I opened a shopping mall in Xihuan

In the evening and at sunset, it is the busiest time on Kumbrun Street, especially at the entrance of the newly opened Elf Hot Pot Restaurant, which will always be blocked by customers waiting for a table.

However, today, the front of the hot pot restaurant has become extremely empty because of the arrival of a luxurious carriage.

Two rows of well-dressed city lord guards lined up to intercept this section of the road, only allowing people inside to come out, and outsiders were not allowed to enter.

"Is this right here?" Duke Dukes raised the curtain of the carriage, squinted his eyes to appreciate the appearance of the hot pot restaurant, and commented: "This kind of building has never been seen before, it must be the building of the elves, it is beautiful, but it is a little small. "

"After all, it's just a restaurant." Herro said with a smile, "Okay, you two, please get off the carriage with me. I think Mr. Youxia has been waiting for us inside for a long time."

"Get off the carriage?" Dukos gestured to him with his eyes at the city lord's guards lined up at the door, and said casually: "Shouldn't you let your people clear the place first, I can see that there are many people sitting in the shop Do you want me to dine with them?"

"I ate here once. There is a private room upstairs. The environment is very good. No one will disturb you." Hero said, "Please forgive me. If such a topic spreads, I will be hated by my citizens."

"Well, you are as thoughtful as ever." Dukes said, but his tone didn't seem to be complimenting.

Afterwards, the three of them got out of the carriage with the support of their attendants, walked slowly into the shop, and then went upstairs led by Beru.

Realizing that it wasn't the boss who came to greet him in person, Dukos's face became very ugly. In addition, he was surrounded by civilians who were eating. The curious eyes they cast on him made him feel like he was locked in a cage. The monkey inside made him feel even more upset and irritable.

"Your city people really need to be disciplined and disciplined."

When walking up the stairs, Dukos said such a sentence for no reason, which made Herro quite confused.

The Duchess immediately understood what her husband meant, and smiled apologetically at Herro one step behind, mouthing "You don't need to talk to him".

Herro nodded, smiling helplessly.

Beiru brought several people to the last private room, knocked on the door, and shouted: "Boss, the guests are here."

Both the Duke and Duchess straightened their clothes subconsciously. The next moment, the door was opened with a click. When the two raised their heads, a light golden glare came into their eyes.

The light came from the sunset rays coming in from the balcony, and the elves stood in front of them with their backs to the light, their silver hair and white clothes shone with a crystal halo, which made it look like a god descended into the world.

It was the first time for the two nobles to see wood elves. Although they had prepared themselves and often heard rumors that the wood elves were the most beautiful race in the mainland, when they really saw such a handsome appearance in front of them, the two of them still ruthless. I was taken aback.

"Good afternoon, Lord City Lord, we meet again!" Youxia greeted the City Lord first, and then greeted the two new guests, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Duke and Duchess, please come in and take a seat."

The city lord was about to say a few polite words, when he walked into the box, he saw a familiar figure standing by the dining table, tall and leggy, with a handsome face, and his long black hair was tied behind his head with a leather rope decorated with brass and feathers. His third son, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Rice saluted the Duke and Duchess who came in, and then bowed down to Herro in a business-like manner, and called her expressionlessly, "Father."

Herro nodded in a complicated mood.

Although I heard Regina say that her third brother made friends with the elf for some reason, but without saying hello like this, suddenly seeing the other party standing next to the foreign race, on the contrary, he is so indifferent and unfamiliar with his father , It's really not a taste.

On the other side, the Duke and Duchess looked at each other tacitly when they heard Rice address the city lord.

They had noticed Les' dark eyes that were different from those of the Western Continent, and when they thought of the rumor 20 years ago, they immediately understood the identity of this black-haired young man.

But this matter is not very glorious after all, even if he acted as arrogantly as Duke Dukes, he would not bring this matter up in front of the person involved to make fun of it.

You Xia didn't think as much as they did. After inviting the guests to sit down, he introduced to them the meal for tonight.

"Considering that the duke and duchess are eating hot pot for the first time, they may not be able to adapt to the spicy taste, so this time we specially prepared our newly released sour soup and three delicacies mandarin duck pot for them."

Several guests didn't know what sour soup and three delicacies were, but they just watched the soup slowly rolling up, and swallowed unconsciously when they smelled the aroma.

Beru skillfully brought the food from the dining car to the table, and soon the table was filled with neat and delicate food.

This time You Xia didn't order a lot of heavy-tasting food such as offal and brains like the last time he entertained the elder elves, but the plates of bright red raw meat and snow-white sashimi still surprised the two big shots.

"If I'm not mistaken, these are raw foods, right?" the Duchess asked uncertainly.

Just as You Xia was about to explain, City Lord Hero picked up a piece of pork belly and put it in a three-fresh pot to scald it, saying: "It's raw food, that's what makes hot pot different. Other restaurants eat it all. The meals prepared by the chef are prepared here for you with hot soup and raw meat, which are cooked in a pot like this, and the heat, seasoning and taste are all under your control."

"Aren't we here for dinner?" The Duke showed an expression of disbelief, "You still have to cook it yourself?"

"I was not used to it at first, but once I tried this way of eating, I gradually tasted the fun in it." Herro dipped the cooked meat slices in some sauce and put them into his mouth, chewing The mouth is full of fragrance, "It's like when we go out hunting, and after catching the prey, we light a fire on the spot, watching the skinned prey gradually roasted by the fire, then brushing the sauce on the prey, and eating it, isn't it very interesting?"

The Duke and Duchess seemed to be persuaded by him, but it may also be because Herro's eating meat was so delicious that they all wanted to try the taste of hot pot.

Next is the common chopsticks tutorial.

Youxia originally thought that teaching these two would be as troublesome as teaching Elgin to use chopsticks last time, and was even ready to ask Beru to go to the kitchen to get a fork at any time. I can't learn to use chopsticks, so I had to compromise and prepare cutlery such as knives and forks in the back kitchen.

Unexpectedly, these two nobles seemed to be more stubborn than Elgin, but they were quite active in learning chopsticks. They were not slow to learn, but they were not very stable. , it was difficult to pick things up from the pot, and most of the time it was up to the servants to spoon the meat into their bowls.

The first thing Dukes ate into his mouth was the fat beef that just came out of the sour soup pot. A chopsticks of meat was sent into his mouth with the soup, and the sour, refreshing and delicious taste of the meat bursting between his lips and tongue was indeed true. Surprised him for a few seconds.

The taste is so delicious that after swallowing the meat, there is still an aftertaste in the mouth.

Dukes looked at the tumbling hot pot, and for the first time had such a clear understanding: this is gourmet food, and the so-called food made of the highest quality ingredients that he ate before was just food to fill his stomach...

"Oh! I like this." Unlike Duchess, the first thing the Duchess tasted was not the ingredients in the hot pot, but the cold brown sugar glutinous rice cake.

The fried glutinous rice cake made of glutinous rice is poured with thick brown sugar juice. It is sweet but not greasy, soft and elastic. The Duchess has eaten many expensive desserts made by famous chefs, but she has never tried such a special taste. Just fell in love.

The Duke ate a piece of glutinous rice cakes on her recommendation, and thought it was really good, but the hot food in the pot was more to his taste, so he continued to order his attendants to serve him food.

Because the food was too tempting, several guests patronized to eat in the first ten minutes, completely forgetting the purpose of coming here, until the food on the table was changed again, and Dukos' stomach was half full. I remembered that I hadn't done my business yet.

He had to put down his chopsticks, took a sip of juice from the cup to clear his mouth, and then said slowly, "What I'm going to say next may make you feel presumptuous."

Don't say it if you know it's presumptuous, You Xia couldn't help answering in his heart.

"However, I still hope that you can tell me truthfully why the Wood Elves bought the land outside the city," the Duke continued, "even if it's not an important matter, please tell me the real reason. So that I can tell His Majesty the King, so that His Majesty can feel at ease."

In fact, when you received the news from the city lord that a big man from the capital wanted to meet him, You Xia guessed that the other party would mention this issue.

He had already been prepared, and said calmly at this moment: "I am very sorry to make His Majesty the King and you worry so much. In fact, the reason why our ethnic group bought land outside the city is very simple, and there is nothing we can't say. If you want to know, I Of course I can tell you."

"Please also explain."

"As you know, I have opened a total of five stores in Rose City," Youxia said slowly, "It may not be apparent on the surface, but in fact, the amount of goods sold and materials consumed by each of my stores every day is very high. Great, although I can use teleportation scrolls and space items to transport goods from Yingdeng Forest, it's not very convenient after all."

Dukos stared at him intently: "So you mean that the wood elves bought such a large piece of land and only used it as a warehouse for temporary storage of goods?"

"Of course it's more than that useful."

The Duke showed such an expression, and was about to ask carefully, and then said to Youxia: "We bought such a large piece of land, mainly for planting crops."

"What?" Dukos thought he had heard wrong.

"You heard me right, we bought land for planting."

"Your Excellency, please don't joke with me." Dukes squeezed out a smile: "Wood elf, farming?"

When You Xia said this, not only the Duke and Duchess felt strange, but even the city lord, who stayed out of the matter and only focused on eating hot pot, couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

He couldn't help turning his head to look at You Xia, but in the next second, his eyes were attracted by his son.

He saw that Les was cooking, and he only served the elf, and put all the delicious things in the colander into the bowl of the other party, and as the accepting party, Youxia didn't respond to this, as if he had already gotten used to it Such an intimate gesture.

For a moment, Herro felt that there was something strange about the relationship between them, but it was not easy to stare at it all the time, so he had to observe secretly by drinking water.

This observation made the city owner feel even more awkward, and he realized that because Les and Youxia were sitting on the same sofa, their arms were very close, even though they were separated by two layers of clothes, just looking at the gap between the arms The caressing action still makes people feel very ambiguous.

Obviously there is no need to stick so close, the sofa is big enough, and it is inconvenient to eat close by—Herro's thoughts drifted unconsciously.

At this time, he suddenly recalled the first time he met You Xia, and was amazed by the other party's appearance and temperament, so he recommended his daughter to the other party, but was ruthlessly rejected.

Could it be that his wish to have an elf son-in-law could not be fulfilled by his daughter, but would be fulfilled by his son?

The author has something to say: Xiao Lai: I didn’t expect that.

Sorry for being a bit Calvin and late.