Jinxi District is located in the central hinterland of Southern Province G. It was originally a county-level district relying on the provincial capital. Here, Jinxi District began to develop.
The new campus is located on the banks of the Jinxi River. There are lush trees everywhere on the campus. The environment is good and the air is very fresh. There is an old street behind the school, and there are food stalls on the street. There are everything from pancakes filled with fried noodles to fried rice. As soon as the get out of class time is over, the students swarm over, and it is extremely lively. Opposite the old street is a residential area. Seeing that the street food is selling so well, some people think about it. They renovate their houses and hang a small delicate sign at the door. It is a clean and warm small restaurant.
Just after school at noon, a few girls left the teaching building laughing and went straight to "My Restaurant" across the old street. This restaurant has only been open for less than two months, the price is not expensive, but the dishes are exceptionally good, and it is already quite famous among the students. It was already late when they went, and the room was full of people. The owner, Wang Qin, had just finished serving the dishes, and before he had time to catch his breath, he hurriedly led the people to the small yard behind the house, where there were still a few seats.
Wang Qin took out a small book from her bib pocket and ordered dishes for them. Just as she was about to go to the kitchen, a girl at another table in the small courtyard asked, "Boss, can we replace the palace fried pork liver we just ordered with Beijing pork liver?" Shredded pork with sauce?" Wang Qin flipped through the notebook, saw that the dishes hadn't been fried, and ran into the kitchen in response, and said loudly to the person standing by the stove with his back to her: "The palace fried pig at table 7 Replace the liver with shredded pork in Beijing sauce."
Mu Ran was putting the dishes on the plate with a spoon, and he didn't bother to turn his head when he heard the sound, he just nodded and said, "Got it!"
When Wang Qin heard that there were people coming outside again, she hurriedly served the dishes that Mu Ran had just cooked, and hurried out. Mu Ran wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, then turned his head to look at the menu on the cabinet, and turned on the fire to prepare for the next table.
At 12:30, the number of people gradually decreased, and it was almost 1:00 when it was really free. Originally, there were three people in the restaurant, but today Wang Qin's daughter wasn't here, leaving only Mu Ran and Wang Qin. They were really exhausted after being busy at noon.
Wang Qin put all the dishes and chopsticks that were too late to clean up into the sink, glanced at Mu Ran out of the corner of her eye, and coughed: "I don't have much appetite today, so I won't eat this lunch."
Mu Ran was cleaning the pot with his head down, he was stunned when he heard the words, and was about to speak, but Wang Qin took the first step and said, "I don't think you need to cook anymore, just go out and eat something casually." The movements of her hands washing the dishes were very quick, and the expression on her face was even more natural, as if she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what she said.
A helpless smile appeared on the corner of Mu Ran's mouth, but he didn't say much, so he nodded in response.
In fact, when I first came here, I said that I was in charge of the food, but the so-called food was just adding bowls and chopsticks to Mu Ran when Wang Qin's mother and daughter were eating. White rice can be eaten casually, but there are only two dishes, and the portion is still small. Mu Ran is a big man with a thin skin, so he has the nerve to fight with two women. Stretching the chopsticks 5 or 6 times after a meal is too much up. After a long time, Wang Qin saw that Mu Ran was easy to bully, so she didn't want to bother with the meal, so she came here suddenly and asked him to pay for the food.
Mu Ran's current life has finally stabilized, and he doesn't want to worry about Wang Qin's small thoughts anymore. No matter how difficult the days were before, it's nothing now.
Mu Ran helped Wang Qin wash and tidy up the dishes, tidy up all the utensils in the kitchen, and took out the garbage from the whole morning. Then he washed his hands and went to the street to buy some pancakes. It is late autumn now, and the south is very damp and cold. When the wind blows, the coolness pours into the heart from the sleeves. Mu Ran pulled up the zipper on his jacket, took the pancakes handed over by the boss, gave him the money, and hurried back.
He had just walked to the door when he heard Wang Qin yelling from the room. Mu Ran frowned slightly, entered the room and followed the sound to the kitchen, only then did he see Wang Qin holding a child in his hands and teaching him a lesson. with.
The child looked no more than three or four years old. Her long hair was twisted into a mess and loosely tied behind her head with a rubber band. Some messy hair hung from her forehead to her face, and she couldn't see it. Find out what it looks like. She was wearing a large black coat, which was covered with glistening oil stains, and a pair of shoes that had been peeled off and covered in dirt were exposed from the hem of the clothes. She was covered in this dirty and smelly coat like this. in clothes.
"Sister Wang, what's going on?" Mu Ran asked in surprise.
Wang Qin clenched the child's wrist tightly, without turning his head, and said sharply: "I caught it, and this little bastard stole everything in the kitchen!" Wang Qin's house is on the first floor, and the kitchen is just outside the house. Facing the window, in order to facilitate entry and exit, a door was opened on the other side of the kitchen, leading directly to the courtyard. In the past few days, things in the kitchen have been lost. Wang Qin deliberately opened the door when no one was around at noon today, and hid by the cupboard for a long time before finally catching someone.
She cursed "little bastard" and "little beggar" on her mouth, and the strength in her hands became stronger and stronger. The child struggled more and more in pain. Wang Qin was furious, grabbed the tomato that the child stole from the child's hand, and faced her Pushed his head hard.
Mu Ran was about to persuade her, but when he saw the movement of her hand, he couldn't care less immediately, strode over to pull Wang Qin's hand away, frowned and said: "The child is still young, don't do it."
The Mu Ran in Wang Qin's heart has always been meek, a person who dared not even talk back after being bullied to the head. Suddenly, she was pulled away so forcefully by Mu Ran, and she was stunned for a moment. At this moment, she lost The bound child jumped out like a monkey. When Wang Qin came back to her senses, she almost jumped on the spot and cursed. If she wasn't worried that there was no one in the restaurant, and she was worried about Mu Ran, she would have to catch up with the little beggar and punish him severely.
Mu Ran didn't care about her foul language, and immediately chased her out. The child ran forward like crazy, and Mu Ran caught her panting only when she was about to run out of the old alley next to the residential building.
The child struggled forward, but seeing that he couldn't get away, he turned around and grabbed Mu Ran's hand, biting and kicking him. Mu Ran squatted down, caressed her back and panted, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." His body is not as good as before, and after running for a while, his heart beats so fast that it seems to jump out of his chest. Soft and numb almost unstoppable.
The child didn't care about Mu Ran's warm voice to comfort her, he bit his mouth harder, Mu Ran's hands trembled in pain, but he didn't scold her, he just passed the pancake in the other hand in front of her, coaxing: "Are you hungry?" The pancakes were already a little cold, but they could still smell the faint and warm aroma from the pancakes at such a close distance.
The child was still holding Mu Ran's hand and biting it, but the strength on his mouth was much looser, and even saliva flowed down the corner of his mouth. Mu Ran couldn't help laughing, he gently pulled out his hand, and removed the plastic wrap around the pancake. The bag was peeled off, and then handed to the child's mouth, he said warmly, "Eat."
This time the child didn't hesitate anymore, and started to gobble up the pancakes. She was obviously very hungry, and she ate so fast that she even bit into the hair blocking her forehead. Mu Ran reached out to brush her hair away, trying to make her eat slowly, when she was choked and coughed repeatedly.
The child's cough was clear and crisp, like a small hammer hitting Mu Ran's heart, which made him feel uncomfortable. Mu Ran patted her on the back, turned his head slightly to look at her and told her: "Don't worry, eat slowly." But the child didn't listen at all, and between coughing, he still gnawed on the pancakes, as if he was late at night. It seems like the cake will be gone in a second.
Mu Ran frowned, and suddenly thought that there was a small shop when he turned right at the entrance of the alley. He was worried about the child, so he simply reached out and held her, and wanted to take her to buy water, but he didn't know that the child didn't move at all, even He began to struggle violently again. Mu Ran had no choice but to squat down again, looked at her at her level and whispered carefully to tell her not to run around, and he would be back soon.
The child stretched out his dirty hand to wipe away the tears coughed out of his eyes, then lowered his head and buried his face in the cake and ate it. Mu Ran patiently talked for a long time, and finally she nodded slightly. Head up.
Mu Ran stood up and walked out of the alley. After taking two steps, he turned around hesitantly. Seeing that she was still there, he quickened his pace and ran out of the alley. It took less than two minutes before and after, and when Mu Ran went back, there was not even half a person there.