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Chapter 134 Boiling, Hot Pot
Before the pot was served, Ye Kai was already waiting anxiously with his chopsticks.

Why do Sichuanese like to eat hot pot?From the perspective of ancient times, it is because this method of boiling and scalding is simple and convenient. Once various ingredients are put into the hot pot, they will become full of flavor.

From the perspective of climate, the Sichuan Basin is relatively humid, and it is easy for moisture to enter the body.Eating hot pot can make people's blood speed up, the whole body sweats, and the cold and moisture in the body are driven out of the body.

Look, there are also historical reasons for eating hot pot.

Not long after, the waiter brought up the hot pot. The pot was full of red oil and condiments, fiery red peppers were floating on it, and condiments such as onion, ginger and garlic were also in it.

After they lit the fire and poured tea, the two of them went to finish the oil dish.

Ye Kai likes to fill the oil dish with dry ingredients, and then half a bowl of sesame oil and half a bowl of hot pot red oil, without burning oil.

Drain some red oil from the gradually boiling hot pot and put it in his own oil dish. The originally refreshing oil dish instantly becomes filled with the red color of chili pepper. After a little stirring, it becomes Ye Kai's favorite flavor.

The hot pot uses butter.

Now it is difficult to find an authentic Sichuan hot pot. It has already merged too many things with Shancheng hot pot, but for the public taste, this form of hot pot has already gained a reputation all over the country.

It is rare to see Shancheng hot pot without oil-consuming garlic sprouts, and it is also rare to see Sichuan hot pot with vegetable oil on the bottom of the pot.

Some ingredients need to be boiled for a while to cook, but some are put into the pot with chopsticks, and it only takes a few seconds to pick up and eat, especially the thin beef slices that can see through.

Ye Kai only needs to rinse it left and right in the water, then pick it up and start tasting.

Zhou Kaiwen quickly put down the teacup in his hand, and said, "It's not cooked yet! Cook it again?"

"It's okay to cook the beef for so long."

He hasn't eaten well-done beef for a long time. Most of the time he eats steaks that are medium-rare. There is too much fishy smell.

Most of the beef in the hot pot restaurant is cut into thin slices, and with more advanced skills, it can be cut into the kind that is picked up by Ye Kai chopsticks, which is almost transparent.

Put it in the oil dish to be dyed with a rich flavor of seasoning, and the aroma will hit your mind when you eat it.

Eat a mouthful of spicy beef and drink a cold beer just taken out of the freezer. This way of eating is the favorite of most gourmets, but most outsiders cannot accept it.

No one with an iron stomach can absolutely not accept the two heavens of ice and fire.

Zhou Kaiwen was sweating coldly while touching the cold beer.

But he still held it up and said, "Come on, don't just eat vegetables, drink some wine."

"Come." Ye Kai also raised his cup.

Seeing that Zhou Kaiwen drank it all in one gulp, Ye Kai also drank the beer in the glass in one gulp. The cold taste suppressed the spicy taste of the seasoning, and then opened his mouth to let out a breath of cold air.

Zhou Kaiwen also squinted his eyes. It's not that he can't drink, it's just that it's cold.Drinking such a cold cold beer before taking a bite of hot food made him feel a little chilled.

Also imitating Ye Kai, pick up a piece of beef and boil it in the pot, and asked: "Ye Kai, have you written a book recently?"

"Writing a book? No. As soon as I see you here, I know what you're thinking of. Don't worry, I will consider you when there are new books. Don't worry, eat more."

While talking, Ye Kai put all the dishes that need to be cooked for a long time into the hot pot.

"Is the food a bit short?" Ye Kai said something, and then shouted, "Waiter, add more food."

Ye Kai lightly changed the subject, which made Zhou Kaiwen even more nervous, didn't he write?Absolutely impossible!Don't even think about it, just sign the contract.He raised his glass and persuaded:
"Come, drink, drink..."

"..."

What makes diners feel hot in the hot pot restaurant is not only the hot peppers in the pot, but also the loud laughter of diners around, and the sound of punching fists from friends at a table in the distance. Just took off the coat.

Many people gather to chat and connect with each other, but those who are familiar with Ye Kai know that Ye Kai never likes to talk when he eats hot pot, and he eats vegetables when he eats.

Many times when the dinner is over, he eats most of the dishes on a table.

The feeling is especially obvious when eating skewers, the bamboo sticks in front of him are always twice as many as others.

Seeing Ye Kai eating deliciously, Zhou Kaiwen had no choice but to persuade Ye Kai to drink some wine, and sitting alone was extremely boring, so he ate with Ye Kai.

Zhou Kaiwen took a bite of the hairy belly, his eyes lit up, and he said, "This hairy belly is delicious."

"Mao tripe is a must-order dish in our hot pot." Ye Kai also took a piece of tripe from a plate full of ice cubes, put it in the hottest part of the pot and began to scald it.

This store has always been a hand-torn hairy belly, and the edges are not as even as a knife.After soaking in ice water, the original soft texture becomes more brittle, prompting diners to chew.

The irregular concave-convex structure on the tripe can absorb a lot of soup, injecting a strong sense of pleasure into the whole chewing process.

Seeing that Ye Kai also ate hairy belly, Zhou Kaiwen said: "To eat hot pot, you still have to come to Sichuan Province or a mountain city. You can't get this kind of taste in other places."

Ye Kai felt the lingering aroma of hairy belly spreading in his mouth, and he couldn't help picking up the cup when he heard the words, and said: "Then you will come to Sichuan Province more often, there are many delicious things here."

Zhou Kaiwen also temporarily forgot his purpose of coming here, he laughed and talked to Ye Kai about the latest interesting things.

Spicy is a very unique taste. To be precise, spicy is not a taste, but a pain.It can produce a burning sensation when we are exposed to temperatures above 43 degrees.

Slight pain can stimulate the brain to produce a pleasant chemical element, which makes people forget their troubles.Therefore, whether it is Sichuan Province or a mountain city, hot pot is the favorite food for office workers when they have dinner together.

A hot pot meal can make you forget all the unhappy things today. If you still can't solve it, then have a bottle of cold beer in the hot pot.After eating, go home and have a good night's rest.

The next day, I was able to go to work with full energy.

It has been less than 300 years since the birth of hot pot. In the boiling aroma, it took people more than 80 years to transform the original local snack into a local flavor.

In this flavor, there is an irresistible spicy taste, as well as people's enthusiasm for pursuing life.

When people feel tired and sleepy, a table of hot pot is the best comfort for people.

A bottle of beer was quickly finished, so the two had to ask the boss to get more, and return the unopened ones after a while.It took two hours to finish this hot pot meal, Ye Kai's eyes were already dazed and his face was blushing.

He didn't even notice a beautiful woman at the table frantically taking pictures of Ye Kai with his mobile phone.

Thinking of the predicament of the publishing house, Zhou Kaiwen couldn't help complaining to Ye Kai: "It's over, most of the authors are over, and now we have to stand you up to attract new authors."

Since Ye Kai joined the online novel world, now Rip Culture cannot sign any books on Qishi Novels.com.

Zhou Kaiwen sighed: "Only by keeping you in our publishing house can we survive. Once you change jobs, I, the editor-in-chief, won't be able to continue."

"so serious?"

Ye Kai didn't plan to go to other places to write a book. He really hasn't written it yet, but he doesn't know the seriousness of the matter. Is he so important?Why do you still feel a little flattered?
"Well... very serious, why don't you sign the contract for the next book with us first? Just tell me directly when you send the book." After Zhou Kaiwen finished speaking, he found the contract from his bag.

But the table is either a vegetable bowl or oil stains, and there is no place to put the contract.

Ye Kai stood up and said, "Then go to the side and have a cup of tea, and sign your contract by the way."

Rip had a good impression on him, and sent money every time the time came. The 1000 million this time also gave Ye Kai a pleasant surprise, and settled down in Rongcheng.

So in order to make them feel at ease, let's sign directly.

The hot pot restaurant is full of smoke, even in the daytime, the lights must be lit, otherwise it will look a little dark, the more you go downstairs, the more light you have, which makes the drunken people suddenly realize.

Oh, it turned out to be still daytime.

There were many people walking on the street, and when the cold wind blew, Ye Kai shivered all over, and quickly put on the coat he was holding.

I found a teahouse at the side and randomly found a window seat.

After Ye Kai got drunk and before he lay down, it was the best time to talk.It is very likely that his thinking will become more active, at least like songs like Galway Girl, Ye Kai will never be able to write them when he is sober.

"Two cups of Longjing." Ye Kai said to the master.

Seeing that Ye Kai finished speaking, Zhou Kaiwen quickly took out the contract and handed it to Ye Kai, saying: "Ye Kai, please take a look at this contract first, our sincerity is very high, and now few authors get such high royalties. .”

Hearing what Zhou Kaiwen said, Ye Kai went directly to the part that introduced Ye Kai's income.

"18.00% royalties?" Ye Kai looked up at Zhou Kaiwen and said with a smile, "It's directly increased by [-]%. You guys are really courageous."

"Isn't it because you are afraid that you will look down upon them, except for travel notes. Both books are expected to compete for the best bestseller at the end of the year. We haven't had a writer like you in China for a long time."

Ye Kai looked at the contract and said with a smile, "I'm not a writer."

He has no real feeling for this profession, and wrote these two works in a flash of his head.If the works of writers are a way to express their feelings.

Na Yekai admits that he cannot be considered an author.

He is just a businessman, and he wrote the two books of Immortal Sword and Langya Bang for money, to make money by adapting them into film and television works.

So he is very cautious about the next work he wants to write. He is not short of money now, so he also wants to write a book that he really wants to write like other writers.

(End of this chapter)