Meet the principal

The barbecue stall was in full swing and even attracted a follow-up report from "Daily Prest", thus causing a sensation among the upper class crowd.

Recently, gorgeous carriages often come to the old street, and aristocratic ladies in complicated long skirts and gentlemen in elegant dresses get down from them. They tiptoe to the door of Crescent BBQ and order a few skewers in a rather restrained manner. , and then began to let himself go under the influence of ice-cold ale.

These upper-class people who used to only hang out in high-end restaurants are now sitting at the table having sex with ordinary office workers. This scene is indeed somewhat novel.

While people are pursuing skewers, they are also paying attention to the changes in the old streets. Reiner specifically asked Oriana, the editor-in-chief of "Daily Prest", to "leak" some news about Crescent Coke Theme Park. At one time, more than a dozen shops came to contact Lena, vying to settle in the old street. There were also many workshops interested in cooperating with Lena to put their products into the theme park.

After Reiner formulated the rules of cooperation, he handed over these matters to Antoine to handle, while he focused on another thing.

Before leaving, Reiner had to do one last experiment.

He summoned Xia Luo and others and sat around in an empty laboratory. On the table in the middle was a pot, and the flames were licking the bottom of the pot. There seemed to be something in the pot that was covered by the lid. Ready to move, making a grunting sound.

"Is this really edible?"

Xia Luo moved her nose. Since just now, the strong aroma has been harassing her nose, making her mouth dry and she always wanted to eat something to relieve her eager mood.

"expect."

Fina opened her eyes wide and stared at the pot. She held it empty in her hand and seemed a little impatient.

"This tableware is really difficult to use..."

Emilia frowned slightly. She held the two wooden sticks in her hands in an extremely awkward posture. This kind of tableware called chopsticks originated from Eastern countries. People there do not use knives and forks, but only use a pair of chopsticks to handle everything. Ingredients, of course, the use of this kind of tableware is also extremely difficult.

So far, apart from Reiner, who is already familiar with chopsticks, only Claire and Fina can use chopsticks relatively smoothly. Amelia uses them more often as forks. As for Charlotte and Dana, they work hard. With some effort, I can still pick up relatively regular food.

Beside the pot, a plate was filled with ingredients.

Thinly sliced ​​lamb and beef using magic,

There are also duck intestines, kidneys, flowered tripe, and various vegetables, potatoes, radish, and mushrooms.

Reiner opened the lid and saw that this pot was different from an ordinary pot. Instead, there was an iron sheet in the middle, dividing it into two parts.

One part is a clear soup, in which you can see a few pieces of ribs and side dishes. The other side is a constantly rolling red soup, with chili, Sichuan peppercorns and red oil making up the main color.

"You can eat it, just like this."

Reiner picked up a piece of duck intestine and put it into the red soup pot. At the same time, he kept picking it up from the pot. He repeated this three times before putting it into the bowl where the sauce had been mixed.

There was still a little bit of red soup on the hot duck intestines. Reiner put it into his mouth. The crispy duck intestines bounced to his teeth, and the spicy and fragrant taste filled his mouth. Reiner couldn't help but be touched. He didn't expect that in this world , you can also eat such authentic red oil hot pot.

"Is this really familiar?"

Emilia frowned slightly as she watched Reiner enjoying the duck intestines.

In fact, Emilia was a little opposed to offal such as duck intestines. She believed that an elegant aristocrat should flexibly cut the steak with a knife and fork, and then drink it with a glass of red wine. However, she did not expect that Reiner's "hot pot" was not so good. It looks like some kind of elegant gourmet food, to something more like a big pot dish on the street.

"If you cook it for a long time, it will become old and taste bad."

Reiner explained that he took another piece of tripe, rinsed it in the pot seven times and then put it in his belly.

Amelia doubtfully picked up a piece of duck intestine and put it into the pot. However, she was not as skillful as Reiner. She only tried to hold the slender duck intestine and immersed it in the boiling red soup. She waited for a long time. Then he raised his chopsticks.

However, there was nothing on the other end of the chopsticks except chili.

"???"

Emilia looked at Reiner with questions on her face.

"I forgot to tell you, this kind of food can easily slip off the chopsticks, and if you don't pay attention, you can easily lose it."

Reiner looked innocent, causing Emiya to glare at him viciously.

"It's okay, come and eat from me."

As Claire spoke, she put the duck intestines she had just cooked into Alimiya’s bowl. Although serving food to others was not the behavior a lady with good table etiquette should do, Claire didn’t care much about it.

When we eat together, we just want to have fun. Why bother with so much red tape?

After several rounds of boiling, the whole laboratory became lively. Some girls had a slight blush on their faces, not knowing whether it was because the hot pot was too spicy or the temperature was too high while sitting by the stove. Fortunately, this laboratory There is a temperature adjustment circle, and there are many ice-cold Crescent Cokes next to it. In Reiner's words, it is like blowing the air conditioner, drinking Coke and eating hot pot, which is completely comfortable.

Even Mrs. Freya smelled the aroma of hot pot and came here. Reiner boiled a few pieces of meat for her, and saw the cat dormitory manager burying his head in the plate and eating endlessly. Very happy.

Claire was the first to adapt to the way of eating hot pot, and soon, she developed many hot pot eating routines without any teacher, which made Reiner wonder whether foodies are common in all the world.

It had been more than an hour since they had finished eating. Thanks to Tokeler, all the dishes prepared were eaten, even the bottom of the pot was not left out.

Reiner nodded with satisfaction. It seems that hot pot is also quite popular. He plans to ask Antoine to find someone to open a hot pot restaurant next to Crescent BBQ. He will also study barbecue and hot pot. Chain, as for Maocai Malatang, Reiner has no time to try it now. He only wrote a plan and started to prepare it later.

They rested for a while before Reiner used magic to clean up all the pots and pans.

It was completely dark when they walked out of the laboratory. After bidding farewell to the students, Reiner and Claire walked on the promenade on campus. The sky was dotted with stars, and a crescent moon hung high, disappearing among the stars.

The two of them said nothing. Claire glanced at Reiner. He seemed to be thinking about something, and he seemed to be simply admiring the campus.

Tomorrow, the two of them will set off for Olmsted in the Midland Federation. Tonight's hot pot is a bit like a farewell banquet before leaving.

Claire was wearing a long dark dress and a thin white top. She followed Reiner. She originally wanted to find some topics to talk about, but soon, Claire felt that it was fine just like this.

This silent atmosphere of tacit understanding made Claire very relaxed. She didn't need to worry about anything. She just had to follow Reiner like this. This was an inexplicable sense of peace of mind. Many years ago, when Claire was a little girl, she Just following the old principal, I felt the same sense of security.

Looking up slightly, Claire saw the crescent moon.

"The moon is so beautiful."

She said, the moonlight fell on Claire's clothes, leaving a bright spot.

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