"Don't worry, everyone! Everyone will have a share! Everyone please take a seat, and the hot pot will be served soon!"
"Also, the meat and vegetables are there. Everyone can choose according to their favorite dishes: vegetables are two cents a bunch; mushrooms are three cents a bunch; meatballs are ten cents a bunch; meat is eight cents a bunch. Everyone can line up and choose the ingredients they like."
Qian Xiaocui introduced the prices of ingredients in the store to the customers.
The hot pot ingredients and soup are free here, only the ingredients are charged.
Some people thought the price was a bit expensive. A bunch of vegetables cost two cents, while a pound of vegetables outside costs three cents, and some vegetables cost five cents, which is still cheaper than here.
But thinking of the fragrance, some people gritted their teeth and wanted to try it. At most, they would not eat meat, but only a few strings of vegetables.
So people lined up to choose their dishes.
Qian Xiaocui took everyone to the shuangyang hotpot.
The hot pot base is decided by the guests themselves. They only serve the thick soup, wait for the guests to sit down, and ask them what flavor of hot pot base they want before serving it, as well as the seasoning.
The people took the ingredients, asked for hot pot base and seasonings, and then, under the guidance of Gao Zhijun and the Sun family, they ate the meat or vegetables.
"Dear guests, today is the first day of opening our Sun Family Hot Pot Restaurant. We are offering a special offer: two free skewers of meat and three free skewers of vegetables per table. The discount will be gone after today. I hope you enjoy your meal and will come back next time."
Gao Zhijun noticed that many people only ordered a few strings of vegetables but no meat. She thought that they must be poor people, so she came up with the idea of offering discounts and tried to find a way to let them taste meat.
In fact, she did this for a reason. After trying the meat, they will definitely bring their family to try it next time, and maybe order one or two skewers of meat.
Even a small amount of money is still meat, and if a lot of people save it up, it can be a good income.
Moreover, eight cents for a skewer of meat is actually too expensive. A pound of lean meat only costs fifty cents, and a pound of belly meat only costs one hundred cents. The three skewers combined do not even contain one or two ounces of meat.
"Thank you, Doctor Gao! Thank you, Boss!"
The people cheered and thanked Gao Zhijun and Qian Xiaocui.
Especially the people who could not afford to eat meat were even happier because they could finally taste the delicious meat.
Zhuang Die and Qian Xiaocui had no objection to Gao Zhijun's actions. They both believed that she must have her reasons for doing so, and they were willing to serve two skewers of pork and vegetables to each table of guests.
However, the pork they delivered was all lean meat, so the cost was not very high. This was what Gao Zhijun asked them to deliver.
In fact, she likes to eat lean meat. The people here have not been able to eat oily food for a long time, so they like to eat belly meat with a little fat.
The people inside started to eat hot pot. The aroma of the hot pot became stronger and spread farther. Not only the people outside the hot pot restaurant could smell it, but also the people on the opposite street, the nearby streets, and the owners and shopkeepers of the shops could smell it and all came over following the aroma.
Soon, the outside of the hot pot restaurant was full of people. Qian Xiaocui and Sun Fushou went out to greet the customers and asked them to wait for a while until the customers inside had finished eating before they could get a seat.
Seeing so many guests, Gao Zhijun asked Sun Tiehai to go back to the courtyard in the east of the city and call all the maids to help.
Just like that, when it was time for Taizhou Academy to finish school at noon, Huo Jinqian took Tian Boyen, Feng Zhiyuan and Tang Weifeng to Sun's Hot Pot Restaurant for lunch.
Tutor Xie also brought the teachers from the academy to the Sun family hotpot restaurant, and Gao Zhijun also told him about it in advance.
When Huo Jinqian and others arrived, there were still many people queuing outside.
Gao Zhijun personally went out to greet them and arranged for them to go to the private room.
This private room is not for guests and is reserved for family members to dine.
There are three tables in the box because there are more people from the Sun and Huo families.
"Sister, I didn't expect the hot pot restaurant business to be so good?"
Tang Weifeng asked in shock as he looked at the packed crowds of customers inside and the customers queuing outside.
"Why not smell that fragrance? Who can resist it?"
Feng Zhiyuan looked at Tang Weifeng with contempt, thinking that he had never seen the world.
This fragrance can be smelled from miles around, so why not come and try it?
"Yes, Brother Feng is right. This fragrance is so fragrant that no one can resist it."
Tian Boyen felt that Feng Zhiyuan was right. When he smelled the fragrance, he had to come over to taste it. If he couldn't taste it, he would probably not be in the mood to study.
"Okay, whether it's as delicious as you think, you'll find out in a moment. Now go over there and pick out your favorite ingredients and bring them back here. I'll bring over the shabu-shabu hotpot."
Gao Zhijun said to them with a smile.
They are Jinqian's rare friends, and also her friends, so she has to treat them well.
What is rare is that they have correct values, no ulterior motives, and are all gentlemen. It makes people feel comfortable to get along with such people.
"Double-boiled hot pot? That's not what you mean, is it?"
When Tang Weifeng heard the word "mandarin duck", he started to think of something wrong, and looked at Gao Zhijun and Huo Jinqian with a joking smile.
Huo Jinqian's ears turned red and his heart beat faster when he was teased by Tang Weifeng!
Gao Zhijun corrected him with a smile, "What are you thinking? This mandarin duck is not that mandarin duck. Mandarin duck hotpot refers to two types of hotpot bases, spicy and non-spicy. It's made up of two types of hotpot. It means there are two flavors of hotpot for those who can handle spicy food and those who can't."
"Oh, so that's why. Then why is it called a shabu-shabu hot pot?"
Tang Weifeng asked Gao Zhijun in confusion.
As for why it was called a shabu-shabu pot, Gao Zhijun really didn't know.
In her previous life, when she went to eat hot pot, the waiters always said this, and she never asked why.
Now that Tang Weifeng asked her this, she really didn't know how to answer.
After thinking about it, I decided to just find an excuse to trick him.
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