"Worship heaven and earth."

"Two worship the high hall."

"Husband and wife worship each other."

As the high voice sounded, in Wang Chong's house, he and Guo Yueluo knelt in front of their three parents and finally got married.

There are still a lot of marriage etiquette and mundane things, which makes Wang Chong very disgusted, but for the sake of his family's face, he can only do it one by one with a wooden face.

This marriage, Wang Chong gave half of the sheep as a dowry, in fact, this is still less than the Guo family, if according to the bride price of Wang Dahu's family, I am afraid that Wang Chong has saved little silver over the years.

Fortunately, Guo Zhuang is not the kind of person who does not know what is wrong.

Although he dislikes Wang Chong's family conditions, he is also very optimistic about Wang Xiaoyu's child, and in terms of ability, he is definitely stronger than Wang Ren, which is recognized by the villagers.

Because of this, after knowing that Guo Yueluo liked Wang Chong, he also accepted his fate and didn't embarrass Wang Chong much.

"Brother Xiaoyu, I am your lady now, and the bride price that my father asked you for is so little, you have to be kind to me in the future."

After the banquet was finished, Wang Chong returned to the cave room, and Guo Yueluo said coquettishly while undressing Wang Chong.

Wang Zhong smiled: "You still call me Brother Xiaoyu, it's time to change your words." ”

Guo Yueluo lowered her head and patted Wang Chong on the shoulder: "I hate it, Xianggong." ”

"Don't worry, lady, I've saved some silver taels over the years, and I'm about to go to the city to open a tavern."

"What about the livestock?" Guo Yueluo worried: "There are many taverns in the county, and the competition is fierce. ”

"Don't worry." Wang Zhong patted Guo Yueluo's little hand: "I don't plan to raise these livestock, it's like this for a lifetime, I can't bear to keep our family in this poor ravine for the rest of my life." ”

Hearing Wang Chong's bold words, Guo Yueluo's heart warmed: "Xianggong, you still have ambition, but if you want to do it, it's best to ask my father, he traveled a lot in the north and south when he was young, and he has experience." ”

"Well, it's natural, it's not early, rest early."

"Oops......"

…………

After getting married, Wang Chong did not prepare for the hot pot as soon as possible, but continued to raise a group of livestock.

A year later, Wang Chong, who felt that he had saved enough savings, brought Guo Yueluo to the county seat with him, ready to find a suitable place to open a tavern.

Because this county is close to the imperial capital, it is one of the four major cities connected to the outside of the imperial capital, and it is very prosperous, so there are countless taverns here.

Taverns, taverns, flower taverns, storytelling taverns, inn taverns, there are too many.

Fortunately, the county is prosperous enough to support so many merchants, but because of the abundance, these taverns can only remain half-dead.

Wang Chong and Guo Yueluo went to their father-in-law first, and Guo Zhuang was not happy when he heard that Wang Zheng opened a tavern here.

"Xiaoyu, I know you have a brain, but you are too young after all, don't talk about other places, even on my street, there are five taverns, I have seen all those businesses, they are all average, and three of them are still losing money, so it definitely won't work."

"Dad, Xiaoyu said he had a way." Guo Yueluo muttered next to her to defend her husband.

Wang Chongdao: "The tavern I opened is different from them. ”

"What's different?"

"I'm going to make a hot pot."

Over the years, Wang Chong has long observed that the taverns here, no matter what type of tavern they are, are all the same, just those few dishes, just those two kinds of wine, monotonous and anxious.

And hot pot, there is no one here at all.

He opened a hot pot restaurant, and there are three major advantages that can make him successful.

First, novelty.

Most of the people living in the county are not bad, and everyone is willing to try new things.

Second, the cost is low.

To cook stir-fried food, you have to hire a chef, if the chef's skills are poor, no matter how good your location is, it is useless, and you also have to hire a shopkeeper and a dishwasher, these people are paid every month.

As for hot pot, the chef at least doesn't need it, hot pot serving is much more leisurely than stir-frying, and the workload of the shopkeeper is greatly reduced, so only half of the shopkeeper is needed, and the cost is reduced all of a sudden.

Third, the price of hot pot is close to the people.

As we all know, the price of hot pot is close to the people, for example, the base of hot pot is chicken soup, you can just go with some vegetables, this price is cheap, eat with relatives and friends, drink some wine, put some vegetables and radishes in the soup, not only delicious, but also cheap, the most important thing is the atmosphere.

Especially in winter, absolutely.

With these three advantages, Wang Zhong believes that the business will be successful.

"It turns out that this is called hot pot, which sounds good, but this is eaten while cooking, will it be inconvenient." Guo Zhuang was worried.

Wang Chong had already thought about it, and said: "I told Yueluo that I will prepare the ingredients for the hot pot these days, and bring them at that time, and our family will eat some." ”

"Okay, if it's delicious, I'll fully support you."

After saying that, Wang Chong and Guo Yueluo sat down for a while, and then set off to leave.

When he got home, Wang Zhong began to focus on building pots for boiling hot pot.

There are two options for pots, one is an iron pot and the other is a casserole.

In the end, Wang Zhong chose the casserole, because the casserole is relatively durable and has good heat resistance, not to mention that the iron pot is easy to be damaged, and the edges are very hot and prone to danger.

A ceramic craftsman from the next village was then contacted to custom-order a casserole the size of a washbasin.

The ingredients for cooking the hot pot are relatively simple, Wang Chong chose charcoal, chopped the wood into small pieces the size of a finger, and then put it in an iron basin to smolder, and finally turned into a piece of black charcoal.

Charcoal does not burn with an open flame, and when it reaches its ignition point, it becomes a hot coal, and a pile of charcoal can maintain a high temperature for one to two hours.

Even in modern society, many barbecuers use this charcoal to put it in the barbecue grill to make barbecue.

The basic ingredients for the barbecue are all prepared, and the next step is pots and pans.

He is not like other taverns, where the pots and pans are big and the table is small, and they are not uniform and look very formal.

He asked for exactly the same, and each bowl was engraved with four words: small fish hot pot.

To do business, if you want to become bigger, you have to make a brand, otherwise after a year and a half, people will learn from him to make hot pot one after another, and then it will be a fart.

And the brand made him recognizable, at least even if time passed, when someone mentioned hot pot, they immediately remembered it: small fish hot pot.