Night 28: Stir-fried lotus root slices
"A bowl of noodles. "It was close to five o'clock at four fifty o'clock, and just when Huo Bai was about to close the stall, another guest came.
Listening to the voice, it was a young girl, Huo Bai glanced up at her, only to realize that the girl was the one who had come to him not long ago to take shelter from the rain.
"Wait a minute. β
After a while, the steaming noodles came out of the pot, and Huo Bai asked the girl while stacking ingredients into the bowl, "Take it away or eat it here?"
The girl looked up at the person sitting in the tent behind him, hesitated for a moment, and uncomfortably pulled the light-colored printed mask on her face, "Bring ...... Let's eat here......"
"Be careful. Huo Bai handed her the noodle bowl in his hand, and he didn't know if it was his illusion. He always felt that the girl seemed to be a little afraid of him.
The girl took the bowl and walked into the tent with both hands in her hand, carefully avoiding all the male guests along the way. Now Huo Bai can be sure that what the girl is afraid of is not him, but his gender.
"Boss, I'll also have a bowl of noodles~ more base soup and no green onions. Ah Miao, who was squatting aside and staring at the cat boss and became a nymphomaniac, finally remembered what she was doing here, so she touched her stomach and stood up.
"Hey...... Why does the cat boss have an owner......" Ah Miao looked at the cat boss while waiting for the meeting and sighed regretfully.
Huo Bai scooped the noodles into the bowl, "Didn't you say you can't raise a cat?"
Ah Miao was stunned for a moment, she took the face and pouted, "yes...... I can't get a cat right now...... It's a pity ......."
Time passed in a flash, Huo Bai and Duan Ping cleaned up the stall together, and then went back to their respective homes to find their own mothers. The cat boss disappeared while they were cleaning, presumably the group of cat brothers who went to find it.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the food stalls opened again.
"Boss, two bowls of ravioli. The short-haired girl is here again, with her tall friend.
"Wait, it's okay. Huo Bai bent down and took out two small casseroles.
The two girls finished ordering their meal and walked into the tent holding hands.
"Haha~ The fat witch is really gone this time~ You can rest assured~" The short-haired girl who sat down with the tall girl took a tissue and wiped the sweat from her head.
The tall girl reached out and took out a pack of wet wipes from her bag and handed it over, "Well, don't worry, I'm very relieved." β
"With this, it's cooler to rub it. β
The short-haired girl took the wet tissue and looked at the package, "Oh, mint-flavored!
"Hmm...... ......After wiping the sweat from her face, the short-haired girl straightened her posture and looked at the tall girl's face.
At this time, Duan Ping walked in with two wontons.
The tall girl whispered thanks to Duan Ping who came to serve the food, and then, she reached out and pulled two spoons from the chopstick cage and one for each of the short-haired girls.
"What's wrong?" said the tall girl, who was also the short-haired girl, scooped up a wonton and blew it carefully, looking up at the short-haired girl.
The short-haired girl pinched the spoon and scratched it in the small casserole, "Ahem, you promise not to get angry first, I'...... I just said......"
The tall girl put down the spoon in her hand, she pulled a tissue and wiped her mouth, "You speak first, I'll listen." β
"That'...... Then you have to make sure you don't get angry......" The short-haired girl's voice was flattering.
"You say it first, don't be angry, wait until I listen before making a decision. β
"Ahem, what's that, I told you that someone wanted me to change jobs when I was not in contact with customers before......"
The tall girl nodded, and the short-haired girl had told her about it, and she knew it, "Well, you told me." β
"That, I was sad to be worn by a fat witch in small shoes before, so I ...... I went for an interview......"
The girl laughed all of a sudden, she probably knew what the short-haired girl wanted to say next, "Oh~ Then you passed the interview? People notified you to go to work? What about the treatment? Is there a basic salary? What time do you go to work?"
The short-haired girl was stunned for a moment, "silently...... You, aren't you angry?"
The tall girl reached out and stroked her long hair behind her, and she looked at the short-haired girl with a strange expression, "Why am I angry? As long as that company is a serious company, that's a good thing." Why are you angry when I'm too happy for you?"
The short-haired girl laughed all at once, "I thought you would be angry if I didn't keep our agreement......"
The girl picked up the spoon in the casserole and gave the short-haired girl a roll of the eyes, "What is the agreement that is not agreed? How many years ago was the agreement? Do you remember?"
"I don't feel anything in school, but now that I work, I know how much competition pressure is, and if we really keep the agreement, we will both die in one company for the rest of our lives, then we will be sick. β
"People go to high places and water flows to low places, why let go if there is a better opportunity?"
"Before, we took it for granted, how could it be so easy to work hard in society. β
The tall girl took a sip of the soup in the casserole after speaking, and then she was slightly stunned, "Eh, why does this soup base feel different from the last time?"
The short-haired girl also picked up the spoon when she heard this, "Really? β
"It's really different, this time it seems to be a big bone broth. I feel that this bone broth is better than the duck soup last time!"
"I think it's still the same duck soup as last time. β
The tall girl clearly did not agree with the words of the short-haired girl.
The short-haired girl stuffed a whole wonton into her mouth at once, and her cheeks bulged, "This big bone broth is delicious!"
"Duck soup!"
"Big bone broth!"
The two girls didn't let anyone, each with their own opinions, and they didn't forget to quarrel while eating wontons.
"Ah...... It's so full. Let's go~"
The short-haired girl put down the spoon and touched her slightly swollen belly, looking at the tall girl who was drinking soup on the side.
"Well, let's go. The tall girl put down her spoon and picked up her bag.
After settling the account, the two of them left arm in arm again.
"Brother Huo, aren't they hot?" Duan Ping looked at the backs of the two girls leaning together and leaving, they were still walking together on such a hot day, was it really not hot, and the girls were amazing.
Huo Bai threw a handful of cabbage into the pot and turned the pot on high heat, "Are you in charge of the family? Hurry up, did you bake the large intestine that the guest ordered just now?"
Duan Ping pulled a towel and wiped the sweat on his neck, "I just baked it." β
"Brother Huo, I'll do something, don't worry. β
"Well, rest assured. Huo Bai turned his head and saw that his entire clothes behind him were soaked, "You go to the freezer and pour some herbal tea to drink, don't get heat stroke." β
Duan Ping sprinkled a layer of spices on the skewers on the grill, "Brother Huo, do you want a cup too?"
"I don't need it, I'm used to it and I don't feel too hot. β
"Oh. β
The temperature by the grill and in front of the stove is so high that the cat is not happy to lie down on its royal throne advertising signs.
After Huo Bai started business in the afternoon, the cat boss, who didn't know where the wild was going, ran back by himself to eat the dinner specially prepared for him.
After dinner, the cat boss lay on the door of the food stall front room, quietly watching the guests coming and going with a pair of bright cat eyes.
At about eight o'clock in the evening, the owner of the cat boss and Ah Miao came to the food stall with their front and back feet.
"Boss, is the cat boss still there?"
"Yes, lying on my stomach at the door. β
"Hehe, then bring me a cold noodle first, don't be spicy and have more cucumber shreds. β
"Okay. β
Ah Miao held the cold noodles that Huo Bai had just mixed and handed over, and squatted in front of the cat boss, watching the cat boss eat the noodles.
The owner of the cat boss said that it was a girl, but in fact she had become a woman, and she had been married to her husband for five years.
"Boss, long time no see. The woman stood in front of Huo Bai wearing a light-colored loose dress and carrying a somewhat bulging cloth bag.
Huo Bai kept stir-frying in his hand, and he nodded slightly at the woman, "Well, long time no see." The cat boss was lying on his stomach at the door of the faΓ§ade room over there. Dinner fed it. β
The woman smiled, "Thank you." β
"You're welcome. Duan Ping, the clams here are ready, serve the food. Huo Bai took out the fried clams in the pot and said to Duan Ping, who had just come out of the tent on the side.
The woman looked at the busy Huo Bai and then at the cat boss who was lying not far away, and there was a girl squatting in front of the cat boss who was eating cold noodles, she tightened her fingers pinching the cloth bag, "Boss, bring me a stir-fried lotus root slices." Pack. β¦β¦ Is there one?" Finally, the woman asked again, somewhat uncertainly.
Huo Bai nodded, "Yes, you have to wait for a while, it's hot outside, you can go to the tent and sit and wait first." He pulled a half-wet towel to wipe his sweat while reaching out to change the clean pot.
He was so busy that he and Duan Ping didn't have much time to wash the pot, so they could only prepare a few more clean pots to prepare.
Stir-frying lotus root slices is very simple, pour a little oil into the pot when it is hot, and when the oil is hot, pour the cut lotus root slices soaked in cold water into the stir-fry, add salt and chicken essence to taste after frying, and you can get out of the pot.
The lotus root slices were packed out of the pot, and there were no guests ordering at this time, so he walked into the tent with the packing bag and sent it to the woman.
The woman took the bag with some surprise, "So fast?"
Huo Bai nodded, wiped his sweat, lifted the curtain and went out, he just heard someone shouting outside.
The woman sighed as she looked at the packing bag in her hand, and she walked out of the tent after paying for the menu price list that Huo Bai hung in the tent.
As soon as she walked out of the tent, the heat on her face made the woman a little unbearable, although at this time the sky was completely dark, and the temperature was not as terrible as the heat during the day, but it still made people feel uncomfortable.
She walked up to the cat boss with the bag.
Ah Miao's cold noodles have been eaten, but they are still squatting there.
"Eh, are you also coming to see the cat boss?" Ah Miao, who was holding his chin and looking at the cat boss in a daze, looked slightly sideways at the woman.
The woman squatted down lightly with her stomach in her arms, "No, I'll ......" The woman stopped halfway through the sentence.
"What are you coming for?"
The woman shook her head with a faint expression, "No, it's nothing...... Me too, too, came to see the cat boss. β
After a while, the woman asked again, "Do you often come to see the cat boss?"
Ah Miao smiled with crooked eyebrows, "Yes, come often." β