Seeing that the two younger ones had no objections, Shen Rongzhou waved his hand and said, "Alright, let's go eat hot pot!"
Since the hot pot restaurant wasn't far away, Shen Rongzhou didn't bother to move his car. You see, finding a parking space near a hospital during a holiday like this is quite difficult.
The hot pot restaurant was small, and the view suddenly opened up after the waiter led them up to the second floor.
It was lunchtime, and the tables on the second floor, both large and small, were already quite full.
The waiter led them to a medium-sized table by the window and gave them a menu.
Both Shen Rongzhou and Li Xunli were focused on the child, so they simply gave the menu to Shen Qingqing and asked her what she wanted.
Shen Qingqing took the menu and immediately said, "One whole beef set meal, one plate of rice noodles, one plate of lettuce and one plate of white radish, and a bottle of Sprite!"
After saying that, he handed the menu back to Li Xunli. Li Xunli looked at the contents of the all-beef set meal that Shen Qingqing had mentioned and had no objections. She then handed the menu back to the waiter and said, "That's all, thank you for your help!"
"Okay, please wait a moment!" The waiter smiled and left with the menu.
Ten minutes later, a waiter came over carrying a pot and another pushing a food cart, and placed the receipt on the table.
The waiters wanted to stand by and help with the hot pot, but Li Xunli was used to doing these things herself, so she politely declined.
Boil the water and add the meat, starting with the snowflake pork. The thin layer of fat mixed with the aroma of milk, combined with the rich flavor of satay sauce, makes every bite a thoroughly satisfying experience from mouth to stomach.
After eating two plates of meat, Shen Rongzhou took over the hot pot from Li Xunli, and Li Xunli sat down to eat the meat.
However, the young Shen Rongzhou greatly admired meat that was only slightly scalded. Shen Qingqing saw that the meat in his spoon was still red, so she took it out.
"Scald it again! Scald it again! It's still red!" Shen Qingqing quickly grabbed Shen Rongzhou's hand and pressed the strainer full of meat into the pot.
"No! It's cooked! It's perfect to eat now! This is how tender meat should be! If you blanch it any longer, it will become tough!" Shen Rongzhou tried desperately to lift the strainer in his hand, but he couldn't hurt Shen Qingqing.
Li Xunli laughed as she watched, stood up to check and make sure it was cooked and ready to eat, before speaking up to uphold justice: "It's ready, it's ready, take it out quickly!"
Shen Qingqing loosened her grip, but still placed her hand on her father's hand with some skepticism. Only after seeing that the meat on the plate was pink did she breathe a sigh of relief. "That's right! Meat has to be this color, pink, not red! I could just see the translucent red meat!"
Shen Rongzhou was genuinely amused by her, but he had no choice but to go along with her wishes and cook all the meat in the broth until it turned pink.
"The white radish is cooked too, Qingqing, isn't that your favorite? Hurry up and pick it up, the rice noodles will be added soon." Shen Rongzhou put the big spoonful of beef in his hand into the plate, and then started to pick up the rice noodles.
Shen Qingqing quickly changed to a different spoon to scoop out the white radish slices, then ladled out a small half bowl of soup. This was all beef broth. After adding the rice noodles, she would add the rice milk from cooking the rice noodles. Although it would still taste good, the flavor would be a little different.
The shop had air conditioning on, but drinking the steaming hot beef broth still made Shen Qingqing break out in a cold sweat.
But because she drank it too quickly, she burned her tongue, so she hurriedly poured herself a slightly chilled Sprite to cool it down.
After finishing the meat, use the remaining broth to cook rice noodles. Once the rice noodles are cooked, turn off the heat, throw in some bright green lettuce, stir a few times, and they'll be basically cooked.
Fortunately, Shen Qingqing knew that if she ate too much meat, she wouldn't be able to eat much staple food, so she only ordered one serving of kueh teow, which was divided among the five people, with each person receiving about one small bowl's worth.
Once it cools down a bit, a couple of slurps and it's all gone.
After eating and drinking their fill, the three children leaned comfortably against the back of the sofa, while Shen Yangyang and Shen Hong slowly sipped the Sprite they had poured earlier.
Shen Qingqing does indeed prefer Sprite over Coke, and her love for Sprite hasn't diminished even after growing up in her previous life. However, she's too full, to the point that she feels like she'll explode if just a tiny bit more water is added.
So she could only glance regretfully at the half-finished Sprite next to her, waiting for her parents to give the order to go home.
Unexpectedly, after going downstairs, her mother saw a row of brand stores such as Tebu, 300 Degrees and Hongerke across the street from the hot pot restaurant.
"Haven't I bought you clothes and shoes in a while? Let's go take a look!"
After saying that, Li Xunli took the lead and left. Shen Qingqing and the others didn't even have time to say anything and could only hurry to follow.
In her past life, Li Xunli was a loyal fan of these domestic brands. Although she no longer wears clothes and shoes from these brands much due to certain occasions, she still buys them for her children.
When she goes for her morning exercise, she still chooses to wear the old clothes she bought before.
It can only be said that a frugal lifestyle developed over thirty years is not so easy to erase.
Fortunately, Shen Qingqing's three children didn't care about brands; as long as they could wear them, that was fine. Moreover, the quality of these three domestic brands was still quite good at this time, unlike in her previous life and the next, where even buying from flagship stores on some platforms could result in counterfeit goods that didn't match the description.
Each brand's store is very large, the smallest of which is the size of two storefronts. Since Li Xunli has been busy with Xunqing, she hasn't been able to go shopping with her family like this for a long time. Now she has the perfect opportunity, and she's really in the mood.
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