In the wax moon season, the temperature in the capital has dropped to more than ten degrees below zero.

And when it's cold, eating a hot pot is undoubtedly a favorite delicacy for almost everyone.

It is rare that Huang Shen and Zhuo Huilan live in the capital at the same time, and Li Qin, who learned the news, immediately asked Wen Shuo and Huang Qinzhi to come forward and invite their in-laws to their home for dinner.

For this reason, Li Qin made a special trip to buy the freshest, best, freshly cut mutton and beef slices.

All kinds of vegetables are also carefully selected.

sauce, that is to let Xu Congjun put down the work in the store, ran to the catering sauce product factory in Shuoyuan, and told Zhan Dong to choose the vat with the longest fermentation time and the best material, and then take a clean crockpot, and put a crockpot and bring it back.

There is Shuoyuan's sauce, and then it is mixed with other mahjong and vinegar, and the taste is ......

It couldn't be better!

It is that Skullcap Angelica, which has always been quite careful in terms of diet and is well controlled, has eaten too many hot pots at home since the beginning of winter, and can't help but eat more every time, resulting in obvious some fortune, and Li Qin is so happy that she can't do it - in her opinion, her daughter-in-law is good everywhere, she is beautiful, she has a good body, she is educated, capable, and sensible, she is so perfect, but one thing is not very good, that is, she is too thin, how can this work?

You still have to be fatter and stronger, so that you can have children in the future!

Although it is more convenient and more classy to ask for leave to eat, it is more convenient and more classy, and now Li Qin feels that she has a head and a face, and has seen the owners of high-end hotels and luxury restaurants, but in her opinion, it is more cordial for her in-laws to eat in their own home.

Don't go to the house but eat in a restaurant outside......

No matter how good you eat, it will inevitably be a little perfunctory.

But in the eyes of Skullcap Zhi and Wen Shuo, this is really a bit troublesome, and it seems to be a little childish - we are not short of eighteen thousand, three or five thousand yuan, what about going out for a meal?

Besides, you can't make the good dishes in the restaurant at home.

Huang Shen and Zhuo Huilan also have such feelings and thoughts.

In addition to having a nanny cook in their own home, how have they ever eaten at someone's house? Of course, there are also their own brothers and sisters, who have made an appointment in advance to have dinner at home...... Well, it's just too rare, and everyone is busy. Occasionally, relatives and friends invite each other for dinner, and most of them will be in a club or hotel that is good in terms of privacy, taste, service and other aspects.

But since ...... Well, the invitation of the in-laws is rare in the capital, you have to go if you have time, and you have to go if you don't have time to squeeze out time.

It's a matter of politeness and human kindness.

In the evening, Wen Shuo personally drove to the hotel to pick up his parents-in-law, while Skullcap Zhi was at home to help prepare meals.

Seeing his parents-in-law, the fat man was naturally full of smiles, polite but not pretentious, enthusiastic but not flattering.

In this regard, he has a perfect grasp of proportion.

"Wen Shuo, let's go quickly, and save your mother and Qin Zhi from waiting too long. Zhuo Huilan put on her coat and said with a rare kind expression: "If I went earlier, I can also take a hand, it is rare to come to the capital once, and I have to make trouble for your mother, I can't help it, but I am embarrassed to come to the capital again in the future." ”

"It seems that there is a chance, let Qinzhi's grandmother also come to the capital once, the old man likes this tone. Huang Shen said with a smile.

Wen Shuo nodded in agreement and politely.

He was quite shocked and surprised--the old mother-in-law has changed sex?!When did she speak so easily and gently?

This made the fat man almost unable to hold back, and wanted to hum "singing the motherland" all the way to take his parents-in-law home.

Fortunately, he did not lose his temper.

The second time she came to her daughter's home in the capital, she saw Skullcap Zhi when she entered the door, Zhuo Huilan was stunned, and couldn't help but say, "Qinzhi, you ...... You look like you're a lot fatter than before. ”

"Where?" skullcap Zhi's cheeks were slightly red, and she was suddenly ashamed.

Huang Shen naturally also saw that his daughter had obviously gained a lot of weight, and her original melon seed face was a little rounded.

I haven't seen you in over two months, right?

Listening to the sound of the door opening and talking, he hurriedly wiped his hands on his apron, and Li Qin, who came out of the restaurant, said with a smile: "It's good to be fat, it's good to be fat, I'm still too thin, I can't be any more thin......"

"Mom, are you ready?" said the fat man.

"Okay, okay, quick, let's go to the restaurant for dinner......" Li Qin said happily.

Zhuo Huilan and Huang Shen were polite, while taking off their coats, Skullcap Zhi took their parents' coats and put them on the hanger, thinking that they had really gained weight during this time, even if they had never stopped exercising and paying attention to shaping themselves during exercise, they had eaten too much after all......

Zhuo Huilan suddenly thought of something, chuckled in her heart, glanced at her husband, and then carefully looked at her daughter's abdomen.

Won't it be?

Oh, my God!

Don't!

Because, Zhuo Huilan can see very clearly that her daughter's abdomen has a slight bulge, although in the eyes of too many people, it is not obvious, but as a mother, even if she has not seen her for more than two months, even if she has not seen her daughter for a year, she also knows her daughter's figure and everything very well!

She looked so frightened that she grabbed her daughter who led her parents to the restaurant first, and asked without caring about others: "Qin Zhi, ...... you?"

"Mom, what's wrong?" said Skullcap Zhi was surprised, looking at her mother inexplicably.

Huang Shen couldn't help but stop and look at his wife and daughter.

"No, nothing. Zhuo Huilan hurriedly concealed her shocked and worried look, shook her head with a forced smile, and pulled her daughter towards the restaurant.

Over there in the restaurant.

Wen Shuo and Li Qin looked at the family of three in surprise.

What happened?

It was fine just now...... Why did Zhuo Huilan's expression suddenly change, and change again?

In the middle of the dining table, there is a stainless steel mandarin duck pot that burns solid alcohol, at this moment, the soup in the pot is already boiling, the spicy side is fiery red, the non-spicy side is milky white, and the white mist and water vapor are steaming in the boiling. The range hood in the kitchen is kept on, and the air conditioner in the house is also activated to keep the air in the room fresh.

Around the hot pot, there are plates of mutton slices, beef slices, fresh mushrooms, potato slices, enoki mushrooms, and yuba......

And, of course, a pair of cutlery.

Asking the in-laws and the couple to sit down, Li Qin couldn't help but ask with a worried face: "That, Qinzhi mother, ...... you What's wrong?"

"Oh it's okay, it's really okay. Zhuo Huilan explained with a gentle smile: "I suddenly remembered something just now, I'm sorry, it's a little out of shape, it's nothing, come, let's eat...... Hey, today's dish and mutton look fresh, in fact, I rarely eat hot pot, especially in recent years, I always hear others mention, it's not good, today I have to eat more. ”

"Hey, of course you need to eat more. Li Qin immediately became happy: "This is the freshest one I went to the mall to pick today, and the dipping sauce is produced in our own factory, and the best one is selected from it, come and ......."

Although Huang Shen had doubts in his heart, he was not easy to ask, and when he saw this, he took advantage of the conversation and said: "I, I've always been thinking about the opportunity to taste what Shuoyuan's fast food tastes like, and it can sell so well in a place like Beijing." ”

"Dad, our fast food sells well, in fact, it mainly depends on the seasoning of this sauce. Skullcap said happily: "Then, I'll take you to try it tomorrow morning, almost all of our stores can't buy it if you go late." ”

"There is one more thing that Qin Zhi didn't say. Wen Shuo put the mutton slices into the hot pot while saying: "The sauce meat in the store is also a must, it was good to open a store before, but there are many branches, so you can only redevelop the original secret recipe to make a bag of sauce, and add the appropriate amount to the pot when stewing meat, you can stew the best sauce meat." ”

"Amazing!" Huang Shen smiled: "Any line, as long as you do it well, you can achieve unimaginable success, you Shuoyuan fast food is like this, who would have thought that just a small shop that makes the simplest fast food can operate to the scale it has today." ”

Speaking of these, Zhuo Huilan couldn't help but nod, showing appreciation and relief on her face.

Li Qin interjected: "Don't patronize it, come, eat, this meat will get old if it has been cooked for too long, and it can be eaten if it changes color...... Hey, Xiao Shuo, pour wine!"

"Ah, this is poured!" Wen Shuo hurriedly picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for the old man, while looking at his mother-in-law: "That, Auntie, can you also drink some?"

Zhuo Huilan politely refused: "I rarely drink liquor." ”

"Then I'll go get the red wine, I have it at home!" Wen Shuo poured wine for the old man, and immediately got up to get it.

"Mom, how can you drink red wine when you eat shabu-shabu?" Skullcap said with a smile: "You, others don't know that I don't know? If you can drink liquor, drink a little, drink less, eat mutton and drink liquor, although it is easy to get angry, but it is more enjoyable." ”

Zhuo Huilan was stunned, her daughter, how could she have such a cognition and way of talking?

Or more enjoyable?

However, Zhuo Huilan didn't feel too dissatisfied, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll drink a little liquor." ”

"Oh yes, it's in our own house anyway. Li Qin said with a smile: "I also have a little drink, I don't have to go back to the hotel at night, drink some wine and it is hot, the family chats, and live here, anyway, Xiaoshuo and Qinzhi's house is big and there is a place to live." ”

Zhuo Huilan listened more and more...... Well, unpretentious.

Huang Shen laughed heartily, his wife may still be a little uncomfortable with this way of communication, but in his old Jianghu's opinion, only because of this simplicity, unpretentiousness, and lack of deliberate elegance can it be more friendly and relaxing.

He said to Wen Shuo: "Wen Shuo, sit down and pour wine for your mother, oh yes, you have to drink more today, you know that you are massive!"

"No problem. Wen Shuo agreed, while busily pouring wine.

The soup was boiling in the hot pot, and the five people gathered around the table, chatting while eating, and soon the atmosphere gradually became warm from the previous mutual moderation - this is the advantage of eating hot pot, it is easier to create a warm atmosphere than ordinary meals.