Chapter 352: Damn, it’s too comfortable.

“Mom, please walk slower. I can hardly keep up with you!”

On the way to Wuyue Square, a little boy of six or seven years old said to his mother who was walking briskly.

A woman in her fifties who was following the little boy said with a smile: "Lizhen, please walk slower. I can hardly catch up with you."

Niu Lizhen slowed down her pace somewhat awkwardly and said, "Sorry, Mom, I was just reminiscing about the taste of the hotpot in my hometown and walked faster without realizing it."

The factory director's husband, who was walking beside her with his little daughter in his arms, said with emotion: "Wife, during the years you have been married to me, our family has really wronged you in terms of food."

Niu Lizhen quickly shook her head and said, "Hubby, don't say that. The food at home is already excellent. It's just that I've been used to eating the food over there since I was a child, so I've become so picky about food. This is my problem."

My mother-in-law said, "Lizhen, if this hot pot restaurant really suits your taste, then you can come here a few times a month."

Niu Lizhen laughed and said, "Mom, it's okay to come here once in a while, but if you come here several times a month, it will be too expensive."

My father-in-law continued, "Although our family is not wealthy, it is still okay for us to come here to eat hotpot a few times a month."

Listening to her parents-in-law's words, Niu Lizhen was deeply moved.

It is said that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies and that the conflicts between them are deep-rooted. This statement can be said to be both right and wrong.

Yes, because this is indeed the case for most mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. Even if they have a harmonious relationship at the beginning, after spending time together, various conflicts will begin to emerge, and then accumulate more and more, and when they reach a critical point, they will naturally erupt.

No, that’s because there are also mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who can truly get along well.

Take her for example. She has been married for seven or eight years, but she gets along with her mother-in-law like a real mother and daughter. The two sides understand and respect each other, and there has never been any conflict. I believe there will be no conflicts in the future.

The family talked as they walked, and after a few minutes, they finally arrived at Wuyue Square.

Looking at the vertical sign on the second floor, Niu Lizhen said: "This hot pot is famous for the Sichuan and Chongqing flavors, but I don't know if the taste is authentic."

The factory manager's husband smiled and said, "The name of this hot pot restaurant is La Mei Zi. The owner is probably like you, she married someone from Sichuan and Chongqing and moved to Guangxi. It just so happens that she has good cooking skills, so she moved your hot pot to Nanning. The taste should be authentic."

Niu Lizhen nodded and said, "Your analysis makes sense. I'll have to ask around to see if the boss is from my hometown."

The little boy then asked, "Mom, what is a fellow villager?"

Niu Lizhen laughed and said, "Son, before I answer your question, tell me where you are from."

The little boy said: "I am from Nanning!"

Niu Lizhen said, "Then if you go to your grandmother's house with your mother, all the people from Nanning you meet there will be your fellow villagers. Do you understand?"

The little boy seemed to understand, but he didn't ask any more questions because while they were talking, they had already reached the second floor.

When they saw the family, a waitress immediately greeted them with a smile on her face: "Hello, guests, welcome to our Spicy Girl Hotpot."

Niu Lizhen and others nodded to the waiter, and then were stunned by what they saw.

The family’s mood can be summed up in one sentence - Wow, this hot pot restaurant is so big and beautiful!

Perhaps, Niu Lizhen's parents-in-law did not feel that deeply, because this was their first time visiting a hot pot restaurant and they had no idea what a hot pot restaurant should be like.

But Niu Lizhen and her husband, the factory director, are different. They have both been to hot pot restaurants in Sichuan and naturally know what the hot pot restaurants there are like. Compared with this hot pot restaurant, the hot pot restaurants there are simply fly restaurants that are not worthy of being presented. The gap is too big.

The waitress was obviously used to the guests' reactions, and greeted them with a smile: "Dear guests, please follow me."

Under the guidance of the waiter, Niu Lizhen and others entered the hot pot restaurant and sat down at a table.

Along the way, they were all looking around the hot pot restaurant. Wow, the space was really larger than they had imagined. There were not many diners at this time, only a few tables, but they could already smell the rich aroma of the hot pot.

It was not until they sat down and saw the operation of the gas stove embedded in the table that they exclaimed again, saying that this design was really wonderful.

Soon, the waitress handed them the menu and introduced: "Dear guests, our hot pot restaurant currently has three flavors of hot pot bases: spicy, clear soup, and sour soup. The spicy hot pot base tastes spicy and fresh, and it is the signature hot pot base of our hot pot restaurant.

The clear soup base is delicious, light and refreshing, and is more suitable for guests with light taste.

The sour soup base tastes sour and delicious, suitable for guests who like sour taste.

There is also a kind of soup base called Yuanyang, which combines clear soup and spicy soup base to meet different tastes. One side is light clear soup, and the other side is spicy spicy soup. Which soup base do you want, please?"

"We want the shabu-shabu hotpot."

"How spicy do you want the spicy soup?"

“What level of spiciness do you have here?”

"There are four levels of spiciness: mild, medium, super hot, and super hot."

"Then give me something super spicy!"

After that, Niu Lizhen handed the menu to her mother-in-law and said, "Mom, please order some side dishes!"

The mother-in-law didn't take the menu, but pushed it back and said, "Lizhen, I don't know anything about this, you should order it!"

Niu Lizhen didn't hesitate to hear that. She already knew what dishes her parents-in-law liked, so she started ordering according to the preferences of the whole family. She ordered several meat dishes and several vegetarian dishes before she stopped.

The prices of these dishes are all clearly marked, and the person ordering them has an approximate idea of ​​how much they will cost.

After the waiter left with the menu, my mother-in-law said with emotion: "This hot pot restaurant is really huge. I have never seen a bigger restaurant in Nanning."

My father-in-law also exclaimed: "And the decoration is very beautiful, Lizhen, are all the hot pot restaurants over there like this?"

Niu Lizhen smiled bitterly and said, "The hot pot restaurants in our area are only a few dozen square meters. The largest hot pot restaurant I've seen is no more than 200 square meters. This is the first time I've seen a hot pot restaurant as big as La Meizi's."

The factory manager's husband said: "This dining environment is indeed much better than the hot pot restaurant over there!"

Not only their table was amazed, but all the other diners were also enlightened today. Before waiting for the soup base and side dishes to be served, they all praised the decoration of this hot pot restaurant and its ridiculously large space.

Because Niu Lizhen and others arrived relatively early, they did not have to wait too long. Just as they prepared the dipping sauce they needed, the shuangxiang hotpot base and various side dishes they ordered were served up soon.

The moment Niu Lizhen saw the spicy soup in the hot pot, her brain began to secrete dopamine crazily. The desire revealed in her eyes was like a person who had been thirsty in the desert for many days and suddenly encountered a source of water.

The waiter lit the gas, gave some instructions and then left.

The mother-in-law was dumbfounded and said, "Oh my God, how can I eat so many peppers?"

Niu Lizhen swallowed her saliva while looking at the spicy soup and replied to her mother-in-law: "Mom, this is really delicious. In our place, both adults and children can eat it."

The mother-in-law sighed again, "Lizhen, no wonder you have been married for so many years but still can't get used to the taste of our food. If I were to live in your place, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get used to the taste even after another 30 years!"

The temperature of the soup base was already high, and now after less than a minute of gas heating, the soup base began to boil again.

Niu Lizhen, who had been waiting with saliva dripping from her mouth, couldn't wait to say, "It's time to eat!"

Then, she and her husband taught her parents-in-law how to cook shabu-shabu meat. This kind of thing is easy to understand once it is explained, so soon her parents-in-law also understood it.

However, with children to take care of, it is not realistic to leisurely eat piece of meat piece by piece. It is better to put more at a time, take it out and put it back in the pot after it is cooked. This way you can barely cope with it.

Only Niu Lizhen, who enjoys the spicy soup alone, can leisurely eat the meat piece by piece.

When the first piece of hot-boiled meat entered her mouth, Niu Lizhen said excitedly while chewing, "This is the taste. It's so authentic. It's definitely the flavor of our Sichuan and Chongqing area. This boss must be from our area."

The factory manager's husband smiled and said, "I'll ask him after we finish eating. If he is really from your hometown, we can get to know him and make friends."

Soon, the meat in the clear soup was cooked, and everyone ate it with the dipping sauce. The taste was quite good.

Niu Lizhen took turns dipping tripe, duck intestines, yellow throat and so on into the spicy soup, and it was such a delight to eat. Especially being able to taste the authentic hometown flavor in a place like Nanning, it was really a double delight, it was so enjoyable!

While Niu Lizhen and others were eating, customers continued to come to the hot pot restaurant.

The taste of this hot pot is really overbearing, and you can smell it from far away. Fortunately, Deng Shirong had already considered this problem when he asked Nanning Architectural Design Institute to design it. Now each floor of Wuyue Square has its own dedicated external staircase, and the space on each internal floor can be completely isolated.

Therefore, the smell of the hot pot on the second floor did not reach the supermarket on the first floor.

It was already noon, and Deng Shirong and his sons, daughters and daughters-in-law were also eating hot pot. The soup base was naturally spicy. Their family might not be able to eat super spicy food, but they had no problem eating medium spicy food.

The family was leisurely enjoying the hotpot while observing the reactions of the guests.

The reactions of the diners are very important to whether this hot pot restaurant can be successful. As long as the taste can satisfy the diners, the reputation of the hot pot restaurant can be easily established by the spread of word of mouth.

Then there will be no worries about lack of business.

On the contrary, if the taste cannot satisfy the diners, it will be difficult to make this business successful.

After observing the guests, Deng Yunzhu said excitedly, "Dad, look at the reactions of these guests. They should be satisfied with the taste of our hot pot restaurant, right?"

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "It's normal for diners to be satisfied. I think the taste is good. If it can't convince other diners, I really don't believe it."

Zhang Xiuping cooked a piece of tripe for her father-in-law and said with a smile, "Azhu, you can rest assured now. If the customers are satisfied with the food, the reputation of the hot pot restaurant will be established. Once the reputation spreads, your hot pot restaurant will no longer have to worry about lack of business!"

Deng Yunzhu smiled and said, "It seems that opening a profitable hot pot restaurant is not that difficult!"

Deng Yuntai glanced at his younger sister who was a little inflated, and said, "Look at what you said. If Dad hadn't prepared everything for you and taught you how to run a business, even if I gave you a million in cash, you probably wouldn't be able to run a decent hot pot restaurant."

Deng Yunzhu rolled her eyes at her eldest brother and said, "Brother, you are so annoying. Can't you let me be proud for three minutes?"

Zhang Xiuping chimed in, "That's right. Although this hot pot restaurant was built by Dad and Ah Zhu, Ah Zhu just graduated from school and was able to run the hot pot restaurant according to Dad's instructions. That's pretty good, and she has something to be proud of."

Deng Yunzhu put the cooked duck intestines into her sister-in-law's bowl and said happily, "Sister-in-law still understands me."

…

Niu Lizhen finished the last piece of fried tofu, touched her chubby belly, and said with satisfaction, "This hot pot is so relaxing!"

Her parents-in-law, husband and children also showed satisfied smiles. There is indeed a reason why this hotpot is loved by people all over the country.

When they paid the bill, their table spent a total of 35.8 yuan.

After using the coupon, the actual amount paid was 28.64 yuan.

The consumption is indeed not low. Many people who have just started working do not even have that much monthly salary. It can be said that their family spends at least one month's salary of others on one meal. People without a certain amount of financial resources really cannot afford this hot pot.

After paying the bill, Niu Lizhen asked, "Hello, I want to ask, is your boss from Sichuan?"

The female cashier smiled and said, "No, our boss is from Yulin, Guangxi."

Niu Lizhen was a little surprised when she heard this. She originally thought that since the boss could make such authentic Sichuan and Chongqing style hotpot, he must be from their side. However, she didn't expect that she guessed wrong.

The female cashier obviously knew why she asked this question, and added, "However, the chefs who make the spicy soup base in our hot pot restaurant were specially invited by our boss from Sichuan and Chongqing."

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Niu Lizhen suddenly realized: "I see, no wonder your hot pot restaurant can make such authentic Sichuan and Chongqing flavors."

The female cashier smiled and said, "If you are satisfied, you are welcome to come again next time."

Niu Lizhen nodded and said, "I will come again."

…

Another table.

The daughter smiled and said to her mother, "Mom, how is it? I didn't lie to you, did I? Does the taste suit your taste?"

The mother laughed and scolded, "You little bastard, if you had told me earlier that you would treat me to spicy hotpot at noon, I would never have doubted you!"

The daughter giggled and asked, "Mom, how does this hot pot taste? Can you give me some comments?"

My mother smiled and shook her head, saying, "How can I understand reviews? But this spicy hot pot is just as described on the menu. It's spicy, fresh and delicious. The more you eat, the more addictive you become."

The daughter sighed: "It's just that the price is a little bit expensive."

…

La Meizi Hotpot did not carry out extensive publicity, but simply used Yongjia Supermarket to send coupons to customers as a simple means of attracting traffic. The overall effect was quite good. During the peak hour of noon, there were as many as 32 tables of customers dining at the same time.

If it were in those fly restaurants, it would have been packed long ago.

However, considering the size of La Meizi Hotpot, these 32 tables of guests only account for the tip of the iceberg of the hotpot restaurant, with an occupancy rate of less than 8%, which is not worth mentioning at all.

In the afternoon, more people came to eat hot pot.

As more and more diners give feedback, everyone's evaluation of the taste of the hot pot is generally positive, except that they lament that the price is a little bit high.

After ending today's business, the turnover was quickly calculated, which was slightly higher than Deng Shirong's prediction, reaching 2,239.6 yuan.

This turnover is calculated based on the diners' use of coupons.

Deng Yunzhu said excitedly: "That's great! If I can keep this turnover stable, I will be rich!"

It's no wonder she said that, because the pricing of her hot pot restaurant is aimed at a gross profit of 70%. As for the net profit, there is no way to estimate it. It depends on the turnover. If the daily turnover is only a hundred yuan, then even if the gross profit can be as high as 70%, it will be useless and it is destined to be a loss.

But if the turnover can reach 1,000 yuan, the net profit will be at least 50%.

For example, today's turnover was as high as 2,239.6 yuan. If the coupons were excluded, the net profit would be at least 60%.

In short, the higher the turnover, the higher the net profit, which is directly proportional.

Zhang Xiuping said with a smile: "Azhu, you have just opened a store. In Dad's words, you have just taken the first step in the Long March. When you can do what Dad said and open hot pot restaurants all over Guangxi, and even across the country, you will be truly rich."

Deng Yunzhu said with full fighting spirit: "I must work hard to achieve this great goal."

Deng Shirong looked at his high-spirited little daughter and said, "Azhu, the hot pot restaurant is now doing well. I have already told you everything else I should say. The last thing I want to emphasize is the safety issue. Gas is a dangerous substance. No matter how much attention is paid to it, it is not too much. Once negligence causes an accident, it will cause extremely serious consequences.

Therefore, you must send professionals to conduct a small inspection every three days and a large inspection every five days to ensure the safety of the gas used in the hot pot restaurant."

Deng Yunzhu nodded and said, "Dad, I understand. I will do exactly what you say. Safety comes first, making money comes second."

…

afternoon.

county seat.

Bobai Town Kindergarten.

Zhang's mother came to pick up her grandson and granddaughter.

Now her daughter and son-in-law have gone to Nanning to develop their business, and their business is getting bigger and bigger. As a mother, she is naturally very proud of it.

Because she came to pick up and drop off the children every day during this period, Zhang's mother became familiar with many of the children's parents. When she came over and saw a familiar parent, she greeted them and chatted with them.

Within two minutes, a young girl with a ponytail caught Zhang's mother's attention.

The young girl looked to be about 20 years old, tall, pretty, with a healthy complexion, and looked very energetic.

The more Zhang's mother looked at it, the more excited she became. She has five children in total. The eldest son and the second son had been married for a long time, and their children are now grown up.

The daughter has been married for several years, but the third son and the youngest son are still single.

Especially the third son, who is already 24 years old this year. It is time for him to get married, but in the past two or three years, they have not been able to find a partner that satisfies their family and the third son in the surrounding area, so the marriage has been delayed again and again until now.

Zhang's mother always kept this in mind.

Now, when she came to pick up her granddaughter and grandson from school, she happened to meet such a girl who left a good impression on her. What a fate!

I just wonder if she has a partner? Mother Zhang thought so in her heart, and at the same time she took action. She took the initiative to walk over and greeted her, "Hello, girl!"

The young girl responded: "Hello, Auntie!"

Mother Zhang smiled and said, "You look a little unfamiliar. I don't think I've seen you before."

The young girl smiled and said, "This is my first time to pick someone up. It's normal that you look unfamiliar."

Zhang's mother suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. Who are you here to pick up?"

The young girl said, "I came to pick up my nephew."

Zhang's mother nodded and said, "Which class is your nephew in?"

The young girl said, "Middle class."

Zhang's mother said excitedly: "What a coincidence, my grandson is also in the middle class, and they are classmates!"

The young girl was surprised and said, "That's quite a coincidence indeed. Auntie, what's your grandson's name?"

Mother Zhang asked, "My grandson is called Deng Changdong. What's your nephew's name, young lady?"

The young girl said, "My nephew's name is Chen Guosheng."

At this time, the Ou sisters also came to pick up the children. When they saw Zhang's mother, they greeted her together, "Aunt Zhang."

Mother Zhang nodded at them.

At this time, the kindergarten also began to finish school, and the young girl took the opportunity to say: "Auntie, you guys chat, I'll pick someone up first!"

Although Zhang's mother wanted to talk to the other party for a while, she couldn't force him because the timing was not right. She could only nod and say, "Okay."

Ou Guohua noticed the look in Zhang's mother's eyes, and couldn't help but ask, "Aunt Zhang, you are not attracted to this girl, are you? Do you want to introduce her to Xiaojun as his wife?"

Zhang's mother laughed and said, "You are such a naughty girl that nothing can be hidden from me. What do you think of her?"

After getting the approval from Zhang's mother, the Ou sisters immediately became interested.

Ou Guofang said: "Aunt Zhang, you have a good eye. This girl is tall and beautiful. She is a perfect match for Xiaojun."

Ou Guohua said: "She looks good. I just heard that she is Chen Guosheng's aunt?"

Mother Zhang nodded and said, "That's what she said. I have to find someone to contact Chen Guosheng's mother and find out about her sister's situation."

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