Chapter 46 Meow meow meow
Four o'clock in the afternoon.
Jian Yunlan, who has hidden his achievements and fame, bought some vegetables, returned to the villa, and began to prepare for today's stall.
He didn't even mention the good things he had done.
...After all, in his eyes, he really just saved a batch of precious sesame paste.
Today he cooked a pot of bone soup as usual. There were too many customers yesterday, and the ingredients were not prepared enough. By the time the last few customers arrived, several popular ingredients were sold out. Therefore, Jian Yunlan bought more ingredients today, and the workload doubled.
Fortunately, Hu Danggui volunteered to help, Taotie was not willing to be outdone, and the housekeeper and aunts in the villa also joined in, which lightened a lot of the burden on Jian Yunlan's shoulders.
In the blink of an eye, it was already 6:30 in the afternoon.
Jian Yunlan rode on the tricycle, fished out the Taotie, and hung up the lotus lantern with Hu Danggui on it.
Set up the stall!
The other side.
At the entrance of Hetang Community.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Xu Lijun and Song Lanzhen were already waiting at the main entrance.
Of course, Feng Danqing was also waiting. She had waited in line for a long time yesterday because of her hesitation. Today, she learned her lesson and went straight to Boss Jian's stall as soon as she got off work.
She swore that she must be the first person to eat spicy hot pot today!
There were two or three other guests who were waiting for Jian Yunlan in advance just like them. After eating the spicy hot pot yesterday, the taste has been lingering in their mouths, urging them to eat more, and they can never get enough of it.
The owners of other snack stalls were extremely envious. This spicy hot pot stall had only been open for one day, and there were already five or six repeat customers waiting in line.
This is the treatment they have not received even after setting up stalls for several years.
As agreed, at exactly seven o'clock, Boss Jian's tricycle appeared at the gate of the community on time.
He stopped the tricycle, opened the extended table, and began to lay out the dishes one by one. Under the warm light, the fatty beef, tripe, enoki mushrooms, spinach and other foods were bright in color, especially the tripe, fatty beef and potatoes. Because they were so popular yesterday, they were eaten up quickly, so Jian Yunlan directly prepared double the amount today!
Then, he opened the lid of the soup pot. It was still beef bone soup, but today Jian Yunlan directly boiled two pots. One pot was the original soup with a milky white and delicate color, and the other pot was a spicy soup full of floating peppers, dried chili peppers, and lantern peppers.
Several guests stared with wide eyes.
"Today's price is also 100 yuan per portion, and you can choose any dish you want," Jian Yunlan said with a smile, "Yesterday a customer said he wanted to try something non-spicy, so today we have two options: spicy soup and original soup. You can choose freely."
Ah, he's so nice, he still remembered my advice!
A diner who had arrived early to wait was extremely excited. Yesterday, he was the one who suggested to Boss Jian that he wanted to try the original non-spicy spicy malatang. Unexpectedly, the boss would grant his request.
"Boss, I want an extra spicy one." Feng Danqing immediately stepped forward to place the order.
"Me too," Song Lanzhen and Xu Lijun didn't even have dinner today, nor did they dance in the square. They came here hungry, "One medium spicy, one extra spicy. Thank you, Boss Jian!"
"I want to try the original soup. I want a non-spicy one~"
Jian Yunlan handed the bamboo basket to everyone, Taotie stepped forward and began to distribute number plates, and the little fox also began to emit a peaceful light in the lamp.
The Malatang stall became lively.
.
Not far away, in the community.
Song Shixia's big eyes were red, and she said aggrievedly: "Daddy, I just want to eat spicy hot pot..."
The man she called Daddy looked very young and handsome. He was wearing a suit and gold-rimmed glasses. The words "legal elite" were written all over him from head to toe.
Lu Ling is indeed worthy of these four words.
While other people of the same age are still trying their best to get into red-circle law firms, Lu Ling, at a young age, is already at the partner level.
...But no matter how successful your career is, you still have to coax your daughter to eat when you get home.
Being overwhelmed by his daughter, Lu Ling hugged her helplessly and said:
"Those spicy hotpots on the roadside are unhygienic. When we get home, Daddy will make you a salad, okay?"
When Song Shixia heard the word "salad", she showed a look of horror.
——The salad made by Lu Ling did not have any meat taste at all. It was a bowl full of lettuce, kale, spinach, and cucumber.
When her father was on a business trip before, Song Shixia ate the salad made by Lu Ling for a few days.
At such a young age, it was the first time in her life that she experienced what it felt like to have no desire to live.
Song Shixia pursed her lips and burst into earth-shattering tears, attracting the attention of passers-by:
"I want to eat spicy hot pot!! No salad!!!"
Passersby looked sideways.
A three-year-old girl could actually burst into such an amazing cry.
This salad... how disgusting it must be
Everyone looked at Song Shixia with sympathy, and at Lu Ling with confusion.
Lu Ling was being stared at by the crowd and couldn't help but blushing slightly, feeling a little embarrassed.
But more of it was anger.
——The salads he makes are all made from the most expensive and freshest ingredients, all of which are organic vegetables grown hydroponically on the farm. They are guaranteed not to have any pesticides, have all the necessary nutrients, and are clean and hygienic.
How could it be better than a roadside stall where you don’t even know what ingredients they use?
Looking at Xia Xia, whose face was red from crying, Lu Ling tried to comfort her helplessly:
"Xia Xia, don't cry, don't cry... Think about it, our upstairs brother Mingming loves eating salad the most, that's why he grew up to be so handsome."
Yu Ming is their upstairs neighbor. He is very smart and handsome. Xia Xia likes him the most and often says that she wants to take Brother Ming as her role model in the future.
Lu Ling had met Yu Ming several times in the corridor and saw that the lunch box that Yu Ming brought to school was full of vegetables, tomatoes and the like.
Lu Ling naturally assumed that Yu Ming, like himself, was a very tasteful vegetarian.
——Very good and promising.
Because Yu Ming would occasionally come to Lu Ling for help with his homework, their relationship improved over time.
Lu Ling planned to send some of the salad he made today to Yu Ming.
Lu Ling: "You should also eat healthily like Brother Mingming and eat more vegetables, okay?"
But after hearing this, Xia Xia cried even louder: "Ming Ge has become as thin as a stick!!! Daddy, are you going to turn me into a stick and use me as a clothes hanger!!!"
Lu Ling: “…”
Passersby looked at him sideways, and Lu Ling's face turned dark.
At this moment, hearing his daughter's cry, Song Jingan, who was buying fruit at a nearby convenience store, immediately ran over and took his daughter from Lu Ling:
"Xia Xia, don't cry, don't cry, Daddy is here, don't cry, you can tell Daddy if you have any grievances..."
While coaxing her, Song Jingan glanced at Lu Ling, whose face was dark, and asked cautiously, "Wife, are you okay?"
Lu Ling pushed his glasses up, crossed his arms, and sneered, "Song Jingan, you taught your daughter well!"
Song Jingan: “?”
Oh no, my wife called him by his full name, something terrible is going to happen.
"What happened?" The daughter in his arms was crying breathlessly, and his wife beside him was obviously unhappy. As a gentle Alpha husband who cares about his family, Song Jingan's brain immediately sounded a level one alarm:
"…Did Xia Xia wet her pants again? Or did she eat some unknown cockroach? Or did she crawl into the toilet to take a shower again?"
Passersby once again looked sideways.
Raising a child is so scary!
Randomly scare to death a female college student who is afraid of marriage and having children.
Lu Ling said nothing and pursed his lips slightly.
After Song Jingan's consolation and persuasion, Lu Ling's expression relaxed a little, and he said reluctantly:
"I want to make a salad today and I've bought all the ingredients, but Xia Xia insisted on going to eat the spicy hot pot at the entrance of the community."
As Lu Ling spoke, he opened the plastic bag in his hand. It was filled with fresh vegetables, still covered with dew. They were all picked directly from organic farms by his good friends. One pound cost hundreds of yuan, which you can't buy in supermarkets.
He really worries about the health of his family.
Looking at the big bag of green vegetables, Song Jingan showed a look of horror.
He used all his strength and the sincere love he had for his wife over the years to force himself to pull the corners of his mouth: "..."
Lu Ling raised his chin with some pride and said knowingly, "It's so fresh, it looks delicious, right?"
Look at Song Jingan, he is smiling so happily!
He must be looking forward to eating his beloved wife’s salad!
"I bought a lot. I don't think we can finish it today," Lu Ling continued. "There will probably be some left over tomorrow. I can make lunch boxes for you the day after tomorrow and bring them to the company. Your colleagues will be envious. You don't have to thank me."
Song Jingan's voice trembled at the end: "You mean, I want to eat this salad for three days in a row?"
Lu Ling said as a matter of course: "Yes, many people want to eat it but can't. Don't you like it?"
Song Jingan: “…”
Song Jingan: “…………”
In just a few seconds, countless beautiful (painful) and good (bitter) memories flashed through my mind:
He and Lu Ling met on campus, they were so young at that time. At first glance in the library, Song Jingan fell in love with this delicate and beautiful Omega. Her pheromone was some very refreshing herbal scent that he could never get tired of smelling.
Later, they started dating as they wished. On their first date, which he had been looking forward to for a long time in his dreams, the Omega told him mysteriously that he had prepared a surprise for him. Just when Song Jing'an's heart was beating faster and he thought his precious first kiss was about to happen, the Omega suddenly turned around and took out a big box of... grass.
Lush green grass. Smells very healthy grass. A grass that makes people lose their appetite.
"This is the salad I prepared for you. You're welcome, just eat as much as you want." Omega said with a sweet smile.
At that time, immersed in the happiness of first love, Song Jingan ate the box of grass with tears in his eyes. The more he ate, the happier Lu Ling's expression became. After Song Jingan finished eating, the Omega even kissed him gently on the cheek.
…From then on, Song Jingan slid towards this sweet nightmare abyss, unable to reverse.
Later, Song Jingan discovered that Lu Ling’s pheromone was not from any herb, but from the grass itself! Not only does his pheromone resemble grass, he himself is also a rabbit. He is simply the reincarnation of a rabbit spirit.
Lu Ling has an almost weird craze for all kinds of vegetables. He believes from the bottom of his heart that humans should eat grass, and it should be organic grass without fertilizer. Only in this way can they be healthy and live a long life.
Although Song Jing'an was the main cook most of the time (otherwise he wouldn't have lived so long), because of Lu Ling's obsession with vegetables, Lu Ling would ask to cook from time to time and make a loving dinner for her husband and children.
So, on Song Jingan and Lu Ling’s wedding night, Song Jingan was eating grass;
When Xia Xia was just born and Xiao Fufu was busy taking care of the newborn, Song Jingan was eating grass;
After Song Jingan found a high-paying but heavy-duty job and was exhausted at the company all day, she returned home and her beautiful Omega husband in an apron came up to her considerately and said, "You must be tired from working all day. I made dinner, you take a rest." Then, the pot of grass that was pulled out from behind her...
At that moment, Song Jing'an's eyes went dark and he felt that this was the end of his life.
Memories come back.
All the sad memories about grass rushed to the top at this moment when I saw the big bag full of grass in Lu Ling's hand.
At that moment, Song Jingan recalled the fear of being dominated by Sala.
The nearly 1.9-meter-tall Alpha had tears gradually welling up in his gentle, doggy-like eyes.
——Half a minute later, Song Jingan could no longer bear the grief that was bursting out of his heart, and he pursed his lips and burst into earth-shattering tears:
"I want to eat spicy hot pot!! No salad!!!"
Song Jingan and Song Shixia, one is thirty years old and the other is three years old, one is older and the other is younger, and even the way they cry is exactly the same. The tears of the two people kept gushing out like a fountain. The crying was earth-shaking. Those who heard it were sad, and those who saw it cried.
Lu Ling: “???”
Passersby now looked at him with more than just sympathy.
Many passers-by stopped beside them, pointing and talking.
Some people also persuaded Lu Ling:
"Young people, marriage and family need to be managed with care. A forced melon will not be sweet." "Yes, yes." "Look at your husband and children, they are crying so miserably. You should also be considerate of them sometimes..."
There was also a person in the crowd who was losing weight and came forward to share his experience:
"Salad is really not something that humans can eat. It's ok to eat it occasionally. If you let them eat it every day, won't it drive them crazy? If they want to eat spicy hot pot, it's okay to indulge once in a while."
Suddenly, like a stone dropped into the sea, a chorus of responses came: “Yes, yes,” “Salad with vegetables during the day, eight riders are delivering at night…” “Yes, I started eating salads last year to lose weight, and now I weigh 200 pounds, I’m honest.”
Lu Ling: “…”
Song Jingan and Song Shixia: "Wooo ...
Lu Ling felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then let's eat the spicy hot pot at the door tonight, okay?"
The crying of the two children, one big and one small, stopped immediately.
Two pairs of big eyes looked at Lu Ling pitifully: "Are you serious? Are you really eating spicy hot pot?"
Lu Ling: "Really."
The big and the small looked at each other.
After a moment, the tears in their eyes disappeared, replaced by joy from the bottom of their hearts, and they threw themselves into Lu Ling's arms:
“Yeah! Daddy is the best!” / “I love you, honey!”
Passersby showed a look of relief:
"As a family, we should discuss things like this."
Amid everyone's blessings, the family of three walked towards the Malatang stall at the entrance of the community.
The direction they were heading was blown by a breeze, bringing with it a strong aroma that was spicy and mellow, like the spicy hot pot soup base made from beef bones, which made people feel itchy.
Passersby: “…”
what to do.
This is really fragrant!
The person who said, "I started eating salads to lose weight last year, and I weigh 200 pounds this year," was the first to lose weight. He wiped his saliva and said, "Enjoy life while you can. Haha, I'll finish this indulgent meal and then lose weight tomorrow."
Everyone followed his receding figure, and after a moment, they could no longer suppress their inner impulse:
"I'm going to try this spicy hot pot and see what it tastes like." "Me too. Only when you're full can you have the energy to lose weight, haha." "Let's do it together~"
So he turned and walked towards the Malatang stall.
“…”
There is a Malatang stall at the main entrance of Hetang Community.
After Xu Lijun, Song Lanzhen and others finished choosing their dishes, no new customers came for a while. But just these five servings of spicy hot pot are enough to keep Jian Yunlan busy. She has to put the ingredients into the pot in batches, adjust the seasoning at the bottom of the bowl, and greet the guests.
The beef bone red oil soup was boiling. Jian Yunlan used a slotted spoon to scoop up the harder-to-cook ingredients, such as meatballs, and put them into the pot to cook first. At the same time, he asked the diners: "Are there any dietary restrictions? Is there anything we need to add to the seasoning?"
Everyone answered.
After ordering the spicy hot pot, everyone stood aside, took the number tags handed to them by their dogs, and were about to check their phones and wait for a while.
"I brought tables and chairs today," said Jian Yunlan, who was enjoying a spicy hot pot. "Everyone wait a moment, I will take out the tables and chairs and set them out."
He actually prepared a table and chairs for us!
Everyone was deeply moved. Song Lijun said: "Boss, you don't have to do it yourself, we can help you put the tables and chairs aside, and you can just focus on eating the spicy hot pot."
"Yeah yeah."
Everyone didn't want Jian Yunlan to be distracted while she was eating the spicy hot pot, so they came over and hurriedly moved the table and chairs aside.
The slightly simple malatang stall also looks like that.
It was at this time that Song Jingan, Lu Ling and Song Shixia's family of three came to the Malatang stall.
"Grandma!" Song Shixia spotted her grandmother in the crowd and rushed over with a smile, "Are you here to eat spicy hot pot too?"
Song Lanzhen showed a stunned expression. Seeing Song Jingan and Lu Ling not far away, she forced a smile and patted Xia Xia on the head: "Uh, yes, grandma came to dance square dance and eat Boss Jian's spicy hot pot. Haha, I didn't come here specially."
...Oh my god!
She got the news in advance that Lu Ling was going to make salad, and she sneaked out to eat spicy hot pot under the pretext of square dancing, but was caught red-handed. Song Lanzhen felt like crying but had no tears.
Her son's tearful and accusing eyes were staring at her, and her daughter-in-law's confused and scrutinizing eyes were also staring at her. Song Lanzhen really didn't dare to look back.
Fortunately, they didn't dwell on this issue for too long.
"Boss Jian, I want an extra spicy one." There was no one queuing in front of the spicy hot pot stall, so Song Jing'an just held Xia Xia and stood in front of Jian Yunlan and said.
Xia Xia imitated her father's tone and said in a baby voice, "Boss Jian, I want a portion...spicy, just a little spicy. I can't eat it if it's too spicy."
Hearing her words, the diners around who were waiting for the spicy hot pot laughed kindly.
"Okay." Jian Yunlan couldn't help but smile and handed the two of them a bamboo basket for choosing dishes. "Choose your own dishes. Anything that can fit in the basket counts."
Xia Xia needed to hold the basket with both hands, which made everyone call her adorable.
Song Jing'an has forgotten when was the last time he had spicy hot pot. Since Lu Ling doesn't like spicy food very much, Song Jing'an has always accompanied him to eat light meals.
It was not until he held the basket in his hands and saw the dazzling array of dishes in front of him that Song Jingan suddenly realized: he was eating malatang!
It’s the spicy hot pot with buffet style!
Adult happiness is that simple.
Song Jingan took the vegetable basket and started picking vegetables excitedly. He has had enough of vegetarian food, so today he wants to eat meat, an all-meat feast, and swears not to touch anything green.
Put seven or eight skewers of fat beef directly, seven or eight skewers of such a big fresh tripe, put beef tendons in it, put spicy beef in it because it looks fresh and bright red, and a few skewers of crispy chicken gizzards...
After choosing his own food, Song Jingan helped Xia Xia choose what she wanted to eat. The child had a special liking for things like meatballs, so he picked a lot of meatballs, sausages, and beef. Like Song Jingan, Xia Xia hardly picked any vegetarian dishes.
Eating salad really left me with a psychological trauma QAQ
Song Jingan handed two large baskets full of meat dishes to Jian Yunlan, and Jian Yunlan had no objection and smiled slightly: "Okay, please take the number plate, and I will call your number when the spicy hot pot is ready."
Number plate?
Song Jingan looked left and right, where was the number plate?
The next second, he was patted on the shoulder.
Song Jingan turned around and saw a majestic big dog standing on the small table behind him. The big dog had long silver fur all over its body and looked like a wolf at first glance. It had golden pupils and a few clusters of red and green paint-like colors on the tips of its ears.
What a handsome dog!
Handsome yet cute.
The big dog stretched out its paw reservedly, on which were hooked two number tags, one reading "7" and the other "8".
"So smart," Song Jing'an opened his eyes wide and couldn't help but raise his voice, "How did he know that Xia Xia and I were together, and that we were both number seven or eight? Gougoubao, how are you so smart? You are such a good kid~"
The big dog looked at him as if he were an idiot.
Its golden eyes looked proud and lazy, and its standing posture was very elegant. For a moment, Song Jingan felt that it was the human and he was the dog.
Song Jingan: “…”
Song Jingan's old face turned red.
Woo woo, although dogs can't talk, he seemed to hear the dog in front of him saying "idiot".
When Xia Xia saw the dog, she was very curious and excited. While being held by her father, she reached out and gently touched the dog's ears.
The dog didn't hide, but stood quietly there, with its golden eyes narrowed.
"What a good dog!" Xia Xia laughed like a silver bell, "So majestic, Master Dog will definitely occupy the earth and destroy the world in the future... Everyone should crawl at the feet of Master Dog~"
Jian Yunlan: “?”
Song Jingan: “???”
Help, what nonsense is my daughter talking about? !
Taotie lowered his head lazily, combed the hair on his ears with his claws, and gave the little girl an approving look.
Not bad, very promising.
Song Jingan smiled awkwardly, took the number plate, hugged Xia Xia and turned around and said, "Then let's go wait over there."
Walking to Lu Ling who was waiting on the side, Song Jingan looked down at Lu Ling cautiously and said, "Wife, you really don't want to eat?"
Lu Ling stood with his arms folded.
His face clearly showed 'I'm angry, but I'm pretending not to be angry', and he said with a fake smile: "Humph, I won't eat it. I don't know what additives are added, and the ingredients are probably not fresh."
"I'm going to go back and make my own salad. If you don't like it, I'll eat it."
Song Jingan didn't dare to speak and trembled.
Lu Ling was actually a little sulky.
He couldn't understand why his husband and daughter not only refused to eat the salad he carefully prepared, but instead chose to eat from such an unhygienic roadside stall?
He glanced coldly at the ingredients on the stall. What good ingredients could a roadside stall use?
I guess they are all frozen, or picked up from the market as leftovers that others don’t want.
Like the spinach, with its dark green leaves and small red roots, it looks fresh and delicious...
Um? !
Lu Ling looked carefully and saw the lotus root slices again.
There are nine clear and large holes, and the color is not the pale white color sold in supermarkets, but a natural yellowish color. Lu Ling can even imagine the crisp and tender feeling of the lotus root slices when chewed in his mouth.
Lu Ling: “?”
No, what kind of snack stand is this? The food is so delicious? ? !
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