Chapter 246: Super Double-attribute Delicious Clay Pot!
“Husband, you must be good at home by yourself, eat and sleep on time.”
“No more drinking so much yesterday.”
“Also, you have to miss me every day.”
“No meeting other women alone.”
“No…”
At the time of parting, Xu Li looked at her husband, suddenly feeling a thousand worries.
She suddenly regretted her decision to return to the capital first.
Leaving such a handsome husband alone in Ping County, she couldn’t feel at ease!
However…
On the other hand.
She had been “violently driven” by Jiang Tao every night these days, and was very satisfied.
But her body was actually a bit overwhelmed, and she wanted to take this opportunity to return to the capital to recuperate.
“Alright, I’m not a child, I’ll take care of myself.”
“You still don’t know me, am I the kind of person who messes around?”
Jiang Tao smiled, reached out to stroke Xu Li’s hair, his eyes sincere and clear.
“Hurry up and finish things here, come back to the capital as soon as possible, love you~ sob~”
Xu Li naturally trusted Jiang Tao immensely.
She stood on tiptoe, wanting to give him a farewell kiss on his lips.
But Jiang Tao grabbed her waist and gave her a kiss that tested her lung capacity.
At 2:45 PM, Jia Guilin drove a Mercedes-Benz GLS carrying Xu Li’s family and Jiao Jingtong towards the capital city.
After watching the Mercedes-Benz GLS disappear at the entrance of the residential area, Jiang Tao then opened the door of the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon and drove straight towards the entrance of the residential area.
At 3:00 PM, Jiang Tao drove to the entrance of the Qiao Shaguo restaurant where he had eaten with Yuan Mengqi yesterday.
In the catering industry, 3:00 PM is generally the closing time for meals, and the hall was empty, with no customers.
Through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, several employees could be seen busy in the kitchen.
They were probably preparing for the evening rush.
“Excuse me, sir, we are closed for meals.”
A woman who was cleaning saw Jiang Tao enter and straightened up, looking at him apologetically.
Jiang Tao smiled, “Big sister, I’m not here to dine, is your manager or store manager here?”
“Is there something you need from our store manager?”
The big sister looked at Jiang Tao with a puzzled expression and asked.
“I ate at your restaurant yesterday and thought the flavor of the clay pot dishes was good, so I wanted to buy a few clay pots for personal use.”
Jiang Tao didn’t beat around the bush with the big sister and directly stated his purpose.
Clay pots are not a scarce resource, and as long as the money is right, they are easy to obtain.
“You want to buy clay pots? You don’t need to find our manager for this, just find Xiao Lin.”
“Xiao Lin, there’s a customer here who wants to buy clay pots.”
The big sister said as she turned and called out towards the kitchen.
It seemed that Jiang Tao was not the only one who came to buy clay pots, as there had likely been precedents.
As soon as the cleaning aunt finished speaking, a slender woman wiped her hands and came out from the kitchen.
“Hello sir, the clay pots we sell are for personal use and are not for sale to the public.”
“However, if you top up a membership card for our restaurant, we can give you two for free.”
“At the same time, members can also enjoy a 10% discount on dining.”
“And the points earned from consumption can also be used to offset cash.”
Lin Ranran stopped about 1.5 meters away from Jiang Tao.
As she spoke, she also looked Jiang Tao up and down.
Jiang Tao was 1.82 meters tall with handsome features.
Coupled with his extremely confident demeanor, he was quite attractive to women.
The saying “a man at thirty is like a flower” perfectly describes a successful, stable, and confident man like Jiang Tao.
Similarly, at thirty, if you work in a factory on two shifts day and night,
or deliver express packages and food delivery from dawn till dusk, you’re just labor.
“You give them for free if I get a membership? That’s fine! Then sign me up for a membership.”
Jiang Tao readily agreed to sign up for a membership upon hearing Lin Ranran’s words.
Although he didn’t know what attributes the special clay pot would grant after activation,
it was still a special item recognized by System Brother.
Getting it by signing up for a membership was quite a good deal.
“Sir, we have three tiers. To become a basic member of our restaurant, you can top up 500 yuan. You will receive a 10% discount on consumption and one of our same model clay pots.”
“For 2000 yuan, you can become an intermediate member, enjoying a 20% discount on consumption and an additional 3 of our same model clay pots.”
“For 5000 yuan, you can become a premium member, enjoying a 30% discount on consumption and an additional 10 of our same model clay pots. Which tier would you like to sign up for, sir?”
After hearing Lin Ranran’s introduction to the three tiers, Jiang Tao said cheerfully, “Sign me up for the 5000 yuan one.”
A 5000 yuan top-up, and he could still spend at the restaurant in the future.
It was equivalent to getting a clay pot with special attributes for free, a win-win for Jiang Tao.
“Certainly, sir! Please follow me this way, I’ll process it for you!”
Upon hearing that Jiang Tao was directly signing up for the premium membership, Lin Ranran’s face lit up with joy, and she felt a surge of excitement.
The cleaning aunt, who was holding a broom and listening to their conversation, also looked at Jiang Tao with surprise.
At Qiao Shaguo, it was rare to have someone sign up for a premium membership even once a year, and Jiang Tao was the first one this year!
The process for signing up for membership was very simple.
Jiang Tao only gave his name and phone number, and Lin Ranran completed the membership for him without a physical membership card.
“Mr. Jiang, thank you for your strong support of Qiao Shaguo. Please wait here for a moment, I will get 10 clay pots for you.”
After processing the membership for Jiang Tao, Lin Ranran asked him to wait and turned to go to the restaurant’s warehouse to get the new clay pots for him.
Jiang Tao quickly said, “Miss, can I pick one from your kitchen?”
Lin Ranran explained, “Mr. Lin, the ones in the kitchen have been used. I’ll get you brand new ones.”
Jiang Tao smiled, “Some things get better with use. Can you get me 9 new clay pots, and I’ll pick an old one?”
“Of course, of course! In that case, given your strong support for Qiao Shaguo, consider that old one an extra gift.”
Lin Ranran was patient and sincere with her restaurant’s premium members.
“Thank you, I’ll pick one that catches my eye myself.”
Jiang Tao said, then walked towards the area where the clay pots were stacked in the kitchen.
Lin Ranran didn’t think much of it and turned to go to the warehouse to get new clay pots for Jiang Tao.
The area of this Qiao Shaguo was only about fifty to sixty square meters, less than 100 square meters.
In such a small space, the employees in the kitchen preparing for dinner clearly heard Jiang Tao and Lin Ranran’s conversation.
Seeing Jiang Tao enter the kitchen, they continued with their tasks as if it was none of their business.
“It’s you!”
Among the pile of washed clay pots, one emitting a dark golden glow was very conspicuous.
Jiang Tao saw it as soon as he entered.
But to get it without arousing suspicion, he had gone the long way around by signing up for the restaurant’s premium membership.
“Master, can you help me get this clay pot?”
Jiang Tao turned to a staff member preparing food and asked for help.
The master whom Jiang Tao asked for help immediately stepped forward and helped him retrieve the clay pot that was buried under several others.
“Thanks, master, here’s a pack of cigarettes for you.”
Jiang Tao casually took out an unopened pack of Da Tian Ye from his pocket and handed it to the master who helped him.
“It’s just a small favor…”
“Take it, thanks.”
Jiang Tao stuffed the cigarettes into the master’s hand without further ado and walked out of the kitchen with the clay pot.
After waiting in the restaurant for less than five minutes.
Lin Ranran, who had served Jiang Tao earlier, and the cleaning aunt returned to the restaurant, each carrying a shopping bag.
The two shopping bags contained a total of 10 brand new clay pots.
Jiang Tao was not here for these new clay pots today; they were merely a cover for him to obtain the special clay pot.
As Lin Ranran and the cleaning aunt carried the clay pots out of the shop, they were again astonished to see Jiang Tao open the trunk of the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon with his car key.
A Mercedes-Benz G-wagon was quite rare in a small county town like Ping County!
“No wonder Mr. Jiang was so quick to sign up for our premium membership, he’s a tycoon driving a Benz!”
Upon seeing the Mercedes-Benz G-wagon, Lin Ranran’s opinion of Jiang Tao soared even higher!
While the taste of Qiao Shaguo was good, the average price of about 20 yuan per person set its limits.
Lin Ranran usually didn’t encounter many rich people.
It was rare for someone like Jiang Tao, who drove a Mercedes-Benz G-wagon, to eat at Qiao Shaguo!
Moreover, he was so rich, yet so young, handsome, and exceptionally charismatic.
He was a rarity even in the entire Ping County.
Imagine how happy it would be to find a boyfriend like him!
“Thank you both, goodbye.”
Jiang Tao was naturally unaware that Lin Ranran had already begun fantasizing about living together with him.
He waved goodbye to them with a smile and drove directly towards the Xicheng Huafu residential area.
At 3:30 PM, Jiang Tao drove back to the Xicheng Huafu residential area.
The 10 brand new clay pots were left in his trunk; he only took the special clay pot upstairs.
He was now very familiar with the process of activating special items.
After returning home, he locked the room door, drew the curtains in the living room, and successfully bound and activated it according to the established procedure!
【Item Name】: Delicious Clay Pot
【Attribute 1】: Delicious+3（Food made with Delicious+3 clay pots is even more delicious.）
【Attribute 2】: Split（Can split into 10 Delicious+3 clay pots every day.）
“Delicious+3, Split!”
Seeing the powerful attributes of the Delicious Qiao Shaguo after activation, Jiang Tao’s eyes widened, and he swallowed excitedly!
His previous “Delicious” item was the 【Delicious Pickle Jar】.
The quality of the Delicious Eight Treasure Pickles pickled by the 【Delicious Pickle Jar】 was evident for all to see.
The effect of this 【Delicious Clay Pot】 would surely not be inferior!
Jiang Tao felt that the 5000 yuan spent today was extremely worthwhile!
Furthermore, what was even more rare was that this 【Delicious Clay Pot】 had double attributes.
“Splitting 10 Delicious+3 clay pots a day, that’s 300 clay pots in a month.”
“This quantity is enough to open a moderately sized clay pot restaurant!”
Upon seeing the two attributes of the 【Delicious Qiao Shaguo】, many thoughts flooded into Jiang Tao’s mind.
The Qiao Shaguo restaurant he had just visited, even without a special item like the 【Delicious Clay Pot】 with such heaven-defying attributes, was able to do such booming business.
If he opened a restaurant using a 【Delicious Clay Pot】 with attribute bonuses, he would surely be able to crush the competition in all aspects!
The “Delicious+3” attribute was very powerful in the catering industry!
“Let’s test its effect first!”
Jiang Tao looked back at the Qiao Shaguo he had just activated and decided to test its effect.
He acted on his thoughts immediately.
Jiang Tao immediately went out to a farmers’ market not far from the residential area, spent over 200 yuan to buy a large rooster, and asked the boss to prepare it.
Then, he bought some seasonings for stewing meat at the market.
Such as Angelica dahurica, bay leaf, cardamom, etc., all arranged.
Although he had never cooked chicken before, there were many tutorials online, so he could learn.
At 5 PM, after a big shopping trip, Jiang Tao returned to his father-in-law’s home.
After Xu Li and the others returned to the capital, only Jiang Tao was left at home, and it suddenly became quiet.
Accustomed to the lively atmosphere of the past, he found it a bit unaccustomed to the silence.
In the kitchen, all the ingredients were processed and repeatedly washed clean.
Jiang Tao followed the sequence in the video tutorial, put the ingredients into the clay pot, and began to stew!
At the same time, he used a regular wok on another stove to stew a pot with the same ingredients and seasonings as a control group.
Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle~
In less than five minutes, both pots of stewed chicken were ready, and the aroma of the ingredients began to fill the kitchen.
Ten minutes later, the rich aroma of chicken began to waft out from the cracks in the kitchen window.
“Whose house is stewing chicken? It smells so good!”
“Wow! This aroma, it must be authentic free-range chicken caught from the mountains!”
“I haven’t smelled such a good meat aroma in a long time, it smells like my childhood.”
“Grandma, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat~”
“Mom~ I want to eat chicken, can we have chicken for dinner tonight.”
Swish, swish, swish~
The windows upstairs and downstairs of Xu Li’s house opened, and the neighbors were all mesmerized by the rich aroma of chicken.
“Gulp~”
In the kitchen, Jiang Tao swallowed hard as he smelled the aroma wafting from the clay pot.
It was fragrant, so fragrant!
He himself hadn’t smelled such a rich meat aroma in a long time!
Even the roasted chicken at Bai Yulan Hotel, priced at over 600 yuan, couldn’t compare to this pot of stewed chicken!
After simmering over low heat for about an hour, until all the ingredients were flavorful, Jiang Tao turned off the heat.
He used a pair of iron tongs to remove the clay pot from the gas stove and placed it on the dining table, which was covered with a small wooden board.
He poured the chicken pieces from the other wok into a small porcelain basin and placed it next to the clay pot.
Then, he scooped a large bowl of rice from the steamer in the kitchen.
Sitting down at the dining table, Jiang Tao began his dinner.
He first picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
The aroma was rich, and the meat was tender. The stewed chicken he had learned to make on the spot was incredibly delicious!
It was fragrant, truly fragrant!
After eating the chicken from the clay pot, Jiang Tao picked up a piece of chicken stewed in the regular wok from the white porcelain basin.
The same chicken, the same seasonings, the same cooking method, the same amount of time.
The chicken stewed in the regular wok was no match for the chicken stewed in the clay pot!
【Delicious Clay Pot】 won by a landslide!
