Chapter 37: We are all brothers

The preciousness of Nine Revolutions Large Intestine lies not only in its recipe but also in the ingredients it requires.

The main ingredient, naturally, is large intestine.

While this item might drop from any wild boar, its drop rate is extremely low, rarer than common pork or pig trotters.

An average person could farm wild boars for a whole day and not necessarily get a single portion.

Additionally, making Nine Revolutions Large Intestine requires many spices.

These spices are produced in dangerous areas in the wild, and only Battle Professionals above One Revolution have the ability to gather them.

As such, the price of these spices naturally cannot be low.

For one portion of Nine Revolutions Large Intestine, the cost of ingredients alone is several thousand, and once made... it would have to sell for twenty to thirty thousand per portion.

Most people simply cannot afford to eat it.

After breakfast, Wei Kai's family prepared to leave.

As they stepped out of the private room, they suddenly saw Li Changlin and his family approaching.

“Changlin,” Wei Kai quickly called out.

“Kai Ge, you arrived so early.”

Li Changlin was a little surprised and quickly greeted everyone.

“Yes, we’ve already finished eating.”

Wei Kai smiled and also greeted Li Changlin’s parents.

He originally intended to greet them and leave, but the parents from both sides started chatting.

Because Wei Kai and the other two grew up together since childhood, the three families were very familiar with each other and had endless topics to discuss as soon as they met.

Wei Kai saw this situation and couldn't help but rub his forehead in exasperation.

Just then, a hurried waitress from the restaurant arrived to serve the newly arrived Li Changlin family.

Wei Kai frowned immediately when he saw the dishes the waitress brought.

There was only one dish, “Spicy Rabbit Meat”?

Although it came with a bowl of noodles, those were just ordinary boiled noodles.

This dish was far inferior to what they had eaten earlier.

There was no Roasted Meat, nor any Nine Revolutions Large Intestine...

However, he did not make a fuss but followed the waitress out, then called her over.

“Hello, may I ask where your boss is?”

“He’s in the kitchen.”

The waitress did not recognize him and simply took him for an ordinary customer.

Wei Kai nodded at her words and quickly found the kitchen.

Seeing Wei Kai suddenly enter, Wu Yi seemed to realize something and quickly lowered his head to find something to do.

“A Yi, are you short on ingredients?”

“...” Wu Yi remained silent.

“I still have some here; you can use them first.” Wei Kai said, taking out three portions of pork from his backpack.

These pork portions were originally intended for his own barbecue.

He didn't expect to encounter such a situation.

“Thank you.”

Wu Yi hesitated for a moment and finally accepted the three portions of “pork.”

Seeing this, Wei Kai smiled and patted his shoulder: “We’re brothers, don’t be like this; Changlin would be sad if he knew.”

“I’m sorry,” Wu Yi apologized in a low voice.

“Hurry up, make three more portions of Nine Revolutions Large Intestine and send them over...”

“Okay.”

After Wei Kai finished speaking, he left the kitchen directly.

Back in the private room, the parents were still chatting animatedly, and Li Changlin's family had already started eating.

They had never eaten these recipe foods before, and they were full of praise for the deliciousness of the Spicy Rabbit Meat!

A few minutes later, Wu Yi personally brought over three portions of Roasted Meat.

“Sorry, Changlin, I was too busy earlier and didn’t have time to serve you... There are three more portions of Nine Revolutions Large Intestine coming later, so make sure to finish them.”

“It’s alright, you go ahead and get busy.”

Li Changlin nodded repeatedly.

“A Yi is too kind,” Li's mother said, a little embarrassed, “These Roasted Meats are of no use to us even if we eat them; it’s really too extravagant.”

“It’s alright, just consider it a taste test,” Wu Yi replied with a smile.

“Yes, yes, these dishes taste quite good.”

Huang Liqiao followed up, “Just consider it trying something new.”

After serving the dishes, Wu Yi hurried away.

Ten minutes later, Wu Yi brought three more portions of Nine Revolutions Large Intestine and urged Li Changlin's family to finish them.

Wei Kai, seeing this, slightly exhaled in relief, then winked at his father.

“Dad, we shouldn’t bother Uncle Li and them anymore, should we?”

“Oh, right.”

Wei Yitong feigned sudden realization and quickly got up to say goodbye.

“You all enjoy your meal; we won’t disturb you anymore.” With that, he led Wei Kai and Huang Liqiao away.

As soon as the three stepped out of the restaurant, Wei Yitong patted his son heavily on the shoulder and laughed.

“Good job, kid, impressive.”

“Of course, who made me the big brother?” Wei Kai also replied with a smile.

“Are we going straight to the sales office next?”

Huang Liqiao didn't understand what they were talking about and asked with a frown.

“Hmm, the sales office is a bit far; I’ll call a car.”

Wei Kai nodded.

“Calling a car is too expensive; walking is fine,” Huang Liqiao quickly stopped him.

In this era, urban space was already insufficient, and the space available for road traffic was even smaller.

Therefore, the authorities had always strictly restricted private cars and vigorously developed public transportation.

Correspondingly, the taxi industry was also severely suppressed, with only a few vehicles still operating normally.

With fewer taxis, the price of a ride naturally increased.

Nowadays, a taxi ride usually starts at a thousand yuan, and a slightly longer distance can cost tens of thousands.

An ordinary worker's monthly salary would be gone after just one taxi ride.

“It’s fine, your son has plenty of money,” Wei Kai said jokingly.

A moment later, the three got into a taxi and, amidst Huang Liqiao's nagging, finally arrived at the sales office in Xixiang District.

At this time, the sales office had just opened, and there was no one outside the door.

After all, not everyone could afford to buy a house on the surface.

Families who could afford it had already bought one decades ago; families who couldn't afford it might not be able to buy one even if they saved money for decades more.

Inside, it was equally deserted, with only two or three people inquiring about something.

Seeing Wei Kai's family enter, a female sales associate from the sales office quickly came forward to greet them.

“Excuse me, are you Mr. Wei?”

“Oh, you are?”

“I'm Xiao Ling's friend; she mentioned it to me last night.”

“I see.”

Wei Kai was a little surprised, not expecting Ling Jie to be so thoughtful as to find him someone familiar.

This was good too; it would save a lot of trouble.

“You’re looking to buy a house on the surface, right?” The female sales associate asked with a smile.

Wei Kai nodded: “Yes, around ten million.”

“We happen to have one here; please follow me...” The associate smiled slightly and made a gesturing motion.

Just then, Huang Liqiao’s exclamation suddenly came from behind.

“What? Ten million?!”

Wei Kai quickly explained: “Mom, didn’t I tell you last night that I recently made some money...”

“But you didn’t say it was this much!” Huang Liqiao said, her eyes wide.

“That’s because you didn’t look yourselves...”

Wei Kai rolled his eyes.

There was clearly ten million in the card he gave her... but his parents didn't even look at it and returned it.

Is that my fault too?