Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 500

Chapter 500: Chapter 500: An Acquaintance

Lin Chuxia took the handwritten menu, her eyes glinting with amusement, "The owner has made this restaurant quite thoughtful, and the menu is pretty good too."

The owner was a young man in his early thirties, who smiled and said, "It’s just so-so, it’s for everyone’s convenience after all."

Lin Chuxia nodded, doing business means one has to consider what the customers want and cater to their needs.

"Lamb rolls, beef rolls, beef tripe, duck blood, Chinese broccoli..."

Lin Chuxia knew Qin Yang’s taste and ordered a whole bunch of different items, eventually choosing a spicy base for the hot pot.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yang advised, "Don’t worry about me, just get a clear soup base, I like my sides spicy."

At that time, hot pot in An City was still the traditional northern-style with a charcoal-fired copper pot. It was authentic indeed, but the soup could only have one flavor; the half-and-half pot popular in the south had not made its way there yet.

"It’s fine, let’s have a mildly spicy one. I’ve been craving some spice myself, what’s the joy in life without some spicy hot pot?"

Qin Yang chuckled as he saw the playful arch of his wife’s brows.

He knew that when it came to spicy food, his wife was both weak and fond of it.

Brave in words, yet a lightweight in action.

But since she had said so, Qin Yang didn’t counter her wish and specifically told the owner to make it only mildly spicy, and to make his seasoning spicy, but his wife’s not spicy.

The dipping sauce was the restaurant’s own sesame sauce, full of rich sesame aroma when served.

The water in the hot pot rolled to a boil, and Qin Yang first blanched a chopstick of lamb for Lin Chuxia.

Lin Chuxia, in turn, blanched a chopstick full of beef tripe for Qin Yang.

When they both placed the cooked food in each other’s bowls, they paused, then both smiled.

Lin Chuxia liked lamb, and Qin Yang liked beef tripe, and they each favored the other’s preferences.

"Go ahead and eat, don’t mind me."

Lin Chuxia rolled her blanched lamb in sesame sauce and stuffed it into her mouth, savoring it contentedly, while urging Qin Yang to eat as well.

"You haven’t been eating well at home, have you? I can tell you’ve lost weight."

Qin Yang was blanching lamb leisurely and served her another chopstick-full before eating his, replying to her concern, "It’s been alright, the food at the office has always been the same. Though, the food was indeed less satisfactory while I was away on the business trip, but it’s not like I’ve lost weight, my portion sizes haven’t changed."

"That’s impossible, I can tell you’ve slimmed down, how can the portions be the same? Eat more, if it’s not enough, we can order more."

Lin Chuxia really didn’t want Qin Yang to go hungry.

The young woman grabbed pieces of meat with her chopsticks for him, and Qin Yang indeed ate quite a bit.

After the couple had their fill, they called the owner over to settle the bill, only to be told that someone else had already paid for them.

Following the direction given, they noticed a familiar face.

It was a family sitting at a table not far from them, a couple with their two children, enjoying hot pot. freeweɓnovel-cøm

"Sister Liu, Brother Wang, you’re here dining as well, you’re too kind. How could we let you pay for our meal?"

It was indeed Sister Liu, whom Lin Chuxia had first met selling peanuts and seeds at the train station, and Brother Wang, who sold fruit, both of whom Lin Chuxia later found out were a couple.

Sister Liu, who had always been close and talkative with Lin Chuxia, immediately smiled and said, "How could you be embarrassed? It’s only proper for us to treat you. Both your Brother Wang and I are doing business with your family now. You are our God of Wealth now!"

This was something Lin Chuxia had heard from Sun Lanlan.

Over the years, the number of stalls at the train station had been growing, increasing the competitive pressure on Sister Liu and Brother Wang’s business.

Sister Liu came to Sun Lanlan one day, as she knew that Qin’s Bun Shop was run by Lin Chuxia, and wanted to inquire if their vacuum-packed ready-to-eat food, beef sauce, and hot sauce could be wholesaled for sale on the train.

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