It's a hell game, who can still be a human being?

Chapter 684 Oxen and Horses: I will never share the same sky with you!

Three hours is neither short nor long.

After having New Year's Eve dinner with Feng Jizi and playing chess for a while, the time passed quickly.

As for what kind of game it was, it was of course Gomoku (Five in a Row).

Liu Zheng's Go skills are good enough to fool ordinary players, but playing against a master like Feng Jizi would be a bit overestimating his abilities.

However, in Gomoku (Five in a Row), there are various sure-win strategies summarized by later generations, allowing for a back-and-forth battle.

"Senior, this is for you."

Before leaving, he thought about it and gave his game console to Feng Jizi.

"When I come next time, let's play games together."

Liu Zheng laughed.

"I would rather you not come again, young friend."

Moved, Feng Jizi couldn't help but sigh.

Trading nightmares for procurement quotas is certainly dangerous, but trading sweet dreams for procurement quotas is even more tragic.

Those so-called beautiful dreams are actually the most beautiful memories or expectations; otherwise, they could not be used as raw materials for brewing wine.

If a person doesn't have these things, what's the difference between them and a walking corpse?
"It's alright, those lousy dreams are just a waste of money. It would be better to use them to exchange for procurement quotas."

Liu Zheng waved his tentacle.

"Ah."

Feng Jizi did not try to persuade him further.

He had already seen through it; this young friend, though seemingly slick, was actually a person of unwavering resolve.

After purchasing the wines, Feng Jizi saw Liu Zheng off from the Dukang Winery.

"Take care, my little friend. I'm off."

Feng Jizi cupped his hands in greeting, then turned and disappeared.

"Daji, come and get the wine."

Liu Zheng waved to Niu Daji in the car.

"I'm coming."

Niu Daji immediately got out of the car and ran over.

"Boss, there's so much alcohol, the car can't hold it all."

It glanced at the mountain of wine chests and jars and said.

How much can it hold?

Liu Zheng asked.

"I estimate that less than half of them will be installed."

Niu Daji calculated for a moment and then said.

"Then let the city hall and President Yuan send people over to take them away first."

He called 4399 and Yuan Bao'er one after the other.

Soon, two large trucks arrived one after the other and took the drinks away.

The two loaded the remaining drinks onto the hearse and then drove it to the clinic to unload them.

After instructing Niu Daji to deliver the promised drinks to the Jinzi clan, Liu Zheng returned to the restaurant with some of the drinks.

Before getting out of the car, he made a point of leaving a bottle of Gold Label in the car.

Although I don't know if the driver can drink alcohol, I still want to show my appreciation.

After entering the delivery lane, he hesitated for a moment but still didn't deliver the wine.

After all, it's already on drugs, and if it turns into an alcoholic, it'll be truly addicted to all vices.

"Boss, I'm back."

Back in the lounge, Liu Zheng called out.

"I'm home?"

The oxen and horses raised their heads, their expressions benevolent.

"Ah, yes, I'm back."

He had a vague sense that something was wrong.

"You don't have any valuables on you, do you?"

The ox and horse asked with a smile.

"Um, is it too late for me to put it in now?"

"certainly."

Before the ox and horse could finish speaking, their hooves flew over first.

Fortunately, Liu Zheng had anticipated this and managed to block it with all four tentacles.

Of course, whether he was blocked or not didn't matter much; he still flew directly out of the lounge and hung on the wall in the corridor.

"It's too late."

After he slid down the wall, Niu Ma said leisurely.

"Didn't you promise you wouldn't beat me up?"

Liu Zheng spat out a mouthful of blood and complained.

"I said I wasn't the one going to beat you up, not that I wasn't the one who would. I'm the department head, if I don't beat you up, who will? What? You want the boss to come and beat you up personally?"

The ox and horse countered with a question.

"Then forget it, I don't want to become a grilled squid."

He struggled into the lounge and sat down on his stool.

"Where's my wine?"

The ox and horse asked impatiently.

"Wow, I've been beaten like this by you, and you're still thinking about your wine. Am I still your favorite little brother?"

Liu looked at it like he was looking at a scumbag.

"Stop pretending. Do you think I don't know whether you're okay or not? Hurry up, or you'll really be in trouble later."

The cattle and horses raised their hooves in a threatening manner.

"Alas, it's hard to be a subordinate, it's even harder to be a subordinate of a half-human, half-sheep boss, and it's the hardest of all to be a subordinate of a half-ox, half-horse boss."

He sighed as he took out the wine he had promised to give to the oxen and horses from the broken mandarin duck pouch.

"What are you babbling about? Hurry up and offer me your dried fish as a snack with your drinks."

Niu Ma grabbed the bottles and said cheerfully.

"There's only a little dried fish left, so don't even think about it. Besides, with such good wine, it's too stingy to use dried fish as a side dish. You should at least ask the kitchen to prepare a couple of dishes."

Liu Zheng advised.

"Hmm, that makes sense. I'm going to the kitchen to get something to eat. If you come back and find the wine has decreased, you're dead meat!"

"It's like a cow and a horse," Niu Ma said seriously.

"Boss, you don't really have no trust in me at all, do you? I'm really going to be heartbroken."

He said this half-truthfully.

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's that I don't trust your abilities. If that hand comes in and tries to steal the drink, can you stop it?"

The ox and the horse asked.

"Uh, it seems we really can't stop them."

If he could have stopped it, he wouldn't have been "carried away" by the ghost hand last time.

"You have to stop it even if you can't. You can't beat it, but do you think you can beat me? Humph!"

The bull and horse spoke arrogantly, and then turned to walk away.

"Wait, boss. Take these bottles with you. These few are for Napoleon, and these few are for Salmon."

Liu Zheng called out to the oxen and horses.

The wine given to the white-feathered chicken was of a higher quality and in greater quantity than that given to the calico cat, so as not to be too conspicuous.

"He's always running errands for you or relaying messages for you. Who's really in charge here?"

The ox and horse grumbled and left with the wine.

"Hehehe~"

As soon as it left, Liu Zheng immediately lay down on the haystack.

This time, however, he didn't fall asleep. Instead, he called Ace and asked him to help him buy another game console.

"Brother Zheng, you didn't give it to another woman, did you?"

The ace questioned.

"No, I gave it to an elder."

Liu Zheng said.

"Oh, that's alright. Zheng-ge, you can't use the things your brother gave you to pick up girls, or I'll turn on you."

Ace said seriously.

"Is this some kind of 'Go Die Die' group rule?"

He squinted and asked.

The "Go Die Go Die Group" (officially "Couples Go Die Go Die Group")'s motto is: Couples are guilty, and singles are forever.

"Then don't worry about it. I'll have someone deliver the goods to the clinic; you can pick them up when you have time."

Ace hung up the phone.

"Fine, I won't send it. Do I need to use someone else's gift to pick up girls? Humph!"

Liu Zheng proudly raised his head, then rolled around in the haystack.

After lying down for a while, he quickly got up.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, Niu Ma pushed in a food cart.

It has to be said, the way it stood up and pushed the cart was really funny.

Luckily, it didn't go to the customer service department, otherwise the customers would have been so busy laughing that they wouldn't have been able to eat properly.

"You little rascal, did you sneak off to lie in my haystack again?"

The ox and horse glanced at the haystack and immediately glared at it.

"Huh? I don't know."

Liu Zheng pretended to be stupid.

"Tch, if I weren't in a good mood, I would have given you two more kicks. Come and set the table."

The oxen and horses gave their orders.

"I'm coming."

He walked over and put all the food from the food cart on the ground.

"This doesn't look like it was made fresh."

Liu Zheng looked at the messy dishes and said.

"Dream on! You expect to eat something freshly made when it's free. You should be grateful for the leftovers. Besides, I wasn't planning on giving them to you anyway."

The ox and horse rolled their eyes at him.

"Alright then, I'll drink it straight."

He said this with feigned regret.

Although Liu Zheng was poor when he was a child, he was not so poor that he had to eat other people's leftovers.

Even with limited funding, the welfare home can still guarantee a supply of cabbage, potatoes, and rice, though they might be a bit low in oil. The main issue is that it's not easy to find leftovers in the countryside; usually, any food that families can't finish is fed to pigs or chickens.

If even pigs won't eat it, then naturally humans can't eat it either.

After drinking with Niu Ma for a while, Hishi Shikibu called.

"What's wrong? Hiccup~"

Liu Zheng burped.

"you've been drinking?"

"No, there really are cell phones that can smell things?"

he said in surprise.

"No, but I'm very familiar with the sound of burping from alcohol, so I recognized it immediately."

"Hishikibu replied."

"awesome."

If this were in real life, it would be enough to make three episodes of the TV show "Approaching Science".

"The deer-shaped toy you requested has been delivered. What's next?"

"Hishikibu asked."

Where are you now?

"Where else could the Izanami family be?"

"Hishibu said irritably."

"Let him stay a little longer, I'll come pick him up right away."

Liu Zheng said.

"Hurry up, I can't stand the smell of men in this house."

Hishibu hung up the phone.

"You talk as if this is your home."

He rolled his eyes and called the red-crowned crane.

“Lu Tong has been rescued. Go to the main gate of Crazy City in Green Osmanthus Garden and order some takeout. I’ll come with you to pick him up.”

Liu Zheng got straight to the point.

"what?!"

The red-crowned cranes were both delighted and surprised.

The good news is that Lu Tongzhen has been rescued, but the bad news is that Liu Zheng wants it to order takeout.

"If you don't place an order, then I'll just have to wait until I have an order to take it."

Liu Zheng did not intend to force it.

"I'll order!"

The red-crowned crane stiffened its crest and said.

"You won't die, will you? If you're going to die, then forget it."

Seeing that it had agreed, Liu Zheng hesitated instead.

The task of eliminating the black swan still rests on its shoulders; if it has to die, it has to finish the job for it before it dies.

"probably not."

The red-crowned crane thought for a moment and then said.

It does have the ability, otherwise it wouldn't have caught the eye of such an important figure.

"Let's order then. Oh, and don't order potatoes."

Liu Zheng remembered and gave some instructions.

"Actually, I wouldn't have ordered it even if you hadn't told me."

The red-crowned crane remained silent.

Why would a red-crowned crane eat potatoes? It doesn't have pica.

"It's better to be prepared."

He hung up the phone, and a while later the ghostly hand crawled in.

Seeing the vegetables and bottles scattered on the ground, Ghost Hand immediately let out a silent cheer and pounced over, grabbing a bottle of Gold Label and putting it in his mouth.

It moved so fast that even oxen and horses couldn't stop it.

Not to be outdone, Liu Zheng pounced on the takeout order on the ground and rushed out of the break room.

"Hey boss, I'm off to deliver food."

He called out after he closed the door to the lounge.

"My gold medal!"

The pitiful cries of cattle and horses came from inside the gate.

Liu Zheng's hair stood on end. He didn't even have time to look at the order form. After checking that the food was available, he immediately rushed into the delivery lane.

"They didn't leave me a single bottle!!!"

The sounds of cattle and horses followed.

"Damn, Ghost Hand is going to have another drunken rampage."

He didn't dare linger and rushed out of the restaurant in two strides.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Niu Ma and Gui Shou hadn't chased after him.

"Colonel, I need to rent a car."

Liu Zheng called the driver.

"it is good."

Soon, the driver arrived in the hearse.

Why were you waiting outside this time?

The driver asked, puzzled.

"I dare not stay inside."

Liu Zheng told him about Ghost Hand's drunken outburst.

"Hahaha."

The driver slapped the steering wheel and laughed.

"Stop laughing, let's go quickly, I'm afraid those two will come out and kill me in a bit."

He smiled bitterly.

"Get in the car."

The driver opened the car door.

"How was the wine I gave you? If you like it, I'll get you some more."

Liu Zheng sat in the passenger seat and asked.

"Then let's get a few more bottles. I can't drink them all, but my workers like them quite a bit."

the driver said.

"Driver, you can't drink alcohol?"

"I can still drink it, but it's never the same taste as when I was alive, so I might as well not drink it."

The driver said calmly.

"Ok."

He didn't say much, but silently took out more than a dozen bottles of silver and bronze labels.

"I thank you on their behalf."

The driver nodded.

"It's nothing, they worked hard to fix my car."

Liu Zheng said generously.

"You're quite self-aware. Where are you going?"

"I asked the driver."

"Let me see."

He only has time to look at the takeout orders now.

"Meal: One serving of spiced silkworm pupae"

Address: Main entrance of Green Country Garden Crazy City

"Orderer: Red-crowned Crane"

Time Limit: One Hour

"Go to Green Osmanthus Garden Crazy City."

He put away the takeout order and said.

"it is good."

With a driver in tow, Liu Zheng arrived at his destination in just ten minutes.

The red-crowned cranes that were pacing around paused for a moment when they saw the hearse, and then immediately came over.

Only people from the city hall or the Bloody Restaurant would dare to drive such a flashy car on the street.

"Wait here for me, I'll go and bring the person out."

Liu Zheng got out of the car and spoke to the red-crowned crane.

"Okay okay."

The red-crowned crane quickly responded.

Hearing the commotion, the security guard in the guard booth also came out of the booth.

Upon closer inspection, Liu Zheng realized it wasn't the middle-aged security guard.

But it doesn't matter, he's not here to deliver food anyway.

"Hello sir, could you please open the door for me?"

Liu Zheng took the initiative to walk over and said.

"Delivery drivers are prohibited from entering this residential community."

The security guard with six fingers glanced at him and said.

“I’m not here to deliver food. Please contact the owner of apartment 606 in building 4. She invited me to visit.”

As he spoke, he slipped a banknote into the security guard's pocket.

"Eh!"

"Don't rush, wait until you're sure I'm a scammer before you take it out."

Liu Zheng held down the security guard's hand.

The security guard gave him a strange look and returned to the guard booth.

A few minutes later, he came out, holding a register and a ballpoint pen.

"Come over and register, then you can go in."

"That's what the security guard said."

"it is good."

Liu Zheng took the notebook and pen.

(End of this chapter)