In the Lu Mansion, Tang Xi and several servants were busy in the kitchen.
Because the copper pot was used in Jiuzhongxian last time, Lu Yao simply left the pot there after that, so that he could use it directly when he had a party. Of course, the copper pot belonged to Lu Yao
It was the first equipment for eating hot pot that was made, and Lu Yao did not plan to develop hot pot in Jiu Zhongxian, so unless Lu Yao himself said he wanted to use it, it would always be kept in Jiu Zhongxian's warehouse.
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However, dipping sauces, bases and other things were all placed in Lu Yao's exclusive area in the kitchen. No, Tang Xi was leading everyone to look for them at this time.
After getting everything, Tangxi went to Jiuzhongxian to make preparations. On the other side, he also asked a trustworthy subordinate of his to go to Zhao Hu immediately and ask them to provide fresh ingredients and deliver them as soon as possible.
The fairy comes from the wine. Lu Yao has said before that the ingredients for hot pot must be fresh, especially the food with water. It is best to use the same day, and at worst the day before, otherwise it will affect the quality of the food.
Quality. In addition, the gathering at noon today did happen suddenly. Originally, Lu Yao was already busy, so he took some time at noon to go to the Lu Mansion and cook a few simple dishes.
Unexpectedly, his eldest brother and sister-in-law really gave him face, and in addition to the bank's professional affairs, the couple could indeed handle them in an orderly manner. Therefore, under the strong request of the couple, Lu Yao
I just want to take my friends to have a hot pot. After all, they are the ones who support me until the end, and they are also the ones who stay until the end.
Therefore, Lu Yao's decision to have hot pot was an impromptu decision, and Tangxi seemed a little flustered. However, he knew clearly in his heart that Boss Zhao Hu's IQ would have guessed that Lu Yao was going to treat him today, and if this hot pot restaurant was too old
It was going to open soon. He had already learned the news that Fan Lou was booked today when he talked to Pan Yuanwu. Therefore, Zhao Hu judged that Lu Yao was probably going to have hot pot today. So he and Yang Tao returned to the house.
After getting there, he took Yang Tao to visit the exclusive area of the hot pot restaurant, and just ordered him to prepare the ingredients for the hot pot. This also allowed Yang Tao to watch the entire preparation process, making this guy who would immediately become the manager of the hot pot restaurant
rest assured.
On Yang Tao's side, he foolishly thought that Zhao Hu had asked them to prepare the ingredients because he wanted to come today. As for the ingredients, Zhao Hu didn't know how to cook hot pot. It is estimated that the people in this house are now
I don’t really like to eat watery things, and they will probably be thrown away eventually, so I feel a little unjustified about wasting star fruit as an ingredient.
However, before Yang Tao's guilt could be expressed, the people sent by Tangxi arrived at Zhao's mansion and asked Zhao Hu to start preparing the ingredients for the party. Zhao Hu looked at Yang Tao and smiled and said that the ingredients should be
It will not be wasted. And Zhao Hu's move also made Yang Tao feel that he still has a lot to learn in terms of human relations and sophistication. Zhao Hu said directly that in fact, Yang Tao should stay in the bank together today. Although
Now from the perspective of the Cuju Competition, Yang Tao is still Zhao Hu's subordinate, but since he learned that Yang Tao was going to work in a hot pot restaurant, Zhao Hu's attitude towards Yang Tao has also changed a lot. He knew that the two parties would become cooperative.
relationship, so there was no more commanding tone to speak to Yang Tao.
After hearing what Zhao Hu said, Yang Tao also said that when everything is over, he would ask Zhao Hu for advice.
On Lu Yao's side, a group of people came to Jiuzhongxian. Everyone got off the carriage, but when Cao You wanted to get out, he was stopped by Lu Yao.
Although Lu Yao had asked Tangxi to send his men to inquire about Cao Han, Lu Yao still wanted to inquire about Cao Han from Cao Yu.
As for Cao You, his attitude is still the same as before. These days, Cao You has also thought about a lot of things. Although he doesn't want his sister to marry someone he doesn't like in the end, but in this kind of thing, the two of them are happy.
, both parties still need to work hard, and because of his own identity, he cannot say that he will go against his father's will to help Lu Yao. However, Cao You decided that personal relationships, official affairs and Cao Han's affairs should be handled separately, so he
There is still a need for daily interactions with Lu Yao. After all, the two have similar interests and can better guess each other's intentions. But as for Cao Han's matters, Cao Yu is powerless, and he still has to maintain a neutral attitude.
"It's hard for me to do this. You know my father. No matter what, I can't fall out with him over your affairs."
After saying this, Cao You also sighed.
Lu Yao also understood that it was really difficult for Cao Yu to do it because he was caught in the middle, so he stopped embarrassing him and the two got off the car together.
When they arrived at Jiuzhongxian, everything was very familiar. Pan Wen, Chen Chen, and Zhe Kexing were familiar with the journey, so they naturally went to the large private room on the second floor. Basically, they were there every time they had a party. As for Cao You, it was obvious that he was very familiar with wine.
Zhongxian was not that familiar yet. After arriving in the room, the shopkeeper was also very surprised by Lu Yao's arrival, because Tangxi had not yet arrived at Jiu Zhongxian at this time. So, Lu Yao asked the shopkeeper to prepare some side dishes and sour plum soup.
, of course, the most important thing is to clean the copper pot and wait until Tangxi arrives to add the soup base and serve it directly.
The shopkeeper responded. From the people around Lu Yao, it could be seen that Lu Yao was inviting guests to dinner today, and they were all friends of Boss Lu. Naturally, the shopkeeper did not dare to neglect, and quickly ordered his men to do things.
The next person who arrived at Jiuzhongxian was Tangxi. He saw Lu Yao's carriage outside, so after arriving at Jiuzhongxian, he directly found the shopkeeper. After a lot of work, the two of them finished the copper pot.
Then, there were a few side dishes at the bottom of the pot and they were delivered to the private room.
Although Zhao Hu had already prepared the ingredients, it would take some time for processing and distribution. Lu Yao could understand this. After all, he made a temporary decision. Therefore, Lu Yao did not light the fire to heat the copper pot at the first time.
, but asked everyone to sit down and chat first. Unlike the previous times, this time Tangxi was allowed to sit next to Lu Yao and eat with everyone. This was completely different from the time when Yang Tao and Zhang Maocai were invited.
The reason is very simple. Chen Chen and Tang Xi are actually Lu Yao's housekeepers, and Tang Xi has more qualifications than Chen Chen. If Chen Chen sits and Tang Xi stands now, even if Tang Xi doesn't think much about it, Lu Yao still feels a little unjustifiable.
Invitation to Lu Yao
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, Tangxi seemed very calm this time, and accepted it directly, and sat down. This was mainly because everyone present today, Tangxi was familiar with, Chen Chen, Pan Wen naturally did not need to say more, but here with Cao Yu, Tangxi felt that he
The familiarity with Cao You may be deeper than that of Chen Chen and Pan Wen. After all, as Lu Yao's housekeeper, Tangxi went to Cao's mansion quite often, and basically nine times out of ten, she went to meet Cao You.
To communicate. As the saying goes, you don't have to be polite with your own family. Tangxi also knew what Lu Yao meant, so he sat down.
After Tang Xi sat down, Lu Yao looked at everyone present and said: "Everyone in this private room today is the person I trust the most and is also my best friend. Although some of you have a higher status than me,
Some of you are my housekeepers in name, but I, Lu Yao, treat you all as friends from the bottom of my heart, so no matter what, if any of you here have difficulties in the future, you can come to me. Finally, thank you for being here at the bank today.
support me in my activities.”
After saying this, Lu Yao picked up his cup on the table, which contained 50% liquor, and Lu Yao drank it all in one gulp.
Everyone present could also see that what Lu Yao just said came from the bottom of his heart, so they all stood up and took a drink.
Lu Yao then said, everyone can say whatever they want. There are no outsiders in this room, so feel free to do so.
However, without Lu Yao saying anything, everyone started chatting naturally. The scene was very lively. When Lu Yao saw this, he was really happy. Since he traveled through time, he thought that he would be incompatible with this dynasty and this society.
But no matter what time it is, facts have proven that people will always use like-minded people who have the same three views. Birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups. People are still social animals. It is still impossible to break away from social interaction.
Although everyone has already started chatting, it is the first time for Cao You to join this small group today. Even though everyone has expressed their approval of Cao You before, when they think of the identity of the eldest son of the Cao family, everyone is still confused.
It's difficult to communicate with Cao You. The main reason is that I don't understand Cao You. I don't know what his interests are and what he likes. So I don't know what to say to him.
What.
However, it is precisely because of this that Lu Yao let Tangxi sit between him and Cao You. Others may be very unfamiliar with Cao You, but as someone who always goes to Cao's house, Tangxi is relatively familiar with Cao You. Tangxi also knows
Lu Yao started chatting with Cao Yu about the purpose of this move.
However, just one word from Cao You made Tangxi very surprised and a little scared.
"Have you ever found out any information from my second brother?"
The meaning of these words is obvious, that is, Cao You already knows that Tangxi is sending people to keep an eye on his younger brother Cao Ping, and is trying to find a way to break through Cao Ping and learn about Cao Han.
However, since Cao You appeared here today, it means that his relationship with Lu Yao is still good. Thinking of this, Tangxi decided that he could not hide it, so he said: "There is no progress yet, every time I go out to find Cao Ping
Even drinking alcohol is refused.”
When Cao You heard this, he smiled and said, "That's because you are not looking in the right direction. Let me tell you..."
Then, Cao You told Tang Xi his brother's preferences, where he liked to go, and what kind of wine he drank. He said that although he could not directly tell what was happening in Cao's house, he could help Lu Yao from the side.
Okay. So, Tangxi remembered what Cao Yu said to him, and decided to tell the men who were watching Cao Ping when they got back.
Everyone chatted for a while, and the carriage of Zhao Hu's family also arrived at Jiuzhongxian. The carriage contained exactly the ingredients needed for today's hot pot. So, after the shopkeeper had taken care of all the ingredients, plates of ingredients were brought out.
came up. At the same time, the copper pot placed in front of everyone also began to heat.
Just now, although the copper pot was placed in the middle, there was no fire, and Lu Yao did not introduce it, so everyone just watched the excitement, but now, the copper pot began to emit steam, especially the spicy pot bottom, the spiciness and
The aroma had dissipated. As a senior foodie, Pan Wen couldn't bear it anymore. He smelled it and said, "This smell must include butter and your red pepper."
Lu Yao nodded and said, "Yes, this half of the spicy pot bottom is made of butter. After the water boils, we will put something in it."
Having said that, Lu Yao suddenly remembered something. The last time Yang Tao and Zhang Maocai were here, the noodles they ate were made by themselves, so Lu Yao said that this time he would go and make the noodles first, and let everyone eat directly after the pot was boiled.
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"How can we eat without you? We still don't know how to do this. Besides, do these things really go down directly inside?"
The person who said this was naturally Cao You. As the son of the Cao family, it would be a bit excessive to say that his daily meals were delicacies from the mountains and seas, but they were much better than those eaten by ordinary people. Even Cao You, seeing these duck intestines now,
Maodu and Naohua also felt a little nauseous. Not to mention eating, this was the first time Cao You saw these things today. And when Lu Yao said that these were all ingredients, Cao You was not satisfied with the hot pot made by Lu Yao.
Deep down in the store, he was really worried. He actually thought before coming here that there was something magical about this hot pot, but these ingredients directly broke Cao You's fantasy.
Lu Yao smiled, then looked at Tang Xi and said, "First tell them the rules and how to make them. I'll make the noodles first."
After saying that, he left the private room.
Tangxi waited for Lu Yao to go out and said, "I think none of you have ever eaten these things."
Chen Chen nodded and said, "Even when I was in the outer city, I had only seen these things but never eaten them."
Pan Wen didn't think it mattered, and said: "There are some of these things left in the back kitchen of Fanlou in my house every day, but they are all dumped directly. I see them often, but I have never eaten them."
Tangxi then explained to everyone that these offal ingredients are the soul of hot pot. Then, he briefly talked to everyone about the basic information of hot pot, including the bottom of the pot, ingredients, and the cooking time of various items.
, as well as how to eat dipping sauces, etc.
Tangxi's explanation was very clear, but it seemed that he still failed to dissuade a few people.
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Concerns in his heart. In desperation, Tangxi could only adopt the same strategy as Lu Yao last time. After all, the people present still trusted him, so Tangxi picked up a piece of brain and hairy tripe and put it in the spicy pot.
Then, under the gaze of everyone, Tangxi covered the two pieces of food with sesame sauce and put them in his mouth.
Although it is as delicious as the hot pot before, it is still a bit embarrassing to eat these things under the gaze of everyone.
Everyone felt a little uncomfortable as they watched Tang Xi put the food that they strongly rejected into their mouths. Zhe Kexing even trembled. Obviously, he couldn't accept this kind of food, let alone believed it.
Tangxi was actually able to eat these things directly.
"Well, it tastes much better than the first time I ate hot pot with Young Master in the back kitchen of Lu Mansion," Tangxi said while tasting the delicious food in her mouth. "The bottom of the pot was a clear soup pot. Sure enough, Young Master was right.
, you still have to eat spicy food when eating this kind of food, and the quality of the ingredients is personally selected by Boss Zhao, and it must be fresh today, so it is indeed more delicious."
The reason why Tang Xi said so much was to dispel the concerns of others. Firstly, it was indeed delicious, and secondly, he also wanted to make others feel that he was not just putting on a show.
However, even though Tang Xi said so much, the others still didn't move their chopsticks. Tang Xi felt very embarrassed and began to worry in his heart. If when Lu Yao came back, everyone still didn't dare to eat this food, he said
They may be punished for this. It is not that the others present do not understand this truth, but their psychological mysophobia seems to be more serious than Yang Tao and Zhang Maocai.
"This duck intestine looks pretty good."
Just when everyone was looking at me and me at you, Cao You suddenly picked up a piece of duck intestine and said.
Tang Xi immediately said: "Well, the duck intestines also need to be put in the bottom of the spicy pot. It can be cooked in a few seconds and the taste is very delicious."
Cao You looked at the steaming copper pot, and then he seemed to have finally made up his mind. In fact, speaking of him, he should be regarded as the one with the most serious mysophobia among the people present. However, it was Tangxi who was not Cao You just now.
When you know what to say to everyone, help Cao You quickly integrate and break the deadlock. Now it is Tangxi's turn to have some difficulties, so Cao You should naturally help Tangxi. Moreover, since Cao You has been in contact with Tangxi for so long, Cao You has not
I don’t think Tang Xi is the kind of person who talks big words, and Tang Xi’s reaction after eating those things just now doesn’t seem like he was pretending. The reason why Chen Chen, Pan Wen, and Zhe Kexing didn’t dare to eat is mostly due to psychological reasons.
reasons.
So, at this time, Cao You decided to stand up and have a taste of these dirty things. However, Cao You definitely didn't want to be the first to try something like brain flower. After choosing for a long time, Cao You made the choice.
Duck intestines. With Tangxi's encouragement and guidance, Cao You finally rinsed a piece of duck intestines, put it in a bowl, dipped it in the dipping sauce, and put it in his mouth under the watchful eyes of everyone.
Zhe Kexing, Pan Wen, and Chen Chen were all paying attention to Cao You's reaction. If Tang Xi's expression and words just now were acting, Cao You's reaction now should be the most normal.
Then, they saw Cao You put the duck intestine in his mouth, chewed it, and finally swallowed it.
Cao You closed his eyes and said nothing. Pan Wen waited anxiously, so he asked: "How does it taste?"
Cao You didn't answer Pan Wen. When he opened his eyes again, he immediately aimed at Maodu and Naohua, put a piece of each in, and then started eating by himself.
"You're talking." Pan Wen saw this and said, but Cao You still didn't answer and continued to eat his own food. Seeing that the sewer ingredients began to decrease, Pan Wen reacted instantly. Cao You felt that this
The food is delicious, so I want to eat more, so I can't stop using the chopsticks.
Zhe Kexing and Chen Chen on the side also saw the clues. When Tangxi saw Cao You's reaction, he also began to imitate Cao You and started to eat it himself.
Pan Wen and Chen Chen and Katsuyuki looked at each other. Finally, the three of them made up their minds and chose an ingredient to cook.
The moment the three people put the things in their mouths, Cao You and Tang Xi stopped their chopsticks and watched the three people's reactions.
Then, the three people said in unison that the taste of the boiled ingredients together with the dipping sauce was really amazing. They had never thought that these ingredients would be so delicious.
"Now you know I didn't lie to you," Tang Xi said, but those three people didn't care about Tang Xi's feelings now. They were all putting things in their mouths crazily, but they had been eating their own food just now.
Now he slowed down his eating pace and said: "I said, don't eat so fast, leave some for Lu Yao. After all, the boss brought these ingredients to him. If he eats them all, he might be
How long to wait."
Cao You could be said to have awakened the dreamer with his words. The three people also reacted instantly. As the host of the banquet, Lu Yao had not even taken a bite. It seemed not good for him to be so direct. So, the three people also
They all stopped using their chopsticks.
Tangxi then said: "How about it? This hot pot tastes good, right? My master is planning to open this hot pot restaurant in the outer city."
Zhe Kexing thought for a while and said, "It's indeed good, but we don't come into contact with these things very often. How did Lu Yao come up with the idea? He doesn't seem like a person who eats these things."
Tang Xi shrugged and said: "Even if I see the young master every day, I don't know when he developed such a thing as hot pot. Including Chen Chen, there has never been any sign of the rice dumplings made by your father before."
Cao You said: "No one will be surprised by what Lu Yao does. This is not the first day we have met him."
Everyone present strongly agreed with what Cao Yu said.
Not long after, Lu Yao returned to the room with two plates of noodles. He looked at the various ingredients on the plate, sat down and said, "How about it, it tastes good."
Pan Wen said: "It's really good, but you are not kind. You didn't treat us to the first hot pot meal."