Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

The winter wind is bleak, although it seldom snows in city X in winter, the temperature has already dropped below five degrees. The temperature in this city is generally between minus five degrees and five degrees below zero. Ming Qian doesn't want to go out at this time of year.

Such a cold weather is suitable for sleeping under the quilt.

Of course, summer is also very suitable for sleeping at home with the air conditioner on.

Sleepy in spring, tired in autumn, nap in summer and hibernation in summer, it is very suitable for sleeping all year round.

"Sleep a little longer." Ming Qian felt the person beside him move, and almost wanted to get out of bed. He stretched out his arms and hugged the other person's waist, and whispered, "You don't need to go to the store this morning, sleep until ten o'clock." Get up again."

So the man didn't move, and after waiting for a few seconds, he lowered his head and kissed Ming Qian's forehead.

Ming Qian nestled in the other party's arms and fell into a dark and sweet dream again.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Ming Qian finally crawled out of bed.

He subconsciously looked at the bed, and found that You Jun was not on the bed, nor in the room.

Ming Qian brushed his hair and stood barefoot on the floor. He walked out of the room wearing only a pair of boxer briefs. Yao had already gone to the store. Now only he and Youjun are left at home, so there is no need to dress too neatly .

The aroma of food came from the kitchen, Ming Qian walked directly into the kitchen.

The air conditioner is turned on at home, the temperature is just right, and I don’t feel cold even when I’m shirtless. Ming Qian touched his stomach and felt that his abdominal muscles seemed to be less obvious. Maybe it’s because he hasn’t been exercising much during this period. It seems that he needs to go Get a card to go to the gym.

"What to eat?" Ming Qian walked up behind You Jun and hugged You Jun's waist.

You Jun looked at the contents of the pot, and said in a steady voice, "Fried rice."

"Did you put the ham?" Ming Qian suddenly remembered that Youjun didn't know how to cook.

For so long, he has only eaten the noodles cooked by You Jun, the taste... Anyway, it is cooked, hot and sour noodles?

You Jun: "Leave it alone, there are still eggs."

Ming Qian looked at the pot, he was startled: "Did you not put any oil?"

You Jun was a little puzzled: "Do you want to drain the oil?"

Mingqian: "..."

"Let's do it again." Ming Qian suddenly became interested, "I'll teach you."

It took them another half an hour to make another pot of fried rice, and Ming Qian made a bowl of seaweed egg drop soup.

As a student, You Jun is obviously very good, and the egg fried rice he made is no worse than Ming Qian's.

Ming Qian ate up his share, and then put the plates and bowls into the kitchen.

Sometimes he feels that he and Youjun are like old couples, probably because they have been living together for too long, and they have been sleeping in the same bed. They are getting more and more familiar with each other. How many pairs of underwear does Mingqian have and what color are they? Youjun knows it all.

"Here." You Jun suddenly stretched out his hand, and his finger slid across Ming Qian's mouth, "There is a grain of rice."

Ming Qian stood still, and after Youjun withdrew his hand, he asked a little embarrassedly: "Is there any more?"

Youjun shook his head slightly: "It's gone."

"Then I'll go change my clothes, and the upstairs has been decorated today." Ming Qian was happy just thinking about it, "Let's see if there are any problems in the past few days, and we can open the business if there is no problem."

The store upstairs is different from the one downstairs. The downstairs only sells hot pot, but the upstairs sells both barbecue and hot pot. The hot pot is also a small pot for one person. There are several kinds of pot bottoms to choose from. It is an induction cooker, and the middle of the table is a place for putting charcoal fire.

And there is also a self-service area upstairs, just like downstairs.

The guests who came to eat in the restaurant recently knew that the upstairs was about to open, and they all waited to come over to try the roast pork on the opening day.

Compared with Ming Qian, the guests are more confident in the taste of the barbecue.

They all think that the food in Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant, even a vegetable leaf, is better than those in other restaurants.

Mingqian also received more and more calls. Many people called him to ask if he had any idea of ​​opening a franchise store. Many people wanted to smash him with money, but Mingqian was unmoved. It's a sentence - "I don't want to open it, I have no idea."

Mingqian is also very heartbroken because the money delivered to him is not profitable, but he really can’t open a franchise store, because the bottom of the pot can’t rely on machines, and it can’t be mass-produced. In addition to the base ingredients, the biggest advantage of hot pot restaurants is fresh ingredients.

As you can imagine, in order to maximize profits, no one who opens a franchise store is willing to spend so much money to buy fresh ingredients every day.

At that time, they will smash their own signs instead.

What money can be earned and what money cannot be earned, Ming Qian has his own scale in his heart.

After Ming Qian went back to his room and got dressed, he rushed to the shop. When he arrived at the shop, it was 20:[-] noon. The shop was full of customers, and the shop was also full of people queuing up. There are more than [-] people sitting in line at the entrance of the store, not to mention those wandering around after taking their numbers.

The store is also very crowded, many people come out as a family, and a table for four can squeeze six people.

Now there are everyone in the store, whites, blacks, Asians, Chen Yan is so busy that he speaks Chinese at this table, and English at that table, and then he speaks Japanese and Korean when he turns his head, and now he talks to Mingqian and the others. From time to time, a few words or Japanese will pop up, and my language system is confused.

Xing Xing didn't expect the store to be so busy. She felt that her feet had never touched the ground, and she was always flying in the small space of the store.

The back kitchen is almost too busy. Before, Yao and Yiyi only needed to prepare the dishes in the morning, but now they are chopping vegetables from morning till night.

Mingqian is about to start working when he arrives at the store. He first goes to the back kitchen to make side dishes, and then works as a waiter in the front.

"Have you read Twitter?" A table of foreign guests was chatting, they were sitting at the table waiting for the bottom of the pot to be served, and they didn't pay attention to Ming Qian who was standing behind, thinking that Ming Qian was just an ordinary waiter.

"Look, I just saw it last night. Many people on Twitter are now saying that this store bribed the jury."

"We're all sitting here, what's the point of saying that now? And I don't think the store is going to bribe the jury."

"Let's try the taste when the pot comes up and we'll know."

Ming Qian heard what they said. Although his English is average, but because he has to receive foreign guests recently, his oral English is improving rapidly, and it is better than when he was in school.

But I'm too busy right now, so I can only turn on my phone and check Twitter when I'm free.

"Boss!" Yao poked his head out from the back kitchen and shouted at Ming Qian.

Ming Qian walked quickly to the door of the back kitchen: "What's wrong?"

Yao: "The beef is sold out."

Ming Qian: "...Sold out?"

Haruka nodded.

Ming Qian touched the back of his head: "So fast?"

This is the first time that a certain dish has been sold out at noon in the store. Recently, Yiyi has been buying more and more dishes, which is more than three times or even four times the initial quantity.

"Yiyi, can I go back now?" Ming Qian asked Yiyi.

Yiyi nodded.

Ming Qian: "Then you go first, I will replace you."

Recently, the consumption of raw materials has been so great that Ming Qian is speechless, and his daily net profit has also increased a lot, which can be equal to the previous half month's profit.

Ming Qian put on his apron and stood in front of the chopping board to chop vegetables. Occasionally, Xing Xing and Chen Yan would rush in and then rush out again.

"Boss, I think we still need to hire another person. I'm too busy now." Yao was also chopping vegetables.

Compared to Chuchu and the others, Yao is the busiest person in the back kitchen, and his knife skills are the best, and he can cut beef to the right thickness with his eyes closed.

Ming Qian said "Yes": "We also invite people upstairs, let's invite people together when the time comes."

Yao came to the spirit: "Boss, there are a lot of people in my hometown!"

"Fine." Ming Qian didn't refuse, "As long as they are willing to come, I welcome them here."

After Yao finished cutting all the remaining meat and vegetables, he ran to the back alley to "call" his hometown.

This is the "supernatural power" given to him by his elders when he left his hometown, allowing him to communicate with his relatives in his hometown.

The reason why I don't call is because my hometown is in the deep mountains and old forests, there is no signal, and I can't use my mobile phone.

"Uncle, are they willing to come?" Yao asked her mother.

Mom: "They dare not go out. After so many years, they don't know what's going on outside. You also know your uncle. The last time they saw someone was in the Qing Dynasty."

Yao felt a little uncomfortable, and he asked again: "Then will you come?"

Mom smiled and said, "Of course I want to come."

Yao raised his smiling face again, and said nastyly, "Mom, I miss you so much."

Yao's mother quickly said: "Stop it, it's too nasty!"

Yao smiled and said, "Where is my dad? Is he coming?"

Mom rolled her eyes: "Forget it, he hides when he sees people, and he doesn't want to let him go with me, saying he will stay here and wait for us to come back."

Although cunning also has a family, their family is very free and they don't have marriage like the human race.

Although Yao's parents are often together, they also have other lovers. According to the words of the human race, it is an open marriage.

Originally, Haruka felt that this family form was correct, until he came to human society, until the most important requirement of human beings for a partner is loyalty.

So he said, "Why don't you bring him here, and then persuade him."

Mom was very impatient: "Don't take him, you are too timid, and taking him out will also cause trouble for you."

"But you can take your uncle out." Mom said with a smile.

remote:"……"

The uncle is the mother's lover, and appeared earlier than the father. If the order is first come, first come, his father is the third party to intervene.

No, no, Yao shook his head. We can’t look at it according to the ethics of the human race. According to their cunning ethics, there is no such thing as a third party.

Hey……

Yao sighed: "Forget it, you'd better come by yourself without uncle."

Mom: "That's fine, he doesn't really want to come, but he has prepared a gift for you and asked me to bring it to you when I come over."

Yao: "Then let me say thank you to him."

After hanging up the "phone", Haruka stood in the alley and rubbed her face.

If he finds a partner in the future, he still hopes to be like the human race, with only two people and no third person.

In this way, it is better for him to find a relationship with the human race.

If you are looking for the same family, you don't know when your head will be "green", and he can't complain, because everyone is like this.

Back in the back kitchen, Yao couldn't help but tell the story: "We don't have a real relationship between husband and wife. If two people want to be together, they can be together. Even if they have children, they can go out and find a lover. In the past I don’t think there is anything, I think it’s better for the human race now.”

Chu Chu typed and said: "Isn't it all like this? Our snakes only know their mothers, not their fathers."

In the group of snakes, men are just tool people for sowing seeds.

"I don't know who my father is." Wan Wan also echoed, "We don't need a father either."

Ming Qian was a little curious: "Is Hua Snake a matrilineal society?"

Wanwan: "What is a matrilineal society?"

Ming Qian explained briefly: "The female elders control the means of production."

Wanwan nodded: "Almost, but now there are no new males in the group. The males are all from the grandfather's generation, so we are looking for foreigners or human beings when we fall in love now."

"I like humans." Wanwan became interested when she mentioned this, "Humans are very cute."

"Where's the boss? What does the boss like?"

Wan Wan can be said to be the dullest beast in the whole store, everyone except Wan Wan knows that Ming Qian and You Jun are a couple.

Only Wanwan has read so many novels, she thinks that human beings are very particular about transvestites and ghosts, so Mingqian and Youjun are just good friends.

Ming Qian stroked his chin and said honestly, "I like foxes."

Wan Wan: "Foxes? Ah, humans seem to have always liked foxes. I've watched a lot of TV series about foxes. The vixens in the TV series are all seductive and bad. They're all female foxes."

Ming Qian was serious: "I like male foxes."

Wanwan was stunned for a moment, then murmured foolishly: "Male fox?"

Chu Chu couldn't hold back, she covered her face and kept laughing.

Wan Wan looked at her sister, then at Ming Qian, and finally came to her senses: "You Jun?"

Ming Qian nodded, his eyes widened Wanwan, he didn't know what to say after organizing his words for a while, and finally just gave Ming Qian a thumbs up in admiration.

After finally surviving until the afternoon, Yiyi rushed back, so Mingqian could sit down and rest for a while.

He took out his mobile phone, searched for keywords on Twitter, and found that the recent tweets with Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant all mentioned "bribery", and everyone who mentioned these two words spoke with certainty.

"I've been to the Shanhai hot pot restaurant, the taste is very ordinary, I don't understand why Asia Crystal's first place will be this restaurant, no matter how I think about it, I feel that there is an inside story, Asia Crystal is not some low-end award, can get it The first place in this award should be at the level of Jiuye, but the taste is too ordinary, it can't compare with Jiuye at all."

"Does anyone really think the hot pot in this store is delicious? After eating it, I think it's very ordinary. It's not as good as the ordinary hot pot I've eaten before."

"Isn't it strange that there is no bribery? Before Jiuye won the first place for five consecutive years, many people questioned whether Jiuye bribed the jury? The level of Jiuye has been questioned. The taste of this hot pot restaurant is not the same as that of Jiuye. There is still a long way to go in the night, so you can also take the first place?"

Ming Qian found out that they all mentioned Jiuye, and then he remembered that the second place of Asia Crystal this year was Jiuye restaurant. He searched for Jiuye's official account, and found that Jiuye even tweeted about it .

Nine Nights Restaurant: "Recently, I saw a lot of people using the name of Nine Nights to criticize Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant. We hope that you will not compare the two restaurants. Nine Nights fully respects the decision of the jury. Although we only got the second place this year, But we’re going to catch up and hope to be number one next year.”

"As for the Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant, we haven't tried it, but we recognize the professionalism of the jury. Many people questioned the quality of the hot pot restaurant for five consecutive years before Nine Nights, so we will not question the taste of the hot pot restaurant. I hope everyone will not have prejudice. "

"Even if it's hot pot, as long as it tastes good, you can still get honor."

After reading the Twitter of Nine Nights Restaurant, Ming Qian felt that the restaurant was quite stylish and full of goodwill.

Those tweets about hot pot restaurants should have nothing to do with this restaurant, right?

After all, if it was Nine Nights that people stepped on, there was no need to tweet to clarify, and affirmed the taste of the hot pot restaurant.

He clicked on the comment under this tweet

"Nine nights are really generous, but I am not so generous. I just said that even if it is Chinese food that beats nine nights, I think it is reasonable, but it is a hot pot restaurant that beats nine nights. I also go to China to eat I have tried hotpot many times, and the hotpot is indeed delicious, but no matter how delicious it is, it is not up to the standard of Crystal of Asia.”

"I have also been to high-end Chinese restaurants. The ingredients are fresh, and the cooking is also very sophisticated. Chinese food is great, but hot pot is not included."

"I heard that hot pot used to be poor people who didn't have time to cook. Cooking all the ingredients together is very convenient and tastes good, but hot pot has nothing to do with high-end cuisine."

……

Ming Qian looked at these replies, and his mood suddenly became not so good.

These people have never eaten in his restaurant, but they can rely on assumptions that Shanhai hot pot restaurant is not worthy of virtue.

If only they could come over for a meal.

He scrolled down slowly, and finally saw another voice

"Many people have never eaten at Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant. I went to China to eat it a few days ago. The taste is better than I expected, and it is better than I expected. I have never eaten at Nine Nights. If it’s delicious, then I think Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant deserves its name.”

"The taste of Jiuye is really good, but I think the hot pot restaurant is better, and the hot pot restaurant is still very cheap. I am in China now, and I have lived near the hotpot restaurant for a week. I heard that the hotpot restaurant will soon launch barbecue. , I’m going to go back to China after eating the barbecue.”

"Those who haven't eaten Shanhai hotpot, don't always speak up, okay? You will only appear petty and arrogant when you say these words."

"It is said that hot pot is the food of the poor, isn't our sushi not? It was originally the food of fishermen."

"So many people outside said that the taste of Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant is not as good as Jiuye, but Jiuye started to clarify so quickly, I think there is something wrong."

"I also find it strange that Nine Nights usually doesn't care about these things. In the past few years, so many people questioned Nine Nights' bribery of the jury, and Nine Nights never came out to clarify. This time, they stood up just after being questioned."

Ming Qian flipped through it for a while, and all the highly praised comments in the front were saying that Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant was unworthy of virtue, but the latter comments were all saying that Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant lived up to its reputation. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was. wrong.

However, Mingqian quickly put this matter behind him. Although the selection of Crystal of Asia did bring him insufficient customer traffic, it was equivalent to helping him advertise in the world for free, but Mingqian's store is only so big , The number of guests that can be received is also very limited.

Even if they don't rank the hot pot restaurant as the first, Mingqian's business is not bad.

Besides, Ming Qian doesn't care about foreign comments, as most of his guests are locals.

Regular customers come here for a meal almost every week.

"Boss, go up and have a look." The leader of the decoration team stood at the back door.

Ming Qian wiped off the water on his hands, walked towards the leader, and the two went up through the back door.

"Is it all done?" Ming Qian was a little excited.

The team leader smiled and said: "It's all done, boss, we are working overtime to strive for perfection. If you need decoration next time, don't forget us."

Ming Qian: "It is estimated that it will be difficult to expand."

The team leader immediately said: "How is that possible? Your business is very good now. When we work every day, we can see a bunch of people queuing up downstairs. I didn't say that. With your current business, you will have to go back in half a year. Rent a store."

"If the shop is so easy to rent, I won't say that." Mingqian walked up the stairs and sighed, "I don't plan to open a branch, and I'm almost overwhelmed now, and opening a branch is even more overwhelming." .”

"Even if you expand, you can only sell the houses on both sides. Do you think they will sublet?"

Now the one next to him is an adult goods store, and the other side is a fried chicken shop. Not to mention the fried chicken shop, the business is very good.

Customers waiting in line at the entrance of the hot pot restaurant will buy a piece of fried chicken to fill their stomachs when they are really hungry.

The owner of the fried chicken shop now has a smile on his face every day, one can imagine how much money he is making now.

Not to mention the adult goods store. Although there are no customers coming in and out, they have not closed down for so many years, and it is even more impossible to close down now.

On both sides of the second floor is a technology company that doesn't know what they are doing, and the other is a hamburger restaurant. They didn't close their doors when the business was worst. Thinking about it, I know that they don't rely on the business of coming to the store.

The team leader sighed: "That's right, it's easy to talk about everything now, but it's hard to talk about the shop."

"Shops in good locations are now laying hens, and no one will sublet them unless there is a major incident."

Ming Qian nodded, and the two walked into the storefront on the second floor one after the other.

As soon as he entered, Ming Qian was shocked by the decoration of the store - the store was not like this when he came yesterday, there was still a lot of dust brought by the decoration in the store yesterday, and now the dust has disappeared completely.

Decorations and green plants are placed on the counter, and potted plants are also placed on the iron shelf used as a partition.

Especially the suspended ceiling, as soon as he looked up, he saw the ceiling as bright as the Milky Way. The lights flickered from top to bottom, radiant and colorful, and the custom-made dining table also had bits and pieces of dark light under the lights.

Ming Qian rubbed his eyes.

The second floor has a new look. Compared with the bold and enthusiastic decoration style on the first floor, the second floor is more like a high-end restaurant.

The floor is black at first glance, but it is dark blue when you look closely. The blue color becomes obvious when the light from above is projected down.

"Boss, Gong Xi Fa Cai." The team leader smiled at Ming Qian.

Ming Qian also smiled, but the smile was a bit silly: "Get rich and get rich."

He suddenly felt a little unreal. A year ago, he was still a homeless person. Because of his unemployment, he didn't even dare to go out for a good meal.

But now, he has such a big store and a fiancé who likes him.

He used to think that God had no eyes.

Now he actually felt that he was the darling of heaven.

He felt that he was very happy, and he was so happy that he didn't know what to do.