Gao Wu Da Qin: You don't want your secret to be known, do you?

Chapter 45 The warmth of everyday life in the city, the most comforting thing for ordinary people.

Killing Cow Lane in the old city of Xianyang can be called Xianyang's "Tongtianyuan" (a place that connects heaven and earth).

As its name suggests, this place was originally just an old alley where laborers slaughtered chickens and cattle, making it a veritable slum of Xianyang.

Later, as Xianyang expanded outwards, the shantytowns here were transformed into skyscrapers with hundreds of floors, and from then on, the people living here were no longer ordinary people who slaughtered chickens and cattle, but civil servants of the Qin Dynasty.

Calling them civil servants is giving too much credit to the people in Sha Niu Lane.

Their more accurate social classification is that of temporary workers, contract workers, and non-permanent staff.

It should be noted that legitimate Qin civil servants are those who live within the Fifth Ring Road, enjoy nine types of insurance and eight types of benefits, have weekends off and annual leave, and receive various subsidies for their daily activities.

Those living in Sha Niu Lane mostly have five social insurances and one housing fund, a small amount of low-rent housing subsidy, but no travel allowance, let alone ordinary government employees who have weekends and annual leave.

Wherever there are people, there is a social hierarchy; wherever there is a social hierarchy, there are social classes.

Even in Sha Niu Lane, a community of Qin Dynasty employees mostly working temporary jobs, social classes were well-ordered.

The employees were divided into a clear hierarchy based on their job responsibilities.

The closer an employee is to their superiors, the more respect they receive, while those in less important positions are less favored.

Zhang Beihai's temporary job as a court official was considered one of the most prestigious temporary jobs.

As the saying goes, "Better to hear ghosts wailing at midnight than to have the Imperial Censor knock on the door."

The Court of Justice, as the head of the Qin Dynasty's violent organization, was second only to the emperor, holding immense power. In and around Xianyang, officials of all ranks trembled with fear upon seeing the Court of Justice. 👌💀 ❻9𝔰ℍＵ𝓍.Ⓒㄖм 🐣👊

When Qin Feng followed Zhang Beihai to Killing Cow Lane, it was the dead of night with a howling north wind and swirling snowflakes.

As a regular customer of Sha Niu Lane, Teacher Zhang Beihai naturally wanted to show off his status as the landlord in front of his student. Without saying a word, he dragged Qin Feng straight to a self-service, super-luxurious beef offal restaurant in Sha Niu Lane.

When the owner of the self-service beef offal shop saw Zhang Beihai, he addressed him as "Master" and "VIP," making Zhang Beihai appear extremely important.

Qin Feng followed them inside, passing one table after another. Whether it was the ladies in the main hall or the VIPs in the private rooms, they all stood up, clasped their hands in greeting, and exchanged pleasantries with Zhang Beihai.

The teacher's old face was beaming with pride and he kept greeting the people around him.

This smugness, this boasting, is constantly telling himself, "Teacher, I'm doing pretty well, aren't I! We old Xianyang people are always fawned over wherever we go, it's so authentic, it gives us so much face!"

Qin Feng saw this and thought to himself, "Those who know will recognize this as the beef offal shop in Slaughtering Ox Lane, but those who don't might think that their teacher is taking them to eat the Qin Dynasty Imperial Feast at the Xianyang First Ring Grand Hotel!"

Although I saw through the teacher's thoughts, there was no need to say it out loud. This guy, who had been struggling in Xianyang all these years, had already achieved quite a lot. You could say he had reached the limit that ordinary people could reach.

After all, the teacher is not like himself. He has a father who is a fallen nobleman of Yan, a mother who is a runaway princess of Chu, an uncle who is one of the four great assassins in the solar system, a powerful sect to rely on, and a bunch of cheat codes.

This luxurious, high-end all-you-can-eat beef offal restaurant is probably something even teachers wouldn't normally dine at. Its sudden appearance has left the surrounding diners feeling quite flattered and uneasy. 🌷🍧 ➅9s𝔥ᑌ𝐗.Ⓒ𝓸𝕄 🐊♨

Zhang Beihai led Qin Feng to a booth by the window, took off his coat, and waved his hand dismissively.

"Beef tongue, beef tripe, guns and cannons! We have everything you need!"

"This is the most luxurious and upscale buffet in Slaughterhouse Lane!"

"Eat as much as you want! Eat as much as you can!"

Looking at the rows of food stalls, Qin Feng pursed his lips. "The ingredients here are definitely much higher quality than those in our Dragon City!"

Zhang Beihai said with great enthusiasm, "Of course! Can a place like Longcheng compare to Xianyang? Don't be fooled by the fact that this is the eighth ring road of Xianyang; the food here is almost as good as what you'd find inside the third ring road! The beef is even imported from Mars!"

"Besides beef, there are many other rare meats, such as seafood from Neptune, free-range chicken from Venus, and freshly sliced ​​vacuum-packed starfish from Mercury. You can have whatever you want, so eat as much as you want! Eat your fill! Eat as much as you can!"

To be honest, although Qin Feng ate 29 meals in the car, he was only half full. If he really let loose, he could eat at least 50 meals in the car!

Now that the teacher has spoken up, I won't hide anything anymore.

Qin Feng tossed aside his coat, grabbed a food plate, and joined the "battle".

Then, Zhang Beihai was given a harsh lesson by his own students.

On his first trip, Qin Feng brought back one hundred plates of Martian beef tenderloin.

On his second trip, Qin Feng carried back a huge platter of roasted meat that was as tall as a small mountain.

On the third trip, Qin Feng found a small cart and loaded it with two hundred plates of Uranus's specialty, Sparrow Tongue tea!

On the fourth trip, Qin Feng spotted the Saturn Wei Kingdom's secret recipe free-range pork smoked ham that had just been served. It was almost the size of an adult's leg!

On his fifth trip, adhering to the principle of eating his fill quickly, Qin Feng emptied the dessert section.

By the sixth round, Qin Feng was already nine-tenths full. Remembering his principle of not letting his teacher suffer and making sure he got his money's worth, Qin Feng finally spotted a Neptune-specific lobster, a deep red, flame-patterned lobster almost half the size of a person. The lobster was lively and energetic in its tank. Qin Feng had been a little hesitant to eat it the first few times, but after a few attempts, he realized that as long as he finished all the food he took and didn't waste any, the waiters wouldn't bother him! So Qin Feng simply grabbed the extra-large Neptune lobster, deftly twisted off its head, and cut it into sashimi himself.

At that moment, everyone in the buffet restaurant, from the diners to the staff, was dumbfounded.

The head chef, trembling, reported to the boss, "Boss, someone has abducted and eaten our manager!"

The boss was immediately enraged and was about to initiate the compensation process, but the chef added, "That man came with Zhang Beihai, a temporary worker from the Court of Judicial Review!"

The boss was speechless. After thinking for a while, he said that it was not worth getting upset with Tingwei over a Neptune lobster. He suggested that they would find a different lobby manager tomorrow.

When Qin Feng and Zhang Beihai walked out of the buffet restaurant side by side, rubbing their stomachs, it was already past midnight.

"I'm so full, teacher! I've never eaten so well before! Martian beef, Neptune lobster, Saturnian pig tail—these are delicacies I only see on TV. They're amazing!"

"Really? I'm glad you enjoyed your meal!"

Behind the two, the boss held the broken body of the lobby manager, tears streaming down his face, and staggered along. "It has been with me through spring, summer, autumn and winter, through wind and moon. From the time it opened until now, no one has ever dared to make a move on this treasure of mine. I never thought that today, an old man would bury a young man. In the end, I have made a mistake in my trust."

The head chef, calculator in hand, kept doing the math. "Boss, they only gave us two thousand yuan, but they actually ate 50kg of Martian beef, 40kg of Golden Star Sparrow Tongue, 35kg of the restaurant manager's food, and some random desserts. The total cost of ingredients is 376751 yuan! We've lost a whole week's net profit on this one order! It's like we've worked for nothing for the past seven days! Should we blacklist those two?"

The boss gently stroked the Neptune lobster's shell with his fingers. "What else can I do? Do you expect them to lecture me every day?"

The chef then asked, "Should we pass on the news about this particularly voracious eater to our Xianyang buffet restaurant group?"

"No!" The owner raised his hand to interrupt the chef. "Speaking of this will only make us look petty and humiliate us! The buffet business is all about generosity. You can hire a new manager, but if your reputation is ruined, you're out of the business! If this kid comes back, give him some free coupons from the big buffet next door and send him somewhere else!"

The head chef gave a thumbs-up, praising, "Boss, that's brilliant! In this business, it's all about sharing the hardships. Since we're suffering, the others shouldn't have it easy either. All the buffets in Xianyang should learn a lesson!"

The boss, holding a lobster head, looked worried. "Remember to go to the seafood market tomorrow morning and hire a new lobby manager. You can decide on the price, around six figures is fine."

The chef nodded repeatedly, "Understood!"

The shop owner turned around, his voice desolate, "I want to go to the City God Temple to burn incense and calm my mind. Don't follow me. I'm fine, I just want to be alone—"

(End of this chapter)