Chapter 134
In the dipping sauce area of the hot pot restaurant, Zhao Liang and Liu Meng came over immediately after ordering the soup base. …
In the dipping sauce area of the hot pot restaurant, Zhao Liang and Liu Meng came over immediately after ordering the soup base.
These two are not only old customers, but also old foodies. They understand that hot pot must have dipping sauce to make it even better.
However, even though they knew that Yueting Buffet was always well prepared, they were still shocked by the variety of dipping sauces in the area when they arrived here.
The small ingredients are served in exquisite porcelain bowls, with three rows in total, with several in each row, and they are divided into dry and wet.
For example, fermented bean curd, sesame paste, sesame oil and other hot sauces are in one row; chili powder, crushed peanuts, sesame seeds and other dry ingredients are in one row; the last row is chopped green onion, minced garlic, chili peppers...
There are so many of them that it’s a bit dizzying at first glance.
Fortunately, the name of each porcelain bowl is marked, and there is a whiteboard on the wall teaching how to match the dipping sauce, so people will not be confused.
For example, the first one is classic and versatile: chopped green onion, minced garlic, coriander, chili pepper, soy sauce, sesame oil, and vinegar.
The second type of shabu-shabu sesame sauce: crushed peanuts, sesame paste, fermented bean curd, soy sauce, and chopped green onions.
The third dry dipping sauce: chili powder, sesame seeds, crushed peanuts, and pepper salt powder.
In addition to these, there are also all kinds of dipping sauces suitable for clear soup, garlic, and even hot and sour flavors.
You can tell at a glance how to match them, and it can be said that each has its own flavor.
Of course, no one will stop you from matching your own clothes.
That's what Zhao Liang and Liu Meng did, putting a small spoonful of everything into the dipping sauce dish.
Afterwards, the two of them carried the trays and went to the food area next to them.
If the dipping sauce area is dazzling, then here it is almost impossible to count the number of varieties.
Because the stepped table for placing ingredients stretches from the stairs all the way against the wall to the entire hall on the left, and the things on it are different.
Meats range from red meat to white meat, vegetables range in color from dark to light, and finally there are all kinds of semi-processed foods!
Zhao Liang and Liu Meng kept walking, grinning and trying to get a little bit of everything from beginning to end.
But it turned out that there were too many ingredients and we couldn't finish them all.
Their dining table is not far from here. Just to pick out the things that were selected earlier, it took three trips back and forth to put them away.
"Alright, alright, don't leave without finishing your meal!" Seeing that Liu Meng still wanted to go over, Zhao Liang quickly held him back.
Liu Meng was heartbroken, but fortunately he listened to the advice: "With so many varieties, I doubt I can finish them in half a month!"
They both sighed at the same time and finally went to the right side of the hall.
There are also tables over there, with all kinds of delicious food on them, which is very common for regular customers.
First, there is the indispensable drinking water, from the sour plum soup and Pu'er tea at the beginning to cola and milk tea later, each of which is separately stored in a drinking fountain; there are also various ice drinks, such as shaved ice, ice cream, double skin milk...
In addition, there are snacks, ranging from dried fruits to the most recent snowflake crisps, everything is available!
Even though regular customers have seen and tasted them before, they still find it amazing to see so many of them neatly displayed.
Not to mention the new customers, either because their stomachs are too small or they are worried about having to pay for the leftovers, they would want to eat every kind of food!
Half an hour later.
When Xiao Yue came out to order more dishes, she saw that ingredients were being blanched at every table, including the small rotating hot pot in the center.
The first and second floors were full of people and the atmosphere was very lively.
Xiao Yue curled the corners of her mouth and went to the food area to see that meat was indeed the least available. She sighed with satisfaction.
It seems that he really can't live without meat.
However, no matter how many customers come, Yueting Buffet has an unlimited supply of meat and vegetables, so there is no rush at all.
This is the confidence of having a golden finger!
Xiao Yue thought so and quickly added new ingredients to the food area.
As she licked the saliva, she thought that tonight's dinner would probably be snail noodle hotpot.
Not only was Xiao Yue greedy, she also wanted to let Jiang Yi and other sisters in the store taste it. In the end...
Poor Duan Lin finally waited for this day and was able to eat snail noodles and drink snail soup.
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For several days in a row, Yueting Self-service Hotpot Restaurant was bustling with people, and it was the most lively restaurant on the entire main street, creating an unprecedented grand occasion.
The other shops are naturally jealous, but what can they do?
If it took about a month for the prices on West Street to fall, then when Yueting Self-service Restaurant really stood on South Street, the high prices were only maintained for two days.
After all, if the price is not lowered to a suitable level, how can the business be done?
This was the case on South Street, not to mention any food store anywhere in the city. Naturally, they could only follow the trend and lower their prices and launch various promotions.
Countless people applauded and cheered for this.
Some people also say that by doing this, Yueting Buffet is almost monopolizing the food store business in the city. Will it be attacked by other stores?
But these concerns were soon dispelled, as old customers commented:
"I can eat wherever I want. Is this a question about whether he is targeting Yueting Self-service? Can you think more about your own reasons?"
Today, Yueting Zisui is no longer the same as it was in the past, where Zhang Mo would directly bring people to cause trouble.
Its status is due to having reopened a new road, bringing prices back to normal in the city, having a wide variety of delicious food and a non-perfunctory attitude towards customers.
If a group of stores really attacked the store, I'm afraid the saliva from the customers alone would drown them.
Xiao Yue came over early in the morning and heard Xiao Nuo chattering about this, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
Although it’s not quite accurate, this is probably what “the people want?”
"Sister Xiao." At this time, Xiao Nuo suddenly looked at her: "You don't look very well?"
Xiao Yue was stunned, and recalled the chill she felt when she got up. She waved her hand nonchalantly, "I guess it's because the weather hasn't been very good these days, so I caught a cold."
The weather was neither too hot nor too cold during the opening days, the temperature was very comfortable and autumnal.
The temperature dropped on the third day, but fortunately, the colder it was, the better the hot pot restaurant business was.
Unexpectedly, it was cold for two days, and then suddenly became hot again yesterday. With the scorching sun above my head, I couldn't cover myself with a quilt at night.
Xiao Yue was woken up by the heat in the middle of the night and threw off the quilt, and then... then she woke up by the cold again early in the morning.
No one can accurately predict the weather.
What kind of temper could Xiao Yue have?
Fortunately, when I’m in the store and busy, I don’t feel it too much.
Self-service hotpot restaurants can be said to be relatively easy-to-operate shops. As long as you prepare enough soup base, ingredients and drinking water in advance, you can cope with the peak hours.
Of course, there is also the task of collecting plates in a timely manner, something the women in the store are already very skilled at.
Xiao Yue got up early and only needed to prepare the soup base, while Hua Jinjin and Hua Cancan could easily take care of the rest.
The two sisters have officially transferred to the hot pot restaurant and are adapting very well.
Not only that, Jiang Yi and Xiao Nuo can also make new soup bases on their own when Xiao Yue adds more dishes.
Xiao Yue was very pleased with this, and said to Fu Xunzhou during the meal: "It won't be long before I can be a 'hands-off shopkeeper' again!"
Of course, it’s not like he’s really a hands-off boss, but he can rest assured in leaving the business to Hua Jinjin, Hua Cancan, Jiang Yi and Xiao Nuo.
In this way, Xiao Yue can run both ends again and continue to make new home-cooked dishes, local snacks and hot pot soup bases.
Fu Xunzhou listened to her talking slowly but did not respond. Instead, he looked at her abnormally red cheeks and frowned slightly.
He looked down and saw that Xiao Yue hadn't even finished his lunch today.
"No appetite?"
"Occasionally." Xiao Yue was embarrassed: "How did you feel when you ate the celery and beef stir-fry just now? Was it a little tasteless?"
The hot pot restaurant opens at noon just like the home-style restaurant. Due to Fu Xunzhou's health, Xiao Yue always asks him to eat early.
Recalling the taste of the lunch, Fu Xunzhou said truthfully: "It tastes just right."
After he finished speaking, he saw Xiao Yue pick up a piece of meat and muttered "Really?", and finally failed to finish those few bites of lunch.
"Take a break?" Fu Xunzhou stood up with her, his voice filled with worry.
"No need." Xiao Yue didn't care and started to cut the ingredients and put them on the plate. As he did so, he said, "It's rare to have everyone here tonight. What shall we eat?"
Listening to her hesitation, Fu Xunzhou sighed softly and walked over to help her set the dish.
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The hot pot restaurant's business day ends quickly, and there is enough inventory today so there is no need to keep it in the store.
Xiao Yue said goodbye to Jiang Yi and the others and got on Fu Xunzhou's carriage.
On the way back, she looked at the sky outside the window and thought to herself that she was going home earlier and earlier every day.
Unlike yesterday and the day before yesterday, when Xiao Yue returned to West Street, Su Xiaoxiao and the others had already finished their work and had dinner and went back.
So she said that since it was rare for everyone to be together today, we had to eat something good...
As Xiao Yue thought about it, his mind gradually became dizzy. He shook his head and tried to keep his eyes open.
Until the curtain was lifted by a hand.
"Xiao Yue?"
Xiao Yue reacted a beat late and realized that she had already arrived. She met Fu Xunzhou's eyes and turned over and sat up.
"So fast." Xiao Yue patted his face to regain consciousness and prepared to get off the carriage: "I've made up my mind. We're going to have braised spareribs tonight!"
He had no idea how red his face was or how hoarse his voice was.
Fu Xunzhou realized something was wrong, frowned, and was the first to get off the carriage.
Unexpectedly, just as he reached the back door of the carriage, Xiao Yue's feet felt like they were stepping on cotton, and he fell down as his legs went weak.
Fu Xunzhou's breathing stopped suddenly, and he strode forward to catch her.
It was warm and soft in his arms, but he had no romantic thoughts at all, because his palms felt it was burning hot, even through the clothes, he could feel the warmth.
"Fu Xunzhou..."
Xiao Yue realized belatedly who she had pounced on, but her head was dizzy and her vision was black. Before she closed her eyes completely, she saw Fu Xunzhou's anxious expression.
In the store.
Fang Sanhong and a few others were chatting when suddenly the back door was slammed open, giving them a big fright.
Then Fu Xunzhou strode in carrying Xiao Yue, who had her eyes closed, in his arms. He ran straight into the room with a gloomy face and left only one sentence.
"Go call the doctor!"
Because they walked too fast, they didn't have time to see clearly what happened to Xiao Yue.
Fortunately, Lu Ran reacted in time and ran out immediately.
Fang Sanhong and the others also came to their senses and hurried into the room.
Fu Xunzhou put Xiao Yue on the bed and made her lie flat. Seeing this, Xiaoju gathered around the bed and meowed.
But Xiao Yue closed her eyes tightly, her face was flushed from the heat, her lips were a little pale, and her furrowed brows showed her uneasiness.
"What happened to Xiaoyue?"
Fang Sanhong asked anxiously, while Su Xiaoxiao, Sun Wen and two other women nearby were so anxious that they were turning around in circles.
Only Fu Xunzhou, looking at Xiao Yue's fragile appearance, had a vague guess in his heart, but it was precisely because of this that he regretted it deeply.
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