Before the pot was served, Ye Kai was already waiting anxiously with chopsticks.

Why do people in Sichuan Province like to eat hot pot? From ancient times, it seems that this kind of boiling and scalding method is simple and convenient, and all kinds of ingredients become full of flavor when they are put into the hot pot.

From the climatic point of view, the basin of Sichuan Province is relatively humid and easy for moisture to enter the body. Eating hot pot can make people's blood accelerate, sweat all over the body, and the cold and moisture on the body will be driven out of the body.

Look, there is also a historical reason for eating hot pot.

After a while, the waiter came up with a hot pot, the pot was full of red oil and condiments, fiery red chili peppers floated on it, and condiments such as green onions, ginger and garlic were also among them.

When they lit the fire and poured the tea, the two of them went to make the oil dish.

Ye Kai likes to fill the oil dish with dry ingredients, and then half a bowl of sesame oil and half a bowl of hot pot red oil, without consuming oil.

Draining some red oil from the gradually boiling hot pot and putting it in his own oil dish, the originally refreshing oil dish instantly became full of chili red, and stirred a little well, it became Ye Kai's favorite taste.

The hot pot is made with butter.

Now it is more difficult to find an authentic Sichuan Province hot pot, he has already fused too many things with Shancheng hot pot, but for the public taste, this form of hot pot has become famous all over the country.

It's hard to see a mountain city hot pot that doesn't put oil-consuming garlic sprouts, and it's also hard to see a Sichuan provincial hot pot with vegetable oil at the bottom of the pot.

Some ingredients need to be blanched for a while to cook, but others are put in the pot with chopsticks and only a few seconds to eat, especially the thin slices of beef.

Ye Kai only needs to be put in the water for a while, then pick it up and start to taste.

Zhou Kaiwen hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and said, "This is not ripe yet!

"What do you do when beef is boiled for so long, it's fine. ”

He hadn't eaten fully cooked beef for a long time, and most of the time he ate seven-ripe steaks, and occasionally tried medium-rare steaks at the instigation of foreign friends, but they were all high-grade beef, and even if they were medium-rare, they wouldn't have much of a fishy smell.

Most of the steaks in the hot pot restaurant are cut into thin slices, and if you are more skillful, you can cut them into the kind that is sandwiched between the chopsticks of the leaf open, which is almost transparent.

Put it in an oil dish and dye it with a rich seasoning flavor, and the flavor of the food comes straight to your mind.

Taking a bite of spicy beef and a sip of a cold beer freshly removed from the freezer is a favorite of most gourmets, but most out-of-towners can't accept it.

There is no iron stomach that will never be able to accept the two heavens of ice and fire.

Kevin Zhou touched the cold beer and broke out in a cold sweat.

But he still held it up and said, "Come, don't just eat food, drink some wine." ”

"Come on. Ye Kai also raised his glass.

Seeing that Zhou Kaiwen drank it all in one gulp, Ye Kai also directly dried up the beer in the cup in one gulp, the cold taste suppressed the spicy taste of the seasoning, and then opened his mouth to exhale a cold breath.

Zhou Kaiwen also squinted his eyes, it's not that he can't drink, it's just that it's a cold day. Drinking such a cold beer before he had even eaten a hot dish made him feel a little cold.

also learned that Ye Kai picked up a piece of beef and soaked it in the pot, and asked, "Ye Kai, have you written a book recently?"

"Writing a book? I know what you have in mind as soon as I see you here, don't worry, I'll consider you when there is a new book, don't worry, eat more. ”

As he spoke, Ye Kai put all the dishes that needed to be cooked for a long time into the hot pot.

"Isn't the dish a little too little?" Ye Kai said, and then shouted, "Waiter, add vegetables." ”

Ye Kai's understatement of changing the topic made Zhou Kaiwen even more nervous, didn't he write? Absolutely impossible! Don't think about it, just sign a contract. He raised his glass and persuaded

"Come, drink, drink......"

“......”

In the hot pot restaurant, it is not only the chili peppers in the pot that make diners feel hot, but also the loud laughter of the surrounding diners, as well as the sound of friends at a table in the distance slashing their fists.

Many people have dinner parties to chat and connect with feelings, but those who are familiar with Ye Kai know that Ye Kai never likes to talk when he eats hot pot, and he eats vegetables.

Many times at the end of the meal, he eats the most dishes at one table.

It is especially obvious when eating skewers, and the bamboo skewers in front of him have always been twice as large as others.

Seeing Ye Kai eating sweetly, Zhou Kaiwen had no choice but to persuade Ye Kai to drink some wine, and it was boring to sit alone, so he also ate with Ye Kai.

Zhou Kaiwen took a bite of the hairy belly, his eyes lit up, and said, "This hairy belly is delicious." ”

"Hairy belly is a must-order dish in our hot pot here. Ye Kai also took out a piece of hairy belly from a plate full of ice cubes, put it in the hottest place in the pot and began to burn.

This shop has always been a hand-torn hairy belly, and the edges are not as even as even as cut with a knife. After soaking in ice water, the original soft texture becomes more crunchy and tough, prompting diners to chew on it.

The irregular uneven structure on the belly absorbs a lot of broth, injecting a strong sense of pleasure throughout the chewing process.

Seeing that Ye Kai also ate hairy belly, Zhou Kaiwen said, "To eat hot pot, you still have to come to Sichuan Province or mountain cities, and you can't eat this taste anywhere else." ”

Ye Kai felt the long aroma of hairy belly spreading in his mouth, and couldn't help but pick up the cup when he heard the words, and said, "Then you will have to come to Sichuan Province in the future, there are many delicious things here." ”

Zhou Kaiwen also forgot the purpose of his coming here for the time being, laughed and talked to Ye Kai about the recent interesting things.

Spiciness is a very unique taste, to be precise, spicy is not a taste, but a pain. It can produce a burning sensation when we are exposed to temperatures above 43 degrees.

The slightest sensation of pain stimulates the brain to produce a pleasant chemical element that makes people forget about their troubles. Therefore, whether it is Sichuan Province or a mountain city, the favorite food of office workers is hot pot when they have a meal.

A hot pot meal can make you forget all the unhappy things about today, and if you can't solve it, then have a cold beer in the hot pot. After eating, go home and have a good night's rest.

The next day, I was able to go to work with a hundred times more energy.

It has only been less than 300 years since the birth of hot pot, and in the boiling mellow aroma, it has taken people more than 80 years to turn the original local snack into a flavor.

In this flavor, there is an irresistible spicy taste, and there is also people's enthusiasm for pursuing life.

When people feel tired and sleepy, a table of hot pot is the best comfort for people.

A bottle of beer was quickly drunk, and the two had to ask the boss to take more, and then return after eating after a while. It took two hours to finish this hot pot meal, and Ye Kai was already staring at him, and his face was crimson.

Even a beautiful woman at the table frantically took a mobile phone to take pictures of Ye Kai's appearance, but he didn't see it at all.

Zhou Kaiwen thought of the predicament of the publishing house, and couldn't help but say to Ye Kai that the bitter water was over, "It's over, most of the authors are done, and we can only stand up to attract new authors now." ”

Because Ye Kai has set up a position in the Internet world, Rip Culture can't sign any books now.

Zhou Kaiwen sighed, "Only by keeping you in our publishing house can we have a way to live, once you change jobs, I, the editor-in-chief, will not be able to continue." ”

"So serious?"

Ye Kai didn't plan to go to other places to write a book, he really hadn't written it yet, but he didn't know the seriousness of the matter, was he so important?

"Hmm...... It's serious, why don't you sign an agreement with us for the next book first? After Zhou Kaiwen finished speaking, he rummaged through his bag and found the contract.

But on the table, there were either vegetable bowls or grease stains, and there was no place to put the contract.

Ye Kai stood up and said, "Then go to the side and have a cup of tea, and sign your contract by the way." ”

Rip gave him a good impression, and every time the time came, he called the money, and this time the 10 million also gave Ye Kai a big surprise and settled in Rongcheng.

So in order to give them peace of mind, let's sign it directly.

The hot pot restaurant is full of smoke, even if it is daytime, you must light the lamp, otherwise it will look a little dim, and the more you go downstairs, the more light there is, so that the drunk person suddenly realizes.

Oh, it turned out to be daytime.

The street was full of pedestrians, and as soon as the cold wind blew, Ye Kai shivered, and hurriedly put on the coat he was holding in his hand.

I found a teahouse on the side and found a window seat at random.

After Ye Kai was drunk and before lying down, this time was the best time to speak. It is very likely that the mind will become more active, at least songs like galway girl, Ye Kai will never be able to write when he is sober.

"Two cups of dragon wells. Ye Kai said to the master.

Zhou Kaiwen saw that Ye Kai finished speaking, and hurriedly took out the contract and handed it to Ye Kai, saying, "Ye Kai, you take a look at this contract first, our sincerity is very high, and now few authors take such high royalties." ”

Hearing Zhou Kaiwen say this, Ye Kai directly found the part that introduced Ye Kai's income.

"Eighteen percent royalties?" Ye Kai looked up at Zhou Kaiwen and said with a smile, "It's directly increased by six percent, you guys are really courageous." ”

"It's not that you're afraid that you won't be able to look down on it, except for the travelogue. Both books are expected to compete for the best bestseller at the end of the year, and we haven't had a writer like you in China for a long time. ”

Ye Kai looked at the contract, and said with a smile, "Where am I a writer." ”

He didn't have any practical feelings about the profession, and he wrote these two works as soon as his head was hot. If the work of a writer is a way to express their feelings.

That Ye Kai admitted that he could not be regarded as an author.

He is just a businessman, and he wrote the books Xianjian and Langya Bang for money, in order to be able to adapt them into film and television works to make money.

So he's very cautious about his next work, and he's not short of money now, so he also wants to write a book that he really wants to write like other writers.

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