Chapter 375: Egg eating competition.
"Look, isn't Fourth Sister-in-law so awesome?" Master Shi immediately raised his tail again.
The Twelve Master opened his mouth wide enough to fit an egg in it, and pointed at the warm wine: "You, you, you..."
Master Shi directly held his hand down and said, "What are you talking about? Give me the silver. You just said that if someone can really eat an egg in one bite, you will give me a hundred taels of silver."
The Twelfth Master stared at Wenjiu in disbelief. Her mouth was not even as big as his, so how did she manage to stuff such a big egg in one bite?
And he didn't even choke, he just swallowed it?
"Little Twelve, you're not going to default on your debt, are you? Hold on tight!" Master Shi looked like he deserved a beating, with his chin held high.
Warming the wine: "..."
I never knew that her skill could actually make money.
The Twelfth Master finally took out his purse with a vicious look, found a hundred-liang note in it, and reluctantly stuffed it into the hands of the Tenth Master.
"Hey, that's right." Master Shi took it in a good mood, smiling so hard that his teeth were exposed.
The Fifteenth Master on the other end blinked and immediately said, "Tenth Brother, Tenth Brother, I want to try it too."
Master Shi frowned and said, "How old are you? Go play somewhere else. If you choke, who's to blame?"
Fifteenth Master said, "Tenth Brother, I want to make a hundred taels. I'm going to give it a try. Who knows, maybe I can do it!"
It doesn't look that difficult.
Fourteen also became interested: "I want to try it too." He immediately said to the servant beside him: "Go and get me some boiled eggs."
The Twelve Master frowned in shock and asked, "Are you crazy about money?"
Fifteenth Master nodded seriously and said in a baby voice, "I'm happy to be able to make money, Twelve Brother, you must keep your word."
Emperor Kangxi never gave his princes too much money, especially the young ones. He controlled their food, clothing and other expenses. He was afraid that they would develop extravagant and licentious personalities. Apart from the basic necessities of food, clothing, housing and transportation, their monthly salary was pitifully small.
Now, there was a chance to earn a hundred taels, and the brothers were naturally more excited than each other. They rushed to try to swallow the egg in one gulp.
"My dear brothers, this is not acceptable. If you are not careful, you may choke! Especially the young ones, they must not learn this." Wen Jiu felt that she had set a very bad example and immediately came out to stop her.
However, the people around him didn't seem to care much.
Even the Fourth Master pulled her over and said, "Alright, stop getting involved and let them do whatever they want. Come, sit down and eat some meat."
When the Fourth Master forced the wine into Wen's cheeks until they were bulging, his eyes were still fixed on the table, for fear that he would choke some young master.
When Eighth Master and Ninth Master walked over side by side, they saw a group of little kids gathered around a pot of boiled eggs, chatting animatedly. It was obvious that the first few who tried had already failed.
"Every one of them is really promising. Is this what a hundred taels of silver is worth? Don't you care about reputation at all?" The Eighth Master frowned.
Jiu Ye glanced at his mynah bird, then glanced at the table in the distance, and suddenly called out, "Come on, come on, let me try too."
Then he turned around and said to Master Ba with a smile: "Brother Ba, do you want to try it too?"
After all, Jiu Ye and Bage grew up together, so they were naturally closer. After chatting for a few more minutes, the grudge in his heart dissipated.
Now, listening to the mynah bird talking, he felt a little uncomfortable, but he did not show it. He just greeted Master Ba with a smile.
The Eighth Master didn't move, and the Ninth Master didn't care about him anymore, and ran over happily.
"Twelve, can I earn a hundred taels by swallowing one in one gulp?"
Twelve's eyes widened as he said, "Nineth Brother, your business at Zuixianlou is making a ton of money. I heard that a seat costs two hundred taels of silver. You must be counting the money until your hands are numb. How come you still need this hundred taels from me?"
Jiu Ye said, "Why? Who can complain about having too much money?"
The Twelfth Master looked at his brothers with red eyes and immediately became timid.
He stood up from his chair and bowed to them from a distance.
"I was wrong, Twelve was wrong. I apologize to all my brothers and sisters. Twelve was crazy and forgot. Can I take back what I just said?"
"Eh? Words spoken can be taken back. Little Twelve, it's not right for you to do this, right?" Master Shi frowned.
Jiu Ye nodded immediately: "That's right." Then he stuffed the egg he had peeled into his mouth.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get it in halfway. After finally pushing it in, I couldn't chew it all and spat out half of it.
Now it was Twelve's turn to be happy: "Hahaha, Ninth Brother is such a good eater, but he can't do it. Do you really want to try? If you can't do it, you have to give me a hundred taels. Think carefully, who still wants to try it?"
Little Fifteen and Fourteen, who had never tried it before, were a little hesitant for a moment.
"What are you doing?" Emperor Kangxi had just cooked the skewers he threw into the pot. Suddenly, he realized that he didn't know where the brats around him had gone.
When he turned around, he saw them gathered together, so he took Tong Guowei and the prince to see what they were doing.
Jiu Ye took a handkerchief and cleaned the area in front of him. He said with a bitter face, "Father, I was just trying to see if I could swallow an egg in one mouthful. I didn't expect that I failed."
The Twelfth Master's eyes lit up, and he immediately stretched out his little hand: "Ninth Brother, one hundred taels of silver."
Jiu Ye raised his chin and said, "You didn't tell me just now, this is the new rule you added. I don't want to play anymore."
The Twelve Master stared with his eyes wide open: "Why are you still playing dirty?
Emperor Kangxi's forehead was full of question marks. He frowned and looked at his sons: "Swallowing an egg, is that amazing?"
After taking a closer look at these guys, his expression suddenly turned ugly:
"Eat your meal properly, don't talk while eating, and don't talk while sleeping. How can you be so rude as to eat eggs? I think you really need to be punished."
As soon as Emperor Kangxi said this, the boys around him immediately became dispirited.
Emperor Kangxi frowned and asked, "Who said we should eat an egg in one bite?"
Twelve pushed Master Ten, and Master Ten pushed Twelve again. The two of them hesitated for a long time and pointed at each other.
"It's Brother Ten!"
"It's twelve!"
The two spoke almost in unison.
Emperor Kangxi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who is it?"
The Tenth Master finally came forward to explain, "Father, it was just a joke. I told them I'd seen Fourth Sister-in-law eat an egg in one bite, but they all refused to believe me. Twelve insisted on making a bet with me. Then everyone decided to try and see if they could earn the hundred taels of silver."
Emperor Kangxi turned his attention to Twelve: "So, you won?"
Twelve heads were like wave drums: "Your son lost a hundred taels of silver."
Emperor Kangxi listened to their mumblings and a strange expression on his face. He frowned and looked at Wen Jiu: "You ate an egg in one bite?"
Wenjiu swallowed hard. Why did he feel like something was not right?
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