Fortunately, after a while, the dishes were delivered up the stairs.

"Let's eat, my stomach is growling. Ye Ning hurriedly took the opportunity to shift the focus, took the initiative to fill everyone with wine and drinks, and then raised the wine glass in front of him and signaled: "Come, have a drink first." ”

Everyone gave him face, after clinking glasses collectively, they started their own work, eating and chatting during the banquet, the topics were some interesting anecdotes and trivial things in life, and the atmosphere returned to the ease and joy that the party should have.

Half an hour later, Fang Lan and Ouyang Xiaqing put down their chopsticks successively and began to wipe the corners of their mouths, the second daughter didn't eat much, and she was almost full after eating a few bites of each dish, mainly to taste the taste, an hour later, Liu Qing and Ah Du also stopped separately, one smoked after dinner, the other ate fruit to help digestion, only Ye Ning was still feasting...

Eight eyes invariably gathered on him, a total of eight dishes, all of which were full of weight, not to mention sweeping them away at the moment, at least I didn't see how much was left, most of the dishes were left with soup and water and mixed vegetables, and the main dishes were basically wiped out, and half of the credit was due to him.

Looking at this guy's height of 1.78 meters, he only weighs more than 130 pounds, and his figure is medium to thin, how can he have such a good appetite?

"Brother Ye, do you want to order two dishes again?" Seeing that Ye Ning wiped out the last piece of chicken in a plate of spicy chicken, and then stretched out his chopsticks to the last two pieces of fried hairtail, Liu Qing couldn't help but smash his mouth and asked with some wicked taste.

Ye Ning let out a "uh" sound, his eyes wandered around the many vegetable basins twice, as if he was seriously considering, and then shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's not suitable to eat too much for dinner..." He returned to his position, and before he could put a piece of hairtail fish into his mouth, he suddenly stopped in mid-air.

"Do you have flowers on my face, why are you looking at me like this?" Ye Ning found that everyone was looking at him with extremely strange eyes, and couldn't help but wonder.

"Brother Ye, haven't you eaten lunch?" Ouyang Xiaqing nodded euphemistically, girls all want to save face, she doesn't want her boyfriend to behave too abruptly in front of outsiders.

A hint of realization flashed in Ye Ning's eyes, and he gently put down the chopsticks with the fish, but there was no trace of embarrassment: "There were too many hard days before, and I was not used to wasting it." ”

In this regard, Ah Du nodded approvingly, if there were a lot of dishes left today, he would suggest packing them and taking them away, but Liu Qing didn't think so, only when Ye Ning was defending himself, he flicked the cigarette ash, and said casually: "Brother Ye, how old are you when you entered the acquired period?"

"Fifteen years old. ”

"Fifteen years old..."Liu Qing was stunned, thinking that when he was fifteen years old, he was still struggling for the birth of the first wisp of true qi in his body.

"Ahem, at this age, I haven't even issued an ID card, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all spent on my parents' money, you are an acquired master, as long as you are willing, you can do odd jobs on weekends, not only to solve your own expenses, but also to supplement your family, you are still living a hard life. After a while, Liu Qing's pair of eyes widened and shouted strangely.

Ye Ning looked at his exaggerated expression, but he was not half moved, and smiled faintly: " You are the eldest young master of the Liu family, since you were a child, you can't understand what a hard life is, just say practice martial arts, you don't have to worry about the supply of medicinal materials, you can even speed up the speed of realm improvement through expensive high-grade medicinal materials, I am different from you, I have been an orphan since I was eight years old, and an old man depends on each other, I not only have to support myself, but also feed this old man, the medicinal materials needed to practice martial arts, I can only go deep into the place where the medicinal materials grow to find, if you want to improve the realm efficiently, you can only rely on squeezing the potential again and again, which is why, you and I are also in the early stage of congenital development, but I am not interested in competing with you, and I don't like to hear it, your real combat power is too weak in my opinion. ”

The tone was not hurried, not humble, not silent, the voice fell, the private room fell into silence, Liu Qing's expression stiffened on his face, Fang Lan and the others' expressions became complicated, just at this time, the waiter brought in a bowl of rice, Ye Ning picked up the chopsticks again, and continued to drive.

"Ye Ning, I will call Liu Qing and Ah Du back in advance, let's get together today, mainly because there is something to inform you..."It didn't take long for Fang Lan to break the silence, look at Ouyang Xiaqing with a slight hesitation, and did not shy away from it, and roughly explained the content of the bidding in the mountainous area of Xishi in two weeks.

Ye Ning heard a little bit of meaning, chewed the rice and said vaguely: "Captain Fang, are the four of us representing Huayuan this time?"

Fang Lan bowed slightly: "It's just to communicate with you, if there is no problem, the list will be reported on Monday." As he spoke, his eyes turned to Ouyang Xiaqing: "Ouyang, I listen to what Mr. Qiu meant, this time Huayuan will cooperate with Fenghua Group?"

Ouyang Xiaqing said apologetically: "Sister Fang, I only heard my uncle mention it to me, and I don't know the specifics." ”

Fang Lan smiled understandingly, and then said to Ye Ning: "Ye Ning, in the next two weeks, you usually try to stay in the company as much as possible, and I will formulate some targeted drills according to the specific information provided by the Provincial Medicinal Materials Association. ”

Ye Ning had no objection and let out an "oh".

Ouyang Xiaqing seemed to have thought of something, and frowned slightly: "Brother Ye, this time the Xishan Mountain Contracting Bidding, the Cai family and the Jin family will participate, it is better to be on the periphery of the arena, if you go deep into the central area, you have to pay more attention and try not to act alone, in case you encounter it, you will suffer, many businesses have conflicts of interest between them, and they will use this kind of competition to provoke vicious conflicts..."

After a pause, a solemn look appeared on his pretty face, and he added: "As long as people don't die, the organizers won't ask about it, even if they are really dead, as long as there is no solid evidence, it will be over in the end." ”

Ye Ning raised a face full of absurdity: "What, doesn't that mean that you can wantonly disregard human life, this is a competitive competition, it is simply a place for merchants to solve conflicts and grievances." ”

Ouyang Xiaqing nodded heavily: "That's it, but the vicious conflict between merchants is not the biggest risk, once the venue was chosen in a valley similar to Shennongjia in other provinces, and as a result, none of the three merchants in the central area were congenitally strong, and none of the six acquired masters came out... Brother Ye, you must know that as long as you obtain the contracting qualification for a period of three years, even if it is the worst piece in the mountainous area, excluding the contracting and follow-up costs, the profit that the merchant can earn is more than one billion, and the huge benefits are naturally accompanied by huge risks. ”

(End of chapter)