From the street to the end, almost every food stall has left the figure of the two, this small stall selling stinky tofu is the second time that the two of them have visited, but Yan'er still can't stop, his eyes are smug looking at the stinky tofu fried in the oil pot, he almost drooled, Jinyang couldn't pull it away, so he had to accompany her to eat again.

Jin Yang really doesn't have much of a good impression of these snacks, he is different from Yan'er, he is a standard salty party, well, it is also very good to have some spicy taste at the same time, but what the hell is a sweet party?

Can you imagine that eating stinky tofu can still taste sweet? Even the spicy tang is full of sweetness, how can you bear it?

Jin Yang said that it was completely unacceptable, if you really want to eat sweet, then it is better to eat cake, the cream is not bad, it is really not good to be sweet and sour, such as sugar gourd.

Huh?

That's right, sugar gourd!

Jin Yang woke up at dusk, after shopping for so long, he didn't even see a place selling rock sugar gourds, how could this work?

Is a snack street without rock sugar gourd still called a snack street? Is it still winter without rock sugar gourd?

Although the weather is not too cold now, there are gradually signs of late autumn, people have gradually increased their clothes, and some people who are not very good have put on thick jackets.

This kind of weather is the best time to make and taste rock sugar gourd, in the cold wind, eat a bite of sweet and sour rock sugar gourd, it is cold and cold, but it will warm the heart.

Importantly, it's a feeling.

You must know that rock sugar gourd is a well-known snack in China, and it is also a traditional snack, which has different names in different places, also known as sugar duner in Tianjin, and sugar ball in Fengyang, Anhui.

It is a skewer of wild fruits with bamboo skewers and then dipped in maltose syrup, which quickly hardens when exposed to wind. The common snacks in the northern winter are generally made of hawthorn skewers, the sugar is syrupy and frozen hard, and it tastes sour and sweet, and it is also very icy.

It has a long history, in the Song Dynasty began the ancient practice, "Yanjing Chronicles" recorded: rock sugar gourd, is with bamboo skewers, through the mountain red, begonia fruit, grapes, hemp yam, walnut kernels, bean paste, etc., dipped in rock sugar, sweet and crisp and cool. Tea houses, theaters, and streets and alleys can be seen everywhere.

Therefore, those peculiar practices of rock sugar gourds are not invented by modern people in order to pursue profits, and there are many kinds of practices in ancient times, and now people just take them out and use them.

Jin Yang still clearly remembers that when he was a child, when it was winter, he could often hear a loud and long shout, "Ice-sugar-gourd-lu-, sour and sweet ice-sugar-gourd-reed-"

Then as soon as he heard this familiar voice, he would rush out of the door, no matter how strong the wind outside, how cold the weather was, whether the clothes on his body were enough, just follow this sound, looking for the source of the sound, while running, the saliva in his mouth kept swallowing, as if his nose could smell the familiar aroma,

When he found the old man in the cold wind, dressed in gray cloth and wearing a tattered felt hat, his eyes suddenly straightened, and he stared closely at a straw pole that he was carrying on his shoulder, which was full of bright red rock sugar gourds.

The Xiaoice in the mouth no longer had time to swallow, slipped down the corners of the mouth, ticked down, and then condensed in the cold air, turned into small ice beads, and rolled down on the hard earth, turning into a part of the dust.

Normally, at this time, a group of children of all sizes have gathered around the old man selling rock sugar gourds, the small ones may be less than three years old, and the big ones may even be fifteen or sixteen years old.

When I was a child, the price was relatively cheap, a bunch of rock sugar gourds only cost a few cents, and four or five red and shiny fruits, such a little money was really not expensive, but everyone was very poor at that time, and Jinyang's family was even poorer when he was a child.

Normally, they can't afford it, and like most poor children, they can only watch and drool, and then feast on it fiercely when they dream at night.

At this time, there are those whose family conditions are slightly better, and they really can't stand their children's gluttony, so parents can't bear to take out a few cents and give them to the children, so that they can buy a bunch of food to satisfy their hunger.

The children who got the money cheered, gathered under the straw pole of the old man of the sugar gourd, stretched out their little hands that were red from the cold, handed over the few cents that were tightly clutched, and said in a childish voice full of longing: "Daddy...... I buy a bunch of sugar gourds. Then he watched and waited.

When the old man took the money, he said kindly: "Take it, be careful not to drop it, and be careful not to be poked by the pointed tip when eating." Then he handed over a string of red sugar gourds, at this time the child couldn't resist at all, and quickly took it, and didn't care whether he poked it or not, and just ate it beautifully, and his little eyes could be narrowed into a slit.

I guess at that time, I would feel in my heart that this is the happiest thing in the world, right?

The children of that era were really easy to satisfy, if the children of today, hum, let alone a string of sugar gourds, even a hundred strings of sugar gourds, they would not feel that there was anything remarkable, and whether they liked to eat it or not was still a question mark.

Perhaps this is the difference of the times!

Of course, the other children can only look pitifully at this time, hoping that their own mother and son can also look at it and give a few cents......

Of course, there are also those who have a good relationship, and they will share a small piece with each other and enjoy this beauty together, and the friendship at that time is really the purest.

Jin Yang's luck is good, because he has a cousin who is a few years older than him, that is, Yuanyuan. At that time, the conditions at my cousin's house were much better than his, so every time at this time, a pair of little hands that were red from the cold would hand over a string of red sugar gourds, and said in a doting tone: "Little gluttonous cat, this is for you." ”

Then looking at him gobbling up, he would smile on the side and say, "Eat slowly, everyone will grab ...... with you." There's still a nucleus in there, so be careful not to get stuck. ”

At that time, Jin ** didn't know, in fact, there was only one string of cousins, she didn't want to eat it herself, so she gave it all to him, seeing that he ate so deliciously, my cousin could only swallow saliva on the side and look at it.

My cousin has always been so good to him, in fact, it has nothing to do with the family, my cousin is an only daughter, and there is no boy in the family, and the relationship between their relatives is not very good, only the relationship with Jinyang's family is the best, the two have been together since childhood, and they are no different from their own sisters and brothers.

So until later, the relationship between Jin Yang and his cousin Yuanyuan was the best, and it had nothing to do with this.

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