"Brat, don't tell me you want me to treat you to lunch at this time?"
"Yup!" Zhang Tie revealed an innocent smile as he nodded honestly.
"No way!" Donder's face immediately became as stiff as the door plank of a grocery store.
"Forget it. Previously, I thought that if you invited me for lunch, I would give you a good item to repay you for taking care of me these years …" Saying this, Zhang Tie pretended to leave.
"Heh heh, you want to hook me with this trick? Brat, I taught you this trick. I've been tired of it for dozens of years …" Donder sneered behind the counter as if he had seen through Zhang Tie's trick.
Zhang Tie didn't say anything; instead, he fished out the original copy of 'Mental Arithmetic by Abacus' from the inside pocket of his clothes and shook it in his hand. Only after shaking it, Zhang Tie was sure that Donder had clearly seen through the Hua characters on the cover.
Sure enough, when Zhang Tie raised his leg once again, Donder shouted from behind the counter, "Wait a moment …"
Zhang Tie turned around and stared at Donder with a smile. "How about it? Have you changed your mind?"
"Wait a moment, I will order some drinks and dishes and have them sent to the restaurant. We can chat while eating. After two months, you seem to have changed a lot. You've also grown taller …" Donder revealed a smile.
Zhang Tie shook his head. "Immortals Gathering Building!"
"What?" Donder, who was smiling just now, sprung up as if he had been stabbed by a knife. He cursed furiously, "Bastard, do you know how much it costs to have a meal in Immortals Gathering Building? That's the most expensive Chinese boite in Blackhot City. Now that Blackhot City is in chaos, a meal there would cost at least twice as much as before! "
Zhang Tie ignored him and turned around to leave.
"How about Delicacy House? It's also a Chinese restaurant nearby. The food there is also not bad!" Donder hurriedly rushed out from behind the counter.
Zhang Tie turned around and told Donder firmly once again, "Immortals Gathering Building!"
Donder gritted his teeth as he stared at Zhang Tie, trying to find some clues from Zhang Tie's face. However, Zhang Tie looked too calm. After struggling for quite a while with a gloomy face, Donder finally compromised, "Brat, you're really something. If you dare lie to me, I'll beat the shit out of you! "
Zhang Tie burst out laughing and dragged Donder away.
"Wait a minute, I still have a few pages of the account book to finish!"
Zhang Tie walked over there and picked up the account book of the grocery store. After glancing at it, he picked up a pen and wrote down a lot of numbers on the account book. He flipped to the next page, took another look, wrote a few more numbers, and flipped to the next page. He glanced at it and wrote down a few more numbers.
It took Zhang Tie less than ten seconds to finish calculating the three pages of accounts, which would have taken Donder ten minutes to do with an abacus.
"Alright!" After putting down the pen, Zhang Tie clapped his hands.
"Bastard. What nonsense did you write on it? My account book... "Donder rushed towards Zhang Tie with a wretched look. After glaring at Zhang Tie, he hurriedly picked up the abacus and started to calculate.
In less than three minutes, Donder's expression changed. On the first page of the account book, none of the numbers written down by Zhang Tie were wrong. How could he be so fast? Even if it was mental arithmetic, it was impossible for him to know all the results only by glancing at it.
Donder didn't know that Zhang Tie's mental arithmetic by abacus had reached a level that even Zhang Tie couldn't believe after his spiritual energy surged by three times. Zhang Tie only glanced at those numbers before the answers naturally appeared in his mind. It was more than 100 times better than that bullsh * t mental arithmetic by abacus.
"Do you believe me?" Zhang Tie waited patiently on one side until Donder changed his face and stared at him with a dubious look. Zhang Tie then opened his mouth. Zhang Tie then said, "There's no problem with the rest, don't waste time!"
"When did you learn to do mental arithmetic by abacus?"
"This is not mental arithmetic. It's just an additional effect of mental arithmetic by abacus..."
"Incidental?" Donder couldn't believe it.
"Incidental!" Zhang Tie nodded affirmatively.
Donder finally revealed a smile, "Good, Immortal Gathering Tower!"
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Immortals Gathering Building was the most advanced Chinese boite in Blackhot City. Previously, it was almost impossible for Zhang Tie to enter this place. It was said that the average consumption in this place was no less than one gold coin.
There was a pair of Chinese stone lions standing in front of the gate of Immortals Gathering Hotel. It was said that the architectural style of the entire hotel was also Chinese retro, with green tiles, flying eaves, green trees and red windows. It was unique in the entire Blackhot City. There was a Chinese signboard, "Immortals Gathering Hotel", and a pair of Chinese couplets on the two huge pillars under the signboard.
Half a cup of wine, half drunk and half sober, stealing half a day of leisure can be considered half a joy in the world.
Immortal companions, immortal friends, immortal delicacies, immortal wine, and immortal concubines are invited to drink together.
There were three big words in the middle, Immortal Gathering Tower!
There was only one such place in the entire Blackhot City.
The moment they entered the gate of Immortals Gathering Tower, they saw a rockery full of lofty mountains and flowing rivers. On both sides of the rockery, two rows of blonde beauties in tight cheongsam with plump breasts were greeting guests.
The moment Donder and Zhang Tie entered, two rows of blonde beauties had bowed towards them at the same time and greeted them in fluent Hua language, "Welcome", which shocked Zhang Tie a lot.
Since he was born, it was Zhang Tie's first time to hear women other than Chinese, not to mention so many of them speaking Chinese at the same time.
Elegant tight cheongsam, black high-heeled shoes, snow-white thighs, and the surging waves at the V-neck of the cheongsam when the beauties lowered their heads, almost dazzling Zhang Tie.
When the beauties bowed to him, Donder, who was walking in the front, suddenly felt weak at the knees and almost knelt down.
"What's wrong?" Donder glanced at Zhang Tie with a dubious look. "It's just a small scene. What's wrong with this brat today? "
At this moment, Zhang Tie's forehead was covered with fine cold sweat. When Zhang Tie saw over ten plump meatballs, that disobedient guy started to move even though there was no wind. Closely after that, Zhang Tie felt a sharp pain coming from his lower body. The moment his lower part was filled with blood, Zhang Tie almost bent over due to the pain and squatted down.
"It's fine, it's fine!" Zhang Tie said with a lingering fear as he wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead. He then slowly picked himself up from the ground. Previously, Zhang Tie only wanted Donder, the miser, to spend some money, so he chose the most expensive Immortals Gathering Hotel. Zhang Tie had never been here before. He had never imagined that the beauty in cheongsam at the gate of Immortals Gathering Hotel could almost make him kneel down due to the pain.
Don's eyes slightly narrowed. After glancing over Zhang Tie and those beautiful and sexy receptionists, Zhang Tie revealed an evil smile at his mouth corners.
After standing up, Zhang Tie didn't dare to look around anymore. Instead, he followed Donder inside.
"We want a quiet chartered room. Two people, please help me support this little brother who is not feeling well!" Donder said in Chinese. Not knowing why, Donder emphasized the words "little brother".
Suddenly, a fragrant wind blew over as two blonde beauties walked over and enthusiastically supported Zhang Tie's arm.
Before Zhang Tie could refuse, he smelled the fragrance of the two beauties. Zhang Tie squatted down due to the pain once again. This time, it was Zhang Tie's turn to glare at Donder. "You did it on purpose, didn't you?"
"What are you talking about? How did I do it on purpose? "Donder shrugged and said with an innocent look.
"You know what I'm talking about. You must have guessed it now. Dare you say you don't know what I'm talking about? You just want to laugh at me! "
All the beauties beside them widened their eyes as they watched the two quarreling at the gate of Immortals Gathering Hotel.
"Have you been circumcised today?" Donder pretended to think for quite a while before suddenly shouting loudly. His voice was so loud that it could be heard from 30 m away. Hearing his shout, many beauties standing beside him couldn't help but burst out into laughter at the sight of Donder squatting on the ground. After laughing out loud, they realized that it was impolite of them to do so. Therefore, they tried their best to hold it back. However, they all started to look at Zhang Tie's lower abdomen.
'Revenge, it's definitely revenge. Donder, this b * stard, purposely called out my secret in front of so many people to humiliate me and force me to change places as soon as possible. Just wait and see.'
Gritting his teeth, Zhang Tie stood up. Ignoring those beauties beside him, he shouted, "Where's the best and most expensive chartered room? Take me in, I want to eat!"
This time, it was Donder's turn to change his face dramatically …
Several minutes later, in a luxurious chartered room of Immortals Gathering Hotel, Zhang Tie started to order dishes. Each time he ordered a dish, the fat on Donder's face would tremble painfully. When Zhang Tie ordered the eighth dish, Donder's gaze towards Zhang Tie became furious once again.
"B * stard, you've ordered so many dishes, can you eat them all?" Donder shouted painfully.
Ignoring him, Zhang Tie asked the waiter beside him, "Can I take them away if I can't finish them?"
"No, you can't. The ingredients and dishes of Immortals Gathering Hotel can only be taken away by the customers themselves …" the waiter replied politely.
"It doesn't matter, I only need to taste it …" Zhang Tie burst out into laughter as he ordered another 8 dishes before stopping satisfactorily.
At this moment, Donder was already panting heavily on the other side of the table with red eyes.
After Zhang Tie finished ordering, Donder asked him, "Have you finished?"
"I'm done!" Zhang Tie smiled.
"Good, it's my turn now!" After saying this, Donder directly told the waiter, "Invite two beauties to accompany us to drink. They must have good figures and wear less coquettish clothes."
After saying this, Donder glared at Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie also glared at him.
"I remember, I forgot to order a Skylark Dragon-Snake Soup!" Zhang Tie gritted his teeth and added another dish.
"Two beauties are too few. Two more. It's more interesting to have two beauties on each side!" Donder also added another two beauties.
"How can we eat without liquor? I also want a bottle of Cloud-Immortal Liquor!" Zhang Tie added another sentence.
"How can we drink without dancing? Call in an erotic dancer. The more coquettish she is, the better!" Donder immediately added another dish for Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie and Donder glared at each other as they both panted heavily like fighting cocks. Their eyes were filled with killing intent that only they could understand.
Feeling that the atmosphere in the private room was not right, the waiter had already silently left...
A few minutes later, along with the delicacies, a group of beautiful women with voluptuous breasts squeezed into the private room, as well as two musicians who played the piano and drums.
This meal was extremely painful for both Zhang Tie and Donder. Donder felt pained, while Zhang Tie's flesh was really pained. After eating for over one hour, both of them looked very stiff. The fat on Donder's face twitched once in a while, while fine sweat drops kept appearing on Zhang Tie's forehead. The meal almost made them collapse at the same time.
In the end, the two of them looked at each other's misfortune. It wasn't clear who started laughing first, but the two of them started laughing together.
Donder waved his hand and all the dancers, waitresses and musicians in the room left at once.
"Brat, you're really cruel. I've not been angry with anyone for dozens of years. When I'm with you, I feel dozens of years younger. What's wrong? Does it still hurt? "Donder asked.
"It's okay. I found that drinking can relieve pain and divert attention! If someone calls you a miser in front of me in the future, I will definitely spit saliva on his face. Today's meal cost at least 5-6 gold coins. "Zhang Tie also relaxed and leaned against the chair. It was really a torture for him. It was no different than being tortured. It was even more uncomfortable than being in the Black Prison.
"5-6 gold coins? Bumpkin, that's more than enough to deal with those women. Plus the table of dishes you ordered and the private room fee of 2 gold coins, you'll need at least 15 gold coins! "Donder shouted as he glared at Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie was speechless inside. 15 gold coins was even more than his dad's annual salary. When he ordered the dishes out of anger, he didn't feel anything. Now that he thought about it, he realized that he had really cheated Donder. Usually, it would take him at least two months to make 15 gold coins in his grocery store.
Zhang Tie scratched his head bashfully. After thinking for a while, he directly took out the book "Mental Arithmetic by Abacus" and threw it to Donder.
Donder received it solemnly and started to read it carefully from the beginning to the end. As a master of abacus, Donder immediately understood the principle of mental arithmetic by abacus. "Hmm, this is a kind of mental arithmetic based on abacus. It's a novel idea. Compared to abacus skills, it's one level higher. Brat, you didn't cheat me. I didn't eat it in vain!" After reading the book, Donder nodded satisfactorily and carefully put it into his coat pocket.
Hearing Donder's words, Zhang Tie just smiled and shook his head.
Donder became stunned for a second. "What? Am I wrong?"
Zhang Tie didn't speak; instead, he just pointed at his mouth to let Donder read it. After that, he silently said three words, "Spiritual energy!"
Donder had taught Zhang Tie lip reading before, which was also a favorite way of communication for many pioneers. Therefore, Zhang Tie believed that Donder should be able to see clearly what he was saying. After all, they were in a private room, so he had to be careful. Even if someone eavesdropped on them, they wouldn't be able to hear anything.
As expected, at the sight of Zhang Tie's lip reading, Donder became dumbfounded. He widened his eyes and stared at Zhang Tie in disbelief.
Therefore, Zhang Tie mouthed again, "Practicing mental arithmetic by abacus can improve and exercise spiritual energy. I've tried it. This might be the easiest secret method to improve one's spiritual energy..."
Shocked, Donder stood up, his fat body almost knocking down the table. He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to shout something; however, he covered his mouth with his hand out of vigilance.
No matter where it was, the method to improve one's spiritual energy was not a small matter.
He just stared at Zhang Tie seriously without blinking his eyes.
Zhang Tie nodded seriously...
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After leaving Donder and returning home, it was almost dusk. On the way, Zhang Tie spared some time to take a look at the grain store. In Blackhot City, the price of a 25 kg bag of rice had already risen to 10 silver coins. In just two months, the price of grains had already doubled. Such a price was undoubtedly a huge burden for many commoners. Although it was not as serious as the sky falling down, the lives of many commoners had already been greatly affected. Therefore, they had to live frugally.
In the afternoon, Zhang Tie went to the Iron-Thorns Fighting Club. What made Zhang Tie disappointed was that the gate of the Iron-Thorns Fighting Club was tightly closed. It seemed that it had been closed for a while.
In the past month, many things in Blackhot City had changed.
Avenue Bright, the most prosperous street in Blackhot City, seemed to have lost its luster. Almost 1/3 of the shops were closed. Many of the shops were open, but their business was not as good as before.
Many shops and houses on Avenue Bright had been hung with the advertisements of transfer and sale.
The prices of fixed assets such as houses and properties in Blackhot City started to plummet. Many people were selling them. However, the prices of food, weapons, medicinal herbs, and other daily necessities started to soar. The prices of resource products such as coal and steel were also slowly increasing. This was the current situation of Blackhot City. This was the result that Zhang Tie got after walking around Blackhot City for a day. It didn't seem to be a good omen.
When Zhang Tie slowly returned home, he found that a lot of people had surrounded the gate of his home. It was noisy outside the gate. It seemed that someone was making trouble...
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