The five of us walked into the "chop suey shop". Chongxi moved a chair from the empty table next door and sat down. She waved her hand and said: "Waiter, menu!"
Chong Xi, a boy who has always been rude and unscrupulous when it comes to eating, made the elder sister and Xiao Baihua dumbfounded. Lin Feng and I had long been accustomed to it. We each lit a cigarette and smiled as we watched Chong Xi, a stupid young man, ordering food.
Shao Qing, the five of us each had two donkey meats and cooked a bowl of donkey offal soup. Chongxi's "clicking, clicking, bald, bald" sound while biting donkey meat and burning it while drinking soup was endless. Even an uncivilized wild animal like my sister felt that Chongxi was a bit embarrassed, and intentionally or unintentionally His face turned to the other side. However, the little white flower on the other side of the elder sister doesn’t seem to be very shy when eating. After all, he was born as a horse bandit on the grassland. How can he look better eating meat in a big bowl and drinking in a big bowl
Having no choice, the old lady turned her eyes to Lin Feng and me again. Lin Feng and I, who were sitting opposite her, looked at the elder sister in a joking manner. The elder sister looked at me and couldn't help laughing. The elder sister said in a parent's tone: "I really don't know what's going on with you children, all of you..." After saying this, the elder sister didn't know how to describe it. I took over the conversation and said for the elder sister: "They are all so stupid." Although the elder sister didn't understand what "not Liuer" meant, she still nodded in agreement.
While Chong Xi was drinking the soup, she shouted to the waiter: "Waiter, add two more fires!" The waiter had actually just left our table less than two minutes ago, and when Chong Xi called her like this, he suddenly turned around and said, "Huh?" "Sounded. Then he saw that the plate in front of Chong Xi with the donkey meat on the fire was empty, so he responded, turned around and went to the back kitchen to bring the fire.
The elder sister burst out laughing again, looking at Chong Xi not knowing what to say. I chuckled and said, "Sister, don't say that Chongxi's meal is unbelievable. They didn't see it, but I saw you eating hot pot for the first time. It's not much better than Chongxi." My sister blushed, glared at me like a little girl, and stopped talking. Lin Feng and Xiao Baihua both looked at me curiously and asked, "What does it look like?" I knew that they were also very curious and wanted to know what it was like for my sister to eat human food for the first time.
As a result, as soon as I opened my mouth, my elder sister stared back with a look that said, "I dare to beat you to death." At this time, she was quite powerful as an elder sister bullying her younger brother. I shrugged and curled my lips and said, "Sister, I won't tell you. If I tell you, you won't know how to bully me!" Lin Feng looked at me with a strange look, and Xiao Baihua also laughed, shaking his head helplessly. We are a pair of siblings.
While he was joking, Chong Xi raised his hand again and said: "Waiter, two more fires!" The waiter's figure with his back to our table shook, turned around and looked at Chong Xi again, and then turned back to the kitchen. The waiter must be wondering now, why does this monster eat so fast? However, Lin Feng and I found something not quite right about Chong Xi. According to usual practice, Chong Xi should have started talking in chatterbox mode after eating to this point. What happened today
Lin Feng and I looked at each other. Lin Feng reached out and patted Chong Xi and asked, "Chong Xi, what's wrong with you?" Chong Xi remained silent, still working hard and ignoring Lin Feng. Lin Feng frowned slightly and looked at me. Lin Feng blinked at me with extremely complicated eyes. At this time, the third plate of huoshao was brought up. Chongxi didn't even raise her head. She picked up the huoshao with her chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth.
After three or two mouthfuls, Chong Xi stuffed it into his mouth. It seemed that the boy might have choked. He put the fire into his mouth and quickly picked up the bowl and poured the soup into his mouth. At this time, Xiao Baihua and Laojie also realized that Chong Xi was abnormal, and they all stopped talking and looking at Lin Feng and me.
Lin Feng and I both frowned and didn't know what was going on, so I shook my head at the elder sister and Xiao Baihua to express that I didn't know what was going on.
At this time, Chong Xi put down the bowl, then picked up another fire and put it in his mouth. However, the moment Chongxi put down the bowl, I clearly saw another crystal object fall into the bowl from Chongxi's downcast face and disappear into the oily soup.
The four of us looked at each other, and then I understood what had happened to Chongxi. Lin Feng and Xiao Baihua had already reacted after thinking about it, leaving the elder sister alone with a confused look on her face. Lin Feng stretched out his hand to hold Chong Xi's shoulder and asked with concern: "Remember when you were a child?" Chong Xi nodded silently this time, but said nothing. The elder sister, a heartless master, had no idea about Chong Xi's life experience and his experiences, so she opened her mouth and asked, "What happened when I was a child?"
Lin Feng and I glared at her, and Xiao Baihua also pulled her arm beside her to signal her not to talk nonsense. The old lady realized it later and quickly shut her mouth. In fact, this can't be blamed on the elder sister. Firstly, the elder sister has no idea what Chongxi went through as a child. Secondly, she is not that quick to observe words and emotions, but is a simple and simple old fairy. Therefore, the people at the table bowed their heads and continued to eat and drink in cooperation with Zhong Xi without saying another word.
A digression here. In fact, Chongxi’s life experience has no necessary connection with our main plot. It’s just that I always feel that it is better to tell Chongxi’s story. After all, Chongxi's life experience has shaped Chongxi's strange character. If he doesn't explain it, no one will be able to understand why Chongxi behaves so strangely.
Let’s talk about Chongxi.
After Chongxi ate countless hot pots and drank countless bowls of soup, she finally straightened up with tears in her eyes and let out a loud burp. The loudness of this burp shocked all the diners present and they all turned around and saw a fat man with a bulging belly and tears streaming down his face. We naturally ignored the strange looks around us. Lin Feng reached out and patted Chong Xi on the shoulder, but he didn't know what to say.
The elder sister also knew that she had made a mistake just now, so she handed over a box of napkins at the right moment, meaning that she wanted Chongxi to wipe her tears and nose. Chong Xi took out the tissue knowingly and wiped away the tears, snot, and oil on her mouth. He burped again, then sat down in despair, and said in a sleepy voice: "Remember what I told you about my childhood last time?" These words seemed to be spoken to us, but also to himself. . The four of us all nodded. Although the elder sister didn’t know what happened to Chong Xi when she was a child, she nodded appropriately.
Chong Xi then closed her eyes and took a deep breath and said: "Last time I told you that once my master took me to touch porcelain. After making money, he took me to a restaurant to eat. That was the first time I had hot food. Yes, right?" We nodded again, and at this time I already understood what Chong Xi wanted to say. So I smiled and said, "That time your master took you to eat donkey meat on fire, right?" Chongxi nodded again. Chongxi still cried slightly and said: "At that time, I didn't know what I was eating. I just knew that Master took me to eat the most delicious food I have ever eaten in my life. Only after the fire was served just now did I know that Master brought me This is what I eat, but it doesn’t taste like it did back then... "
Chong Xi didn't finish what she said, but we were not in the mood to listen anymore. We all patted Chong Xi on the shoulders to express comfort. For Chong Xi, the donkey meat roasted in the past is still fresh in his memory, but it may not be as delicious as the roasted meat now. It's just that the first time he ate it was too meaningful to him.
The place where Chongxi's master, Mr. Chen, made money by playing porcelain, happened to be in Shanggu. According to Chongxi, he can't remember where he was in Shanggu at that time, but he only remembers the unforgettable taste.
There was another silence across the table. It wasn't until Chongxi came out of that sense of loss again that we started talking and laughing again. Chong Xi's feelings come and go quickly. It's not that he is heartless, but that his years of experience have made him such a big deal.
While we were continuing our chat, the person sitting at a table in the corner suddenly stood up. I didn't pay much attention at first, I just thought I was a diner paying the bill after finishing my meal. But unexpectedly, this person did not walk towards the counter, but came towards the direction where we were sitting. This man was alone and had a warm smile on his face.
He didn't show any politeness to us. He reached out and moved an empty chair and sat next to Chong Xi.