Chapter 44: The True Face
By the time Liu Mang found Five Eyes and Xiaomeng, the two of them were sitting at a stall selling Malatang and eating happily. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The owner and the proprietress of the stall are busy wearing ham sausages and vegetables on bamboo skewers, and putting the skewered ingredients into the big pot on the stall.
Because only in this way can we keep up with the speed of Shangguan Xiaomeng, a big foodie, eating skewers.
"Brother Liu Mang, you're back, do you want to taste some too?" Xiao Meng said vaguely as he chewed on the meat skewers in his mouth.
"I don't need it, I'll go eat a bowl of noodles. Most of the dumplings and noodles in the morning went into Guan Xiaomeng's stomach, and it was almost noon, and Liu Mang was also a little hungry.
"Okay, I'll eat noodles too. Guan Xiaomeng swallowed the last bite of meat and laughed embarrassedly: "Fat brother......"
"Uh-huh... How much, boss?" Goyan pulled out his wallet.
Now with Wuyan, Liu Mang will not pretend to be money. In his words, if you like money anyway, then you can take care of the accounts.
"The girl is quite good at eating!158 in total, 150 for you!" The spicy hot boss smiled like a flower on his face.
Usually sell things that are sold until the evening.,Most of them were wiped out by this girl just after noon today.。 I don't know where all this food is loaded.
I've seen a lot of things that can be eaten, but it's the first time I've seen something like this, and she's still a thin and weak girl.
"Boss, where are you going to eat?" asked Five-Eyes.
There were two noodle shops on the opposite street, one was doing a brisk business, the tables in front of the shop were full, and the chubby boss was busy greeting each other. The other house was the opposite, with only two or three people sitting.
Liu Mang looked at it and walked towards the noodle shop where the business was deserted.
"Boss, why don't you go to the house next to you, there are many people eating in that house, it must taste better." Five-Eyes followed and asked strangely.
"Oh, it's not easy to do business in that house, take care of it. Liu Mang said lightly.
Five eyes looked at the shop and understood.
Standing under the stove in the shop was a thin black boy of thirteen or fourteen, while another girl, a few years younger than him, was laboriously wiping the table.
"Brother and sister, sit inside, there is a seat inside. The young man's mouth was quite sweet, and when he saw that business came to his door, he immediately greeted him warmly.
"Is it enough for the little boy (child) to reach the stove?" said Goyan, who quipped after seeing the boy stand on tiptoe and laboriously remove a bottle of soy sauce from the cabinet on the wall.
"Enough is enough, enough is enough. The boy touched the back of his head and smiled.
"Little boss, what kind of noodles do you have?" Liu Mang looked around, although the storefront was a little dilapidated, it was very clean, and the tables and floors were wiped spotlessly.
It can be seen that these two little guys are still quite diligent. I just don't know where the adults in this store have gone, and how can they let two little kids guard the façade.
"Clear soup, beef offal, fat sausages, and shredded meat. The little girl wiping the table shouted crisply.
"I'll have a bowl of clear soup, what about you?"
"Me too, I want a big bowl. Guan Xiaomeng said.
"Then I'll have a bowl of offal, put more chili peppers, and eat it hot. Five Eyes thought for a moment and said.
The thin black boy answered and began to get busy.
Don't look at others small, but the action is very sharp, and the code below is not ambiguous at all. It seems that I have been doing this work for more than a day or two.
Soon, three bowls of hot noodles were served in front of everyone's eyes.
Liu Mang picked up a little noodle with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and after only taking one bite, his brows immediately wrinkled.
The noodles are rotten, not refreshing enough, and slimy. The noodle soup is boiled with beef bones and pork bones, and the ingredients are very sufficient, there is no adulteration, and there are no additives such as fresh pork ribs.
But the problem is that there is no ginger and green onions, and the heat is not enough, and there is a strong fishy smell. The ratio of salt to lard in the soup base is also not right, and it is slightly salty. I also put too much lard, and it was a little greasy.
Liu Mang stretched out his chopsticks again, put a piece of beef offal in the five-eye bowl and put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and shook his head again and again.
The offal is not stewed, and the flavor of the condiment does not penetrate into it when it is stewed, and it bites into the mouth, like eating a piece of eraser.
No wonder the business of this noodle shop is so bad, this little kid should be in a hurry, he won't go down at all, so to speak, he didn't even enter the door.
"Little sister, come here. Liu Mang beckoned to the little girl: "What about your father and mother? Why don't you call them below?"
"I don't have a dad. The little girl stood in front of Liu Mang, wiped her oily little hands casually behind her back, and said timidly.
"What about your mother?"
"Well, there. The little girl snorted and pointed to the back of the shop.
Behind the bunk hung a tattered curtain, and a woman could be faintly seen lying on a bed inside.
"My mother broke her leg some time ago and couldn't get down. My brother and I came to help, and I couldn't buy medicine for my mother without making money. The little girl lowered her head, and her voice was as small as a mosquito.
"Okay, it's okay, you go get busy. Liu Mang's heart was a little sour.
When I was his age, all I could think about was how to steal my money, and then go to the game hall on the street to play electric games, but he could carry the burden of a man. Five Eyes also sighed.
"Have you eaten enough?" After a while, Liu Mang put down the bowl and asked.
Except for Guan Xiaomeng's noodles, Liu Mang and Wuyan's noodles didn't move much.
"Forget it, let's go. Five Eyes took out a few old man's heads from his pocket and pressed them under the noodle bowl.
"What are you doing? You can't help him. Liu Mang frowned.
"It's a little bit to be able to help, these two little kids are really pitiful. Five Eyes said in some surprise.
"How long does a few hundred dollars last? It's impossible to change their lives. ”
Liu Mang stood up, picked up two bowls of noodles that had not been eaten and walked to the black thin boy, and then poured the noodles in the bowl into the swill bucket by the stove.
"It's unpalatable!"
The boy's hands were blistered with oil, and his school uniform was covered with dotted stains.
Seeing Liu Mang like this, his thin body trembled, clenching his fists tightly, probably trying his best to hold back his tears.
Liu Mang looked at the young man in front of him condescendingly, as if he saw himself back then.
The self who is alone in the attic, sweating like rain and struggling silently, is also like him - proud, stubborn, and unwilling to admit defeat!
"Life is hard, but it's not necessarily hopeless. Liu Mang patted the young man's shoulder heavily, then took off his coat and tied it around his waist.
"Now, I'll teach you the next bowl of real noodles!"
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