Lord of the Desert

Chapter 205 The Right Way
"We can't eat Overlord Meal!"

Wu Ruyi stared and said.

"Why do you think so?"

Hong Fan laughed.

"This restaurant is my family's business. We all went there, and it happens to be very popular."

"Wouldn't that be your request?"

Wu Hongling wanted to refuse, but Hong Fan stopped her.

"Si Ye didn't hear what Erye He said before, the food and wine made at home are nothing more than some materials and labor, and they can't be priced outside!"

He said.

Everyone was a little moved, but Wu Hongling couldn't hold back.

"It's just a meal, isn't it just a matter of excuses like this?"

Hong Fan persuaded with a smile.

"Ruyi, please advise Si Ye."

Wu Ru felt dissatisfied when he thought that there was another word missing in his address.

"I went to look for Hong Fan according to his address this morning, and saw that he lived alone in the old mansion, and he had a garden full of Endless Summer."

She puffed.

"Today, he will eat up his big family!"

Wu Hongling knew that she was not good at cooking and could not beat her subordinates, so she finally agreed.

The five chatted and laughed all the way, and soon arrived at Xingsheng Hall.

When Zhao Rongxuan saw the young master coming over, he also brought his colleagues and a seventh-rank secretary, so he immediately arranged a box on the top floor and the best waiter.

Hong Fan took the menu, picked out the expensive items, and easily ordered the full amount of ten kangaroos, and also asked for ten-year-old jadeite that sold for a tael of silver on the pot list.

11 taels of silver, equivalent to ten thousand RMB in the previous life.

The dish itself uses the best ingredients, and the chef personally cooks the whole process and tries his best. The taste is so good that Bai Jiaci almost swallowed his tongue.

After a few rounds of fine wine, the atmosphere heated up, and everyone started talking.

"Hong Fan, I respect you!"

Bai Jiaci raised his glass with both hands.

"It's the first time I've eaten such a sumptuous food and drink in several years, and it's thanks to you."

"Brother Bai's family is particularly struggling?"

Hong Fan was concerned.

When a warrior reaches the Chaotic Realm, he can have a piece of heaven and earth wherever he is.

He didn't think Bai Jiaci was from Meng Lang, and under normal circumstances, he wouldn't even have to think about the next restaurant.

"My family is not considered a wealthy family, but there are nearly 200 acres of good land, with a yearly income of [-] taels. I can be regarded as a country gentleman."

Bai Jiaci said.

"But living in Xijing is not easy; there are too many places to spend money!"

Speaking of this, he was full of bitterness.

"For a Tiqi from out of town like us, rent a small private courtyard with a location that is not too far away, and find a servant to clean and cook. It costs two to thirty taels a year."

"It's even harder to eat."

"Martial arts practitioners eat a lot and need plenty of meat; in addition, for the convenience of doing things, they must raise a good horse..."

"Food and clothing expenses are roughly calculated, and it will be 100 taels a year."

"That's not counting the pills."

"The marrow-washing pill we received today, if we go out and buy it alone, it will cost upwards of 70 taels, and the efficacy of the medicine is less than a ten-year period."

He sighed and couldn't continue.

Hong Fan understood what he said.

He knows best about the comparison of practice speed with and without martial arts resources.

It is not difficult for martial arts masters to make money.

It's just that they are both in the same state of chaos, feasting and feasting are one way of living, and diligent practice is another way of living.

Bai Jiaci's martial arts have to be accumulated to exchange for martial arts, so martial arts resources can only be bought with money, no wonder the livelihood is difficult.

"Actually, Xiaobai's family still has some surplus money."

Wu Hongling poured a glass of wine for Bai Jiaci and said.

"But he is the eldest son, and he has two younger brothers and a younger sister."

"In the past, Xiao Baibai practiced under the sect, and the family saved food and money for the pills that had been provided for many years."

"Now that he comes to Xijing to be a rider, he is unwilling to reach out to his family no matter what..."

She was half-speaking and was interrupted by her subordinates.

"Si Ye, what are you talking about for nothing?"

Bai Jiaci's face turned reddish, and he waved his hands indiscriminately.

"What about Brother Yuanzi?"

Hong Fan nodded and asked again.

"With "Heavenly Heart Induction Chapter", a family martial art that goes up to the innate five-in-one, the family reputation must not be bad, right?"

"My family is in Zhan County, east of Xijing, and it is indeed one of the most prominent families in the area."

Zhan Yuanzi said.

"But I'm not as good as Xiaobai."

"Thirty to seven, I haven't married a wife and had children. I just sketch and paint every day. Many years ago, my father refused to see me because I 'didn't follow the right path'."

"Now it's almost a situation of betrayal, all relying on the occasional opening to sell a few paintings to earn some silver taels."

He smiled wryly and raised his glass to respect each other.

"But you are all Tiqi now?"

Hong Fan drank all the wine in his glass and wondered.

"Liangzhou Chishou Tiqi, with your father, isn't this the right way?"

"If you seek martial arts like Xiaobai, and if you seek pills like Ruyi, then it is naturally considered the right way."

Zhan Yuanzi smiled.

"But I came to Tiqi because I want to accumulate martial arts and exchange for that second-rank divine weapon called 'Wu Hao Yin'."

He said with ecstatic eyes and longing face.

"This pen is worth [-] martial arts, but it is not useful for fighting. It can only absorb the innate aura as a paint. It has infinite colors and will never fade."

Hong Fan looked at Zhan Yuanzi's face, and saw 37 years of wind and frost between the corners of his mouth and eyebrows, but the light in his eyes was like that of a boy in Jinhai clan.

"I'm not afraid of making fun of you."

Zhan Yuanzi came back to his senses and laughed at himself.

"Today you said you wanted to find a restaurant for a drink. My first thought at that time was that after this meal, I would have to sell a few paintings to settle the bill..."

Hong Fan nodded silently.

After everyone drank two rounds of stuffy wine, Wu Hongling started another topic.

"This morning, I thought you knew Shi Yuanwei?"

she wondered.

Shi Yuanwei was born in a poor family and has worked in Tiqi for many years.

All the way from the low stage of Hunran, he first switched to "Shen Xing Dian", and then broke through to the sympathy between heaven and man.

He was a man of one mind and always conceited, but it could be seen that he respected Hong Fan very much.

"When we were in Jinhai City, the snake man went south, and we fought side by side..."

Hong Fan replied.

But he was not quite right.

When Shi Yuanwei was in Jinhai, he saw Hong Jian giving up his life to kill Chi Lin at the base of the city, seeing Lao Caitou laying dead on the top of the city with a machete in his hands, seeing Liao Zhenghao breaking an arm trying to save himself...

If so, he had to respect the people of Jinhai extraordinarily.

Everyone ate this meal for an hour and a half from the time when the sun was sinking in the pavilion to when the moon was rising to the sky.

Huo Jade has a mellow taste and strong aroma, it is really a good wine.

At the end of the drink, Wu Hongling closed her eyes and sang softly to the rhythm of Wu Ruyi's chopsticks and ceramic bowl.

When the painting boat burned like a fire in the depths of the waves, the five people came downstairs full of wine and food, half drunk.

Wu Hongling led Wu Ruyi by the hand.

Bai Jiaci hooked Hong Fan and Zhan Yuanzi's shoulders.

After only one day of getting along with each other, the new, the old, and the five people already have some sense of getting along with each other.

Zhao Rongxuan escorted the five of them out with a smiling face and his buddies.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Xingsheng Hall was about to close when Hong Fan came back alone.

"Uncle Zhao, thanks for your arrangement today!"

He cupped his hands and smiled.

"My family has to settle accounts clearly; tonight's meal will be calculated at the original price for me."

As Hong Fan said, he took out a golden leaf from his bosom.

Zhao Rongxuan wanted to decline, but he suddenly realized that his Shaodong's overly handsome face couldn't find even a hint of drunkenness when he went out.

"Yes, it's all according to Shaodong's orders."

His heart was awe-inspiring, and he replied with extra respect.

After Hong Fan paid the money, he bid farewell to the accountant and the clerks one by one, and then he went out, and walked to the Zhaori Mansion in a car.

(End of this chapter)