"Baba, is this it?" a black-haired and black-eyed woman with two pigtails and bright bows tied in the braids, Lori, who was about five or six years old, bit her fingers and looked up at a tall man next to her. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yes, we'll have something to eat later!" the man looked down the hall, and then he was in trouble: "Uh...... We seem to be late. ”

It's already past six o'clock in the afternoon, and it's time for the festival to close, most of the diners are heading out, and the chefs in the hall are already cleaning up their stalls.

"Hello, do you have anything to eat now?" the man asked as he walked over to a stall and turned to a cook who was cleaning a steamer.

"I'm sorry, sir. We're closing today, please come back tomorrow. ”

"Is there any leftover food for us to bring back to eat?" the man asked again.

"No, it's all sold out. The cook pointed to the empty steamer, "Why don't you go to another stall?"

"Okay. The man was a little helpless, took little Lori's hand, and took her to another place that sold steamed dumplings.

"Excuse me, have you run out of food?"

"yes, it's sold out. The reply was the female pastry chef from Suzhou - Lilac.

"Can you make some for us to eat? My daughter and I drove a long time to get here. ”

"Makeshift production?" Lilac was a little embarrassed: "The dough and filling of our dumplings are prepared in advance, which is very labor-intensive, and it will definitely not be able to be made for a while." ”

"Are there any other stalls?" the man asked, a little unrelenting.

"There should be none, even if there is a leftover, in order to ensure the freshness of the food, we have disposed of it at this point. Lilac replied.

"That's it!" The man looked disappointed, squatted down and pinched Little Lori's face: "Good baby, you see-today's food is all sold out, can we come back tomorrow?" Dad promises that he will definitely come early tomorrow and will never be late again. ”

"Okay. Little Lori pursed her lips and replied very reluctantly.

"Wait, sir. Are you traveling to the United States from China?" the man pulled Lori a few steps away, and Lilac behind stopped them.

"It's not. The man shook his head: "We have settled in the United States, and since my daughter was born, she has never eaten traditional Chinese food, so I specially took her to see it today, but I didn't expect to be delayed on the way and be late." ”

"That's it......" Lilac walked out from behind the stall and bent down, "Can you wait for my sister?"

"Okay. Little Lori nodded.

After a while, Lilac returned. came together, as well as Liu Mang and Li Ruonan.

"Kids, we're out of stuff today. Li Ruonan touched his head: "But if you are willing to wait, this big brother can make something for you to eat." ”

"Baba, shall we wait a little longer?" said the man, pleading, pulling the man's sleeve.

"But if we wait, we'll be late when we get back. The man raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and hesitated.

"What do you want to eat?" asked Liu Mang on the side.

"Who are you?"

"Oh, my name is Liu Mang, and I'm the person in charge of holding this food festival. Liu Mang stretched out his hand and said.

"Hello Master Liu Mang! My name is Tao Yuehua, and this is my daughter Tao Yaoyao. ”

"Tao Yaoyao?" Li Ruonan's eyes lit up and chuckled: "This name is good, the peach is dying, scorching its glory." ”

"My mom gave me the name. Little Lori looked proud.

"Master Liu Mang, my daughter was born in the United States and grew up with bread, so I wanted her to taste authentic Chinese food. Tao Yuehua said.

"No problem, what do you want to eat?" asked Liu Mang again.

"Is anything okay?"

"Of course. ”

"Then I want to eat burning noodles. ”

"Burning noodles, do you mean the kind of burning noodles in Yibin, Shudi?"

"Master Liu Mang, do you know?"

"Of course I do. Liu Mang nodded: "The oil is heavy and waterless, and the fire will ignite, sir, you are from Shudi?"

"Well, I was born in Shudi, went to college in the United States, and stayed here to work after graduation, and it has been more than ten years. ”

"I'll do it, but ...... Is your daughter used to eating?"

There is a lot of oil in the burning dough, so the taste is very strong, and it is difficult for people who have never been in contact with it to eat it, let alone children who grew up in the United States.

"It's okay, I just want her to remember the taste of her hometown. Tao Yuehua looked a little sad.

"Okay, please wait a minute, and it will be right away. ”

"Little sister, go with your sister, and my sister will take you to something delicious. Li Ruonan looked at the person in front of him, and liked it more and more, so he couldn't help but take her hand and follow Liu Mang inside.

Liu Mang came to the noodle board, took a little flour and poured it on the board, then pulled out a pit from it and put an appropriate amount of water into it.

"Do you want to eat vegetarian or meat?" asked Liu Mang as he stirred the flour on the table with his hands.

Yibin noodles are divided into two kinds, one is meat and the other is vegetarian. For vegetarian dishes, only red oil is added to the condiment, while for meat dishes, fried minced pork is added.

"Meaty. Tao Yuehua replied.

The noodles used in authentic Yibin Ran Noodles are alkaline noodles, so Liu Mang took a little baking soda and added it to the flour on the board.

After mixing, the flour becomes a coarse and granular mass that looks a bit like cotton wool instead of a good dough.

"Bang!bang!" Liu Mang kneaded the cotton wool-like dough into a piece and beat it hard.

Unlike other dough used to make noodles, alkaline noodles become very hard when baking soda is added, and they contain less water, so they have to be kneaded and beaten vigorously.

After more than ten minutes of continuous kneading and beating, the flour finally turned into a large ball of Huang Cancan under Liu Mang's violent fusion.

"Liu Mang, give me some noodles. Seeing that the dough was almost kneaded, Li Ruonan said.

"What do you want noodles for?" Liu Mang said in surprise.

"Leave me alone, just give it to me. ”

"Oh......" Liu Mang divided a small piece of the dough and sent it to Li Ruonan.

Li Ruonan kneaded the dough in his hands, kneaded it into a little pig with a few strokes, and then picked two black beans from the jar on the board and made it into a pig's eye.

"Is it cute?" took a chopstick and stuck it on the belly of the little pig, Li Ruonan held it up and said to the little pig.

"Lovely. He clapped his hands and giggled.

"Hello, for you. ”

"Thank you, sister!"

"Hmm...... That's good!"

Looking at Li Ruo's boyish behavior, Liu Mang, who was rubbing his face, shook his head, and a smile that was difficult to hide appeared in his mouth.

Take a rolling pin, squeeze the dough repeatedly, then roll it out into a thin piece of dough, and finally stack it layer by layer, cut it into thin strips with a kitchen knife with a wide blade, and the dough used for burning the dough is completed.

Then there is the stir-fried noodles, which are very simple, just using pork foam and Shudi's special tooth vegetables.

A piece of pork belly with three fat and seven lean pork belly was selected from the refrigerator, and Liu Mang used a quick knife to remove the skin and put it on the cutting board to finely chop it into meat puree.

The wok is heated for sixty percent, pour the pork puree into the pot and stir-fry, and after the oil in the pork is forced out, put in the bean paste, add the sprouts after stir-frying the fragrance, put a small amount of light soy sauce and pepper to taste, and you can get out of the pot.

"By the way, what about the child's mother? Why didn't they come along. Putting the prickly on the plate, Liu Mang asked casually.

"Uh......" Hearing Liu Mang's question, Tao Yuehua showed an embarrassed look, he glanced at the young man who was squatting on the ground and playing with Li Ruonan, and said softly: "My mother and I have just divorced, and she is no longer in the United States, so she went back to China." ”

"Oh......" Liu Mang sighed and stopped talking.

Add water to the pot, bring to a boil, add the noodles, and stir with chopsticks.

Because the texture of alkaline noodles is harder than ordinary noodles and is not easy to cook, Liu Mang adds cold water three times during the cooking process.

In this way, the noodles will not stick to the pan easily, and the texture of cooking will be more refreshing.

Scoop up the boiled noodles, put them in a bamboo sieve to dry, and put them in a bowl.

Then cover the noodles with the fried noodles, sprinkle them with chopped green onions, fried peeled and grated peanuts, walnuts, white sesame seeds, and drizzle with a spoonful of red oil and sesame oil.

"Please use it. Liu Mang pushed the good noodles in front of Tao Yuehua: "You eat first, it's not enough for me to eat." ”

"Okay. Tao Yuehua nodded, picked up the noodles, and took a deep breath: "It's so fragrant!"

"Oh, wait!" Liu Mang patted his head and suddenly remembered something.

He hurried over to the stove and scooped out a large spoonful of pork bone broth from a large bucket and put it in the pot to boil. Then add the seaweed and bean sprouts, sprinkle pepper and salt to taste, and serve.

"I almost forgot that the noodles are also eaten with this soup. ”

Although it is an ordinary bowl of clear soup, a few sips before eating noodles can clear the esophagus and open the sense of taste, which is the best companion to relieve the oiliness of burning noodles.

"Good baby, come over and eat noodles. Tao Yuehua called out to the man who was still playing, and asked her to sit on his lap.

"What is this?

"It's called burning noodles, and it's a snack to a big food for Dad. ”

"What about Mom, has Mom eaten it too?"

"Mom eats it too. Tao Yuehua's expression darkened, and he picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of soup: "Good baby, drink the soup first." ”

"Oh. He opened his mouth and took a sip.

"Is it good?"

"Well, it's delicious!"

"Here, try this noodle again. Tao Yuehua used chopsticks to stir the noodles in the bowl well, picked up a few and sent them to his mouth.

"Wow, that's spicy!" he said, sucking the noodles into his mouth, chewing them a few times, and sticking out his tongue.

"It's spicy because there's red oil in it. Tao Yuehua put down his chopsticks, and then fed him a mouthful of soup with a spoon: "When my father was young, every morning when I went to school, I had to go downstairs to eat a bowl of burning noodles. Because I arrived early, I could see the noodle shop owner boiling red oil every time, that kind of aroma! As long as I stood there for a while, I was covered by that smell all day long. ”

"Baba, does it taste the same as this one?" asked Mi Mi, licking his lips.

"Well, yes! the same strong smell, the same unforgettable!"

"Then I'm going to eat it again. He wrinkled his small nose: "I also want to taste the taste that my father ate when he was a child." ”

"Okay, Master Liu Mang, please help me get another bowl. ”

Liu Mang handed over a bowl and a pair of chopsticks, Tao Yuehua took it and took out a little bit of the noodles in the bowl: "Good baby, let's compete to see who eats quickly?"

"Okay. He clumsily pinched his chopsticks and sucked up the noodles in the bowl.

After settling down, Tao Yuehua picked up the bowl by himself, picked up a pinch of noodles and put it in his mouth.

When the noodles are strong, the first taste buds on the tip of the tongue feel are the spicy taste of the red oil and the mellow flavor of sesame oil......

Tao Yuehua swallowed heavily, feeling the familiar taste, and at the same time, the memories in his heart were also evoked by this taste, and they came flooding back.

"Hey, why don't you eat noodles today? I know, you must have used the breakfast money given by your aunt to buy a villain book again, right? It's okay, I'll invite you. ”

"What's wrong with your forehead? Did those guys from the third class do it? I'll tell the principal later. ”

"I heard that someone sent you a love letter? Who? Tell me, I'm sure I won't tell it. ”

"Hey, did you fill in your volunteers? Southwest Institute of Technology? What a coincidence, I'm too!"

"Nerd, I'm already in college, okay with me as your girlfriend?

"We're going to the United States tomorrow, it's so uncomfortable! I'm afraid I won't be able to eat this family's noodles again." ”

In fact, all the memories have never been forgotten, they are only buried deep in the bottom of the heart, and once they pour out, they know how fragile they are.

"It's so delicious!" Tao Yuehua put down the bowl, rubbed his somewhat sour nose, stood up, and grabbed Liu Mang's hand.

"Master Liu Mang, thank you so much. ”

"What's there to be thankful for? It's just a bowl of noodles. ”

Liu Mang was very strange, was the red oil mixed yesterday so spicy? It was so spicy that Tao Yuehua's eyes were red.

"No, for me, this is no ordinary bowl of burning noodles, and the taste reminds me of how much of a jerk I used to be, losing something that I had always been with but never cherished. ”

"I don't understand what you mean. Liu Mang was a little speechless.

"Anyway, it's grateful! Thank you very much! Also, fortunately, it's in time!" Tao Yuehua laughed and touched his head: "Good baby, are you done eating?"

"Finished! Look!" he said, holding up the empty bowl of noodles.

"Do you want to eat it after that?"

"I want to eat. ”

"Well, Dad promises, you can eat every day in the future. ”

"Really?"

"Really. ”

"Liu Mang, do you have anything special in your noodles?" Looking at Tao Yuehua, who was walking towards the door, Li Ruonan asked curiously.

"I don't know. Liu Mang scratched his head: "Then I'll also taste it in the bowl." ”

"Good baby, do you miss your mother?"

"Yes!"

"Shall we go back to China to find your mother?"

"Really, are we coming back?"

"If you don't come back, the three of us will never be separated in the future, okay?"

"Yay!"