Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

In the countryside surrounded by mountains, there is a stream flowing in front of the village, and the breeze is blowing. Standing in the courtyard of Yiyi’s house, Ming Qian feels that there is nothing beautiful about this place. Fruit trees are planted in the courtyard, and grapes are climbing on the shelves. There are vines, lotus flowers for ornamental use in the water tank, and even the wood under the eaves is carved with patterns representing fortune, prosperity and longevity.

The snakes in the yard were chirping and discussing. They were of different ages. Some looked middle-aged, but most of them were young. Their clothes were also very fashionable, and some of them were wearing suspenders and backless outfits. , It seems that it has almost been assimilated by the human race.

Yiyi focused on introducing her two cousins.

The young woman with big waves is more beautiful than Yiyi. She is wearing a dark green cheongsam, her hair is tied up with a hairpin, and she is wearing a pair of high-heeled shoes. She is wearing very delicate and elegant makeup.

"This is my cousin, Chuchu." Yiyi said, "We all use aliases when we walk in the world."

Ming Qian didn't have the hobby of asking the truth, so he nodded slightly to show that he knew.

The other cousin looks smaller than Yiyi. She may only be 1.6 meters tall. She is wearing sneakers, a jersey, and a baseball cap. She has round eyes, a round face, and even a round nose. No matter how she looks, she is cute.

"This is my second cousin." Yiyi snatched her cousin's baseball cap and put it on herself, "Wan Wan."

Yiyi said to the two cousins: "My boss, Mingqian."

Chu Chuchong smiled at Mingqian, and Wanwan asked lively: "Shall we leave now? My mother has been very strict with me recently and won't let me leave the village. The last time I went to the county to watch a movie, my mother almost beat me up when I came back." pause."

"Last year I had a boyfriend of a different race, and my mother almost broke my leg."

Chu Chu: "I also want to leave now. If I don't leave, my mother will talk to me again."

Yiyi looks at Mingqian.

Miscalculated!

Mingqian felt that he had fallen into a trap. He was too embarrassed to tell people that I hadn't chosen yet, so he could only say euphemistically: "Working in the store is very busy and hard. You can't do anything in the store. Speaking of which, I can only be a prickly worker or a side dish, have you really considered it?"

Wan Wan patted her chest: "I may have suffered. I ran out more than ten years ago and went to dig mines."

She breathed out: "After the mine collapsed, I saved more than a dozen people, and I don't know if they still remember me."

"I worked in a tailor shop in the late Qing Dynasty." Chu Chu touched her collar, "I make all my clothes by myself now."

Ming Qian praised: "Very beautiful."

Chu Chu pursed her lips and smiled.

Although the three sisters have very different temperaments and appearances, they make people feel that they are sisters when they stand together.

"Then let's try it out first." Ming Qian was originally here to hire someone, he thought for a while, "The probationary period is one month, if you do well, you will become regular, if you don't do well, I can only ask you to leave, by the way , I want to go to the mountains to see the vegetables you grow, okay?"

Wan Wan: "What's wrong with this? There are pigs and cows raised on the mountain, and the chickens are free-range. My mother said that the duck tastes too bad, so I don't raise it. If you like to eat ducks, we can also raise them."

"We don't raise sheep here, but our relatives do, and they often send them to us."

The people in the yard hadn't left yet, Ming Qian always felt that these girls were "visiting" him, everyone was looking at him, and their eyes were all glued to him.

Ming Qian asked Yiyi in a low voice: "Why are they all looking at me?"

Yiyi also replied in a low voice: "Everyone has never seen a human race who knows that we are snakes and has contact with us."

Ming Qian whispered, "Didn't Wanwan say that she is still in love with humans?"

Yiyi blinked: "Do I need to tell my race when I'm dating?"

Mingqian: "..."

Don't you need it?

...If you don't get married, it seems that there is no need?

Moreover, the alien beast does not have an ID card, and it is impossible to get married.

Hua Snake and his family live at the foot of the mountain, as long as they walk out of the house and walk on a path that has been stepped on, they can go up the mountain.

Mingqian walked at the end, and Yiyi and the others led the way. On the way, Mingqian saw them picking wild fruits to eat, so Yiyi handed Mingqian a wild strawberry.

Mingqian has never eaten wild fruits. He lived in the city when he was a child and has never been to the countryside.

He would go back to his hometown before junior high school, but there were no children in his hometown to take him to play with. At that time, he was not like now. At that time, he was short and thin. Since then, no children have played with him.

So the memory of the countryside, he only stays in the ravine where he fell and the dry toilet where there are always pigs next to him.

Now that he is walking on the mountain, he finally understands why many people yearn for a life in the countryside.

If you don’t have to grow your own land and raise pigs, but just live in the countryside, have your own small yard, plant some flowers, and occasionally go up the mountain to pick some wild fruits and vegetables, and you can breathe fresh air every day, it’s really beautiful.

It seems that the pace of life can be slowed down, instead of only seeing the modern jungle made of steel and concrete from the moment you open your eyes.

Wild strawberries are very different from ordinary strawberries. Ming Qian ate one, it was sour and sweet, but very refreshing. After eating a wild strawberry, he actually felt hungry.

"Families with children nearby will occasionally go up the mountain to pick some wild fruits." Yiyi picked another black fruit for Mingqian.

Ming Qian wiped it clean and asked, "What's this called?"

Yiyi blinked: "I don't know, but everyone calls it black fruit. Children like to eat it. After eating, stick out their tongue to see whose tongue is the darkest."

Ming Qian also ate it, he thought it was not as tasty as wild strawberries.

Probably because it lacks the appetizing tartness of wild strawberries.

"The head of our village has always wanted to develop tourism." Yiyi pushed aside the branches in front of her with her hands, "But because there are no strange mountains and rocks, no special features, so it has never been developed."

"I still want to develop special agricultural products and sell them online, but there is nothing special in the end."

Ming Qian: "Didn't you say someone would come to collect the vegetables?"

Yiyi sighed and said: "The price is very low, and young people have to go out to work. Now there are much fewer children in the village than before, and they are all taken out by their parents. Only in the city can they receive better education. The nearest primary school is within walking distance. More than 50 minutes."

"It's fast to drive, but the people who stay here are the elderly, even if they can afford a car, they don't know how to drive."

Yiyi: "Uncle Zhao at the head of the village bought a three-wheeler and took the five children of the village to and from school every day."

"Isn't there poverty alleviation?" Ming Qian asked.

Yiyi wondered: "We are not poor here. Although we can't make much money from selling vegetables, we can't starve to death. The children can also pay for their education. Those young people who work outside can earn at least a few thousand yuan a month. During the Chinese New Year, the village It's very lively."

In Yiyi's view, as long as there is food and drink, people will not starve to death, and children can receive education, then they cannot be considered poor.

"Life is better now." Yiyi, "It's just that buying a computer is very expensive, and buying a new one costs thousands of dollars."

Speaking of this, Yiyi is happy: "I got back all the wages during this period, added three computers to my family, and changed the TV, but the computer is second-hand, and the TV is new."

Yiyi whispered: "Nowadays, many second-hand things are very new, especially good."

"When I save some more money, I will take my aunt to travel during the annual leave." Yiyi felt excited when she thought of these things.

Wanwan also said: "I also want to save money, and I have saved money to take my mother to a hot spring for a spa. I also want to go abroad, but I have never been abroad."

Chu Chu: "I also want to go abroad, I haven't seen any foreigners yet."

They are full of curiosity about everything outside.

Although they are strange beasts, each one is simpler than the other.

It is estimated that these fierce beasts are simpler than many people.

Walking halfway up the mountain, Mingqian finally saw the farmland and the free-range chickens. On the ridge of the field, there were cows lying down and resting. The pigs were not released, and they were probably all in the piggery.

The more he went up, the more farmland, and occasionally Ming Qian could see a lump of cow dung.

There were no birds in the mountains, so Yiyi and the others probably used formations. After all, birds would peck the crops in the fields, and both birds and rats would cause economic damage to farmers.

"In the past, the array could only stop birds and mice, but not pests." Yiyi was still terrified.

Mingqian followed them as they walked and watched, and there were wild fruits to eat, and the cows were not afraid of them. There was also a calf following behind them, and from time to time, it would push its head against Yiyi's back. Stuff the tomato into its mouth.

Ming Qian: "Aren't these cows going to the fields to eat?"

Yiyi shook her head: "No, they will be beaten if they eat them. If they are beaten too much, they will know that they can't go."

...so simple and rude.

Ming Qian suddenly pointed to a field and asked, "What is this? It looks like wheat?"

Yiyi and the two sisters looked at each other and smiled: "This is Xiaomi. Now Xiaomi is mature and can be harvested."

Mingqian: "..."

He suddenly felt that he was "illiterate".

He used to think that it was an exaggeration to say that the limbs were not working and the grains could not be distinguished, but if he was really thrown into the farmland, he might not be able to tell the difference.

Ming Qian was ashamed.

"That's right!" Ming Qian had a flash of inspiration, "You can make rice crackers."

Wanwan was the most supportive: "I like to eat this."

Ming Qian looked around again, and finally decided that he could serve rice crackers, shredded apples and scallion pancakes.

There are also several kinds of Mingqian that are recorded in the notepad, and can be added if the store is expanded in the future.

Before leaving, Ming Qian carefully touched the calf. The calf’s eyes were very big and watery, and it looked particularly cute and spiritual. Ming Qian thought that the beef he ate was the adult body of the calf. Feel sorry for a moment.

The little calf hadn't put on the nose ring yet, so he put his head on Ming Qian's palm, letting Ming Qian touch himself.

Ming Qian's heart is about to melt!

A cow is so cute!

And he also brought a gift that Aunt Qing forcibly stuffed him - a purse made by Aunt Qing herself, with embroidery on it.

Although Ming Qian doesn't know how to embroider, he can tell that he embroiders very well, that is... the embroidered wallet is so individual.

"Auntie, let's go." The three Yiyi sisters returned to their original form, and the three behemoths made Ming Qian standing next to Yiyi extraordinarily "petite".

Qing Gu instructed: "Work hard and don't cause trouble for Mr. Ming, or I will beat you up."

Before Yiyi could speak, Wanwan and Chuchu snickered.

Qing Gu put on a serious face: "Don't laugh, you two, if you don't work hard, I'll let your mother beat you up."

The two sisters quickly shut up.

Ming Qian climbed onto Yiyi's back, waved his arms at Qing Gu and the snakes who reached out to Qing Gu, and returned in a good mood.

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"It's very beautiful." Ming Qian said to Youjun eloquently, "There are mountains and water, and the air is good. There are pigs raised on the mountains, but I don't smell the smell of pigs at all. Yiyi and the others must have taken care of them. , the wild fruit is also delicious."

He took out a bag from his bag: "I brought it back for you. I don't know if you've eaten wild strawberries. Wait, I'll wash it and bring it here."

You Jun's eyes fell on Wan Wan and Chu Chu after Ming Qian left.

The two sisters are like two primary school students who are being taught by a picky teacher. They are incredibly well-behaved. They all lower their heads and put their hands on their knees. If they can't move now, they will definitely stand up and bow to You Jun.

Youjun tapped lightly on the table with his fingers.

He said coldly: "Do things well and don't cause trouble."

He naturally knew why they, or the strange beasts including Yao and Chen Yan, came here.

When the time comes, he will naturally benefit them.

He also has no feelings for them, even if they get along for a long time, he will not have the slightest feeling, it is by nature.

Even if he is of the same race, he will not blink when they die.

The wild strawberries are very red, and Ming Qian washed them off by humming in the kitchen. It’s ashamed to say that his mother has a good singing voice, and his father is tone-deaf, and Ming Qian unfortunately inherited Ming father’s singing, let alone out of tune. There is no sound.

In school, he was often coaxed by classmates to ask him to sing a song, but the classmates laughed before he finished singing.

Later, as long as he sang, he would definitely enliven the atmosphere and even comfort people.

Once, a female classmate in the same class cried a lot after falling out of love. After he sang a song, the female classmate not only stopped crying, but also instantly walked out of the shadow of falling out of love.

The students respected him as the "God of Songs".

"Taste." Ming Qian handed the washed wild strawberries to You Jun.

You Jun glanced at Mingqian's hand, then at the wild strawberries on the plate, and said indifferently, "Didn't you see what I was doing?"

work?

Ming Qian looked at Youjun's hands, and found that Youjun had taken out the Vajra Bodhi and pig hair brush that Chen Yan had given him at some point, and was brushing the Bodhi with both hands empty.

its not right!You Jun was empty-handed before he entered the kitchen.

Ming Qian was stunned for a moment, his heart was filled with happiness in an instant, he looked at the wild strawberry with a complicated expression, and finally said: "You can eat it after you finish brushing, I will take Wanwan and Chuchu to the store to let them get acquainted with the way, and get to know each other again. surrounding environment."

You Jun: "..."

Damn it!He should not have said that he was not free, but that his hands hurt.

Mingqian took the two sisters out of the house, and they didn't take a taxi there. Mingqian wanted to show them the way and tell them what to pay attention to here.

"Do you have a cell phone?" Ming Qian asked.

Both Wan Wan and Chu Chu nodded, and they took out their mobile phones, both of which were domestic brands, new and beautiful.

Ming Qian is also planning to change to a domestic phone in the future. His mobile phone is really at the end of its lifespan, and Apple's new phone is very expensive.

Ming Qian came over with two girls, and the shop owners on the same street greeted them.

After learning that they are Yiyi's sisters and that their family is disabled, Wanwan and Chuchu are loved by everyone.

"Take it and eat." Boss Han stuffed each of them with an ice cream, and each took a piece of fried chicken cutlet for Wanwan Chuchu.

Before they finished their ice cream, the boss of the milk tea shop gave another cup of milk tea.

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't take any more, the owner of the barbecue shop would still want to stuff a few skewers.

Eating chicken chops happily every night, I feel that the human race is not scary at all, they are all good people, and they will give them delicious food without charging them money!The human race is so good, why should the people stay away from them?

And the people in the village are wrong, and the people in the city are also very good.

"Poor thing, the whole family is deaf-mute."

"Wait...it seems to be just dumb, not deaf."

"Isn't it convenient for deaf-mute people to say it? You can't say that you are a dumb person. It's so ugly to just say dumb."

"Ming Qian is also a good person. There are no bosses who are willing to hire disabled people."

"I see that Yiyi works very hard. These three girls are so beautiful. What's wrong with the deaf-mute? If my family is also a girl, I will definitely ask them if they have boyfriends."

"It's beautiful, but my wife is even more beautiful."

A group of people laughed.

The "wife" also covered her mouth and smiled: "I wasn't so pretty when I was young, and I don't know why the young people nowadays are tall and good-looking. They don't look like us back then."

"We were not as beautiful back then as we are now."

"There is no lack of nutrition. It is a good thing that we gained weight in those years."

Ming Qian led them to see the back kitchen. The kitchens on both sides also had to be connected, but they were the last ones, and they are still in the process of renovation.

"You usually work here, and when the two sides are connected, it will be bigger. You can chop vegetables, right? I will teach you the side dishes at that time, and the side dishes need to save time."

Wan Wan typed it to Ming Qian: "The people here are so nice."

Ming Qian smiled and said, "Yes, they are all good people."

It was only after he came here to open a shop that he found out that the owners of this street are all good people. He is not jealous when he sees his business is good. Humble luck.

"I'll introduce other people to you when you come over tomorrow. There are still two in the shop, one is Jiaolong and the other is Dangkang."

Wanwan became excited: "Is it Dangkang? Is it really Dangkang? My mother told me that he would dance while calling his name, really? I want to see it!"

"I heard he is very cute."

Ming Qian felt that the cuteness that Wan Wan pointed out should be Chen Yan's original form.

But what Ming Qian thought of was Chen Yan's original form.

Just an ordinary middle-aged man's appearance, fat and amiable, but not cute.

If you have to say cute, Haruka's doll should be the cutest in the store.

After familiarizing himself with the store and the surrounding environment, Ming Qian took them to buy work clothes. Although there was no uniform uniform in the store, Ming Qian still hoped that the colors would be similar, so he took them to buy two sets of white clothes.

White is not dirty, but also because of this, customers will have more confidence in the hygiene of the store after seeing it.

Especially Mingqian's current clothes are all white, in order to save money, everyone should wear white together.

As the old saying goes, if you want to be pretty and filial, you must be pretty if you are white.

When he went back in the evening, Ming Qian took out a bag of millet and tried to make millet rice cracker. He had only eaten it but never made it. He searched for the method temporarily. He searched several times and used the simplest one.

Soak the millet in water for two hours first, Mingqian directly uses stone water.

When soaking, I go to the living room to play on my mobile phone and watch TV.

I was lucky today. I spent the whole time in the lawn and house. As a result, I only ran the map once in the Tianxuan circle. I killed a person and ate chicken smoothly. Unfortunately, there are no teammates and no one to share the happiness.

It's better to play with friends, and you can brag together when you win, and compete for credit with each other.

After beating, he and You Jun watched TV while eating wild strawberries.

As soon as he got up, he found Youjun leaning over, his lips were very close to the wild strawberry in his hand.

Mingqian: "..."

Don't get caught up, right?He didn't want to eat You Jun's saliva.

So Ming Qian conveniently stuffed the wild strawberry into Youjun's mouth.

You Jun also opened his mouth and ate in a good manner.

Oops!

Ming Qian realized it later, and he got his way!

This cunning fox!

Youjun was satisfied after eating this wild strawberry, leaning on the sofa and watching TV, his eyes were full of joy of calculating success.

Ming Qian: "I'll go to the kitchen and continue making rice crackers."

Youjun did not hold back: "Go."

The millet that has been soaked for two hours seems to have changed a bit, but it seems that there is no change. Mingqian washed the millet, filtered the water and steamed it in a pot. While steaming, he swiped his phone to watch trending searches. He watched all the latest trending searches I don't understand. After all, I haven't followed TV dramas for a long time, so I can only click on the news hot searches.

After the millet is steamed, let it cool, then add the seasoning and stir well.

Spread it flat on plastic wrap, roll it into thin slices, and fry it in a frying pan.

It's not difficult, it's just time consuming.

Ming Qian felt a little regretful, but after thinking about it, he thought it was alright, he could make more, seal it up after frying, and it wouldn't go bad in a short time.

After frying, Mingqian ate a piece by himself.

He didn't control the heat very well. The piece he ate was a bit hard.

But it was still crispy. After sprinkling some chili noodles and cumin, Ming Qian stuffed a piece of crispy rice into his mouth, and he closed his eyes to taste it seriously.

Even with so many seasonings, the crispy millet rice cracker still has the fragrance of millet. Because it has been fried for a long time, it is hard and chewy.

Ming Qian stuffed them into his mouth piece by piece.

It tastes completely different from potato chips, but he thinks millet crisps taste better.

Especially this kind of thin sliced ​​millet rice cracker is different from what you bought. The bought millet rice cracker does not have the fragrance of millet, and the smell of spices is very strong. If you hold it with your hands, there will be a thick layer of seasoning powder on your fingers.

Ming Qian stayed in the kitchen, seriously trying to find out some problems with the rice cake, and then improve it himself.

When he came back to his senses and felt that the millet rice crust was perfect, he ate all the fried rice crust by himself.

Ming Qian: "...every..."

Alright, he is going to coax the fox again.

He doesn't know if his skills have improved during this time, but his kung fu at coaxing the fox is definitely the best in the world.

He dares to admit the second and no one dares to admit the first.