A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 123 One hotpot is not enough, then two hotpots

"Keep cooking for a while, Uncle Deng, go see when my second uncle and the others will get off work."

"Okay, girl, I'll go to the front yard and take a look." After saying that, Deng Hai walked towards the front yard.

Hu Donggui smelled the strong aroma of chili peppers in the air:

"Girl, I never thought that this thing you called Ciba Chili could be so delicious when made into hot pot."

Wang Min also said, "Girl, I have been a chef for so many years, and I have several specialties, but this dish is the first time I have heard of it. The taste is different from what I have smelled before."

Just as Zhang Yunyue was about to speak, Zhang Cheng, Zhang Xingyun and Deng Hai came back from the front yard.

Zhang Cheng smelled the fragrance floating in the yard and swallowed his saliva: "Yueyue, are we having hot pot today?"

Zhang Yunyue smiled and said, "Yes, Second Uncle, we haven't eaten for a few days. It just so happens that there are so many people at home today, so we can just eat hot pot. It's more lively with more people. Come on, Second Uncle, sit down quickly."

Zhang Yunyue pulled his second uncle Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xingyun to sit next to him.

Then he called to the others: "Everyone, please sit down."

The others were all standing by the table, feeling somewhat uneasy. After all, they were servants, and it was unacceptable for servants to eat at the same table with their masters.

Li Wenyu hesitated and said, "Miss, how about we eat here? We won't disturb the Second Master, the Young Master and the Miss."

"Come on, everyone, sit down. There are so many of you over there, there's no room for everyone to sit. Besides, there's so much meat in the pot here, the three of us can't finish it. We're a family from now on, let's work together to make our hot pot restaurant a success."

"Okay, listen to the girl. We will work hard in the future and strive to make the hot pot restaurant flourish."

After Zhang Yunyue said this, everyone pushed and shoved and slowly sat down.

"Okay, everyone, pick up your chopsticks and try this hot pot. If you have any ideas, you can bring them up. Our store will mainly sell hot pot in the future, but this is just one of them. There are other types of hot pot. Next, you will follow me to learn how to make hot pot."

Everyone looked at the bubbling hot pot in front of them. The air was filled with the rich aroma of chili peppers. Their already hungry stomachs became even hungrier.

Zhang Cheng: "Everyone, start eating." After saying that, Zhang Cheng picked up a piece of chicken from the pot, put it in his mouth, and started eating.

Seeing that the Second Master had already started eating, the others also started eating.

"Well, this spicy chicken hotpot tastes so good. From now on, I will buy chicken to fry or stew. No one has ever eaten it this way. The vegetables are also delicious when cooked in it."

“I also think that this taste is very rich in the mouth.”

"Second Master, Miss, Sir, our shop is selling this hot pot, and it is sure to attract a lot of customers. I believe that everyone who comes here will not regret it."

Li Wenyu: "Miss, I just heard from the master that you know a lot of hot pot recipes here?"

"Yes, our store mainly promotes hot pot, but we still have to introduce some dishes. I can make some special dishes here, plus some cold dishes and dim sum. By the way, Aunt Fang, I remember you said that you were in charge of dim sum in a wealthy family before, right?"

"Yes, girl."

"Okay, I'll teach you a few more special dim sum when the time comes, and you'll be mainly responsible for the dim sum at the hot pot restaurant from now on."

When Fang Shufen heard what Zhang Yunyue said, she immediately responded happily: "Yes, thank you, young lady, I will definitely learn how to make dim sum from you."

"Okay, let's eat quickly. We need to eat well today."

"Thank you, young lady. We all had a good meal, but we were a little excited. No one has ever treated us as ordinary people before. We were always treated as servants, beaten and insulted at will. I didn't expect to meet you, and you treated us so well."

"Yes, young lady, I used to be a cook in the mansion. If the food didn't suit the master's taste, it was normal to beat and scold him at will."

A spicy chicken hotpot brought Hu Donggui and his group closer to Zhang Yunyue and her group. At least everyone was no longer timid when speaking and was able to offer suggestions.

Zhang Yunyue felt that today's hotpot was well worth it. It seemed that no matter in modern times or here, a hotpot meal could bring people closer together. If one hotpot meal wasn't enough, then two hotpot meals would always bring them one step closer.

It was almost the time of Xu when we finished the hotpot.

The next day.

Zhang Yunyue thought that it had been seven days since she left home, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was about 7 days away, so there was no time to waste.

So early in the morning, Zhang Yunyue took Hu Donggui and Deng Hai to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, preparing to start teaching them the dishes she knew how to cook today.

There are so many people here right now, so the dishes I cook can serve as lunch and dinner for everyone.

Ten days in a row.

Zhang Yunyue goes out to buy groceries with Hu Donggui and others every day, and then comes back to teach them how to cook.

As for the types of hotpot, Zhang Yunyue taught them everything she knew and could cook, as well as various home-cooked dishes she herself could make.

In the past ten days, Hu Donggui and the other three chefs have almost learned the dishes taught by Zhang Yunyue. Zhang Yunyue tasted the dishes they made and found them to be almost the same as what we eat today.

They saw that Zhang Yunyue taught them all the secret recipes of the dishes he knew without reservation, and through these ten days, they also got to know the personalities and ways of doing things of Zhang Yunyue, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xingyun.

So Hu Donggui and the other two also contributed their specialties, and everyone learned from each other.

In order to make it easier for Aunt Fang to make snacks, Zhang Yunyue found a family in the market that specialized in providing milk.

Zhang Yunyue specially asked the bricklayer to build two ovens under the eaves outside the kitchen.

So these few days Zhang Yunyue taught Aunt Fang some modern small cakes, caramel pudding, small breads, etc. Every time they are baked, they are always snatched up by everyone in a short time.

In particular, the two children of Hu Donggui's family were always the first to praise the snacks made by Aunt Fang, which made Aunt Fang laugh every time, and then they would immediately give the freshly made snacks to them.

Those who are not in charge of kitchen affairs have been following Zhang Cheng in the shop doing carpentry work these days, and those who don't know carpentry just help out.

Zhang Yunyue’s hot pot shop has been almost renovated and will be finished tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. After finishing the hot pot shop, he will go to renovate the shop on West Street, but it will only take one or two days.

The shop on West Street is still called Four Seasons Food Shop, and just like the one in town, it still sells a variety of pasta.

Zhang Yunyue decided to keep the name of the food shop on East Street and call it Four Seasons Hotpot.

After all, you can eat hot pot all year round, and Zhang Yunyue believes that once you have eaten it, you will want to eat it again after a while.

The signboards for the two shops have been handed over to a carpenter shop to make, and Zhang Yunyue doesn't want to go through the trouble of finding another carpenter shop to make the plaques.