Chapter 106: Sour and Astringent Wild Grapes
After closing in the evening, Yinglong went home and lay down on the bed, recalling the events of the day, he was nervous, and he did not know what would happen in the future.
Wen Xue guessed correctly, Yinglong also realized that someone was making a hindrance, and this person was most likely Er Meng.
As for the reason why Ermeng did this, it may be out of dissatisfaction with Yinglong, or there are other hidden reasons, which Yinglong does not know.
Ermeng may have planned other conspiracies, and she will definitely not give up.
But she was operating in the shadows and didn't put herself in the open, and it was difficult for Yinglong to catch her. So for this kind of thing, Yinglong is not easy to deal with publicly.
Unless her fox tail is exposed, Yinglong can warn her to her face and order her not to mess around.
But it will take some time, and maybe it's just the beginning.
Er Meng still hugged the pipa and half-covered his face, hiding and hiding in the shadows, so Yinglong decided to stand still for the time being and slowly lure the snake out of the hole.
He thought about it again and again, and decided to do so first, and wait for the opportunity later.
Yinglong felt that he should not mess up his position because of the current situation, I was in the light, but the enemy was in the dark, so he lurked and did not move first, and then hit him when Ermeng appeared.
Yinglong scratched his scalp, walked into the kitchen, picked up the kettle, poured half a glass of cold boiled water, moistened his throat, and then took off his coat and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
When he came out of the steaming bathroom, he sat on the bed with wet hair, picked up a novel and read it.
After a while, Yinglong felt sleepy-eyed, and as soon as his hand was loose, he threw the book aside and fell asleep.
The next morning, Yinglong woke up, went downstairs to have breakfast, and went to the coffee house.
Wen Xue and Xiaoqiang have already arrived and are busy preparing in the store.
Yinglong greeted them and sat down as usual to prepare for the day's business.
There are no guests near noon, and they usually just prepare first.
After a while, Wen Xue was busy, came to Yinglong's side and looked carefully, and then covered her mouth and smiled "hee".
"Brother Long, don't you look in the mirror, look at your hairstyle today!"
Yinglong wondered, could it be that I am different today?
"Is there anything wrong with my hairstyle?"
He reached out and touched his hair, there was nothing strange about it?
"Brother Long, look in the mirror!"
Wen Xue couldn't help but laugh, took out a small mirror from her bag and handed it to Yinglong.
"Ahh
Yinglong looked at the small mirror, found the human dwelling inside, and then put up a big "chicken tail" on the back of his head!
"Didn't you wake up in the morning and find out?"
Wen Xue covered her mouth and was overjoyed.
"Hey, why didn't I find out? I didn't know until I had walked so far, no wonder!"
Yinglong remembered the strange look in his eyes when someone on the road looked at him just now, and he thought it was funny. He poured some cool boiled water in the palm of his hand and applied it to the back of his head, smoothing out the hair that was raised high.
"Is that okay?"
Yinglong looked left and right in the mirror, huh? "Chicken tail" is gone.
"Mmmm, it's much better than just now, you can get up in the morning and take a look. ”
Wen Xue smiled and nodded, took the small mirror in Yinglong's hand and put it in her bag.
"Is it because of yesterday's events that you didn't sleep all night? Look at you so haggard today. ”
Wen Xue felt that Yinglong was in a hurry because of yesterday's events, so he didn't have a good rest at night.
"I'm not in a hurry, I've never seen any wind and waves, I won't care about this little problem, anyway, there is nothing to lose. ”
Yinglong didn't care, he wouldn't be anxious about this little thing, it was nothing to make up some taxes, but Ermeng's matter couldn't help but make him a little worried.
"Brother Long, when the time comes, we are not afraid!"
Wen Xue agrees with Yinglong's idea, and there really is no need to be too anxious.
"Yes, I've suffered a lot of losses before, so what's the point of this trouble!"
Yinglong crossed his fingers, buckled behind his head, and leaned his body back on the chair, looking very relaxed.
"I'm right, who hasn't suffered a loss, I've experienced a lot of difficulties before, but now it's just someone who is falsely accused, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, we can operate in accordance with the law. ”
Wen Xue said in a resolute tone, she was not afraid of someone suing at all, anyway, they were not afraid of shadows.
"Wenxue, have you ever suffered when you were a child? Looking at your appearance, you don't look like you've suffered hardship. ”
Yinglong hated yesterday's atmosphere, so he changed the topic and chatted with Wenxue.
He felt that Wen Xuexue was white and tender, and her appearance was handsome, not like she had suffered hardships, so he was a little curious.
"Actually, I haven't suffered a lot, but my family used to be poor, unlike the children in the city who had food and drink, and there was nothing at home, especially after my father passed away. ”
Wen Xue lowered her head and pondered, a little sad.
When I was a child, although my family was not wealthy, I had a happy and bitter life.
"How's life like in the country? Tell me about the past, how was your life? I grew up in the city, and I haven't been to the country much. ”
Yinglong was very interested in what happened to Wenxue when she was a child, and he didn't know what kind of place Wenxue lived in before, what happy things she had, and what unpleasant experiences she had.
Wen Xue leaned back in her chair, glanced out the door, and then at Yinglong, seeing his interested appearance, she seemed to want to know about her past, so she talked about the unforgettable experience of her childhood.
It turned out that Wenxue spent an unforgettable life in the countryside when she was a child.
At that time, the countryside was not wealthy, and Wenxue studied in the town's primary school. Every time I go to school, I have to wake up very early and walk a country road to school.
The road to school in the morning was fairly easy, the road was very quiet, and the fields were filled with a farmhouse atmosphere.
The road was quiet, and occasionally you could see a few peasant families working in the fields, and some middle-aged men carrying hoes to work in the fields.
In the afternoon, when the sun sets, the livestock running around gather in front of the door, and the chickens and dogs jump. From time to time, from the cement floor in front of the door, there was the sound of dogs barking and hens "fluttering" and running around frightened by domestic dogs.
At this time, Xiao Wenxue had to pass through the path home. But at this moment, a big black dog from a family on the road would always "swish" to the middle of the road, staring at Xiao Wenxue with big eyes and barking at Xiao Wenxue.
The one-foot-tall big black dog showed its yellow teeth, staring fiercely at the small Xiao Wenxue, who was so frightened that she didn't dare to take a step forward.
But the family didn't shout at this scary big black dog, Wen Xue was often frightened to the point that her face turned pale and she hid back, while the big black dog pressed forward step by step.
She was so frightened that she picked up her small schoolbag and ran away, and had to take a long detour to get home.
And the big black dog, after chasing Xiao Wenxue for a short distance, turned around and went home triumphantly wagging his tail.
Xiao Wenxue ran out of breath, and when she returned home, she told her parents about it. Her father thought that the family was bullying the children too much, and went to the door many times to reason with the dog owner.
But although the family was full of promises, the bad nature of the big black dog was difficult to change, and it was stopped by Xiao Wenxue on the way home as always.
Although the owner sometimes angrily yells at the big dog not to bark, the big black dog is an animal after all, and it is still difficult to change the dog's nature.
Until one day, Xiao Wenxue found that the black dog was missing, and quietly along the way, she went home to hear her father say that the big black dog was stolen, and there were still a few housekeeping dogs stolen from this village.
Xiao Wenxue was very happy, this news made her happier than any good news, she no longer had to be afraid of the big black dog blocking the way, and she didn't have to go home from a long distance in the future.
Xiao Wenxue was happy for several days, and whenever she walked on this path again, she always passed by the house with her head held high, and even stopped to listen carefully, but she never heard the fierce barking of the big black dog again.
During that time, Xiao Wenxue and her younger brother usually didn't have snacks like olives and plums.
However, on the side of the mountain road in the countryside, you will often find some wild grapes growing in all directions.
It is a wild fruit endemic to the countryside.
In late summer and early autumn, when these wild grapes have just begun to bear fruit, clusters of small dark green grapes hang from the branches, and the fruit is still very hard and has a hoarfrost skin. At this time, I picked one and put it in my mouth and bit it, it was so sour that it made people tremble and drool.
Experienced old people often say that they should wait until the late autumn and early winter frost season to pick these wild grapes, and then the wild grapes will taste soft and sweet.
When Xiao Wenxue and her younger brother occasionally find these wild grapes, they often can't help but be greedy, and they pick a bunch at home to taste them before they are ripe, and the result is that their teeth are sour.
But the sour and astringent taste of those wild grapes made her remember it vividly in her childhood.
And in the farmhouses in the south of the Yangtze River, there is also a well-known delicacy is sour jujube cake.
And Xiao Wenxue's grandmother likes to make some sour jujube cakes for the younger generations as their usual snacks.
In the summer, my grandmother took Xiao Wenxue and her younger brother to beat sour dates under the sour jujube tree in front of the door with a long bamboo pole.
The golden and plump jujubes were knocked to the ground by them, and she and her brother hurriedly picked up these round jujubes and threw them into the basket one by one.
Grandma has her own skillful hands, she steamed to a ripe sour jujube paste, mixed with red chili pepper and golden orange peel, and put it in the sun to dry into a piece of sweet and sour jujube cake.
This is the most delicious snack of Xiaowen Xue's childhood.
Now, my grandmother occasionally makes some sour jujube cakes for her to eat. It's a pity that the jujube tree in front of the door is growing taller and bigger, and my grandmother can't help it if she wants to beat sour jujubes, so she can only pick up some when the ripe jujubes fall to the ground.
Yinglong listened to Wenxue tell these interesting stories of his childhood, and he was almost fascinated by them, as if these stories were a kind of legend from the countryside, but they were not far away from people.
When she told the story, Wen Xue's pretty face flashed with a brilliance that made her look so charming.
seems to be a simple Wen Xue, but it turns out that she had such an interesting experience when she was a child.
The simple life in the countryside rendered a charming color for Wenxue, and Yinglong seemed to have Xiao Wenxue's immature and lovely smiling face in his mind.
When Wen Xue stopped talking and asked about Yinglong's childhood life, Yinglong pursed her lips and was reluctant to tell Wenxue about her childhood experience.
Because in his childhood, life was not as interesting as Wenxue, and many of the experiences left in his memory were unhappy.
He didn't want to put this unpleasant atmosphere in front of Wen Xue.
Because Wen Xue is happy at least at this time, even if she is young and has been bullied by the big black dog, the final result is also happy.
Even the small snacks of her childhood left a deep impression and happy memories on her.
But when Yinglong recalls his childhood life, he tastes a lot of sadness.
Although many years have passed, the past is still fresh in my memory. He can't forget it, and he can't forget it, after all, he has experienced it himself.
Wen Xue didn't know why Yinglong was reluctant to tell her the story of his childhood, it seemed that Yinglong still had something difficult to let go of in his heart, but Yinglong was reluctant to tell it.
In Wen Xue's impression, the children in the city should be happy, but Yinglong doesn't seem to think so, maybe his experience makes him a little sad.
Yinglong didn't want to say, and Wenxue had no way of knowing.
But she hopes that Yinglong can be happy, because she occasionally finds Yinglong sullen, which makes her a little worried.