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"Master, please stop making fun of me. Are you confident in the competition with the Broken Marquis later? I have come into contact with the Broken Marquis many times. His level is really extraordinary. Don't let this happen to you."

Although Han Chunming admired his master very much, he also knew that Marquis Polan was not an ordinary person. He was the descendant of Prince Qing. How could his level be ordinary?

Old Master Guan slapped Han Chunming on the back of his head.

"How dare you doubt your master, you little brat? Even the father of the Broken Marquis was defeated by me. How can I not defeat him, a junior of his?"

"That's hard to say. As the saying goes, the waves behind push the waves in front. Maybe if you underestimate your enemy, he will win," Han Chunming said.

Old Master Guan sneered: "Don't provoke me here, kid. I know you better than you do."

Han Chunming smiled embarrassedly. He did it on purpose. Grandpa Guan understood him, and he also understood Grandpa Guan.

"Master is Master, whatever you say is right."

"Don't be so sarcastic, little brat."

Amid the laughter and chatter of this funny master and disciple, the three of them soon arrived at the entrance of the Chaba Building.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 664: Drinking Competition, Broken Marquis

"Tea House!"

After getting off the car, Mr. Guan did not enter the restaurant immediately, but stared at the plaque.

Today, Han Chunming gathered four enameled small bowls for him, fulfilling his wish and reuniting him with the relics of his three former brothers. So when he saw the name Chabalou, he couldn't help but miss the past.

"Master, let's go in. The Ragnarok Marquis should be waiting for us."

Han Chunming's voice woke Mr. Guan from his trance.

"Walk."

The three of them walked towards the Chaba Building.

Li Chengtao and Guan Xiaoguan were waiting at the door. When they saw Grandpa Guan coming, they immediately came out to greet him.

"Grandpa, Uncle Hou and the others are here."

"Ah."

Old Master Guan nodded, and with the help of Han Chunming and Guan Xiaoguan, he walked into the Chaba Building.

This is Zhou Chen’s second time to come to Chaba Lou. The first time was when Chaba Lou had just opened. When he came again today, he obviously found that Chaba Lou had undergone significant changes compared to before.

Previously, Cai Xiaoli was in charge of Chabalou, and now it is Guan Xiaoguan who manages Chabalou. It is hard to say who has a better management level between the two, but Guan Xiaoguan has been abroad and has a broader vision, which is obviously much higher than Cai Xiaoli's.

There were no guests in the hall on the first floor at the moment, only three people standing there. When they saw Mr. Guan coming, they immediately came to greet him.

I saw a man in his fifties with ordinary looks, who bowed to Mr. Guan with the unique Qing Dynasty etiquette of greeting.

"Master Guan, I am here to greet you."

I have to say that the Qing Dynasty had really a lot of rules. Even after so many years of its demise, there are still people who remember the etiquette of that time.

Grandpa Guan let go of the support of his apprentice and granddaughter and waved to Marquis Paola.

"No thanks, no thanks, just get up."

Hou Paolan stood up obediently, even though he had somewhat disparaged Grandpa Guan when he spoke to Han Chunming before.

But after really meeting Grandpa Guan, he was still quite respectful to him, because Grandpa Guan was also a well-known figure in Yanjing City, and even his father was willing to admit defeat to him.

He wants to defeat Grandpa Guan and avenge his father, but that doesn't mean he will belittle Grandpa Guan for this. On the contrary, it is more of a special respect for him.

Old Master Guan walked to the round table with his hands behind his back, looked at the banquet that had been set up, and chuckled.

"The teahouse is really quiet today."

Guan Xiaoguan said, "Grandpa, don't you see what time it is? The shop is closed. If we weren't waiting for you, we would have gone home long ago."

Li Chengtao was very attentive and moved a chair over for Grandpa Guan to sit down. On the other side, Meng Xiaoxing also helped Marquis Pao to sit down.

Han Chunming and Hou Su'e stood beside Old Man Guan and Marquis Polan respectively and served them.

Guan Xiaoguan didn't say anything polite, and pulled up a chair and sat down, just like the host. Zhou Chen didn't say anything polite either, and walked to the chair opposite, sat down, and crossed his legs.

As soon as she saw Guan Xiaoguan sitting down, Hou Su'e's eyes widened, and she pointed at Guan Xiaoguan and said, "This, this is not appropriate, right?"

At the same time, she gestured to Guan Xiaoguan to stand up. In her eyes, Guan Xiaoguan was just the granddaughter of Grandpa Guan, and her seniority might not even be higher than hers. Didn't she see that Han Chunming didn't sit down, so how could Guan Xiaoguan have the nerve to sit down?

When Grandpa Guan heard this, he became unhappy and asked, "Why is it inappropriate? Her name is Little Lazy Cat. If you call her Big Lazy Cat, you can also sit down."

Hou Su'e felt a little embarrassed after being retorted. Seeing that her father did not object, she stopped objecting.

After hearing what Grandpa Guan said, Zhou Chen laughed a little. When the old man doesn't want to be reasonable, he is indeed unreasonable.

In fact, what Hou Su'e said was not wrong. Guan Xiaoguan was of a lower seniority. Under normal circumstances, even if it was Han Chunming's turn to sit down, it would not be her turn.

But who made her so favored by the old man?

Meng Xiaoxing didn't pay attention to Guan Xiaoguan, but looked at Zhou Chen in confusion.

"Second brother-in-law, why are you sitting down too?"

Zhou Chen glanced at her and said, "Why are you so talkative?"

Meng Xiaoxing looked aggrieved, "Second brother-in-law, it's not that I'm talking too much, but..."

"Xiao Xing, shut up."

Han Chunming scolded Meng Xiaoxing. He was most familiar with Zhou Chen and knew that Zhou Chen did not have a good impression of Meng Xiaoxing, so he did not want Meng Xiaoxing to offend Zhou Chen. After all, they were family.

"Fifth brother, I don't mean anything else, I'm just curious."

She was indeed curious, because she knew that Grandpa Guan and Marquis Polan were both powerful figures. Although Zhou Chen was also powerful, he should not be as good as these two.

Grandpa Guan looked at Zhou Chen, chuckled, and then said to Marquis Papa, "We shouldn't let outsiders witness what we did today, but Zhou Chen is my apprentice's brother-in-law, a top student who graduated from Peking University and is now teaching at Peking University. In the past, he was a teacher at the Imperial Academy. If we really talk about knowledge, the two of us combined may not be as good as him. You should have no objection to him sitting down, right?"

"Of course I have no objection."

Hou Lan answered without hesitation.

He had a very good relationship with Han Chunming, so naturally he also knew Zhou Chen. Although they had only met a few times, he learned a lot about Zhou Chen from Han Chunming.

He admired Han Chunming very much. Even Han Chunming admired him. Naturally, he would not look down on those who thought he was inferior to him.

Hou Su'e didn't know Zhou Chen. When she heard what Grandpa Guan said, she looked at Zhou Chen in shock.

This young man, who is much younger than her, is so knowledgeable. No wonder he can sit calmly in front of her father and Old Man Guan.

"Since you have no objection, let's go." Old Master Guan raised his left hand and asked Hou Paolan.

Marquis Paola also raised his hand to signal, so Grandpa Guan spoke first.

"I'm tired of drinking all night, I won't go home until I'm drunk!"

This line of poetry comes from the Book of Songs "Xiaoya - Kanlu", which talks about the virtues of drinking. First, you must enjoy yourself, second, you must be filial, third, you must not lose your morals, and fourth, you must not lose your composure.

Old Master Guan compares himself to the emperor and Marquis Poor to other princes, in an attempt to suppress Marquis Poor.

The Ragnarok Marquis immediately stood up, bowed to Old Master Guan, and said, "The wind and rain are dark, and the cocks are crowing. Although this is a woman's phrase, it is the only allusion."

Then he raised his hand and said, "You're welcome."

Old Master Guan picked up the wine glass, but the people present, such as Li Chengtao, Hou Su'e, and Meng Xiaoxing, all looked confused and didn't understand what was going on.

Even Guan Xiaoguan, although she understood that this was a drinking contest between her grandfather and Marquis Polan, her cultural literacy was not that high and she could only understand the general idea.

Watching Grandpa Guan drinking, Zhou Chen understood that it was indeed Hou Polan who won this round.

He had never played the drinking contest before, but he had a high level of knowledge in history and culture, and he immediately understood the meaning of the two lines of poetry.

Marquis Polan used this line of poetry to respond. Firstly, he wanted to say that Lord Guan was a gentleman and he was happy to see him. Secondly, he wanted to say that he was also a gentleman. Although he was a rag collector, his integrity remained unchanged.

In this contrast, one is belittling and the other is praising. Naturally, the neither humble nor arrogant Marquis of Poor has a deeper intention and is one step ahead.

After the first round, it was Hou Polan's turn to ask questions.

He waved his hand and chanted: "The immortal came from the sea and left me a coral hook."

Grandpa Guan said: "The crystal light is dazzling, and its colors illuminate the nine states."

Seeing that he was facing Master Guan, Hou Paolan drank a glass very happily.

But just as he was about to put down his glass, Mr. Guan spoke again: "Don't worry, it's not over yet, there are two more sentences to come, you have to fill them in for me."

Marquis Paola was stunned, and even Zhou Chen laughed in his heart. This old man seemed to be taking advantage of his seniority, but as an elder, he did have the qualifications.

The Broken Marquis was not angry, and asked politely: "Please enlighten me."

"Since I have gained this precious treasure, I will rest on the stone all night long."

The ragged Marquis had no choice but to drink another cup. After finishing it, he smiled and said, "Continue."

Grandpa Guan did not ask any questions. Instead, he continued with the previous question, "Just now you mentioned corals. These corals grow one circle every year. How many circles have they grown in modern times? How many circles have they grown in ancient times?"

The Broken Marquis was stunned and said speechlessly: "Master Guan, we can't play like this."

But Grandpa Guan said, "How fresh! Since you mentioned coral first, we should get to the bottom of it. If we know something, we should know it. If we don't know something, we should know it. It's the rule to ask questions without feeling ashamed."

"Xiao Zhou, am I right?"

Zhou Chen was watching the fun when he was suddenly called by Grandpa Guan. He was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Grandpa, this is a competition between you two. I'm not the referee."

The meaning is very simple, I am not the referee, you guys play your game, don't ask me, I am just watching the fun, which also shows that it is a public institution.

"You are a slippery boy."

Grandpa Guan smiled and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he said to the Broken Marquis, "Three hundred and sixty circles for modern times and three hundred and eighty circles for ancient fossils. Drink it."

Hou Paolan was also straightforward and drank another glass.

"Any more?"

"I heard that it has reached 400 laps recently, haha, drink."

Now everyone realized that Grandpa Guan was deliberately pulling the strings and couldn't help laughing.

Hou Pao Lan had no choice but to drink another glass.

Meng Xiaoxing, who was standing in the back pouring wine, said in a very mean way, "I say, why are you the only one drinking?"

Mr. Guan's expression suddenly changed, and he yelled at Meng Xiaoxing: "Shut up."

Zhou Chen also glanced at Meng Xiaoxing. This woman really had no vision at all and couldn't tell the occasion from a bad one.

If it weren't for Han Chunming, she wouldn't have the qualifications to stand here. She is even less qualified than Li Chengtao. When will it be her turn to laugh at her elders?

In other words, there are not as many rules now as before. If it were in the past, you would have been kicked out long ago.

However, Marquis Paola didn't care about Meng Xiaoxing. Now he was only interested in Grandpa Guan.

"Master, it's my turn next."

Old Master Guan bowed and signaled him to start asking questions.

Hou Su'e returned the gift and asked her daughter to take out the black cloth bag she was carrying. Hou Su'e opened the bag and took out many small glass bottles from it.

The Broken Marquis said, "Back then, there wasn't much wine, so my father lost to you. Today I brought twenty-three kinds of wine, please taste them one by one."

Grandpa Guan looked at the Broken Marquis with a smile, and then said, "Go and prepare a cup for Grandpa, the Nine Gates Admiral, at a time."

Meng Xiaoxing looked confused, and Guan Xiaoguan explained, "Go get twenty-three cups."

Meng Xiaoxing reacted and immediately went to get twenty-three wine glasses and placed them on the table one by one.

Hou Su'e poured the wine into the glass. Han Chunming first handed a glass to Grandpa Guan. Grandpa Guan was able to identify it after just one smell.

The answer was correct, Hou Paolan drank three cups willingly.

Then Grandpa Guan started to install the wall, but he didn't do it himself and let his granddaughter Guan Xiaoguan taste it.

Guan Xiaoguan also pretended and ordered three glasses of wine at once with chopsticks, tasted them together, and then tasted wine and water.

Zhou Chen watched this grandfather and grandson pretending to be so stubborn with great interest. He thought he didn't have the ability to do so because he didn't drink much alcohol in this world.

Being able to taste two kinds of wine and one kind of water with one chopstick is, to be honest, a bit scary. If it was said that Old Man Guan had this ability, it would be somewhat believable, but if Guan Xiaoguan had this ability, it would be really unbelievable.

Zhou Chen had worked in a winery and had lived for so many years, so he had drunk a lot of wine. For most of the wines, he could tell whether they were good or bad just by taking a sip.

But it is difficult for him to say specifically what kind of wine it is. After all, he has drunk hundreds or even thousands of types of wine, and sometimes the taste of different brands of wine is really not much different.

Next, Mr. Guan criticized Hou Polan harshly. Hou Polan accepted the criticism humbly and agreed to continue investing in the restaurant, and have his daughter Hou Su'e manage it.