Chapter 323 Return Home
The main feature of this restaurant is its cleanliness and delicious food. What makes it different from other hot pot restaurants is that they serve small hot pots for individuals, which means that you can order the same dishes but each person has their own hot pot base.
The waiter handed the menu to us as soon as we sat down, and then took out a small notebook to write down the base of the pot and some personal preferences.
“Are the bases the same for all of them or…?”
"What kind of soup bases are available?"
"We have a lot of hotpot bases, including spicy and fragrant, which are divided into mild, medium and extra spicy. We also have tomato, mushroom, bone soup and seafood."
“Is there a difference between spicy and numbing?”
"Mala is the flavor of Sichuan, which is both spicy and numbing. Fragrant is not that spicy, but mainly has a spicy aroma."
"I can't eat spicy food, so I'll order a tomato-based hot pot." Zhou Xinyu said, "He can't eat anything too spicy either, so he wants seafood."
"OK."
"Then I want the mushroom one. I can't eat spicy food either." Zhang Xianxian said immediately.
When everyone was ordering, Lin Nanzhi looked at Wen Jiunian and asked, "How about spicy food?"
"Not so good anymore. I haven't been home for years. The hotpot I eat is basically from other places. It's not very spicy, just spicy and fragrant."
While the two were talking, everyone had almost finished ordering. Then it was their turn. Lin Nanzhi asked, "Miss, is your mushroom soup a pre-made hot pot base or do you make it yourself?"
“It’s homemade, so it’s a little more expensive than what you buy outside, but it tastes better too.”
“Can I order it alone?”
"I don't know about that either. I'll ask the boss."
"Okay, let's start with a spicy and a fragrant one."
"OK."
After we ordered the hotpot base, the waiter left first, and then started from Long Xun, who was sitting to Lin Nanzhi's left, and ordered dishes one by one. If there were more popular dishes, he would ask for more and directly order a few more portions.
By the time Lin Nanzhi and Wen Jiunian arrived, the dishes had been almost ordered. Basically, there was something that both of them liked to eat, and the portions had been increased quite a bit, so the two of them didn't add any more.
"It's almost done. If you're not full, order more."
The waiter came back soon.
"Miss, our boss said it's okay."
"Do you want some mushroom soup?" Lin Nanzhi loves mushroom soup-flavored hot pot, but she doesn't like to eat it after boiling it in hot pot. She just likes to drink the soup alone, which tastes amazing.
She suddenly remembered that she had some dried mushrooms at home, so she went home and made some soup with them.
"No."
"You can order it yourself. We don't drink, so we'll just have some drinks."
"I'll get some drinks, what do you guys want?"
Everyone was talking about the names of drinks. Lin Nanzhi glanced at Wen Jiunian, who nodded. Lin Nanzhi then ordered two servings of mushroom soup.
"Nanzhi, what do you want to drink?"
"Sprite."
"A bottle of soda water, thank you."
"good."
After a while, the hot pots we ordered arrived. Each person had a small hot pot with various flavors. Everyone could choose their own. Before the dishes came, Lin Nanzhi was already tasting the mushroom soup in silence.
This soup is made by stewing wild mushrooms, greenhouse mushrooms and various other ingredients. It can be said to be a tonic soup with all the benefits. Drinking more of it will bring you many benefits.
After the dishes were served, everyone started taking pictures with their phones.
Eat in the circle of friends first!
Lin Nanzhi didn't have this habit, but since he was going to shoot a vlog today, he took out his video camera and started filming, and didn't forget to let Wen Jiunian take out his cell phone as well.
Generally, videos are released by the studio, but Wen Jiunian releases photos.
They finished the meal unknowingly while chatting. Lin Nanzhi's belly was full and he drank a Sprite to relieve the greasy feeling.
"I heard there's a big square in Jing'an District. It's quite fun. Do you want to go?"
"There's nothing fun here, just some kiddie games, not fun at all."
"You guys go and have fun, I have to go home. My home is not far away, but it's too remote, and there won't be any cars later." Yang Lili waved her hand and started packing her bag.
"Yes, I have to go too. We don't have buses where we are, only vans. If it's too late, people won't go there. Then we can only walk. We dare not do that so late at night."
"It's okay, we have a car and will take you there later!"
"Yeah, play a little longer!"
"It's really not possible. I promised my parents. Let's go." Chen Xuan still shook her head.
There was no other way. After repeated persuasion, Chen Xuan and Yang Lili insisted on leaving. There was no other way. The group sent the two people to the door. Lin Nanzhi thought that it was not safe for the two of them to go back at night. So he said, "Why don't we send you back? It's too late and we don't feel comfortable for you two to take a car."
"It's okay. I'm used to sitting."
"We can't be careless about that."
When a group of people were arguing, Wen Jiunian couldn't get in the way, so he quietly left and went to the front desk: "Hello, how much does it cost for us?"
The waitress recognized him at a glance. Even though there were many customers in the store, there were not only a lot of people in Wen Jiunian's group, but most of them were very good-looking, so they remembered him very clearly.
Upon hearing this, he immediately found the account book and list from the counter.
"The hot pot soup base is 15 yuan per portion, the dipping sauce is 5 yuan per portion, and the other dishes and drinks... add up to 1,382 yuan in total. Do I pay by scanning the QR code or by cash?"
"Scan the code."
"Just sweep here."
Wen Jiunian paid the money and went outside. Chen Xuan and Yang Lili had already finished their business and were discussing with other people.
Everyone still wanted to play, but after all, we were all adults and had our own work to do, so we had to stop here and make an appointment another day.
Long Xun, Liu Ai and Zhou Xinyu are from the same place. Zhou Xinyu's boyfriend drove here, so she took him back on the way.
Zhang Xianxian, Zhou Yu and Liu Ai's boyfriend were going back to the city, so they planned to take the bus. The bus runs until eight o'clock in the evening. It was a little after six o'clock now, so there was plenty of time.
There is a bus near Luo Manman's house, but it is no longer running. It's time to get off work. Fortunately, the distance is not far. She came here by electric bike, so she can just ride it back by herself.
Wen Jiunian and Lin Nanzhi also drove here, so they were naturally not worried.
"Xiao Yu, do you want to take the bus back or take the bus with us to send Lili and the others home first?"
"Let me take the car with you. I haven't seen them for a long time. Let's chat."
"Okay, I'll pay." Zhou Yu, who organized the gathering, was about to pay, but saw Wen Jiunian coming out with a receipt.
"I've paid. Zhizhi, when you go back, calculate the money and post it in the group, and we'll give you the A."
"No."
"Yes, brothers should settle accounts clearly."
Since several people insisted so much, Lin Nanzhi had no choice but to agree.
When they arrived at the parking lot, Lin Nanzhi looked at Wen Jiunian and said, "How about I drive?"
The roads here are like winding mountain roads. Wen Jiunian is used to driving in big cities, so he may not be used to driving here.
She has practiced almost enough in the past two years.
"Zhizhi, do you have a driver's license?"
"Yeah, and the novice period is over, so I can drive on the highway."
"Awesome!"
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