After obtaining Long Tianba's consent, the steward began to read out the contents of the bill: "Six servings of cheese lobster, seven hundred and twenty taels of silver. Two cups of Buddha jumping over the wall, four hundred and twenty taels of silver. Six servings of top-quality abalone, nine hundred taels of silver Sea cucumbers and rice... You spent 4,500 taels for the dishes and drinks. As for bathing, you chose milk bath, flower bath, medicine fumigation, back massage... a total of 1,110 taels of silver, a total of 5,000 Six hundred taels of silver. All the members commented, have we not charged you a penny?"
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that this guy only picks up expensive food, and there are several servings of it! Bathing also ordered a lot of services! No wonder it consumes so much silver! A look of disdain suddenly appeared on his face: regardless of the consumption of dishes and bathing in the clubhouse, there are menus with clearly marked prices. If you think it’s too expensive, you don’t have to order so much, or choose not to consume it! When it's time to pay the bill, do you think you have too much money and want to renege on the bill
what happened? No matter how dull Long Tianba was, he could notice that the eyes of the people around him had changed. After all, his family is the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, so it's not that he has never seen the world. Just now he himself listened to the manager of the club read the contents of the dishes. The lobster, abalone, sea cucumber, and shark's fin are all in it, and the ingredients alone are worth a lot. But what the hell is that Buddha jumping over the wall? It is actually more expensive than all delicacies
However, he did not ask the question in his heart in public. From the expressions of the people around him, he also perceives that the prices of these items he consumes should be fair. When he first ordered, he relied on the money in his purse and didn't pay attention to the price. In order to show off in front of those Beijing and China friends, he ordered a portion of each of those good things in the population...
Huh? Where are his best friends? It seems that when betting on horses, people disappear. These people are too mean, they don't even call out when they leave! Although Long Tianba felt a little displeased, he didn't think about it any more.
"Guest, take a look... Do you have any questions? If not, just go here and settle the bill." The manager of the clubhouse is still gentle and polite.
"That... your consumption here is really not cheap! However, the name of the richest man in Jiangnan of our Long family is not for nothing, so this little money is naturally not a problem." Long Tianba's face showed a moment of embarrassment, but he Still confidently said, "Just now I was too excited to bet on the horses, and the Wan I brought over lost all the taels of silver. See, can you accommodate... I will definitely send the silver over tomorrow!"
The expressions of contempt on the faces of the onlookers were even worse: "If you don't have money, why are you pretending to be a wolf with a big tail?" You're still clamoring for people's clubs to blackmail people, I think you just want to take the opportunity to renege on your debt and eat the overlord's meal, right
The smile on the face of the manager of the clubhouse gradually disappeared, and he snorted softly: "My guest, I'm sorry, this clubhouse doesn't owe you any credit! If you really don't have any money with you, you can ask the people around you to go back and get it. Our clubhouse is It’s open at twelve o’clock, so don’t worry about delaying our closing.”
The expression on Long Tianba's face became even more embarrassing: "I went out today without a servant. Some of my friends left beforehand..."
"If you have a member of our clubhouse as a guarantee, you can postpone the checkout for a day or two." The manager's eyes became serious.
Long Tianba looked around, but there was no familiar face. He hadn't been in Beijing for a long time, and he really didn't know anyone with status and status except for making friends with those dandies. He hesitated and said: "I have not been in Beijing from Jiangnan for a long time, and there is no one I know..."
"Look, you have neither a guarantor nor a way to contact your family. Just now you said that you are from Jiangnan. If we let you leave, you will go back to Jiangnan. Jiangnan is so big, where are we going? Looking for you?" The manager of the clubhouse asked.
"I am the fourth young master of the Long family, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River. I keep my word, can I still renege on my debt?" Long Tianba was a little anxious, and raised his voice!
The manager of the club said unhurriedly: "That's not necessarily true! You said that you are the fourth young master of the Jiangnan Long family. What evidence can you prove? If everyone pays credit in the name of the young master of a certain family, our club can still Do you want to drive it?"
"I'm really the fourth young master of the Long family... Oh, look, this jade pendant is the symbol of the Long family. Anyone in the direct line of the Long family has this piece. And the clothes on my body, the material is top-notch." It is made of silk, and it costs thousands of taels of silver in your capital. And..." Long Tianba was eager to prove his identity, showing off all the valuable things on his body.
The manager of the clubhouse took the jade pendant and looked back and forth, handed it to the clerk next to him, and said: "Master Long pledged an ordinary mutton fat jade pendant, worth 2,600 taels. A jade ring finger, worth 600 taels... Tencel A robe, worth 800 taels. A total of 5,200 taels, so-so. Give him a mortgage receipt and an IOU for 400 taels of silver."
Long Tianba watched his things being taken away by the steward, even the clothes on his body were stripped off. He widened his eyes, and shouted in disbelief: "What are you doing? Why did you take my jade pendant... you bandits, give me back the things..."
The manager of the clubhouse ignored him, and after a series of documents were issued, he stuffed them into his hands, saying: "It's only right and proper to pay back the debt. We take your things as collateral, which is considered to be a face for you. If you are making trouble for no reason , then don’t blame us for being rude!”
While speaking, several menacing men surrounded Long Tianba. This guy was immediately discouraged, and kept saying: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! Those things will be mortgaged in the expensive club first, and I will definitely redeem them with money tomorrow, and I will definitely not owe you a single penny!"
Finally, Long Tianba walked out of the clubhouse tremblingly in obscene clothes. In late autumn, when the evening coolness hit, he couldn't help but want to cry while holding his arms.
"Second brother, that guy is so funny, he wants to pretend to be a master without any money!" Zhu Yunxin laughed until her stomach knotted as she watched this scene. This stupefied young man is a tease sent by a monkey, right
Zhu Yunxiao's gentle face couldn't tell what he was thinking in his heart, and there was a dangerous light in his big round eyes, which were very similar to Yu Xiaocao's: "I heard that this guy said a lot about insulting the clubhouse and the owner of the clubhouse at the racecourse. remarks... "
"What!!!" Zhu Yunxin gnawed the lollipop in her mouth into pieces, "Second brother, why didn't you say it earlier!! It's nothing more than insulting the club, but you dare to speak ill of the concubine mother! Let me How can you bear it?"
"I can't bear it anymore, I don't need to bear it anymore!!" Zhu Yunxiao gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxin knew that if she beat someone today, the second brother would not stop her, so she excitedly rubbed her fists: "Let's go! If I don't beat the surnamed Long so that his mother can't recognize him today, I won't be surnamed." Zhu!"
Zhu Yunxiao grabbed her tightly.
Zhu Yunxin was in a hurry: "Second brother, you won't be soft-hearted, right? He insulted the concubine mother like that, he slapped us in the face of Prince Xu's mansion, our brothers and sisters, if we let him go so easily, how could we be worthy of the concubine mother? Our fistful love?"
Zhu Yunxiao said with a smile: "Why are you in a hurry, no wonder the mother concubine asked me to follow you to grind your temper! Wait a moment, I will ask the steward to prepare the sack..."
"Second brother, you mean to put him in a sack? It's so interesting, I've never put on someone else's sack!" Zhu Yunxin became more excited and almost jumped up, "Hurry up, don't go too far! "
"It's okay, his horse has already been secured as a mortgage. With his legs and his lack of familiarity with the road conditions, can he pass us faster?" Zhu Yunxiao narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Long Tianba felt that he really got home today. When betting on horses, he also deliberately inquired about the situation of each horse race, and all the horses he bought were favorites to win the championship, but none of them won. In the excitement of gambling, he forgot to leave the money for the checkout, and was confiscated from all the valuables on his body, not to mention his clothes and horses.
On the way back, I don't know which god damn it covered his head and beat him up. He has never suffered such a crime since he was a child!
The situation at that time was like this, Long Tianba was walking tremblingly on the way back to the city, and horses and carriages would pass by from time to time, and they would cast surprised looks at him. He still wanted to save face, with his head bowed and his hands folded across his chest, walking quickly by the side of the road.
When passing through a small forest, suddenly, his ankle went numb, and he fell to the ground unexpectedly. He thought he had accidentally stepped on a rock and sprained his ankle, and when he was about to get up, his eyes went dark, and before he could react, he was pulled into the grove.
Immediately afterwards, a storm of fists and kicks hit him. Why did he think it was two people who did it? A person picked up his head, punched and kicked his head and face. As for the other person, he picked his sore spot very cunningly, hitting wherever it hurts, causing him to feel dizzy from the pain.
Long Tianba shouted loudly, but there were few people in the suburbs, and in the evening, there were only a few people passing through the grove. Just when he shouted his throat out, he finally heard something. The perpetrator "had to" let him go.
When he struggled to get the sack off his head, there was no pain anywhere on his head, face, or body. The eyes were so swollen that there was only a slit left, and it was very difficult to see. There are two nosebleeds hanging under the nose, and the white obscene clothes are mixed with nosebleeds and mud, which is already out of shape. With his current appearance, he probably wouldn't recognize him even if he stood face to face with his father.