The city gate, guarded by half a pound of hellish braised food, has fallen!

The city guarded by General Shuan Shuan La has fallen!

The gold and silver treasures located in the center of the city are revealed to everyone. Will the warrior who broke through the city be able to take them into his possession?

Passersby and customers in line all stared at Xu An. Now, the pressure was on Xu An. What choice would he make? Would he keep his promise or break it for personal gain?

Unfortunately, Xu An was completely wrapped in a thick protective suit and gas mask, and his eyes could only be seen through the transparent goggles. At this moment, Xu An's eyes were full of astonishment.

The plan was to use the first prize of 10,000 yuan to keep the event going for the next seven days. But now, only the second hour of the first day, the first prize is gone. What are we going to do for the next six days?

Although it was hard to believe, things had come to this point, and now was not the time to think about such nonsense. Xu An turned to look at Uncle Dongliang standing behind him, nodded to him, and Uncle Dongliang immediately understood what Xu An meant. After nodding, he turned and walked into the store, picked up one of the trays on the freezer, and walked back to Xu An's side outside the store.

On the tray, a full one hundred 100-yuan bills were neatly tied together with a piece of red paper. In the gentle breeze, the top few bills fluttered up and then fell back down. They were as light and graceful as butterflies, but much more captivating.

The tall, thin middle-aged man's tipsy expression quickly faded when he saw the stack of banknotes on the tray. His alcohol-numbed nerves snapped back to normal, his mind cleared, and his Adam's apple bobbed. He slowly rose from his seat, his right hand reaching uncontrollably for the banknotes.

Xu An removed his gas mask, chuckled, and took the tray from Uncle Dongliang, leaving the tall, thin middle-aged man's right hand empty-handed. A collective gasp of "Oh dear!" rang out from the crowd; so close! Just a hair's breadth away from touching that stack of banknotes!

Cough cough ————

Clearing his throat deliberately, Xu An spoke in a helpless tone: "When I was developing the Hellish Braised Food, I tasted the most original version. Almost the instant I swallowed it, my vision was filled with images of a marquee. And that was only the amount of two hot pot chilies diluted with twenty pounds of braised food."

"I thought that with the power of this spicy hot pot, even if there were any extraordinary people, they wouldn't appear for two or three days. I didn't expect it to happen today, the first day of Xu's Braised Food Shop's opening! Less than two hours after opening, it was already sold out." Xu An suddenly paused, leaned close to the middle-aged man's ear and whispered, "May I ask your surname?"

"Sun".

"I never expected that Mr. Sun would win in less than two hours!" Xu An grabbed Mr. Sun's right hand and raised it high: "Now, please give a warm round of applause to congratulate Mr. Sun! Congratulations on winning the first prize in the opening event of Xu's Braised Food Shop! He has won a daily allowance of one jin of free braised food for September! And! Ten thousand yuan in cash!"

The moment Xu An finished speaking, gongs and drums resounded, and two lion dance teams frantically flanked Mr. Sun, one on each side. The crowd cheered loudly, and the scene in front of Xu's Braised Food Shop was unprecedented.

The cheers and applause reached their peak when Mr. Sun received the tray from Xu An. Residents of two nearby communities couldn't help but step out onto their balconies to look around and see what was happening. People waiting for buses at a nearby station were also drawn by the sudden noise and walked over.

The old street, already crowded with over three hundred people, became even more congested, with the queue surging again. Zhang Dezhen, watching the endless stream of customers, was practically grinning from ear to ear. With so many people, it seemed there was no worry about selling all five hundred jin of braised food he'd prepared today! He wondered how much commission he'd get today; it should be over a hundred, right? Definitely over a hundred!

Motivated by the money, their already astonishing hand speed increased by another 20%, and the team's progress accelerated once again.

After receiving the 10,000 yuan in cash, Mr. Sun looked at Xu An somewhat embarrassed and made a very presumptuous request: "Could I borrow the money detector in the store for a moment?"

He spoke softly, almost as if he were speaking into the microphone in Xu An's hand. The words, amplified by the microphone's super-amplifier, were heard exceptionally clearly by everyone present, immediately eliciting a burst of laughter. Some onlookers, never ones to miss an opportunity for a good laugh, even yelled at the top of their lungs, "Check the money! Check the money! Check the money!"

"Alright! Check the money!" Xu An picked up the microphone, brought it to his lips, and shouted with a smile. He then turned and walked into the store, took out the brand-new money-checking machine, placed it on the challenge platform, and very gentlemanly gestured to Mr. Sun to "please".

Although Mr. Sun's face flushed with embarrassment, he worked quickly, removing the red seal from the stack of ten thousand yuan bills in front of everyone, placing one bill into the entrance of the banknote detector, and pressing the start button.

The machine began to hum, and everyone in the room held their breath, eyes wide, watching intently as banknotes were slowly swallowed by the machine and then spat out one by one.

At first, only Mr. Sun quietly counted one, two, three, four, but slowly, the onlookers around him also joined in, and then more and more people joined in, their voices growing louder and louder. In the end, Xu An couldn't resist joining in the festivities, holding a microphone and counting along with everyone else.

"Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred!"

All one hundred banknotes were genuine, and another cheer erupted in the room. Although it was a bit of a pity that the first prize was lost, seeing such a spectacular sight made the trip worthwhile!

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