Walk all the way

Standing on the edge of a cliff, you may rein in the precipice, or jump into the abyss, depending on whether the person next to you is pulling or pushing.

As a famous delicacy in China, hot pot is especially popular, especially in winter, when you sit around with two or three relatives or four or five friends, watching the rising white mist, boiling hot soup, and eating fat beef Sheep, fresh vegetables, and chatting with each other about family affairs, it is really enjoyable.Regarding the taste of hot pot, some people don’t like spicy food, while others love white soup. If a group of people want to solve the conflict of tastes, they will naturally ask for mandarin duck pot.

As a return gift for Double Eleven, Jiang Chuanxu and Zhou Tian also invited Zhou Ruoqing to eat hot pot.It is a newly opened hot pot restaurant, and it is said to taste good.This is said to have been heard from Jiang Chengxuan.Because Lin Xun is busy with work, he rarely commutes to and from work on time. Although most of Jiang Chengxuan will prepare three meals a day for Xiaoxiao on time, oh no, two meals——Xiaoxiao eats lunch in the kindergarten—but sometimes I also have to work overtime to catch up with work. It was too late and I didn't want to cook, so I took Xiaoxiao to the restaurant directly.When he comes across a good shop, he will recommend it to Jiang Chuanxu, although he also knows that he rarely has free time to stay in a hotel.So although this meal was a return gift, it was delayed until the end of the month, and it was a non-weekend night. Fortunately, Zhou Ruoqing had fewer classes this day.

As expected of a shop with a good reputation, even though it is not a weekend, it is basically full of seats.

When the three of them entered the store, a waiter came up to entertain them enthusiastically.

"How many are we?"

"three people."

The waiter looked around, and there happened to be a table inside by the window, and hurriedly said: "Come here, this way." While talking, he led the three of them over.

The mess left by the last table was cleaned up by the waiter, and it was cleaned up quickly and neatly. The pots, dishes, and dishes were taken away, the garbage was swept into the trash can, and the tabletop was wiped again.

The three sat down, and the waiter brought new tableware and menus: "Let's see what to order?"

Zhou Ruoqing took the menu and looked down; Zhou Tian also silently opened the tableware for everyone; Jiang Chuanxu took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped the table again.

The waiter introduced from the side: "We have high soup, mushroom soup, and spicy ones at the bottom of our pot. You can use mandarin duck pot..."

"Is it like Tai Chi?" Zhou Ruoqing raised her head and asked.

"Yes."

Zhou Ruoqing looked at the two older brothers across the way: "I remember Brother Chuanxu doesn't eat spicy food, right?"

"Well, I don't usually eat spicy food." Jiang Chuanxu smiled.

Zhou Tian also just nodded.

"The bottom of the pot should be non-spicy." Zhou Ruoqing said to the waiter.

"Okay, do you want broth or mushroom soup?"

"Gaotang." Zhou Tianyi actually spoke.Jiang Chuanxu nodded in agreement.

"Okay..." The waiter wrote it down with the orderer in his hand, "What do you need for the dishes?"

"Hmm... I want a beef roll, a lamb roll, and a mushroom platter..." Zhou Ruoqing reported a few dishes, and then asked, "What do you guys want to eat?"

"One serving of fish paste, one serving of vegetable platter, and one serving of potato chips." Jiang Chuanxu said.Although he didn't look at the menu, these few things are basically available,

"Sorry, the fish slips are sold out, can the shrimp slips be ok? The price is the same."

"Well... okay..." Jiang Chuanxu felt a little regretful.

"What else is there for the fish dishes?" Zhou Tian also asked.

"And fish tacos and fish balls."

"I want another fish ball."

"Okay..." The waiter said one by one, "Is there anything else you need? Sauces, drinks, staple food?"

"What do you want?" Zhou Ruoqing asked Jiang Chuanxu and Zhou Tianyi.

"It's all right, you decide, after all, we invited you." Jiang Chuanxu said with a smile.

Zhou Tian also had no intention of speaking, so he agreed with what Jiang Chuanxu said.

"Then..." Zhou Ruoqing looked at the menu and thought for a moment, "A bowl of peanut butter for the sauce, a bowl of sesame sauce, and a bowl of seafood sauce, orange juice for the drink, and dragon beard noodles for the staple food. Let's do it first." Gave it to the waiter.

"Okay." The waiter took the menu, "Please wait a moment." With a slight bow, he went to work.

Zhou Ruoqing felt a little hot, so she took off her coat and put it on an empty chair beside her.

At this time, the waiter came over with the drink first, put it down: "Please use it slowly, and put it on the bottom of the pot immediately." Then he left.

Zhou Tian also brought all three cups in front of him, poured them out, and gave them first to Jiang Chuanxu, then to Zhou Ruoqing, and finally his own.

Zhou Ruoqing picked up the drink and sighed faintly: "Alas..." Then she took a sip.

Jiang Chuanxu just smiled and didn't speak, and Zhou Tian was usually expressionless.

Zhou Ruoqing put down the glass: "I didn't order any wine because I came by car. Do you want a drink? I can take charge of the driving. After all, I am also a person with a small notebook." There was a little pride in her tone.

"I don't drink." Jiang Chuanxu said with a chuckle.

Zhou Tian also glanced at his sister and took a sip of his drink: "It seems that the car insurance should be renewed."

Zhou Ruoqing knew that Zhou Tian would also make fun of her, so she couldn't help but rolled her eyes, but it was true, even though she got her driver's license, she hadn't driven a car a few times.

"Huh, the only thing that can make you talk is to ridicule me except for brother Chuanxu. I can't compare to you, an old driver with N years of driving experience, but at least I have learned it seriously. Besides , I was born eight years later than you, and I will definitely be better than you eight years later."

"Don't wait eight years later," Zhou Tianyi said, "If you can find a boyfriend now, I will admit that you are better than me."

"It's this topic again. It's annoying enough to listen to my parents nagging every day. I'm only 22, and I'm still a baby." Pretending to be angry, he drank the drink in the cup in one gulp.

Jiang Chuanxu refilled Zhou Ruoqing's drinks: "Don't rush, don't rush, feelings should go with fate, take your time."

"That's right, I thought so too..."

The waiter came again, but this time there was an extra man in a suit who looked like a manager or something.

The man smiled and said, "Welcome to our hot pot restaurant. We are having an event right now. Are you interested in trying it?" He took out a colorful advertisement and put it on the table.

Zhou Tianyi was naturally not interested in this kind of thing, and drank the fruit juice expressionlessly.

Jiang Chuanxu glanced at it: "Look, Ruoqing."

Zhou Ruoqing picked up the flyer and looked at the content on it. It was a challenge.It is said that it is a challenge to eat super invincible spicy beef balls. If you can eat one, you can get a [-]% discount, if you can eat two, you can get a [-]% discount, and so on. If you can eat ten, it is free.Of course, the challenge to eat meatballs can only be served by one person per table.

Jiang Chuanxu put his head in one hand and smiled, "I can't eat spicy food."

Zhou Tian also looked indifferent: "Pass."

"I want to try it." Zhou Ruoqing said, "I can still eat spicy things."

"Then you agree to participate in our activities?" The man asked again for confirmation.

"join."

"Okay, I will serve you some beef balls when the dishes are served later, and our waiter will count them for you."

"Okay." Zhou Ruoqing agreed, there was nothing to lose anyway.

After about ten minutes, everything was ready.The so-called super invincible spicy beef balls look no different from ordinary beef balls.Before starting the challenge, the waiter took out a list for Zhou Ruoqing to sign.

Zhou Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, took a look at the list, it probably meant that the challenge should be done according to one's ability, if there are bad consequences due to bravado, it has nothing to do with the hot pot restaurant, and the customers should bear it by themselves.

Zhou Ruoqing thought about it for a moment, and then signed.

After the meatballs are cooked, take them out. The cooked meatballs are reddish, and only then do they seem to have a spicy feeling.Zhou Ruoqing waited until the meatball was no longer hot enough to eat, so she bit into half of it first, but only half of it made her tears come out.

"Wow, it's so spicy, how much pepper is added." He quickly took a few sips of his drink.

"Ruoqing, don't eat, there's no need to save money for the brothers, it's just a meal." Jiang Chuanxu said, with a vaguely uneasy expression on his face.

"I just tried it. It's too spicy, so I don't want to eat it." Zhou Ruoqing smiled and said to the waiter: "I tried it, but I can't eat it. Take it away."

"Okay, enjoy the rest slowly, I wish you a pleasant meal." The waiter was very polite, removed the beef balls and took them away.

So I started to eat the dishes I ordered.

While waiting for the food to be cooked, Zhou Tian also looked at his sister who was sitting opposite, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.

Zhou Ruoqing really couldn't wait for Zhou Tianyi to speak first, so she spoke first: "What do you want to say? Are you trying to tease me again?"

Zhou Tian also shook his head: "No."

Zhou Ruoqing rolled her eyes, as if she believed in you.

Jiang Chuanxu smiled and said to Zhou Ruoqing, "I'm probably thinking about other things, I didn't mean to tease you."

Zhou Ruoqing also stuck out her tongue to Zhou Tian: "It means Brother Chuanxu will say good things for you, so I will believe you this time." The pot has already rolled up, and the food in the pot is also rolling with the soup. Very appetizing. "It's ready, let's eat."

While enjoying the delicious food, we also casually chatted about various topics.The store is always lively with people coming and going, but the stories happening at each table will not disturb each other.But there's always something that grabs the crowd's attention.

The tables in the hot pot restaurant include not only regular square tables for four people, but also round tables that can seat more people.There is a round table not far from where Jiang Chuanxu and the others are sitting.The group of people who were there when they came in just now had dispersed, and then another group came. There were men and women, but they were all young people. Some of them were holding a big cake in their hands. It seemed that someone had come out for a birthday party. .

A group of people were chatting and laughing lively, discussing and ordering food, and as expected, the man in a formal suit also told a group of people about the challenge in the store.Young people basically like to try and challenge some new things, especially when there are many people. If they succeed, whether they can get free meals is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the person who succeeds in the challenge will have special face.After a lot of humility and selection, a group of people finally selected a young man to be the challenger.

Because they were not far away, the three of Jiang Chuanxu also noticed what happened there.

Zhou Ruoqing, who had tried the spiciness of meatballs, was not very optimistic about the young man: "I guess he can eat one at most." She poked a non-spicy fish ball and put it in her mouth.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Zhou Tianyi suddenly asked Zhou Ruoqing.

"Me?" Facing Zhou Tianyi's sudden concern, Zhou Ruoqing was a little confused, "No...what's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's fine if you don't have one." Zhou Tian also didn't say anything else, and continued to eat his own.

"Oh..." Although Zhou Ruoqing was a little puzzled, she didn't continue to ask.Out of curiosity and the excitement at the round table, Zhou Ruoqing was attracted by the group of young people, wondering how many of the selected youngsters could challenge, so she unconsciously paid attention.

The young man's challenge started, as expected, he only ate half of it, and he couldn't help but sigh that it was too spicy, but after drinking a few sips of water, he actually ate the remaining half, and the people around him applauded.

"One more!" someone booed.

Others agree.

The young man slowed down and began to challenge the second one. This time he put a ball directly into his mouth, and after eating it, his face turned red.

"Good!" Someone applauded.

Some are too lively, attracting the attention of other guests.

"You can get a [-]% discount on this table, do you want to continue?" the waiter asked.

"Keep going!" Someone urged.

The young man nodded: "Continue."

When the young man ate the third ball, Zhou Ruoqing, who had been paying attention, couldn't help saying, "Tsk tsk...that's amazing, you can eat three."

Hearing what Zhou Ruoqing said, Zhou Tianyi and Jiang Chuanxu, who hadn't paid much attention to the challenge at that table, couldn't help becoming interested and cast their gazes over there.

Most of the customers in the store also stopped their chopsticks and watched the movement over there.

When the young man ate the fourth one, not only the group of friends who came with him applauded, but individual guests from other tables also began to participate.

"Fifth! Fifth!"

After eating the fifth one, the blushing young man slumped on the back of the chair amidst the cheers of the people around him, and waved his hands again and again: "No way..."

The girl sitting next to the young man held his arm, and asked with concern and anxiety, "Are you okay?" The relationship was relatively close, and they looked like boyfriend and girlfriend. "Come on, drink some water." Hastily brought water for the young man to drink.

"You can get a [-]% discount on this meal." The waiter was also very impressed, "Look..."

Before the waiter finished speaking, he was interrupted by booing: "One more!" "Continue!" There were applause.

Only the girl persuaded the young man: "It's okay, let's stop eating." But the girl's voice was too small, and was instantly drowned out.

The young man regained his strength, sat up straight and patted the girl's hand: "It's okay, it's your birthday today, I, as a boyfriend, should give you some face, don't you?" Then he raised his head and said proudly to the waiter: "Go ahead! "

"Okay!" There was applause from all around, with the sound of whistling mixed in.

Driven by the overall environment, even Zhou Ruoqing couldn't help but want to applaud the young man.

"Also..." Jiang Chuanxu, with a rare expression on his face, tugged at Zhou Tianyi's arm beside him.

Zhou Tian also knew what Jiang Chuanxu meant, but he just shook his head helplessly.

After all, this kind of thing depends on the wishes of the parties themselves, and no one else can interfere at all, although the wishes of the parties will be affected by the surrounding environment.

In the end, the young man actually ate eight of them. Amidst the cheers of a group of people, they won a [-]% discount for this meal.When the challenge was over, everyone turned their attention back to their dinner table.

"It's true that people can't be judged by appearances, and sea water can't be measured..." Zhou Ruoqing was still thinking about the young man's wonderful challenge.

"Eat quickly, you will miss the entrance guard if you are late." Zhou Tianyi's very realistic words forced Zhou Ruoqing to focus on eating well.

After a while, Jiang Chuanxu said to Zhou Tianyi, "I'm going to the bathroom."

Zhou Tianyi, who was sitting outside, gave way to Jiang Chuanxu and let him go out.

When Jiang Chuanxu passed by the young man's table, he found that the young man was not at the table.But when Jiang Chuanxu went into the toilet, he found a person squatting at the base of the wall, trembling all the time, it was that young man.

"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Chuanxu hurried up to check the situation.

"It hurts..." The young man's face was pale, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his hands were covering his abdomen, and his voice was trembling, "Stomach hurts..."

"I'll go and tell your friend." Jiang Chuanxu just wanted to leave, but then he thought of something, "Can you stand up? Inserting your fingers into your throat can induce vomiting, and spitting it out may relieve it."

The young man nodded slightly, leaning on the wall with one hand to force himself to stand up, Jiang Chuanxu helped him to the pool.The young man induced himself to vomit according to the method Jiang Chuanxu said, and Jiang Chuanxu took advantage of this time to call the emergency first.Seeing that the young man really managed to spit out something, he was a little relieved and went to inform his friend.

After this happened, no one was in the mood to eat anymore.After the ambulance arrived, the boy was taken to the hospital for treatment, and his girlfriend followed him.It is not known who paid for the [-]% discount for a table in the end.

On the way to send Zhou Ruoqing back to school, Zhou Ruoqing was unusually quiet.Sitting next to her, Jiang Chuanxu asked with concern, "Are you uncomfortable?"

"No." Zhou Ruoqing smiled awkwardly, but lowered her head again, "I just suddenly felt a little scared..."

Jiang Chuanxu patted Zhou Ruoqing's shoulder, said with a slight smile, "It's okay, your brother and I are here. Don't think too much, go back and have a good rest, if you feel uncomfortable, call us and ask your roommate to accompany you in time See a doctor."

"Yeah." Zhou Ruoqing responded, forcing herself to put on a relaxed tone, "Oh, besides, I'll just eat a little, and I'll be fine."

"Yes." Jiang Chuan smiled and agreed with Zhou Ruoqing's words.Looking up in the rearview mirror, he met Zhou Tian's eyes and smiled slightly.

Outside the car window, the night lights of the city are brilliant.