The lonely foodie

It's been a long time since I've been to the vegetable market. It's winter and there aren't many seasonal vegetables. Mo Bai and Ivan have to come to pick out some new dishes.

The 8th branch of Yijia, not far from the entrance of the vegetable market, has its doors closed, and a red banner is hung, saying that the store is for sale.

Ivan stood at the entrance of the vegetable market and looked there for a long time, his dark pupils were a little sore, but he still didn't look back.

When the Yijia hot pot business was booming, people waiting for a seat at the door could sit along the sidewalk until the door of the small shop selling fat cakes. Yi Wangang fell down, and the property he had earned for half his life also collapsed one by one. Ivan felt very uncomfortable.

The pork knuckle bought from the market in the morning is scraped and washed, and boiled in boiling water to remove the blood.

Pour oil into the pan, sauté shallots, ginger, and garlic until fragrant, and stir-fry star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, and sweet noodle sauce until fragrant.

Put the elbows into a casserole, pour in the fried spices, add some rice wine and soy sauce, add water and simmer over low heat.

The classic famous dish——Dongpo Elbow, is easy to prepare.

The smell of meat came out of the casserole one after another, and Ivan held his face in his hands, thoughtful.

Mobai wiped his hands with white cotton gauze, walked over and sat down opposite him, poked his long fingers down the body of the pot, the tea in it was already cold, got up and went to change another pot of tea, the brass teapot was boiled on a small stove After a while, the fragrance of tea overflowed.

He Guang took two pieces of mung bean cakes, put them on a small porcelain plate, and put them on the old elm table.

Ivan took a piece of mung bean cake to eat, narrowed his eyes, and quickly took a sip of green tea.He Guang's level is very stable - as always, he is as sweet as ever.

"Want to set up a hot pot restaurant in the vegetable market?" Mo Bai said to Ivan. After returning from the vegetable market, he could see that his thoughts had come.

"I must take back the Yijia store. I can't let my dad wake up and find that he has nothing." Ivan said, "And I also have this ability now."

Mo Bai reached out to grab the cake, but retracted before touching it, turned around and picked up the teacup next to him, he was afraid it was too sweet.

"It's just that I'm thinking, who is more appropriate to come forward to do this." Ivan put the bitten cake on the edge of the plate, "It's definitely not appropriate for me to come forward, Yifei knows that I will definitely trip you up, and neither can you , you don’t have an ID card, so you can’t go through the formalities.”

"But..." Yifei paused, "Qu Mobai, why don't you even have an ID card?"

Mo Bai was picking up the half piece of mung bean cake that Ivan had left to eat, when he suddenly asked this topic, he didn't know how to answer for a while, and was also stunned.

All right, the topic turned without any defense.

"You are not a fugitive, or a mental patient, right?"

Choking his throat with a sip of tea, Mo Bai hurriedly took out his handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose and coughed for a long time.

Unable to continue the conversation, the cup dropped and said, "Maybe Yu Guili is suitable."

The elbows are stewed soft, glutinous, crispy and fragrant. They are also packed in a small casserole and tied up with cloth straps.

Yifanti slipped the pot of Dongpo elbows to old man Fang and Yu Guili, and discussed with Yu Guili about the Yijia hot pot restaurant by the way.

When passing Qixing Malatang, two people were standing outside the shop arguing.

"After the matter has become like this, you just ask for more blessings and take responsibility for your own profits and losses. You still care about me asking for the final payment?" Lao Qi leaned against the glass door with small triangular eyes hanging, looking like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

The account of the ostrich was blocked, and there was no place to vent the anger in his heart. In addition, this matter was also caused by Lao Qi, so he naturally didn't want to let it go easily.

He lowered his voice, "I'm clear about what you did. Waste oil? Illegal additives? Bloody meat? If any of these things are exposed, you won't be able to eat them."

The ostrich is cheating the old seven. A store like theirs with ridiculously cheap unit prices, how can there be no small tricks in private.

Lao Qi didn't know where the ostrich heard this, his heart shuddered, and his face turned pale with fright.

Ivan was thinking about his own thoughts, and walked over dangling with a can of elbows. He didn't hear what was being said there at all, and he didn't even notice the people standing at the door.

On the other hand, seeing Ivan's brows furrowed tightly and his face serious, as if he had heard something, Lao Qi was terrified again.

This palpitation is almost like having a heart attack.

Seeing that Ivan came back with his elbow, Yu Guili took some side dishes from the refrigerator, made a cold salad with three shredded noodles, a mapo tofu, and greeted Old Man Fang for dinner with Dongpo's elbow.

Old man Fang hadn't arrived at the restaurant yet, Erha smelled the smell of elbows, and rushed in with his mouth.

Old man Fang knew that he couldn't control the dog anymore, so he turned around and barked, "Dakang!"

Big Boss and Ji Bao rushed in one after the other, and the two cats beat Erha out with their small fists.

Ivan spread out the matter of Yijia hot pot on the table.

Yu Guili paused, "It's not a problem to take over Yi's hot pot, but I don't have any money now, and the divorce between me and Dang Ming has not yet been judged, so the property cannot be distributed to me."

Ivan took a spoonful of mapo tofu and mixed the rice with red oil to make it spicy and refreshing. "You don't have to worry about the money. I'll pay for it. You can just pay for it for me."

"Okay." Yu Guili smiled, "Xiaofan is quite capable at his age. I will write you an agreement privately, proving that you are the actual buyer of the store."

When Ivan was praised, his heart was full of joy, his thin lips were almost pulled to the base of his ears, "There is no need to agree, you and I still can't believe it?"

"Look?" Old Man Fang ate the soft elbow piece by piece, and said to Guili, "I just praised him a few times, and the child's temper was revealed. How can you talk like that in the business world? My brother is still like that. It’s clear to settle the accounts, and the documents that should be established must be clearly written in black and white.”

Ivan was so hot that he took a deep breath, stuck out his tongue and dared not speak.

Yu Guili pressed old man Fang's chopsticks, "Don't eat your elbows, don't you care about your blood pressure and blood lipids? Eat some seaweed salad."

Without further ado, after eating and resting for a while, Yu Guili was going to go to the 8th branch store to find out. Just after leaving the small courtyard, she saw that the casserole with elbows at noon was not taken away, so she took a detour and went to the hot pot restaurant to deliver the casserole.

Zhang Yan was drinking a bowl of He Guang's new tortoise jelly, poured some milk on top of the slightly bitter cold cake, squinted her eyes in satisfaction, and finally it was not so sweet.

Yu Guili passed by the dessert shop, greeted He Guang with a smile, saw Zhang Yan looking this way, and nodded to her with a smile.

"Who is it?" Zhang Yan asked He Guang in a low voice, "At first glance, I thought some celebrity was visiting privately, but after thinking about it, how could someone like you know any celebrity?"

He Guang watched Yu Guili leave, wearing wide-leg pants, canvas shoes, a slim-fitting suede jacket, and long flowing hair. She was not at a young age, but she was so charming that even women would be jealous.

"Just ridicule me." He Guang sneered, "That person is Qu Mobai's roommate, and he lives next door to him. He doesn't see him when he looks up and looks down. Qu Mobai cooks delicious food for her in different ways every day. The key is is single!"

After speaking, seeing Zhang Yan's distraught appearance, I couldn't bear it. Miss Zhang, what do you want, when did you worry about gains and losses?

The sympathy just started, and Zhang Yan's lips twitched coldly, and asked He Guang, "Has Du Yang watched "The Moon and Sixpence" recently?"

If I can't get Qu Mobai, don't even try to keep Du Yang.

Hey...so much for your plastic sisterhood.

Yu Guili arrived at the 8th branch of Yijia, locked the door with an iron general, and called the phone on the door. The person who answered the phone was Yi Fei's assistant, with a nice voice, clear and clear, the voice of a young boy.

After expressing their intention here, the other party quoted a price, oh, the lion opened his mouth.

Yu Guili asked if the price was negotiable, and the other party said that she had to talk to the boss, so she gave an address and asked Yu Guili to come to the office to talk if she was interested.

Yifei's office is on the 36th floor of Jianye International, which is a little far from here.

Raising her hand to hail a taxi, Yu Guili called Ivan and briefly explained the situation.

Yu Roseli asked, "What's your expected price?"

Ivan didn't answer her question directly, but said, "The price is about the same, there is no need to keep it too low."

If something happened to Yijia Hot Pot, there should not be many people who want to take over now. If you want to negotiate, you can definitely negotiate a good price, but Ivan said so, Yu Guili thinks he wants to let his brother down.

And Ivan has his own plans. Ivan Gang lives in the intensive care unit, and the money flows out like water every day. He is afraid that Yi Fei has no money and stops Ivan Gang's medicine.

As soon as the elevator on the 36th floor opened, Yu Guili first saw a young boy in his early 20s standing at the door, wearing a Versace T-shirt and Prada casual pants, with wide shoulders and narrow waist, and a slap-sized face that was fair and tender.

"Hello." The man smiled and took two steps forward, "Is this Ms. Yu? I'm Mr. Yi's assistant, Yi Zhongbin."

Yi Zhongbin?Why does this name sound familiar?

——I think my longing is a kind of disease (Yi Zhongbin), Yu Guili almost sang.

Thinking of this, Yu Guili couldn't stop smiling, nodded hurriedly, followed Yi Zhongbin two steps behind and walked towards Yifei's office.

Looking up and down, tsk... This outfit is not affordable for the salary of an assistant in a chain hotpot restaurant.

Yifei didn't expect the transaction to go so smoothly, and Yu Guili hardly countered the price, and readily agreed to the price offered by him.

The two parties agreed to sign the contract and pay within a week. Yu Guili left the office and saw Yi Zhongbin leading a person walking this way.

"Hu always sells grass fruit?" Yi Zhongbin also seemed to find it inconceivable that the grass fruit seller should just talk to the purchaser directly, why Yi Fei has to personally ask about the seasoning.

Passing by each other, both sides nodded their heads to say hello, they could almost hear a "grass fruit", which made Yu Guili confused here.

Yu Meili handled the affairs very neatly. After the negotiation here, within a week, all the transfer procedures at the 8th branch were completed.

The word of mouth of Yijia Hot Pot has failed, and the 8th branch has been relisted - the first branch of Heping Hotpot.

At dusk, the nightlife of another group of people has just begun after the noisy vegetable market fell silent all day.

A row of good cars whizzed by and stopped at the door of the No. [-] branch of Heping Hotpot. Zhang Yan pushed the door open, and a knee-high boot stretched out from the Bentley sports car.

On the first day of opening, both Qu Mobai and Ivan were here to help. Yu Guili is the manager of the store, and naturally greeted customers outside.

The air conditioner in the store was fully turned on, and Yu Guili only wore a pure white cotton shirt, gray skinny jeans, and a pair of worn-out canvas shoes, with a clean face.

Seeing Zhang Yan and the others come in, he hurriedly greeted them with a smile, "Who are you, please? Do you have an appointment?"

Zhang Yan took off her Prada sunglasses, and smiled brightly on her red lips painted with ruby ​​red lip glaze. Her words were a little more provocative, "I'm Xiaobai's friend."

Yu Guili understood, and smiled gracefully, "I'll go invite Boss Qu right away." She called the waiter to lead the guests to the box, turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

The thin and tall figure went away, Zhang Yan looked at herself again, and suddenly felt a bit embarrassed by a clown.

A slim-fit down jacket with a fox fur collar, over-the-knee boots, flaming red lips, and a sunglasses handbag.

Where is she here to eat hot pot?She's clearly a jealous woman, and her mother is the one with a bad name.

As soon as Mo Bai pushed the door open, he was able to meet Zhang Yan's smoky makeup and red lips. He automatically made up a picture, and said, "Miss Xiaowei is here?"

Everyone at the table was stunned. For a long time, Wang Feng, the greasy Armani man, asked uncertainly, "Brother Mobai regards Zhang Yan'er as the fox demon in the painting?"

Zhang Yan: Blame me for loving too deeply.