The house is ancient, and was taken home by a rough man and spoiled

Chapter 351 Hot Pot Restaurant Menu Issues

Shen Zhao only said that he was from Daliushu Village, and did not say who his brother and sister-in-law were. After meeting the headmaster, he led his brother and sister-in-law to the dormitory assigned to him.

Su Wanwan thought the dormitory conditions were pretty good. There were four people in one room, and currently only Shen Zhao was there.

Shen Zhao felt embarrassed to make the bed for him himself and said he could do it himself.

Shen Zhao was independent by nature, so Su Wanwan didn't worry about it. After all, it was still early today, so Shen Zhao could pack up slowly by himself.

Before leaving, Su Wanwan stuffed some silver coins into Shen Zhao's hand.

"Keep some money on you, it will always be useful, Shen Zhao, you don't have to be frugal, just buy whatever you need. If you have something to ask for leave, go home and tell us. Your brother and I will come to see you when we are free."

Su Wanwan explained patiently.

Shen Zhao looked at the change in his hand, about four or five taels, which was too much.

In the past, this amount of money was enough to support a family for most of the year.

However, he did not refuse, because he knew his sister-in-law's temper. They were all family now, and if he refused too many times, he would seem too polite.

"Thank you, sister-in-law. I'll have to worry about the family from now on."

Shen Zhao bowed and saluted in a very proper manner. He was wearing new clothes today, which made him look more elegant and handsome like a young man.

"Don't worry about the family, just study hard."

Shen Yuan also said something, and Shen Zhao nodded. Everyone was reluctant to leave, especially the two little guys, whose eyes were red.

This is the first time they have been separated from their uncle since they returned to Daliushu Village.

Although my uncle can go back once a month, I still can't bear to let him go.

They were reluctant to leave until almost noon, and only left when someone came to look for Shen Zhao and the others.

It turned out that the kitchen staff didn't know how to cook sweet potatoes and corn. The headmaster became impatient and sent someone to find him.

On the first day of school, Shen Zhao actually served as the chef. However, the taste of sweet potatoes and corn immediately conquered the headmaster's stomach, and he was so excited that he almost cried.

He lived his whole life, watched half of his leg buried in the ground, and was able to witness the solution to the problem of food and clothing for the people of the Great Xia Kingdom.

With these two high-yield crops, people will never starve to death again. That’s great.

After Shen Yuan left the academy with his wife and children, he went straight to eat.

It was Xiao Yunyi’s first time to eat in a restaurant and he was very curious.

Considering the children, they asked for a private room.

This restaurant also belongs to the Bai family. Su Wanwan saw that the cold-mixed bean curd and stir-fried bean curd were already on the menu.

And the price is not low, but the supply is limited. The shopkeeper in the lobby downstairs is still taking a registration list, which seems to be a reservation list.

Wow, Bai Shao is really good at doing business, and he is very good at using hunger marketing.

Just as they were watching, Bai Shao came in. When he looked up and saw them, he immediately ran upstairs.

"Brother Shen, sister-in-law, I thought you would definitely come today."

Bai Shao knew that they would definitely come to send Shen Zhao to school today, and he went to the place where the results were announced to look for him, but he went too late and missed it.

Unexpectedly, after searching for a while, they actually came to my own restaurant.

He asked the waiter to serve some of his restaurant's signature dishes and sat down without any hesitation.

"You said you came to my Bai's restaurant without telling me, I found you, if I hadn't found you, you would have to pay for it yourself, next time you come to the Bai's, just say my name, Bai Shao, and you can eat whatever you want without paying."

Bai Shao is very generous.

Shen Yuan and Su Wanwan did not refute, of course they would not really eat without paying.

"Then we won't be polite today."

We’ll talk about that today.

Bai Shao also ordered some good wine and drank two glasses with Shen Yuan.

"Brother, sister-in-law, I came to you today mainly to talk about the hot pot restaurant. I have already ordered the pot, and it will be ready in a few days. Now the question is about the store. I plan to open it on the upper floor opposite. Is it okay with you?"

Bai Shao opened the window and pointed to the building opposite.

Su Wanwan didn't know how to do business. This era was not like the modern era, where a street is full of restaurants. Apart from the restaurant they were in, there was also a wonton shop at the end of the street, but no other restaurants were seen.

"We don't know much about business, but you are an expert. Just do as you say. I believe that as long as we launch our hotpot, we can open a store anywhere. As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush. The most important thing is publicity."

Su Wanwan told the truth that Bai Shao really didn't need to ask her, his partner, about such a small question.

"That's right, sister-in-law. The main problem is the dishes. I still think there are too few dishes that can be hotpoted. Does sister-in-law have any other recommendations?"

Su Wanwan actually has a recommendation for this one.

There were few dishes in this era. When I think of the dazzling array of dishes in modern times where almost anything can be eaten as an shabu-shabu, and then think about it here, it seems that there are really too few dishes.

"In theory, anything can be hot pot, including vegetarian dishes and mushrooms, which are indispensable. The main problem is that meat is too monotonous."

Shen Yuan also nodded.

He had eaten some of the meat in his wife's space, such as meatballs, beef, luncheon meat, and all kinds of other things.

But apart from mutton and pork, it seems that other meats are not suitable here. You can't cook chicken, because that would be no different from stewing chicken.

Moreover, pork is not as delicious as mutton, the taste is a little bit worse.

"Yes, yes, sister-in-law, you've hit the nail on the head. I feel that there is too little meat. We can't slaughter cows here at will, so I'm afraid there won't be enough beef."

Bai Shao's eyes lit up. It turned out that his sister-in-law had also noticed it.

Su Wanwan had already thought of something at this time, and chuckled:

"We can use sheep tripe or cow tripe. We can use whatever we can get. Besides that, we can also use shrimp from the river. We can also make meatballs, pork meatballs, shrimp meatballs, and the like."

After Su Wanwan said this, Bai Shao's eyes brightened even more.

"Is it the same as the lion's head?"

Bai Shao's gaze turned to the lion head on the dining table.

Su Wanwan also looked over.

"No, this lion's head meat is not chewy. It will fall apart if it is cooked for too long. How about this, I made some sweet potato flour and sent some to you. You can ask the chef to make smaller meatballs and mix some sweet potato flour in them."

The meatballs mixed with sweet potato starch will be very chewy. They are soft and chewy when they are just fried, but when they cool down, they will become hard to bite.

It’s different with hot pot. Just boil it in water and it will still be chewy and delicious.

"Will it be chewy if sweet potato flour is added?"

Bai Shao was a little skeptical. He hadn't even seen what sweet potato flour looked like. Could it be different from flour?

Su Wanwan didn't say much. Once you see it, you will know that starch and flour are of course not the same. The beef meatballs that grandma fries are made with starch, and they taste delicious when fried.

"As for the shrimp meat, beat and knead it until it becomes shrimp paste, and you can also put it directly into the pot."

Su Wanwan said again that in fact, a single fish could be made into a fish pot. She simply gave up eating it and started explaining it to Bai Shao.