Chapter 98: Li Zong, something's gone wrong!

  Li Xiaoteng had just finished washing the dishes and rinsed his hands. Standing at the door, puffing on a cigarette, he was thinking that the unreliable Zhao Huazi still hadn't returned. Just as he thought of taking out his phone to call Zhao Huazi, he saw Cui Xiaoyan standing opposite him, holding a plastic foam box.

  A seven or eight meter long road, vaguely formed a Chu River Han boundary. The barbecue stove was like the commander of the Black and Red Armies, facing each other across the air. Cui Xiaoyan stood in front of her own barbecue stove, shouting loudly at Li Xiaoteng: "Boss Xiaoteng, you're also starting to sell barbecues?"

  Li Xiaoteng stood on the steps of Dongxing Restaurant, waving his hand at Cui Xiaoyan and shouting: "Yes! Boss Cui, I've also started selling kebabs! Let's learn from each other!" Then he saw Cui Xiaoyan seemingly very dissatisfied, humming softly and lowering her head to start preparing.

  Li Xiaoteng watched from afar as Cui Xiaoyan lit the charcoal fire alone and began adding some red, yellow, and white things to the seasoning box. He thought to himself: A beautiful teacher from Beijing, why on earth is she moonlighting as a kebab vendor? It's really puzzling.

  Can't figure it out, then don't think about it. Generally lazy people go with the flow, adhering to the idea that when the boat reaches the bridgehead, it will naturally go straight. This mindset is well embodied in Li Xiaoteng.

  Li Xiaoteng finished his cigarette, flicked the butt away and pulled out his phone to dial a number. The call was answered quickly. Li Xiaoteng asked loudly in an unpleasant tone, "Where have you been? Taking a bath?"

  "All I heard was the helpless voice on the other end of the phone saying, 'Teng Ge, I'm really sorry. I came to buy a projector, didn't I? The owner of this projector store just stepped out and has just come back. I've just received the goods and am rushing back! Just wait for a moment, just a moment!"

  Li Xiaoteng listened carefully to the voice on the phone. All he heard was Zhao Baozi panting and saying this. The sound of cars whizzing by on the road could also be heard clearly. He sighed and thought to himself: This Zhao Baozi is really not in tune! Something so big, shouldn't it be taken back by taxi or chartered car? What's with all the noise on the road?!

  Li Xiaoteng thought for a moment, then let out a sigh and said: "Alright! You don't have to explain either! Hurry back! I'll wait for you." He hung up the phone without waiting. Zhao didn't arrive, but instead saw Jiang Di walking towards him from afar, Li Xiaoteng hastily waved at Jiang Di.

  Jiang Di saw Li Xiaoteng standing on the steps waving at him, and immediately quickened his pace to come before him, hastily asking: "Teng Ge, what's up?"

  Li Xiaoteng smiled and said, "What's up!" After finishing speaking, he took out a pack of Furongwang cigarettes from his pocket that Fat Sister had thrown on the table at noon. He handed one to Jiang Di and lit another for himself. Only after they both lit their cigarettes did Li Xiaoteng ask, "How was the disk this afternoon?"

  Don't mention stocks, it's fine. As soon as you mention stocks, Jiang Di's eyebrows droop and he says with a scowl: "Forget it! Don't mention it again, today the stock market had a major bull run! It was announced at noon! Guess what it is?"

  Li Xiaoteng shrugged and said helplessly: "What good can there be recently? It's nothing more than promoting the reform of share rights separation. What else can be new?"

  "Jiang Di sighed and said, "Teng Ge, I'm relying on them now. Today it was announced that the Huaxia equity division reform is expected to be released at the end of April. Such a big piece of good news! In the previous period when there was no specific timeline, the market was still rising, but today with the release of substantial good news, the market actually fell weakly! What's going on here?!"

  Li Xiaoteng smiled and said with a calm tone, "You don't know, do you? The current Huaxia stock market is speculating on expectations. Why can it rise when the benefits haven't been realized?"

  "Hey, why?" Jiang Di asked strangely. Li Xiaoteng patted Jiang Di's shoulder while smoking and said: "Isn't it to tell all the retail investors that this thing can rise? Come on, hurry up and buy! The retail investors don't believe it, they wait and see. They find out it keeps rising! Suddenly, they see the news report that the good news has been realized! Everyone thinks there's something to be done, and when they rush in... actually, the main force has already pulled up!"

  "Damn it! This is even worse than the Japanese pirates! The ordinary people are rushing in. Actually, the main force has already started to dump the chips that were raised in the early stage!" After finishing speaking, Jiang Di suddenly spat out a mouthful of saliva and cursed: "Sister! I didn't expect it at all, I had a feeling today that the market might fall, but I still couldn't control my own hands! Today I bought some Beijing Bank stocks. It's been falling all afternoon! Frustrating me to death!"

  Li Xiaoteng stood on one side, smoking and smiling at Jiang Di. Jiang Di suddenly remembered what he had promised He Jinghua that afternoon. Unhappily, he said: "You can still smile, today I saw that the Aviation Electronics stock was stagnant again for a whole day. Brother Teng, you should think carefully about how to save Aviation Electronics."

  Li Xiaoteng patted Jiang Di's shoulder with a smile and said calmly, "The mountain people have their own wonderful plan! Don't worry, I'm going to let Kong Zhen make the agreement book as soon as possible. And also finish the financial planning book for Fat Sister. Let's hurry up and sign the contract in these two days!"

  Jiang Di gave Li Xiaoteng a displeased glance, and muttered to himself: "I really didn't expect you to be in such a hurry to give someone money!"

  Li Xiaoteng let out a long, quiet sigh. He then pointed at the sky and said: "Even if this time the hole in the sky is even bigger! I will definitely think of a way to patch up the hole in the sky!"

  Jiang Di looked up at the sky. He didn't see anything, and then helplessly said: "Alright, I'll wait and see, let's see how great your skills are, Teng Ge, can you turn one million into ten million!"

  The two were chatting, when Kong Zhen suddenly appeared with a large plastic bag and shouted: "Teng Ge! I'm back!" Li Xiao Teng looked at Kong Zhen running towards him, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his temples. He had entrusted Kong Zhen to take care of things, but anything that ended up in Zhao Baozi's hands...

  Zhao Baozi actually doesn't know where he ran off to!

  Kong Zhen opened the bag and took out a green thing about the size of a milk powder bag, waving it in front of Li Xiaoteng and asking: "Teng Ge, is this the turtle powder you wanted? Why does it look black inside?"

  Li Xiaoteng casually picked up a bag of tortoise shell powder, took a closer look, and nodded: "Right, this is the stuff. Let's go make some tortoise shell paste!"

  Kong Zhen and Jiang Di turned around to follow. Just about to push the door and walk in, they only heard Zhao Baozi shouting loudly from behind: "Teng Ge, I'm back!"

  Li Xiaoteng suddenly turned his head to take a look. He saw Zhao Baozi with a large plastic bag slung across his chest, inside which was wrapped in newspaper a rectangular object that should be the projector. On his shoulders he also carried a long roll of canvas and several iron pipes.

  Li Xiaoteng hurried over, took the curtain, and Kong Zhen and Jiang Di took the projector and stand from Zhao Baozi's body. Unhappily, he said: "You carry so many things, why don't you find a car to come back? You walk back by yourself?"

  Zhao Pu's chubby face, shiny with oil, looked up and said: "Hehe, I also think it's just three or four stops away. It's not far at all. Can't we just walk back ourselves? Just now when we were almost there, I was actually regretting why I didn't take a taxi!"

  Li Xiaoteng chuckled and patted Zhao Baozi, saying: "Hurry up and drink a bottle of beer to cool down. We'll set up the frame later. Let's go inside and get some snacks. Oh, Dong Ge, tell Xiangshi brothers to prepare mala tang too. After all, two people can't roast skewers at the same time!"

  Zhao Pangzi hastily nodded and said to Li Xiaoteng, "Don't worry, I'm here!" After finishing speaking, he immediately turned around and grabbed a bottle of beer. He gulped down two mouthfuls with a gurgling sound.

  Li Xiaoteng turned around and walked into the back kitchen of Dongxing Restaurant, it was almost time to start serving. The masters also came over to work, all preparing their own ingredients and dishes.

  Li Xiaoteng walked in and chatted with the chef for a few words. The chef pointed to the stove inside and said, "Hey! No one is using that stove, you can just make do with it!"

  Li Xiaoteng called Jiang Di into the cold dish room and took out a steel basin as big as a washbasin. He immediately opened three or four packages of turtle powder, all of which were poured in. Then he scooped two cups of water from the mineral water bucket and poured it into the basin. He handed the spoon to Jiang Di and said: "Come on, help stir evenly, I'll go make some hot water!"

  Jiang Di nodded silently and began stirring the turtle jelly with a scowl on his face, maintaining his usual cool demeanor.

  Li Xiaoteng lit the fire on the stove and immediately made a pot of hot water, then walked back to take a look at Jiang Di's stirred turtle jelly, pointing with his finger, and found that it had been stirred evenly. He said, "It's done, just wait a little while!"

  Put the large basin next to the stove. Seeing that the water is boiling, grab a large pot and pour a pot of boiling water into the tortoise jelly! In an instant, the well-stirred tortoise powder became tortoise porridge.

  "Damn it! Teng, didn't you fail? I saw that the turtle jelly sold in supermarkets is like a fruit jelly. How come yours is so thick and sticky, just like sesame paste!"

  Jiang Di, on the other side, didn't say a word, but his expression had already given him away. A look of disdain, which made Li Xiaoteng very uncomfortable. Li Xiaoteng hastily explained: "You guys don't understand, turtle jelly is always made like this! It's just still hot now, and it'll become a gel-like state after it cools down!"

  He said, walking to the kitchen door and scooping out a small bucket of ice from the ice maker. He immediately walked back. Kong Zhen thought Li Xiaoteng was going to pour the ice into it to speed up the cooling! But thinking about it, if he poured in the ice, wouldn't it dilute the turtle jelly even more? Kong Zhen hadn't had time to speak yet. Suddenly, Li Xiaoteng grabbed a handful of dry ice from the kitchen freezer and sprinkled it on top of the turtle jelly.

  Suddenly a layer of white fog rose up. The brothers were in this place, as if they had been hit by smoke bombs! Not long after, the cold fog dispersed. Only then did they see that the turtle jelly had solidified in the bowl, as if it had witnessed a miracle. Kong Zhen gently touched it with his hand and suddenly discovered that its elasticity was particularly good, feeling like touching freshly cooked egg whites.

  While watching Li Xiaoteng, a whole bucket of ice was poured into the turtle jelly. The dark and shiny turtle jelly, accompanied by crystal clear ice cubes...

  Kong Zhen drooled and said: "Teng Ge, I'm starving! Dig a piece for me to taste!" Before Li Xiaoteng could speak, he saw Xiang Lao Er rush in, panting and shouting at Li Xiaoteng: "Boss Li, Boss Li, it's not good!"

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