C27 Return of Jianjin to the Countryside

"This boss must be eating hotpot, right? "Please come in."

It was obviously the first time that a non-mainstream expert had met such a handsome man. His whole body felt uncomfortable, but a smile still appeared on his skinny face.

Du Lei groaned, finding it funny. His cousin who loved to follow behind him at his age, actually did not recognize him, but he decided to reveal his identity later.

"En, eating hotpot. I haven't come to your place for years. Have your tastes changed?"

He deliberately lowered his voice, making it sound somewhat hoarse.

"No, not at all. Our store is a hundred years old, and may have a slight change in its taste, but it's definitely still the same old taste."

"That's good. Although I'm just one person, I have a lot of food. Don't worry, I'll consume a lot."

After Du Lei finished speaking, he walked into the hotpot restaurant.

He grew up here and was familiar with everything. The signboard hanging at the entrance of the shop had long ago become rusty and used for almost ten years. He remembered that he had hung it up when he was still in junior high school, and his parents were honest people who followed the rules and thought that breaking their signboard in order to change it into a new one was simply smashing their own signboard.

Therefore, he hadn't changed it at all. The light bulbs on top of it had basically aged by now. When he switched on the signboard lights at night, they would flicker like the stars in the sky.

Those few vigorous and powerful words had also become a lot more blurry. Du Lei remembered that his grandfather had used a palm-sized brush to write those words.

But now, his grandfather had already left seven years ago.

Du Lei looked at the millstone in front of the door. In the past, because the restaurant had been opened too often, although their house was a hundred year old shop, they still suffered too much pressure when it came to their business.

This directly caused their family's business to plummet. In order to supplement their family's income, their mother bought breakfast, and the stone mill was used to grind soy milk.

In middle school, every time Du Lei went to school, he would have to drink a cup of soy milk before he could go to school. The soy milk his mother made was thick and sweet, it was the most drink he drank when he was young and he would even tell his mother to leave a small bowl for him when he returned home from school.

Actually, Du Lei's family was still quite happy. It was just that due to his first and second year in high school, his parents were quite worried about him due to his early love and the fight.

"It's still the same old. It's pretty good."

Du Lei nodded and said, he found a seat close to the door and sat down, his family's hotpot restaurant was not considered big, there were only a total of 10 tables.

He took out a menu and introduced it to him, "Our signature hotpot here is the Du Family hotpot."

The bottom of the wok is of many kinds and the ingredients used are innumerable. Since you have come here to eat, you should know that our Du Family's hotpot has an extremely good reputation and the taste is also one of the best in a radius of tens of miles.

"In addition, we still have couples' lung slices, dumplings, noodles, and other special snacks here. If you want to try some, you can order some. To be honest, no matter if it's hot pot or small snacks, they are all very, very good. Even many of Chongqing's bosses often drive here and treat their customers to a meal here. "

As Du Lei's cousin, he often liked to come here to eat and drink when he was young. When he was busy, he would help clear the table and wash the dishes.

"From what you said, this hotpot restaurant has good business. But why is it still the same, with no intention of renovating it or expanding it? "What does the boss think?"

Du Lei asked. Actually, he wanted to take this opportunity to understand the situation of his family for the past two years.

He sighed and said, "It's all because of that disappointing cousin of mine. My uncle isn't in the mood to do these things."

"He said that since he's old, it would be great if he could guard the original that was passed down by his ancestors."

When he was young, he had really been blind to worship his cousin. Who would have thought that he would now become such a person?

However, he had never expected that the cousin who was fooling around outside was actually the handsome young man sitting in front of him in a 4 million yuan luxury car.

When Du Lei thought about what he had done before, he could not help but reveal a somewhat ashamed expression. "That's right, having a disappointing son is indeed quite annoying."

"Alright, I won't say anymore, but I still believe in my cousin. If he still has a conscience, he will definitely come home." He hasn't been back in two years. "

Noticing that the boss in front of him was approachable and easy to talk to, the outsider couldn't help but sigh.

Then he asked, "What do you want to eat?"

"The Du Family's hotpot and couples' lung slices, right? Your chef hasn't changed yet? I'm not in a hurry, make the couples' lung slices spicy. "

Du Lei said, and then turned on the gas stove on the table.

They used a tray to bring over a pot of mysterious broth and a package of ingredients similar to tea bags. After filling the pot with broth, they poured the hot pot bottom into the pot.

This was the Du Family's hotpot. No matter what food was cooked for eating, the taste would be very good.

Du Lei asked for a catty of mutton and half a catty of beef. Although these two ingredients had very big flavors, they would be gone after being boiled in a hot pot.

"Boss, this is a new mushroom that was gifted to you by our boss." Usually, our restaurant will only send guests at six o'clock at the earliest, so you can be considered our starting star. In a while, you can enjoy a 20% discount on all the side dishes. "

She was holding a plate as she walked over to tell Du Lei.

Du Lei smiled and said, "Then, please help me get another five fish balls and duck kidneys. And a dozen cans of Budweiser and a stack of peanuts. I know you have them, but remember to bring ice. "

"Also, by the way, tell your boss that I won't return home until I'm drunk tonight. Thank you for the mushrooms that he gave me."

Du Lei added as he stuffed a piece of beef into the boiling broth.

The store was indeed filled with peanut rice, but that was only eaten by his uncle. He had never sold it before, so how would this fellow know?

Du Lei knew that right now, his father was still in charge of cooking. For a sliced beef like this, it was sliced so evenly and was also placed in a very stylish manner.