In front of a bowl of noodle shop, Yu Jinnian was unloading the cart and unloading the donkey, and was talking to Ji Hong about being followed. When Qing Huan heard it, she rolled up her sleeves and said, "Brother Nian, leave this matter to me, and I will catch that little rascal for sure." Brother Nian is going to drink and eat." This accident, she uttered the vulgar words in Gou Lan, she raised her head and glanced at Ji Hong, seeing his cold and heartless face, she blinked her eyes and avoided it.
Yu Jinnian smiled, and walked into the noodle restaurant with a fish crate and kelp, and saw that the front hall had been swept clean, and the corners of the tables were also polished. The whole noodle shop was filled with the aroma of warm food, and the cold air wrapped around their bodies was sieved several times by the familiar warmth, and they felt extremely comfortable.
Since Yu Jinnian wasn't here this morning, Qing Huan steamed steamed buns and cooked porridge and side dishes on her own initiative. She knew that she was not as good as Brother Nian's skills, and she was even more afraid of smashing the signboard of a bowl of noodle restaurants. Unexpectedly, not long after the door opened today, many people came, all dressed in blue-gray servant clothes, wearing leggings, speaking at a slightly fast speed, with uneven accents, but most of them were northward. This group of people moved very neatly, didn't pick anything, and nodded to Qing Huan's vulgar dishes. With these people around, they didn't seem so deserted, and they barely supported the facade of a bowl of noodle restaurants.
Yu Jinnian looked at the group of people, and Qing Huan hurriedly explained: "Yesterday, a new team of carriages and horses moved into the Fulai Inn. It was very grand, and they all belonged to important figures from Beijing. I don't know who it is. Anyway, that The master of the family settled down at the Fulai Inn, and the servants below had nothing to do, so they came out to look for food."
"I see." Yu Jinnian nodded, and stopped looking around to cause trouble, and hurried into the backyard to prepare for the noon business.
Ji Hong then walked through the front hall and frowned slightly when he saw this group of servants.
A bowl of noodle restaurants are good at making noodles. Naturally, the back kitchen often prepares a pot of bone soup. The pork bones left over from making miscellaneous sauce are simmered slowly over low heat. The upper layer of slick oil is skimmed off, and the bottom is full of delicious white soup. At the fish market just now, he also bought a large bag of thin shrimp skins. Because of the lack of meat and fishy taste, this stuff is far less fleshy than red shrimp and blue crab, and it is not as fat and delicious as fish and shellfish soup. It is a good thing, but people with some family backgrounds don't want to buy it to eat, especially in the inland cities that are not good at eating seafood.
However, the dried shrimp skins are really just delicious things. With this bone soup, Yu Jinnian wanted to make dried shrimp skin noodles for sale. With this in mind, he couldn't help but sneak a finger at the dried shrimp skins to eat them raw.
While chewing on the shrimp skins, he chopped the green onions at the same time, put them in the oil pan and sautéed them until fragrant, and then grabbed a few handfuls of shrimp skins and stir-fried them. Because the shrimp skin has its own salty taste, less salt is added, and a little old soy sauce is added to enhance the color. After this frying, the pink and white shrimp skin is crispy, soft and golden, and full of fresh fragrance.
When the fried shrimp skins came out of the pan, Ji Hong changed his clothes and came in to help.
Yu Jinnian asked Ji Hong to open the empty bowls, scoop half a spoonful of bone broth into each, then went out to get the cabbage, washed it, put it on the chopping board and shredded it. When Ji Hong came, he suddenly blocked the light in front of him. Yu Jinnian raised his head and asked him to step aside, but Ji Hong lowered his head and raised his hand to clasp his chin. .
He was suddenly confronted like this, and he froze like a goose. Because his teeth were slightly open, he gave Ji Hong a chance to poke his nose and face, and he stuck out his tongue and wandered around unscrupulously. circle, and finally licked his palate, backed out and said: "Fish."
Yu Jinnian suddenly came back to his senses, covered his mouth and jumped back, feeling as if his mouth had been licked by a poisonous snake, it was so crisp that his mouth and throat were numb and limp, and it smelled like Ji Hong.
Ji Hong's expression was as usual, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his sneak attack at all.
Yu Jinnian squinted at the man who was serving bone soup, and said angrily, "Don't come to kiss suddenly."
With a smile in Ji Hong's eyes, he asked, "Didn't it happen all of a sudden?"
"..." Yu Jinnian choked, turned his head away from talking with him, and chopped cabbage in a muffled voice.
As soon as he put the cabbage into the pot, Qing Huan jumped over in front of him—her legs and feet had almost recovered, but she suffered from a lame problem. After all, the technical conditions were limited at this time, and Yu Jinnian didn't have anything better There is a solution, but fortunately, Qing Huan is cheerful and doesn't care much—Qing Huan limped and walked quickly, excitedly said: "Brother Nian, caught him!"
Yu Jinnian was taken aback: "What did you catch?"
Qing Huan said: "The little guy who was following you, huh, that's him. I went out and walked around, and saw him sneaking around at the entrance of the alley opposite, looking towards us."
It was only then that Yu Jinnian noticed that there was a young man hiding behind Qing Huan, and he was afraid to show his face. He noticed the basket in the young man's hand, and suddenly remembered it, and asked strangely, "It's you?"
It was the boy selling silk flowers that I ran into at the fish market in the morning.
The young man buried his face in Qing Huan's body and grabbed her clothes with one hand. Although he was short and cute, he was a real man. He was so sticky on Qing Huan's back. No wonder Qing Huan said in embarrassment. : "The bastard is taking advantage of my sister, isn't she?"
"No, I didn't take advantage of it." The boy was actually more shy than her, and he buried his face even more and refused to lift it up.
He was obviously a young man who was about the same age as Yu Jinnian, but he still acted like an ignorant child when he spoke, so Yu Jinnian had no choice but to soften his tone, slightly bent his knees and asked, "Don't hide away, we have all seen you. What is your name?" What name, why do you want to follow us?"
The boy showed his eyes shyly, blinked, and replied: "Chun."
Yu Jinnian felt strange: "Your name is... Chun?"
The teenager nodded.
Well, spring will be spring, Yu Jinnian said patiently: "Then tell me, why are you following me?"
Xiao Chun looked up at Qing Huan, as if observing her expression, Qing Huan couldn't help laughing and said: "Look at what I am doing, can I still have words on my face?" Qing Huan's tone was not too heavy, Xiao Chun listened But he wrinkled his face, blinked his eyes as he spoke, and dropped golden beans, even the basket hanging in his hand was gone, and the silk flowers in it were scattered all over the floor.
Qing Huan frightened: "Hey, am I so fierce?"
Yu Jinnian was suffering from a headache, how did he provoke such an ancestor-like little crying bag, but it's not a problem to let people cry, he went back to the kitchen to fill a bowl of hot bone soup, sprinkled a pinch of dried shrimps and With a few cabbage leaves, he coaxed the boy to sit on a round stool in the courtyard: "Okay, it won't look good to cry any more. Have you eaten in the morning? I'll give you some soup."
Hearing that he didn't look good, he immediately stopped crying, held the bowl sobbing, drank the soup in a small sip, and asked, "Ah Chun don't cry anymore. If Ah Chun doesn't look good, brother will be unhappy, brother Not happy, Ah Chun is not happy either... Does Ah Chun look good?"
Yu Jinnian didn't know where he got the patience to coax and play, he said: "It looks good, Ah Chun is the best." Finally he made people laugh, his waist was sore, and a hand came around behind his back , rubbed his waist lightly, and moved a stool to help him sit down.
He smiled at Ji Hong, and then asked the young man, "Ah Chun is happy, should you tell me?"
The young man blinked his big eyes, stared at Yu Jinnian carefully for a while, and said cowardly: "You can cure people, right?" He was afraid that Yu Jinnian would deny it, and hurriedly threw out evidence: "I saw it! You are by the river , saved a person! You can save that person even if he can’t move, and my brother can still move, so you must be able to save him too, right?”
"This..." Yu Jinnian thought to himself, did he come here to treat me
Seeing his hesitation, the young man thought that he was unwilling to treat his brother, so he jumped down to pick up his silk flowers. The silk flowers all over the floor were picked up into the basket, and then he pushed the basket to Yu Jinnian, and said solemnly: "Ah Chun did it." The silk flowers are the most beautiful and the most valuable, and my brother said they cost a thousand dollars! Ah Chun doesn’t want them anymore, I’ll give you all these, and you can go and treat my brother’s illness, okay?”
Yu Jinnian raised his hand and said, "Wait, how much is this flower for you?"
The young man took it for granted and said, "It's worth a thousand dollars! My brother said that."
"..." Yu Jinnian asked, "How many flowers have you sold?"
Speaking of this, the young man wrinkled his face and said unhappily, "I didn't sell any of them..."
now it's right! Which family's big and rich family can be caught by this evil, and buy you a silk flower worth thousands of gold! Yu Jinnian looked at the young man, couldn't help feeling distressed, and gradually had an idea in his heart - this young man is probably really stupid, and he is not lightly stupid.
But seeing that his clothes are soft, he eats white and tender, his wrists are round and he doesn't look like he has endured hardship, and he heard that he never leaves his brother, so he thinks he has some roots in the family. Could it be that his elder brother was really seriously ill and was bedridden, so he asked him to run out like a fool and sell silk flowers to make money.
Although Yu Jinnian is not a loving person, he can't turn a blind eye to it, and he can't just let this little idiot run around in the street. Besides, he is so fresh and cute, he can't tell when the silk flowers won't be sold. On the contrary, if someone fell into the hands of a child, that would be a crime.
He took the boy's flower basket and put it on the ground in front of him. First, he calmed him down with nice words, at least so that he would stop running around like that, or stalking people all over the street. He said: "You Tell me, where does your brother live?"
"In Huaihua Hutong." The young man stood up in surprise, grabbed Yu Jinnian's hand excitedly, and said, "Are you going, to treat my brother! I will take you there, go now!"
Yu Jinnian smiled helplessly, and said, "I can't do it now. You see, I still have a lot of business to do, so I have to finish my work at the moment. There will be fewer people in the afternoon."
The young man looked back at the bustling front hall. It was rare that he didn't cry. Instead, he nodded and said in a very sensible way: "I know, there are many people who come to buy things, and they are very busy. My brother was also busy selling things before, and Ah Chun just sat down. Wait at home. If Ah Chun is good, my brother will kiss and hug Ah Chun at night." He said triumphantly: "But Ah Chun is very good, my brother will hug Ah Chun every day, and will be with Ah Chun at night. sleep together!"
So, his brother was also in business. But kissing and hugging between brothers... Isn't it too awkward? Or, aren't they brothers
He patted the stool under his buttocks again, and said seriously: "Ah Chun is also sitting here waiting for you, you sell it quickly, you must call Ah Chun when it is sold out! If Ah Chun accidentally falls asleep, you must also call me!" Wake up Ah Chun!"
"Okay, okay, I got it, I must remember to call you." Yu Jinnian couldn't figure it out, so he patted his head, turned to Qing Huan and said, "Pay attention to him, don't tell him to run around."
"Okay, Brother Nian. I'll take care of him more." Qing Huan replied.
Yu Jinnian then went back to the kitchen and asked Ji Hong to hang up the signboard for shrimp skin noodles. Not long after, there was the sound of Qing Huan shouting for food from the front. He put fresh hot white noodles in the kitchen, poured half a spoonful of bone broth on each bowl, a few cabbage leaves, and a spoonful of stir-fried green onion and shrimp skin—a bowl of shrimp skin noodles was ready.
A bowl of noodle restaurants often have new dishes, even noodles, which are always a lot more fancy than others. The aroma of today's shrimp skin noodles has attracted many gourmets. Yu Jinnian set up a pot of fried shrimp skins and a pot of blanched cabbage, and taught Qing Huan how to knead the noodles, then went to the front hall with a bowl of noodles in person. Since Er Niang was no longer in charge, he could be regarded as a half-boss after all. , You have to listen to the opinions of diners about him.
It was lively ahead, the group of servants still didn't leave, they chatted on the spot after eating steamed buns and side dishes in the morning, as if they were treating their noodle shop as a tea shop. Fortunately, when it was almost noon, they finally felt a little guilty, and each ordered a portion of today's Dangjia Shrimp Skin Noodles, with spicy peppers, and ate in full swing.
One person yelled: "I never thought that this shrimp skin that is not enough for teeth can be made so delicious!"
Others laughed at him and said, "You've just come here, haven't you eaten any good food? Although the shrimp skin noodles are delicious, they are crude and shallow. What are they? If you have been with the third son for a long time, it will be worthless to keep any beartail nest." Make you full!"
"Fart, you go, that's called deer tail bird's nest! Return the fish nest, what kind of mud is the fish nest, why don't you eat the mud?"
"Hahahaha! Yes, yes, I have no experience!"
The crowd burst into laughter.
After laughing, someone asked again: "Where is the third son of Min going this time?"
"Who knows, except for the few close friends around the third son, who knows where he is going, don't meddle in business, just follow, and you will not be short of food, drink, clothing and shelter. Let us be content, this Min mansion, except for Min Third Young Master, which one is easy to get along with? This Third Young Master Min spends his days traveling around the mountains and rivers without caring about worldly affairs, so it's better than beating and scolding at every turn in the mansion?"
"That's right." The servant who sounded like a newcomer nodded, and he said in a low voice, "Hey, didn't you hear that the second young master is a handsome man? Why, why don't you often see him in the mansion? "
The rest of the old people shook their heads quickly, looked around, and said, "Our second young master has been annoyed recently!"
The new servant asked, "How?"
The others made mouth shapes with their mouths and said: "... This family, you know? Isn't the third son of his family sick? Our second son is more enthusiastic than their own family, looking for doctors and medicines everywhere, and staying away all day But that guy just got sick every day or so, it’s nothing unusual... By the way, the whereabouts of our second son is really easy to find, if not in the mansion, we can send someone to their house to look for it, and naturally the third son of his family can find it. Find it in the room!"
"Is there such a thing? Then they are really extraordinary friends."
The predecessors nodded: "That's the case, who in this capital doesn't know, the second son and that one are childhood sweethearts since childhood." He suddenly staggered, and said, "But it's strange to say that in the past, that person didn't care about it. The second son is not sick, the second son sees the sky soaking in that house, and now everyone has heard that he is dying of illness, but the second son has never been there, and the medicine he found is just sent to the servant. I don't know if this relationship is good or not?"
The other person snorted and sighed: "Don't worry about it, eat noodles and noodles!"
Yu Jinnian gathered around the noodle restaurant to clean up the leftover bowls and chopsticks, wiped the tables, and listened to the call all the time. Holding a stack of dirty bowls, he went back and saw Ji Hong arranging flowers and plants in the yard, he couldn't help but wondered: "Ah Hong, why did you make flowers and plants, come to the front hall to help!"
He put the bowl into the basin, turned around and ran to look for Ji Hong, squatted beside him, and said with a broken mouth: "I heard from the diners in front that the third son of the Min family in the capital is here. He also said that their family The second son of the Ji family and the third son who is seriously ill in the Ji family are close friends... "
Ji Hong raised his head suddenly, frowned and pursed his lips, then pinched the young man's hands and blocked his mouth, stopping the young man's chattering mouth.
He said lightly: "Don't worry about this nosy business."
Yu Jinnian covered his mouth: "... You, you suddenly came to kiss again!"
"Then let me tell you first, can I kiss you?" Ji Hong lowered his head and stroked Yu Jinnian's red and soft lips with his fingers. The boy didn't answer, so he kissed him. Yu Jinnian groaned and turned his head, seeing Ah Chun at the other end of the yard, looking straight at the two of them, his ears burst out of embarrassment, and he thought, this is so good, outsiders have seen it!
"What are you afraid of?" Ji Hong let go and squeezed his hand, "Okay, let's go get busy."
Yu Jinnian was so angry that he wanted to put the bowl on his head, but he didn't have a bowl in his hand, so he ran over to pick up a silk flower from Ah Chun's flower basket, ran over and inserted it into Ji Hong's hair, and said threateningly: "That's it, don't take it off!"
Ji Hong laughed: "Okay, I won't pick it."
Yu Jinnian turned his head three times a step at a time, and saw that he was really holding the flower against the flower, but the human was prettier than the flower, the anger in his heart dissipated in an instant, and became full of joy, and he went back to the front hall to work up.
After noon, the diners gradually thinned out, and the group of servants also dispersed.
Yu Jinnian and Ah Chun had lunch at a bowl of noodle shop, then packed up and went home with Ah Chun to see his brother.