Chen Jiao took out all the seasonings from the ingredients and lit the fire to stir-fry.
After a while, the aroma of the hot pot base wafted out, making the people in the restaurant drool.
Even the pedestrians on the road and the residents living nearby couldn't help but stretch their necks and sniff the air again and again, "It smells so good, who is making this delicious food?"
"Which restaurant is making something delicious? This aroma is coming from the third restaurant. The chef in the third restaurant must have come up with a new dish. This aroma is so tempting, even more tempting than the cold rabbit I had last time. I have to go find out what new dish the third restaurant has come up with. I have to save up some money to go and have a feast."
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It was still early for dinner, but many people had already come to the restaurant to inquire about the new dishes.
He Qiongzhen pretended to be polite, but impatiently drove them away, "Go away, it's not time for dinner yet, the chef hasn't even brought out the menu yet, how am I supposed to know what dishes are for today? Come back when it's time for dinner!"
In fact, when she walked into the kitchen, her face was full of joy, "Xiao Shen, the aroma of the base you fried is so strong.
You don’t even know that waves of people have just come to ask what dishes our restaurant will serve for lunch. ”
He Qiongzhen recalled that when Chen Jiao first came, she bought the dishes out of her own pocket and placed them at the door for people to try for free.
There’s no need to go through so much trouble for promotion nowadays. As soon as their restaurant launches a new dish, people will come just by smelling the food.
There is even a saying circulating in the county town now, "I would rather not eat meat for three years than miss a meal at the Sandian Restaurant", which is enough to show how famous the Sandian Restaurant is in the county town now.
Chen Jiao fried the base ingredients, and then wrote two big words on the small blackboard for today's supply, "Hot Pot!"
Although everyone has heard of hot pot, this thing consumes a lot of oil. In the 1970s when supplies were scarce, not many people had eaten it.
When the diners who had been queuing in the store saw these two words, they immediately took out the money they had saved and started buying.
The pot bottoms were taken out one after another, and the cut side dishes from the kitchen were also taken out one by one.
In a short while, today's share of ingredients in the kitchen was sold out.
"Hiss - so numb and spicy, so good! I feel like my tongue is jumping."
"It's delicious! This hot pot is so delicious!"
"It's so delicious. I'm sweating while eating this in the middle of winter. The chef of the third store is worthy of his reputation!"
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Chen Jiao stood at the door leading from the back kitchen to the front store, listening to the praises coming from the bustling store. The corners of her lips unconsciously rose, and a sense of satisfaction and happiness rose in her heart.
Hotpot is a good dish for a few good friends to enjoy slowly while drinking.
Although alcohol was in short supply at that time, state-owned restaurants had a high alcohol quota. He Qiongzhen was originally worried that the store had a lot of alcohol in stock that had not been sold.
Today's hotpot meal directly sold out more than half of the store's alcoholic beverage inventory.
Because the hotpot meal took so long, Chen Jiao got off work later than usual.
Lu Zhengxu did not come to pick her up because he was busy transferring the relationship between her, Wu Guilan and their two children.
Chen Jiao and Li Yan went home together.
Unexpectedly, I met Su Ling and Tang Yue again at the brigade's tractor loading point.
Su Ling and Tang Yue both looked annoyed. Chen Jiao knew that they must have come back late and missed the tractor.
Chen Jiao discussed it with Li Yan, and they also took Su Ling and Tang Yue back.
Li Yan naturally had no objection.
Chen Jiao and Li Yan rode their bikes to Su Ling and Tang Yue, "Su Ling, Tang Yue, get in the car."
Su Ling and Tang Yue looked delighted when they saw Chen Jiao.
"Jiaojiao, are you off work?"
Tang Yue sat in the back seat of Li Yan's car just like when she came here. "Jiaojiao, Second Sister-in-law, we are lucky to have met you today, otherwise we wouldn't know how to get back!"
Su Ling nodded in agreement, "That's right. We were so worried just now. We missed the tractor. It would take us two or three hours to walk back, and it would be dark by then..."
In the past two years, the country's control in many aspects has not been as strict as before.
While less strict management brings many opportunities, social security is also not as good.
It is not safe for two lesbians to walk on the street at night.
Su Ling sat back on the back seat of Shen Jiao's bicycle and said, "Jiao Jiao, we went to see Chen Haoyu and Zhang Fangfang today. I guessed right this morning. Zhang Fangfang really applied for sick leave from the organization under the pretext of Chen Haoyu's health."
Chen Jiao pondered in her heart, well, maximizing her own interests at all times, this is in line with Zhang Fangfang's style.
"And, let me tell you, when I went to the toilet, I overheard Zhang Fangfang crying and complaining to the leader of the Youth League Office, hoping that the leader would write her a letter of recommendation so that she could be arranged a job after returning to the city.
Why do you think she is so shameless? They brought this upon themselves and they deserve it. Even after getting into such a state, they still have the nerve to ask their boss for their jobs! "Su Ling was somewhat indignant as she spoke.
Chen Jiao was not angry. She smiled and said, "Which of the things she did do do you think someone with a sense of shame would do?"
"By the way, did she tell on us in front of the leaders of the Youth League Office today?" Chen Jiao asked.
Su Ling thought for a moment and said, "That's not the case. She told the Youth Office leaders that Chen Haoyu was kicked by a cow while feeding it. If she said that, Chen Haoyu was injured on duty, then she has a legitimate reason to work."
Chen Jiao and Su Ling chatted while returning to the village.
Su Ling and Tang Yue got off their bicycles at the entrance of the village. After she and Li Yan separated, they went home.
When Shen Jiao got home and just got off her bike, little Nannan ran over and hugged her thighs, smiling sweetly and saying, "Mom, grandpa and grandma wrote again."
Chen Jiao reached out and gently scratched Xiao Nannan's nose, and asked, "What did grandpa and grandma say?"
The little girl shook her head like a rattle and said in a crisp voice, "I don't know. Daddy said that we can't open other people's letters casually. Only mommy can open mommy's letters."
A satisfied smile appeared on Chen Jiao's lips. She didn't expect that Lu Zhengxu was quite good at teaching children.
Just as she was about to go into the house to read the letter, the man had already taken out the letter and handed it to her, "Wife, look at what my father-in-law and mother-in-law said."
When Chen Jiao heard this, she couldn't help but glare at him.
He called her affectionately.
But after Chen Jiao opened the letter and saw its contents, she couldn't help but stand there in a daze for a moment.
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