Chapter 186 Drunk
The two looked at each other and smiled helplessly.
Earl sat down at the table with his coffee and pushed back the glass of wine that was offered to him. "I have a lot of things to do soon, so I won't drink."
Ace was dissatisfied, "You guys are not as straightforward as Fan Jie. You're so hesitant. It's just a glass of wine. If you don't want to drink it, forget it. I'll enjoy it myself."
After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. The bright red wine flowed out from the corner of his mouth and was roughly wiped off by his sleeve.
"Since you guys don't want to drink, I'll drink this bottle of wine myself. It's a pity there are no ice cubes, which makes it less fun." Ace happily poured himself another glass.
In his opinion, a hungry intestine and sweet wine are the best match and they are inseparable good brothers.
Penny pretended not to see it, rolled up her salad and ate her meal. The salad was delicious, the steak was tasty, the coffee was fragrant, the ice cream was sweet, everything was perfect, as long as she ignored the "mosquito" opposite.
Ace didn't stop drinking until she and Earl had finished their meal and had two cups of coffee.
"Wait, are you impatient? Let's go, I've already had a drink and a full meal." Ace's face turned red, and he stood up and shook.
Penny left the restaurant the moment he opened his mouth, leaving Earl to deal with him.
Outside the hotel, she saw Boss Xia dozing in a rocking chair, and in the distance, the bear was driving a lawn mower to clear weeds.
Hearing Ace's groaning sound behind him, Xia Yan opened his eyes and sat up.
The beautiful Penny was standing not far from her, her beautiful blue eyes filled with anger as she watched Earl slowly walking towards her, supporting the drunk Ace.
Xia Yan stood up and asked softly, "Have you finished your meal?"
Penny and Earl smiled with great satisfaction, "It's delicious. The food here is delicious."
"That's good. I hope everyone will promote the holiday hotel when they go back. Not only can you eat here, but we also provide accommodation." Xia Yan took the opportunity to ask the two to help promote it.
Although we have come to a new place, we still have to do the business we need to do.
"Even if Boss Xia doesn't say it, we will bring our families to dinner when we go back." Earl waved his fist and hit his chest, showing an expression that said he would leave it to us.
Then he smiled shyly and continued:
"Boss Xia, look... we agreed to dig up potatoes... We won't dig too many, just enough to last a few days."
Penny agreed, "Yeah, just enough for three days. We won't take more."
I don't know if Boss Xia would agree. After all, the farm is owned by someone now. To be honest, they haven't taken care of it much. They are not experienced farmers and cannot identify fruits just by looking at leaves. They also don't know anything about weeding or fertilizing.
I don't even know what is edible and what is not edible on the farm.
The only thing I can recognize and confirm is edible is potatoes. It’s a safe bet, after all, I’ve been eating them since I was a child.
Xia Yan smiled at the two of them, signaling them not to be nervous. "Of course, you can come and dig later. You can't say that because we're here, everyone has nothing to eat."
Xia Yan’s idea was very simple. First of all, the hotel had its own food, so there was no need to compete with the natives for food.
Secondly, her other purpose was to promote the hotel's friendly image, attract more customers, and earn points.
It doesn't matter who digs the potatoes from the farm, as long as they can bring profits to the hotel.
Earl and Penny were overjoyed and opened their arms to hug her. Ace, who was standing by, thought they were celebrating for him, so he laughed and hugged them, rubbing their shoulders.
"Oh, he's drunk. Boss Xia, I'm sorry to have made you laugh." Earl spread his hands, pulled Ace to his side, bent down and carried him on his shoulders.
He walked over to the carriage, threw Ace inside and slapped his cheek. "Hey, man, are you still sane? Can your filthy soul see your mother crying all night? Oh, God, this guy is really a headache."
"Never mind him. We should go find some potatoes. Let this drunk go to sleep." Penny pulled out the sacks from under him unceremoniously and hit Ace in the face with one of them. "Sleep well with your hungry sack covering you! Earl, let's go."
Earl took out the potato digging tools, tied his legs and feet tightly, put on gloves on his hands, and wrapped himself tightly before walking into the field.
Penny did the same thing, took the tool thrown by Earl, drove away the insects in the grass, and swung the hoe vigorously. In the dark, moist soil that was turned over were irregularly shaped potatoes.
In the carriage, Ace was holding the sack and laughing, as if he had had a sweet dream.
"Boss Xia, potatoes... just let them dig them up for free?" Qi Hua's mother felt sorry when she saw the crops being dug up from the land, but the land was not hers, so she couldn't say it too bluntly.
Qi's father stood in the safe zone with his hands behind his back, looking into the distance. His son and his teammates went outside to explore, hoping to come back safely.
Xia Yan noticed the deep crow's feet at the corners of Qi's mother's eyes, which were the traces of the passage of time and the cruelty of the end of the world.
Xia Yan's eyes softened and he smiled at her, "It's okay, everyone has to live."
After hearing such a reply, Qi's mother didn't know what to say. Her eyes showed longing, and she also wanted to go out and dig some potatoes and put them in the room. However, this thought was fleeting - there was no kitchen in the room, and there were no kitchen utensils. If she brought the potatoes back, she would only watch them sprout and rot.
Forget it, it would be a waste if the food goes bad and is not eaten.
Qi's mother sat there exhausted, waving her hand to ask Qi's father to go away and not block her view. She still wanted to see her son return safely.
The sky gradually cleared up, and the first ray of sunlight penetrated the clouds and shone onto the earth, like a golden beam of light. At this moment, the light had a shape, which later generations called the Beethoven effect.
Earl and Penny stopped what they were doing and admired the beautiful scenery for a long time.
It wasn't until the dark clouds dissipated and this damn effect gradually disappeared that Ace in the carriage put one hand in front of his eyes and let out a painful wail. Only then did the two of them carry half a bag of potatoes and put it on the carriage.
"Thank you, Boss Xia, you are such a kind woman, may God be with you." Earl brushed off the dirt on his hands and saluted.
He helped Penny put the potatoes on the carriage, jumped onto the front seat, waved to Xia Yan again, and then whipped the carriage back.
Penny in the back row stepped on Ace and shouted to her, "Boss Xia, thank you very much. We will come again tomorrow!"
Xia Yan smiled with satisfaction, waved his hand and watched them leave.
"Xiongxiong, come back to the hall with me."
In the empty hall, Xiongxiong stood obediently aside, his eyes following the boss's figure.
"Xiong, put these four vending machines in the most conspicuous places and put these clothes inside."
Xia Yan considered that a large number of customers might come tomorrow, so he had to decorate the place well today to stimulate new customers' consumption.
"Put the manual razors in there, too, and the canned meats and cheese slices..."
She bought some vegetables, bread slices and steaks from the mall and gave them to Xiongxiong.
"Tell Zhichang later to put the mashed potatoes and these vegetables into a salad and put them in a transparent lunch box. Then make more hamburgers. These must be placed in the most conspicuous place. And these bottles of wine, place them next to the lunch box."
"Remember, there's no limit on the quantity of these things. Customers can buy as much as they want. If there's not enough, ask Zhigang to make it now."
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