I sell hot pot in Dasong [farming]

Si Nan dragged Tang Xuan across the world of the two, leaving Bai Ye standing alone on the stairs clutching his painful forehead, neither going up nor down.

Huai Shu ran over with sharp eyes, and said cautiously, "Master Bai, shall I lead you up? Or... go to the medical clinic."

"Go up." Not only was Bai Ye not annoyed, but he also put on a smile and talked to Huai Shu gently, "Are you getting used to staying in Si's house?"

"Very good." Huaishu lowered his head slightly, with a respectful attitude, and refused to say a word next to him.

Bai Ye still smiled, "I heard that Brother Si is going to send you to Ruoshui Academy."

The locust tree was startled, and Bai Ye sent someone to watch them? !

They haven't mentioned the matter of Ruoshui Academy to anyone, unless someone heard Sinan say it with their own ears, it's impossible to know!

Suppressing the panic in his heart, the locust tree replied calmly: "The boys have not registered their household registrations yet, so the academy will definitely not accept them. It was the king of Yanjun who mentioned it and was willing to clear it up."

Bai Ye glanced at him with a smile that was not a smile, "Brother Si is on good terms with Prince Yan, it's a good thing, and it's also your luck."

The locust tree nodded yes.

He specifically mentioned Tang Xuan, just to make Bai Ye feel afraid, and not to play Sinan's idea.

While talking, he entered the private room.

Bai Ye waved his hand, "Go ahead and order a spicy pot for me. You don't need to come in."

Huai Shu heaved a sigh of relief, bowed and left.

Before going out, Bai Ye said again: "Don't worry, I won't touch him."

Huaishu was stunned, and then heard Bai Ye's smiling voice: "I still pointed at him...to enter the Wuwei Club."

Huai Shu turned around, frowning tightly.

If you think about it with your toes, you know that what Bai Ye wants to talk about is definitely not just Wuweishe.

The pagoda tree came out of the private room, suddenly quickened his pace, and rushed into the kitchen like flying, "Master——"

After only saying one word, he was stunned.

His master is feeding the county king a leek box!

His finger was about to be bitten off by King Yan!

Huai Shu has been living in Wuyou Cave since he was a child, what has he not seen?The look in Tang Xuan's eyes suddenly changed.

How much trust I used to have, now how vigilant I am.

He boldly pulled Si Nan away from Tang Xuan.

Si Nan was quite displeased, "Are you dizzy from the heat?"

The locust tree kept winking at him.

Silly master, you can take care of yourself, do you have to be tricked into the county prince's mansion to become a male favorite before you know you regret it?

Tang Xuan pursed his lips and pulled Si Nan back, "I'm not full."

Those three simple words were like turning on a switch on Sinan's body, making him busy immediately.Baked pancakes, boiled mutton, and sprinkled with green vegetables are all Tang Xuan's favorites.

Locust tree: ...

Just... very powerless.

Tang Xuan looked at him, "Is there something wrong?"

The pagoda tree shuddered, and then remembered the business, and learned Bai Ye's words from the beginning.

Tang Xuan's eyes were slightly cold, "I see."

Huaishu looked at Sinan, Master, you should say something!

Sinan looked very trusting, "Leave this matter to Xiao Xuanxuan, we don't have to worry about it. By the way, doesn't he want to eat spicy pot? Brother Nan let him taste the real 'spicy' 'pot!"

Tang Xuan asked: "How spicy is it?"

Si Nan winked and said jokingly, "You can't eat it, I can't bear it."

Locust tree: ...

Is love consensual?

The locust tree came out of the back kitchen top-heavy.

While cooking hot pot, Sinan told Tang Xuan about Bai Ye's acquaintance with Yue Linglong.

"Do you think what he said is true? Yue—I mean my mother actually saved him!"

"It's true." Tang Xuan nodded.

He checked Bai Ye, and there was indeed such a thing.

Back then, Bai Ye was just an ordinary beggar, and Yue Linglong hadn't married Si Xu yet, the Si family's horse was startled and almost stepped on Bai Ye.It was Yue Linglong who rescued him, and thus met Si Xu.

Later, Yue Linglong and Si Xu got married, and Bai Ye gave him a gift.

The Imperial City Secretary did not find out what was sent.

It wasn't something precious, after all, Bai Ye hadn't made her mark in Wuyou Cave at that time, and she didn't necessarily have three meals.

"Unexpectedly, he really didn't lie to me! Since he remembers my mother's kindness, he must be a kind person. By the way, he also gave me a gift just now, huh? Where did you put it?" Sinan back and forth I looked around, but couldn't find it.

Could it be that he was too excited to see Tang Xuan just now, so he threw it away?

Tang Xuan touched the brocade box without a trace, threw it away, and threw it under the cooking table.

Sinan didn't find it, and he didn't care, he continued to talk about Bai Ye while cooking hot pot for the guests.

With a deep voice, Tang Xuan interrupted him, "I also know Senior Yue."

After finishing speaking, he added: "I have known each other for a long time."

"Ah?" Sinan's expression seemed to eat a whale.

"Really? Isn't my mother an ordinary Jianghu girl? How does your majestic county king know her?"

He successfully caught his attention, and he no longer heard Bai Ye's name from him. Tang Xuan was very satisfied, "It's true that Senior Yue is a Jianghu girl, but she is not ordinary. She is the younger sister of General Di, and Mrs. Dingguo." Be nice."

Mrs. Dingguo is Di Qing's first wife, the Wei family.

When Tang Xuan was practicing martial arts in the General's Mansion, Yue Linglong often took Sinan to visit the General's Mansion. At that time, Sinan was still a little Douding who couldn't speak well.

Later, Di Qing entered the Privy Council, which aroused the fear of civil servants.Countless pairs of eyes stared at him, trying to find fault with him.

The Si family is a merchant, and their contacts with courtiers are sensitive. Those people can't touch the general's mansion for a while, but they can easily attack the Si family.In order not to hurt the Si family, Di Qingcai broke off contact with Yue Linglong.

Si Nan cursed, "What the hell!"

He just wanted to know if the Heavenly Group of Recitation and Silent Writing was involved in this matter!Whoever participates, don't want to come to his restaurant to eat hot pot!

Tang Xuan comforted: "It's over."

General Di died of depression, the four sons of the Di family left the border, and Mrs. Dingguo closed the door to thank guests.

As for those who poured dirty water on General Di, the officials knew it well, and they would be punished one by one.

Originally, his family could be friends with the great hero!

Simon chopped off the head of the fish with a single knife.

If Erlang knew that the General Di he admired was so miserable, he wondered if he would be so angry that he would not want to learn martial arts.

Another knife cut off the tail of the fish.

"I'm going to make an oversized hot pot later, and have someone send it to the General's Mansion to see if anyone still makes irresponsible remarks!"

"Okay." Tang Xuan looked at it, only thinking it was cute.

In order to cheer him up, he mentioned a past event, "Actually, it's not the first time you've kissed me."

Simon was startled: "What?"

Tang Xuan's smile deepened, "When you were three years old, you kissed me when I hugged you."

That time, it was on the left cheek.

what what? !

Simon's whole body is not well.

Three years old!

That person is not him! ! !

His little Xuanxuan was "kissed" by another Sinan Jie!

"No, I want to kiss back!"

"You still want to hug me!"

Hold longer than at three years old!

Si Nan threw the knife away and teased Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan leaned back and blocked him, "Now that I'm older, I can't kiss anymore."

Tang Xuan knew that he was joking.

However, his own heart is true.

So, no.

Now that she has decided not to develop a relationship with him other than "boyfriend", then she is not allowed to do anything out of the ordinary except petting him.

In fact, Si Nan didn't really want to kiss, but when he saw Tang Xuan's "disgusting" look, he was instantly dissatisfied: "I was so old the day before yesterday, and I still kissed you!"

Tang Xuan's eyes flashed, "Didn't you say that it was a thank you gift?"

Simon: ...

What does it mean to lift a rock and shoot yourself in the foot!

***

On the first day of Nake, I originally prepared ingredients for two meals at noon and evening, but I didn't expect that there would be so many customers, and one meal would be sold out.

Sinan hung up the sign "Sold out today, reservations welcome", and held a meeting for everyone behind closed doors.

In order to make the atmosphere more relaxed, eat and talk.

Si Nan, Tang Xuan, Cui Shi and Zhong Jiang sat on the small table, a group of young men were divided into two groups, and sat around the big table. Three or four of them shared a copper hot pot and opened it to eat.

Cui Shi stared at the platefuls of sliced ​​meat, "Didn't you say there was no meat?"

"This is set aside early in the morning, let's eat it ourselves."

Cui Shi was in pain for a while, "If you sell this, how much will you charge?"

Si Nan smiled and said, "How much is too much? From now on, our store will have a fixed amount of ingredients every day, and the store will be closed when they are sold out. Want to eat? Please come early tomorrow."

Cui Shimeng was stunned, "Isn't this throwing out the money you got?"

Sinan shook his head, "Throw one point, ten points come in, Brother Shi, do you think this deal is a good deal?"

Cui Shi was puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

"Hunger marketing." Thanks to the days and nights of staring at the screen and robbing Mimi for those years, he has a deeper understanding of consumers' psychology.

In fact, this trick is more suitable for the ancients.

Love to follow the trend, love face, can boast and show off, this is more prominent in ancient people than in modern people.

Especially in the Song Dynasty, the people of Bianjing did not lack money, but what they lacked was tricks.

If you tell them "which restaurant has delicious food", they may not care; if you change it to "which restaurant has a rare dish", they will probably go and have a look, but the specific date is not certain.

If you change it to "It's hard to decide which restaurant seats, the guests line up from Tokyo to Xijing, even if the official family goes, they may not be able to jump in line, whoever wants to eat at his house is worth bragging for a whole year"...

Si Nan smiled and swept around the crowd, "Say, if it were you, would you like to come over and have a meal?"

Zhong rein nodded, "I definitely want to. Not only do I want to, but I have to be ahead of others as soon as possible, so that I will have face. Not only me, but also the colleagues of the Imperial City Division. When the time comes, the brothers will probably have to form a gang to come together. .”

"I think so too, but I can't afford it." Cui Shi grinned.

Everyone laughed.

Tang Xuan thought more deeply, "Can a temporary gimmick last long?"

Si Nan gave him a small appreciative look, "That's a good question, this is the foundation of our establishment—if we want to prosper for a long time, we still need to focus on the food itself."

"That's why I insist on rationing the ingredients every day. I sell the freshest and cook the best. There are more customers today, so let's buy ten catties more meat. If there are fewer customers tomorrow, the extra ten catties will be eaten in the next day. What to do? Use it, it won’t be fresh, throw it away, it will hurt your heart.”

"Keep it for yourself?"

"Eat once or twice by yourself, how about ten times or eight times?" Sinan looked at them and said sincerely, "This is the livelihood of all of us, and we may have to do it for most of our lives. workshop."

Our business...

The career of most of my life...

Everyone stared at Sinan intently, with ripples in their hearts.

Sinan continued: "If the ingredients follow the flow of customers, there is another problem: you will be overwhelmed. If you are too busy, you will inevitably be perfunctory. The taste is not good enough. If the customers are not satisfied with the first meal, they will not come again. Let's open a shop What you want to do is word of mouth, and what you need is repeat customers.”

Everyone nodded in conviction.

Cui Shi patted the table, "Brother Nan, tell me, you come up with a regulation, and we just follow it."

Sinan showed a smile, "I have roughly drawn up the basic points. Let's work harder in the next few days and have a small training. The purpose of holding this meeting right now is to hear the thoughts of the brothers. You have a certain experience in your respective positions. More detailed than me, let me tell you, where do you need to improve?"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Either they didn't know what to say, or they were too embarrassed to say it, as if they were picking on Sinan's fault.

They can't do this.

Si Nan blinked, "Is there none?"

Obviously disappointed.

Tang Xuan winked at Zhong Jiang.

Zhong Jiang coughed lightly and said, "I do have one..."

Si Nan's eyes lit up immediately, "Yeah, tell me."

At the same time, take out the pen and paper prepared in advance and prepare to write it down.

Zhong Jiang said: "The road outside the city is much bumpier than inside the city, and the wooden barrels holding the soup are somewhat spilled, which is not only wasteful, but also slightly dirty around the sides of the barrels. Most of the students in the academy are from good backgrounds. Seeing this, I feel a little bit embarrassed."

Si Nan thought while remembering, "In this case, we still need to add a shock-absorbing layer under the barrel, and don't fill it too full. I'll discuss it with Brother Mu later... Also, don't worry on the road, ride slowly."

The delivery team nodded quickly.

Sinan encouraged: "Sagosh, what's the problem with dine-in?"

Huai Shu hurriedly said: "There is no big problem, but some customers said it was hot." When eating hot pot on Mayday, heat is the biggest problem.

"Go back and make some cold skewers, and iced drinks..." Sinan looked at Tang Xuan, "My lord, can I borrow some ice from your house?"

Tang Xuan nodded, "No need to borrow it, I will give it to you."

Si Nan grinned, "I invite you to eat hot pot, you will be a lifetime VIP."

"As for cooling down...Let Brother Wood make a few fans, hand-cranked or foot-operated, maybe our fans can attract some customers."

Cui Shi: "What is a fan? Is it a big cattail fan?"

Si Nan laughed, "No, it's much more powerful than cattail fan, and the whole room is cool when the fan is blown."

"And this fairy object?"

"Yes, I'll draw a picture later, and you can take it back to Brother Mu..." Sinan said halfway, when he remembered something, his voice changed, "Otherwise, I might as well go there in the evening and tell Brother Mu himself."

Cui Shi was very happy, "Succeed, I will ask your sister-in-law to cook and come back after eating."

"Then please trouble sister-in-law." Sinan looked at Tang Xuan, blinking his dark eyes, "Would you like to go with me?"

Tang Xuan knew that he was making a bad idea, so he nodded in response.

Simon immediately became happy.

With Zhong Jiang and Huaishu at the beginning, everyone opened up their minds and talked in a hurry.

Sinan carefully wrote down every item he said, and most of them were able to come up with solutions quickly, and they were not arbitrary, and would kindly discuss with everyone.

For a moment, everyone admired and felt relieved, and yearned for his "career" even more.

Si Nan has always looked reliable in front of others, and when only his family is left, he immediately transforms.

He inserted the door, closed all the windows, hopped and dragged out a big wooden box, and shouted excitedly: "Boys, count the money!"

"Whoa-"

Countless copper coins bounced out of the flasks, one after another, piled up on the table, and some even fell to the ground.

The children quickly got down on the ground and picked it up cherishingly.They held hands and hopped like Si Nan, so happy that they didn't know how to express it.

Si Nan took out a copper coin from his pocket, and said mysteriously, "Come on, each person makes a wish. If it faces up, it means that it will come true soon—the locust tree comes first."

Huaishu was suddenly a little nervous, and stammered, "I, I want to join the Forbidden Army and go to the northwest, just like my father!"

"The sky is lingering, the earth is lingering, the gods and gods are quick-show-ling!" Sinan threw the copper coin up.

The eyes of the children followed nervously.

With a jingle, the copper coin fell to the ground...

"front!"

"It's positive!"

The little ones screamed excitedly.

Sinan quickly picked up the copper coins and patted the locust tree on the shoulder, "Work hard, boy, your wish will definitely come true."

The pagoda tree shook hands excitedly and nodded heavily.

"It's your turn, Erdou."

Er Dou scratched his head, and said naively: "I want to cook delicious hot pot like Master, so many people will come to eat it!"

Sinan raised his eyebrows, this wish is good, since the little guy likes it, he can cultivate it later.

Copper coins are thrown up and down.

"front!"

The children happily surrounded Erdou.

The third one is the cub.

The little guy hid his little arms behind his back, and although he looked timid, he still said firmly: "I want to go to Ruoshui Academy to study and learn to write like my master... Read a lot of books and write a lot of characters."

The children were silent.

How can he write without hands?

Sinan clenched his fists and scolded the thief in the Wuyou Cave of the Hammer Flower Ghost a hundred times in his heart, but with a smile on his face, "Then let's see the answer the god gave my little baby!"

"The sky is lingling, the earth is lingling, the gods and gods are quick-show-ling!"

Children are more nervous.

The result is positive.

The children screamed.

It seems to be the first time, such a bold emotional release.

The cub's entire face lit up, and then, he couldn't help crying again.

Si Nan hugged the little guy in his arms and said, "Don't cry, brother will definitely make the boy's wish come true."

Isn't it Ruoshui Academy?

Put it on him!

Don't you just have no hands?

How many inspirational people in modern times write with their feet and mouth, and he believes that his own cub can do it too.

The few remaining little ones don't have big wishes. Some want to eat hot pot every day, some want to sleep in a clean bed every day, and some want to follow Master forever.

The results are undoubtedly positive.

Every time a copper coin falls, Sinan will pick it up immediately so that no one else will see it.

Tang Xuan smiled without saying a word.

Si Nan raised his eyebrows at him, "What wish does Xiao Xuanxuan have?"

Tang Xuan looked at him, and said slowly: "I hope to have a person with one heart, and never leave each other."

Zhuo Wenjun's "Baitou Yin" talks about the fact that men have two hearts, and women write poems to express the meaning of renunciation.These two sentences alone express the expectations of many people.

Si Nan swallowed, it wasn't that he had a big face, but he just felt... the way Tang Xuan said these words seemed to be confessing his love.

Si Nan knew that Tang Xuan was very special to him, beyond the kind of brother.

However, he was not sure whether Tang Xuan's liking for him was a "temporary love affair" or a "long-lasting love".

This is the Song Dynasty, and he is a majestic county king. Can he really give up the decent life of marrying a family daughter, or even a princess, and "never leave" with a man?

He has seen so many homosexuals in the 21st century, but he has not seen many people who are willing to put aside secular prejudices and come out resolutely.

The vast majority of gays will choose to marry girls in the end.

It's disgusting, but it's the truth.

Sinan had encountered similar things before.

When he was in junior high school, he had a good buddy who practiced sports together, and the two got along so well that they could go to each other's house to eat and drink at any time.

At that time, Si Nan hadn't developed well yet, he was not tall like now, white and tender.

That buddy is four years older than him, in the third year of high school, and treats him very well, always giving him something delicious and fun.

He also helped Sinan fight, two against six, he defended Sinan in front of him, Sinan was fine, his face was beaten into a pig's head.

He always loves to flirt with Simon, calling "baby, baby" every day, pinching his face and tugging at his ears whenever he gets a chance.

The brothers huddled on the cushions for a morning break, and that man would definitely use his body to form a wall to separate Sinan from those "smelly men".

In the second year of junior high school, Sinan found out that he was gay, and was terrified. He immediately thought of that person.He thought the other party was "the same kind", so he told him impulsively.

——It’s not confession, nor liking, just hoping that someone can understand me and stand with me.

Unexpectedly, after listening to what he mustered up the courage to say, the other party's expression became very strange, and he said a few perfunctory words, and then alienated him from Sinan.

Later, that person went to a university in other places, and they never contacted again.

Since then, Sinan has understood a truth: not all men who can flirt with men are crooked.

Even if he is, he is not necessarily willing to come out.

What's more, this is the Song Dynasty, and Tang Xuan is the king of the county.

Behind him is the official family, the county prince's mansion, and the 40 Tang family army.

Si Nan really didn't have that self-confidence, thinking that he could just spend the rest of his life with a man without marrying a wife and having children.

They will know each other for two months, and their understanding of each other and their vision for the future are too shallow.

There is another reality that has to be faced - in terms of status and financial resources, two people are not equal.

He is of royal blood, the adopted son of an official family, and a county king with a different surname; he is the son of a businessman, his family is in decline, and the whereabouts of his parents are unknown.

He is the commander of the Imperial City Division, with a big family and countless assets; he...even the shop he just opened is his.

These are very real problems.

Si Nan is a realistic person, so he has to think about it.

Of course, he also believes that the current "reality" will not remain unchanged.

He liked Tang Xuan, from the beginning he was greedy for his body, and later he was attracted by his whole body.

He thought that when the conditions are ripe, he grows into a person who is equal to Tang Xuan in terms of status and financial resources, and he will confess his love to him.

However, not now.

The days to come are still long, so there is no rush.

So, Sinan held back and didn't go deep into the words.

He smiled and said, "Do you know why Zhuo Wenjun wanted 'one-hearted man'? Because Sima Xiangru almost cheated."

How sweet it was when "Phoenix Qiuhuang" was, and how indignant it was when it was abandoned.Perhaps there is also unspeakable sadness, desolation, and uncontrollable and cowardly nostalgia.

Tang Xuan: "So?"

Simon: "So can you change your wish?"

This poem is inauspicious!

Tang Xuan raised his eyebrows, "Then marry him in."

He can't get what he wants in this life, there is only one him.

Simon: ...

Young man, make a wish and be responsible, okay?

When it was his turn, Sinan quietly said to the copper coin: "I hope that Xiao Xuanxuan's wish will not come true."

If that day really comes, he will be the one to "marry"!