Zhang Tie coughed, and Tang De looked up from behind the counter. When he saw Zhang Tie, Tang De didn't show any surprise, but showed a toothache expression.
"Boy, if you come here right now, you don't want me to treat you to lunch, do you?"
"Yes!" Zhang Tie smiled innocently and nodded honestly.
"No way!" Tang De's face suddenly became as hard as the door panel outside a grocery store.
"Forget it, originally I thought that if you invited me to dinner, I would give you a good thing to repay you for taking care of me over the past few years..." Zhang Tie said and was about to leave.
"Hey, you want to use this trick to hook me, kid, I taught you this. I got tired of it decades ago..." Tang De sneered behind the counter, looking like he had seen through Zhang Tie's cleverness.
Zhang Tie didn't say anything. He just took out the original book of "Abrasive Arithmetic" that was packed close to his body from the inner pocket of his clothes. He took it out and shook it in his hand. With just one click, Zhang Tie was sure. , that guy Tang De must have clearly seen the big Chinese characters on the writing.
Sure enough, when Zhang Tie raised his leg again, Tang De shouted from behind the counter, "Wait a minute..."
Zhang Tie turned around and looked at Tang De with a smile, "How's it going? Have you changed your mind?"
"Wait a minute. I'll order some food and drinks and have them delivered to the store. We'll chat while eating. We haven't seen each other for two months. You seem to have changed a lot. You've also grown taller..." This guy Tang De's There was already a smile on his face.
Zhang Tie shook his head, "Juxian Tower!"
"What?" Tang De, who had been smiling just now, jumped up again as if he had been stabbed, and cursed angrily, "Asshole, do you know how much a meal at Juxian Tower costs? The most expensive Chinese restaurant in Black Flame City. Now that Black Flame City is in chaos, the price of a meal there is at least twice as expensive as before!"
Zhang Tieli ignored him, turned around and left.
"How about Zhenweizhai? It's also a Chinese restaurant. It's nearby. The food there is also good!" Tang De rushed out from behind the counter.
Zhang Tie turned around and said firmly to Tang De again, "Juxian Tower!"
Tang De gritted his teeth and looked at Zhang Tie, trying to get some clues from Zhang Tie's face, but the look on Zhang Tie's face was too calm. Tang De struggled for a long time with a gloomy face, and finally gave in, "Boy, you are cruel, if you dare to lie to me, see if I don't beat the shit out of you!"
Zhang Tie laughed loudly and dragged Tang De away.
"Wait a minute. I still have a few pages of the ledger to finish!"
Zhang Tie walked over. I picked up the grocery store account book, glanced at it, then picked up a pen and wrote down a bunch of numbers on the account book. I turned another page, took another look, and wrote down a few numbers again. I turned another page, took a look, and wrote down a few numbers again.
It took Zhang Tie less than ten seconds to calculate all three pages of accounts that Tang De had calculated would take ten minutes to calculate.
"alright!". Zhang Tie put down his pen and clapped his hands.
"Asshole, what are you writing on there? It's my account book..." Tang Deru, who had been stunned for a while, rushed over and gave Zhang Tie a fierce look. He quickly picked up the abacus and started playing.
It only took less than three minutes for the expression on Tang De's face to change. On the first page of the account book, none of the numbers Zhang Tie wrote was wrong. How could it be so fast? Even with mental arithmetic, it is impossible to know all the calculation results at a glance.
Little did Tang De know that at this moment, Zhang Tie's mental arithmetic skills, after his mental power surged three times again, had reached a level that even Zhang Tie could not believe. Zhang Tie only took a look at those numbers, and the answer came naturally. appeared in my mind, which was a hundred times more powerful than those bullshit mental arithmetic.
"Believe it or not!" Zhang Tie waited patiently beside him. It wasn't until Tang De's face suddenly changed and he looked at him in confusion that Zhang Tie spoke. "There's no problem with the rest, don't waste time!"
"When did you learn such great mental arithmetic?"
"This is not mental arithmetic, but a small effect of abacus mental arithmetic..."
"Incidental?" Tang De asked in disbelief.
"Incidental!" Zhang Tie nodded affirmatively.
Tang De finally showed a smile on his face, "Okay, Juxian Tower!"
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Juxian Tower is the most high-end Chinese restaurant in Black Flame City. For Zhang Tie, it was not as difficult as climbing to the sky to enter such a place, but it was almost there. The lowest per capita consumption in this place was, I heard. Never less than one gold coin.
In front of the door of Juxian Tower stands a pair of stone lions with a very Chinese style. The architectural style of the entire restaurant is said to be a Chinese retro style, with blue tiles, cornices, green trees and red windows, which is considered unique in the entire Black Flame City. , in front of the restaurant hangs the restaurant's signboard "Juxianlou" written in Chinese with three large characters, and a pair of Chinese couplets hang on the two large pillars below the sign.
- Half a cup, half a pot, half drunk, half awake, stealing half a day of leisure can be regarded as half happiness in the world.
- Fairy couple, fairy friends, fairy food and fairy wine, inviting fairies to drink together is better than the fairy family in heaven
There are three big characters in the middle, Juxian Tower!
There is only one such place in the entire Black Flame City.
As soon as you enter the gate of Juxian Tower, you will see a rockery with the charm of mountains and flowing water. On both sides of the rockery, two rows of beauties with blond hair and blue eyes wearing slits and tight cheongsams with slits exposed to the thighs welcome guests.
As soon as Tang De and Zhang Tie walked in, two rows of blond beauties bowed together and said "Welcome" in smooth Chinese, which shocked Zhang Tie.
In all his life, this was the first time that Zhang Tie heard women from other ethnic groups speaking Chinese together, and there were only so many of them at one time.
The elegant tight-fitting cheongsam, the black high-heeled shoes, the snow-white thighs, and the waves of the deep V-neckline of the cheongsam when the beauties lowered their heads almost dazzled people.
When beauties bent down to bow, Tang De was accustomed to walking in front, but Zhang Tie, who was walking behind, suddenly felt his legs go weak and almost knelt on the ground.
"What's wrong?" Tang De looked at Zhang Tie with some doubts. It was just a small scene, so it wasn't big enough. What happened to this kid today
At this time, a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhang Tie's forehead, just now. Just when Zhang Tie's eyes reflected more than a dozen pairs of plump meat balls, the disobedient guy below automatically took action, and then Zhang Tie felt a sharp pain coming from below. As soon as the guy below him who had just undergone surgery became congested with blood, Zhang Tie was so painful that he almost bent over and almost squatted on the ground.
"It's okay, it's okay!" Zhang Tie wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with lingering fear. He slowly stood up from the ground. It was a mistake. Zhang Tie just wanted to let Tang De, the iron rooster, waste his time. I just chose the most expensive Juxian Building. Zhang Tie had never had the chance to come here before. Who would have thought that just by seeing this beauty in cheongsam at the door of Juxian Building, he would almost fall to his knees in pain after having just had surgery today. .
Tang De's eyes narrowed slightly and glanced over Zhang Tie. Looking at the beautiful and sexy reception girls around, a naughty smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Zhang Tie stood up and no longer dared to look around. Follow Tang De and walk inside.
"We want a quieter private room. Come two people and help me support this little brother who is a little uncomfortable!" Tang De said in Chinese. For some reason, Tang De said in "Little Brothers' Three" The pronunciation of the words is emphasized.
The scent of fragrance started to rise next to him, and a beautiful blonde woman came over and enthusiastically held Zhang Tie's arm.
It's too late to refuse. Just smelling the fragrance of the two women, Zhang Tie squatted down again in pain. This time, it was Zhang Tie's turn to glare at Tang De. "You did it on purpose, right?"
"What are you talking about? Why did I do it on purpose?" Tang De spread his hands and said innocently.
"You know my business. You must have guessed it by now. How dare you say that you don't know what I'm talking about and you just want to see my joke!"
The beauties next to them all widened their eyes as they looked at the two people arguing at the entrance of Juxian Tower.
"Did you get circumcised today?" Tang De deliberately pretended to think for a long time, and then suddenly shouted, the sound was so loud that it could be heard thirty meters away. When the beauties standing next to him heard this, many people suddenly I couldn't hold it back. Looking at Zhang Tie's embarrassed appearance on the ground, he burst into laughter. After he started laughing, he realized that he was rude, and then he had to hold it back one by one. But looking at Zhang Tie's eyes, everyone had begun to look under Zhang Tie's belly.
Revenge, definitely revenge. Tang De, this bastard, deliberately called out his affairs in front of so many people, just to make himself embarrassed, just to make himself change places quickly, you wait.
Zhang Tie gritted his teeth and stood up. He no longer looked at the beauties next to him, but shouted, "This is the best and most expensive private room here. Take me in quickly, I want to eat!"
This time, it was Tang De's turn to change his face...
A few minutes later, in a luxurious private room in Juxian Building, Zhang Tie took the menu and started to order. Every time Zhang Tie ordered a dish, the fat on Tang De's face trembled painfully. When Zhang Tie ordered the eighth dish, Tang De looked at Zhang Tie and gritted his teeth again.
"Asshole, you ordered so much, can you eat it?" Tang De screamed in pain.
Zhang Tie ignored him and asked the waiter next to him, "If you can't finish eating here, can you take it away?"
"No, the ingredients and dishes in Juxianlou can only be packed and taken away by the guests in their own stomachs..." the waiter replied politely.
"It doesn't matter, just taste it..." Zhang Tie laughed and ordered eight more dishes before stopping with satisfaction.
At this time, Tang De was already on the other side of the table, breathing heavily with red eyes.
After Zhang Tie finished ordering, Tang De asked Zhang Tie, "Have you finished ordering?"
"Done!" Zhang Tie laughed.
"Okay, now it's my turn!" After Tang De said this, he directly said to the waiter, "Please invite two beauties to accompany you. They should be in good shape and wear enough clothes to make trouble."
After Tang De finished speaking, he stared at Zhang Tie fiercely, and Zhang Tie also stared at him fiercely.
"I remembered, I forgot to order a Skylark, Dragon and Snake Soup just now!" Zhang Tie gritted his teeth and added another dish.
"Two beauties accompanying the wine are too few. Two more beauties would be more interesting if they hug each other on the left and right!" Tang De also gritted his teeth and added two more beauties.
"How can we eat without wine? I also want a bottle of Yunxian wine!" Zhang Tie added through gritted teeth.
"What's going to happen if we have wine but no dancing? Let's invite a dancer to come in and dance as coquettishly as possible!" Tang De immediately added another dish to Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie and Tang De stared at each other, both breathing heavily like cockfighting cocks. Both of them had murderous intent in their eyes that only they could understand.
Feeling that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the private room, the waiter quietly left...
A few minutes later, along with the delicacies, there were a bunch of beauties crowded into the private room, as well as two accompanying piano and drum musicians.
This meal was extremely painful for both Zhang Tie and Tang De. Tang De felt his flesh hurt, and Zhang Tie's flesh really hurt throughout the meal. After eating for more than an hour, the expressions on both people's faces were very stiff. The fat on Tang De's face twitched occasionally, and the fine beads of sweat on Zhang Tie's forehead almost never stopped. One meal was almost two meals a day. Individuals collapse at the same time.
to the end. The two looked at each other's unlucky looks, and they didn't know who laughed first. Then the two of them laughed together.
Tang De waved his hand. All the dancers, winemakers, and musicians in the private room suddenly left.
"Boy, you are so cruel. I haven't bet with anyone in decades. When I'm with you, I feel like I'm decades younger again. Why? Does it still hurt now?" Tang De asked.
"Fortunately, I found that drinking alcohol can relieve pain and divert my attention! If someone calls you a tough guy in front of me in the future, I will definitely spit on his face. I estimate that today's meal will cost five Six gold coins, right?" Zhang Tie also relaxed and leaned on the chair. The past hour had been extremely torture for him. It was no different from being tortured. It was even more uncomfortable than being in a black prison.
"Five or six gold coins? Country bumpkin, it's enough to send those women away. If you add in the table of dishes you ordered and the two gold coins for the room fee, at least 15 gold coins will be enough!" Tang De's eyes widened. He shouted.
Zhang Tie was secretly stunned, 15 gold coins, which was more than his father's salary for a year. At that time, he felt nothing when he ordered the food out of anger. But now that he thinks about it, it seems that this knife really killed Tang De very badly, just Tang De. It usually takes at least two months to earn 15 gold coins in De's grocery store.
Zhang Tie scratched his head in embarrassment, thought for a while, then took out the book "The Magical Arithmetic" and threw it to Tang De across the table.
Tang De took it solemnly, and then started to read it carefully, reading the whole book from beginning to end. Tang De, who was originally a master of abacus, knew the whole bead center just by looking at the content. The principle of divine calculation. "Well, this thing is a kind of mental arithmetic based on the use of abacus. The idea is very novel. It is one level higher than abacus skills. I guess you didn't lie to me. This meal is not in vain!" After reading this book Tang De nodded with satisfaction, and then carefully put the book into his arms.
Listening to Tang De's words, Zhang Tie just smiled and shook his head.
Tang De was stunned for a moment, "Why, am I wrong?"
Zhang Tie said nothing, but pointed to his mouth, asking Tang De to pay attention to the shape of his mouth, and then said three words silently, "Spiritual power!"
Tang De had taught Zhang Tie lip-reading before. Lip-reading was also a communication method favored by many pioneers. Therefore, Zhang Tie believed that Tang De should be able to see clearly what he was saying. After all, this was a private room outside, so he had better be careful. Well, even if someone eavesdropped, they wouldn't hear anything.
Sure enough, when he saw Zhang Tie's mouth shape, Tang De was stunned and looked at Zhang Tie with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
So Zhang Tie said again with lip language, "Practice abacus mental arithmetic to improve and exercise mental power. I have tried it. This may be the easiest secret method for everyone to master to exercise mental power..."
The shocked Tang De stood up, his fat body almost knocking the table over. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to shout something, but he was alert and covered his mouth.
Exercise methods that can improve mental strength are important everywhere.
He just looked at Zhang Tie with unblinking eyes and looked at Zhang Tie very seriously.
Zhang Tieze nodded seriously...
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It was almost evening when he left Tang De and returned home. Along the way, Zhang Tie took the time to check out the grain store. As expected, the price of a 25 kilogram bag of rice in Heiyan City has risen to ten silver coins a day. Bags, food prices have doubled in two months. Such a price is tantamount to a huge burden for many ordinary people who have to live. Although it is not as serious as the sky falling, the lives of many ordinary people's families have been greatly affected. Life became more frugal and frugal.
In the afternoon, Zhang Tie also visited the Iron Thorn Battle Hall. To Zhang Tie's disappointment, the door of the Iron Thorn Battle Hall was closed tightly at this time, and it did not open at all. It seemed to have been closed for some time.
In the past month, many things in Black Flame City have changed.
Mingguang Street, the most prosperous street in Black Flame City, seems to have lost its due luster at this time. Almost one-third of the shops are closed, and many of the shops that are open are not as good as before.
Transfer and sale advertisements were hung outside many shops and houses throughout Mingguang Street.
The prices of fixed assets such as houses and properties in Black Flame City have begun to drop sharply, and many people are selling them. However, the prices of food, weapons, medicines, and various living supplies have begun to soar. The prices of resource products such as coal and steel have also begun to rise. Slowly improving, this is the current situation of Black Flame City. This is Zhang Tie's observation after walking around Black Flame City for a day today. This does not seem to be a good sign.
When Zhang Tie slowly returned home, he unexpectedly discovered that a large number of people had gathered at the door of his home. The door was noisy, and it seemed that someone was making trouble...
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