58. Gathering
The restaurant of Lao Li's family at the entrance of the alley has expanded again, that is, in the original courtyard, a few rooms have been built privately, which is convenient for people to gather and entertain, a small one, about ten square meters, with old tables and chairs in it, which is a simple version of the box. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The restaurant was very noisy, the squeaking of oil pans, the clattering of pots and pans, and the shouts of diners reverberate.
Wax moon day, knife day. The wax moon wind, like a whip. The wind stirred up the snow on the rooftops and flew it in all directions, bigger than the snow that fell.
He Fang and Zhao Yongqi invited to dinner, and came over early before it was dark, He Fang wore a new red large-flowered satin padded jacket, and he had never felt so proper.
Think about it in the past, in winter, even the sanitary napkins she must use every month have been changed to toilet paper, which is sold by the pound and cheap. In order to occasionally get a little fishy, sometimes I go to the fish market, pick up the internal organs of the fish abandoned by others at the scene of slaughtering live fish, and wash the fish belly and fish intestines after returning to make fish noodle soup.
He Fang looked at the greasy table and got used to it, but he also frowned, and looked at the boss Lao Litou, who was getting fatter and fatter, and said with a smile, "Hey, I said Lao Litou, you have a new house, so you are reluctant to change to a new table, and no one has done your business."
Lao Li smiled and said, "Hey, you can't make any money, don't you have to be thrifty?"
He Fang was too lazy to listen to this sour water, and said directly, "Your rabbit pot last time was good, the last one." There is also another chicken pot, shabu sheep and scorpions. The rest you look at the whole. And the charcoal fire was quickly added, and it was frozen bald."
The charcoal fire in the furnace grew stronger again, and the room grew warmer.
After a while, the four little girls in He Fang's dormitory had just arrived, and Chen Shuo and Gao Aiguo also came in with leather hats.
Chen Shuo touched the oily table and exaggeratedly shouted, "Thief, your mother, you are hungry and moldy for eight lifetimes, and it is as dirty as pine!"
The room was crazy with laughter, and Zhao Yongqi stomped his feet angrily, "You are not allowed to learn from me to speak, I can't stop you when I invite you to dinner"
Li Hegang took Su Ming into the house and said to Chen Shuo, "Eating other people's mouths is soft, and taking other people's hands is short, you should always understand this truth." Called hungry and said, you are nonsense, porcelain horses are Erleng, and they are all sent to the column."
The laughter in the room was even crazier, He Fang covered his stomach and said, "You two don't have a good thing, you bully honest people, don't you bring it over?"
and said to Su Ming, who was standing behind, "Mingzi, find a place to sit by yourself, don't be polite"
Li He smiled and said, "She is afraid of the cold and nests at home"
The sheep and scorpion pot was served first, sizzling hot, and the spicy smell went straight to the nostrils. The black iron stove was lit with a dazzling charcoal fire, and the red flames rose up and flickered.
When the wine was brought up, there were two girls in He Fang's dormitory, probably from the south, and it was estimated that they couldn't drink the liquor. As long as Zhao Qing can drink, he drank two cups to the bottom, and said with a smile, "I'm still from southern Guangdong, can't I drink two sips, they are a group of northern Yankees, and they call us southern barbarians every day, I think we will take out the momentum of our barbarians and fight with them."
Zhao Yongqi smiled and said, "I'm from the west, not from the north, don't count me"
Chen Shuo said, "Allah is in Central China, neither south nor north, neutral"
Gao Aiguo said, "Don't look at me, I am Hu Jian's Hakka, and the four seas are my home." ”
The wine and food are all together, and the table is noisy, describing the food and scenery of the hometown; talking about the firecrackers, a string of sugar gourds, and a new dress for the New Year when I was young; talking about the glory of the hometown, the loneliness of the hometown, and the relatives in the hometown.
Of course, it's more about coming out, it's not easy!
Look at the outside world, and then think about the hometown is a remote and closed area!
In the evening, the sky slowly darkens, the diners are getting fewer and less, and the restaurant looks empty. The restaurant owner's son was probably tired from running, so he leaned over the chair and rested quietly.
The owner of the restaurant came in with a bottle of wine, toasted a circle of wine, and said, "It's still lively for you young people, but you will pay attention to safety when you go back, the gang of martial arts factions is back, and the street is becoming more and more restless."
Su Ming said, "You mean the gang of people in the south? I heard my eldest brother say that the mouth of the alley was a ruthless character."
Li He scattered a circle of cigarettes and listened to them quietly.
Lao Li lit a cigarette and said slowly, "It's probably because you are young and don't know what happened before." I know, and I just listen to a few words once in a while. Don't look at some of you who have been to the countryside, but what is happening in the city, you don't know as well as me. Before going to the countryside, these people raided their homes and beat teachers, and they didn't have a lot of lives on their hands. ”
He Fang gritted his teeth angrily and said, "We, the educated youths who went later, were so hostile and buried by our fellow villagers, we didn't understand what was going on at first, and we could only be wronged." Later, I learned that this gang went first, stealing chickens and touching dogs, and did a lot of bad things, and there were also fights with fellow villagers. Those of us who came after us suffered from the calamity of innocence. When you say that, I also understand that they had a bad foundation in the city before they dared to go."
Su Ming also said angrily, "Isn't it, they are small soldiers of the martial arts faction, and we are all suffering from it." It's better that they don't come back for the rest of their lives."
Lao Li smiled and said, "Hey, the good show is still to come, think about it, some families were ruined before, their wives were separated, and now they have been rehabilitated, this kind of deep hatred can be counted like this?
Li He took a sip of wine and said, "It doesn't have much to do with us, how old are we, let's just pay attention to our own safety."
A circle of people drank the wine on the table, and then wrapped their scarves and dispersed.
As soon as I went out, I was swept away by the cold wind.
Zhao Yongqi and a few boys sent the people from He Fang's dormitory back, leaving Li He and Su Ming alone.
Su Ming said, "Brother, why don't you go to the dormitory to sleep, I'll go back by myself."
Li He asked Su Ming to hold a flashlight and sprinkle urea in the corner of the wall.
took a deep breath and said, "Let's come together, these little soldiers are back, and your sister-in-law is home alone, and I don't feel at ease." After I go back to my hometown, you still help me keep an eye on the house, don't live alone, find a down-to-earth person to live with you"
Su Ming rubbed his eyes and said, "I know, I'll let Er Biao accompany me, he is strong, and one person can knock down several"
There was no bus, the two of them hunched their backs, their hands clasped together, stepped on the snow that was not above their ankles, and slowly rushed home, although they were wrapped in thick cotton robes and cotton pants, but they still could not resist the bone-chilling air.
There was a dead silence between heaven and earth, only the "rustle" sound of large snowflakes falling to the ground.
Li He faced the cold wind, thinking that history was very interesting, it was clear that he had learned from the past, but he still unconsciously fell into the quagmire, and then became a new lesson from the past, you will always be a part of history, and you can't get rid of it.
The so-called scar literature is about to come out, there is true sorrow and true love, there are joys and sorrows, and there are hypocrisy, but the sins made by some people will always be returned.
There is right and wrong in a thing, different angles, different positions, black will become white, white will also become black, who can say history clearly.
Li He saw Zhang Wanting standing outside the gate with a flashlight to greet him, she was obviously anxious, and as soon as they met, she said, "I'm worried about waiting for you and not coming back, I'm thinking about looking for you." ”
Li He smiled and said, "What are you worried about? Isn't this good to come back? It's so cold, what are you doing outside." Hurry back to the house."