When it was time for dinner, Yun Chengfeng naturally stayed to eat.
Seeing the table full of raw food, Yun Chengfeng stared at it blankly, “You’re making me eat raw food—”
Was Wei Cheng so dissatisfied with him?
Zhou Yuan also looked at his husband in surprise, “Is the new food raw food?”
How will they eat this thing? Will someone buy it and eat it?
There were two pots of soup on the table, one was spicy and the other was not, what was it for then?
Not only were Zhou Yuan and Yun Chengfeng staring at the things blankly, but Wei Lei, Wei Hu, and Wei Cheng’s servants saw that they were eating raw food, and their first reaction was to be dumbfounded.
Wei Yuan’s family is also there. Wei Cheng said that the stall would be introducing new food and that they could try it today, they were equally dumbfounded.
Seeing Zhou Yuan’s reaction, Yun Chengfeng thought that Wei Cheng treated Fu Lang the same way, so it seemed that he was not dissatisfied with him.
“This is a hot pot. See that there is a boiling hot soup in the middle, the meat is ready to be boiled for you to eat.”
Wei Cheng didn’t expect people to understand, so he demonstrated first- he put the mutton slices into the hot pot with his chopsticks, and brushed. His wife doesn’t eat spicy food, so he put the meat in a clear soup pot, brushed it, dipped it in the sauce, and put it in his wife’s bowl, “This dipping sauce is not spicy, you eat it first and see if you like it.”
Zhou Yuan put the mutton slices into his mouth, and he didn’t even notice the mutton smell of the mutton slices in his mouth. The mutton slices dipped in sauce had a unique taste, although it was his first time eating them, they were delicious.
Looking at the reaction of the person eating, Wei Cheng knew that his wife liked it, so he gave him some more mutton slices, “Is it delicious?”
“Delicious.” Zhou Yuan nodded, “This mutton slice is delicious when dipped in sauce.”
This hot pot is really special, and the taste was very delicious.
“I’ll make some seafood meatballs for you.” Wei Cheng poured several kinds of meatballs on the table into the hot pot before saying to the others, “Are you just gonna look at it and not eat any?”
Everyone started to move their chopsticks. They saw how Wei Cheng brushed the food, and they followed suit. Every table has a spicy pot and a clear soup pot. If one likes spicy food or non-spicy food, they can put them in separately. Chopsticks made it convenient for them to brush and eat.
Everyone liked the hot pot at their first bite.
Yun Chengfeng ate the shellfish ones and asked, “Wei Cheng, what is this made of, it tastes like seafood, it’s delicious!”
“This is a meatball made of seafood, this is a shrimp ball, this is a fish ball, this is a cuttlefish ball, that is a pork ball, that is fried bean curd, that is mushroom, that is fish fillet, and that is sea prawn and conch. Sea cucumbers can also be eaten…” Wei Cheng came to educate them on what they were eating, explained everything about the new food, and taught them how to prepare most of them.
Everyone liked to eat hot pot. There was cold wind blowing outside, and eating hot pot in the house made them feel much warmer. If it is eaten in winter, it will keep them warm.
Yun Chengfeng put down his chopsticks when he was full, “This hot pot is very suitable for Tai Fu Luo.”
Wei Cheng glanced at him, “This is Xian Manju’s new food, so why is it suitable as your restaurant’s food?”
“Why is it inappropriate?” Yun Chengfeng retorted, “Your Xian Manju is located in the outer county, and my family’s Tai Fu Luo is in the inner county. It does not hinder your Xian Manju’s business.”
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“I’ll give you the recipe for the hot pot base. The sauce workshop makes the base so you can make any hot pot you want in Tai Fu Luo.” He prepared the spicy base and vegetable base. For hot pot and blanched vegetables, the blanched vegetables would be sold at the stalls.
The spicy dish is a reworked version of hot pot.
Yun Chengfeng complained “No, why do you want to sell such a delicious hot pot base? Doesn’t that mean that everyone can eat hot pot, what business would you still do for Xian Manju?”
“The hot pot base can be used to make hot pot. If you want to make it yourself, you must cook the soup base yourself. The base material would not be as good as the ones Xian Manju would be serving.” Wei Cheng gave Yun Chengfeng a look to say that he was not stupid.
“…” Yun Chengfeng said, “I want the Xian Manju hot pot recipe, not the hot pot base recipe.”
Wei Cheng said coolly, “You study it by yourself. The base material is ground into powder. You can study the formula that has not been ground into powder.”
Yun Chengfeng: “…….”
He is so busy but this guy asked him to find someone to study the base, can he still cooperate happily?
Zhou Yuan looked at Yun Chengfeng’s disheveled face, and said with a smile, “My husband is just joking, young master, you shouldn’t take him seriously.”
Wei Cheng complained this time, “Yuan Yuan, why did you tell him- we should have let him be depressed for two days, once he realizes that I was joking then he will come to ask for the formula.”
“…” Wei Cheng felt guilty for his thoughts and said, “The sauce workshop will give you 30% of the price, so you won’t say I’m taking advantage of it for nothing.”
Yun Chengfeng was satisfied.
Taking the formula is equivalent to contributing the formula, and not asking for any benefits does not mean giving it for nothing.
Xian Manju is suitable for making hot pots. It costs a lot to eat hot pot so the lobby of Xian Manju provided cheaper food. Many customers will come to Xian Manju alone to eat which means that the price of hot pot for one person must be high. Thinking that blanched vegetables are not suitable in Xian Manju, he bought a small shop next door to decorate and make blanched vegetables, which is convenient for ordinary customers.
Hot pot and blanched vegetables were launched on the same day.
Loyal customers have always been enthusiastic about Xian Manju’s food since all of it tastes delicious anyway.
This time, there was a new type of food launched- hot pot, although they were unaware of what it was, since it was discounted, they had to try it just once.
Looking at the menu, people ordered one according to their preference, and they also ordered according to the recommendation of the waiter in the shop. The dishes were not so expensive after being discounted.
As soon as the shop waiter served the food, the guests were dumbfounded. The portion is really small, and how will they eat this raw food? Could it be that there was something wrong with Xian Manju’s dishes this time?!
Will it really be delicious after eating according to the instructions of the shop waiter?
The aroma overflows from the tumbling in the hot pot, brush and eat, then dip in the sauce, it tastes warm and delicious.
“This hot pot is really delicious- especially if you eat it in winter, you will definitely enjoy it.”
“I want to come to eat every day, but this meal is still 40% off. If I come to eat every day, I definitely can’t afford it.”
“What are these balls made of? I don’t know where they are sold but I have to buy some and cook them at home.”
“The taste is really delicious. The mutton slices are not fishy- I don’t know how to make them like this.”
“It seems that this is a stewed mutton pot. The price is not cheap. I just passed through the menu earlier, and it’s original price was posted there.”
“I can’t afford hot pot but I can eat the blanched vegetables. I passed by the next door, there was a big pot in the side cabinet at the door. There are blanched vegetables in it. It smells delicious. The price of meat and vegetables is not expensive but there are no seafood and mutton for blanched vegetables. There are fish balls, and I saw someone ordering one, and they are all hot and delicious.”
“They’re all delicious and cheap. Why do we have to eat expensive hot pot instead of the blanched vegetables?”
“The hot pot must be more delicious, it’s not a question.”
“Try it for dinner. If blanched vegetables are delicious, you can eat blanched vegetables every day without a hot pot.”
…
At the next door.
The guests who eat blanched vegetables will sweat when they order spicy food, and they are not afraid of eating spicy food.
“Delicious, really enjoyable.”
“I’ll order another one. This blanched vegetable is really delicious.”
“I just smelled the aroma, and looked at the big pot of blanched vegetables outside, and my mouth watered. I still dislike the expensive vegetarian dishes but I want to eat them. I feel that they are delicious and affordable.”
“I want to come every day after eating this meal.”
“You guys want to eat blanched vegetables, I see some people at the next table ordered the hotpot dishes, and they also ordered small wines, which taste better.”
“What’s that? It looks delicious.”
“I asked. It’s hot pot and it takes a lot of ingredients to cook.”
“If the sauce in the hotpot is served with a bowl of rice, it would be delicious.”
Talking about how many people ate together at the table, seeing how delicious the food was, they immediately wanted to eat more even though they were just full a moment ago.
“I’m so envious!”
Not only did these few people eat delicious food, but the people who passed by the door were attracted by the aroma of hotpot. Some people disliked the price of a bunch and didn’t want to buy it, but turned around and ran back to order a small one to eat.
The customers inside enjoyed the food, and the customers at the door came one after another, all attracted by the aroma, and they lined up if they wanted to eat.
There was a queue for blanched vegetables, and the guests of Xian Manju got to eat the hot pot for the first time. A lot of the customers were satisfied.
Later, it was spread that there was a new food, and the aroma of the new food hot pot was enticing, and it was delicious and warm to eat. Everyone who heard about it wanted to try it, and after trying it, they ran back to continue eating. Xian Manju welcomed the opening of customers again, and soon, there was a queue at the door.
Since the sale of mooncakes, Xian Manju has become famous in the inner county, and people from the inner county have come to Xian Manju to patronize, and the number of customers is even greater than before.
The hot pot in Tai Fu Lou was yet to be on sale so the people in the inner county went to Xian Man Ju to eat it.
Soon, hot pot swept through Nanshan County.
Wei Cheng struck while the iron was hot and sold hot pot raw ingredients.
The hot pot’s raw ingredients were launched. If one thought that it was expensive, they could cook it at home. The taste will be worse than Xian Manju’s but it is better than nothing. If one wanted to eat hotpot once they tried blanched vegetables, they would like to buy the raw ingredients.
Those eager restaurant owners rushed to buy them and found the grocery store to order base ingredients for hot pot and blanched vegetables, and also ordered hot pot additionals such as meatballs and mutton slices.
Homemade hotpots and blanched vegetables are not as good as Xian Manju, but they also rely on these versions of hotpot to attract many customers.
The owners of these restaurants all knew that they would always get meat if they followed Xian Manju.
The business of the stall has recovered, and the popularity of the business has risen. To protect the customers from the cold wind, Wei Cheng made a transparent wind-proof tent, which attracted more customers.
Even the peddlers selling in the grocery store have transparent weatherproof covers and loads of goods. This has become a strange scenery in Nanshan County and there were many curious people and many inquiries.
The shopkeepers in the grocery store are envious but if they want to buy it, the price costs a tael of silver, and they can only grit their teeth and buy it.
Steward Chen, who originally thought that selling hot pot ingredients was not as good as the cold dishes, accepted selling hot pot ingredients. Others still thought about where to buy delicious meatballs, fried tofu, and other ingredients.
Some ingredients are in the exclusive market, and Wei Cheng supplies them in limited quantities to Steward Chen.
The peddlers in the outer county sell ingredients, and if they order in bulk, they have to go to the grocery store to order, otherwise they will be out of stock.
It was often that the hotpot ingredients would be sold out and it depended on a person’s capability if they could get some. Otherwise, if they wanted to eat some, they could only go to the restaurant. The food in the restaurant is the most abundant, especially Xian Manju, so Xian Manju is not afraid of having no customers.
Yun Chengfeng: “…”
There is this tactic in doing monopoly business, was he not afraid of being sacked and beaten up?
Wei Cheng was really not afraid- business come and go, and if there were profits to be made, once one could hold it in their hands, it would be hard to steal that sovereignty is in his hands.
The people in Nanshan County were eating blanched vegetables and hot pots in every household, helping them pass through the cold late autumn and entering the cold winter.
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