Chapter 16: The Beacon Years
Looking at the appearance of the diners, Chen Mo couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart.
I saw that the other party's eyebrows were first inverted, and then the eyebrows and feet were slowly raised.
With the change of the other party's eyebrows, Chen Mo's mood was also ups and downs.
Finally, the other party's expression froze.
Eyebrows flutter and the corners of the mouth fly.
"Mrs. is delicious~~~~!! I have never eaten such delicious pancakes, which are completely different from the pancakes we usually eat!"
The mustache clicked and gnawed twice.
"I'm about to cry when it's delicious, woo woo..."
Chen Mo let out a sigh, it turned out that the crying was because of this... But then the diners were overwhelmed.
"Boss, come on, it's my turn. ”
"No, I'm next. ”
"I want chopped green onions. ”
"It's not you yet, don't worry!"
......
With two new products coming out for two days in a row, the enthusiasm of diners was particularly high today.
Whether it is the earliest tea eggs or two new products, the diners have not let go.
......
When the sunset hung in the sky, Chen Mo looked at his watch, it was already more than 6 o'clock.
Normally, business would be quiet at this time.
Just when Chen Mo hammered his waist and felt that the money was not so easy to earn, a pair of familiar figures walked into the store.
A kind and kind smile comes into view.
Uncle Zhang and Aunt Peng!
"Uncle, aunt, I haven't seen you for a few days. Chen Mo immediately called cordially, and stepped forward to help the two old men to their seats.
"It's okay, you don't need to help, I'm holding my hands and feet. The uncle said with a smile as he sat down in his position with the help of Chen Mo.
"He's just hard-mouthed, what's the matter, how old are he, and he still doesn't accept the old. ”
There are only the words of the aunt, so that the uncle does not dare to refute.
As soon as she sat down, her aunt said to Chen Mo: "Your Uncle Zhang has had a stomach problem in the past few days, and he has been resting at home for the past few days, and it has only been two days, and he is going to come out, saying that he is breathing." ”
Chen Mo found that the uncle's face was indeed a little sallow.
"Out of the way, old problem. The uncle waved his hand and said, "It's all delayed when I was a soldier." ”
Seeing that there was no business, and the two old men were not in a hurry to order something to eat, Chen Mo simply sat opposite the two old men and chatted with them.
"Isn't the food of a soldier supposed to be good, how can it pull down the stomach problem. Chen Mo asked suspiciously.
In Chen Mo's impression, the army's food is quite good, in order to ensure the intensity and quality of training, each meal pays attention to nutritional matching, there are fish, meat and vegetables, it will only nourish the stomach, and it will ruin the stomach.
"That's what you're talking about. Uncle Zhang pursed his lips, raised his head slightly, looked in the direction of the upper right corner, and recalled, "At that time, we went to the north to fight, and it was snowing heavily, and the enemy's planes flew over our heads, and they dropped bombs from time to time. ”
The old man began to recall those fiery years.
Chen Mo also listened with interest.
"At that time, because we were surrounded by enemies, supplies were blocked, and food was very scarce, so those of us who hid in air-raid shelters ate fried barley noodles when we were hungry, and grabbed snow as water to drink when we were thirsty. At that time, we were reluctant to eat barley noodles, there was not enough food, and our comrades-in-arms pushed each other, causing everyone to go hungry, but no one touched the grain until it was absolutely necessary. In retrospect, hey, that's actually a good thing. ”
Uncle Zhang laughed.
Aunt Peng snorted and said to Chen Mo: "His stomach disease is the root that fell at that time. ”
Uncle Zhang seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurriedly said to Chen Mo: "Alas, by the way, I suddenly remembered an interesting thing. ”
Aunt Peng heard this, and immediately interrupted: "Come on, I've heard you say this thing eight hundred times, and I'm not tired of it." ”
Seeing that Uncle Zhang was interested, Chen Mo hurriedly said, "Auntie, don't interrupt Uncle Zhang, I want to hear it." ”
Uncle Zhang raised his chin and glanced at his aunt, as if to say, look, people want to hear it, it's not what I insist on.
Aunt Peng smiled angrily and said, "Let's talk about it, if you don't say it anyway, you feel uncomfortable." ”
"At that time we won a great battle, and occupied a base of the enemy, and there was a granary in it, and it was decided that each soldier could take two pieces of food. Uncle Zhang's face showed an excited expression, as if this incident was happening right now.
"I was young, and I just... Well... Looks like I'm about 19 years old. As soon as I went into the warehouse, oh my God, it was so big, there was a war at that time, and I couldn't eat enough every day, and I was starving. As soon as I entered, I hugged two large jars, thinking that I would eat them later. When I came out, there was a rumbling sound in the big jar, and I didn't know what good things were inside. Uncle Zhang had a satisfied smile on his face.
"When I came out, I found that many of my comrades-in-arms were holding small cans, and I was a little puzzled. When I opened my big jar, guess what, it was full of mung bean soup, and when I opened the small can of others, it was full of beef, hahahaha. Hearing Uncle Zhang's self-deprecating and hearty laughter, Chen Mo couldn't help laughing.
Aunt Peng smiled and pointed her finger at Uncle Zhang's head.
"Who made you greedy for a small advantage. ”
After Uncle Zhang finished laughing, his face gradually returned to calm, his eyes looked into the distance, and he whispered: "It's a pity, in our class, there are only two people left to come back in the end." ”
The atmosphere was instantly gloomy.
Chen Mo didn't know how to comfort him for a while.
Aunt Peng smiled and patted Uncle Zhang's back and said, "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive." ”
Perhaps in order to divert Uncle Zhang's sad mood, Aunt Peng said to Chen Mo: "Xiao Chen, give us two tea eggs." ”
Chen Mo stood up, and was just about to move, when he suddenly remembered something, turned to Aunt Peng and said, "Auntie, our store has released new products in the past two days, and I would like to ask your second elder to check for me and see how the quality of the dishes is." ”
"Oh?"
At Chen Mo's prompting, the two old men hurriedly looked at the menu on the wall, and sure enough, they found two new dishes.
Spiced quail eggs, 10 yuan each, pancake buns, 50 yuan a piece.
"This..."
Seeing that the uncle and aunt wanted to speak and stopped, Chen Mo immediately said: "I'm inviting you to try the dishes, and I don't charge money." ”
"What's so embarrassing about that. There was a hint of embarrassment on the uncle's face, but the aunt readily agreed.
Seeing that both of them agreed (the uncle's vote was invalid), Chen Mo immediately went back to the kitchen to prepare.
In less than 2 minutes, Chen Mo brought out three plates.
Two tea eggs, eight spiced quail eggs, two pancake buns according to the aunt's requirements, one with a thin crispy sweet noodle sauce, and one with oil bars with fermented bean curd.
Quite hearty!
"Uncle and aunt, Uncle has just had a stomach problem recently, so I will eat less eggs, but this pancake bun is fine. Chen Mo kindly reminded.
"Hey, okay. Uncle Zhang took the pancake bun and took a bite first.
Click.
The crunchy dough allows the uncle to bite easily and effortlessly.
Uncle Zhang ate the thin crispy one with sweet noodle sauce.
The crispness in the mouth reminded Uncle Zhang of the fried barley noodles at that time.
But the taste is definitely much better than the barley noodles that barely have any taste.
"How's it going?" Aunt Peng asked expectantly.
Click.
Another big mouthful.
Uncle Zhang responded with actions.