Chapter 22: Unusual Lamb Skewer Oven

  The Third Ring Road in Beijing, after the morning rush hour, will have a relatively calm transition period. At this time, the road is still relatively smooth! On both sides of the Third Ring Road, various trees are planted, with Chinese parasol trees and willows being the most common.

  Li Xiaoteng dragged one step and turned his head three times, hating that Zhao Baozi's neck could turn 180 degrees. Hurrying forward with quick steps!

  Li Xiaoteng looked at Zhao Huanzi's pig-like appearance and sighed, "Do you think this Zhao Xun is particularly beautiful?" Only to see the corner of his mouth still faintly gleaming with saliva, Zhao Huanzi nodded slightly in a daze, saying: "Beauty ah~~!"

  Li Xiaoteng said with a bit of helplessness: "Brother Dong, I want to write a book and publish it for the masses to read!"

  "Huh? What's this? Why are you writing this?" Zhao asked in confusion. "It's specially for fantasy youths like you!" Li Xiaoteng laughed: "Let me tell you what I plan to write about!"

  Zhao Pàngzi was somewhat perplexed... Li Xiaoteng casually pulled out a Huangguoshu cigarette from his pocket, lit it and took a drag, saying slowly: "The male lead in my book must find the best lady from a wealthy family, with assets worth several billion or tens of billions. They all have to be only daughters, and their parents have to be at least at the level of Premier or Minister. Whatever Lolita, mature women, or queens that can match him will be matched with him!

  The protagonist must have a big house, and in the big house, there must be a big bed. On the bed lies a group of beautiful women. They are not wearing anything, especially seductive. As soon as the protagonist enters the door, whether he has something to do or not, he must say to them: "May I love you, sir?"

  A mouthful of authentic Mandarin with a hint of Beijing accent, extremely touching...

  Add a few hundred overseas rich women, regardless of American or British, every day at home, private planes take off and land dozens of times.

  Zhao Pàngzi walked beside Li Xiǎoténg, his eyes seeming to gaze at Li Xiǎoténg as if he were a monster. All that could be heard was Li Xiǎoténg still muttering: "A few dozen more ancient families, daughters stuck to the protagonist for 24 hours, it's just one word... excessive!"

  Going out to throw away trash can also be a family heirloom.

  In other people's homes, beautiful girls are either surnamed Nangong or Murong. If you're surnamed Zhang or Liu, you'd be too embarrassed to say your name.

  How many beauties should be conquered by such a protagonist in one book?

  Zhao Baozi said with some impatience: "I think there should be at least two thousand beauties!"

  Li Xiaoteng exaggeratedly shouted at Fatty: "Two thousand beauties?! That's just a warm-up! Four thousand beauties, go!"

  Don't think it's too much! This isn't even a one-night stand! You have to study the protagonist's psychology! Someone who is willing to sleep with 2,000 beauties doesn't care about sleeping with another 2,000!

  What is called the protagonist?

  Zhao Baozi was completely dizzy and shook his head dazedly!

  Li Xiaoteng continued: "The protagonist is! Picking up women, not picking the best, but picking the worst! So, my writing slogan is: Not seeking the best, but seeking the worst!"

  Zhao Pàngzi was still following Li Xiaoteng's footsteps, moving steadfastly towards the blacksmith's shop. But his head was a bit dizzy! He was still fantasizing about the beautiful scene that Li Xiaoteng had just fabricated.

  Just then, a girl who had been walking beside Li Xiaoteng all along looked at him with an expression as if she was looking at a mentally ill person. This girl was wearing a light blue shirt, black trousers and black leather shoes. The most eye-catching thing should still be the big breasts on her chest that are rare among Chinese girls.

  This is not Cui Xiaoyan, then who else!

  Li Xiaoteng's eyes met Cui Xiaoyan's, their gazes locking in a four-eyed stare. If this were "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the scene would unfold with Cui Xiaoyan's face flushing red as she avoids Li Xiaoteng's gaze. But if it were a novel, Li Xiaoteng's rascal aura would emerge, and Cui Xiaoyan would be taken in by our Li Xiaoteng. However, this is an urban novel!

  Only to see Cui Xiaoyan tilted her head, and said to Li Xiaoteng: "Brother! You work hard!" Li Xiaoteng's face suddenly became like a cloud on fire! Upon closer observation, his neck had turned red!

  Zhao Baozi suddenly came back to his senses and shouted: "Teng Ge is the champion! When will Teng Ge take action? I think it's definitely going to be popular!"

  Li Xiaoteng was speechless! Zhao Baozi was still excited, while Cui Xiaoyan quickly walked forward. Faintly heard Cui Xiaoyan huffing, muttering: "Psychopath!"

  Li Xiaoteng looked at the cigarette butt that was about to burn his hand, then glanced at Zhao Huazi who had an excited face beside him. He raised his head and gazed at Cui Xiaoyan's figure getting farther and farther away. Sighing, he pointed at Cui Xiaoyan's back and said to Zhao Huazi: "Dong Ge! Hurry up and order a oven, stop daydreaming! The idea that a loser can make a comeback is a lie. All the beauties have been snatched by the rich and handsome guys!"

  Zhao Pangzi looked at the cars driving on the surrounding roads, then looked at the pedestrians on both sides of the road, and said with some resentment: "It's still you who seduced me..."

  Taihe District has a place called Tiejiangying. Legend has it that in ancient times, the blacksmiths of Beijing settled here. Large and small iron tools, military equipment, were all made by hereditary blacksmiths from Tiejiangying who served at designated locations or in the army on a regular basis. In their spare time, they would make some household utensils for the people of Beijing at their doorsteps.

  Of course, like the recent TV series "Tang Hero's Legend" iron shop, they came up with forging knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, and spears. Clubs, staves, whips, hammers, claws, crutches, meteor hammers, those with hooks, those with tips, those with blades, those with thorns, those with eyebrow needles, those with chain locks... all eighteen kinds of weapons are available! It's really a pure nonsense! Just like the current Chinese government banning guns! In ancient times, it was even more strict, privately storing bows and arrows, armor. More than five sets, considered treason!

  What crime? Exterminate nine generations! Similarly, the control of knives is strictly regulated, with length, width and height all having explicit official requirements!

  Only things like kitchen knives, pu dao and iron pots can be produced by the Iron Forging Department! Nowadays many young friends learn about history through TV dramas, but those directors and screenwriters in the TV dramas actually distort history for the sake of plot needs...

  In the blacksmith's camp, Li Xiaoteng pulled Zhao Baozi and finally found the hundred-year-old steel processing shop! The brand new gate, the bright transparent glass! Made the hundred-year-old steel processing shop look particularly transparent and clean!

  Step into the century-old steel processing shop. As soon as you enter the century-old steel processing shop, there is a bar in front of you. There are several counters on both sides, with a few sample pictures placed randomly on the counters. Several pots of fresh flowers are placed around. If you don't look at the sign, you really can't tell that this is a steel processing shop. The front desk miss with a medium to high posture behind the bar, very politely shouted to Li Xiaoteng and Zhao Baozi: "Two gentlemen, what do you need?"

  Zhao looked at the century-old steel processing shop, nodded and said: "Your place is really clean! I thought it would be like on TV. A big furnace. Iron tongs and hammers are placed at the door. A strong man is striking steel beside the furnace at the door!" It's completely different from what I imagined!

  The smile of the little sister at the front desk was a bit stiff...

  "Excuse me, gentlemen, do you need anything?" Li Xiaoteng replied, "Uh, we want to customize a charcoal oven for roasting lamb skewers!" The receptionist nodded and said, "Hmm, you two are really good at finding us! In the entire Iron Smith Camp, only our family makes custom ovens! Other families all make wrought iron railings or welding stuff!"

  Li Xiaoteng nodded and said, "We also found out from the internet before coming here!" Suddenly Zhao Baozi asked in doubt, "Does your Hundred Years Steel Processing Shop really have a history of over a hundred years?"

  The receptionist said casually, "Of course it's true! Our hundred-year steel processing shop also has a history of over a hundred years!" Then Zhao Baozi pointed to the business license and permit held by Qiang Shang and asked, "Then why is the date of issuance on the license and permit this January?"

  The receptionist's face turned red and she was speechless...

  Just then, a woman wearing a light blue shirt, Cui Xiaoyan, walked in with a murmur and asked the receptionist, "Is this the Hundred Years Steel Processing Store?" The receptionist adjusted her emotions and replied, "Welcome, what can I do for you, miss?"

  Cui Xiaoyan said, "Eh~ I just ran to a doorway with a furnace and went into a blacksmith's shop where a strong man was hammering iron. Who knew it was for casting swords? After asking around for half the day, I finally found out that there was a new shop called Hundred Year Steel Processing Shop on this side!"

  Suddenly, she turned her head and saw Li Xiaoteng standing beside her. Cui Xiaoyan hummed and said in a strange tone: "Brother, are you here to forge weapons?"

  Li Xiaoteng was a bit helpless, and casually said: "Ah ~ haha, come and build a mutton skewer carbonization box!" Cui Xiaoyan doubted for a moment, nodded, and didn't say anything else.

  The front desk little sister asked: "Miss, what can I help you with?"

  Cui Xiaoyan said casually, "I'll take a look first, you entertain them for now!" The front desk little sister turned around and asked Li Xiaoteng, "Sir, what size oven do you want? I'll help you fill out the specifications!"

  Li Xiaoteng organized his thoughts and said seriously: "I want to be 1.5 meters long, with a width of 40 cm on the left side. The middle and right sides should have an oven of 20 cm. The place with a width of 40 cm on the left side should be 80 cm!

  The receptionist asked curiously: "Sir, we've never done this kind of special oven before! Can you draw a sketch for us?"

  Li Xiaoteng nodded, picked up a pen at the front desk, and took over the order paper handed over by the receptionist. He drew crookedly, roughly sketching out the style, including the height of the frame and specific data, all on the paper.

  Cui Xiaoyan standing beside Li Xiaoteng looked very strange, but didn't dare ask anything.

  Cui Xiaoyan was too embarrassed to ask, but Zhao Baozi couldn't suppress the burning gossip fire in his heart and asked: "Teng Ge, why is this oven you drew different from the one used for roasting lamb skewers?" Li Xiaoteng smiled and didn't say anything. Instead, he drew a few more iron mesh-like devices that looked like giant fly swatters on the blueprint and handed them to the receptionist.

  The receptionist asked about the size and specifications of the iron mesh. She casually said: "Your oven is so big, normally it's 300 yuan, and you can pick it up in two days. But yours is a special product. I calculated the materials, including the iron mesh and the frame you added, and the total is 1,500 yuan."

  Zhao Pangzi was anxious at the time! He pointed to the items on the counter and introduced: "Your profile clearly states that it comes with a frame, 1.5 meters of oven for 305 yuan. How did we end up paying 1,500 yuan when we ordered it ourselves?"

  The front desk lady said helplessly: "Ordinary products all have molds! Easy to assemble and weld, yours is very troublesome! We can guarantee that it will be done within two days! However, the price must be this price, if you can wait. If you pick up the goods half a month later, I can give you a discount of 200!"

  Li Xiaoteng felt that this oven and shelf were indeed a bit expensive, and casually said: "Can't it be cheaper? Beauty, can you give me a discount?"

  The receptionist shook her head, thought for a moment and said: "If you want it within two days, we'll give you a discount of 50 yuan, so it's 1,450 yuan. If you want it in half a month, it's 1,150 yuan! We have too many orders here, really can't do anything about it!"

  Zhao Pangzi pulled Li Xiaoteng's hand and said in a low voice: "Teng brother! Why don't you sacrifice yourself? If we can win over this beauty, I reckon we won't have to spend a single cent!"

  Li Xiaoteng saw Cui Xiaoyan give him a strange look. He quickly said in a low voice, "What nonsense are you talking about!" Then he asked, "Beauty, can't it be any cheaper?"

  The salesgirl shook her head and said: "It really can't be any cheaper! If you think it's not suitable, you can go to another store to take a look!"

  The power of netizens is indeed strong! Members clicked, and just now I saw that it quickly rushed up. Brother has a draft! Fulfilling the promise! Today, three consecutive updates will be released! Don't forget to recommend and collect~~ Later, after finishing the next chapter, come back and release another one!