In the room, as soon as Xiao An closed the door, he ran to the window facing the street in three steps. Counting "one, two, three, four" in his mouth, when he counted to thirty-six, he finally watched Pang Yi leave the inn. The waiter followed behind him, and I don't know what the waiter said to Pang Yi. Pang Yi then turned around and kicked the waiter with a smile. The shop boy dodged it with a playful smile, then waved at Pang Yi and turned back to the inn. Pang Yi walked to the carriage. He untied the rein, patted the horse habitually, and suddenly turned to look upstairs. Those eyes looked straight at Xiao An. Xiao An was so frightened that she slammed the window shut with a "slap", and then pressed against the window for a long time without daring to breathe.
Facing the tightly closed window, Pang Yi couldn't help laughing. That's when I got into the carriage. He drove the horse away.
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In the evening, I ate stewed miscellaneous fish. The fish is not bought, but Gu Changlin is free today. I went to the big river at the foot of the mountain to dig ice and fish, there are more than a dozen fish. Although they are not very big, they are expensive because of the variety of them. Meiya looked at the fish basket full of them. She was overwhelmed with joy. She and Zhong Mingwei hadn't eaten fresh fish since the beginning of winter. They cleaned up the fish swiftly and stewed it in a hurry. It happened that Pang Yi also came back, so he was too busy to wash his hands. After leaving the room, we had dinner together.
The four of them sat around the pot table, with a small fire still in the stove, and the fish soup in the pot was gurgling and steaming, and the room was filled with the delicious taste of fish soup. Yi sat in front of the pot, and the four of them ate happily, but they didn't delay in chatting.
"Mr. Gu, next time you go fishing, take me with you," Meiya added a handful of sauerkraut to the pot, and then said to Gu Changlin while sticking cornbread on the pot, "I've never dropped a fish before." Well, I’ve never ice-fished before, so I really want to join in the fun with you.”
"That's okay, I just need someone to carry the fish basket for me." Gu Changlin nodded, and sighed comfortably while picking up a piece of frozen tofu that was almost stewed into a bowl, "Frozen tofu, stewed fish, pasting pancakes , Gudu sauerkraut, this is how winter should be spent.”
"That's not it," Pang Yi obviously agreed with Gu Changlin's statement, while burying his head in eating fish, he said vaguely, "After eating southern Xinjiang cuisine for more than ten years, I was born with a northern stomach, and I still feel comfortable eating like this .”
"Where did you go today?" Gu Changlin looked at Pang Yi with dissatisfaction, "Didn't you just go to Chenjiatun? Why did you come back so late?"
"I've been delayed by something," Pang Yi said in confusion, while looking at Gu Changlin, "What's the matter? Sir, what's the matter with me?"
"Yes, Mister has been looking for you all day long," Meiya said, and as soon as she spoke, she blushed slightly, glanced at Zhong Mingwei silently, and then said to Pang Yi in a hurry, "Mr. Come in a hurry."
"What's the matter?" Pang Yi was so busy that he put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, and looked at Gu Changlin with a straight face, "Is the medicinal material at home running out again? Do you want to buy some more?"
"No, it's more important than this," Gu Changlin said calmly, and after finishing the fish in the bowl, he slowly looked at the nervous Pang Yi, "I've already saved up three pairs of boots, what are you going to do?" When will you brush it for me? If you don’t brush it, it will taste like the sauerkraut in this pot.”
Pang Yi: "..."
Zhong Mingwei: "..."
Meiya: "..."
"What's the matter, why don't you eat it well?" Gu Changlin put another Gayazi in the bowl, and looked at the three hesitant people in wonder, "It's delicious if you add some pickled cabbage. Ah, it’s really delicious, you all don’t have to be polite, eat it quickly.”
"Mr. Gu, don't talk about it..." Meiya couldn't bear it anymore. The pot of fish that she thought was delicious just now, but now she couldn't put down the chopsticks. The smell of sauerkraut in the air made her feel unappetizing, she silently put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand, and whispered to Zhong Mingwei, "I'm full."
"I'm full too," Zhong Mingwei also silently put down the bowl and chopsticks, poured a cup of jasmine tea and handed it to Meiya, and said, "Have a cup of tea quickly to get rid of the sauerkraut smell in your mouth."
Meiya: "...cough cough, drink some too."