A new day, a new beginning.
Meng Xiaoni got up from the bed, the first thought when she opened her eyes was to see the little parrot from yesterday.
She turned her head to look at the place where Guifeng was sleeping.
Nothing at all.
Startled, Meng Xiaoni immediately got up from the bed and looked at her entire bedroom.
"How can humans sleep so well?"
Guifeng stood on the cabinet by the window, condescendingly asked Meng Xiaoni in confusion. As pink and tender as a peach, it is exposed to the masculinity, and its feathers are slightly raised, full of beauty.
Meng Xiaoni looked at such a small and cute ghost and phoenix, and subconsciously replied: "Cats and koalas sleep longer than humans."
The ghost phoenix flapped its wings and flew over Meng Xiaoni's head: "Then why don't you learn from other biology? The kind that only sleep three or four hours a day."
Meng Xiaoni felt her head sinking: "... I was born human, I'm really sorry."
After hearing this, Guifeng moved her paw slightly: "Don't be sorry. It means you like humans."
Meng Xiaoni got up from the bed, in order not to disturb Guifeng, she chose to move her head still: "I really like people."
Guifeng snorted lightly.
The crisp voice snorted softly, as if acting like a baby from the throat.
Obviously the tone is still in the second grade, but it still makes Meng Xiaoni happy, and the corners of her lips rise unconsciously.
She moved to the bathroom, got her toothbrush, and started brushing her teeth in front of the mirror.
Meng Xiaoni was looking at Guifeng in the mirror, and Guifeng was looking at herself.
It looked at itself, waved its wings, tilted its head, and stood up to kick its little feet.
A series of actions made Meng Xiaoni firm in her heart to keep it.
If you don't have enough money, you can make money. She has only seen such a cute ghost phoenix until now!
After washing her face, Meng Xiaoni went back to her room and looked at the itinerary originally planned for today.
"I originally planned to start looking for design and building materials from yesterday. Looking at it now, we can bring up the production of hot pot base materials." Meng Xiaoni turned on the computer and modified a little content on the schedule.
She also added the matter of "raising ghosts and phoenixes" to her schedule.
"Wait for Uncle Lu's design."
"Waiting for the delivery of Guifeng's things."
"Wait for the notification from the Forestry Bureau."
Meng Xiaoni marked it on the small yellow strip, and then focused on choosing the "hot pot base".
When I usually go to a hot pot restaurant, when I see the bottom of the hot pot being served, everyone’s eyes are full of chili peppers. The aroma wafted through the nostrils, and everyone was naturally distracted by these, and they didn't even pay attention to how much stuff was in the bottom of the pot.
Only those who really do catering know how troublesome it is to make a qualified hot pot base.
The most basic requirement for a good spicy pot bottom is to cook it for two hours, and the red and oily bottom of the pot will not fade in the slightest due to the ingredients and soup.
In this small hot pot restaurant in Meng Xiaoni's house, there are two types of hot pot bases that are directly used.
One is made by yourself at home, and the other is to directly buy ordinary pot bottoms supplied by manufacturers.
Today, Meng Xiaoni plans to make a brand new hot pot base.
This is an exclusive secret recipe that she came up with by referring to many hot pot restaurants she has eaten at, and then referring to her own homemade hot pot bottom.
As for whether it tastes good or not, she has not tried it officially.
Because it takes a very long time to make a hot pot base, a lot of ingredients are needed, and the venue requirements are high. As a student, Meng Xiaoni has to focus on her studies on weekdays, so she has no chance to do this so far. try.
As for when Meng Xiaoni was at home...
Meng's father and mother's consistent thinking is: children should study hard, what are you fussing about
So Meng Xiaoni was stunned until she "graduated from school", and then she had the opportunity to go home and "seriously toss".
She printed out the materials needed for the hot pot base and chose to go downstairs to start work.
Meng's father and mother's shop opened very casually.
They knew that Meng Xiaoni was in high spirits today, and she was going to make hot pot base, so they turned around and got the two neighbors to play mahjong at the door.
While playing mahjong, the two were also thinking about Meng Xiaoni in the kitchen.
"Little girl, she should learn from it before."
"Now that she has learned it well, let her do it if she wants to. She told us when she graduated."
"Going out is the same as looking for a job, and the money you earn may not be as much as opening a store. Let me tell you, the front..."
As soon as the mahjong was rubbed, it turned into a gossip concentration camp again.
The bustle outside belongs to the adults. In the kitchen, Meng Xiaoni started making the hot pot bottom seriously.
She left Guifeng upstairs, wearing a wide apron and a very clean new chef's hat on her head, she looked very formal.
There are all kinds of cloth bags around, and there is a long row of large bottles and cans. In these bags and bottles, all the materials that Meng Xiaoni and others will put into the pot are placed.
Every hot pot restaurant has different base ingredients.
To really make a good shop, we must first ensure the stability of the taste.
The precise ratio of hot pot base ingredients can well ensure the stability of the taste.
Just like the two world-renowned fried chicken brands, and also like the world-renowned various beverage brands, these stores have endured for a long time, and the number of stores is increasing day by day, mostly because they maintain the "stability" of the daily taste.
"Spices should be prepared with white peony root, bay leaves, pepper, white pepper, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, cinnamon, cardamom..." Meng Xiaoni counted them one by one, weighed the required spices, and threw them into the flour according to the approximate ratio in the machine.
Quietly entering the kitchen, Guifeng, who was squatting in a hidden high place, looked down at so many things, shook her body, and wanted to sneeze a little bit.
It is now questioning itself: why did it sneak up to the kitchen.
Meng Xiaoni continued to collect ingredients: "Pepper pepper, watercress, hot sauce, dried chili, onion, ginger, garlic, rock sugar..."
She cut these things separately and put them in a pot for frying later.
Then there are things to adjust the taste: "Yellow wine, white wine, rice wine..."
Guifeng watched Meng Xiaoni choose the ingredients, and felt that this was not like making hot pot ingredients, but more like alchemy.
Does a hot pot need so many things to add
Meng Xiaoni snorted and took out the oil: "Butter and clear oil!"
Looking at the materials that were barely prepared, she was slightly relieved, turned her head and looked at the list of ingredients she had recorded, recalled and counted the steps and materials just now: "Well, it's complete."
The materials are ready, and the next step is to cook.
Boil the oil, fry, add ingredients after cooling down properly, stir the whole bottom of the pot, and mix the oil and spices every three hours.
Meng Xiaoni spent a whole day cooking a pot of hot pot base.
This hot pot base material is not only to be used in the store, but also to be able to be sold in the long run.
Her forehead is covered with sweat now, and the color of the messy ingredients is rubbed on her face and body. The clean aprons and hats gradually turned greasy and yellowed.
People look very embarrassed, but the bottom of the pot looks very successful.
Guifeng can smell the hot and spicy aroma overflowing from the bottom of the pot.
There is nothing edible in it, but it can make people hungry.
The butter fully bakes out the flavors of those spices, and because a lot of wine is added, it is more delicious.
Guifeng can even imagine that the soup base is so juicy that after the ingredients are put down, it can engulf every food and enter every diner's mouth with a mellow taste. After a little bit of chewing, the taste of the food and the taste of the juice are mixed, and the salty, spicy and delicious dipping sauce is added, and the taste buds burst.
There is a taste of the soul in the hot pot.
Meng Xiaoni is not a talented chef, but she is special.
The ghost phoenix stretched its feathers slightly.
There are fewer and fewer omissions between the human world and the ghost world, and the ghosts left in the human world are basically the ones who refuse to go down to reincarnate and can't hurt people.
The bottom of the pot can attract, besides himself, those hungry and ordinary ghosts.
Incense in the world connects yin and yang.
Only when Yin and Yang are connected, can those ghosts eat all kinds of food in the human world.
Some ghosts can eat several big meals every year, and some ghosts have never had a bite of human food since they became ghosts.
No one thought that there was another Meng Xiaoni in the world.
She has never cooked since she was a child, and she has never been exposed by the ghosts who found it.
Guifeng retracted her wings again, and settled into a squatting posture: it's none of his business anyway.
Anyway, the ten Hades are all idiots.
Ah.
Meng Xiaoni still doesn't know the twists and turns of the human and ghost worlds.
At the moment, she only thinks about making her own hot pot base and making her own hot pot restaurant flourish.
This hot pot has the taste of Meng family. Under her research, she will definitely go to the next level.
All the bottom ingredients of the hot pot have been boiled, and we still have to wait for the temperature to cool down.
In the end, these bases will be creamy because they are made of butter. After cutting into pieces, you will eat hot pot later, put it in the pot to boil and add soup, and you can take it at any time.
After Meng Xiaoni finished making a whole pot of hot pot ingredients, she felt that labor was too tiring.
It's no wonder that all major brand stores prefer to adopt mechanized methods after they have money.
Clean and quick and low cost, far more cost-effective than doing this all day long.
"It's great to have money." Meng Xiaoni stretched her body, and sighed a little enviously, "If you have money, you can make a profit and loss immediately after researching these things, and you can mass-produce them immediately."
It won't be like what she is doing now, just for the decoration of the store, she needs a little money to install a piece of land.
She washed her hands, took out a cut piece of hot pot base, and put it in the hot pot beside her.
It is full of oil lumps at the bottom of the ingredients, which is very exciting to look at.
"... Well, after smelling this smell all day, I don't want to eat it." Meng Xiaoni was a little distressed, "Why don't you just order a bowl of noodles tonight?"
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The ghost phoenix flew to Meng Xiaoni's head from a high place: "I want to cook hot pot."
As it spoke, it pecked Meng Xiaoni's hat.
Meng Xiaoni was startled, and only now did she realize that Guifeng was there: "Why are you in the kitchen? Didn't I make this hot pot base for nothing, and I still need to sterilize it?"
Guifeng: "... I'm not sick!!"
This is not because it says that it is not sick if it is not sick!
When Meng Xiaoni thought that she had been tired all day and had done all the futile work, her eyes immediately dimmed, and she pursed her lips and said nothing.
Seeing that Meng Xiaoni didn't speak or move, Guifeng lowered her head and pecked at her.
Meng Xiaoni let out a long sigh and packed up her things.
Hearing this long sigh, after a while, Guifeng uttered the first lie since meeting Meng Xiaoni in a childish voice: "I have been vaccinated."
Meng Xiaoni paused on her hand: "Really?"
Guifeng stared at the hot pot below: "Really."