Chapter 390: First-class Pot
Since we have eaten such delicious food, we must express it with better actions.

In this way, you can have more delicious food!
As Shi Dahai thought so, he put a little more strength into swinging the hammer.

Manager Fu quickly ordered people to set up the shelf next to the door.

The wooden frame, with a falcon-shaped structure, is painted bright red. The color looks very beautiful and is eye-catching.

Then, he placed the lower half of the huge copper pot made by Shi Dahai on it, tied a circle of red silk around it, and tied a bunch of huge red silk flowers facing the street.

The combination of bright yellow and bright red colors, the hard copper and the soft silk complement each other, and it is bright and beautiful. Just as Xia Mingyue and Manager Fu imagined, it attracted the attention of many people.

"What is this object?"

"I don't know. I've never seen one. It looks like it's made of copper."

"This used to be a teahouse, but then they said they were going to sell it. I thought they were going to open a new and more novel shop, but I never thought it would be a shop selling copperware."

"It doesn't look like it. A few days ago I saw people moving tables and carrying bowls and chopsticks inside. I guess it should be a restaurant or something like that."

"Since this is a place for eating, why put such a large bronze vessel here?"

"I don't know about that. Maybe it's some lucky item that can bring in wealth and good feng shui?"

"Maybe……"

Amid constant discussion and speculation, the copper hot pot has become a lucky and fortune-bringing object in the eyes of many people, but this object is also slowly changing under everyone's attention.

From the original base, a pot ring was added in the middle, and then it grew taller and taller...

It was not until the complete copper hot pot was fully presented in front of everyone that it triggered further speculation among the crowd.

"What on earth is this object?"

"I don't know. It feels a bit like a pot, but not quite like a pot. It has handles on both sides..."

"I really can't guess what this is used for."

"The auspicious cloud pattern on it is very beautiful. No matter what it is used for, it looks very festive."

"Yeah, I think it's quite novel and beautiful too."

"..."

While many people were talking about this, Xia Mingyue asked Manager Fu to quietly send out the news about the copper hot pot.

This aroused everyone's curiosity even more.

"This looks like a novel thing, but it turns out to be a copper pot for hot pot?"

"Yes, I thought the circle on top was a pot. It really is a pot. It is convenient to surround it when cooking meat."

"So this means that this shop will be doing the copper pot hot pot business in the future?"

"Eighty percent yes."

"In that case, we have to try it before we open it to see how it tastes and whether it suits your taste."

"Now that you mention it, I'll have to try it myself."

Taking advantage of the heated discussion, Xia Mingyue and Manager Fu set the opening time of the shop to eight days later, and the name of the copper pot hot pot shop was decided, called Yipinguo. Officials are divided into grades, and the first-grade officials are important officials in the court, second only to the emperor and above ten thousand people, and are admired by everyone. The copper pot hot pot they make will also become a popular item.

This hot pot has a rather grand name, but it soon lived up to its reputation.

Manager Fu thought the name was very good and quickly ordered someone to make a plaque to hang it up before the store opened.

Yipin Guo is about to open, and everyone is busy preparing.

Kitchen, front office, food supply, waiter management training...

There is a dedicated person in charge of each place, and everyone performs their duties and works hard.

Xia Mingyue carried out comprehensive control, inspected supervision at all locations, and found and filled in the gaps.

When a new shop opens, ingredients are very important. Xia Mingyue also focuses on this aspect, from the various ingredients for cooking the soup base to the various side dishes for hot pot, no matter how big or small, everything is carefully checked.

Xia Mingyue even went to the place where lambs were raised to check on the condition of the lambs collected from various places.

In order to ensure the freshness of the mutton served at Yipintang, Xia Mingyue and Manager Fu both agreed that all the sheep should be slaughtered alive the night before, pressed with ice and soaked in water, and only sliced ​​and served after enough blood was removed.

Therefore, Xia Mingyue and Manager Fu specially found a relatively remote but spacious courtyard on the edge of the city to store the live sheep purchased from various villages.

This ensures that the sheep can be slaughtered immediately and that there is a certain amount of food reserves to deal with the situation of insufficient purchase of live sheep at any time.

Manager Fu even found a couple who were very experienced in raising poultry and livestock to look after and feed the animals to ensure that they were safe.

When Xia Mingyue went there, the couple was pouring the harvested grass that had been dried for half a day into the trough to feed the sheep, while He Shunzi was driving a few live sheep that had just been harvested into the flock.

All the sheep looked very strong and lively. They ate grass and drank water with big mouthfuls. After they were full, they ran around and jumped around in the sheepfold. Some of the more ferocious rams even raised their horns and rushed around recklessly, disturbing the entire sheepfold.

"This sheep has a bad temper." Xia Mingyue smiled.

"These are all free-range sheep raised by various households. Many of them have never seen each other before. It is inevitable that they will feel uncomfortable when suddenly put together. Fighting is common."

He Shunzi explained, "But that one was indeed a little too strong, so we operated on it first to avoid hurting the other sheep."

"We don't have to wait until then. We have to take it away and slaughter it today." Xia Mingyue said, "Yipin Guo will open soon. The kitchen staff needs to practice and familiarize themselves with the process and cook some mutton to reward everyone for their hard work these days."

"Brother He will also go tomorrow." Xia Mingyue added.

Seeing Xia Mingyue's invitation, He Shunzi thought about tomorrow's work arrangements and felt that there was nothing important, so he readily agreed.

Then, according to Xia Mingyue's instructions, they caught the most ferocious ram, tied it up tightly, and boiled water to sharpen the knife.

After the animals are slaughtered, skinned and cleaned, they are sent to the kitchen of Yipinlou.

Cut the meat into pieces and soak them to remove the blood. When the sun rises at noon the next day, put enough charcoal in the copper hot pot, pour in the soup base, and put plates of thinly sliced ​​meat on the table, as well as side dishes to relieve the greasiness...

The charcoal fire was burning red, the soup in the pot was boiling, and everyone was picking up slices of meat, ready to feast.

The meat was dipped in the sauce after changing color and eaten. Everyone present changed their expressions.

The mutton slices after the hot pot are tender, but they do not taste as fresh as before. Instead, they have a faint sour and bitter taste. If you eat two or three slices in a row, they will feel a little astringent.

Xia Mingyue also tasted something wrong and exclaimed "Huh" at first. She then boiled two more slices of meat. After making sure that the taste was indeed not right, she put the bowl down.