The general's wife knows medicine

Mu Qing didn't say anything, and Zeng Xiuyuan wouldn't say anything either. His heart was now entirely on the delicious pot of soup in front of him.

"Pei Pei, is this the hot pot you mentioned?" Zeng Xiuyuan stood up and scooped some spices out of the pot with a spoon. "Is this edible? Why does it look like tree roots and leaves?"

"This is just a spice to add flavor to the soup. We have to put our favorite meat and vegetables into the soup, cook them, and then take them out to eat." Tang Peipei poured a bowl of the sliced ​​mutton into the soup.

Then he poured in a few dishes that were almost cooked.

After blanching for a while, Tang Peipei invited everyone to eat together.

"The mutton is ready, try it, I sliced ​​it thinly, it will be cooked very quickly."

As he spoke, he used the serving chopsticks to pick up a portion for Mu Qing first, and then picked up some for Tang's mother and Aunt Yuan. Zeng Xiuyuan then let him help himself.

"Peipei, this is not right. You pick up everyone's food except mine." Zeng Xiuyuan pretended to be aggrieved.

Mu Qing looked at Zeng Xiuyuan, then at Tang Peipei, and wanted to say something, but held back.

"Brother Zeng, eat quickly." Tang Peipei shook her head helplessly, but still picked up a piece of food for Zeng Xiuyuan with her chopsticks.

"Peipei, this tastes good!" Zeng Xiuyuan was eating mutton. His mouth felt hot and spicy, but there was only one word in his mind: Delicious!

"Yes, this mutton doesn't have any mutton smell anymore, it's delicious." Tang's mother also agreed.

Nanny Yuan was still a little reserved and just nodded.

Mu Qing was also amazed while eating the mutton in the bowl. He didn't expect that Tang Peipei's cooking skills were so good.

Seeing that everyone was enjoying the meal, Tang Peipei was also very satisfied.

"Such delicious meat and vegetables, but lack good wine!" Zeng Xiuyuan suddenly sighed.

Tang Peipei… “I can’t drink with you right now, so I didn’t prepare anything.”

Zeng Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then he remembered and said apologetically: "I forgot, so let's satisfy our hunger first."

After saying that, he started to eat happily.

Seeing that there was not much meat left in the pot, Tang Peipei poured some mutton into it and added a lot of vegetables.

"Hotpot is really suitable for this season. It is fresh, fragrant, spicy and refreshing." Zeng Xiuyuan said while eating.

"That's right. Today's soup base is not authentic. In fact, it should use butter, but the regulations are strict now. I can only wait and buy it when I can. When the base is cool, I will send it to my aunt."

In fact, Tang Peipei wanted to send it to Zeng Xiuyuan, but because Mu Qing, the elder, was there, she was afraid that Mu Qing would misunderstand, so she had to say she sent it to Mu Qing.

However, Tang Peipei didn't know that the reason why Mu Qing came back today was because Zeng Xiuyuan said how capable and amazing Tang Peipei was. Seeing his son's eyes light up when he talked about Tang Peipei, Mu Qing knew that his son might have fallen in love with her.

At first, she saw that her son, who never talked about romance, was finally moved. She was curious about Tang Peipei and wanted to see how stunning this woman was.

But after some inquiries, I found out that the woman was pregnant before marriage and had given birth to a son.

This made Mu Qing very angry. She felt that it was Tang Peipei's indiscipline that caused her to have a child out of wedlock, and now she was trying to seduce her son.

Now that I have met him in person, I feel that he is different from what I imagined. He is a good cook and a filial person.

Suddenly, when I heard Tang Peipei say that she wanted to give me butter, I wondered if Tang Peipei also had some ideas and wanted to please me in this way.

Tang Peipei felt uncomfortable being stared at by Mu Qing, and the feeling she had when she first saw Mu Qing came back again.

This time, Tang Peipei felt it more clearly and suddenly woke up.

He coughed lightly and said, "Aunt, what's wrong? Don't you like hot pot?"

Tang Peipei was speechless. She didn't know how she had made this person think too much.

Mu Qing withdrew his gaze, looking a little embarrassed.

"No, it tastes very good. I have an old cow on my farm. I'll kill it someday and send you the butter." Mu Qing's tone was indifferent, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

Tang Peipei didn't care either. She had never had that kind of interest in Zeng Xiuyuan.

"That's great, thank you, aunt! When it's ready someday, I'll send you more." Tang Peipei said happily.

"Okay." Mu Qing actually had no idea.

She knew that her son might have that intention, but looking at the girl, it didn't seem like she did anything special, and even the look in her eyes when she looked at her son was very calm.

Forget it, let’s wait and see.

After dinner, Tang Peipei made a pot of tea.

Tang's mother went to clean the kitchen, and Nanny Yuan also went to the kitchen with little Tuanzi.

Tang Peipei was left behind to accompany the guests.

"Peipei, it's winter now, and people are now free. More people are coming to buy cloth to make clothes and quilts at home. What should the store do next?" Zeng Xiuyuan wanted to see if Tang Peipei had any fresh ideas to take the store to the next level.

"Well, I still suggest that the store hold some promotional activities, but this time the activity should be discounts for orders over a certain amount." That is an activity that Taobao and Baidu often hold.

"A discount for full amount?"

"Yes." Tang Peipei nodded, "For example, if you buy one tael, you can get a discount of fifty wen, and if you buy ten taels, you can get a discount of five hundred wen."

"This is also equivalent to a disguised discount."

"That's right, it's just that the discount is lower. After all, we gave a low discount when we opened the store to attract customers. If we want to use discounts to attract customers this time, there will be a comparison. But if we still give such low discounts, other stores will have opinions. So, it is a good choice to do it in the form I mentioned. It not only benefits customers, but also takes care of the interests of other stores."

"That's right, then I'll do as you say." Zeng Xiuyuan took a sip of tea, "I'll bring you some good tea some other day."

Naked disdain.

Tang Peipei pursed her lips and said, "No, I don't drink it often, and I don't know much about tea."

"You can use it to entertain guests." Zeng Xiuyuan said hurriedly.

Tang Peipei... "I don't have many guests here, no need."

"But······"

"Xiuyuan, it's getting late, we should go back." Mu Qing watched for so long, and finally understood. It was just his son's wishful thinking.

"Okay." Zeng Xiuyuan looked at Tang Peipei, "Then we'll leave first. As for the event, please come to the store tomorrow to discuss the details."

Tang Peipei escorted Zeng Xiuyuan and his mother out of the hospital, where a carriage was already waiting outside.

Probably because Tang Peipei was not used to it, Zeng Xiuyuan did not let the servants serve him and just waited outside the door.

"Be careful on the road!" Tang Peipei reminded the driver.

Tang Peipei went back only after watching the carriage go further and further away.