I took a simple 'order book' and scanned it at a glance. I made a recommendation with a familiar voice: "If it's a barbecue, the beef skewers and mutton skewers here are delicious, especially the cod. Five-star recommendation, and... Chicken hearts and gizzards are also good…”
I didn’t have the nerve to tell them. In fact, every time I came with Wang Huining, I would order two skewers of pork kidneys. Children rarely eat these, so I didn’t want to order them blatantly. Now I’m with Luo Xiangdong and the others. , I won’t even mention it.
It was Zheng Zeyu who said he wanted to have barbecue. Hearing this, he said aloud: "Just order whatever you think is delicious without asking us."
I said, "Then for the five of us, twenty skewers will be enough. Anyway, we need to order something else."
Luo Xiangdong teased from the side: "So stingy? You really want to treat guests yourself."
I glanced sideways at Luo Xiangdong, knowing that he was teasing me on purpose, so I boldly showed my face to him, and then said, "Mr. Luo, you are so hardworking. I will risk my one month's salary. As long as You can finish it."
Zheng Zeyu smiled and said, "See, I'm not short of money, but I'm afraid you won't be able to finish it."
Luo Xiangdong didn't look at Zheng Zeyu, but looked at me and said, "You often use one month's salary to hit people. It seems that your salary is quite high now. Do you need me to help you reduce it appropriately?"
My eyes suddenly widened slightly, and I replied dissatisfied: "Is there anyone who bullies others so blatantly?"
Luo Xiangdong gently raised the corners of his lips, as if he was happy, and said, "I never choose the time or place to bully people."
I glanced at my mouth, speechless.
Zheng Zeyu smiled and said to me: "Xiao Liang, look at your unscrupulous boss. It's better to hang out with him than with me. When the time comes, the two of us will be popular and drink spicy food."
I knew Zheng Zeyu was joking, so I smiled and said, "I think it's okay."
As soon as I finished speaking, Luo Xiangdong immediately retorted: "How dare you."
I turned my head to look at him, but I saw him squinting at me and said, "You still want to ride on two boats?"
Relying on the presence of Zheng Zeyu and Wei Zheng, I said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "People die for money and birds die for food. Good birds choose trees to roost. It's not easy for me to be alone in the Night City. Don't let me A good place to go?"
Something flashed across Luo Xiangdong's eyes quickly, as if he didn't expect me to be so bold. He paused, then narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Liang Zijin, I really didn't see it. You are not too ambitious." ”
I raised the corners of my lips, smiled innocently, and replied aloud: "My mother always said that I am ambitious, otherwise I wouldn't have come from Liangcheng to Night City."
Luo Xiangdong's expression did not change, he stared at me and said, "You can run from Liangcheng to Yecheng if you are ambitious, but if you are too ambitious, do you believe I will send you back to Liangcheng from Yecheng?"
Hearing this, my smile suddenly froze on my lips. His mouth was too venomous. Just when I thought I had the upper hand, he knocked me back to my original form in an instant.
Zheng Zeyu smiled and said, "Don't let him scare you. I'm here to protect you."
I glanced at Zheng Zeyu and was about to speak when Luo Xiangdong took a quick step and said, "Don't look at him. If you make him anxious, I'll send him away with you."
Zheng Zeyu immediately pursed his lips and said to me pitifully: "It's over, we will have to depend on each other from now on."
Wei Zheng had a helpless smile on his face and said: "Okay, if you guys are done, if you still can't order anything, Yichuan and I will starve to death."
I quickly picked up the menu, cut through the mess quickly, and summed it up neatly: "Well, let's order the hot pot, the mandarin duck pot. I'll order the various dishes. You can draw whatever you want to cook. He's all home-cooked here. You should like the taste.”
Initially, everyone was not very hungry, but the strong aroma wafting in the restaurant made people want to eat.
The menu was passed from Zheng Zeyu to Wei Zheng, Qin Yichuan, and finally Luo Xiangdong.
He held a pencil and looked at the ten lines at a glance. I saw him drawing in a flash, and I couldn't help but ask aloud: "Can you finish eating so much?"
Luo Xiangdong didn't raise his head and replied directly: "I'm going to take a walk if I can't finish eating."
I curled my lips and glared at him cautiously.
After everyone had finished ordering, Luo Xiangdong handed me the order. I lowered my head and saw, "Hey guys, they might as well order every dish in the restaurant."
I wanted to say that there was so much to eat, but then I thought, as long as I dare to say it, Luo Xiangdong will definitely tease me again, so I should just keep silent.
I got up with the list and walked to the door. Because two big dogs were lying down at the door, I could only half-open the door and shouted to the outside: "Waiter, please come here."
Not long after, a female clerk wearing a red apron with the words "王老五大酒店" ran over. I handed the menu through the crack in the door and said, "Please hurry up, everyone inside is hungry."
The waiter looked at the menu and couldn't help but raise his head and ask me: "Do you want all the hooks?"
I knew what she was surprised about. Five people could eat so much food, unless it was a pig.
Smiling slightly awkwardly, I replied aloud: "Someone is here for the first time and wants to try your specialty dishes."
The waiter smiled and replied: "Okay, then I'll tell the chef to prepare it quickly. Please wait a moment."
The waiter trotted away, I closed the door and returned to my seat.
There were five people in the private room, and there was nothing else except an iron teapot and a few sets of bowls and chopsticks on the huge round table. In the past, when I was with friends, I would play something while waiting for food, otherwise it would be boring to be idle.
I didn't feel bored when I was with Luo Xiangdong and the others, but I was afraid that I would be embarrassed if I didn't have anything to say, so I took the initiative and asked aloud: "It will take a while for the food to be served. Do you want to play something?"
Luo Xiangdong said: "What's fun in this place?"
I said, "Play poker. We usually come here to play poker."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Where's the poker?"
I pointed to the window sill behind Luo Xiangdong: "There."
Luo Xiangdong turned around, stretched out his long hand, and brought over a box of cards.
Zheng Zeyu smiled and said, "What are five of us playing for?"
I said, "We play 5, 10, and K over there. Have you ever heard of it?"
Wei Zheng said: "I think I've heard of it, how do you play it specifically?"
I said: "It's just 5, 10, and K put together to make a small explosion. It can control all single cards, pairs, and flushes. Except for the explosion of four cards together, it is the biggest."
Zheng Zeyu nodded and said: "Everything else is played normally. 2 is the biggest in a single card, 2 in other three generations, and five straight cards in a row."
"Yes, how about we play with it first and give it a try."
Under my leadership, the five of us played 5, 10, and k. Because a person can only draw eleven or two cards, the chance of even a straight is very small, and it is basically a single card or a pair. I was the first to go out because of my good cards, and the last one to sell was a pair of 2s.
I said: "Kick or not?"
Luo Xiangdong looked up at me and said, "What do you mean?"
"Kick me when I'm done. If no one cares, I'll postpone it until you do it."
Luo Xiangdong said oh, then swept towards the crowd and asked: "Do you want it? If you don't want it, I'll kick you."
I couldn't help but raise the corners of my lips, he really knew how to apply what he was learning.
The other three people at the table looked at each other. Zheng Zeyu signaled Wei Zheng to play his cards to stop Luo Xiangdong. Wei Zheng leaned back on his chair and said, "I'm sorry."
Zheng Zeyu looked at Qin Yichuan again: "Yichuan, come up, I think we are going east."
Qin Yichuan said: "I can't afford it either."
Zheng Zeyu frowned and said, "You two don't care about him. Don't regret it when you look back."
Wei Zheng said: "If you want to take care of yourself, why do you let us go?"
Luo Xiangdong also counterattacked an army. He looked at Zheng Zeyu and said, "Now there is a pair of 2s on the table, and there is another pair. It's up to you to keep them all."
I sat aside and really watched the fight between tigers and tigers. I didn't expect that they could play poker with a sense of immediateness like a palace battle drama combined with a mystery drama.
As a result, before they finished the game, they only heard two knocks on the door. Then, before anyone in the room could speak, the door was pushed open from the outside. Queenb's tail was accidentally caught, and she immediately let out a squealing sound. The waiter outside the door was carrying a large pot. The dog was startled by the dog, and she almost threw the pot away.
This series of actions happened in a flash of lightning, and the whole table was so frightened that we stood up. Wei Zheng and Zheng Zeyu, who were closest to the door, pushed their chairs under the table to make room for the two big dogs, and then said to the frightened waiter outside the door: "Are you okay?"
The waiter stood at the door for a long time. When she came to her senses, she brought the hot pot into the room. She said, "I'm sorry just now. I didn't see the dog in the room. I'm really sorry."
The dog belongs to Luo Xiangdong, and he is very precious. He doesn't speak, and it's hard for others to answer.
Luo Xiangdong didn't care, and said calmly: "It's okay."
The waiter placed a large copper pot on the flat induction cooker in the middle of the table, adjusted the temperature to the highest setting, and then turned around to bring in the various mutton rolls, seafood and vegetables that were on the dining cart at the door.
"You guys can start rinsing it after the pot is hot. I'm also urging you on the barbecue and stir-fry dishes, and they will be served to you soon."
The waiter spoke and handled things very neatly. After finishing the work, he ducked out.
I looked at the side of the red soup in the copper pot facing Luo Xiangdong, and couldn't help but get up and reach out to pick it up, thinking about turning the red soup over. But I didn't expect that the seemingly unheated pot turned out to be extremely hot. As soon as I touched the copper ears on both sides, I immediately jumped up with a scalding sound.
My reaction really frightened everyone. Wei Zheng was the first to ask: "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
Zheng Zeyu then asked: "Did you get burned?"
I reached out and pinched my earlobes on both sides. Not only my brows, but almost all my facial features were frowned together.
Luo Xiangdong frowned and said, "Why are you touching the pot when you have nothing to do?"
I was burned to the point of tears, and couldn't help but reply aloud: "You can't eat spicy food now, I'll help you change my mind."
As he finished speaking, Luo Xiangdong pursed his lower lip, then looked at me and said, "Stretch out your hand."
I was used to following his orders and whatever he said came to pass.
Holding my earlobe with my left hand, I spread my right hand flat to show him.
The tips of the fingers on my right hand were all red from the heat. At first glance, the skin looked unbroken, but I knew that the top layer of skin must have been broken, otherwise I wouldn’t have suffered such excruciating pain.