of the garbage.
He just couldn’t let anyone know, or he’d get the title of excellent sanitation soldier.
When Xu Xiaoyan finished sweeping the yard and was about to help with the chicken manure, Yan Fei stopped her, “You go and study for college.
I’ll handle this work.”
Actually, there wasn’t much work left.
Before leaving, Yan Fei had asked Xu Xiaoyan to help him feed the chickens at home.
He guessed that the girl had been hiding in peace at home these past few days without him around.
He didn’t care about her reading in the house.
He went to find a wooden stick and gestured a few times, practicing spear stabbing in the yard like red tassel spears!
Teenagers without any constraints find it hard to persist in something that’s a bit tiring.
But similarly, if they take an interest in something, they can also show remarkable willpower.
Yan Fei was such a person.
As Xu Xiaoyan spent the afternoon reading, Yan Fei practiced stabbing in the courtyard.
She finally asked him out of curiosity, “Yan Xiaofei, what are you doing with that stick?”
By then, Yan Fei was all sweaty and he wiped his sweat, “This isn’t a stick, it’s a spear.
I am practicing spearplay!”
Xu Xiaoyan scoffed, “Please, you call that rotten stick a spear?”
Yan Fei fired back, “You wouldn’t understand.
This spear is for slaying dragons, once mastered, I’ll be invincible.
People like Yue Fei, Yang Gaochong, they all dominated with a single spear.
Xu Xiaoyan burst out laughing and stopped paying attention to him.
She knew Yan Fei was goal-oriented and rarely wasted his effort.
Even if he chose to do this, nothing could sway him.
Yan Fei was indeed planning to train with the dragon-slaying spear, seeing that Xu Xiaoyan didn’t disturb him any longer, he kept practicing.
Even though he had never trained with a spear, Shanglin Village had more than just big knives, people practiced with spears as well, just not as commonly.
Yan Fei didn’t know any spear techniques, he was just practicing based on his imagination.
As he had some grounding in boxing, it wasn’t entirely off.
Without gunpowder, a hunting rifle is just like a burning stick.
There seemed to no other way for him, so he had to rely on himself.
A big knife won’t work, he felt that without a blade sharp as a razor, he wouldn’t be able to slash a pterosaur.
A spear is a better choice, every jab makes a hole.
As long as he worked hard, one day he could make a hole in the pterosaur’s neck.
Yan Fei didn’t need to learn any routines, he only practiced one word: stab!
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