After Zhao Yiming went downstairs, he did not go up directly to stop Peng Zhang and Kong Xinju.
Instead, he asked A Bing to call Qiu Shan over from the door and whispered a few words in his ear.
After hearing this, Akiyama nodded and walked into the crowd.
Before Kong Xinju could recharge his membership again, he stopped him and said, "Young Master, you've already recharged enough today. Why don't you just forget it?"
Peng Zhang and the Tian An family were close, so naturally they had met Qiu Shan. Seeing Zhao Yiming standing in the distance, he understood. With a quick glance, he said nonchalantly, "Yeah! Let's just forget about it today! Otherwise, your father will chase us over to the restaurant to ask for the money back, and that would be embarrassing for everyone."
Kong Xinju was already arguing with Peng Zhang until his face turned red with anger, but after being persuaded by Qiu Shan and provoked by Peng Zhang, he suddenly felt humiliated and lost all his rationality.
He took out the only three thousand taels he had left and threw them on the counter.
Immediately, someone started to whistle at him, "Mr. Kong is indeed domineering."
Kong Xinju's vanity was instantly satisfied. He looked up at Peng Zhang with his nose and asked, "What? Is Master Peng still following?"
Seeing Peng Zhang pulling out banknotes from his lapel, Qiu Shan, who was watching the show, stepped forward again to dissuade him, "Master Peng, our hot pot may be delicious, but you can't finish it all at once! You'd better wait and come back later!"
Peng Zhang paused as he was taking out the banknotes and looked at him impatiently, "Are you afraid that I don't have money?"
Qiu Shan quickly apologized with a smile, "Everyone in the capital knows that the Peng family is wealthy and powerful! But...why don't you just...learn it for once with Jin Zun first?"
Looking at Qiu Shan who was like a dramatic spirit, Peng Zhang twitched the corners of his mouth.
Kong Xinju, who was standing opposite him, was delighted when he saw that Peng Zhang had also been persuaded to leave. He echoed with a triumphant tone, "Yes! Master Peng, you should go home and ask your parents before coming back! Haha...hahaha..."
After Kong Xinju's words, the people watching the fun were also aroused and started to make jokes.
"Ah! So Master Peng still can't make the decision!"
"How can you still hang around like this? This won't do!"
"Mr. Kong is really amazing. He can spend as much money as he wants."
At first, everyone just said that Peng Zhang was not as good as Kong Xinju, but as the conversation went on, it became that the Peng family was not as good as the Kong family.
Peng Zhang pretended to be angry.
He quickly pulled out five 1,000-liang silver notes from his pocket and slammed them heavily on the cash register. "I, Peng Zhang, am making this clear today. The money I paid to become a member today was voluntary. I will never cause any trouble for the restaurant again. This written document serves as proof."
As he said this, he took the paper and pen from the shopkeeper and wrote the guarantee letter in a few strokes.
Then, he raised his chin and looked at Kong Xinju provocatively, "What do you think? Mr. Kong, do you dare to sign such a document? Or do you plan to come back and ask for the silver back after you become famous now?"
Hearing this, the crowd exploded.
"The Kong family's huge business shouldn't be destroyed just for a few thousand taels of silver!"
"Master Kong, we trust you. It's just a written agreement! Just write it down."
"Write a document, write a document, write..."
In the crowd, everyone was talking to each other, which made Kong Xinju feel elated, but at the same time, he was in a difficult situation.
Listening to everyone's compliments, he finally wrote a note identical to Peng Zhang's.
The shopkeeper put away the two receipts and the crowd cheered again.
"good!"
"Mr. Kong is indeed straightforward."
Peng Zhang glanced at him, sneered, and said lightly: "Oh! I didn't expect it! The surname Kong is quite a man!"
Kong Xinju raised his chin proudly, "Of course, it's better than you, Peng."
Just as he finished boasting, he heard Peng Zhang say, "I just added another five thousand taels. I wonder how much Master Kong wants to add this time?"
Kong Xinju's face turned pale immediately. He had just thrown away the last three thousand taels of silver he had.
But now the arrow has been put on the string and has to be shot. If he gives up, all his previous efforts will be in vain, and he will become the laughing stock of the entire capital.
He turned to look at Lu Yuanyuan, who was looking at Peng Zhang with an obsessed look on her face, and his fists in his sleeves were clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound.
No matter what, he wants both face and beauty today.
Kong Xinju made up his mind and said, "Add another 6,000 taels."
Then he said to the shopkeeper, "I don't have that much silver notes on me. I'll write you an IOU, and the shopkeeper can send someone to the Kong family to get the silver notes later."
The shopkeeper paused, then glanced obscurely at Zhao Yiming's position. Seeing him nod, he smiled and said, "Mr. Kong's character is naturally trustworthy. Besides, there are so many witnesses!"
As he spoke, he pushed the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of him. After he wrote the IOU, signed it and put his fingerprint on it, he carefully checked it again to make sure there was no problem before he carefully put it away.
After Kong Xinju finished writing the IOU, he breathed a sigh of relief and then looked triumphantly at Peng Zhang across from him. "Master Peng, do you have enough banknotes on you? But you still need to write an IOU!"
Peng Zhang pretended to be embarrassed and thought for a while before saying, "I never write IOUs when I go out. But I have indeed used up all the banknotes I brought with me today."
After a while, he sighed as if accepting his fate, "Well, let Master Kong take the spotlight today."
Seeing Peng Zhang admit defeat, Kong Xinju felt satisfied. He finally defeated Peng Zhang once in his lifetime.
Just when they were about to say a few more words to criticize Peng Zhang and satisfy their desire to talk, just as they were about to open their mouths, a little girl walked straight up to them.
Qiu Tian, with a proper smile on her face, bowed to the two of them and said, "It's time for the lottery. Please go ahead and draw your prize, gentlemen!"
In order to demonstrate the fairness of the lottery to the public and to maintain the enthusiasm for the opening, the lottery was held at the entrance of the shop.
When Peng Zhang heard that he could draw the lottery, he immediately walked out the door and said, "I'll go draw the lottery first, Master Kong, please do as you please!"
When people heard that Peng Zhang was going to draw a lottery, they all rushed over to watch the fun.
Poor Kong Xinju finally defeated Peng Zhang once, and prepared a lot of sarcastic words in his mind, wanting to ridicule Peng Zhang, but unfortunately, his plan died before he could say a single word.
That expression was as ugly as if he had eaten a handful of flies.
The shopkeeper and others on the side saw that he had an ugly face and were afraid that he would vent his anger on them, so they went back to work or ran away.
Kong Xinju stood alone in front of the counter, looking a bit pitiful at first glance.
The shopkeeper couldn't stand it any longer and reminded him, "Mr. Kong, you'd better go to the lottery! The big prizes are limited. If you go too late, the good things will be taken away by others."
The personal servant beside him also hurriedly advised: "Yes, young master, we spent so much money. If we can't win the big prize and take it back, it will be difficult to report to the master and the mistress!"
Kong Xinju glared at him fiercely, "Don't you know? You are so talkative."
Then he walked out the door angrily.
The servant kindly reminded him but was scolded. However, even though he felt wronged, he could only keep it in his heart and followed him out.
At the same time, I kept praying that his son would win the grand prize! Otherwise, life would be difficult for everyone...
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