Rebirth in school

Today is a good day, as it is the day Malatang opens for business. The business license and health permit were issued yesterday, and the health certificates of several people have also been obtained.

Fu Qingqing's family started busying themselves early in the morning, washing all the vegetables and putting them in small baskets.

Mushrooms, enoki mushrooms and other ingredients are all washed and chopped into small pieces. Other ingredients are taken out a little bit, put into small baskets, and placed in the display cabinet that originally sold roast duck, and arranged in pots.

The same goes for the chicken meatballs, radish balls, dumplings, egg rolls and various ingredients in the freezer. Take them out a little at a time, put them in small baskets and place them in the display cabinet.

Next to the display cabinet are a pile of small bowls and tongs. When customers come, they can just put whatever they want to eat into the bowl. Everything is ready.

Fu Wei walked over and opened the shop door, and the family decided to wait until eight o'clock to set off firecrackers.

Then they waited with a clear division of labor. Fu Wei and Liu Qing were responsible for making the spicy hot pot and serving it to the table, while Fu Qingqing was responsible for weighing and collecting money. After a while, Fu Qingqing's family welcomed the first wave of customers.

They were a few young students, who looked like they were in junior high school.

"Hello, welcome," said Fu Qingqing.

Several people nodded to Fu Qingqing, and then they started chatting: "Wasn't this restaurant a roast duck restaurant before? Why did it change to spicy hot pot now?"

"What kind of way is this? I've never heard of it." said a man

Another boy replied: "It's only five yuan a pound, and they give you free egg soup. Let's order one to try and see if this so-called spicy hot pot tastes good."

Several people nodded, and began to pick up the plates and pick up the ingredients they liked. After they finished choosing, Fu Qingqing weighed them for them. They were all more than ten yuan, and then asked: "Do you all want to eat chili?"

A few people nodded. After collecting the money, Fu Qingqing wrote down the label for them and said to them, "The spicy hot pot will be ready soon. You can find a seat and sit down. I will serve you egg soup first."

After the four of them chose their seats and sat down, Fu Qingqing served them egg soup and went to the kitchen to help. After Liu Qing and Fu Wei were done, Fu Qingqing immediately brought it out.

He walked over and put it on the table in front of them, then said to the two boys on the left: "This is for you two, please enjoy it."

After that, he turned to the two boys on the right and said, "You two are still working on it. Please wait a moment."

The two nodded and said to the boy on the left, "It smells so good and looks so delicious. No, we can't resist it. Let's try it first, and then pick up the chopsticks and put it into the two bowls."

The two boys who had already tasted it said, "This is so delicious and fragrant."

When he saw that his food was going to be shared, he quickly said, "No, no, you guys are waiting to eat your share too," and then he began to protect the food.

The two boys who didn't get to eat were complaining about their friend's stinginess, drooling at their friend's enjoyable expressions, and staring at the kitchen door from time to time, wondering why the food was not ready yet.

Finally, under their expectant gaze, Fu Qingqing came over with the prepared spicy hot pot.

The two of them shouted happily, "It's coming, it's coming." Almost as soon as Fu Qingqing put them down, they couldn't wait to eat, saying while eating: "Well, this is too delicious. I'll come again tomorrow. Who can resist this? It's so delicious."

Liu Qing and Fu Wei, who had finished their work, heard their conversation and smiled. It seemed that the spicy hot pot was very popular, and the nervous couple felt relieved.

At this time, the second guest came to the door. It was a woman in her 30s with a five or six-year-old child. As soon as the woman came in, she said to Fu Qingqing: "First, give the child egg soup to drink, and then casually choose some spicy hot pot."

Fu Qingqing asked, "Do you want to add chili peppers?"

The woman replied, "Don't put it in. There are children. If I want to eat it myself, I can just add some chili to the bowl later."

"Okay," Fu Qingqing replied.

After paying the bill, the woman went to take care of the child while she drank egg soup, waiting for Fu Qingqing to bring the prepared spicy hot pot to her table.

The four boys at the table next to them had finished their meal and left. Fu Qingqing went over to clean up the dishes and took a look. Wow, this spicy hot pot is quite delicious. Everyone's bowl was cleaned out, not even any soup was left.

At this time, a baby voice was heard, "Mom, it smells so good, I want it, I want it," followed by a woman's gentle voice, "Okay, you want me to pinch it for you, it will be a little hot in a moment."

While taking care of the child, the woman took a bite and said to Fu Qingqing, "Hey, little girl! This spicy hotpot in your house is really delicious. How did you make this soup? It's so sweet and fresh."

Fu Qingqing replied with a smile: "This is leg bone soup, it tastes delicious and nutritious."

The woman nodded in agreement, and then began to eat with relish.

Afterwards, the business in the store was surprisingly good, with waves of customers busy all the time. Around eight o'clock, Fu Wei took some time to go out and set off firecrackers, and the crackling sound was very lively.

When the firecrackers went off, the neighbors heard the noise and stuck their heads out, and many of them came into the store to try the new spicy hot pot.

After a while, Fu Qingqing's not-so-small shop was packed with people, and all 20 tables were fully occupied.

The whole family was busy. Fu Qingqing had to collect money, weigh and serve egg soup, serve spicy hot pot, clean up the dishes and greet the guests.

They were so busy that they were dizzy and talked until their mouths were dry. Their mother Liu Qing and father Fu Wei were so busy that they never left the kitchen.