Chapter 15 Teochew Cheong Fun
The sky was gradually breaking, and there were still a few remnant stars left in the pale blue sky.
The city of Shenzhen will become extremely crowded at this time, with millions of people flowing on buses and subways, and He Shenge used to get up in the dark every day just to have a seat on the subway at half past six.
Now she doesn't have to squeeze the subway anymore and can sleep well, but her stomach hurts in the middle of the night, and she runs to the toilet several times and doesn't sleep well.
The feet squatting in the toilet were numb, and her stomach was a little more comfortable, she guessed that she had eaten too much cold food recently, and when it was dawn, she was going to buy some medicine, thinking about it, as soon as she fell asleep, Shen Xiuyan called.
"I'm downstairs with you, having breakfast together. He said.
"Isn't it lunch?" He Shenge looked worried.
The cold voice on the phone was mixed with a light laugh: "Go to the appointment." ”
"Going to an appointment?" He Shengge pillowed on the soft pillow, his head was dizzy, and he didn't want to get up at all.
"Didn't Auntie ask you to take me to breakfast last night? It's nine o'clock in the morning, and I'm going to work at ten o'clock, can Miss He come down as soon as possible? I gave Auntie an explanation and went to work. ”
He Shenge's eyebrows gathered slightly, and he suppressed it for a while before he spit out a sentence: "Wait for me." ”
She covered her head under the quilt and struggled in pain for a long time before she got up.
The shop was a small storefront, with white walls, blue porcelain tiles covering one-third of the walls, a green fan hanging from the ceiling, which was turning in a hula hula, a forty-square-meter space with white tables, green stools, a total of five tables, and various kitchen utensils at the door, and the Shantou couple were busy in the smoke.
Their business is booming, and locals and office workers living nearby will have breakfast here before going to work.
Luckily, they arrived at the store at around 9 a.m., just in time for the rush hour, and there were three empty tables in the store.
The proprietress had sharp eyes, and immediately saw He Shenge and Shen Xiuyan, and hurriedly pulled He Shenge into the store: "I said will you forget." ”
"No, hostess, you're busy, we're free. ”
"Then you are free. The proprietress deliberately glanced at Shen Xiuyan next to her, and thought to herself, this young man is good-looking, and it is also a signboard in the store.
He Shenge chose a street frontage, which would not be too boring.
It rained heavily last night, and today we are greeted by a cool breeze, which is very comfortable.
"Porridge?" He Shenge looked at the menu under the glass.
In the past, when the two of them were still studying in college, Shen Xiuyan's classes were always arranged in the morning, and he was the kind of boy who liked to lie in bed, contrary to him, He Shenge would get up early every day to go to the playground in order to lose weight and become beautiful, run on an empty stomach, and by the way, she packed a porridge and brought it to Shen Xiuyan's classroom and gave it to him.
This habit of waking up early has continued to this day, but she has not exercised in the morning for a long time, and she has not had the habit of eating breakfast.
Shen Xiuyan, who was wearing an expensive silver and black suit, sat very straight, he stared at the menu quietly for a while, and then raised his head to look at He Shenge: "Today, Thursday, you should drink red bean and barley porridge, there is no one here." ”
His seemingly frivolous words were enough to make He Shenge's heart sink.
"Have you forgotten?" Shen Xiuyan's deep eyes stared at her, and his tone was calm without a trace of waves, but there was an invisible oppressive force.
In the past, I was just afraid that Shen Xiuyan would get tired of drinking the same porridge every day, so I changed my tricks, and every day was a different porridge, Monday was preserved egg and lean porridge, Tuesday was the champion and the first porridge, Wednesday was eight-treasure porridge, Thursday was red bean and barley porridge, Friday was boat porridge, Saturday was white porridge with Yangjiang mustard and two fritters, and Sunday was slippery chicken porridge.
To this day, they all remember.
He Shenge didn't speak for a long time, and Shen Xiuyan didn't continue, the two were silent, he looked at her, and she pretended to be looking at the menu.
Little by little, the time of silence passed.
Just when Shen Xiuyan thought why Shen Ge wouldn't speak, she said faintly: "It turns out that there is such a thing, I forgot, I'm sorry." ”
As soon as these words came out, He Shenge felt that the temperature around him had dropped a lot.
She pretended not to care at all, and asked in a leisurely tone: "Then don't drink porridge, I haven't tasted Cantonese rice noodles for a long time, do you want it?"
He looked at her coldly, and his voice was low: "Okay." ”
"Boss, let's have two portions of rice rolls, add eggs and meat, and more sauce. He Shenge shouted to the busy proprietress: "Add another green vegetable." ”
The cheong fun in this shop is made in a drawer-style way, which is convenient and fast.
In an instant, two portions of rice rolls were born, and the boss scraped the iron sheet on the iron plate, and put it on the oval-shaped white porcelain plate, poured the elaborate exclusive sauce, and it was ready to be served.
Shen Xiuyan understood that He Shenge had to take a photo before he could do it, so he silently washed his chopsticks with tea next to him.
There are many kinds of rice noodles in Guangdong, He Shenge saw that the amount of rice noodles in front of him was large, not cut into sections, and piled up into a puddle roughly, the rice skin of the intestines was not the kind of crystal white to transparent, but pure white like milk, but very thin, and it was broken with a light poke with chopsticks, this is Shantou intestines, and the boss may be from Shantou.
She took pictures from all angles and was not very satisfied.
When the greens were served, she sandwiched two greens and placed them next to the rice rolls, and the effect was slightly more pleasing to the eye.
Then, she felt that the menu under the glass of the table was not beautiful, so she took out a black-edged and white-checked tablecloth from her bag and continued shooting.
After this shooting, the intestines, which were still steaming, gradually lost their temperature.
Shen Xiuyan silently turned around and asked the boss for two more copies.
When the new two servings were served, He Shenge looked at the four intestines and frowned: "What are you doing with so many orders?"
Cantonese-style rice rolls are expensive because they are delicate and beautiful, but they can't eat enough, and now they are eating tide rice rolls, which don't look good.
"You have a bad stomach, eat hot first. Shen Xiuyan handed the cold rice rolls to the boss and asked the boss to heat them.
"Thank you. He Shenge ate without squinting.
Soon, there were a lot of people in the store, basically girls, and their eyes wandered on Shen Xiuyan's body from time to time.
The proprietress grabbed the opportunity and happily walked over: "How is it, is it delicious?"
"Delicious. Shen Xiuyan was covered with a cold breath.
"Eat more if it's delicious!Do you want another one?" The proprietress was also a little forced by Shen Xiuyan's coercion, and her tone softened slightly.
"No, I'm full. He Shenge waved his hand.
"Isn't Miss Ho a gourmet? The corners of Shen Xiuyan's lips hooked, a little cautious about revenge.
"Gourmet?" the proprietress was a little surprised: "No wonder I see that you are not in a hurry to go to work like others." ”
He Shenge looked embarrassed, she didn't know how to answer, she wasn't a foodie now.
"Tell me about the shortcomings of my cheong fun. The hostess looked expectant.
"First of all, the rice skin smells carefully, there is a faint rice fragrance, the entrance is smooth and tender, the fragrance is stronger, the soft and greasy with some freshness, the skin is very thin, like the light and thin of the yarn, but the texture. ”
"What else?" the proprietress happily took out her mobile phone to record.
He Shenge glanced at the people around him, and calmly continued to comment slowly: "The filling is my own order, eggs and meat, I feel that the meat taste is slightly light, and the egg fragrance is rich, but I like your sauce, it is not too greasy, fresh and sweet, and not too salty, clear but not light, depending on when you make it, add soup, it should be because of this, there is also some garlic flavor, and a faint sesame fragrance, compared to the light rice skin, the sauce is rich enough." ”
"Yes, yes, let me tell you, this sauce is the essence of this cheong fun. The proprietress seemed to have met a confidant, and hurriedly sat down to talk to He Shenge about the manufacturing process of this sauce.
The sun was just right, He Shenge was sitting outside the house, the fan couldn't blow, and he felt a layer of sweat on his back.
After chatting for more than an hour, the boss who closed the stall on the side urged the proprietress to say: "It's almost eleven o'clock, I'm going to pick up my sister and go home." ”
"Good. The proprietress hurriedly got up.
Seeing this, He Shenge called Shen Xiuyan, who was like an ice sculpture, to evacuate quickly on the grounds of not disturbing.
Shen Xiuyan had already taken off his coat and put it on the crook of his arm, looking at He Shenge as if he was fleeing, but laughed out loud: "Don't you like to discuss food with others?"
"It's hot. She looked wistful and swept the beads of sweat from her forehead with her hand.
"It's almost eleven o'clock, are you hungry, can you come with me for lunch?"
He Shenge glanced at him.
He didn't know when he unbuttoned the underneath of the white shirt, and he didn't know where the tie had gone, and the whole person didn't look like he was dressed as neatly as when he first met him in the morning, so he looked like the laid-back and lazy him he used to be.
"I'll go back and take a shower and eat later. She withdrew her gaze.
"En. ”
"Aren't you going to work? You're late. She said, frowning.
"It's okay, my work hours, I have the final say. ”
"Whatever you want, I'm going upstairs. ”
The metal door of the elevator opened with a clang, He Shenge entered the elevator, and Shen Xiuyan also walked in slowly.
She froze in place: "You're not at work?"
"It's all downstairs at your house, and you don't plan to invite me to your house for a cup of tea?"
She was a little helpless.
After the elevator opened, He Shenge came out first, she was taking out the key to open the door, Shen Xiuyan didn't make a sound, and stood behind her idly.
After opening the door, He Shenge turned on the fan, turned his head, and found that Shen Xiuyan had consciously thrown his suit jacket and tie on her bed at will, and he had already sat on her bed, looking a little tired.
She hesitated, just made a pot of tea, and drank it as he pleased.
"I want to take a shower too, and my body smells of sweat. He said.
He Shenge's body stiffened, and he looked at him incredulously: "This is my house." ”
"Before, when we lived together, you would get me clothes and let me take a shower. He looked at her silently and muttered to himself.
"That's before, after drinking tea, you hurry up. She said coldly.
"It's too hot to drink. ”
"Wait. ”
"You are not a teacher, you are very right, you used to be too rigid, how good you are now, look at how happy you are talking to others, you will not always be in front of me like before, complaining about which child provokes you again, which child eats in class. Shen Xiuyan got up and slowly approached her.
He Shenge was a little panicked and separated from him for a distance.
"In the past, and now, I like to see you when you eat, always smell it first, and then eat it in small bites, and as you eat, you will show a very satisfied smile. He approached.
She frowned and remained silent.
"When it comes to food, you should have someone like you who loves it to taste it, and only you can make people feel that the dish is so delicious. His eyes were as black as ink, and they seemed to be mixed with something that He Shenge couldn't understand.
"Stop. He Shenge lowered his face, and his body trembled slightly: "Don't mention the past to me again, I'm tired of your past, and you don't deserve to mention the past." ”
She opened the door and leaned sideways: "Get out." ”
Shen Xiuyan looked at her eyes, smiling rather than smiling.
"Get out. Her eyes froze.
"I'll pick you up later, in a skirt. He turned around and picked up his clothes and went out the door.
Bang.
The door is closed.
She leaned against the door, her face pale, her hands on her stomach, which was being pinched by an invisible hand.
took out a jar of medicine from the cabinet, ate a few, turned on the computer to update Weibo, and then went into the bathroom to take a shower and change into dry pajamas.
The vibrating sound of her mobile phone made her very irritable.
She lay on the bed, felt the gust of wind from the fan, and picked up her phone to take a look.
The caller is "uncle".
She didn't answer, pressed mute, probably tired, and closed her eyes.