When the feast began, Zhao Yan was persuaded to have a few drinks. Knowing he had a high tolerance for alcohol, the Village Chief had no intention of stopping the rowdy crowd. Thus, amidst the expectant gazes of everyone present, Zhao Yan downed three cups straight without a pause, winning thunderous applause from the room.
"Fine drinking! You’re a real man, through and through."
If there was one thing the men of the village valued most, it was the depth of a man's capacity for liquor. Previously, they had dismissed Zhao Yan as nothing more than a frail scholar who knew only how to rot over his books. But when he started drinking, he proved more formidable than men who had been at it for twenty years. Now, they admired him from the bottom of their hearts; to them, a man who could hold his drink was a man of true ability.
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