Zhang Chen's recent academic performance is what Zhang Guoqiang is most pleased about. In the past, although Zhang Chen was okay to study, he didn't work very hard, and he hung up all day long, which made Zhang Guoqiang quite dissatisfied. But recently, this kid seems to have grown up all of a sudden, learning twelve o'clock every day, and his grades have improved by leaps and bounds, which makes Zhang Guoqiang very happy.

Seeing that Zhang Guoqiang did not object, Zhang Chen continued: "Dad, I think you're okay anyway, it's better to open a hot pot restaurant with my sister-in-law, now people's lives are better, there are more people in the restaurant, hot pot is convenient and delicious, and you will definitely make money if you open it." “

Although Zhang Guoqiang has sold vegetables, after all, he has the high level of intellectuals, and when he heard Zhang Chen say that he would open a hot pot restaurant, he subconsciously wanted to oppose it. didn't wait for Zhang Guoqiang to speak, the sister-in-law spoke first: "Chenchen, you don't know, it costs a lot of money to open a store, and I also know the situation of my eldest brother and sister-in-law, I basically have no deposit, so I only have a placement fee of 8,000 yuan from the unit, which is not enough to open a store." And if you lose it, you will really be cornered. “

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry about the money first, as long as you want to open it, you can get money anywhere." The biggest expense of opening a hot pot restaurant is the rent, and you don't even need to hire a cook, just find a side dish worker. Moreover, as long as the hot pot tastes good, it will definitely make a lot of money. “

Zhang Guoqiang frowned and said: "Okay, even if you can make up the money to open a store, but how many hot pot restaurants do you see on the street? There are too many people, the competition is so fierce, and we don't understand, how to make money?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "Dad, let's do it, let's eat hot pot today, I'll match the bottom of the pot, how about you take a look?"

Zhang Guoqiang was a little hesitant when he heard this, now his family is not rich, and the cost of eating hot pot is too high, which makes him feel a little distressed.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen hurriedly said: "I just got my commission this week, even if I invited it, I haven't eaten hot pot for a long time." “

Zhang Guoqiang's heart was sour, he was a big man, he couldn't support his family, and he still needed his son to subsidize the family, which was really sad.

Seeing that Zhang Guoqiang didn't object, Zhang Chen clapped his hands, "Okay, it's decided, I'll go buy meat and ingredients, you just wait." “

It didn't take long for Zhang Chen to return home from the free market, carrying three catties of sliced mutton, two catties of charcoal, some vegetables, fish balls, crab sticks and all kinds of spices.

The sister-in-law helped Zhang Chen wash the vegetables over and over again, and complained over and over again: "You kid knows how to spend money indiscriminately, a few of us can eat one and a half catties, and we can't eat so much." “

Zhang Chen said nonchalantly: "Sister-in-law, my mother should go home in a while, there is not much mutton, she must be able to eat it." “

The hot pot in the north, called shabu mutton, uses a copper hot pot that burns charcoal. The main shabu is mutton and cabbage, and the bottom of the pot is generally the bottom of the clear soup pot, which is added with garlic, green onions, ginger, and a little dried shrimp to improve the freshness if possible.

The main ingredient of the small ingredient is sesame sauce, plus some leek flowers and bean curd, and it is dipped in slices of meat.

But Zhang Chen made the bottom of the pot this time, and did not cut the material in the previous way.

Zhang Chen threw the spices and medicinal herbs he bought into the pot in turn, added broth to the pot, and lit the copper pot.

It didn't take long for a burst of fragrance to come out of the pot, and Su Wenjin just pushed the door back, and said in surprise: "What did you eat at night?

Zhang Chen smiled and pulled Su Wenjin over to the table, "Mom, I invite you to eat hot pot today, I made the bottom of the pot, you can taste it delicious or not." “

At this time, my sister-in-law called in the kitchen: "Chenchen, you didn't buy leek flowers, you can't make small ingredients." “

Zhang Chen pulled his sister-in-law to the table and sat down, and said, "Sister-in-law, you just sit down and wait to eat, my hot pot doesn't need to be dipped in small ingredients." “

"No need to dip in small ingredients?" several people in the living room looked at each other.

Zhang Chen brought vegetables, crab sticks, fish balls and other side dishes to the table, and put a set of utensils in front of everyone, at this time the pot was already boiling, and a large number of spices and medicinal herbs were surging in the bottom of the boiling pot.

Zhang Chen picked up a piece of mutton with chopsticks, put it in the pot and soaked it a few times, and distributed it to grandma, Zhang Guoqiang and his wife, and sister-in-law and others in the small bowl in front of them, and looked at them with a smile: "Try it." “

Zhang Guoqiang picked up the chopsticks, tasted them, and his eyes immediately lit up, "It's delicious! Mom, Jingyi, Wen Jin, you can also taste it, it's really good." “

Su Wenjin was a little hesitant, she usually didn't like to eat mutton, she always felt that mutton was too fat, and she vomited after eating mutton a few times. So he said to Zhang Chen: "Chenchen, the mutton is too fat, you should get me a bowl of ingredients." “

At this time, Zhang Jingyi also ate the slices of meat in the bowl, and also exclaimed: "Sister-in-law, this mutton is really not fat, you can taste it." “

Su Wenjin stubbornly picked up the chopsticks and tasted them, revealing an incredible look: "Really, it doesn't dip in the sauce or fat, and it has a special fragrance." “

Zhang Chen looked at his family with a smile, and kept putting meat into the pot, this hot pot was eaten for almost an hour, and everyone had a round stomach at the end of the meal.

Zhang Guoqiang took a toothpick, shaved his teeth, and burped.

Zhang Chen looked at his family, "Dad, sister-in-law, what do you think of the bottom of this pot?"

The sister-in-law nodded and said, "It's delicious, I've never eaten such a delicious hot pot." “

Zhang Chen said again: "In addition to the deliciousness of this pot, don't you think there are a few special places?"

Su Wenjin thought for a while and said, "Well, use this pot to shake the mutton, the mutton is indeed not fat, and I can eat it." “

Zhang Chen asked, "What else?"

The crowd shook their heads.

Zhang Chen smiled mysteriously: "Don't you think that no matter how long the mutton is cooked this time, it will not turn into firewood?"

Everyone was stunned, Zhang Guoqiang said curiously: "Yes, I have eaten it for so long this time, and the meat slices at the bottom of the pot have not become old." “

Zhang Chen continued: "Not only that, but at the end of eating, even if the soup is added, the bottom of the pot does not become lighter, but the taste is more delicious. Do you think you can make money if you use this pot bottom to open a store?"

Zhang Guoqiang and his sister-in-law glanced at each other, quite moved.

The sister-in-law hesitated: "Chenchen, the bottom of this pot is very good, but it costs at least seventy or eighty thousand yuan to open a hot pot restaurant, and we can't take it out." “

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "I can find a way to solve the start-up capital for opening the store, as long as you are determined to do it." “

Su Wenjin was surprised: "You got so much money from there?"

Zhang Chen didn't want to touch the money invested in the stock market, and he had other ideas about the start-up capital.

"Bank loan!" Zhang Chen said.

Everyone was stunned, "Loan?"

For them, the word "loan" is too foreign and too scary. People born in the 50s have a simple concept of not owing money to others, especially not to the bank. Whether it's spending or investing, their ideal state is to live within their means and try to keep their money in the bank.