Chapter 28: The Birthday Banquet (Part II)
Everyone in the hall was attracted by the people on the spiral staircase, and craned their necks to freeze.
At this time, three more people ushered in outside the door, one of whom was Wu Jia, who gave a cake the day before yesterday to confess and attempted to discredit Tang Qian.
The other two people are naturally round faces and national characters who often accompany her.
When they signed in, they all flattered Wu Jia in all kinds of ways-
"Wu Jia, you are so amazing, Zhuang Shize didn't invite us originally, as soon as you came out, I received an invitation last night!"
"No! I was shocked when I received the invitation! It must have been for your sake!"
These two people also didn't know that Wu Jia didn't know about them meeting Zhuang Shize at Tang Qian's house, and they smiled brightly, although they faintly felt that something was wrong in their hearts, that day at Tang Qian's house, Zhuang Shize looked at her with contempt in his eyes, why did he send them an invitation last night?
But compared to the invitation, that little doubt is something that they can forget at any time, so they don't think about it anymore.
Wu Jia was still sad about what happened yesterday, and at this time he didn't have much energy: "It's okay, his birthday banquet this year is not as important as in previous years, and it is all held separately." In previous years, if it was done on the same day, I would have seen a lot of big people, but this year it was just a small fight. ”
Wu Jia's tone of voice was sour, and as soon as the two of them heard it, they immediately heard something else-this birthday banquet is not of grade to bring you to play, and you don't know as much as me.
But they didn't dare to attack in front of Wu Jia, these two people have business dealings with Wu Jia's family, Wu Jia is a very careful person, if you fall out with her, she will definitely be willing to let her parents make your parents ugly, so they don't say anything anymore.
The round face decided to change the topic: "Wu Jia, your dress is so good-looking! The sundress looks lively and cute." ”
The face of the Chinese character also said: "That's right! And you also cut a bang, it looks very small, not like a high school student at all, others think you are a primary school student!"
Wu Jia was very useful by these words, and she giggled when she heard it.
The round face continued to work harder: "Go in later, everyone will definitely be attracted to you! The two of us standing next to each other must be able to get a lot of light!, right?" she winked at her face.
Guozi nodded again and again, and Wu Jia walked to the hall amid the compliments of these two people.
Before they could enter the hall, they smelled the smell of caramel.
Several people were attracted by the scent, so they quickened their pace and walked in.
As soon as they walked in, they were all frozen, just like everyone else in the hall.
On the spiral staircase, Wu Jia saw Zhuang Shize first.
Zhuang Shize also modified the school uniform, but it looks like the fabric is very textured, and it is definitely not the material of the school uniform.
The color of the school uniform is certain, he is wearing a clean white shirt, with a narrow tie that transitions from smoke gray to navy blue, the pants are navy blue trousers that are hot without a trace of wrinkles, and a pair of white cloth shoes underneath, this body has a special sense of uniform, which sets out Zhuang Shize's elegance and vitality, neat short hair, thick ink-like black eyes, slightly oblique upward eyebrows, straight nose, thin lips, the whole person looks heroic.
The soup coriander next to her is even more eye-catching—she is wearing a large round puffy skirt, which is as romantic as a ballet dancer.
Step by step, the puffy skirt that transitioned from smoky gray to navy blue set off her slender figure to show off her slender figure, and under the slender waist were slender legs, which made her more elegant.
Her upper body is a white top, a collarbone neckline, a playful bun, clear skin and smooth neck like an elegant swan, which brings out the elegance of women, and nobility, as well as a little charm.
The skirt is made of organza with a very voluminous sense of volume, layered and fluffy like a sweet marshmallow.
The skirt is no more than the knee, and on the feet are a pair of white high-top sneakers, which looks more lively and fresh, with a sense of semi-sugar between maturity and sweetness.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the two of them, and no one looked at Wu Jia at all.
Wu Jia's eyes were about to burst into flames, but he could still maintain a calm smile on the surface, but the round face and the Chinese character face knew Wu Jia very well, and they could see from the corners of Wu Jia's mouth that Wu Jia must be eager to tear off the skirt on Tang Qian's body at this moment, and even cursed Tang Qian in his heart for rolling down the stairs and being embarrassed.
Wu Jia was sure that he thought so, especially when he saw Zhuang Shize and Tang Qian walking down together, his heart was even more unpleasant.
The round face hurriedly turned his elbow and was eating a non-stop Chinese character face, the national character face glanced at Wu Jia, immediately understood, and handed over the remaining small half dish of frosted peanuts.
"Wu Jia, try this! Put it in your mouth and it's sweet, the peanuts are very crispy when you bite into them, you can eat them." ”
Wu Jia could barely maintain the peace on the surface, but now when she looked at this plate of frosted sugar peanuts, the fire came up at once, and she roared in a suppressed voice: "Don't eat the things made by Tang Qian!
When the round face and the Chinese face heard it, they quickly put down the plate in their hands again.
They are a little reluctant, this frosted peanut looks particularly delicious - the peanut is crispy, if there is no frosting sprinkled on it, the red and white are very beautiful, and it is a pleasure to eat in the mouth.
And these are everyone's childhood snacks, I used to go to the spring outing or something to bring a small bag, especially nostalgic - chewing the mouth full of sweetness, as if the whole summer is sweet!
But both of them were looking forward to Wu Jia, and Wu Jia said that they didn't dare to eat anything they hated, so they had to put it down.
In fact, this frosted peanut was not made by Tang Qian this time, but by the servants she instructed Zhuang Shize's family to make it - the peanuts were roasted in the oven, then boiled with frosting, and then hung up with frost, served fresh and hot, and ate more crispy than usual.
Zhuang Shize's birthday banquet actually didn't have any special programs, everyone got together to chat, nostalgic for the past class and peeked at extracurricular books, or was punished by the teacher for being late, most of them were good students who abided by the rules, and no one did anything too out of line.
Of course, except for Zhao Yixun, although Zhao Yixun has not been arrested, but Lingzhen is so big, everyone knows what he has done.
After that, it's a little game or something, and everyone is tired of playing and still sitting there eating and chatting.
Tang Qian usually rarely communicates with everyone, but after everyone eats her crème brûlée, the girls all pull her to chat, and even form a small circle around her.
A small group of people who are good with Wu Jia naturally also go around Wu Jia.
"The custard milk is sifted to make it more delicate and smooth," Tang Qian said with a smile, "If you don't like the milky taste, you can replace the milk and whipping cream with water." If you don't like sweetness, you can do it without sugar, and the eggs are delicious. ”
The other girl immediately said with an intoxicated face: "Why don't you like it! The thick sweet fragrance has a special sweet sense of happiness!"
Most of the girls like desserts, and they all nodded heavily after listening to them, and a group of people who graduated from high school still talked about desserts like children.
A girl who had been to Jiangcheng said very enviously: "This is a particularly classic French afternoon tea, a creamy crème brûlée with a cup of black coffee, a special foreign atmosphere! ”
The others also showed disappointed expressions.
Tang Qian thought for a while and said, "Actually, you don't need an oven, you have to boil caramel, put the sugar in the pot and cook it until it is burnt, find a cup, add a small piece of butter to the bottom of the cup, pour a small layer of boiled caramel, and put it in the refrigerator to freeze." After that, the egg milk liquid is still boiled and mixed according to what I just said, and then poured into a cup, covered with plastic wrap, and frozen overnight. The next day, take it out, scrape it around the edge with a knife or spoon handle, turn the cup upside down, and you can make a caramel pudding with a caramel top!"
Everyone listened to it with relish, and several girls said-
"I'll try it tonight!"
"Tang Qian, I didn't expect you to be so good at making things!
"I want it too, I want it too!"
......
Wu Jia's side is a completely different style of painting-
"Look at them smiling like horses, why are they so happy!"
"How do you know! However, Zhuang Shize is really handsome! Look at the men who talked to him, they are not afraid of being cold. ”
"That's it! It's so obscene! It's not comparable to Zhuang Shize...... But he didn't get along with that person, as if no one was paying attention. ”
"Who said that, didn't you see the little look in his eyes when he talked to Tang Qian......"
The girl didn't say half of it before she was stopped by another person, Wu Jia liked Zhuang Shize is an open secret, but the girl forgot for a while, and at this time, she was limped with an elbow, and she also reacted, and quickly shut up.
Fortunately, at this time, the maid came out with a silver tray again, which eased the awkward atmosphere just now.
What the servants brought out was the freshly steamed glutinous rice salted duck eggs.
A burst of the fragrance of lotus leaves wafted out, and everyone stopped talking, attracted by the duck egg with a pale green shell in their hands.
Tang Qian explained to the girl next to her: "This is the lotus leaf dyed the color of the shell during the steaming process. ”
Everyone suddenly realized-
"No wonder there is a burst of lotus leaves!"
"This egg has rice in it!
"And the meat!
Zhuang Shize looked back, Tang Qian was still surrounded by girls, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost, he hadn't had a chance to be alone with Tang Qian just now.
When he couldn't speak, he ate something to relieve his frustration - the eggshell was gently peeled open, and the rice grains that had been simmered until they were so flavorful that they were so full that they showed a clear amber color in the afternoon sun, and the flavor of the stuffing was accompanied by a strong meaty aroma rather than a monotonous aroma of rice.
Eating rice and salty meat and sausages will satisfy your taste buds and satisfy your stomach.
This egg is also full of the fragrant glutinous rice dumplings, eat the yellow salted duck egg oil flowing out below, the taste of the slight sand is rich and layered, the egg yolk and glutinous rice flavor are fused together, more mellow than eating salted duck eggs directly, and more interesting than eating lotus leaf rice alone.
"The name of this duck egg is 'Jinya Zangjiao', and the glutinous rice is wrapped in the egg yolk, which is what it means. Tang Qian recalled the origin of this duck egg and said.
Everyone was very excited to say that this name was so suitable.
Wu Jia's side was also full of praise for this glutinous rice salted duck egg, Wu Jia said proudly: "Such a creative little thing must be made by the chef invited by Zhuang Shize's family." ”
At this time, Zhuang Shize came over with the glutinous rice egg on a plate, smiling like a spring breeze.
Wu Jia's heartbeat instantly increased.
Zhuang Shize came to the group of girls and said loudly: "This is the glutinous rice egg that Tang Qian came over in advance just now and specially prepared for everyone, she did it very carefully, I hope you like it." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned their eyes to Wu Jia.
Wu Jia's heart fell, but she still showed an innocent and harmless smile, and pretended to be surprised and said: "Is it?!It's amazing! It's delicious!"
The round face and the national character face couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and they all piled up smirks and said-
"Yes!
"Delicious!"
Zhuang Shize's expression froze: "Actually, I invited you to come today, I also want to tell you that Tang Qian is my good friend, I hope you don't go to her house to trouble her in the future." Why is she not worthy of me, only Wu Jia is worthy of me, don't say it again, everyone is not small, don't say such naïve and embarrassing words. ”
As soon as these words came out, Wu Jia's face changed a few times, and her round face and Chinese character face felt that her eyes were dark--the uneasiness that flashed when she received the invitation last night was inductive!
The girls in the circle around Wu Jia felt extremely embarrassed, and at the same time despised that they were -- this was a costume court drama!
Girls are all compared with each other, this is innate, Wu Jia usually relies on the family's money to point fingers at others, and now she feels that she can't afford to offend her, and she is about to graduate, so she came to chat with her.
If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people on Tang Qian's side to squeeze in, they wouldn't have come here to talk to her about negative energy like a complaining woman.
When Zhuang Shize said this, everyone used the excuse of taking other food and dispersed.
Wu Jia's eyes quickly turned red: "Zhuang Shize, you don't necessarily have a good time with me?"
Zhuang Shize looked at her coldly: "Don't treat me with your pretending to be pitiful, I'm hard-hearted and won't work." ”
The soles of his feet were cold when he heard the round face and the Chinese character face - this man was too terrible to get angry!
One of them carefully pulled Wu Jia's sleeve, Wu Jia forced back her tears, looked at Zhuang Shize and said, "What qualifications do you think you have to accuse me?
Zhuang Shize was not shocked and replied calmly: "Then why do you accuse Tang Qian?"
Then they were dumb.
Wu Jia still couldn't make it to the end of the pie in the end, she couldn't afford to lose this person, so she left at that time.
The round face and the national character face couldn't stay any longer, and ran away without a trace.
Without Wu Jia here, everyone chatted easily again after a while.
chatting and chatting, someone said something that made Tang Qian feel uncomfortable-
"Today, when I was online in Lingzhen, I saw someone say that it seemed that he saw Zhao Yixun looking for someone to buy gasoline!"
"Yes, I saw it too! I heard that he wrapped himself tightly, wearing a peaked cap, and I thought someone wouldn't recognize him!"
"Whoever doesn't recognize him can recognize him! He usually spends his days hanging out with thugs, and the town is so small, there are a sea of people who know him!"
"Hey, I'll tell you a secret, I heard that Yang Li and Li Xiaoyue from Class Nine went out today!"
"How could Yang Li, a good girl, make an appointment with a gangster like Li Xiaoyue?"
"What's wrong, what's wrong?"
"What else can happen? You haven't been online in Lingzhen for the past few days? Don't you say that Zhao Yixun has stepped on many boats with one foot, and two of them are Yang Li and Li Xiaoyue!"
......
Tang Qian remembered the events of his previous life, and his heart beat violently.
She thought about it, then walked up to Zhuang Shize and said to him: "Some people say that I saw Zhao Yixun go to buy gasoline, I'm afraid that he will do something unfavorable to me and you, or ......."
"Call the police. Zhuang Shize made a decision right away.
He asked everyone to play first, and went to find Captain Yang next door with Tang Qian, Captain Yang just got home from work, and as soon as he heard Zhuang Shize say such a situation, he immediately asked his subordinates to pay attention to Zhao Yixun's movements.
Zhao Yixun did buy gasoline with someone.
This person's nickname is Lao Qi, his uncle is from a gas station, and from time to time there will be a can or two cans of gasoline at home, which he keeps to add to his motorcycle.
When Zhao Yixun arrived at Lao Qi's house, Lao Qi was eating the glutinous rice dates brought back by his aunt, and his aunt opened a shop specializing in wonton skin dumpling wrappers and handmade noodles.
Lao Qi's father is a few brothers who live in a three-story house, one floor per person, usually thankful, his aunt gave him this date to eat.
Zhao Yixun didn't know the origin of this jujube, but he felt that this jujube was sweet and glutinous, delicious and strong, and he ate more than ten in a row before asking: "This thing is delicious!
Lao Qicai said: "Wasn't it the birthday of Lin Zhuohua, the big local tyrant in our town, yesterday, his grandson, hey, I said that you don't know that kid?
Zhao Yixun's face suddenly darkened.
Lao Qi didn't look at people's faces, and he ate energetically: "What's the matter with coming to me today?"
Zhao Yixun took out a lighter, stuffed a cigarette into Lao Qi's mouth and lit it for him: "Do you still have gasoline at home?"
Lao Qi hissed, took a puff of cigarette and spit it out: "Yes, what's the matter? I heard a few days ago that you have been in there for a few days, what, do you want to teach that mother-in-law a lesson?"
Zhao Yixun had a bad stomach, and Lao Qi was not a good cake, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled tacitly.
But Zhao Yixun quickly put on a look of "how is it possible" and slapped Lao Qi's head: "What are you talking about! In the past few days, my family has been busy moving goods and opening stores, and the gas station is far away, so buy some oil for emergencies." ”
Zhao Yixun forked a glutinous rice jujube with a toothpick, lit a lighter with a "pop", put the jujube on the fire and roasted it, and was roasted by the fire, the glutinous rice jujube exuded a rich sweet fragrance, and there was a faint burnt fragrance.
Lao Qi's eyes lit up: "Hey! It's a good eater! I'll just bake one!"
Zhao Yixun looked at the red date skin that was roasted and began to turn black, and sneered: "Yes, it's best to roast it on the outside and tender on the inside!"
Lao Qi didn't notice the cruelty in his eyes, and happily picked up a red date and roasted it.
Zhao Yixun let go of the hand holding the lighter: "Find a stove to light it, my hands are tired!" ”
The old seven farts went to move the stove in a hurry: "How much do you want, is it enough to hold 10 catties of sesame oil?"
Zhao Yixun responded gloomily: "Enough." ”
Zhao Yixun put the can of gasoline to the back of the motorcycle, and as soon as the accelerator was added, he quickly returned home.
His mother and his father were busy in the store receiving goods and watching the workers decorate, and there was no one in the house, so he carried the can of gasoline back to his room, went down to the kitchen with a funnel, and when he returned to the room, he very carefully locked the doors and windows, and lowered the curtains.
At this time, it was close to Huang Low, and it was dark in his room.
He turned on the light and looked at the can of gasoline and smiled crookedly.
After a while, he took out a dozen glass beer bottles from his cupboard, inserted the funnel into the bottles, turned around and unscrewed the lid of the plastic jar, lifted the jar with his wrist, and poured gasoline into the glass bottle.
When a bottle was almost poured out, he plugged it with a soft stopper, and pulled out a box full of rags.
Lao Qi really didn't mean to say the right thing just now, he really planned to teach Tang Qian and her mother a lesson. But now, there are two more people in his plan - Zhuang Shize and Tang Qian's uncle.
He saw Tang Qian's mother and her uncle on the boat yesterday, as if he heard his father say that her uncle was going to open a shop on the ship?
Hmph, are you still thinking about stealing business! Zhao Yixun's ruthlessness in his heart surged up again - he planned to observe for a few more days, if Tang Qian's mother continued to get on the boat to open a shop with her uncle, he would think of another way to lure Zhuang Shize over, and the fire would burn down!
When he arrived, he tied strips of cloth to the beer bottles, threw them on the boat, and kept them burned!
Thinking of this, he smirked again.
After laughing, he continued to pour gasoline into the glass bottle, and just halfway through it, the phone in the hall suddenly rang with a "bell", and he was so frightened that his hand trembled, and the gasoline poured a little on the floor.
He was so frightened that he hurriedly threw the strip of cloth and sucked it - the smell of gasoline must not be left!
The phone rang non-stop, and Zhao Yixun didn't plan to answer it, so he let it ring, and used strips of cloth to absorb the gasoline.
After a while, the phone finally stopped ringing, and his irritable mood finally eased.
But within a few seconds, the phone rang again.
Zhao Yixun was annoyed when he heard this, and he threw the cloth to the side and straightened up, he raised his foot and was about to walk out, but he happened to trip over the bottle of gasoline that was half a glass bottle.
He snorted, turned around and continued to scoop out the strips of cloth from the box and throw them on the ground -- he must not leave the smell of gasoline! He had to suck the gasoline dry! Later, he would pick up the dish soap and brush the floor!