34 Disagreeable Words (1/2)
”What we wish for is to drink wine joyfully. Men wander throughout the world, must chance meetings end up becoming acquainted? Once it's over, we will go our separate ways and may never miss today. The name is nought but a mark. Would it be a fortune if you recalled it? Would it be a misfortune if you forgot it?” Jun Mo Xie remained immersed in his sorrows.
It was obvious that if he had said out the words ‘Jun Mo Xie’, his real name, who knows if this man would end up panicking and run away even in this heavy rain? After all, his notorious reputation as a debauchee can be considered quite the lethal object.
”Floating through the world without a name, treating it as a game, ask not the gentlemen his name! Men wander throughout the world, must chance meetings end up becoming acquainted?” The nobleman slowly repeated the words and could not help but be moved by those words.
”Good sentence! A truly good sentence! I did not expect you could be able to utter such great words. Not even a learned scholar is able to utter such phrases. It seemed that I was being too rude again.” Looking at Jun Mo Xie, he laughed leisurely. ”Little brother’s logic makes sense, it is I who was too rigid in following tradition, I am willing to accept another cup as punishment!”
Jun Mo Xie hastily stopped him. ”You have drunk continuously while I have not even drunk a single cup. Are you sure you are not finding an excuse to drink more than me right?”
The man became startled before breaking into laughter. He gulped down his cup before wiping his mouth.
”Even though this wine is without a name, it can still be considered a good wine, strong and piquant! A real man should be drinking this wine! True, it should be normal to find more excuses for the sake of drinking more of this wine.”
”This wine? This can be considered good?” Jun Mo Xie sneered. ”Brother, could it be that you have never had any good wine? This wine can only be drunk when you have no better options on hand. If this kind of wine can be considered good, then wouldn’t there be no bad wine in this world?”
The man’s eye lit up as he said. ”Old Song’s wine shop may not be big, but his wine is highly desired within this city. All wine lovers treat it with reverence. If not for the rain today, this place would have been full by now and also why both of us are able to enjoy this wine. This is a lucky day for both of us! You may not know but Old Song sells only twenty jugs of wine a day, ten in the afternoon and ten in the evening. He will not sell even a jug more! If your words were to be heard by Old Song, I fear he will not let you go.”
”Hahaha… You are a superb person. To think that you are able to make me laugh when I am feeling like this” Jun Mo Xie was trying to hold in his laughter but he was unable to do so. ”How laughable! Such a weak wine actually has such a limited amount? The wines that this young master has had before were at least a hundred times stronger than this!”
The words spoken were not a boast. The strength of the wine was only around twenty percent of Baijiu. For Jun Mo Xie who was accustomed to drinking the world’s finest wines in his past life, this wine was indeed inferior. In fact, people from the modern times might not even be willing to drink this wine. After all, In terms of quality, the wine was also slightly turbid, as though it was lacking in hygiene!
The middle-aged man’s face became somewhat unsightly. ”Little brother, I can see that you are an elegant scholar, but how can you say something like this? Food can be eaten in whatever way we like, but the same cannot be done with words! The wines I had at the Royal Palace was not even a fraction in comparison to this. It only had extra flavour due to its luxury, but was instead less spicy and vigorous! The wine was incapable of arousing my blood. To me, this wine is a fine wine that can rarely be found in this world! Little brother, saying that the wines you had tried are a hundred times better are a mere exaggeration!”
”Hehehe, oh? You do not believe me?” Jun Mo Xie looked at him with slit eyes. ”I have no reason to make you believe me, hahaha… However… drinking wine! Fellow brother, do you know what it means to drink wine? Do you know what it takes for one to be considered drinking wine?”
The middle-aged man was made speechless. He had begun to regret coming over. This kid was far too abnormal; he had come over with such good intentions, and yet this kid did not show any appreciation or respect at all. Even if he was a talent, he was still just a prideful and unrestrained scholar; it would be difficult for him to become a great renowned talent.