Yongli Village, at Xing Zhuyong's home.
Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, Hu Mantang, Xing Zhuyong, and another man named Li Hu, five in total, were sitting on the heated brick bed, gathered around a low table, eating.
In another room, Xing Zhuyong's wife and their two children were eating at a separate table.
This was a custom in the Northeast: when guests were over, the women and children couldn't eat at the main table.
Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu didn't drink, so they just kept their heads down and ate heartily. Meanwhile, Hu Mantang, Xing Zhuyong, and the man named Li Hu toasted and drank with one another.
After a few glasses of liquor, Li Hu started to boast about how amazing he and Xing Zhuyong were at hunting.
Zhao Jun watched the boasting Li Hu without a change in expression, though inwardly he was filled with contempt. Although this was the first time he'd met Li Hu in this life, he knew exactly what kind of person he was from his last one.
