Chapter 70: Wine meets confidant
"My surname is Gong, and I once participated in a big stomach king competition on behalf of Tian Peng of your association. β
"Tian Peng, I know, he's good at eating hamburgers,"
"Yes, that's him, before the game, he fell into the trap of the Southern Association, and at that time, I recommended myself to President Lin Suwen Mao Sui to sign up for the finals...... But unexpectedly, I was also calculated by the Southern Association, and my mouth was burned before the game, and my throat was also inflamed, and I left the game without eating a single hamburger. β
Cheng Hui remembered something, and he said to Liang Junli: "It seems that I heard President Lin mention that there is such a person, saying that it is a newcomer who participates in the competition in place of Tian Peng. β
Gong Yuze put on his backpack: "I don't mean anything else when I say this, I just think that since you came to participate in the preliminaries, you should put all your energy on how to win, encourage each other, and help each other...... Otherwise, even if you pass the preliminaries and reach the finals, you will ......."
After saying these words, Gong Yuze didn't look back and walked out, leaving Cheng Hui and Liang Junli stunned in a daze.
He went out to the outside of the store, put his hand in his trouser pocket and clutched his passport. He couldn't describe his mood at the moment, he ...... Disappointed. Gong Yuze felt that the words he said to the two people just now seemed to be a little too heavy, because no matter from which point of view, it was not his turn to teach them a lesson, but he felt uncomfortable not saying these words.
He couldn't tell whether he was responsible for himself or Lin Suwen.
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In the evening, Tian Peng asked him to have two drinks at a tavern after work.
He arrived punctually at the tavern, a place he didn't come often, dimly lit, dappled earthen walls, old greasy wooden tables and chairs. There is no regular faΓ§ade, leaning on the corner of an old building and becoming a small tavern.
The dilapidated walls at the entrance of the tavern are painted haphazardly, and I don't know who to ask to write simple calligraphy, which is very casual.
In the hall, there are several old tables of eight immortals, a few paintings of flowers and birds hanging on the walls, and one of the private rooms is surrounded by coarse cloth around the wall, and the bright pillow cushions and arabesque cloth are full of nostalgia.
Tian Peng said that he often comes here, and the fruit wine here is brewed in the store, pomegranate, hawthorn, loquat, red dates and peaches, and a pot of three or two degrees is not high.
Gong Yuze saw that Tian Peng's spirit was much better than last time, but he didn't take the initiative to ask Tian Peng about the preselection.
Gong Yuze smiled, as if this was a gathering of friends he was looking forward to.
Tian Peng is very familiar with the dishes here, and told Gong Yuze that if you want to drink high wine, the osmanthus wine of more than 40 degrees is very good, Gong Yuze waved his hand, the snacks here are all heavy tastes, Gong Yuze likes the moderately spicy chopped pepper hoof flowers, Tian Peng said that this is a must-order when you arrive at the store, the hoof flowers are on the table, they are cut into small pieces with double pepper juice, the skin and meat are soft, not to mention how good the taste is, and there are spicy fat sausages......
He and Tian Peng had a good conversation, and both of them had a reassuring frankness, which seemed to indicate that there was nothing to hide. The people around him were also chatting, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, chatting loudly, Gong Yuze was slightly drunk, his voice began to get louder, Tian Peng's face began to turn red, and the laughter increased.
Tian Peng suddenly pointed to the TV hanging on the wall, Gong Yuze looked back, and two hosts, a man and a woman, stood at the door of a restaurant and were talking about something.
The noise in the restaurant drowned out the sound of the TV.
Gong Yuze couldn't hear anything, and his eyes could only quickly follow the subtitles under the TV.
"In this issue of our colorful life column, we want to broadcast the album of the Big Stomach Qualifier that is being held in this city......"
The TV screen switched to the door of a hotel, and then changed to another one, and before Gong Yuze could see it clearly, a new store appeared.
"Audience friends, what I just showed you is the designated business of this qualifier, these 20 designated businesses are 20 restaurants in the city that are popular with the general public and have a good reputation, the dishes of these restaurants cover the types required for the big stomach challenge, noodles, rice bowls, seafood, in addition to Western food and sweets, which provides sufficient space for the contestants to choose in their own areas of expertise, so let's walk into this restaurant and see the contestants who are challenged. β
The TV screen switches to the interior of a hotel. The young female reporter walked up to the man who was munching on ramen with a microphone, and they confirmed from her boss that it was a contestant.
The female reporter did not disturb the contestants at that time, but invited the restaurant owner to introduce the hotel's special dishes to the audience.
A few minutes later, the man holding the big bowl of noodles put down the last bowl and said loudly, "Ten bowls of noodles are finished!"
The female reporter thanked her boss and then turned her camera on the man.
"Where are you from?"
"Anwen," the tall man said, wiping his mouth.
"How long have you been in the Big Stomach Challenge?"
"Less than two years...... I can eat 10 beef bowls, 20 pork pies, and 15 bowls of ramen!" β¦β¦
Tian Peng pointed to the TV and said to Gong Yuze: "Where did you come from to be stupid here? With this little ability, I'm embarrassed to blow it on TV, it's really fucking shameful!"
Gong Yuze laughed haha: "There are so many birds that feel good about themselves that they are ......"
The two of them had another drink, and Gong Yuze refilled Tian Peng with a glass of wine: "You are a top talent in the Northern Association, so you don't plan to contact the organization in the future? It doesn't matter which association like me doesn't join, but I always feel that you are a little pity......
Tian Peng waved his rough hand: "What's the pity, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, all associations are indispensable for talents, and there is no shortage of me anywhere...... It's just that when I think about the things I learned in the association, the friends I made are indeed a little bit unpleasant......"
After Tian Peng finished speaking, he poked his face with his hand: "To put it bluntly, I just want this face to die, obviously I am quite disappointed sometimes, but I still have a big tail eagle." β
After listening to this, Gong Yuze felt that he was a little similar to Tian Peng at this point. Gong Yuze took a sip of wine, then twisted his head back to look at the TV screen. The screen switches to the next restaurant, and the sign reads Yoyo Shell Desserts.
The camera followed the reporter to the store, the warm pink tone, the color of all the utensils in the store is sweet candy color,
A young woman with long hair is elegantly wiping her mouth with a tissue. I pulled out my red passport and walked to the front desk.
The reporter followed: "May I ask if you are also challenging the qualifiers of the big stomach?"
The camera zoomed in on the girl, a close-up of her face appeared on the screen, and Gong Yuze grabbed Tian Peng's arm and shouted: "I know her......! That's her!"