Chapter 56: The Rich and Powerful Official's Second Generation

  Fu Bei, also the big boss who manipulated the silver market in Yinhe Securities, led a group of younger brothers to visit Li Xiaoteng's hot pot restaurant. After Kong Zhen was forced to resign and had nowhere to go, he accepted Li Xiaoteng's olive branch and came to join him. Kong Zhen may not even know himself that following Li Xiaoteng has brought him to heights that ordinary people can't even imagine in their lifetime...

  A white BMW 7-series was parked in front of the spicy hot pot stall, refusing to budge. Li Xiaoteng hastily shouted: "Hey! Hey! Brothers, no parking allowed here!"

  Xiao Duan casually pushed open the car door and quickly got out. He nodded at Li Xiaoteng with a smile, saying "Sorry, we didn't find a parking spot nearby, we'll leave soon... really soon!" As he spoke, Du Yu and Yang Yawei opened the doors and got out from the back seat.

  Xiao Duan bowed his head and shouted to the driver, Xiao Ma: "Brother Ma, stop the car in front of the small district, we'll wait for you here." Then he pointed at the BMW and shouted to a Jetta behind them: "Follow Brother Ma's car and park!"

  Another speculator came down from the back of the car, nodded and said: "Don't worry, Brother Duan!" Then he said to the two people in the car: "You guys park with Brother Ma! I'll go find a spot with Brother Duan!" He turned around, looked at the crowded night market, furrowed his brow, and whispered to Little Duan: "Brother Duan, it's packed! Is this the place you were talking about?" Little Duan pouted, looking at the crowded Dongxing Restaurant night market, and said helplessly: "I'm so dead... How did business get so good in just two days?!" He looked around at the tables in the Dongxing Restaurant night market, saw two adjacent tables with only two people at each table. He pulled his younger brother along, and they strolled over.

  The diners had almost finished eating, with only a few simple dishes left on the table and two bottles of beer. They had also eaten quite a bit of the spicy hot pot. The two brothers were clinking glasses and drinking wine! Suddenly, one of them felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked up to see Xiaodu holding 200 yuan, slapping it onto the table. "I think you two have almost finished eating!" he said with a smile. "Today's on me!" As he spoke, he nodded towards Du Yu and said, "Our big brother has nowhere to sit! Can you two make some space?"

  The two of them glanced at Du Yu and the others, who were all dressed in suits. They couldn't tell what their intentions were. The two people seemed quite straightforward, nodding slightly. Without even saying a word, they grabbed the money on the table and stood up to leave.

  Zhao Baozi stood by and watched clearly, hurriedly shouting: "You two, you two! Haven't paid yet!"

  The two diners stopped and looked at Xiao Duan, who hastily blocked Zhao Baozi and said: "Put it on our bill!" Although the voice was not loud, the guests at several tables around them all saw clearly.

  Xiao Duan smiled complacently and glanced up, only to find that the two diners at the next table were looking at him with expectant eyes. He couldn't help but smile again and said to the guests beside him: "You two, we can't fit at one table..."

  The guests on the side hastily stood up and asked in doubt: "Why don't you two sit here?"

  A guest from the front table suddenly walked over, pushed aside the guests on the side and said: "Brother! Our side is upper hand, just arrange for the leader to sit in the front! It's just right! Let's sit on our side!"

  Xiao Duan looked at him and burst out laughing, with a typical smug expression. Then he took out another 200 yuan and said, "Right! Leaders should be in the front!" He casually handed the money to the diner.

  The two diners in front hastily made way for Xiao Duan. They smiled and turned to leave, puffing on their cigarettes.

  Zhao Pangzi stood with his hands on his hips, facing Xiao Duan and said: "Does the table in front also count as yours?" Xiao Duan smiled and nodded, not saying a word. He quickly bowed his head and walked over to Du Yu.

  Zhao Baozi, who had never seen such a scene before, couldn't accept this melodramatic plot for the time being. However, he faintly heard the customer who left earlier say: "No big deal, just come back more often! At Dongbei Restaurant, you can even be a regular, hahaha..."

  Du Yu stood in front of Li Xiaoteng's spicy hot pot stall, smelling the strong aroma of spicy hot pot. He swallowed his saliva and said to Yang Yawei, "You know what? This smell is actually not bad."

  Yang Yaowei is always smiling, giving people a kind of festive feeling. Now seeing the food, he smiled even more happily and said: "Director Du, it seems that we didn't come to the wrong place! But whether it's delicious or not, haha, we'll have to eat first and then say!"

  Xiao Duan bowed and walked to Du Yu's side, saying obsequiously: "Director Du, the position has been vacated for you, please take a seat."

  Du Yu looked at Xiao Duan, furrowed his brow and said: "Nothing, let's keep a low profile, don't be so showy. Not good..." Then he rushed to Yang Yaowei with a smile and said: "Today is your celebration, you should sit in the main seat!" Yang Yaowei gently wrapped his arm around Du Yu and said: "Director Du! What are you talking about? The main seat belongs to none other than you, Director Du please go first!"

  Yu Ha Ha laughed loudly and said: "You and I, two brothers, sit together!"

  Li Xiaoteng and Kong Zhen stood behind a few people, exchanged a glance with each other, and simultaneously whispered: "Really sick!" After finishing speaking, the two of them exchanged another glance.

  Zhao Pàngzi held the menu in his hand and walked up to Du Yu's side, asking: "What would you like to order?"

  Du Yu said to Yang Ya Wei: "Ya Wei, today is your celebration! You order!"

  Yang YaWei had no choice but to narrow his eyes and take over the menu, starting to order.

  At this moment, a black BMW stopped in front of the spicy hot pot stall, close to the crowd.

  Li Xiaoteng sighed and hadn't spoken yet. Kong Zhen said with envy: "Brother Xiaoteng! Your business is good enough! They are all noble guests!"

  Li Xiaoteng shook his head speechlessly. He furrowed his brow and hadn't had time to speak yet. Suddenly, Kong Zhen hurriedly rushed towards the BMW and shouted: "Driver! Driver! No parking allowed here!"

  Fu Bei pushed the door open, furrowed his brow and didn't speak. Lao San shouted at Kong Zhen in anger: "What are you yelling about! You want us to stop, we won't stop!" Then he lowered his head and asked Lao Si: "Are you sure it's here?"

  "Alright, Third Brother, I'll go park the car in the parking lot up front. You guys find a place to sit first!" With that, he stepped on the gas and slowly drove away.

  Fu Bei stood in front of the spicy hot pot stall, frowning as he watched Li Xiaoteng and Kong Zhen cooking ingredients. He tilted his head slightly unhappily and said, "Is this thing clean or not?"

  Lao Er relaxed his shoulders and didn't say a word. Li Xiaoteng hastily chimed in, "Big brother, don't worry! We're using fresh ingredients and fresh soup stock. Our utensils are all disposable. Please feel at ease eating!" After finishing speaking, he turned around to glance at the packed dining area, looking slightly embarrassed as he said, "You'll have to wait a bit, there's no space right now..."

  Lao San, displeased, rushed to Li Xiaoteng and said: "You're also worthy of calling our Brother Fu 'Big Brother'? My Big Brother is Hua Xia Fu Yiqiang, the eldest son of Old Man Fu. Coming to your place is already giving you face! Go, go, go... You go arrange a quiet seat for our Big Brother!"

  Li Xiaoteng was shocked after hearing that. He hastily forced a smile on his face, lifting the corners of his mouth. He said to Fu Bei: "Mr. Fu, why don't you dine inside the Northeast Restaurant instead? It's quiet in there."

  Fu Bei didn't say a word. Lao San glared at his older brother and scolded, "What's wrong with you! Can't even find a place by the entrance? We'll just eat quickly and leave!"

  Li Xiaoteng hastily called over Zhao Baozi and gave him a few instructions, then personally walked to the dining area near the northeast entrance of the restaurant.

  The table by the northeast restaurant door was relatively quiet. Just leaning on Du Yu's hand. This table has almost finished eating. Li Xiaoteng smiled and said to them, "How do you feel about the mala hot pot and cold dishes? Are they still quite palatable?"

  Among them, the guest who was invited to dinner hurriedly smiled and welcomed him, puffing on a cigarette, saying: "Hmm, the taste is really not bad. But I'm a bit curious? Boss, can your peanuts really tonify yang?"

  Li Xiaoteng said mysteriously, "Brother, I'm not bragging. These five-spice peanuts are not only flavorful but also delicious. I've added several kinds of tonic Chinese medicinal herbs and used fragrant leaves and lemongrass to mask the taste of the tonic herbs. You'll know what I mean when you sleep tonight!"

  The diners burst out laughing. One of them said, "We really thought we'd finished eating, our waists are hot and sweaty, haha..."

  Li Xiaoteng hastily bowed his head and said in a low voice, "Sorry everyone, today we have an honored guest. I'll give you a 60% discount on this table. Sorry to disturb your pleasant gathering, let me see..."

  Several guests expressed their understanding and looked at each other, anyway they had eaten almost the same. They got up, settled the bill, and quickly vacated the table.

  Fu Bei stood at the edge, watching Li Xiaoteng quickly clean up the table and sit down. After the brothers all sat down, Fu Bei said with a smirk: "You say your family's peanuts have an invigorating effect?"

  Li Xiaoteng hastily nodded and said: "Today's new dish! I'll bring you a plate to try?"

  Lao San raised his head, looked at Li Xiaoteng with a glance and said: "First bring up two plates, what's good for cold dishes, get eight cold dishes brought up." After finishing, he smiled and asked Fu Bei: "Brother, what do you want to eat with the spicy hot pot?"

  Big brother curled his lip and casually said: "Later, let Little Fourth come over and order!" He glanced at Cui Xiaoyan, who was roasting skewers in the distance, with a flash of sharpness in his eyes. Then Li Xiaoteng said: "Let the girl roasting skewers across from us roast thirty skewers of meat strips for us, thirty skewers of meat balls."

  Li Xiaoteng hastily responded. He walked to Zhao Baozi, who was serving dishes to Du Yu and others, and said in a low voice: "The table inside has a big background, you should pay attention." Then he paused and said: "You go tell your goddess to roast thirty strings of meat tendon, thirty strings for half a catty!"

  Zhao Pàngzi heard this, turned his head to glance at Fu Bei and others inside, casually handed the dish in his hand to Li Xiaoteng, and then rushed towards Cui Xiaoyan with a whoosh.

  Li Xiaoteng looked at Zhao Kuai's back and couldn't help but shake his head in dismay.

  Just then, a table of guests next to them shouted at Li Xiaoteng: "Boss! Boss!" Li Xiaoteng hurried over and asked: "What can I add for you?"

  The customer pointed at the oven on the edge of the cold dishes and asked: "Is this fire-burning oven also for selling roasted strings?"

  Li Xiaoteng took a look and hurriedly said with a smile: "We also sell kebabs, but we're too busy today. We didn't have time to prepare meat skewers and whatnot." He casually pointed to the fish tank and said: "Today, we'll just sell roasted fish!"

  The guests at several tables nearby suddenly became interested after listening to Li Xiaoteng's introduction. Someone said, "Damn it, I thought it was just for decoration! How do you sell this fish?"

  Li Xiaoteng laughed and said to the crowd: "Our fish is priced by weight! Thirty-eight per catty!"

  The guest who was asking questions suddenly became interested and said: "Give me one!"

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