The weather at the end of May, although it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon, already had a feeling of scorching heat. Wang Ran and her parents sat on the bus, sweating profusely, and even her favorite little dress was faintly sweaty.

Wang Ran pouted, slandering his father, he had to go so far to eat hot pot on a hot day, and after eating it for a while, he had to be soaked.

Wang Xuejun didn't notice his daughter's emotions, and led the way in front with a smile and a smile. After walking for less than two minutes, Wang Xuejun told his wife and daughter: "This is it." ”

Wang Ran looked up and saw that the façade was not particularly large. Above the floor-to-ceiling glass door is a huge signboard, which is green as a whole, like a prairie. The three round artistic words of "Little Sheep" on the grassland are very conspicuous, and there is a very cute head of a little sheep with round eyes on the signboard. She didn't know that this logo was created by Zhang Chen according to the image of the Pleasant Goat in the later "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf". The restaurant faces the street with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and you can see that many tables have already started eating.

Wang Ran followed his parents into the hot pot restaurant and found two rows of small stools and small tables at the entrance of the restaurant. Wang Xuejun saw her doubts and took the initiative to explain: "When it comes to dinner, there are many people who come to eat, so they have to be numbered, and this is for those who are waiting for a seat." ”

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old waitress dressed in a pale green overalls playfully walked in front to help the three of them lead the seats.

The family of three came early, but there weren't too many empty tables. There are about eleven or twelve tables in the whole store, only two eight-person tables, and the rest are four-person seats. After they sat down, two more tables of guests came, and there was only one eight-person table left with no one to sit on.

The waiter took the initiative to hand the menu to Wang Xuejun, showed a bright smile, and asked, "You are a family of three, right? It's hot outside today, right?" After that, he glanced at the sweaty three, chuckled, and went to the back kitchen to bring three cups of iced sour plum soup.

Wang Ran's mother, Sun Liyan, was a little surprised, and hurriedly said, "We didn't order sour plum soup." ”

The little waiter smiled: "Auntie, it's too hot today, I see that you are also sweating a lot, this is a gift from our store, free of charge." ”

Sun Liyan glanced at Wang Xuejun, nodded slightly, and said politely: "Ah, thank you then, little girl." ”

The little waiter covered his mouth and smiled: "Auntie, my name is Wu Juan, you can just call me Xiaojuan." ”

Wang Xuejun wiped his sweat with a handkerchief while ordering food.

Wang Xuejun was a little short-sighted, wearing glasses, and sweat sticking to the glasses made him feel a little uncomfortable. Before he could get a tissue to wipe his glasses, the little waiter who ordered the food took a small piece of glasses cloth from his pocket and gave it to him. "Uncle, you can use this. ”

The last time Wang Xuejun came to Little Sheep, he enjoyed a similar service, so he was not surprised. But Sun Liyan's eyes lit up, if the sour plum soup just now was some kind of promotional activity in the store. Now the waiter took the initiative to bring glasses cloth to the customer, which was indeed surprising to her.

Sun Liyan is an associate professor at the School of Management of Bincheng University, and she is usually sensitive to management issues.

The little waiter tilted his head and thought for a while, and said with a cute smile: "Hmm~ Our little manager came up with it, he felt that eating hot pot with glasses was easy to get dirty, so he prepared glasses cloth for the guests who wore glasses." In this way, customers can also see how delicious the food in our store is~" The little waiter made a joke.

"Manager Xiao?" Sun Liyan muttered, intending to see what other surprises this hot pot restaurant could give her.

Wang Xuejun finished ordering, and after a while, the waiter took the bottom of the pot and put it on a black panel in the middle of the table. Wang Ran couldn't help but be a little surprised, the hot pot he used to eat was all charcoal-burning copper pots or hot pots burned by gas stoves, why didn't he see either copper pots or gas stoves here?

In the face of Wang Ran's surprise, the little waiter covered his mouth and smiled while stirring the bottom of the pot with a soup spoon: "We use a stove called an induction cooker in our store, and we don't use a gas stove." The little manager said that the induction cooker is safer than the gas stove and will not explode. When a customer comes to eat at our restaurant, they see a gas canister under the table and feel scared. ”

"Induction cooker?" Sun Liyan and Wang Ran glanced at each other blankly.

Induction cookers, a kitchen appliance, were not yet fully popularized in '96, so most people didn't know about it yet. I saw that the waiter clicked a few times on the operation panel of the induction cooker, and the pot containing the soup base made a buzzing sound. It didn't take long for the bottom of the pot, which was already relatively hot, to quickly enter a boiling state.

Sun Liyan was a little surprised, "This thing is good." I don't know where to sell it, if there is, we can buy one too. ”

After a while, all the dishes ordered by Wang Xuejun came up. The waiter who served the food also specially reminded that when eating hot pot in Little Sheep, you can eat hot pot without ordering small ingredients, and try it first to see if you can adapt to it. If they don't think it tastes good, they bring the ingredients again.

Wang Xuejun ordered the mandarin duck pot, and the half of the spicy pot that was just boiling was not ready, and the clear soup pot was also boiling. Wang Ran took two slices of meat with chopsticks and put them in a clear soup pot and soaked them a few times. It didn't take long for the slices of meat to change color. Looking at the slices of white flowers, Wang Ran was a little hesitant, not knowing whether it was delicious or not. But smelling the fragrance of the meat slices in his nose, Wang Ran swallowed his saliva, but still put the mutton slices in his mouth and chewed them.

Sun Liyan and Wang Ran had just eaten the first piece of meat, and they exclaimed: "It's delicious!"

Wang Xuejun looked at the two of them with a smile, he had a local small boss invite them to dinner on Tuesday night, and the food was the little fat sheep. Although the cost is not high, Wang Xuejun is very happy to eat, and feels that whether it is taste or service, it is the best hot pot restaurant he has ever eaten. No, to be exact, the best restaurant he's ever eaten.

Seeing that his wife and daughter also agreed with his choice, Wang Xuejun couldn't help but be a little happy.

Wang Ran was sweating from eating, Wang Xuejun looked at his daughter and couldn't help laughing. My daughter is good at everything, but sometimes she seems too indifferent and doesn't care about anything except studying. Today, it is rare to see her daughter enjoying the food with her head bored, Wang Xuejun smiled and handed her daughter a tissue.

Wang Xuejun looked at his daughter gently: "Ranran, wipe your sweat, you try the spicy pot here, the taste is different from the clear soup pot, I think it's more delicious." ”

Wang Ran usually doesn't like to eat chili peppers very much, Wang Xuejun saw his daughter's hesitation, and persuaded: "The taste of this spicy pot is better, and it's not so spicy, it's different from SC hot pot, the main function of this chili is to enhance the taste, you taste it." ”