In the backyard of the Li Residence.
Li Zexuan was pushing Lan 'er on the swing when Xiao He suddenly ran over and said to Li Zexuan,
"Young Master, Cheng Chumo, who ate with us yesterday, is here. He is waiting for you in the front hall. He said that you owe him a meal and is waiting for you to treat him."
Speaking of this, Xiao He couldn't help but laugh.
Li Zexuan was stunned. He almost forgot about this. However, Cheng Chumo was really interesting. Who would run to someone's house and ask them to treat him? However, Li Zexuan also quite liked this guy's straightforward temperament. At least he was better than those who appeared to be amiable with you on the surface but stabbed you in the back. This kind of brother was worth having.
Li Zexuan brought Lan 'er to the front hall and saw Cheng Chumo sitting there casually drinking tea. Hey, this guy really didn't treat himself as an outsider!
"Oh, Brother Chou Niu, why are you here today?"
Li Zexuan pretended to be confused and said.
Cheng Chumo heard this and stared at Li Zexuan. This guy clearly owed him a meal and yet he pretended to be confused. He didn't believe that the servant girl didn't say why he came today when she went in to report. He really didn't expect him to be so thick-skinned. Li Zexuan's skin was even thicker than his.
He could say in private that Li Zexuan owed him a meal. After all, everyone in Chang 'an knew that he, Cheng Chumo, was a straightforward guy. However, he couldn't say in front of others that he was here to ask them to treat him to a meal, right? Cheng Chumo huffed and puffed there for a long time. He didn't know what to say and his face turned red.
Li Zexuan didn't want to tease him anymore and hurriedly said,
"Oh, I was just about to invite Brother Ugly Bull to eat KFC at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant yesterday. I almost forgot. My bad, my bad. Let's go to the Drunken Immortal Restaurant now. Today's KFC is limited for others, but for Brother Ugly Bull, you can eat as much as you want.
Cheng Chumo also knew that Li Zexuan was deliberately teasing him. It was normal for brothers to joke around, so he didn't take it to heart. However, when he heard the last sentence, his eyes suddenly lit up. He instantly felt that this joke was worth it. If possible, he didn't mind Li Zexuan joking with him a few more times.
He stepped forward and patted Li Zexuan's shoulder with all his might.
He laughed and said, "Brother, you're very kind. Haha, if you ask me, you're good in every way, but you're too polite. However, I, Old Cheng, like it. Haha!"
Li Zexuan was speechless. In his previous life, when he watched the TV series "The Legend of the Sui and Tang Heroes", he often heard Cheng Chumo call this person Old Cheng. He didn't expect that his son also liked to call himself Old Cheng. Li Zexuan wondered if Cheng Chumo would still dare to call himself Old Cheng if Cheng Chumo was here.
Putting aside these messy thoughts, Li Zexuan brought Lan 'er and Cheng Chumo out of the house. They saw a strong black horse at the door.
"Brother Ugly Bull, you came here on a horse!"
Li Zexuan originally wanted to walk over with everyone, but when he saw that Cheng Chumo came here on a horse, he suddenly felt awkward.
"Aren't you talking nonsense? My house is so far away from yours. If I didn't ride a horse here, how long would I have to walk?"
Cheng Chumo said unhappily.
The Lu Public House was in Huaide Lane, which was west of Xi City. It was quite close to Xi City, but it was quite far from the Li Public House. It must have been hard for him to come all the way here so early in the morning to have a meal with Li Zexuan.
"San Bao, do we have a horse in our house?"
Li Zexuan had no choice but to ride a horse. Although he didn't ride a horse in his previous life, he was confident that a horse wouldn't be able to do anything to him now that he was highly skilled in martial arts.
"Yes, Young Master. Old Master has a few horses in the past. San Bao will go get them for you now."
San Bao quickly went to get the horse for Li Zexuan.
After a while, Li Zexuan carried Lan 'er and rode together with Cheng Chumo to Xi City. The Tang Dynasty wasn't like the other dynasties after it, where one could ride a horse in Chang 'an City.
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When they arrived at Zuixian Restaurant, Li Zexuan was surprised to see a long line outside. After all, this was only the first day of KFC. What he didn't know was that before they arrived, several groups of people had already ordered KFC at Zuixian Restaurant. After eating it, they were naturally shocked by the deliciousness of the world. However, a serving of KFC was only about ten pieces of chicken. How could it be enough? They quickly asked the waiter to bring another serving.
The waiter could only say with a bitter face that each table was limited to one serving. The entire Zuixian Restaurant was limited to 200 servings a day.
This made the people who had just finished their KFC suffer. After eating the delicious fried chicken, they immediately lost their appetite when they looked at the other dishes on the table.
However, there were some smart people among them. When they saw that there weren't many people eating at Zuixian Restaurant at this time, they immediately paid the bill and went out to find their attendants. They asked them to go back and find a few more servants. Then, they came in and each took a table and ordered a serving of KFC.
Of course, those servants definitely wouldn't be able to eat it. They could only leave it for their Old Master. This caused Zuixian Restaurant to be full. There was a long line outside. Some passersby who didn't know what was going on asked around and also joined the line out of curiosity. The line became longer and longer.
Xi City was originally a place with a lot of people. With such a long line, it naturally attracted everyone's attention. One spread to ten, ten spread to a hundred. Just like this, KFC became completely popular on the first day of its launch.
Cheng Chumo looked at the long line and couldn't help but be dumbfounded. He secretly rejoiced that he found Li Zexuan to eat with him. Otherwise, he would also have to painstakingly wait in line.
Don't think that just because he was the son of Lu Guogong, he could cut the line as he pleased. It must be known that those who could afford to eat at Zuixian Restaurant were generally rich and respectable. If he went up and cut the line and offended the second generation of the Imperial Censor, everyone would make a fuss. Naturally, he couldn't avoid being impeached. Although the Emperor wouldn't do anything to him for such a small matter, from another point of view, if he were to be reprimanded by the Emperor for such a small matter, wouldn't it be worth it?
Li Zexuan naturally didn't need to wait in line. It didn't make sense for him to have to wait in line when he was going to his own restaurant. Therefore, he directly held Lan 'er's hand and pulled the horse along with Cheng Chumo as they bypassed the crowd and walked towards Zuixian Restaurant.
"Hey, Brother Zexuan."
Suddenly, he seemed to hear someone calling him from the line. Li Zexuan quickly turned his head and saw Li Chengqian pulling Li Lizhi from the line and walking towards them.
"Oh, so it's Brother Gao Ming and Sister Lizhi. Brother Gao Ming also came to eat at Zuixian Restaurant?" Li Zexuan went forward and greeted.
"That's right. The two of us saw that Zuixian Restaurant was quite popular in Xi City today. It seemed like they had withdrawn from some new food, so we came to join in the fun."
"That's good. If Brother Gao Ming doesn't mind, why don't you come with us? I won't hide it from Brother Gao Ming.
Li Zexuan also felt that the second generation of the Imperial Censor in front of him didn't have any airs and was worth befriending, so he invited him. However, he didn't notice Chou Ox behind him. When he saw Li Chengqian, his expression changed slightly.
"That's what I was thinking. Then let's go in together."
After Li Chengqian returned to the palace yesterday, he had someone investigate Li Zexuan's background. Naturally, he knew that this restaurant was the property of Li Zexuan's family. When he saw Li Zexuan just now, he was quite happy and decisively gave up on waiting in line for half a day to hitch a ride with Boss Li to go in and have a big meal.
"Hey, Chou Ox, why are you with Brother Zexuan?" Li Chengqian noticed Cheng Chumo at the side and asked with a strange expression.
"Li Zexuan is a brother that I just met yesterday. He's treating me to a drink today," Cheng Chumo said matter-of-factly.
"Brother Chou Ox, you know Gao Ming?"
Li Zexuan asked with some confusion.
"Yes, because of my father's generation, I know him."
Cheng Chumo saw that Li Zexuan didn't seem to know Li Chengqian's true identity. At this moment, it wasn't good for him to point it out, so he could only give a vague answer.
"Oh!" Li Zexuan suddenly understood and said with an 'oh'. It wasn't strange that the second generation of the Imperial Censor knew each other.
The group didn't waste any more words and directly entered Zuixian Restaurant.
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