Chapter 17
Chapter 17: Growing Up
Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey
As the old saying went, “Kids in poor families always grow up early” . Zhang Tie had already begun to help his parents with housework ever since he was a student in preliminary school . His dad worked diligently in the mill, while his mother stayed at home and sold rice brew as a side job . In this manner, they brought up Zhang Yang and Zhang Tie .
In the past, Zhang Tie didn’t know how to treasure his parents . Two years ago on a weekend when he was home, he found his mom doing housework even after closing the rice brew store . He noticed his mom’s slightly plump and fat back as she mopped the floor . It was completely different from the slim and beautiful figure that he had in his mind from when he was a child . All of a sudden, Zhang Tie felt frustrated and grew up overnight . He started to understand that a man should be responsible for his family and parents . From that day forward, Zhang Tie would stay home every weekend and help his mom with the housework, while other kids played outside . Naturally, Zhang Tie also learned how to make rice brew from his mom . A year ago, the rice brew made by Zhang Tie was already the same as those made by his mom . By then, even the regular customers failed to notice that half of the rice brew was made by Zhang Tie .
Oddly enough, Zhang Tie didn’t have any dreams last night and fell asleep very easily . When Zhang Tie opened his eyes at 6:00 am, the sky was still slightly dim . Zhang Tie glanced at the clock and found it was just 6:15 — a time when young people were reluctant to get up . In Zhang Tie’s memories, he has rarely got up before 7:00 am . Closing his eyes, he planned to have a nap; However, he was unable to fall asleep again . He felt clear-minded and energetic all over and didn’t feel like sleeping at all . He felt as fresh as a white cabbage being scooped from the water after soaking overnight . He usually felt sleepy when he woke up in the morning; however, today, he felt like a polished superb crystal that was free of impurities .
After failing to fall asleep, Zhang Tie decided to get up instantly . With only a pair of underwear on, Zhang Tie twisted his bottom as he stood beside his bed . No matter what he did, nobody could see him . He continued to stretch his waist by rotating it sixty circles clockwise and sixty circles counterclockwise, ignoring the obscenity of his actions . He had become used to this habit . His father had told him that men should twist their waists in the morning to strengthen their Yang Qi . Zhang Tie had always kept this in his mind, and later on, he slightly understood it . One day, when he saw his elder brother doing the piston movements with a woman, he understood the function of strengthening one’s Yang Qi . Henceforth, he would slightly practice this series of actions every morning . Although Zhang Tie was still a virgin, for more than ten years, with the exception of his wet dreams, he had not ejaculated once . Men… hm… hm . . . always wished to be more fierce in that aspect .
The moment he began to do that exercise, Zhang Tie lowered his head and noticed a high-raising tent . Removing his underwear, he found his !@#$% to be really big . Raising its head with blue veins all over, it was truly terrifying . Zhang Tie tried to bend it, but it was as hard as a stick .
“Stand for a while . Maybe one day, you will perform well!” Zhang Tie thought to himself .
After twisting his bottom, he opened the small window in the attic . He lifted his legs and stretched waist several times . Zhang Tie then put on his clothes and lightly stepped downstairs . After cleaning his teeth, he made breakfast for his family . Their breakfast consisted of nothing but porridge . The rice had already puffed well last night and had already turned soft . These grains of white rice were really appetizing .
After the rice grains were puffed, Zhang Tie started to make a fire . Blackhot City was rich in coal resources, thus coal was very cheap in Blackhot City . Residents were able to buy a small wheelbarrow full of coal cinder balls made from broken coal cinders with a few dozen copper coins . Although coal cinder balls were cheap, skill was necessary to burn them in the chamber of a stove . Thankfully, after many years of “practice”, Zhang Tie had already become very familiar with this . In the past, Zhang Tie needed the aid of some pine oil to help ignite it, but he was now able to make fire with the coal cinder balls within ten minutes without the usage of pine oil .
Ten minutes later, Zhang Tie made a fire in the chamber of the stove . He washed the pot and began to boil water . With the fierce flames under the pot, the water soon began to boil . He then put the puffed rice into the pot and covered it . Zhang Tie glanced at the fire and smiled . He found it very satisfying to faithfully serve his family and give them a surprise .
It would take at least one hour to boil the puffed rice in the pot, thus he had a lot of free time . He walked around the kitchen and thought for a while . Zhang Tie then fetched several big ceramic mugs from the rice brew store, retrieved some water from the well in the backyard, and thoroughly washed them . After he finished washing the mugs, he put them under the eaves of the backyard to dry them . At this moment, day had already broken . After working for almost an hour, Zhang Tie’s forehead was covered in sweat . The moment Zhang Tie had placed the last ceramic mug under the eaves, he found his mom standing at the doorway from the kitchen to the backyard, staring at Zhang Tie in surprise .
“Guoguo, what are you doing?”
“Ah, mom, I got up early, so I wanted to do something with my hands!”
“Foolish boy, you’re not grown up yet, you can’t just get up so early!” his mom walked over and wiped the sweat off Zhang Tie . She went and removed the pot lid to check the porridge . Looking at the porridge, she knew when Zhang Tie got up . “Go take a nap . You’ve finished most of the housework this morning . Come down and eat breakfast when you wake up!”
“Mom, I’m really not sleepy!” Zhang Ti explained languidly .
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