After leaving the building materials city, Chen Qingdong took Zhang Meng to the old Li family hot pot restaurant opened by Wu Zhenshan's old father-in-law to eat old hot pot. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Lao Li's hot pot restaurant is a time-honored brand in Liulin, and it also has a historical story, the location of this restaurant is quite remote, and the hotel is also dilapidated, it really doesn't look like a good hotel on the surface, especially compared with the newly opened and magnificent hot pot restaurants that have been renovated in recent years, it is much worse in grade.

Those who know the origin of Lao Li's hot pot restaurant certainly regard this place as a holy place to eat hot pot, but for those who don't know these circumstances, they have little interest in it when they look at it.

Zhang Meng is a person who doesn't know the origin of Lao Li's hot pot restaurant, although she loves hot pot the most, but she also made the mistake of "superficialism", and has never eaten at Lao Li's hot pot restaurant before.

So when Chen Qingdong took her to Lao Li's hot pot restaurant, Zhang Meng was quite dissatisfied and said, "Husband, why did you bring me here to eat? This restaurant is so tattered, it doesn't look good at first glance! Let's go eat Chongqing hot pot!"

Chen Qingdong deliberately teased her: "You are sharp-eyed, you can see that this hot pot restaurant is not delicious just by looking at it?"

Zhang Meng said: "I think about it with dialectics, if the hot pot in this restaurant is delicious, then there must be a lot of customers, there are more guests, there must be money here, and the boss must decorate and decorate well, and even expand the store! But if I remember correctly, this hot pot restaurant has been like this since I was in high school, and after so many years, although it has not closed down, it is more broken than before." From this point of view, business here is definitely not very good, it should just barely make ends meet!"

Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "There is some truth to what you said, but if the owner of a hot pot restaurant likes to open a store like this, he is unwilling to decorate or expand the store?"

Zhang Meng pursed her lips and said, "If the boss really thinks so, there are only two explanations." ”

"Which two explanations?"

"The first explanation is that this boss can't do business! The second explanation is that this boss has a bad brain!"

Chen Qingdong was amused by Zhang Meng's seriousness, turned off the fire, pulled up the handbrake, and said: "Whether it is delicious or not, you have to taste it yourself! Sometimes, just looking at the appearance, but you have to be confused by your eyes! Mengmeng, go, get out of the car, let's go and taste it!"

Zhang Meng was still a little skeptical, and said, "Husband, have you ever come here to eat?"

Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "Don't worry, I've eaten here, it's definitely an old taste of hot pot! If you don't think it's delicious, I'll accompany you to eat Chongqing hot pot again, okay?"

Zhang Meng smiled mischievously: "Unless it's not delicious, we don't charge money! If we spend some money and don't eat it, wouldn't it be a waste!"

Chen Qingdong thought to himself that just now I thought that you were spending money a little lavishly, and it seemed that he was still a thrifty housekeeper in his bones, so he said: "I promise you, the hot pot in this restaurant is absolutely delicious! Especially the snowflake mutton, it is a must, and the cut is called a thin one! I think it is a fight with Donglai Shun in Beijing!"

Although Zhang Meng has never eaten Donglai Shun, but for her, a hot pot fan, she has long heard of the name of Dong Lai Shun, and after hearing Chen Qingdong say this, she said: "I can even compare with Dong Lai Shun!" Okay, husband, I believe in your vision, I will eat here today, get off!"

Chen Qingdong also pushed open the door and got out of the car, thinking that today's hot pot must be delicious!

They actually came to eat early, because it was not yet time to get off work at twelve o'clock, but there were already many people in the hot pot restaurant, and if they came a little later, they might not have a table.

Zhang Meng saw this hot scene in the hot pot restaurant and said, "I didn't expect that there were many people who came to eat, did it taste really good?"

Chen Qingdong smiled: "Anyway, you won't believe it when I told you, and you'll know after eating it later." ”

After finding a private room and sitting down, Chen Qingdong asked for the classic mandarin duck pot, and asked for the classic dishes here.

After the tall copper hot pot was served, Zhang Meng was a little happy and said, "It turns out that it is still this old-fashioned copper hot pot, it should be good to look like this!"

"Try it first. Chen Qingdong said while shabu mutton in it.

The mutton in this hot pot restaurant is cut very thinly, and it can be eaten after a little hot in the pot, Chen Qingdong knew that Zhang Meng liked to eat spicy, so he specially picked up a chopstick mutton roll from the spicy pot and put it on the plate in front of Zhang Meng, and said in an expectant tone: "Taste it carefully!"

Zhang Meng smiled slightly, picked up the mutton roll and dipped it in a little sauce, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, after a while, Zhang Meng began to have an exclamation expression on his face, swallowed the mutton in three or two clicks, and then stretched out a thumbs up to Chen Qingdong and exclaimed: "Husband, you are right, this mutton is really delicious!"

In fact, Chen Qingdong is mentally prepared, Zhang Meng will definitely like it after eating it! Because he also thinks that the mutton shabu here is really good, and this hot pot restaurant, as a time-honored brand that has been famous for many years, is okay without two brushes!

However, after hearing Zhang Meng say "delicious" in person, Chen Qingdong was still very happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "How about it, I didn't lie to you!"

Zhang Meng picked up a piece of mutton with chopsticks and said while putting it in her mouth: "This mutton is very tender and fragrant! Moreover, it is still that kind of pure fragrance, unlike other hot pot restaurants, the taste of condiments is too strong! Husband, how did you find such a good place?"

Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "Actually, I didn't know that it was delicious here, but then the mayor of our town, Wu, invited me to come here for a meal, and I knew that it was delicious." I've always wanted to bring you to eat, but I've never been able to get a good chance. By the way, this hot pot restaurant actually has a lot of origins, do you want to hear about it?"

"Really?" Zhang Meng said curiously, she is also a person who likes to listen to stories, so she said, "What's the origin, can you tell me?"

Chen Qingdong briefly told Zhang Meng the origin of the old Li family's hot pot restaurant that he heard from Wu Zhenshan and them, and Zhang Meng also sighed very much after listening to it, and said: "I really didn't expect that this hot pot restaurant that looks tattered on the outside has so much history, it seems that my prejudice just now is really undeserved." ”

Chen Qingdong drank tea and said: "It's really normal for you to be prejudiced just now, after all, the appearance of this hot pot restaurant is too broken, if I hadn't been dragged here by a few of them to eat that time, and I also learned about the history here, then I wouldn't be interested in this restaurant." Lemon, eat more if you like!"

Zhang Meng nodded again and again, and said, "Okay, then I'll eat more today!"

After the two ate for a while, they started chatting again, and Zhang Meng suddenly said, "Husband, I have something I want to tell you." ”

"What's the matter, you say. Chen Qingdong wiped his mouth and said.

Zhang Meng said: "I met with my mother yesterday, and my mother said that my brother is still playing all day long, and he doesn't have a proper line, and he can't even find a girlfriend." So, my mom asked me to ask you if I could find a job for my brother in your town, and to tie him up to see if he could do something serious in the future. ”

In fact, Guo Fengjuan had already hinted at this matter to Chen Qingdong, but Chen Qingdong had always pretended not to understand, and he did not help Zhang Yu find a job, in fact, it was not that Chen Qingdong was unwilling to help Zhang Yu with this favor, for Chen Qingdong, it was not difficult to help Zhang Yu find a job, but Chen Qingdong was really not at ease with his eldest brother, so he didn't want Zhang Yu to work on his own turf, so as not to cause any trouble for himself, and it would be difficult for everyone to step down.

In addition, he didn't want Zhang Yu to help his eldest brother Chen Hongbing or Zheng Hongtao, because Zhang Yu's identity was special, if Zhang Yu made something happen to Chen Hongbing and them, Chen Hongbing and Zheng Hongtao would definitely be embarrassed to say anything, and they might not even be embarrassed to tell him, and it was easy to breed "bacteria".

Since he can't arrange it here, Chen Qingdong is even more embarrassed to arrange Zhang Yu to his friends, and Zhang Yu is his eldest brother after all, Zhang Yu is still a very face-saving person, so if the work arranged for him is not good, I am afraid that Zhang Yu will be offended!

That's why Chen Qingdong hasn't taken on this tricky matter.

It's just that now that the mother-in-law has asked Zhang Meng to make it clear, Chen Qingdong can no longer pretend not to know.

Zhang Meng said embarrassedly at this time: "Husband, I also know that my brother is not very reliable, and it is really difficult to find a job for him." Originally, I didn't want to bother you with his affairs, but my mother has told me several times, and I really can't help it. Husband, I'm really embarrassed that I always bother you with my family's affairs. ”

Chen Qingdong smiled: "Fool, what are you talking about, we are a family, and your brother is my brother." Now that Brother Yu can't find a job, he is fooling around in society all day long, and he doesn't blame our parents for being in a hurry. ”

"Husband, thank you for understanding me. ”

"Fool, you are my wife, of course I understand you!"

Chen Qingdong lit a cigarette, and then said: "But, Mengmeng, you are my wife, so I have to explain some things to you clearly." First of all, I will definitely be concerned about Brother Yu's affairs, but in this case of Brother Yu, I really don't want Brother Yu to come to work in our town, if I arrange an important job for him, I'm afraid Brother Yu won't be able to do it, and if something happens, it will be even more troublesome, if I arrange a general job, I'm afraid that Brother Yu is not willing to do it, and it will make our parents angry. In addition, I can't arrange it here, so I'm even more embarrassed to arrange for Brother Yu to work at my friend's place. I hope you can understand this. ”

Zhang Meng nodded and said, "Husband, I understand what you said." Alas, in the end, it's actually my brother's poor personal qualities. Originally, he was the elder brother and should have taken care of you, but now he wants you to take care of him. But, husband, if you don't care about my brother's business, my parents will definitely not be happy there, what do you say?"