Chapter 80: The Battle of Drinking Wine
Little Rich screws up his eyes with an interest to battle. Seeing that, Jin Weiwei stops him immediately. Giving a brittle laugh, Jin Weiwei stands up and peers at that fat man with a refined garment. The waiter feels nervous. He thinks that there must be some trouble tonight. Thinking about that, he shouts immediately, “Sir… Sir…” but no one pays attention to him even if he hurries to mediate.
In the private room of the second floor, a young gentleman in a white long gown with bright eyes, a tall nose and red lips sits at the window. “Sir, shall I come down to see what happens? In case something unpleasant happens between them.” Says a servant-like man, with his hands folded.
The gentleman dressed in a blue and white long gown sips the tea and smiles, “No… Don’t worry. It is very rare for someone to make trouble in my hotel. Let’s see what’s going on.” This gentleman smiles and comes down the stairs to the first floor slowly. Then he stops behind the curtain. At that time, Jin Weiwei stands quite near to that fat guy, which makes it easy for them to see each other clearly. Judging from her dress made of coarse cloth, that fat guy teases Jin Weiwei, “Surely, you are so poor!” Hearing that, Little Rich is so angry that his body almost stiffens. He walks to Jin Weiwei. However, she isn’t angry at all, and smiles, “Surely, you are so fat!”
Suddenly, his face turns into black because of the words of Jin Weiwei. However, before he gets the opportunity to curse Jin Weiwei, she has already interrupted him, saying, “Since you have already said that the good wine is priceless, it seems that you are an expert about wine. This restaurant is famous for its good wine in Linshui County. There must be thousands of kinds of good wine. How about we have a battle of drinking wine today? We bet 100 taels of silver. Ok?” “100 tales of silver?” shouts people around who are stunned about that bet. This young lady is so generous and bold. Does she have so much money if she loses?” Question people around. “You are so bold to make demands!” The fat guy despises Jin Weiwei and teases, “100 taels of silver? Do you have so much money?!” “That’s non of your business.” Responds Jin Weiwei, pulling her sleeves a little bit. She asks slowly, “You just answer my question. Do you dare to play this game?”
“It seems that the fat guy dare not want to play with us. He has no guts.” Little Rich stirs him up on purpose. Seeing that, Tao Xiaoqing is so worried about this bet. He does not know how to battle about drinking wine. The only thing he knows about is that 100 taels of money is a huge sum of money for him. If they lose the bet, they probably have no money. However, Jin Weiwei stands there at ease without any sense of nervousness. Although Tao Xiaoqing feels uneasy about this dangerous bet, he has nothing to say because it seems that Jin Weiwei, his boss, appears quiet and confident.
However, what he does not know is that although Jin Weiwei in this world knows nothing about battle of drinking wine, she excels in drinking wine in her previous world. Jin Weiwei in her previous world was an orphan, who had no relatives but a grandma. After the death of her grandma, she was sent to the orphanage. When she was 16 years old, she left the orphanage and worked outside.Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.
During the period of working outside, she did lots of strange jobs. Once she worked as a waitress in a pub where she befriended an odd bartender, who did not want to talk with others except Jin Weiwei. Then, this bartender taught her everything without any reservation. Therefore, during the two-year work there, Jin Weiwei became a good drinker and very familiar with every kind of wine both at home and abroad, famous and unknown.
Although she has not drunk wine for a long time since she left the pub, she believes that she still has the ability to deal with that arrogant fat guy. “That’s it! Fat guy! Dare you battle with that girl?” Shout the people. “Yes! Battle! Quickly!” Echo the other people. The fat guy keeps in silence and his face turns into black. At first, he intended to tease Jin Weiwei. However, when Jin Weiwei agrees to battle with him, he feels nervous because this couple seems to be unpredictable. Little Rich gives a brittle laugh and says, “Let’s go. He dares not to battle with us.”
“Haha!” Many people burst into laughter and tease that fat guy who turns into black. Suddenly, he stops Jin Weiwei and Little Rich with her meaty arms. “Stop! Let’s battle! Here’s 100 taels of silver!” Saying that, he puts the bank note of 100 taels of silver on the table. Seeing that her plot succeeds, he blinks to Little Rich with her cute eyelashes fluttering. That gentleman wearing the white gown who stands behind the curtain chuckles, saying, “That young lady plays tricks on that fat guy, and surprisingly, she succeeds! But she is so young. Does she really know about wine? It must be the young gentleman standing beside her who battles.” At that time, Jin Weiwei waves her hand and shouts, “Waiter! Take out all the wine in your restaurant. Today, I will battle with that fat guy!”
The waiter curls up his upper skeptically; however, since the young lady has said that, he cannot refuse her requirement. But the battle of wine is actually a bet, some people win and some lose. If the loser stirs up troubles, it is a great loss of the restaurant. What should I do? That waiter doesn’t know what to do. Faced with such a dilemma, his eyes move swiftly. Seeing that, the fat guy thinks that the waiter must look down upon him like those onlookers. Thus, he pats the table angrily and shouts, “Waiter! Serve the wine quickly! Are you a walking dead?! Why are you standing here!” Hearing the curse, Jin Weiwei frowns and a teasing expression emerges on the face of Little Rich.
“My guest… the battle…” The waiter is about to say “It’s better to call it off.” However, the curtain is suddenly opened and a robust man, who is a servant, comes out behind the curtain. “Oh! This man is the private servant of …” The waiter is about to greet that robust man, however, that robust man stares at him, which silences the waiter. Then, he whispers to that waiter. After a while, the waiter murmurs, “Really? Our boss really said that…” Asks the waiter in a low voice. His suspicion causes the dissatisfaction of that robust guy who glares at the waiter. Then the waiter turns back and says to Jin Weiwei and that fat guy, “Since it is a bet, everyone can take part in that bet. The gentleman sitting on the second floor is willing to be the banker and he would like to take out 200 taels of silver in favour of that young lady. If that young lady loses, the gentleman with the refined garment can win this 200 taels of silver. As for the regulation for this battle…”
200 taels of silver! All the gusts in this restaurant are so surprised that they even cannot find a word to describe their feelings about that. What happens to the world? Even a battle of drinking wine deserves so much money. If that fat guy really wins the battle, he will win 300 taels of silver in total!