Chapter 233: A Trip to the Old Town
"How could I lie to you? This is indeed the traditional food of Yanjing," Xiao Yao pointed to the diners around him, "You see that everyone drinks this too, and they all drink it with relish." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info was brought by the waiter, and I didn't do anything in it. ”
Xiao Yao picked up a piece of coke ring and put it into his mouth and said: "At most, you can't get used to drinking because of your taste! If you don't get used to drinking it, you can't say that I lied to you!" Shen Man is not Sun Tingting, Xiao Yao is not afraid of being forced by her to drink this bowl of bean juice by herself.
"You!" Shen Man glared at Xiao Yao, but found that he couldn't refute it, so he could only grit his teeth with hatred. But she also had a heart, and began to eat with Xiao Yao, she ate whatever Xiao Yao ate, if Xiao Yao didn't touch it, she decided not to touch it.
However, it seems that in addition to the bowl of bean juice in front of him, Xiao Yao has eaten everything on the table, and he also introduced it to Mei Fang next to him with great interest: "This is called Jiaoquan'er, which is fried with flour and water and into a dough, and then cut into dough with a knife." Generally, after the dough is kneaded, it takes 3 hours to flatten the slices, and Uncle Li's family has done the most authentic. When I was a child, I used to come to his house to eat coke rings and make breakfast. ”
"This is called donkey rolling," Xiao Yao took a scorched circle, and then picked up a piece of donkey and rolled around, "because the last process is to sprinkle soybean noodles, like the wild donkey in the suburbs of old Yanjing is named after the loess raised by the rolling of Huan'er." This is a snack, not a traditional breakfast, but it can also be eaten as a breakfast..."
"Bayi, you haven't been here for a while. Xiao Yao was talking, an old man in his sixties wearing an apron came over to greet him, saw the camera Wang Dachuan was carrying, and asked happily, "Yo, why are there still cameras, are you filming a show?"
"Uncle Li," Xiao Yao stood up and said, "It's a show, I'll introduce them to Yanjing's special traditional snacks, and by the way, I'll also help you promote this small shop, okay?"
"Okay, good, that's good!" the old man said happily.
Xiao Yao exchanged a few words with Uncle Li, and deliberately pulled Uncle Li to wave hello to the camera, and Uncle Li said goodbye and left.
"You know the people here very well, and the boss knows you. Shen Man asked strangely, "Do they know that you are a star?" ”
"I lived here when I was a child, and my grandfather would take me around here when he had nothing to do. Xiao Yao smiled, "In their eyes, I am just the eldest grandson of the old Xiao family, whether I am a star or not has nothing to do with them, so I can't be excited." ”
Xiao Yao wiped his mouth and said, "Have you eaten well, eat well and take you to the neighborhood for a walk." Let me tell you about this old alley where I lived when I was a child. ”
"Eat it!" Shen Man and Mei Fang said immediately.
"I haven't eaten yet!" Wang Dachuan, who was carrying the camera, looked at the snacks on the table with a bitter face.
"I'm sorry, I forgot about Brother Okawa. Xiao Yao said embarrassedly, "You eat slowly, don't worry, we'll wait for you." That's it, you eat, give me the camera, I'll shoot!" As he spoke, Xiao Yao stretched out his hand to Wang Dachuan.
"Okay!" Wang Dachuan handed the camera to Xiao Yao. When he was in the United States, he saw Xiao Yao personally carrying a camera to shoot Sun Tingting, and he was very relieved about Xiao Yao's camera level.
Xiao Yao first took some close-up pictures of the snacks on the table, then took some shots of other diners in the store eating breakfast, and finally carried the camera to the stove next to him with great interest to shoot the scene of Uncle Li making breakfast. When he came back from a circle, Wang Dachuan had already eaten.
Returning the camera to Wang Dachuan, Xiao Yao took the three of them out of the breakfast shop and walked into the alley.
"That uncle!" Not long after leaving, Xiao Yao saw an old man carrying a birdcage and took the initiative to come forward to greet him.
"Bayi, are you coming to see grandpa again?" the old man nodded in response with a smile, and also looked at Wang Dachuan behind Xiao Yao, "Why do you still have a camera?"
"Grandpa went to filming, but he's not here today. Xiao Yao smiled, "I participated in a show and took them around the place where I lived when I was a child, and patted casually." ”
"Okay, okay, you guys can shoot whatever you want. The old man laughed.
"Didn't you see the pier?" Xiao Yao asked the old man.
"I'm going to school, and it's not a weekend. The old man said.
"That's right," Xiao Yao patted his forehead, and continued, "It's time for Dunzi to go to elementary school, right?"
"No, preschool. The old man said, "I will go to elementary school in the second half of the year." ”
"No school, no school!" cried the birds in the cage the old man carried.
"Did you learn from Dunzi?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile.
"yes, that kid doesn't like school. The old man smiled and nodded.
"This bird can still speak human language, is it a starling?" Shen Man said curiously, looking at the black bird in the birdcage.
"Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded, and gestured to Wang Dachuan behind him, "Brother Dachuan, give me a close-up!" As he spoke, Xiao Yao squatted down and teased the starling bird in the birdcage, "Xiao Hei!
"Hello!
"It's so fun!" Shen Man happily squatted down and leaned over to the birdcage and shouted, "Xiao Hei!
As a result, the starling ignored Shen Man at all, and deliberately turned sideways.
"You still recognize people!" Shen Man stood up dejectedly.
"Uncle, don't delay your birdwalking, let's go ahead again. Xiao Yao said goodbye to the old man.
"Okay, you're busy with yours. The old man smiled and waved.
Bidding farewell to the old man, Xiao Yao led a few people to the depths of the alley.
"There used to be a quyi troupe here," Xiao Yao pointed to an old-fashioned mansion, "When I was a child, I used to sneak inside to listen to their rehearsals, and they knew that I was the grandson of the old Xiao family, and they wouldn't drive me away when they found out." There are Beijing rhyme drums, erhu, suona, and sanxianer in it, all of which are folk artists, and there are not many performances, just to play together. I was first exposed to folk music and folk art here. However, this team seems to have been disbanded last year, and it will be difficult to hear about it in the future. In the end, Xiao Yao's tone was full of melancholy and regret.
"You learned to play erhu and engage in folk music's "Women's Music Workshop", was you influenced by them?" Shen Man asked, "Do you want to carry forward folk music?"
"It's influenced by them," Xiao Yao nodded, shook his head again, and said, "But I can't say that I will carry it forward, I will never carry these noble and great responsibilities on my shoulders." I get folk music and modern music together, in fact, it's also fun, and it's still different from their authentic traditional folk music and folk art, I just hope that these things I play will be very satisfying if there are more people listening to folk music. ”
After walking forward for a while, Xiao Yao's mood rose, and he pointed to a courtyard with the smell of wine and said excitedly: "It's amazing here." Private winery, which has existed for decades. My grandfather drank wine that was made at home. ”
"Didn't you sneak in and have a drink at the bar when you were a kid?" Shen Man said with a smile.
"You don't have to drink it secretly," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "After I slipped in, Uncle Wang teased me with wine and asked me if I wanted to taste it." The first time I drank liquor, it was Uncle Wang here who dipped the chopsticks in the wine and asked me to lick it, but I went over and took a sip of the wine bowl in his hand, and then I was drunk. That year, I was only four years old! Because of this, my grandfather almost got anxious with Uncle Wang. ”
"But now it's different, after I was eighteen years old, my grandfather was very supportive of me going to Uncle Wang to beg for a drink. With that, Xiao Yao walked to the front of the courtyard and began to wave and knock on the door, and shouted with a loud voice, "Uncle Wang!"
"Bayi! I haven't seen you for a while!" The courtyard door opened, and an old man with a white goatee said to Xiao Yao, "Why are you here?
"No, my grandfather is not at home. Xiao Yao smiled, "It's me looking for you!"
"What are you looking for me?" said the old man.
"Of course, I'm looking for you for wine, what else can I do with you. Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"Okay, there are a few big vats in the yard, scoop them yourself, do you bring a bottle or bottle of wine or something?" said the old man happily.
"I don't want those," Xiao Yao said, "I want the ones that you have hidden in your cellar for more than ten years, not too much, just one jar!" Xiao Yao raised a finger.
"Think beautiful!" the old man's face changed, and he was about to close the door when he turned around.
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, listen to me. Xiao Yao grabbed the old man's arm and said, "I didn't ask for it for myself." ”
"Then who are you helping to ask for?" Old Xiao?" the old man said, "Let your grandfather take the things himself!"
"No, it has nothing to do with my grandfather, I asked for it for an American. Xiao Yao said, "I went to the United States some time ago, and when I encountered trouble, it was solved with the help of a friend from the United States. I said that I could get a good Chinese wine that had been brewed by a master with decades of experience in making wine, and that it was definitely better than the foreign wine at home, but he didn't believe that I could get more than ten years of handmade wine, nor did he believe that the Chinese wine was better than the foreign wine at home. I'm going to take your good wine to America and slap that gringo in the face!"
"Really?" the old man said suspiciously.
"Of course it's true!" Xiao Yao nodded sincerely.
"Okay, just wait. The old man let go of his grip on the gate and turned back into the courtyard.
"Xiao Yao, did you come to cheat on the wine in the morning?" Shen Man looked at the old man's back, leaned over to Xiao Yao's side and whispered.
"What kind of deception?" Xiao Yao also lowered his voice and said, "Although it is slightly embellished with artistic techniques, most of it is true, this wine, I did ask for an American." ”
"Wouldn't it?" Mei Fang interjected, "When we went to the United States last week, we didn't seem to see you encounter any trouble?"
"Look, is it dewy?" Shen Man smiled, "Although I didn't go to the United States, Sister Mei and Brother Dachuan went with you." ”
"I didn't say it was last week," Xiao Yao said, "I went to the United States last summer, and I promised them at that time." It's just that I forgot about it when I returned to China, and I just remembered that there was such a thing when I walked here. ”
"It's been almost a year?" Shen Man said curiously, "Which American friend is so unlucky that you have been releasing pigeons for almost a year?"
"Daydream's lead singer, Keith Craig!" Xiao Yao laughed.
"Uh..."Shen Man's smile froze on his face, "You just forgot about such a big-name star?"
"Isn't this busy?" Xiao Yao scratched his hair and said, "I went to school in Shencheng after I came back from the United States last year, and even if I remember, I don't have time to come to Uncle Wang to ask for it!"
Not long after, the old man came out with a pottery wine jar, handed the wine jar to Xiao Yao and said, "I don't care if you really have an American thing, since you take such pains to ask me for this wine, I will give you a jar." ”
"Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Xiao Yao immediately took it happily and bowed down to thank him.
"Wow, this wine jar is so beautiful!" Saying goodbye from the wine shop, Shen Man looked at the antique wine jar in Xiao Yao's hand and exclaimed.
"Are you going to buy the pearls, is the wine in it the key?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"I know the wine inside is the point, but this is what you're going to give to the big American stars, and I can't drink it, so I can only appreciate the wine jar. Shen Man pouted.
"Okay, where are we going next? Mei Fang interjected with a smile and asked Xiao Yaodao. Before they knew it, they were almost done with this alley.
"In front of it is the courtyard where my grandfather lives, let me take you to see his study, which is where my grandfather taught me to read and write when I was a child, and gave me cultural enlightenment. Xiao Yao pointed to a courtyard road in front of him.
"I seem to have heard you say just now that Mr. Xiao went to film and is not at home today. Mei Fang said.
"It's okay, I'll be able to go in when he's not at home. Xiao Yao said confidently.
Xiao Yao took the three of them to the door of a courtyard house, and sure enough, he saw that the gate was closed.
"Here you go, help me get it!" Xiao Yao handed the wine jar he was carrying to Shen Man, and said again, "Take it, don't fall it, just this altar, it's hard to ask for it again." ”
"Don't worry. Shen Man took the wine jar with both hands and held it in his hands, and said to Xiao Yao curiously, "What are you doing here?"
"Into the yard, of course. Xiao Yao smiled, walked to a tree not too far from the courtyard wall on this side of the courtyard gate, and climbed up the tree with his hands.
"Isn't it?, is he going to climb over the wall and go in?" Shen Man and Mei Fang looked at Xiao Yao who was climbing the tree, and looked at each other speechlessly.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Xiao Yao had just climbed halfway when a shout rang out. Mei Fang and Shen Man turned around and found that it was a middle-aged woman about fifty years old who was pointing at Xiao Yao who was climbing a tree with an angry face and shouting.
Mei Fang and Shen Man were about to step forward to help explain, but Xiao Yao on the tree had already turned around and shouted, "Aunt Zhang, I'm Bayi! My grandfather is not at home, I want to go in, and I don't have a key!"
"Bayi," the middle-aged woman's face disappeared with anger and said with a smiling face, "Why are you so big and still climb trees and climb over walls? Why don't you go to Auntie's house to move a ladder?"
"I'll go!" Mei Fang, Shen Man, and Wang Dachuan were overwhelmed, "What kind of existence is this Xiao Yao here?"
"Thank you, Aunt Zhang, no need!" Xiao Yao shouted, having climbed to a position on the trunk of the tree beyond the height of the courtyard wall, and then jumped and disappeared into the courtyard.
"Please come in!" A moment later, the courtyard door was opened from the inside. Xiao Yao stood at the door and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of please.