Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 402 The Legendary Small Group (8500 words chapter)

Speaking of Yueyue only came once a week, Xiao Jing also met Yueyue twice at that time, but most of the time when Xiao Jing came, Yueyue was not there.

But I didn't expect Xiao Jing to draw Yueyue very deliberately.

After being reminded by the old age, everyone also saw Yueyue hidden under the table.

Yueyue was looking at her mother Wen Hongxia at this time, as if she was playing hide-and-seek with her.

Whether it's expressions, movements, or eyes, they are all drawn vividly.

"A great painter!" Chen Nian couldn't help admiring.

"No, no, I just take the time to draw a picture every day. I can't be considered a great painter. Boss, you are flattering me." Xiao Jing waved his hands repeatedly.

"What is flattery? You don't have this strength, I blow you up to the sky, this is called flattery, but you have this strength, I praise it within a reasonable range, this is called admiration!"

"Boss, you are really good at talking. The one with higher EQ than you is my aunt Honghong, but this is my gift to you, I hope you like it." Xiao Jing was a little embarrassed by Chen Nian's praise , quickly began to summarize.

"I like it, I like it so much!" Chen Nian looked at everyone in the store, and everyone's faces were filled with joy: "It happens that there are no customers right now, so let's hang this on the wall now!
After talking, Chen Nian asked He Hai to go out and buy a box of nails and a small hammer.

He Hai took the order immediately and left. He also wanted to see the painting hung on the wall, and at the same time, he was a little envious of Xiao Jing's drawing so well.

The Honghong Hotel is not very far from the hardware store, and He Hai came back not long after.

"Master, I bought it back!"

"Okay." Chen Nian nodded, "How much did it cost in total? I'll send it to you later."

"No need, Master, it's not much money."

Chen Nian nodded, and while everyone was discussing where to hang it, he sent He Hai a 50 yuan red envelope.

"Otherwise, it's better to hang it here. I planned to buy some paintings to hang on the wall here. Now that I have this, I don't need to spend money to buy paintings anymore."

The place Chen Nian pointed to was a white wall, and the place above it was still empty.

There are a few trays below, and some jars of seasoning are placed on them for decoration.

Everyone looked at it: "This position is fine, just hang here."

"Xiao Xie, help me bring the ladder here. Mom, where is the tape measure in our store? Let me measure it."

After Chen Nian spoke, everyone got busy.

The one who moved the stool moved the stool, the one who moved the table moved the table, the one who took the ladder took the ladder, and the one who took the tape measure took the tape measure.

The paintings Xiao Jing sent were already mounted, so Chen Nian directly took a tape measure to measure the distance between the two holes behind the frame.

Then Xie Yu moved a ladder, and Chen Nian stepped on it to measure about 30 cm from the top, and based on the three points drawn, extended a line to go out.

This line is the position of the upper side of the painting that will be hung at that time.

Then Chen Nian first hammered a nail on one end, and then used the nail as a starting point to pull the measured distance to the right.

Another nail was hammered in.

Before Chen Nian asked He Hai to buy the kind of longer and thicker nails, but Chen Nian basically drove the nails in completely, just because he was afraid that such a large painting would suddenly fall off.

Only leave a gap of about five millimeters for hanging pictures.

Then Chen Nian asked Xie Yu to step on the ladder to straighten the painting, and he put a piece of paper on the table and stepped on it to support the bottom of the painting.

Xie Yu's stature is a bit lower because of his aged 1.8m[-].

The two worked together to hang the painting on the wall.

"It's really good. This painting is really good. When a food blogger comes to take pictures next time, I have to tell him about this painting." Chen Nian said.

He has seen this painting many times from just now, but every time he looks at it, he is still amazed.

"I would like to call it the Red Hotel's version of Qingming Shanghe Tu!" Chen Nian liked it more and more.

"Not so bad." Xiao Jing felt that Chen Nian was getting more and more exaggerated.

But he also didn't understand how much Chen Nian liked the painting.

"I won't say anything, but thank you very much!" Chen Nian said seriously.

"You really don't need to thank the boss, this is a gift I gave you just to thank you, but if you thank me so much, wouldn't my gift be a free gift?" Xiao Jing shouted, "And boss, you are such a thief, You actually want me to give you another gift, it took me more than a month of hard work to draw it! How many months can there be in life!"

"Hahahaha, didn't you just say that you drew it casually? But if you want to give me another one, I will not refuse." Chen Nian laughed loudly. "Just kidding, it's very thoughtful of you to give this gift."

"Boss, as long as you like it."

Xiao Jing mainly came here today to give gifts, and went back after delivering the gifts.

However, when He Hai was having a staff meal at noon, He Hai suddenly went out to answer the phone. After coming back not long after, Feng Honghong saw some unnatural expressions on He Hai's face, so she asked curiously: "What's the matter, Xiao He?" ?”

"It's okay, auntie. My dad called me and said he wanted to come and see me. At the very beginning, I told him that I found a job, and that I recognized the boss as a master and learned how to make noodles. He didn't believe it at the time. , Later, I made a video for him and he believed it.

But recently, I don’t know who he heard said that it is impossible to earn more than 6000 yuan a month in Chengdu just by making one kind of noodles, so he thought I was lying to him, and he came here this time to see the situation here. "

"He's coming to the shop?" Feng Honghong asked, putting down her chopsticks.

"Yes, that's what I heard from him." He Hai nodded guiltily, "I'm sorry to cause you trouble, I'll tell him, don't come to the store."

Unexpectedly, Feng Honghong didn't care about these things at all. She thought completely differently from He Hai. She could see how hard He Hai worked here, including how hard he was studying Little Zuo Fian recently.

At this moment, He Hai's father wanted to come over to have a look. Feng Honghong's first reaction was not the kind of displeasure caused by the other party's distrust. On the contrary, Feng Honghong thought it would be good to come and have a look.

After all, parents always want their children to have a stable job and live a better life, and worry about their children being cheated.

So the other party came over to take a look, just to clear up the misunderstanding.

At least Honghong Hotel is not afraid to come and see.

Even the family members of the clerks are very welcome to visit the workshop. If their families can feel more at ease here, the clerks will be more willing to stay here.

"when will you arrive?"

"It said tomorrow, but he didn't say when."

"It's okay, he should call you when he comes, and you can tell us when the time comes, we will entertain you well," Feng Honghong said.

"It's okay, Aunt Hong Hong, my dad just came here to take a look, and he can feel at ease when he sees my situation here."

But Feng Honghong shook her head: "How can I do that? At that time, I must entertain you well, or I will give you two days off tomorrow and the next two days, and then you can take your dad around for a while. .”

"It's really not necessary." He Hai said.

"It's okay, let's make it like this. I will give you two days off and your salary will be paid. After you come to the store to see it, you will take your uncle for a stroll. Aren't there panda bases, Dujiangyan, Qingcheng Mountain, Wuhou Temple and so on? Go and see Look, and you know when we eat here, if you are nearby, bring uncle to the store, I will cook a few dishes, let's sit and chat together, let uncle see my level, and you should be more at ease." Chen Nian also spoke suddenly.

He Hai is not in the store, it is nothing more than he is a little busy with work, but it is not too busy.

Now that Qiao Zhaomei is here, my work efficiency has been greatly improved.

"Then thank you, Master." He Hai said gratefully.

But in the final analysis, both Feng Honghong and Chen Nian said this because He Hai often talked about his family when he was working in the store.

Every time He Hai talks about his father, he still admires him very much. From the beginning as a young chef apprentice to slapstick, now he has contracted three banquet halls in his hometown.

And out of the 30 days in a month, 20 days are spent doing banquets outside.

Be busy and make money.

Although even He Hai seldom ate the dishes cooked by his father, it was because his father used to cook for work, and naturally he didn't bother to cook when he came home after a busy day outside.

But even though He Hai's father can earn a lot of money every month, he never goes out to spend time and drink with others.

As for pornography, gambling and drugs, I don't get involved in any of them.

Just stay at home as long as you're not alive.

Even if you have a job, you can go back as early as possible.

The love and care for his child has never been relaxed for a moment.

Originally, he wanted his child to study hard so that he could go to college, but who knows that He Hai is really not the material for studying.

From kindergarten on, as long as the grades related to study are at the bottom, but he likes to stay in the kitchen very much. Every time he cooks at home, he gets into the kitchen and refuses to come out.

So he simply dropped out of school after his son scored [-] points in the college entrance examination, and cooked with him.

But who would have thought that after working for a year, his son felt that such a life was meaningless, so he ran out to work alone.

The views of parents can be felt from a person's description and dialogue.

And Chen Nian and Feng Honghong also felt that He Hai's father was not bad from what He Hai said before, so they wanted to ask each other to come and have a look.

If it was really the kind of irresponsible father who beat and scolded him since he was a child, and punched and kicked him if he disagreed with him, the two of them wouldn't call him over to entertain him.

After the staff meal, the official business will begin.

The kitchen was clanging and busy again.

Chen Nian kept frying vegetables in front of the stove, looking at the expressions of the customers outside from time to time, keenly grasping the dishes they are eating and their reactions after eating the dishes.

These are the basis for his fine-tuning of dishes.

If the other party often comes to become a regular customer, Chen Nian can learn about the other party's preferences for dishes through these observations.

When he comes again, if he still orders this dish to age, he can make the other party's favorite taste. Of course, each dish has its own taste.

All that needs to be done for aging is to make slight adjustments to the degree of saltiness, lightness and spiciness.

But after a while, Chen Nian suddenly saw a strange yet familiar face outside the store, because Chen Nian was sure that the face had definitely been to Honghong Restaurant for dinner before.

But the unfamiliarity is because Chen Nian has not seen each other for a long time, and the number of times the other party comes is also very small.

Therefore, I can't remember the other party's name and what the other party does for a while.

I saw that the other party was still a little afraid to recognize him after entering the store, but the store turned into what it is now.

At this time, both Feng Honghong and Wen Hongxia had work to do, so Qiao Zhaomei took on the responsibility of ordering: "Little boy, what do you want to eat?"

"Pretty boy?"

"Are you from Cantonese?"

"Yes, I'm from Cantonese, but I'm working in this shop now."

"I didn't expect this store to be so big now, and there are more people than before, and there are many more dishes." The man couldn't help but sighed.

As soon as Qiao Zhaomei heard this, she realized that the other party had probably been to this store before, and it was not long before the store opened.

Otherwise, it would not be said that this store has more people than before, the store is bigger, and the dishes are more.

At this moment, Qiao Zhaomei saw that Feng Honghong was free, so she greeted Feng Honghong: "Auntie, this guest has been here before, but I don't know him, why don't you come and order for this guest? Shall I go to a table over there?"

"Okay." Feng Honghong nodded, then took out a notebook and a pen from her pocket, and was about to ask the other party what he wanted to eat, but when he looked up, he saw the other party's face.

"It's you?" Feng Honghong recognized the other party at a glance, "I remember you, what's your name...it's that...that's...what's it...yes, I remembered! Official account! You are an official No!"

"No, it's not an official account. Your name is...Jiang Xia! Right? Your name should be Jiang Xia. You came to the restaurant for dinner and interviewed us before, and then you promoted us on your own official account. , I remember that the article was very well written at that time, and many people read it." Feng Honghong finally fully remembered who the other party was.

"Are you traveling to Chengdu again?" Feng Honghong exchanged greetings with the other party.

"Yeah, the backstage response to the post on the official account after I went back last time was particularly strong, but I didn't have time to come at that time, but during this period of time I saw a video related to Honghong Hotel on the Internet, and found that the boss is now gone. It is very famous, and I just came to take a look when I have time recently." Jiang Xia said with a smile.

"Welcome, welcome, you are welcome to come to our store again. We have a lot of new dishes here. Auntie is the one who decides what you want to eat. Just order what you want. If you can't eat, you can take it away!"

Feng Honghong said very generously, because the value of the official account propaganda that Jiang Xia helped them write last time was very high.

Not to mention treating the other party to a meal or two, even offering the highest standard banquet in Honghong Hotel to the other party's full table is not as valuable as that article.

Because after years of analysis, an account of this level costs at least tens of thousands of yuan to post a food promotion article written by the other party on Toutiao.

Because in the field of official accounts, not all official accounts can achieve 10W+ articles.

Although short videos are on the rise now, this kind of old-fashioned text self-media still has a certain appeal.

From a certain point of view, Jiang Xia's influence is probably slightly worse than that of Miao Miao Wu.

It's just that Miao Miao Wu is more of her image. As her own IP, Jiang Xia completely relied on his own writing skills to turn his pen name into a traffic IP.

It is much more difficult to attract people by text than by video.

So Feng Honghong felt that it was nothing at all to treat someone to a meal.

"No, no, no, I'm a guest, how can I come to eat and drink for free?" Jiang Xia said politely, he didn't feel that he had to be exempted from writing articles for others. It was just a joke.

Because most of the articles he writes are what he likes, and he writes as he wants.

And he is not short of the meal money.

There are many advertisements for business cooperation with him, but most of them were pushed by Jiang Xia.

Because he doesn't like those products, there are only a few products that he likes and thinks are easy to use, and big-name platforms that pay a lot of money.

That is to achieve financial freedom.

The so-called financial freedom is not to do what you want, but to do what you don't want to do.

"That's no good, you are a friend in our store, what's wrong with treating you to a meal?" Feng Honghong feigned anger.

Seeing Feng Honghong's serious face, Jiang Xia immediately admitted his mistake: "It's okay! It's okay! I'm here to eat and drink for nothing today."

When Feng Honghong heard what the other party said, a smile appeared on her face again: "Well, just look at what you want to eat on the wall and order something, and don't ask auntie which one is a special dish, as long as we write it on the wall here All of them are special dishes!"

Jiang Xia has already known the style of Honghong Restaurant. The last time he came, he ate mapo tofu, braised pork with potatoes and white rice. "

At that time, there were already several kinds of cuisines in the store, so I came to have a look this time!
Hey guys, there are more cuisines on the wall!

"Then I'll have another serving of mapo tofu, one serving of pork with pickled vegetables, and another serving of Kung Pao Chicken." Jiang Xia said, "I'll have a friend over in a while, the three dishes should be about the same, and I'd like two more. A bowl of white rice."

After speaking, he suddenly saw the drink side again: "Auntie, is your store starting to sell sour plum soup?"

"That's right, my son made the sour plum soup by himself. All the ingredients in it are Chinese herbal medicines. It's very troublesome to cook. I don't know exactly what the herbs are. Anyway, the taste is very good. Why don't you have some? The cold and sour sweet is especially good." Drink, Ba Shi is very good!"

"Okay, let's have another sour plum soup." Jiang Xia nodded.

He himself didn't expect that after such a long time, the proprietress still remembered him.

And not only did he remember that he had written articles for Honghong Hotel back then, but he even remembered his name.

Jiang Xia remembered that he had only casually told Feng Honghong his name at that time, but the other party had remembered it until now.

"This feeling is really good..."

As a freelancer, Jiang Xia will be able to live comfortably for the rest of his life just by writing manuscripts, so when he has nothing to do, he often runs around to play and eat local specialties.

He has been to some places many times, but most of the time he went there like a little transparent.

The waiter in the store did not remember him ever being there, nor his name.

But after arriving at the Honghong Hotel, apart from the handsome guy from Guangdong who came later, Feng Honghong actually called out her name after just one glance.

Soon the sour plum soup was served, he poured himself a cup first, and took a sip.

Take a sip, and the cool feeling enters the heart.

The physical and mental exhaustion brought about by the hot weather outside disappeared at this moment, as if he had come to the Arctic Circle from the African prairie.

The coolness of that moment rushed straight to the forehead.

The 365 million pores all over the body opened in an instant, and shouted "so cool" at the same time!
The sweet and sour feeling came into the mouth with a hint of smokiness, which was comparable to the authentic sour plum soup he drank when he was in the capital!

It's a pity that the other party simply rides a tricycle and sells it wherever they go, and there is no fixed booth.

For this taste, he traveled all over the Forty-Nine City at that time, but he never had a second sip.

As a result, he did not expect to drink it again in such a small restaurant in Chengdu that he had visited once!
The unique and familiar taste is different from other sour plum soup!

Even some sour plum soups that are individually packaged as beverages are made after careful research and formulating, but Jiang Xia knows that this old craft is different from now.

There is such a "Chen" taste in one bite.

This Chen is not old Chen, but old Chen.

And this vintage is not that vintage.

The first aging refers to time, and the second aging refers to people.

This sour plum soup alone convinced him.

Now he suddenly had the urge to go back to the hotel on the spot and take out the computer to write a manuscript.

And just this sip of sour plum soup is enough for him to write a complete manuscript.

Of course, if Chen Nian knew about the other party's thoughts, he would definitely sigh again:
"This horrible writer."

The previous vinegar can write 50 chapters and [-] words for a plot of eating glutinous rice balls, and the chapters are all dry goods, not watery at all.

And this Jiang Xia can write an article after only taking a sip of sour plum soup.

I really don't know what's going on in their brains.

But they also want to know how Chen Nian's hands and brain grow?

How can you make these amazing dishes.

As we all know, it is easy to fry a dish, but it is not easy to make it authentic.

Not long after, the dishes were ready.

The friend that Jiang Xia proposed to invite also came, but as soon as Jiang Xia's friend stood at the entrance of Honghong Restaurant, he immediately laughed, because he also often comes here to eat.

After coming in, he exchanged pleasantries with Jiang Xia and talked about this restaurant.

The other party looked at the kitchen and then whispered: "I always feel that the boss can remember my taste after I come to this restaurant more times. Personally, I like the stronger and saltier taste. When I came here for the first time I just think the taste is not bad, but it’s a little bland for me, but after the first two or three times, it’s just right for me to eat it later.”

"Really? It's so powerful, but this is the second time I've come here. As a result, the aunt recognized me and can still call me by my name, but the last time I came was three or four months ago. At that time, I also mentioned my name by chance, but I didn't expect it to be remembered until now, and she insisted on treating me to this meal today."

Jiang Xia's friend not only gasped when he heard this.

It's not because Feng Honghong can remember Jiang Xia's name, but because Jiang Xia can be treated by the boss here!

"It is said that only those who are chosen by God can be treated by the boss. Many big video bloggers still have to pay when they come here. Although I have never seen it, I heard that there are a few people who often come to Honghong Restaurant for dinner. The boss has the best relationship, and they have a small group, and people in that group can be exempted from eating here, even if they can't avoid the bill, they will also get a discount!
And sometimes you can be invited by the boss to eat dishes that haven't been released yet! "

When Jiang Xia heard this, he didn't expect these joints: "How do you know? Do you know who these people are?"

"I don't know everything. I only know a few of them. One is Xiao Jing with more than 100 million fans, and the other is Miao Miao Wu. The rest seems to be a marketing director of a listed company. I don't know anything else. It's all too clear."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly looked at Jiang Xia: "But if you want to say that, aren't you also qualified to enter? Your number of fans and gold content are no worse than them."

But Jiang Xia waved her hand in embarrassment: "You can't say that, I'm not a regular visitor here, and I don't live in Chengdu all the time, so I'm just here for tourism."

"Forget it, I also plan that if you can enter the VIP circle, you can bring me here to eat more. Anyway, I heard that the people in that group are regular customers here, and they have a good relationship with the boss. They can often eat Dishes that our ordinary customers cannot eat."

Then they began to eat today's meals.

Of course, Chen Nian didn't know that they were discussing that small group in the kitchen, but after Feng Honghong reminded him, he still knew that this person was one of the first to help them promote.

Gradually, when the diners left, the store became empty again.

Wen Hongxia, Feng Honghong and Qiao Zhaomei were cleaning the tables, chairs and floors outside.

Chen Nian, Xie Yu, and He Hai were cleaning the kitchen.

From the noise just now to the present, there are only the sound of splashing water and the sound of brushes and pans.

No one spoke. After all, I was a little tired after busying all afternoon, and I just waited for a good rest after the busy work.

After packing everything up, everyone found a table to sleep on their stomachs.

The tables outside are carefully wiped down to make sure no oil remains on them.

That's why they sleep directly on the table.

Otherwise, the tables in many small restaurants are actually not so clean. Even if the waiter wipes it once and then wipes it with a paper towel, the yellow oil stains will still be wiped off.

Chen Nian leaned on the table and looked at the sour plum soup in the menu.

Sour plum soup has now sold more than 6000 copies, and there are only more than 3000 copies left to complete the task.

At that time, I can learn new dishes again.

It's just that I've been a little busy with work recently, so I haven't bothered to look at this. Now I glance at the progress and find that the days really go by quickly.

But even now, there are still many things to do.

The videos of myself, An Hongdou and Miaomiaowu have not been finished yet, and the Chongqing noodles are almost ready, but the research on the steamed buns has not yet started. In addition, although the cousin has already made a decision, so far Haven't negotiated with the landlord yet.

Although it should be a matter of finality after the negotiation, there is still decoration to be done afterwards.

Plus the daily affairs of the store.

"Sure enough, these days are getting busier and busier, but it's worthwhile to make money no matter how busy you are."

Thinking of this, Chen Nian couldn't help picking up his phone to take a look.

I sent the video to Station I last night, but he hasn't watched it since then.

As a result, as soon as the message notification was opened, 99+ was directly there.

After clicking on it, it turns red, and the private message is 99+, and all comments, likes, favorites, monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, rewards and charging, etc. are all 99+!

"This is too outrageous!"

And just on the personal page, Chen Nian saw that his I station account, which originally only had three fans, now has more than 5 fans!

This is just one night!

How come there are so many fans?
Then I opened the private message, most of which were words saying that I was handsome, and I clicked on their profile to see that they were all girls and a few boys.

There are also some who ask themselves if they have a girlfriend.

And more bluntly, I want to be my girlfriend.

Of course, there are also people who say very bluntly that they are 0, and want to ask if Chen Nian is 1.

There are also those who say that their cooking is delicious, that they look very appetizing, and some people say that they have eaten at Honghong Restaurant before, but they did not expect to see themselves working with Miao Miaowu in the video of Miao Miaowu.

Of course, there are inevitably some sprayers.

How can I make a video with them?

Isn't it just like opening an online celebrity shop by saying that you are pretending?
Some came up and asked themselves how much money they spent to cooperate?

And the kind of yin and yang who ask how it feels to be famous.

For these people, Chen Nian is too lazy to talk to them, as long as he looks at them more, because if he gets angry with these few words, he will lose.

"They are just jealous that I am handsome, cook delicious food, make a lot of money, and collaborate with celebrities and big up masters to make videos."

Chen Nian has always told himself this way.

Once this setting is accepted, those who blackmail themselves will look particularly funny.

Finally, there are some well-known up masters who want to cooperate with me. The fans of these people range from 80 million to more than 600 million.

For these people, Chen Nian also politely replied to them one by one.

After flipping through the private message roughly, Chen Nian looked at the comment area again.

To be honest, compared to private messages, what Chen Nian likes most is the barrage and comment section.

After opening the video, Chen Nian saw that the number of views had reached 103 million.

No wonder my fans can increase by 5 overnight.

Probably because I got the popularity of Miao Miaowu, An Hongdou and Teacher Zhang San at the same time.

And just before the old age was refreshed, every time it is refreshed, there will be hundreds of more followers.

But when Chen Nian clicked on the comment section, the top comment with the highest number of likes had nothing to do with this video.

Xia Fengfeng: "Laughing dead, who would have thought that Boss Chen's previous account was a three-no lottery account that had never posted any works, but had drawn hundreds of prizes?"

Chen Nian found that this comment had more than 3 likes.

So I clicked in and replied:
"hey-hey……"

Then look down.

Runaway egg yolk: "Boss Chen, the number of new dishes produced every month."

The arrow points to the like button.

And this comment has 1.3 likes.

There are also more than 100 floors in the building.

Ximen reminded him to lose weight: "Good guy, even the donkeys in the production team don't dare to do this. Produce 3000 dishes a month?"

Shangguan Gaia: "It's 5000 now."

Lin'an Fanjin: "9000 people have died laughing."

Love to drink aged vinegar: "It's already 13000, Boss Chen is like a big pendulum clock delivering courier, the top is placed, and the bottom is delivered."

After Chen Nian replied, he continued to look down.

It turned out that the third comment had only 500 likes.

Yu Li sighed: "Boss Chen, I don't know if it's my illusion, is An Hongdou secretly watching you all the time?"

　This chapter is not an addition, it is a supplement to yesterday

　　
　
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