"Yes." Ma Qiangdong nodded and said, "I will announce something tomorrow and I hope the two bosses will agree to it."

After hearing this, Liu Dong and Xi Ran looked at each other.

【Husband didn’t tell you what it was? 】

[I don't know. Boss Ma, you all know that he is a man of temperament. He does whatever he thinks...]

Boss Ma instructed his employees, "Tomorrow, no matter what, you must maintain the reputation of Weidaoxuan Restaurant. Do you understand? If you succeed, each person will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver."

At the morning market, people going out on the street could smell the fragrance of the ancient city. Everyone thought it was coming from Weidaoxuan, but when they followed the fragrance, they found out it was coming from the restaurant that had closed down before.

Everyone stood in front of different restaurants. If the people around them hadn’t reminded them that Weidaoxuan was open today, these people could have stood there for hours.

When they arrived at Weidaoxuan Restaurant, they found that the area over 100 meters in front of the door was crowded with people. Everyone was looking forward to the restaurant's reopening, hoping to get some benefits today.

As the sun rose, more and more people gathered in front of the restaurant. Order was not restored until the arrival of County Magistrate Ma. The two owners of Weidaoxuan slowly walked out of the crowd, followed by the restaurant staff.

Liu Dong and his friends arrived at the door of the new restaurant. Liu Dong gave the C position to Xi Ran, who announced to everyone, "The restaurant is reopened! It will never be closed again in the future, because I am the landlord of this restaurant now."

Xi Ran showed the restaurant's sales contract after he finished speaking. Everyone started to whisper to each other. Some people did not believe him and asked, "Boss, are you the mysterious buyer who can pay 200 taels of gold?"

Magistrate Ma replied, "I have checked and it is true! Madam Xi will be the landlord of this restaurant from now on."

"Oh my God!" Magistrate Ma's words ignited everyone's emotions.

Madam Xi said to him, "Today, everyone who comes to the restaurant can have a share of the garlic-flavored spareribs."

After Xi Ran finished speaking, the door at the back suddenly opened. Everyone clapped and cheered when they smelled the fragrance. "Boss, do you mean we don't have to spend money?"

"It doesn't cost any money, just thank you for your support for Weidaoxuan over the years!"

After hearing Ms. Xi's speech, the cheers from below became louder and louder, and everyone began to prepare to line up in an orderly manner to receive the garlic spare ribs.

Suddenly, the sound of firecrackers and suona came from behind the crowd, and everyone turned their heads to see who was coming.

Ma Dongjia walked out from the crowd and said loudly: "The owner of Greebaba Restaurant - Ma Qiangdong came to congratulate Weidaoxuan Restaurant on its reopening."

Everyone got agitated after hearing what Ma Qiangdong said, "Boss, are you talking about Greebaba in Qingzhou?"

"Yes!" Ma Qiangdong nodded and asked someone to bring out the plaque of "Imperial Kitchen" bestowed by the emperor himself.

When everyone saw the plaque, they all exclaimed spontaneously. Of course, the waiter at Wangji who was watching from a distance also brought back the news.

"What? The boss of Greebaba Restaurant is here?" Boss Wang asked.

"I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears!"

"How can a small restaurant like Weidaoxuan be related to Greebaba Restaurant? Liu Dong must have deliberately asked someone to impersonate Greebaba Restaurant to boost its reputation."

Boss Li left the restaurant after he finished speaking, and trotted to the back of the crowd at Weidaoxuan Restaurant, shouting:

"You said you are the owner of Greebaba Restaurant, so you are the owner? I also said I am the owner of Xindong Miqifang!"

When Ma Qiangdong heard what he said, he turned around and asked Xi Ran and Liu Dong, "Is he Boss Wang?"

"No, he is the owner of a tailor shop in the city."

After hearing Liu Dong's answer, Ma Qiangdong asked the man, "How do you want me to prove my identity?"

"As long as you can call in some prominent business people from Fangzhou today, I will believe you. Otherwise, you are a fake."

Ma Qiangdong snorted, "Then tell me who are the prominent figures in your Fangzhou? I happen to have a list of merchants from your Fangzhou who were invited to a banquet a few days ago."

After saying that, he took out a booklet from his arms and carefully compared the names mentioned by Boss Li.

Boss Ma heard him mention several people whose names were not on the list, so he threw the list on the ground and said, "Damn it! Can those people you mentioned be wealthy businessmen? Do you want me to hear who the guests I invited are?"

"These people I'm talking about are all well-known figures in Fangzhou. How come you haven't heard of them? Why are you pretending to be the owner of the world's best restaurant in front of me?"

The people around were eating garlic spareribs while watching this scene. Although everyone wanted to see Boss Li get slapped in the face, the people he just mentioned were indeed well-known figures in Fangzhou.

"Okay, then I will open your eyes today." Ma Dongjia picked up the booklet and said loudly:

"The first person I invited to dinner was the richest man in Fangzhou - Li Jiacheng"

"The second person I invited to dinner was Wang Jianlin, the big brother of Fangzhou's real estate industry."

"..."

Ma Qiangdong read out more than ten names in one breath. Everyone was familiar with the names above. Even in Fangzhou, these people were legendary figures.

"Mr. Ma, is this really the person you invited?" Xiran asked hesitantly behind him.

Boss Ma looked at Xi Ran and asked seriously, "Do you think I'm joking?"

Boss Li still refused to give up and said, "Humph! I know all the people you mentioned, but they haven't been out for more than 20 years. You have to invite them out, otherwise it's just talk."

"That's because you don't have the ability to invite them out, but it's different for me. Just wait! I estimate that they will be here in no more than half an hour." Ma Dongjia sat between Liu Dong and Xiran, drinking tea leisurely.

Ma Qiangdong looked at them and said, "Believe me! They will definitely come."

Xiran immediately asked the people in the kitchen to continue distributing garlic-flavored spareribs to the people around. Now, almost all the people in the ancient city gathered in front of Weidaoxuan Restaurant waiting for the guests invited by Ma Dongjia to arrive.

The sound of gongs and drums came from outside the city not far away. Ma Qiangdong jumped up from his seat and said to Liu Dong and Xi Ran: "You two, come with me to pick up Boss Wang."

The people who were surrounding them made way for them, and Ma Qiangdong took them to meet the accompanying team.

Everyone looked over at once. The team was not large, estimated to be about 70 or 80 people, but in the middle of the team was a sedan chair carried by ten people. Ma Qiangdong stood in front of the team, bent over and shouted to the people in the sedan chair: "The owner of Greebaba Restaurant welcomes Boss Wang!"

Everyone around held their breath to find out whether the person in the sedan was the legendary big boss Wang Jianlin, but the person in the sedan did not come out yet.

Seeing that the person in the sedan didn't respond, Ma Qiangdong called out again, "Glibaba Restaurant owner Ma Qiangdong welcomes Boss Wang!"

The person in the sedan suddenly poked his head out, with half a sausage in his mouth, and shouted with a smile: "Uncle Ma, I am Sicong!"

Ming Sazhu heard what he said and said, "What can I see with my clothes on? And what's wrong with men seeing it?"

Princess Shangguan then noticed that she was wearing clothes. She stood up immediately. The wet clothes stuck to her body, revealing her curves. Ma Mingzhu joked, "Sissy, if you were a delicate girl, many men would fight for you."

"Get out of here."

Princess Shangguan changed into new clothes and went out with Mingzhu. Under the guidance of Mingzhu's people, Xiao Zhuxin came to Mingzhu's branch.

Looking at the decoration of the restaurant, Xiao Zhuxin, who had seen a lot of things in the world, still asked incoherently: "Is this also the restaurant opened by your family?"

"Yes!" Ma Mingzhu asked the waiter to serve the dishes one by one. Xiao Zhuxin saw her favorite osmanthus cake at a glance. Mingzhu signaled the waiter to bring the osmanthus cake to her and added some top-quality sugar syrup to prevent her from choking.

The princess ate and said, "When we return to Jizhou, I will ask my father to give you the money. By then, we will have owed each other everything."

Mingzhu tilted her head slightly to the other side when she heard his words, "No need, as your elder brother, I promised to provide you with food, clothing, housing and transportation, and I will definitely do it. I will pay you back when I have the chance to visit your house in Jizhou in the future."

"Can you provide me with food, clothing, shelter and transportation for the rest of my life?" Princess Shangguan raised her peach blossom eyes and asked tenderly.

"Okay!" Mingzhu took off the jade pendant from his waist and put it in Princess Shangguan's hand, saying, "With this jade pendant, you can have a banquet of the highest standard at Greebaba Restaurant."

Hearing about such good news, Princess Shangguan immediately accepted the jade pendant and said to Ma Mingzhu: "Then I will respectfully obey your command."

Seeing him accept the jade pendant, the person next to Mingzhu reminded him, "This is..."

Mingzhu waved her hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, as long as Brother Xiao likes it."

.......

"The boss really wants to do this?" the waiter from Wang Ji confirmed.

"What else? We still don't know what the restaurant will do in the future. Later, you guys take down the new red cloth sign of Weidaoxuan Restaurant and have a look. If it continues to open a restaurant, just smash the sign."

"Yes."

The waiters of the Wang family carried a long ladder out of the door, and just as they arrived in front of Weidaoxuan Restaurant and were about to climb up to check what was going on, they heard the old man coughing behind them.

"What are you guys doing here?" asked the old man.

"We are the carpenters hired by the owner of this restaurant. He asked us to carefully check if there are any loose parts in the restaurant."

"Then check carefully."

After he finished speaking, the old man left. When the person on the ladder was about to reach out to lift the red cloth, he was hit on the wrist by a flying stone. He grimaced in pain.

"Who did it? Get out here now!" the servant yelled at the empty street.

The people below also looked into the distance, "No one!", the people below replied.

The man used his other hand to lift the veil but was still hit by the flying stone.

"Who is it? Get out here now!"

The old man from before walked out of the alley, "I did it? You have a problem with it!"

The waiter jumped down from the ladder and yelled at the old man, "Are you tired of living, old man?", then he punched him.

The old man dodged easily, swung his crutch and hit the man's injured wrist, causing the man to scream in pain.

"Haha! My husband had already guessed Wang Ji's little trick. As expected, you guys are still impatient. The people in our restaurant have been waiting here for you to fall into the trap these past two nights."

Wang Ji's waiter heard what Mrs. Qiu said and asked, "Does this restaurant belong to you?"

"What else?" Madam Xi appeared from behind them swinging a bamboo stick. Seeing those people fleeing in panic, the people in Weidaoxuan burst into laughter.

Madam Xi said, "As soon as the sun rises, tell everyone in the city that Weidaoxuan Restaurant will open tomorrow."

"Hello, boss. We have waited for this day for so long!" Everyone in the restaurant applauded excitedly, except Liu Dong and Qiu Shufen, who were not happy.

[Dad, Mom, are you worried? ]

[No!], Liu Dong passed the message to him.

But Liu Jialin just didn't believe it. She used her mind reading skills to see what was going on, and immediately covered her mouth and looked at her parents, "Mom and Dad, tell me this isn't true!"

[Yaoer, it’s true. His father told me this himself.]

Qiu Shufen was a little emotional at this time. Chef Zhang, who was unaware of the situation, asked, "Madam Qiu, why are you crying? You shouldn't be happy."

"Yes, Sister Qiu should be happy," Xiran also said.

Liu Dong put his arm around Qiu Shufen's shoulders and explained for her, "She was crying because she was so excited. Please come and collect the food at dawn. My wife and I will go back and rest first."

"Go back, go back!" the people in the restaurant urged.

Liu Dong took them back to Xi Niangzi's residence. Liu Dong comforted Qiu Shufen and wrote a notice for Weidaoxuan to reopen...

"Boss! This is terrible. The people from Wei... Weidaoxuan have reopened the business..." the four people who came back said in panic, "The boss who bought the restaurant is Madam Xi!"

"what!!!"

Boss Wang and Boss Li's pupils shrank, "The person who bought the restaurant is Madam Xi!"

"Yes! It's true. She told us that Weidaoxuan will reopen tomorrow."

"Hiss——" the two of them took a breath of cold air.

"I never expected that the person who would buy the entire restaurant would be Madam Xi. It looks like Boss Li should put your plan on the agenda." Boss Wang said with gloomy eyes.

Boss Li was shaking all over, not knowing whether he was afraid or angry: "It must be Liu Dong who thought of this to deliberately blind our vision and make us let our guard down. It must be him!" At this moment, Boss Li hated Liu Dong to the extreme.

Early morning is the busiest time of the market!

Liu Dong and Xi Ran were walking down the street with the guys from Weidaoxuan in a cool manner, and people on the street would turn around and look at them from time to time.

They arrived in front of Weidaoxuan Restaurant and everyone gathered around. In front of everyone, Liu Dong took out the written notice from his pocket and posted it on the door.

The people from Weidaoxuan Restaurant left in style, and then everyone rushed forward to check. The first person who saw the news shouted in the crowd, "Is the boss telling the truth!?"

"The red paper notice must be fake!" Liu Dong answered the man's question without turning his head.

"It's really open!" Everyone was cheering, and the news spread like the wind over the heads of everyone in the ancient city.

"Weidaoxuan Restaurant will open tomorrow!"

"Everyone, go to the door of Weidaoxuan Restaurant and read the notice!"

"..."

The people at Weidaoxuan heard the heated discussions in the back and announced the restaurant's strong comeback.

Liu Dong said to them: "It's time for the wind to blow in the ancient city."

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