The owner of this hot pot restaurant is surnamed Huo and is named "Huo Dong", and his sister is named Huo Min. Huo Dong is already thirty-eight years old, but Huo Min is only twenty-three years old, and the brother and sister are fifteen years apart.

The Huo family is a famous family in the famous city, famous for hot pot, is the most famous hot pot family in the famous city, there are three old shops in the famous city, the oldest of which is located in the food street.

Huo Dong went to wash the blood on his face, changed his clothes, and then came to the box with the waiter, and he personally selected hot pot soup for Luo Xu and Wang Baxian.

Whether the hot pot is good or not, in addition to the quality of the ingredients, mainly depends on the taste of the soup is delicious enough. The Huo family's hot pot is famous, mainly because of their unique hot pot soup recipe, so they can stand out among so many hot pot restaurants in the famous city and become the most popular hot pot restaurant, and the business is so good that they often have to drive customers out.

As the boss, Huo Dong rarely prepares soup for anyone personally, but his skill in preparing soup is not unfamiliar at all, and the soup he makes by himself is extremely delicious.

"It's so fragrant! It makes people drool when they smell it. ”

Wang Baxian swallowed his saliva at the hot pot.

After a while, Huo Min also walked in, with soft steps and a smile, as gentle and lovely as the girl next door, very different from Fang Cai and the desperate appearance, as if they were two people.

"Thank you for your help!"

Huo Dong introduced: "This is my sister Xiaomin, my name is Huo Dong, my brother is extraordinary, our brother and sister would like to make friends with the two." ”

Luo Xu said: "In Xia Luo Xu, this is my old friend Wang Baxian, not a local. ”

Huo Dong said with a smile: "As soon as I heard the accents of the two, I knew that the two were not locals, so in this way, our brother and sister are even more fateful, let our brother and sister be the east tonight, invite the two of them to have a hot pot, and there is nothing else to entertain the two." ”

Wang Baxian said: "Boss Huo, you are too polite, your hot pot is not easy to eat, it is enough to have hot pot to eat tonight." ”

The four of them sat down, and Huo Dong opened a bottle of liquor, but Luo Xu insisted on not drinking it, but Wang Baxian was happy to taste this local wine.

The four of them chatted while eating, Huo Min said very little, but he peeked at Luo Xu a few times from time to time. Luo Xu had already found out, but pretended not to notice it and let her look at it.

Luo Xu's heroic expression made Huo Min have an inexplicable feeling of wanting to be close to him.

Wang Baxian drank a few glasses of wine, and then he talked more, and said, "Brother Huo, it seems that those little gangsters tonight are not as simple as simply picking up provocations and making trouble. ”

Huo Dong sighed, "Mr. Wang, I don't know, who they are instructed by, I know it clearly in my heart." ”

Wang Baxian said: "Since this is the case, I don't think you have to swallow your anger." ”

Huo Dong shook his head and said, "The other party is too big, and my Huo family can't afford to offend." ”

"What's the other party's origins?" asked Wang Baxian to the bottom of his life.

Huo Dong didn't hide it from them, and said: "Not long ago, a big restaurant group came to Mingdu and bought it everywhere, and many old restaurants have been acquired by them. As the leader of the hot pot industry in the famous city, my Huo family will naturally become their acquisition target. Their **** people came to talk to me several times, but I refused, so I used this kind of indiscriminate method to force me to comply. ”

Wang Baxian said: "Brother Huo is not satisfied with the price they offered?"

Huo Dong shook his head, "That's not the case. On the contrary, the price they offered was still very high, so high that as long as I nodded and agreed, my family would not have to worry about food and drink for several generations, and they would definitely live a life of fine clothes and food. ”

Luo Xu said: "From a purely commercial point of view, this acquisition is beneficial to you." ”

Huo Dong nodded, "Yes, but there is some money that you can't ask for, if you ask for it, you will have no face to see your ancestors after you die." ”

Huo Dong explained why he did not accept the acquisition, and their family's ancestral motto is to make hot pot in a down-to-earth manner and present the best taste to diners. After the restaurant group acquired the hot pot restaurant, every qiē would be mass-produced, including the soul of the hot pot - the soup stock, and the taste would naturally be greatly reduced, which was contrary to the ancestral teachings of the Huo family.

The reason why the Huo family's hot pot is so popular is entirely because Huo Dong is still strict with himself, has always strictly abided by the ancestral teachings, and has never slacked off at all. Today, the Huo family has opened three stores in the famous city, and the most important part of the hot pot base of these three stores is also prepared by Huo Dong himself.

"If you don't agree to this, even if they make trouble, they won't be able to take your store. Luo Xu said: "Do they have other purposes?"

Huo Dong nodded, "Yes, they came for the secret recipe for making zuò hot pot soup that my ancestors handed down. ”

"This thing also has a secret?" Luo Xu and Wang Baxian were both surprised.

Huo Dong said with a smile: "That's natural, those old shops in this city, which one doesn't have a secret in their hands? Why is my hot pot so delicious, it's not all from the ancestors step by step." The preparation of the soup is very particular, and everything can not be more or less, a little more or a little less, and the taste will change. They wanted to force me to hand over the secret tips, and with the secret tips, they were able to replicate my hot pot base. In fact, this is what they take for granted, and even if they are given the secret, they can't make the taste of my home. ”

"Why is that?" Luo Xu asked.

Huo Dongdao: "The reason is very simple, hot pot is a soul thing, they get the secret to make money, and the purpose of my use of the secret is just to make a perfect hot pot, the feelings poured into it are different, and the natural harvest is very different." ”

Luo Xu nodded again and again, looking like he had been taught.

Wang Baxian exclaimed: "Brother Huo, what you said makes sense, do anything, the craziest person will definitely be able to do the best." It's not about making money, but you can make the most money in the end. Many of the truths in this world are the same, if you don't go crazy, you can't live. ”

Huo Dong smiled, "It seems that I met a confidant today." Mr. Wang, let's go again. ”

The two of them picked up their glasses and touched them.

"Brother, why don't you give them the secrets!"

Huo Min, who had never spoken, suddenly opened his mouth, and as soon as he spoke, he said something amazing.

"Xiao Min, that's something from our ancestors, how can you give it to outsiders!" Huo Dong said in a deep voice.

Huo Min said: "You said it, they can't make a hot pot that tastes better than ours if you give it to them, so what if you give it to them?"