In the early morning, Xijing City, Northwest Street.

Gambling Emperor Zhai, one of the famous casinos in Xijing City. The name of the domineering casino in the best part of the Northwest Street, just like its name, the casino façade is extremely domineering, magnificent, carved beams and paintings, brilliant gold, beautiful, gorgeous and Xijing City has a fight.

And in front of such a luxurious building that makes others marvel at it and look ashamed again, there is a small wonton stall. A stall carrying back and forth on both shoulders, two tables and chairs that are kept in place all the year round, and a little old man selling wontons. The stall owner is an old man, who should be in time for the gambling emperor's fast, sunset and sunrise, and the hot soup is always ready to serve the guests with a steaming, thin-skinned and large-filled wonton.

It stands to reason that the business of opening such a wonton stall in such a busy place should be quite good, but the business of the old man is not good. It's not because the old man's wontons are not delicious or the wonton soup is not delicious, but the place where the wonton stall is opened is really wrong.

Gambling Emperor Zhai is one of the best casinos in Xijing City, but anyone who can come to gamble Huangzhai to spend a lot of money, either rich or expensive, those who call before and after hugging, the sedan chair is carried away by the sedan chair, unless it is necessary for the big man whose feet do not touch the ground, how can he look at the ordinary wontons that an ordinary old man gets?

And even if you can look at this bowl of chaos, how many people can have the bearing to eat wontons quietly in front of such a magnificent casino?

So the old man's business is very bad. But the old man never worried, every night he came out with his burden, set up two old but clean tables, and went back with his burden when it was almost dawn, even if a bowl of wontons was not sold, he was happy, and he sat on his bench and smoked a dry cigarette when he had nothing to do, and looked at the sky of this glorious city that never sleeps in a daze.

Just after midnight, the sky was bright, and the Northwest Street, which had been noisy all night, finally fell silent, and only a little light remained. In the early morning, a layer of mist arose, and the entire Northwest Street was shrouded in a layer of fog, and the carved beams and paintings loomed, as if it was a fairyland on earth.

Lao Chen Tou on the wonton stall sat leaning on the wonton stall, smoking dry cigarettes, there was a charcoal fire to boil underwater wontons around him for warmth, Lao Chen Tou also wore a lot, the coldest moment of the night has passed, and now the cold is nothing.

It was not open for another night, but the old man didn't care, looked at the foggy street, calculated the time, and it was time to close the stall, so he got up and moved his legs and feet, knocked the pipe in the iron bucket prepared by the stall, knocked the remaining tobacco, inserted it into his waist, and freed his hand to prepare to seal the charcoal stove.

"Old man, do you still have ravioli?"

When Lao Chen heard that there were guests, he was overjoyed, and when he turned his head, two young people, a man and a woman, had already sat down at the table.

The man is not handsome, but he gives people a sense of intimacy, and the woman is dressed in a pale cyan printed dress, which is beautiful and fresh. It was the young man among them who said hello, and when he saw his stall owner turn around, the young man in Xuanyi smiled at this side: "If you have one, please give you three bowls of wontons with thin skin and big filling!"

"Okay! Wait, guest!"

It is a long time since I have welcomed guests, Lao Chen Tou felt like this pair of men and women when he saw it, so he worked very quickly, and the wontons that were originally prepared early and eaten were not used, Lao Chen Tou specially took out the carefully placed skin stuffing and wrapped it up, how many years of practice The craftsmanship is fast, and the large wontons with thin skin and filling appear on the case, and the three bowls of wontons are made in a moment's effort, and the wontons are put slightly for the umami in the filling to soak into the wonton skin.

Taking advantage of this vacancy, Lao Chen Tou changed a pot of hot water, picked up the stove fire, when the water in the pot was boiling, the wontons were just right, the old man picked up the board and threw it into the pot every two or three steps, dozens of wontons fell into the pot one by one, and the water splashed a few.

Lao Chen closed the lid of the pot, waited for the wontons to be cooked, and turned around and smiled honestly when he heard the sound.

The wonton skin is thin, although the filling is big but it does not eat fire, and after a while, they have surfaced with the boiling water that does not hesitate to rise, the old man quickly scooped up the wonton, divided it into three bowls and brought it to the table twice, and shouted with full of anger: "Three bowls are on the same, please use it slowly!"

"Well, thank you. The young man didn't ask the price, and skillfully discharged fifteen copper coins and stacked them on the table, "Uncle, this is the money for three bowls of wontons." ”

The young man's familiarity with the meal fee made Lao Chen's eyes light up, he looked at the young man carefully, and asked suspiciously: "I don't think the guest officer is a regular customer?"

"I'm not, someone is, a friend specially told me that if I come to Xijing, I must come to gamble and eat a bowl of wontons before fasting. It is also said that the wontons are not only thin and delicious, but also never increase in price!"

The young man's answer made Lao Chen even more happy, and he was really overjoyed to hear that someone was so worried about his own wontons: "That guest officer must know that my Lao Chen's wontons must be eaten while they are hot to taste the best!"

"Well, of course I know. The young man nodded, but he didn't mean to eat the wonton at all.

"So if the guest officer has friends who want to come, he has to hurry up, otherwise after this moment, the wontons will be a paste!" Old Chen Tou looked at the extra bowl of wontons on the table.

"It's here. The young man looked at the old man and smiled silently.

Lao Chen froze for a moment, and then understood what the young man meant, and was at a loss for a while, and said continuously: "Oh, how can this be done, you are guests, I ......"

"Oh, you're welcome," the young man insisted on pulling the resisting old man to the table, and the honest old man still refused in the face of the hot wontons, but the young man's words succeeded in making him so surprised that he couldn't bother to excuse himself, "That friend of mine said that if I have the opportunity to come to Xijing and eat Lao Chen's wontons, I must invite Lao Chen to eat a bowl of wontons that he made himself." ”

He said he would always remember the countless bowls of wontons that Lao Chen had invited him to eat. ”

Lao Chen opened his mouth and couldn't speak for a long time, the young man turned his face to look at the woman in Tsing Yi sitting straight opposite, and said with a smile: "I can really hold back, I secretly swallowed more than five mouthfuls of saliva, eat quickly, if you don't eat again, it will ......be cold" Before he finished speaking, he was kicked, and with a kick of true qi in the calf, he gasped in pain, and glared at the woman opposite who was light and light, and there was nothing unusual, "Hey!"

Before the words were spoken, he saw Lao Chen looking at him in surprise, so he swallowed the rest of the words, smiled awkwardly at Lao Chen, quickly picked up the chopsticks and picked up the big bowl, and began to eat the wontons one by one.

The skin is thin and the filling is big, the taste is extremely fresh, the soup is fragrant and rich, and the two bowls of wontons were eaten by the young man and Lao Chen Tou in an instant, while the woman in Tsing Yi was still chewing slowly, and a wonton was eaten in three small bites, Lao Chen Tou secretly asked the young man: "So you recommended it by that kid? How is that kid mixed up now? I heard him say that he was going to southern Xinjiang to find his mother to teach his father a lesson, and I don't know if I found his mother." ”

The young man who was drinking the soup listened to the old man almost choked on a mouthful, glanced at the woman whose movements stopped instantly, and couldn't help but smile: "He is my sworn brother and he recommended me to come, he has already gone to southern Xinjiang to find his mother, and he has also come back to teach his father on behalf of his mother." Now he is mixing well in southern Xinjiang, marrying three big beauties as daughters-in-law, giving birth to three big fat boys, life, "just half of it, the same part of the calf is another kick, the young man paused, glared at the woman opposite, gritted his teeth and continued, "Life is very good!"

"That's good, that's good," Lao Chen relieved his worries, his mood was much more relaxed, and he unconsciously nagged his memories, "Hey, that's before Xijing City was rebuilt, it's not a casino, it's a downtown area, I set up a stall here every night to sell wontons, and the child appears in the middle of the night every day, squatting next to my stall and watching the wontons drooling, I see him pitiful, if there is a surplus of wontons every day, I will give him a bowl, and if there is no leftover, I will divide half of my son's left......"

"You said that his father is too, patronizing himself to drink and sleep, such a small child doesn't give him food or drink, every time he comes to eat wontons, he gobbles up as if he hasn't eaten for several days, oops, I feel very distressed......"

"Speaking of which, that little doll would still be quite handsome if she washed her face, but if it weren't for his short hair, I would have thought he was a girl. Count the age of this year, I am in my twenties, hehe, I have given birth to three big fat boys, what a blessing!"

The wonton soup was drunk, and the young man put down the bowl, listening to the old man's nagging, while obliquely pouting the reaction of the woman opposite, and the corners of his mouth were smiles that could not be hidden.

"I'm done. ”

The woman finally chewed and swallowed the bowl of wontons, gently put down the bowl, and the murderous aura was raging in the faint three words, the young man's expression was immediately serious, and Lao Chen Tou also woke up from it, and quickly got up and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks. The young man who was familiar with the old man also helped the old man clean up, and the old man stopped him and couldn't stop him, so he let him go, but while cleaning up, he muttered to the young man: "Who is this girl, why is she so angry?"

The young man smiled and replied in a low voice: "It's okay, that's my wife who hasn't passed the door, the young lady of the big family has a bit of a big temper, seeing that I always talk to you and don't care about her, so I'm a little jealous, no malice." ”

"Hehe, even my old man's vinegar is eaten, it's really a vinegar jar! Hey, don't help me clean up, I'll close the stall, you go and accompany your daughter-in-law, don't make her really angry." ”

"No, can a woman get used to it? sometimes you have to be angry with her. The young man deliberately did not look at the woman standing in the distance, and even though his neck was hot and scorching, he still smiled faintly.

The old man kindly urged the young man to go back, but the young man did not move at all, and began to help the old man clean up the stall little by little. The old man also knew that he could not resist him, so he had to let him come.

It wasn't until he helped him clean up the stall that he told a few words from the old man who had experience in getting along with husband and wife, and then closed the stall and left.

After seeing the old man leave, Xu Heng turned around, looked at the still cold woman in Tsing Yi, and said with a smile: "I say, no wonder I can't see it, you really looked like a boy when you were a child!"

"Hmph!" Su Su snorted coldly, didn't pick up Xu Heng's words, turned around and walked towards the gambling emperor, "Let's go, don't you still want to find the jade-faced divine dragon Luo Jiuxin?"

Xu Heng hurriedly laughed silently and happily in place a few times, and chased after him with a restrained smile.