Su Qinghe was the first to use her chopsticks, picking up a piece of marinated meat and putting it into the hot pot.
The slices of meat were very thin and cooked in no time.
"Try it!" She put the meat into Lin Xi's bowl and then cooked a piece for Ji Yuan as well.
The meat in the bowl was steaming hot. Lin Xi picked it up, blew on it, and carefully took a bite. He raised an eyebrow when he saw how delicious it was.
It's bursting with spicy aroma and has a unique flavor.
"I went to the slaughterhouse specifically to buy some beef tallow, the first thing I put in the pot. How is it? Does it smell good?"
Su Qinghe tasted it herself and felt that the resemblance was very high.
"Mmm! It's delicious!" Lin Xi nodded emphatically.
He had never tasted butter, and he believed that very few people in the world had, since people generally use lard.
"What do you think, A-Yuan?" Su Qinghe asked Ji Yuan.
"It's a rare delicacy!"
After finishing his meal, Ji Yuan wiped his mouth and began to speak.
"I only know that tomatoes can be stir-fried and sometimes used to make soup, but no one has ever cooked them as soft, thick, and sweet and sour as this, which is very appetizing!"
Although he ate tomato stew, butter was also added, making the aroma even more enticing.
"Isn't it just cooking a bunch of things together? Is it really that big of a deal?"
Su Qinghe didn't burn it for him, and Ji Qingyu, seeing that both of them were praising it, suspiciously burned one for herself.
"Phew~ It's so hot!"
Eager to taste it, he neglected to let it cool down and put it in his mouth as soon as he took it out of the pot.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Ji Yuan frowned.
"Are you sure there's nothing wrong with this?" Su Qinghe frowned as she looked at him, pointing to her head.
"I... Phew~ I forgot!"
Ji Qingyu's tongue was so hot he couldn't straighten it, but his upbringing made him too embarrassed to spit it out in front of others, so he could only keep swirling it in his mouth.
"Phew~" He let out a sigh of relief after finally swallowing the food.
His tongue was already numb from the heat.
"Here you go, remember to let it cool down before you eat it!" Ji Yuan put a few more slices into his bowl.
"You never make things easy for anyone!" Su Qinghe gave Ji Qingyu a disdainful look.
Lin Xi covered her mouth and chuckled to herself.
"knew!"
Ji Qingyu muttered to himself, knowing he had made a foolish mistake, but this time he didn't retort.
The taste was indeed good, but after burning his tongue, whatever he ate afterwards had a metallic taste in his mouth.
After taking a few bites, Ji Qingyu put down her chopsticks in disappointment, staring longingly at the bubbling, lively bubbles in the pot.
"Only by experiencing pain can one learn a lesson!" Su Qinghe glanced at him and said calmly.
Ji Qingyu ignored her, but then thought of her own miserable backside.
"My lady! How did you know about this way of eating it?" Lin Xi suddenly asked.
"Yes! One night I was so hungry that I dreamed about it!" Su Qinghe said seriously.
"I see!" Lin Xi said thoughtfully, then became somewhat excited.
"The food tastes so good, I'm sure the business will be booming once the restaurant opens!"
“Yes!” Ji Yuan nodded in agreement.
"If that's the case, the store will probably be very busy, and we'll probably need to hire more staff."
Hearing them mention the restaurant's business, Su Qinghe swallowed the meatball in her mouth and said:
"You don't need to worry about that. I'll go to the market to post job advertisements later. We'll offer higher monthly salaries, so we won't have trouble finding people."
"Hmm! So, has my wife decided on a name for the new restaurant?" Ji Yuan noticed that Su Qinghe had eaten a lot of meatballs and, thinking she liked them, he put two more on her plate.
"Let's call it... Ten Mile Fragrance!" Su Qinghe thought for a moment and uttered three words.
"The fragrance travels for miles... What a wonderful name!"
...
In the afternoon, Su Qinghe took two completed job postings and went to the corner of the market where people were specifically recruiting.
From a distance, you could see a crowd gathered there, with a large wall in the middle covered with papers covered with writing.
"Excuse me!"
Su Qinghe squeezed through the crowd with difficulty and posted her job posting on an empty spot on the wall.
"Hey! We have new tasks! Anyone who can read? Quickly read them aloud for everyone to hear!"
The crowd was chattering noisily, and Su Qinghe had already squeezed her way out from among them.
It was still early, and the hot pot she made today tasted very successful, so Su Qinghe had no more worries and went straight to buy a large batch of ingredients for the hot pot base.
For several days in a row, Su Qinghe was busy running around preparing for the opening of her hot pot restaurant, and during this time, several groups of people came to her restaurant to apply for jobs.
Su Qinghe carefully selected 20 people, including cooks, waiters, and dishwashers, and they are just waiting to come over a few days before the opening.
Most importantly, Su Qinghe went to a slave trader and bought two middle-aged men who knew how to cook. She then had Lin Xi teach them how to cook so that she wouldn't have to make it every day anymore.
Holding their contracts in hand makes them easier to control than recruiting them.
Busy times fly by, and in the blink of an eye, there are only five days left before the end of the workday.
Su Qinghe has arranged almost everything that needs to be purchased; now all that's missing is a stable vegetable supplier.
"And all kinds of meat," Su Qinghe murmured.
If it only has simple poultry, it will be too monotonous.
She was walking down the street when she suddenly spotted two familiar people in a corner.
"Aunt Liu! Second Aunt Liu!" She walked up to them and stopped.
"Lady Su!"
The two looked up and were somewhat surprised to see Su Qinghe.
"Ms. Su! I didn't expect to run into you here." Aunt Liu greeted Su Qinghe warmly.
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