The bright moon hanging in the sky is getting round, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. The moonlight is bright and clear, the clear clouds are dense, and the moonlight like a gauze and mist sprinkles the world, and the long street is bright like a dragon-like lantern.
Lin's month is old, and her belly is bulging, so she has to support her lower back to be more comfortable. But she still walked like the wind, and her figure flexibly shuttled through the crowd.
Zhou shi followed her and was responsible for opening a path for her in the crowd.
People in the snack street are not used to this. When they see Mrs. Lin coming, they will automatically give her a way with a bamboo bowl in hand, and greet her cheerfully: "Shopkeeper Lin is here to inspect again."
The new face was very puzzled by this, looked at Lin's figure and said, "However, Mrs. Lin is also a noble person. She is hanging around here while pregnant. What if someone wants to make trouble and hurt her?"
"Then you're thinking too much." The diners tapped the stern-faced Zhou Shi next to Lin Shi with his chin, "Did you see that one? I heard that she was the daughter of the general's family. She was very skilled. She got angry and knocked all those dozen people into the hospital with a bamboo pole."
The new diners took a deep breath, watched the backs of Zhou and Lin fade away, and rubbed their heads in confusion: "What's going on? It's only been two years since I came back to the capital, and my appearance has changed."
Zhou shi kept his face cold and didn't say a word.
Lin Shi felt a little guilty, and said weakly: "Today is the last time, isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, I'll come out to take a look, and then I'll be safe at home to raise my baby."
Zhou Shi snorted: "The last time someone made trouble and almost hurt you, you said the same thing."
Lin Shi laughed dryly and quickly changed the subject: "Then what, what kind of cake did Yaoyao make for the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
"Moon cake." Zhou Shi was quickly led astray, and explained the shape to her with his hand, "It is round with flowers embossed on it, which means the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion."
Lin pretended to listen carefully, and his heart turned quickly, thinking about how to make a lot of money from moon cakes.
The old street is bustling with lights and bustling, and the new street is the same.
The market still hasn't been repaired, but the food stalls have been uniformly organized, and tents have been erected to prevent the stall owners from having nowhere to hide when it rains.
The fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, and the most important thing in eating and drinking is the taste. Chicken gravy and tofu skewers The plump chicken soup has gradually gained a reputation, and the front of the food stall is no longer empty.
Xiaohua stood on the bench, skillfully scooping up a bowl of chicken juice, watering garlic water, and sprinkling chopped green onion.
Diners who come and go are not surprised by this, and they will not doubt the taste of chicken tofu skewers because of her young age.
Someone sat down at the table and said with concern, "Xiaohua, where is Aunt Hu?"
With a large bowl in one hand, Xiaohua put the chicken gravy tofu skewers in front of the diners' table, and replied while busy: "These past few sunsets, my grandmother has been cold, so she won't come out to set up a stall at night." Speaking of which, she raised her head. The voice, "But don't worry everyone, the chicken soup and tofu skewers are all made by my grandmother, and the taste will not be bad."
As soon as she turned around, she almost bumped into someone else, and without seeing anything, she subconsciously bent over and apologized.
Someone lifted her up, she raised her head, and was a little surprised when she saw the appearance of the person in front of her.
Isn't this the gentleman who came here to eat tofu skewers with chicken sauce a few days ago
The old lady is old, and she doesn't like to be lively, let alone walking. On weekdays, she recites sutras and chanting Buddha in Shouning Hall, and she doesn't even want to walk around in the courtyard.
But seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming, she was sitting in the Shouning Hall, and suddenly felt that the huge room was a little deserted.
Mrs. Xu has four sons, the two older ones are studying in the academy, and the two younger ones also follow the master all day, and do not like to go to her. There are many children in the second room, but Xie Sheng is quiet and taciturn. After asking for peace every day, he finds a place to read quietly. The prostitutes timidly look at them and get upset. Not even an invitation. Therefore, she lives in Shouningtang alone, and only the Xu family comes to the province every morning and evening.
She was used to this kind of desertedness, but when she saw the bright and clear full moon outside the window today, she suddenly remembered the excitement of the snack street that day.
The long street was lit with lights, and the autumn night was warm and foggy. She looked at the bright moon, and finally called her mother to accompany her out of the house.
Xiaohua is not very old, but she matures much earlier than children of the same age. When the prostitutes in the house were still arguing and crying over a bead flower, she already knew how to run a food stall.
She took the cloth off her shoulders and wiped the already clean table again: "Please take a seat, what would you like?"
There are many diners today, and the old lady is not very comfortable and looks at the mammy.
Mammy spoke for her: "Two bowls of tofu skewers in chicken sauce, not spicy, less garlic water."
At this time, the wave of diners just finished eating and left with a copper plate, and the old lady suddenly relaxed a lot.
Xiaohua brought the bowl over, and the old lady took this opportunity to ask, "How serious is your grandmother's typhoid fever?"
Xiaohua shook her head: "The doctor said it's not serious."
The old lady nodded, not knowing what else to say.
Seeing that the nobleman had nothing to ask, Xiaohua turned around and went to the other table to clean up the dishes.
The old lady watched her little stature keep busy, and she felt a little uncomfortable.
"Have you brought money?" she asked the mammy beside her.
Mammy immediately understood her thoughts and sighed: "Old lady, you have a good heart, but..." People with hands and feet, giving some money is a favor in their eyes, but in their eyes it may be Look down.
The old lady also understood what she meant, and nodded embarrassedly: "I am so confused."
Xie Guogong's mansion used to make porridge every winter. For her, doing good deeds was nothing more than a waste of money. But doing this for many years, when I really want to help someone, I can't think of a proper way for a while.
Seeing her uneasy expression, Mammy said with relief: "Old Madam, you are used to this, and it's normal that you haven't turned around for a while. Besides, Xiaohua said that her grandmother was suffering from cold, so she might be short of money for medicine, we'll release it later. Just a few silver taels and go."
The old lady shook her head, lowered her eyes and said, "When it comes to money, there are several families in the world that can compare to the wealth of the Lin family."
Mammy didn't know how to answer the question, so she could only say: "Old Madam, move your chopsticks, be careful that your food is cold."
Before she finished speaking, there was a sudden noise from the street.
"Bah!" the boy's male duck voice ripped, "I want to see if you guys have the ability!"
"Anyone admit defeat, Qian Xiuzhu, don't you want to be rude?" Why is this voice so familiar
She and Mammy looked back at the street.
A bunch of brocade-clothed teenagers are divided into two teams, those with akimbo on their hips, and those who swear at others, aren't they the most common playboys in the capital
But how could there be his good grandsons Xie Ye and Xie Ye in there
Xie Ye's right eye was blue and black, and the corner of Xie Ye's mouth was wounded. When the two of them were talking, they pulled the wound and grinned in pain.
"It's useless to talk about it. If you lose this fight, you just want to pay our brothers to eat this street. It's up to us to eat or not, you just pay."
The teenager standing opposite him glared angrily: "Humph! Okay, I'll pay! I'll pay!"
Xie Ye wiped the black ashes on his face with his cuff: "Okay, you can remember, you can only watch when we eat!"
The boy opposite seemed to have suffered some kind of humiliation. He said angrily: "I, Qian Xiuzhu, jumped off this roof today and was run over by that carriage, and I will never take a bite of the food on the street!"
The teenagers on Xie Xi's side laughed, like a group of roosters who had won a fight, staggering towards Xinjie.
If Xie Ye and Xie Ye were asked to say that the most feared thing at this time would be to meet their parents, but this kind of thing is absolutely impossible. As for meeting the old lady? Don't be kidding, it's not like having a nightmare.
If you let the old lady say what she is most afraid of at this time, it must be discovered by Xie Ye and Xie Ye. If her grandson sees her running to the street to eat snacks at night, where will her old face be put? How are those old bones in the capital going to laugh at her
She got up quickly and followed Mammy to hide behind the food stall.
Here Xie Ye Xie Ye led the brothers to a food stall and said happily: "This, give me ten!"
Qian Xiuzhu hummed behind his back: "The wine and meat of Zhumen are stinky, and the road is frozen to death. If you don't eat all the food you ordered, you don't deserve to be gentlemen."
"Okay, jijiwaiwei, we won't be left."
The food stall owner accepted the money, and shoveled out ten pot stickers with smooth movements.
The pot stickers are slender and look like dumplings, but the bottom has been fried, and the color is browned and shiny.
They didn't leave either, just sat down in front of the food stall and prepared to eat one by one.
The yellow and white pot stickers are crispy and attractive with a golden bottom. The white noodles that have not been fried are very soft and tender. After the tough and crispy skin is bitten, the stuffing inside immediately flows out of the soup.
The pot stickers that had just come out of the pot were scalding hot, and the fragrant soup poured out unexpectedly, causing the teenagers to shrink their necks and blow their breath.
There is very little meat in the pot stickers, but the filling still absorbs the mellow and sweetness of the broth. The steaming vegetarian filling is soft, tender and fragrant. It is chewed together with the crispy skin with oil and gas. The soup oil is neutralized and the aroma is fragrant. , the aftertaste is endless.
They devoured the pot stickers and set off for the next family.
"This, come ten! Qian San, pay the money!"
The appearance of showing off and showing off looks very disgusting, especially the teenagers who pay the bills behind them are also full of wounds, and some of their clothes are torn, so they can only watch them eat.
"I don't know which bastards they are." A diners passed by and muttered.
Xie Hao and his party went from the street to the street, finally holding on, and said lazily: "I'm full, take a break before continuing."
The teenagers on the opposite side were a little happy when they heard the first two words, but when they heard the latter, they immediately jumped up: "Forget it!"
"If you can't survive, you can't survive, what's going on, how can you curse people, what's the demeanor of a great genius?"
The three words "big talent" poked the other side's sore spot, he slapped the table: "You are deceiving people too much!"
As soon as he stood up, the teenagers behind him also stood up, looking like they were about to fight again. The stall owner of the nearby food stall hurriedly asked the steward to report, and the steward was reporting to Mr. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou rushed over immediately when he heard that there was a trouble with the playboy children.
As a result, when I got here, I pushed away the crowd watching the excitement, and before I walked in, I heard people crying.
Zhou Shi's heart froze, and it seemed that he was playing hard.
She quickened her pace, and as soon as she squeezed into the center, she heard a male duck screaming: "You are too bullying, everyone in the township exam is eating steamed buns, you and you are cooking noodles, I am so hungry, how can I concentrate on answering questions? ?"
"Then you can't blame us." Xie Ye's voice sounded, "Besides, didn't you have an appointment? We agreed, what else do you want?"
The cry was a little louder: "We lost! Not only did I lose my understanding, I even lost the fight to you guys, woo woo woo, you are too much."
Zhou Shi looked at the person who was "making trouble" in front of him, and didn't know what to do for a while.
The other party kept crying, and Xie Hao was also uncomfortable: "You usually walk sideways in the academy all day, relying on your good schoolwork. Our brothers have been angry with you for so many years, but you still haven't said anything. You are greedy by yourself. , if we didn’t answer the paper well, we can still depend on us if we lose understanding? Besides, we may not be able to solve the yuan in high school, so it’s like we robbed you.”
The other party cried out of breath: "Wuwuwuwu you are, you not only robbed my Jie Yuan, but also, you won't let me eat it."
Xie Ye muttered: "Who won't let you eat it, now, eat it." He pushed his rice bowl in front of the crying boy, and pretended to threaten, "Okay, crying, you cry again, be careful we beat you— Ahh!"
Xie Ye and Xie Ye had their ears pulled, bent over and screamed, roaring, "Who is it?!"
Zhou Shi was expressionless: "It's me."
Brother Xie Ye was stupid, so were his classmates, and even Qian Xiuzhu who had been crying stopped sobbing.
Xie Ye, who had threatened to beat someone just now, instantly became obedient: "Second aunt."
Zhou Shi was unmoved, grabbed them and walked out: "Go back with me to see your mother."
"Don't." They hurriedly apologized, "Don't, mother will be very angry if she finds out. In case something gets bigger, let grandma know—"
Halfway through, the three of them were dumbfounded.
The old lady was standing on the street and was about to slip away quietly. As soon as she reached the middle of the road, she met them.
A few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the snack street was lively. In the lively and peaceful atmosphere, the four of them looked at each other, and the atmosphere fell into a strange silence.