Chapter 449: Hot Pot
It was a little early for Ding Ting to return home, and it was not yet time to prepare for cooking at noon.
Hearing him open the door and come back, Lin Jiao looked at him a little strangely.
Because today is the weekend, he thought that Ding Ting would go to Fang Ruoxi's side to see the child after he went to the hospital, but he didn't expect that he would choose to go home, he hadn't even thought about what to eat at noon.
"Aren't you supposed to see the kids today?"
Lin Jiao got up from the sofa and greeted him, he was a little anxious when he got up, and he felt a little dizzy after getting up.
When he was about to walk towards Ding Ting, he was a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but stop, and rested for a while holding on to the partition on the side before recovering his strength.
"Don't move if your head hurts, just get some rest. ”
Ding Ting casually threw the box in his hand onto the sofa and reached out to help him back to the sofa.
Lin Jiao glanced at the box he threw on the sofa, a little curious.
"You're going to buy a razor?"
"I've had a problem with my razor lately, and it's always a bit of a pull when I shave, and it doesn't work to charge it, so I'm going to get a new one. ”
Tintin helped him sit back on the couch, got up and went to the kitchen to pour her a glass of water, and came back to hand it to him.
"Did you get your medicine early? Do you need me to get you medicine?"
In the morning, in order to avoid waiting too long when he went to the hospital, he left home relatively early, and Lin Jiao hadn't gotten up when he went out.
In the past two days, Lin Jiao's head has always been groggy because she has taken medicine again, and she can't sleep well all night, so this morning is naturally not as early as before.
So when Tintin left in the morning, he didn't even know.
"I've already taken medicine, it's much better than when I got up in the morning, it should be that I was too anxious just now, you know, I have high blood pressure when I'm older, and I'm easy to get dizzy when I'm in a hurry. ”
Lin Jiao is already an old problem, and it is not only today, even if Ding Ting does not drug himself, he is prone to dizziness so quickly.
Ding Ting is naturally clear about these things.
However, hearing him say such a thing, Ding Ting still had to pretend to care about him.
"If it's really uncomfortable, let's go to the hospital. ”
Anyway, the medicine he used was just an ordinary medicine for severe colds, and even if he went to the hospital for a detailed examination, the doctor would not notice any problems.
His words of concern were different when he heard Lin Jiao's ears.
He didn't forget the last time he went to the hospital for a check-up when he was dizzy, and spent so much money but didn't get any results, but the doctor said that it might be because of his old illness again, so he would be dizzy.
He is now in charge of housework and all the expenses and purchases of the family, and he also knows that this money is not easy to earn and is not easy to save, so he decided to avoid unnecessary expenses as much as possible.
"It's okay, didn't you go to the hospital last time? After a check-up, I talked about so much money, but nothing was checked, anyway, it's all an old problem, even if I go to the hospital again, it's not that I can't check out anything, so don't spend this unjust money." ”
Recently, the price of pork has risen outrageously, and with so much spare money, it is better to buy two catties of pork to eat.
Lin Jiao now knows that he has learned to save money, and now he has to think about his family, and he can't spend money as arbitrarily as before.
Ding Ting was not surprised by his answer.
He has always given him a fixed part of the money every month these months, instead of giving him all his salary as before, so he naturally can't spend it as much as before.
The excuse given by Ding Ting was to save money to repay the loan, but in fact, the car loan had already been repaid, and the house loan had already been repaid in advance with the car's claim money.
It can be said that there is no loan in his name that needs to be repaid now, but he has not told Lin Jiao about these.
Because he was afraid that if he knew that he had no loan to repay, he would spend as much as before, and that he would spend all the money he had saved so hard.
Ding Ting's worries are not unreasonable, he is Lin Jiao's biological son.
For Lin Jiao, it is estimated that no one else knows him better than him.
Therefore, for the safety of his savings, he still won't hand over all his wages to Lin Jiao for the time being.
"But if you're not in good health, you still have to go to the hospital to see if there's anything more serious that we don't know, and we still have to go through an examination to know more details." ”
Ding Ting continued to add, seeing that his attitude was so sincere, Lin Jiao felt that she couldn't go to the hospital to cause him this trouble.
"It's okay, maybe it's just the sudden cooling in the past two days, I'll feel unwell, I just need to take a good rest, there should be no problem, so you don't have to worry too much. ”
In order to change the topic, Lin Jiao glanced at the clock on the wall, the time was almost half past ten, and it was time to cook.
"By the way, do you want to eat something at noon today? Because you didn't say you were going to come back for dinner at noon, I haven't prepared any food yet. ”
Originally, Lin Jiao didn't see Ding Ting when she got up, so she knew that he was going to the hospital.
Because she told herself last night that she was going to the hospital for a follow-up today, even if she didn't see him when she woke up in the morning, she wouldn't be surprised.
Lin Jiao originally planned that if Ding Ting didn't come back today, he would be able to deal with it at noon, but who knew that he would come back suddenly, so he was completely unprepared.
"You're not in good health, so don't eat at home at noon, let's go out and eat." ”
Ding Ting finally recovered from his hand, and he also felt that he was looking for a chance to celebrate.
Lin Jiao didn't expect him to say that he would go out to eat, and felt a little surprised.
You must know that their family hasn't eaten out for a long time, even during the Chinese New Year, their mother and son just dealt with things casually at home.
"And what do you want to eat for lunch?"
Lin Jiao asked him, wanting to see what he liked.
"See what you like, our family hasn't gone out to eat for a long time, depending on what you like to eat, let's eat what we eat at noon today. ”
Ding Ting rarely put the initiative in her hands, Lin Jiao thought about it carefully and tentatively spoke.
"Then let's go eat hot pot, our family hasn't eaten hot pot for a long time. ”
Because there are so many dishes that need to be prepared to eat hot pot, there are only two of them, and it will be particularly troublesome if they eat hot pot at home, so it has been a long time, and they have not eaten hot pot.
Lin Jiao's health is not good, but he is hungry for that bite.
Although he has always eaten lighter food, only hot pot is what he has always liked.
Not to mention that Lin Jiao likes hot pot, even Ding Ting likes hot pot.
Of course, the reason why Ding Ting likes hot pot more is because An Yunuo used to like hot pot very much, so he unconsciously developed this preference.
I didn't expect to have broken off contact with An Yunuo for so long, and when he thought of hot pot, he still couldn't help but feel a little greedy.
"Okay, then let's go eat hot pot at noon. ”
Tintin happily decided.
Lin Jiao thought that he would refuse his proposal, because if you eat hot pot, there is a relatively large hot pot restaurant near your home.
The restaurant is almost full every day, so if you want to go for a meal, you usually have to wait a long time.
And the restaurant is also relatively expensive, if you go to eat, it is equivalent to nearly a week's food money at home.
This is a relatively large expense for their family.
"Let's go change our clothes, let's go out now, otherwise it will be late in a while, and there will be no place for the hot pot restaurant to open." ”
Tintin glanced at the clock on the wall, today was the weekend, if they didn't go early, they would definitely have to wait for a seat.
Starve to death at noon, and by the end he will be completely impatient.
So while he's in a good mood right now, they'd better hurry over.
Lin Jiao also knew that the store was not easy to queue up, so after listening to his words, she immediately went back to her room to change her clothes, and then went out with Ding Ting.
Because the store was not far from the community, it would take about ten minutes to walk, so the two of them walked directly to it instead of choosing to take a taxi.
Today's sunshine is good, and the two of them are very emotional when they walk on the street.
Speaking of which, they hadn't gone out together for a long time, and seeing Ding Ting walking beside her, Lin Jiao felt a little abrupt.
Ding Ting's proposal was correct, and when they arrived at the hot pot restaurant, there were only three tables left in the restaurant.
There were only two of them, and the addition led them directly to a square table by the window.
It was a three-person position, ready to accommodate both of them.
Picking up the menu, Ding Ting skillfully ordered some dishes, and before handing the menu to the waiter, he had to hand the menu to Lin Jiao.
"You can take a look and fill in whatever you need. ”
Lin Jiao took the menu and glanced at it quickly, and chose one of the green vegetables with a pen, and then he handed the menu to the waiter with the pen.
The waiter left with the menu, and after a while, the waiter came with a man dressed in a white chef's clothes.
The man held an iron copper pot with unopened raw materials in his hand.
The reason why this restaurant is so popular with the surrounding residents is precisely because the hot pot base here is freshly fried, unlike other hot pot restaurants, where the hot pot base is already prepared and served.
There is no difference, but now people trust what they see with their eyes.
They always feel at ease only when they see the shop stir-frying the base in front of them.
That's why this store is so prosperous.
The man would pass through the hole in the table in front of them, and then take out all the contents and lay them on the table, and then cut open the oil bag and poured the oil into the copper pot.
Then the waiter turned on the fire, and the man began to fry the base in the copper pot.
In fact, the base is all packaged, but it needs to be fried in oil in front of the guests, and then mixed with broth to make hot pot soup.
This time will take about ten minutes, and then the rest of them will just wait for the hot pot soup to boil before they can start shabu-shabu.
While they waited, the dishes they ordered were served one by one.
Although the prices of this restaurant are slightly more expensive than those of other hot pot restaurants, their food is really fresh.
Even the hand-cut lamb is in a separate open operating room in the lobby, where guests can watch the chef cut the fresh lamb directly while eating.
The hot pot soup boiled quickly, and the dishes were almost ready, except for the freshly fried Uncle meat, which had to wait for a while, the dishes were almost complete.
Without much verbal invitation, Ding Ting and Lin Jiao each started shabu-shabu.
Tintin likes to eat meat, and of course he is the first to eat meat.
Lin Jiao likes to eat vegetarian, so he prefers vegetarian dishes.
The good thing about hot pot is that people with different tastes can get together.
No matter what kind of ingredients it is, you can start your new life in the hot pot.
This lunch, Ding Ting ate quite satisfied.
He didn't even need to ask Lin Jiao if he was satisfied, it was not difficult to see from the expression on his face that he was also eating very comfortably today.
"After dinner, let's go to the supermarket. ”
Towards the end of lunch, Tintin suddenly proposed.
Lin Jiao didn't expect that in addition to eating with him at noon today, he actually wanted to go to the supermarket with him.
He suddenly felt a little flattered, Ding Ting hadn't been so intimate with him for a long time.
"Wow, it just so happens that there is something missing in the house, and it's time to replenish it. ”
He has always been in charge of the things in the house, and he knows better what needs to be replenished in the house.
It was precisely because Ding Ting knew about this that he proposed to go to the supermarket after eating for a while.
Because after eating hot pot, her body was full of the smell of hot pot, and she didn't want to go home so early, so the house was full of the smell of hot pot, so she had to go out for a walk to eliminate the smell on her body, and then go home.
After settling the account, the two went out of the hot pot restaurant.
For the supermarket near his home, Ding Ting didn't know much about it.
Lin Jiao knows the supermarket near his home well, even if he doesn't have time to visit the supermarket in the past two days, he can clearly understand which supermarket is doing activities.
So in addition to the hot pot restaurant, he took Ding Ting to the nearest supermarket that was doing activities.
At the supermarket, the two bought a lot of stuff before going home.
Because they bought a lot of things, when they went home, the two chose to take a taxi home.
This is not a short road, but because it is close to noon, it is particularly blocked.
It's less than twenty minutes away, and it took twenty minutes to drive.
"I knew I might as well walk home. ”
Lin Jiao looked at the non-stop bouncing watch of the taxi, and felt a little distressed.
"It's okay, since it's already here, let's wait with peace of mind. ”
Ding Ting looked calm.