During the lean years, I relied on space to pamper my husband and raise my children.

"This smells delicious."

"I don't know what delicious food General Xiao is cooking recently. I can always smell the aroma of food when I pass by."

Shang Yu happened to come to see Shen Qianning.

As soon as the carriage stopped, he smelled the fragrance.

Quickly ran to knock on the door.

The concierge asked Shang Yu to come into the house and report.

When Shen Qianning heard that Shang Yu was coming, he enthusiastically came out and asked Shang Yu to go to the backyard.

"Boss Shen, what are you cooking? I can smell the aroma outside."

Shen Qianning raised the corners of her lips, smiled slightly and said: "Hot pot! It's better to come early than to come by chance. You've come at the right time. Come quickly and I'll make the seasoning bowl for you."

To eat hot pot, you must add sesame oil, garlic and millet chili. Add a little oil, and the taste is simply amazing.

She skillfully mixed a bowl for Shang Yu, and then the six of them sat around the pot.

There are coals in the stove now, there is no smoke, and the soup in the pot is boiling.

Just looking at the red pepper, Shang Yu was a little scared: "This is too spicy!"

Shen Qianning said: "You must eat spicy food when eating hot pot, and this one is slightly spicy, not really spicy. Hot pot can be used to cook many things, such as this beef. You can just blanch it for a while and then eat it. Don't be stunned. Come on, cook whatever you want to eat."

Shen Qianning has already started eating.

Several people followed suit and threw whatever they wanted into the pot.

The three Xiao Dongchen brothers often ate chili peppers but didn't think anything of it. Although Xiao Feiye found them very spicy, they also found them very enjoyable and the more they ate, the more they became more and more energetic.

And this is painful for Shang Yu.

Because he eats spicy food.

But I couldn't bear to put down the bowl. The more I ate, the spicier and tastier it became.

Shen Qianning handed the ice drink prepared in advance to Shang Yu.

"Drink a little. This is a drink I mixed with juice, water, honey and ice. It tastes great."

Of course, there's a little Sprite in it, so it tastes natural, quenches thirst and relieves spiciness.

With the drink, Shang Yu felt that his fighting ability was sufficient.

Shen Qianning said while eating: "I want to open two hot pot restaurants in the imperial city, so I will buy this one. If you can't eat spicy food, you can eat the pot with white soup base. I will make the mandarin duck pot when the time comes. Let's get together with friends and have some drinks." Wine and some hot pot, Shang Yu, what do you think?"

Shang Yu ate the hot beef and nodded excitedly.

"Okay, okay, your idea is really great, but it's hard to find stores in the Imperial City."

Xiao Feiye suddenly said: "Don't worry about the store. The emperor rewarded me with three stores."

Shen Qianning didn't even know about this.

He looked at Xiao Feiye in surprise.

"Why didn't I know about this?"

Xiao Feiye suddenly felt embarrassed and said: "I forgot before that the emperor also rewarded a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, which are kept in the warehouse."

He really forgot.

When he came to the imperial city, the emperor rewarded him with this mansion.

But at that time, he, Xiao Ji and the others were living in the post house, and all the rewards were sent to this mansion.

Xiao Ji and the others are now living in a military camp outside the city.

If it hadn't been for the sudden mention of the store, Xiao Feiye would not have remembered it.

After eating, Shen Qianning urged Xiao Feiye to find the house deed.

She wanted to see what the location was like.

Xiao Feiye came back shortly after leaving and said: "It seems that there are two shops in relatively remote locations, but the shops in these two remote locations are both very large, with two floors."

Shen Qianning's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Two floors is great!

The two floors can be used to open a hotpot restaurant!

Shen Qianning said: "Is there another place?"

Xiao Feiye took another look and said, "There is another place just beside the God of Wealth Street. The location is excellent."

Shang Yu immediately drank an ice drink and asked, "Is it on Caishen Street? The location is really good. Is the store big?"

Xiao Feiye said: "It shouldn't be big! The shops on Caishen Street don't seem to be big."

Shen Qianning had already made a decision and said with a bright face: "No need to think about it, just open the hot pot restaurant in those two remote locations."

What?

Shang Yu didn't understand: "Wouldn't it be better if the hot pot restaurant opened on Caishen Street?"

Shen Qianning waved his hand and said: "I have other functions for this store on Caishen Street. I will go check out those two locations tomorrow. If possible, we can renovate them early so that they can open early."

There was no gas or briquettes in this era.

But in this era, there are charcoal, but after a hot pot meal, a lot of charcoal will be burned.

However, a hot pot meal is not cheap.

There is a Yuanyang Pot space.

But there is no table space to put the Yuanyang Pot, so you have to customize it to suit this era.

Shen Qianning spent that night painting and making changes in the house, and finally made a satisfactory table.

She pointed to the drawing and Xiao Feiye introduced: "You see here is the opening for adding charcoal. I set up two layers of insulation layers specifically for water under the table, and I also made ventilation holes. Above this is the opening for adding charcoal." Regarding the pot, as for whether it will work or not, I will have to ask the master to make it before I know."

She thinks this method is feasible, but she still has to give it a try.

After Shang Yu returned home, he couldn't sleep.

When I think of the hot pot restaurant opened by Shen Qianning, I feel itchy!

He has also opened a restaurant and knows that restaurants can make a lot of money.

However, Shen Qianning didn't seem to have any intention of doing this business.

He sighed, his heart filled with regret.

It would be fine if Shen Qianning had an idea, but if he didn't, he couldn't force others to do anything.

Xiao Feiye had something to do, so Shen Qianning took the house deed and went directly to one of the shops.

Probably because it was a reward from the emperor, the previous ownership of the store belonged to the imperial court, so the store in front of him was not rented out.

She also got the key, opened the store and found that it was very empty. After a little planning, she found that eight tables could be placed on the first floor, and she climbed up the wooden stairs.

There is a lot of dust upstairs.

The area is the same as downstairs, so a dozen tables are enough.

The backyard is also relatively spacious. In the small courtyard consisting of three rooms, two can be used as private rooms.

perfect!

After reading it, Shen Qianning had a plan in mind.

The more I looked at it, the more comfortable I felt. I went to another store not far away and found that it was almost the same, except that the second store was slightly smaller.

She closed the door and happily went to the carpentry shop.

I gave the drawing to the other party and told him to make it according to the dimensions.

Then he went to the blacksmith shop and gave another drawing to the blacksmith, and told him to follow the measurements.

After finishing her work, she felt hungry.

It's already noon.

There was a chef and a maid taking care of the three children in the house, so she was not in a hurry to go back.

Just walk slowly on the street.

She hasn't had a good stroll around the imperial city yet.

In the distance, a large circle of people gathered around.

Shen Qianning was curious and wanted to eat the melon, so she took every opportunity to squeeze in.

As soon as I entered, I saw the words "Sell your body to bury your mother."

Kneeling next to the words is a young man.

The young man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes.

"He has been kneeling here for three days, but the price is too expensive and no one can afford it."