Wang Niannian pointed to the third hot pot restaurant, which seemed to be more crowded: "Xiao Baizi, let's just go to the third one. I see there are quite a lot of people, so it should taste good!"
"Hey, I will send you there right now!"
After speaking, Lu Zibai carefully crossed the road with Wang Niannian on his back and walked to the third hot pot restaurant on the snack street. The customer just finished eating at the window seat and the seat became vacant. He quickly put Wang Niannian down.
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Then, the waiter came over and Wang Niannian started ordering frantically: "Mao tripe, egg dumplings, green vegetables, tofu skin, fish balls, mutton rolls, potato slices, lotus root slices, vermicelli and -"
She was about to order more, but Lu Zibai quickly stopped her: "Niannian, Niannian, stop ordering. It's just the two of us, we can't finish so much."
Wang Niannian glared at him dissatisfied: "Who said I can't finish it, Brother Zi Bai, let me tell you, when I was abroad, what I always wanted to eat was Yucheng's hot pot. Do you know I haven't eaten it in many years?
Are you ready for hot pot?”
At the end of the sentence, she actually pouted in embarrassment.
Lu Zibai quickly pointed at the menu and said, "Okay, okay, you order, you order. Brother Zibai is treating you to a treat today, so you can eat as much as you like!"
Wang Niannian laughed happily: "That's pretty much it!"
Then she ordered a few more of her favorite dishes.
Soon, the steaming hot pot soup base was boiling, and various dishes were served one after another. Wang Niannian couldn't wait to put vegetables into the pot and start eating.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the cold winter wind was blowing. In the restaurant, Wang Niannian took off his glasses and ate with sweat on the tip of his nose. He stuck out his tongue and said it was spicy. Generally, he couldn't help but eat happily.
Lu Zibai handed her a box of yogurt and joked with a smile: "Nian Nian, I remember you were not so greedy when you were a child! Why today, you look like you can eat more than me!"
Wang Niannian took a sip of yogurt, rolled her eyes at him, and then lowered her head and took a bite of egg dumplings: "If you have been eating Western food abroad for several years, you will know why I eat so shamelessly!"
Lu Zibai took a potato slice and took a bite. He was a little puzzled: "No, Aunt Wang Qi and Uncle Guangqi should both eat Chinese food. You really haven't had hot pot for so many years, have you?"
Wang Niannian sighed: "Oh, don't mention them. Especially my mother, she started to maintain health when she reached forty. Our daily meals are basically boiled. I don't know how I got here all these years.
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Lu Zibai imagined that kind of life and felt infinite sympathy for her. Then, he gave her another egg dumpling: "Then you are so pitiful. Come on, eat more. Otherwise, you won't have anything to eat when you go back."
have eaten!"
It was after eight o'clock in the evening when the two of them finished eating hot pot.
Lu Zibai helped her out of the hot pot restaurant: "Nian Nian, where do you live? Do you want me to carry you back?" He asked proudly.
Wang Niannian wiped the sweat from his head, wrapped himself in a windbreaker, pointed to the distance and said, "I remember there is a night market over there at the snack street. Brother Zi Bai, I want to go to the night market!"
Lu Zibai looked at her injured knee, turned around consciously, and squatted down in front of her: "Come on, I'll carry you there!"
Wang Niannian bent down and lay on his back, and said sweetly: "Brother Zi Bai, you are so kind!"