Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

Chapter 45

"Will the Shanhai hot pot restaurant also participate in the food festival?"

"I didn't want to go at first, but now I want to go. If the food tastes bad, I can go to a hot pot restaurant for a meal. It's not a waste of time."

"I wanted to go to the Shanhai hot pot restaurant the day before yesterday, but I gave up after seeing the number of people in line. Such a delicious hot pot restaurant is only so big. Is this reasonable?!"

"Don't complain, you don't know how small Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant was two months ago, it's already very reasonable."

"And the price is cheap. The last time I went to eat with my girlfriend, it cost less than 200 yuan. Can you believe it?!"

"Woooooo, the price is really conscientious, but it's too conscientious. The business is so good that we have to queue for a long time every time."

"New snacks are often introduced, and millet rice crisper is the best! I don't accept rebuttals."

“Candied apples are the best!”

"Fuck all the above, my pumpkin pie will last forever and dominate the world!"

"By the way, scallion pancakes don't have any noodles? Am I the only one who thinks scallion pancakes are the best?"

"Scallion Pancake 1, you are not alone upstairs."

"The food festival is starting, anyway, I'm going to go to Shanhai to eat tomorrow."

……

Cheng Yi saw this post in the forum when he woke up in the morning. He has known the Shanhai hot pot restaurant for a long time. Basically, whenever the local forum talks about food, this restaurant has an astonishingly high appearance rate. People who haven't tried it occasionally sing a naysayer, as long as they have been there, no one is full of praise.

"Would you like to go to today's food festival? It's not far from home, and it's only 10 minutes by car." Cheng Yi opened the curtains, and it's already ten o'clock in the morning. The most important thing for a rare rest day is to get enough sleep It's just a good meal.

"Go! I'll go as soon as you treat me!" The boy jumped up from the bed and quickly changed his clothes.

Cheng Yi rolled his eyes: "It's not easy for me to earn money, my brother, okay?"

The boy smiled and said, "Please come back after I work."

The two brothers changed their clothes and took a simple wash before stepping out of the house. The sun today was brighter than before, and it was even so hot that it made people panic. In the future, I asked the driver to turn on the air conditioner quickly.

As soon as they arrived at the venue, the brothers were frightened by the flow of people.

Standing on the side of the street, they could only see the huge signboard of the food festival and the astonishingly large balloons. There were crowds of diners, including parents with children, couples and friends holding hands, and children holding hands at the door. I bought it and was interacting with the staff in doll costumes.

There are also clowns standing at the entrance to blow up balloons for children or young couples to attract guests.

The colorful ribbons were blown everywhere on the pillars, and the colored lights hanging on the trees were not lit yet, but the colors of the colored lights were still conspicuous during the day.

"This... I thought it was Children's Day..." Brother Cheng Qin looked at the flow of people at the food festival and said in shock, "Why are there so many people?"

Cheng Yi patted Cheng Qin on the shoulder: "Don't just stand there stupidly, go in, first find a seat at the hot pot restaurant and then eat slowly."

They walked in with the flow of people. As soon as they entered the entrance, the food stalls on both sides were already very lively.

Some sell barbecue, some sell squid on iron plates, there are stinky tofu and various snacks, everything they can think of is here, and there are also unexpected ones here.

"Let's go back and find out where the hot pot restaurant is first." Cheng Yi was not dazzled by these food stalls.

The biggest reason for coming to the food festival is to try the Shanhai hot pot restaurant. This restaurant is very popular now, and you can’t eat it without spending some time queuing up. They live a little far from the main city, so they sit in order to have a hot pot meal. It's not worthwhile to take the subway for nearly an hour.

Now you can eat it near home, of course you can't miss it.

"Is it there?" Cheng Qin raised his arm and pointed his finger not far ahead.

Although there are many diners coming in, the diners are basically mobile. Occasionally, diners will stop and wait or line up in front of a few stalls, but no store will gather so many diners at the door.

It directly occupies half of the channel.

Someone shouted with a loudspeaker: "Everyone, don't be crowded, you can go around and have a look around, eat something before coming over!"

"There is no seat! There is really no seat!"

Someone sighed: "What time is it!"

"I thought I'd come early enough, it pissed me off."

"In the end, I still had to queue up, and my mentality collapsed."

"I don't even think about how many people came here for the mountains and seas today."

Cheng Yi and Cheng Qin squeezed through the crowd, the two young guys were almost squeezed into a photo, and finally saw the scene in the store.

There are only two waiters in the store, one is in the back kitchen and the other is busy serving pots and dishes, but the booth can only accommodate six tables, and the square four-person table is crowded with more than four people. Know that it is a large group of friends and a large family who came to eat.

I would rather squeeze than wait in line.

The person who was yelling with the loudspeaker just now should be the staff of the organizer, and the clerk didn't have time to yell at all.

A young girl was busy serving the dishes. She was wearing short-sleeved trousers, and she moved like flying, running around in the narrow gap.

Many boys were looking at her outside - some wanted to go up and ask for her cell phone number.

Cheng Yi heard a boy next to him say, "Let's rush in when there is space available. Today I must get her cell phone number."

"I'm going to ask for it too. Let's compete fairly based on our own abilities."

Cheng Yi: "..."

In vain, he thought that all the people crowded at the door were eating hot pot.

Can this group of people who came here for their mobile numbers not compete with diners like them?

Yiyi didn't know that someone wanted to ask her for her mobile phone number. She was so busy now that she didn't expect that the food festival would be so busy. After all, she asked and said that there were not many people at the food festival last year, so when Mingqian asked her accepted.

As a result, there are so many people now that she doesn't even know that the guests who come at noon will keep her busy until the afternoon.

If I knew it earlier, I would push it to Wanwan or Chuchu.

She sighed inwardly.

"It's a well-deserved reputation." The diners who were eating hot pot looked happy.

"It's a good thing I came early, and it's a good thing I didn't sleep in late."

"I knew there must be a lot of people coming today."

"This scallion pancake is amazing, Mom, don't eat scallion pancakes all the time, you should eat some hot pot."

The middle-aged woman smiled and picked up a sliced ​​scallion pancake: "Mom likes to eat this, it tastes delicious."

The scallion pancake exudes heat. The pancake is very thin, but the dough is very tough. When you pull it apart, you can pull out the jagged edges. The scallion scent is not pungent at all, but it has a strong salty scent and a light scent of scallions. Compared with sweet snacks, crispy pork and scallion pancakes are the favorites of most mothers and fathers.

Candied apples are popular among young people.

Yao is busy in the back kitchen because of these snacks. After all, the dishes have been prepared a long time ago. After the guests are served, there will be more side dishes for the first time, and they will gradually decrease later. The reason why Yao is busy in the back kitchen is because the snacks require Do it now.

As long as the small crispy meat is fried again, it will be good.

The smell of the hot pot overwhelms the smell of all the shops next door, and almost everyone who smells it will stop in front of the stall.

Cheng Qin tugged at Cheng Yi's clothes: "Why are you queuing?"

The two searched for a while with their eyes, and finally found the QR code at the door. It turned out that they could queue up in the official account, but it was different from the queue in the store.

At this moment, Mingqian and Youjun were also in the venue, Mingqian held an ice cream in one hand and a skewer in the other, and decided not to eat dinner at noon, but to eat these snacks.

Youjun's hand was not empty either, he held it—and it was made into the shape of a little bear.

"Why don't you eat it?" Ming Qian saw that You Jun only took a bite, and felt that it was a waste.

You Jun didn't expect this thing to be so sweet, he said with a blank expression: "It's too sweet."

Ming Qian: "... Can sugar make it sweet?"

"You can eat this." Ming Qian handed the untouched beef skewers to You Jun, and then took it from You Jun.

He didn't dislike it either, and directly bit off the little bear's ear.

No matter what color it is, the taste is the same. Fortunately, although Ming Qian doesn't like candy very much, it is not impossible for him to eat it.

Some children saw the little bear in Mingqian's hand, and even yelled at their parents that they wanted to eat it too.

Youjun also ate beef skewers.

The beef is not very good, the seasoning is too strong, it can't be considered delicious.

But he still finished the beef skewers.

In terms of fun, the food festival is not much fun. Except for the claw machine and the children's play area at the end, the rest are drinks and snacks. A coin, nothing was picked up and never touched again.

On the contrary, Youjun is very interested in the claw machine, and he glances over it from time to time.

Ming Qian asked: "Do you want to try?"

You Jun flatly denied: "I don't want to."

But after saying that he didn't want to, You Jun's gaze moved away again.

There are ten claw machines, and now only five of them have people in front of them, but it seems that it is difficult for them to gain anything.

Originally, Ming Qian wanted to say that the claws of the claw machine have been adjusted, they are very loose, it is normal that the claws cannot be grasped, and if they can be grasped, they are the chosen ones, and money should not be wasted like this.

But Ming Qian didn't say it, but said: "Go and try, I want to play too."

You Jun: "Childish."

Mingqian: "..."

Are you qualified to say these two words? !

"I want to go." Ming Qian grabbed You Jun's wrist.

Youjun's skin is different from that of ordinary people, the temperature is lower, like jade with the touch of human skin, very comfortable.

Youjun followed Mingqian towards the claw machine with a look of "I have nothing to do with you" and "I will accompany you if you want to go".

"This one." Ming Qian stood still in front of a claw machine, which contained plush dolls of baby pandas.

Compared with the frog and puppy dolls in other claw machines, Ming Qian still thinks the panda doll is cuter.

He caught it himself first, as he expected, and spent five coins to catch a lonely one.

Then he gave the remaining five coins to You Jun.

"Look, use this control to put it down first, and then press the button and it will grab it, but it's not certain whether it can be grabbed." Ming Qian thinks that the person who designed the claw machine is a ghost. The claws are weak and weak. grab what?

A young couple next to them must have been caught for a while, but they didn't catch any of them. The boy complained: "It's all 50 yuan, and you can buy five if you buy it."

Girl: "If you want to buy it, why should we grab it?"

Boy: "..."

That's right.

The joy of catching a doll is not just the doll, but the uncertainty before catching it. If you can catch it easily, it will not be such a great fun.

You Jun threw a coin into it, and the claw machine beeped, indicating that it was time to start grabbing.

Ming Qian looked at it curiously, he wanted to see if You Jun could catch the dolls without supernatural powers - after all, if this kind of game uses supernatural powers, if you can catch one accurately, there is no need for You Jun to come to play.

Anything without suspense is not suitable for a game.

The young lovers who didn't catch the doll also came over and watched Youjun catch the doll eagerly.

The girl compared the heights of Youjun and her boyfriend, and was surprised to find that Youjun was taller than her 1.8m[-] boyfriend.

So handsome!

Then she glanced at Ming Qian who was standing next to You Jun.

Handsome guys play with handsome guys.

Youjun pressed the button, the paws fell slowly, and then quickly put them away, without giving the beast any face, and shook it twice after putting it away, as if laughing at the overreaching of the person who came.

The confident Jun You: "..."

If it was Fatty or Pan Yang, Ming Qian had already started to laugh mercilessly at this time, but the target was Youjun, Ming Qian could only say dryly: "Try again? There are still four coins."

You Jun pursed his lips and dropped another coin.

The claw machine is a coin-swallowing maniac. After swallowing it, it will never save face for others, no matter who comes, it will be treated equally.

Ten coins, zero babies.

"Handsome guy, it's normal if you can't catch it." The girl comforted, "Some unscrupulous merchants make their claws very loose, and they just don't plan to let people catch them. Those with a little conscience can still catch them. None of them can catch them." .”

You Jun held back his anger, the air pressure was so low that Ming Qian dragged him away in fear.

"Don't be angry." Ming Qian coaxed Jun You in a place where no one was around, "The merchant wants to make money, but his heart is a little dark."

You Jun squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Who is it?"

Ming Qian knew what You Jun was asking, and he planned to go directly to the merchant who sold the claw machine to settle the score. Ming Qian continued to coax: "It's only ten yuan, and it's only enough to buy one doll."

"I'll catch it, and I'll definitely catch one for you."

You Jun was furious: "Is this deity for that?!"

Ming Qian subconsciously patted You Jun on the back: "No, no, I want to grab a doll and give it to you. I will definitely bankrupt the business. This is the perfect revenge."

"I'll vent my anger on you." Ming Qian comforted in a soft voice.

Youjun glanced at Mingqian's eyes, and seemed to have regained his composure: "Okay."

If Ming Qian can't catch him, he will catch the black-hearted liar.

It's a shame and shame that ordinary people cheated money and fell on him!

Ming Qian went to buy another [-] coins, rolled up his sleeves and was ready to avenge his shame. Following the tutorial he saw before, he first shook his paw, and then with quick eyesight and quick hands, he saw the angle and pressed down.

You can't grab it, you can only see if you can hang the panda's ears with the tips of the claws.

The claws were retracted very quickly, and when they received the top, they hit it hard, even if it was the doll that was caught, it would fall down after such a bump.

But the hooking is different, such a collision actually hooks a little more inside.

It wasn't until the claw wobbled to the exit and opened slowly that the doll hanging on the tip of the claw fell into it.

Ming Qian heaved a sigh of relief, and then he was taken aback—for the first time in his life, he successfully grabbed the doll.

"I'm so good!" Ming Qian turned around and gave You Jun a bear hug, and after hugging, he turned around excitedly and continued to grab.

Catch the doll so happy!

Youjun froze on the spot, he stood behind Mingqian, the feeling of being embraced by Mingqian still seemed to remain in his arms.

Ming Qian's body temperature was higher than his, and when he hugged him, he could even feel the temperature of Ming Qian's chest, only separated by two thin layers of cloth.

Unlike the unilateral shoulder hug at night, this can be called a hug.

It's a pity that this hug lasted too short, as short as one second, not even memorable enough.

Youjun looked at Mingqian's ears, they were a little red, but he couldn't tell whether it was from excitement or embarrassment.

Are you shy?

Youjun is sure, it's because of shyness!

Ming Qian caught two more dolls. Since he discovered the method, he can always catch one with two or three coins.

"You have a try." Ming Qian stood aside after tossing the coins.

Just as You Jun was about to refuse, Ming Qian still pulled him to the front.

Then Ming Qian stood behind him, passed his hands through Youjun's waist, and put his hands on the back of Youjun's hands. He was very serious, and used Youjun's hand to control the claw machine. Because he was shorter than Youjun, his posture was a little bit It was awkward, the head could only poke past Youjun's shoulder.

Youjun stood motionless as if someone had tapped his acupuncture points.

Ming Qian paused, and when the doll fell down, You Jun still didn't move.

Ming Qian withdrew his hand, only then realized that he just made a hugging motion.

The young couple standing next to them looked at them dumbfounded. The boy seemed to want to say something, but the girl stood on tiptoe and covered her mouth from behind, and half dragged and half hugged him away.

The others also pretended that they didn't see anything, turned their heads to the side, and walked forward with their heads humming.

Mingqian: "..."

In public, I was still a little shy.

"Look, there are so many." Ming Qian changed the subject.

The caught dolls were all placed on the ground on one side, and the ground on this side was covered with advertising paper, so it was not dirty at all.

Ming Qian was a little worried: "There are so many dolls, we can just take one back home, and give the rest to the children?"

Youjun, who was pretending to be a sculpture just now, was like a robot whose switch was suddenly pressed: "Take them all back."

Ming Qian: "...what?"

There are almost twenty dolls, although they are small, but where are they all taken away?

Youjun frowned: "What you gave me, do you want to give it to someone else?"

Ming Qian was speechless and choked: "Okay, then I'll see if I can find a box to put it in, and you can keep it here for a while."

Fortunately, there are paper bags in the organizer's logistics tent, and the dolls are so small that the two bags can be stuffed just after they are put down.

Ming Qian is carrying one bag, You Jun is carrying the other.

"I'm hungry." Ming Qian looked at the time, and they caught the baby for almost an hour. Fortunately, they came early, and it's not yet twelve o'clock. "Let's go eat."

He didn't want to eat his own hot pot - he was too lazy to line up.

Ming Qian asked You Jun: "What do you want to eat?"

Speaking of which, he is not working in the store now. From the perspective of consumers, he would not go to his hot pot restaurant no matter how good its reputation is, because it is too crowded and wastes time.

Unless he's had it before and knows how good it tastes.

But now many diners queue up to try it even if they just know that the hot pot restaurant tastes good from others.

Everyone is really struggling to eat.

"Let's eat grilled fish." Ming Qian saw how many tables were occupied in the grilled fish shop, and there were two empty tables.

You Jun has nothing to do, this store is also staff, the boss did not come.

Ming Qian ordered a pincer fish. Although the grass carp was tender, it had too many thorns. In addition, he also ordered two bottles of Coke, and ordered a salted peanut and cucumber salad.

"Do you like fish?" Ming Qian suddenly realized that he had never asked You Jun what he liked to eat.

On the contrary, Youjun didn't notice this, he replied: "General."

When the fish was served, Youjun was the first to move his chopsticks. He shaved off the most tender piece of meat from the belly of the fish and put it in Mingqian's bowl.

Ming Qian was flattered.

Youjun let out a soft "hum".

Ming Qian smiled at him: "How do you know that I like to eat fish belly?"

Youjun couldn't hide the pride in his eyebrows: "You are so lazy, do you still like places with less meat?"

... makes sense.

Ming Qian buried his head in eating the fish.

The claw fish itself is not tender enough, even the meat on the belly is not tender, but it has no small spines.

The store is also well seasoned.

But for You Jun, this fish was a bit difficult to swallow. The fish was not tender and not very tasty. The taste was really not good. You Jun never forced himself and was very tolerant to himself. Mingqian eats.

Ming Qian raised his head: "Not to your liking?"

Youjun nodded slightly.

Ming Qian: "Then I'll do it, don't waste it."

It's just a fish, Ming Qian can handle it by himself.

The people at the next table were chatting, even if Ming Qian didn't want to hear it, he could hear it.

"I came here for the Shanhai hot pot restaurant, but I can only grill fish..."

"Hey, there are too many people queuing up, and I don't know if the taste is really as good as they say."

"If we come over earlier at night, we might be able to eat."

"It's okay even if it's not delicious, it's cheap anyway, two people can eat more than 200 at most."

"The waiter is also pretty, too pretty, I don't know if I can get a number."

"No, let's go and have a look after eating here. We definitely have to eat today. It's too far away from the main city, and we don't have time to go to work every day."

For office workers, taking the subway for two hours back and forth on holidays is better than sleeping at home with your head covered, and waking up with a bowl of instant noodles.

A smile appeared on Ming Qian's face, and just as he laughed, You Jun looked at him with doubts in his eyes, as if he didn't know what he was laughing at, and seemed to be asking him what he was laughing at.

Ming Qian blinked at Youjun.

In the past, Ming Qian didn't understand why some people would say that it is a very happy thing if one can find a job that gives him a sense of accomplishment.

Now he understands, being affirmed by others, and hard work can see the rewards, he is indeed very happy.

But not everyone has that luck.

And he has.

Mingqian smiled and said, "Nothing."

"I just suddenly felt that it's great to meet you."

"It's probably the luckiest thing I've ever done in my life."

Youjun turned his head away.

His ears were red again.