As the weather cooled, Lin Lan suggested that Lin Changyou have a few hot pot tables made, cover the back courtyard with a tarp, and start selling hot pot.
Taking her advice, Lin Changyou bought a tarp, ordered custom hot pot tables, and had Wu Shufen prepare the soup base to start selling hot pot.
For the first three or four days, business was slow, perhaps because the soup base didn't taste very good. At most, they served three or four tables a day.
Every day, Wu Shufen and Zhang Xiuqing formulated a new hot pot base. After cooking it, they had everyone taste-test it until they finally settled on the best recipe.
After they started using that recipe, the number of repeat customers gradually increased. Business got better and better, and the courtyard soon filled up with guests eating hot pot.
Lin Guozhu also brought Su Shengnan over to help.
When Wu Shufen saw how the two of them discussed things and worked together, it put her mind at ease.
