This teahouse at the mouth of the alley has been some years, the ancestors have been passed down for several generations, the pastries of old Beijing are particularly authentic, and they are very famous in Beijing, and there are still many calligraphy and paintings and inscriptions of celebrities in the store, and even the signboard at the door is from the hands of a master in the early years. But the original good is good, the reputation is limited to Beijing, outsiders do not know much, but a few years ago the small boss began to take charge, expanded the publicity, especially the year before last on a popular food program all over the country, the popularity skyrocketed, up to now has opened more than 30 branches, business is booming, every day there are a large number of domestic and foreign tourists and groups to queue up. On the contrary, it is an old store, because the big boss in the town is over seventy years old, he doesn't like to be too noisy, and only supplies it every day, and because the face is not big, it is not easy for outsiders to find, it has always been famous, but the guests are not too much, especially now that the weather is still cold, there are fewer people, in the middle of the morning, only seven or eight people sit loosely in the street shop that specializes in buying snacks. Two young men stood behind the glass counter to decorate snacks, wrapped in paper should be eaten at home, and some were specially designated for cartons, which seemed to be given away.

He came in and pushed open the back door and entered the courtyard, and when a bored guest in the queue saw it, he motioned to the young man and said, "A child has run to the back." "As soon as they arrived, they were told that the boss used it to entertain friends and was not open to the public. Someone had strayed in before, and as soon as he walked to the back door, he was politely stopped.

The little guy saw it when people entered the door, the child's target was too small, and the two people who followed behind were not small at all, so the two big men, as long as they were not blind, it was impossible not to see. However, he has been working here for a few years, and he has seen the child several times recently, and each time the boss receives him personally, and he also knows the boss's appearance, "Oh, that's the child of our boss's relative's family, and he is here to play." ”

Since it was the child of the boss's relative, it was difficult for the others to say anything.

Entering through the back door, there is a small courtyard, and there are four or five tables in the north room of the small courtyard, and there are quite a few people there, who talk to each other warmly, and they are familiar at a glance. To the west is the kitchen, where the ajar door is steaming hot and freshly baked snacks are constantly being delivered. There was a young man in his twenties who hurriedly walked out with a large plate of Jiang rice noodles, and he didn't notice that there was a small point lying on the side of the door, and when he almost stepped on it, he was stopped by someone who reached out, and he stepped back two steps, and most of the sharp Jiang rice noodles on the plate were suddenly scattered out. He endured the anger and looked up, and saw two tall men standing opposite, but their appearance and dress were very ordinary, he didn't think so, and his face couldn't hide it, and without waiting for anyone to speak, he said impatiently, "How did you get in?" If you want to buy sweets, you have to queue up at the front. No one is allowed to enter here, don't you see the sign at the door? Children can't read, and adults can't read? What's it to let a kid run around here? ”

The two of them may not be very good at words, but they are obviously very calm, and they are not in a hurry when they are robbed, only when the man stops talking, the older one of them speaks, "I'm sorry, we will compensate for these on the ground." "The attitude is quite kind.

Seeing that although he apologized, but did not mention the child's mistakes, he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, stretched out his hand and pointed at the child, intending to preach again, as soon as his hand was raised, he saw that the younger eyebrows on the opposite side were raised, and his eyebrows and eyes were undisguisedly sharp, and his hand was subconsciously put down, probably sensing that his behavior was too timid, and his voice was a little higher, "Then you guys hurry up and come over, and I will let people calculate the price." "I didn't dare to mention the child again.

Mao Mao didn't know that the adults were coming and going in this short period of time, he looked at the Jiang rice noodles scattered all over the ground, ran over happily, and took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention, and he stretched out his fat paws and grabbed a piece and was about to put it in his mouth.

"Risky, don't eat this, we have money, we will buy new ones later, buy a lot." The older man stopped him in time and whispered to him.

Mao Mao understood this sentence, and then happily opened his bear bag and showed it off, "I'm very rich." ”

The young people who walked in front of them despised it even more in their hearts, these people would talk about their wealth at every turn, and they didn't know where the nouveau riche came from, and they couldn't wait to tell the world about the money in their hands. But the strange thing is that the tone of the two talking to the child is neither like a parent, nor like a relative or elder, but they are also concerned, and they don't know what the relationship is.

The other person saw that Mao Mao's attention was diverted, and took the opportunity to take away the Jiang rice strip in his hand. I don't know whether it was intentional or not, it seemed that with a flick of his hand, the fluttering Jiang Mi strip flew straight towards the young man's ankle, the man only felt that his ankle was numb, and then he knelt on the ground, he got up angrily and rolled up his sleeves, "You are here to make trouble, aren't you?" He glared at the rear, only to find that the two large and one small were still two steps away from him, and it was impossible to stand behind and kick him.

At this time, the weather is still cold, and the doors are closed, but they have been talking outside for a long time, and some people have noticed here, among them there is an old man in his seventies, who came out of the house at this time, and saw the situation in the yard clearly. ”

"I eat fish."

The old man laughed when he heard this, and the child asked him ten times, eight of which were when he ate meat at home, and he didn't know how much he loved meat, but this time he finally ate fish. He is the boss here, named Li Defu, he said hello to the two people next to him, and then hugged Mao Mao and said, "Are you full of fish?" I'll take you inside to see what you want to eat today, okay? ”

"Uncle......" The young man seemed to have something to say.

Li Defu glanced back at him and said, "You just came back for the Chinese New Year, if you don't slow down, you will rest for two more days." "The family's career is growing year by year, and the temper of these juniors is growing year by year, but their eyes are not growing a little longer.

This was not a serious remark, but the young man had already seen that the old man was angry, and although he was unhappy, he did not dare to reply, and obediently went back to the kitchen to help.

I have come up many times, and I still have a good impression of this old man who always brings him snacks to eat, and he is hugged all the way and calls grandpa affectionately by the neck. shouted so much that the old man Li Defu didn't close his mouth all the way.

When they entered the door, some people saw that they were getting along with each other, and some of them who did not know asked, "Is this the eldest grandson?" ”

The old man hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't you dare to say that, I don't have this blessing." But he didn't explain much about who the child was.

There are newly made sugar lotus seeds sent over, and the old man gestured to the two people on the side, and the older one shook his head slightly, "It's too small, the family doesn't let me eat it, I'm afraid of getting stuck." Only his father dared to feed a little. ”

"Yes." The old man patted Mao Mao on the back and said, "Mao Mao, then I'll take it to see something else." ”

Without Chen Anxiu present, Mao Mao is actually not so easy to discuss, but today he just had a full meal, and he may not have much appetite, others said no, he didn't make trouble, and obediently followed to choose two packs of egg rolls and jujube shortbread, and at the end, he generously took out two pieces of face value, "Grandpa, give." "Unless someone else specifically asks him, it's one dollar, two or two dollars, and if someone puts it in a bag, it's a bag of one dollar, and it's very simple for him to settle accounts. Because of this, Chen Anxiu has always praised him for being overkill, and often encourages him at home to dump some planes and trains or something, and to build a few houses again.

The old man took it with a smile, knowing very well that he was reluctant to keep it after buying things, so he didn't force him to stay, and personally carried the person to the door.

When the old man came back, his acquaintance smiled and asked, "Which child is this, you are very generous." ”

"Is this kid a relative of the Zhang family, I seem to have seen the old man of the Zhang family take him out for a walk. But now that it's cold, the child is tightly wrapped, and he doesn't dare to be sure. "In this cold wind and cold weather, the old man of the Zhang family actually didn't pop up too many times. But when I came out, I didn't take precautions against people, so it was normal for someone who lived nearby to see it.

Li Defu didn't hide it when he saw that someone recognized it, "It's Zhang Lao's little grandson, who just came over a year later." At the same time, he explained: "Knowing that he often runs here, Zhang Lao had someone send a thousand yuan to prepare it before." ”

Some people understood as soon as they heard this, but some people still didn't know, so they asked, "Which old Zhang?" ”

"Establish a morning chapter, Yuezhou Zhang's family, the old man of Zhang's Jin."

When it comes to the Yuezhou Zhang family, basically no one doesn't know it. There are a lot of rumors about this unattainable family, but if you want to say that you have dealt with it officially, everyone here is more or less wealthy, but it can't reach the corners of people's clothes, but gossip is always loved by many people, as long as it is not rumor-mongering, no one will deliberately jump out to prohibit people from gossiping.

"Didn't you hear that the old man of the Zhang family is in the United States?"

"I came back a year ago to worship my ancestors, you didn't watch the news, that scene was quite big."

Someone else asked, "I haven't heard much about what this old man's descendants do, how many children does he have?" ”

"I don't know about this, maybe I don't come back often abroad."

As soon as his words fell, someone immediately retorted, "No, no, no, I heard the old man in the family say that the old man of the Zhang family has no children at all, and only one son is a step-by-step." When I was a child, I often came to live here, and many old neighbors saw him and said that he was a very beautiful boy. ”

"Since it is an adoptive, the bloodline will definitely not be too far away." The old man of the Zhang family has been out for more than 30 years, and many old neighbors have gone and moved, but there are not many who really stay. Li Defu is one of them, he knows something, but he is not a talkative person.

"That's right. I've seen a young man in his thirties come and go in that house twice, and every time he's surrounded by people, I haven't looked closely at what it looks like, but at first glance, it doesn't look like an ordinary person. Just now, the child's father's family background is so prominent, presumably his mother's family background is also good. ”

"I don't know my family background, but it's true that people are certainly not bad."

After all, it's too far away from their own world, and everyone can talk about it in private, and no one will really get to the bottom of it.

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On the other hand, Mao Mao began to pull people on the street to tease the life of dogs, there are not many children walking around on the cold street, so Mao Mao Dan saw a flat face, he went to the people to make do, he greeted the way he was also special, not much to say, come up to take out snacks for people to eat, and wait for people to continue, just ask people, "You play with me, right?" "His behavior, if he were an adult, should be suspected of being a human trafficker, but he clearly showed that he was a two- or three-year-old baby who didn't speak very clearly, followed by his parents. I have seen him more or less when I walk around here, so the parents of other children are not wary of him, but think he is innocent and cute.

But after taking his things, it's not like that, agreeing to play together, whatever, if you don't want to, he will snatch the snacks sent out again, and no matter if people have their mouths or not, "Don't play with me, don't eat." "It's bad like this. Two or three out of ten times he did it made the other person cry.

The people who followed had to hurry out and apologize.

But after a long time, it really made him hook up with a few friends, and the one who was most happy to see it was the old man of the Zhang family, at least after having a playmate, he was no longer like before, yelling to go home all day long.

Risking to be happy in Beijing, Chen Anxiu can't do it, and the first month of the first month is March of the solar calendar. Although Green Island said that there was nothing too urgent, at the beginning of the new year, there were a lot of miscellaneous things, and he couldn't throw them all to Chen's father and Chen's mother, and he was not at ease when he was at home alone.

He wants to leave, but Zhang Shinian still has a lot of things that he can't go with here, as for taking risks, the old man personally opened his mouth and wanted to stay for two more days, so it was reasonable, Chen Anxiu couldn't refuse. But Mao Mao has not left his side much since he was a child, and it is certain that he will cry when he can't see people when he sleeps at night, but he is still here at the end of the year, Mao Mao and the big dad have a good relationship, and the big dad has been alone at night, so the problem should not be very big.

Just in case, Chen Anxiu still lulled people to sleep at nine o'clock in the evening before preparing to leave.

Zhang Shinian helped him carry his little luggage out of the bedroom, "I really don't need to arrange someone to send you?" ”

Chen Anxiu smiled: "It's only seven or eight hours in total, where is it so squeamish, if you go now, you can still go back to the town in time for breakfast." You come back early from work at night, don't look at the risk as if you are stupid and bold, it is dark, and he knows to be afraid. ”

"Okay, I know. Be careful on your way. Zhang Shinian knew that he was not used to many things, and he was not willing to restrain him too much.

At this point in time, the old man and the old lady of the Zhang family were still asleep in the study, and the two went to the study to say goodbye to them.

The old man of the Zhang family actually looked down on Chen Anxiu's so-called career in his heart, and even felt that he was too conservative with the status quo and really lacked enough initiative, but in the end he was not a child of his own family, and he didn't want to say too much, so he only routinely told him to pay attention to safety on the road. The old lady was more careful, and asked Mother Yang to prepare some convenient hot food for Chen Anxiu to bring, she could fill her stomach when she was hungry on the road, and the things in the high-speed service area could not be compared with those at home.

Zhang Shinian sent people to the gate, watching Chen Anxiu's car gradually disappear into the night, and when he was about to turn, the tail lights deliberately flashed two more times, he smiled, saw that the car was completely invisible, and stood for a while before turning back to the house. He deliberately took An Xiu with him to experience the experience, but An Xiu always seemed to be unable to adapt, and even unconsciously rejected.

It was said that it was seven or eight hours, and when he arrived at Green Island, it was foggy in the urban area, and when he arrived in the town, it was almost six o'clock, and it was strange to say that so much fog in the urban area basically disappeared when it reached the mountains.

After driving all night, Chen Anxiu got out of the car and lit a cigarette on the side of the road when he arrived at the entrance of the town, during this time in Beijing, in addition to being at home, Zhang Shinian would deliberately take him with him on many occasions, all as an assistant, and did not specifically point out his identity, he understood the person's intentions, and he didn't want to go, but he felt like a duck that broke into a flock of swans, although Zhang Shinian protected him from embarrassment, but he was always out of place. The pressure brought to him by those friends in Zhang Shinian was not something he could overcome with his efforts alone, and after the age of thirty, he suddenly found that he didn't understand anything.

The countrymen got up early, Chen Anxiu finished smoking a cigarette, and when he drove into the town, there were already many people walking around in the town, needless to say, the breakfast shop, the smell of steamed buns in the steaming steamer could be smelled from afar, the fried dough sticks, roasted tofu brains, eggs, pancakes, meat buns, or stalls or cars were laid out on the side of the street one after another. Many other shops are also open, because the sky is not yet bright, many people still have lights on in their homes, through the open door, you can see that some of the owners inside are wearing cotton slippers to open the stove sealed at night, some are still washing their faces, from time to time you can see people coming out to pour coal ash and washing water, and there are people carrying small bamboo baskets and carrying children to buy breakfast slowly. This is the world he knows, plain, lively, with a strong smell of fireworks.

The soup made by the old lady surnamed Yang was not bad, but the bun was sweet, although it was not unpleasant, but Chen Anxiu was really not used to eating it, and he barely ate one on the way, and the others were no longer willing to move. This would growl with hunger, and he got out of the car and ate four big steamed buns with sauce and meat in one go, and drank another bowl of porridge before he felt that his stomach was finally ready.

After breakfast, at six o'clock, he estimated that it was time to get up, so he bought ten buns, and wrapped three egg scones, tons of tons after this year will be called fourteen years old, the body began to smoke, the amount of food is also amazing, when in Beijing, the old lady surnamed Yang is not very enthusiastic about him and Mao Mao, but for tons of that is really sincere, at night tons of reading late, she has to personally cook and stew something to send over, just make up for it, and I didn't see much meat.

But when Chen Anxiu arrived home, he found that he really overestimated the two, there was no movement in the house at all, he softly pushed the door in, Tianyu and Ton Ton were still sleeping with the quilt, he looked at the time, and it was not too late to sleep for more than ten minutes, so he put down the things he bought first, and boiled a little millet porridge in the pot, this millet was sent from Shanxi by his comrades-in-arms years ago, and it was more yellow than the millet on their side, and the porridge was very viscous, he just drank it in the bun shop, the soup was thin and watery, but he couldn't blame others, a big bowl for a dollar, Who wants to boil it in thick? Cooking porridge, he went to the kitchen side of the room and picked up a jar of pickled radishes, this is the radish harvested after last autumn, cut into strips, dried salt and sealed with some fish oil, now there is a small half a year, as soon as the jar lid is opened, there is a slight sour taste of pickled radish bursting out, Chen Anxiu picked out most of the bowl, cooked some pepper five-spice powder with hot oil, and sprinkled a handful of sesame seeds while it was hot, which is the best next meal.

The millet porridge in the pot was boiling, bubbling hot, Chen Anxiu removed the lid of the pot a little, so as not to boil, at this moment, he heard the door open, and the sound of surprise was accompanied by the footsteps of running over quickly, "Dad, you're back, didn't you say before noon?" ”

Chen Anxiu turned around and scooped him up easily, "If you drive a little faster on the road, you'll be back early." 166 Reading Network