Cui Rou never expected this.
Her life was fine before, but now it's so miserable, even though fifty taels of silver fell from the sky.
"Honey, what are we going to do now?" she cried as she asked Xu Jingui. "It's all because of you. Why did you have to gamble? If you hadn't gambled, we could have gotten Mingzhi a wife."
Xu Jingui was already fed up, and now, hearing this incessant chatter in his ear, he simply pushed the person down.
"It's all because you cry and wail every day that I have no luck with money." He glared at Cui Rou, his eyes filled with even more dissatisfaction. "Go and get some food first. I've been starving all day."
As he spoke, he rubbed his stomach.
Xu Jingui was still planning in his mind that after he had filled his stomach, he would go to Tianxiang Tower to ask for money. This time, he was determined to get three to five hundred taels of silver.
Unexpectedly, Cui Rou burst into tears when the topic of food came up.
She pounded the ground: "We have no food left in our family. Where am I supposed to get you anything to eat? Mingzhi and I haven't eaten for a whole day."
"What?" Xu Jingui asked in disbelief.
Cui Rou was just a woman with no ideas of her own, so she could only vent all her anger on Xu Jingui: "It's all because of you. Fifty taels of silver, that's enough to buy so much rice and flour!"
“Women are just women, they have no opinions of their own. They cry over such a small thing. What, do you think I’m going to starve you?” Xu Jingui was only slightly saddened, but soon he had an idea. “Let’s go, call Mingzhi, let’s go to Tianxiang Restaurant for dinner.”
Cui Rou looked at his extremely arrogant and overbearing demeanor and felt somewhat troubled.
She spoke cautiously, "Let's forget about it. Yue Huai has had a tough time too. If we treat her better, we might even get some benefits in return."
"What's wrong with that? I raised her, what's wrong with me eating a meal from her?" Xu Jingui retorted. "If I ask, I'd give her my life, and that would be my duty."
Although Cui Rou felt that it was wrong to do this, she was afraid that if she continued to talk, she would inevitably be beaten again, so she could only nod and agree, and ran out to call Xu Mingzhi.
Upon hearing this, Xu Mingzhi's eyes immediately crinkled with laughter: "Dad, are you really going to take us to Tianxiang Restaurant for dinner?"
"Of course." Xu Jingui said with a sly smile. "Order whatever you want to eat later, since we have that little bitch Xu Yuehuai with us."
"Dad, don't worry." Xu Mingzhi inherited this trait from Xu Jingui: he's lazy, good-for-nothing, and a scoundrel.
Cui Rou followed the two into Tianxiang Tower, and looking at its magnificent facade, she couldn't help but feel a little envious.
Xu Jingui specifically requested the best food and drinks and the best private room.
The waiters at Tianxianglou hadn't seen Xu Jingui's family that day, but seeing how wealthy they were, they naturally assumed they were a rich family from somewhere. They immediately found them a private room and served them the best food and wine as requested.
But to their surprise, after they went out, they heard the father and son inside wolfing down their food, behaving as rudely as hungry wolves.
The waiter was a little suspicious, worried that they wouldn't pay, so he kept an eye on things and planned to go and settle the bill with the receipt later.
"Father, the food at Tianxiang Restaurant is really good." Xu Mingzhi praised, his mouth glistening with oil. "But I remember that Xu Yuehuai couldn't cook before. How did she suddenly become such a good cook?"
Xu Jingui had been starving for a long time, so when he finally got to eat this delicious food, he naturally devoured it. However, he still had to put on a show and said coldly, "Hmm, it's alright."
"I think that little bitch was just lying to us before. But it's okay, let's eat quickly, we'll teach her a lesson in a bit." Xu Jingui seemed afraid that he would die soon, and his words were like a whirlwind.
In no time at all, the entire table of delicious food was devoured.
The waiter at Tianxianglou felt increasingly uneasy, so he brought over some tea and took the opportunity to collect the bill.
"Sir, this is the tea we brought you. This is your bill. Would you like to pay now or later?" The second brother, afraid that the other party might not understand, immediately added, "Our shop does not offer credit."
Xu Jingui was initially delighted to hear that tea would be served, but he immediately became furious when he heard that money was required.
"Open your dog eyes and see who I am! You come here asking for money!" Enraged, he pointed at the second brother's nose and started cursing, "You motherless bastard, this Tianxiang Restaurant is all mine, and you still dare to come here asking for money!"
Xu Mingzhi wiped his mouth and joined the fray: "That's right! My father is the father of your Manager Xu, how dare you come here asking for money?"
The second son was so frightened that he fell silent.
He didn't expect this person to be so self-righteous about not paying, and what's more, he had never heard of his shopkeeper Xu having parents.
The second brother felt wronged and was afraid that the other party was deliberately deceiving him, so he simply went to find Xu Yuehuai directly.
Seeing Xu Yuehuai busy at work, he felt even more aggrieved.
He'd been working here for so long, and Xu Yuehuai had never scolded him before: "Boss, someone ate without paying and even cursed at people, claiming he was your father."
"What?" Xu Yuehuai was instantly furious upon hearing this.
She didn't need to guess to know that the people who came were Xu Jingui and his group.
That Xu Jingui! No amount of money is enough for him to squander. It's only been a few days, and he's already back at Tianxianglou, eating and drinking for free.
"You go and rest first, I'll go check on things." Xu Yuehuai said, her face turning cold, and hurriedly went to the private room.
She pushed open the door and saw that the room was a complete mess, with food scattered everywhere, and Xu Jingui was acting as if it were perfectly normal.
Xu Yuehuai could no longer contain her anger.
Unexpectedly, before she could even speak, Xu Mingzhi became smug: "Hey, Xu Yuehuai, your cooking is pretty good."
"If you could cook such delicious meals when you were at home, your parents wouldn't have sold you off," he said, adding a few sarcastic laughs.
Xu Yuehuai didn't need to think too much to guess that if the original owner had such good skills back then, she would definitely have been squeezed dry by this family of vampires.
However, Xu Mingzhi's attitude only fueled Xu Yuehuai's anger: "Pay up!"
"This meal of yours should cost at least a hundred taels of silver. I'll round it down to a hundred taels. Hand over the money, or I'll report you to the authorities." Xu Yuehuai suppressed his urge to kick them out, not wanting to let them eat his meal for nothing.
When Xu Jingui saw that she had come and was asking for money, he felt he had lost face and immediately shouted, "I have no money! If you don't let us leave, we'll just keep eating. We won't starve to death here at Tianxiang Restaurant anyway."
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