"If you are a guest, please sit in the house."

The old man didn't even turn around, he finished speaking slowly, and continued with the work at hand.

It's a bit of an unusually thin voice.

Qing He didn't pay attention to listening, just watched. She took a closer look, and the action was clearly rolling dough.

Yo, I've met my peers.

"Old man, are you opening a store?"

Qinghe couldn't help but ask, but he didn't answer after waiting for a long time. I couldn't help but feel apprehensive before I got a reply.

"Hmm."

Seeing that the old man was cold, she was bored, touched her nose and walked into the house.

The room is not big, but it is very clean, and there are some small ornaments in the hut, such as a celadon vase in the corner of the wall, a painting on the wall, etc.

The vase is very new and polished, it can be seen that it is not expensive, the words and the small sign at the door are from the same person's hand, these are not expensive, but together they reveal the attention of the owner.

This old man is so mysterious.

Qing He and Er Bai were spinning around in the room, Er Bai's hands were itchy, and they were always touching things, and Qing He drank her.

"Erbai, don't mess with the things of the master's house, what should I do if I break them."

But after saying that, he couldn't bear it anymore and ran to the yard to see the old man.

The old man's body is not very strong, and from behind, the high and protruding shoulder blades even look thin, but the dough that was frozen very hard in winter is in his hands and is kneaded and deformed.

"Girl, if you want to see it, get closer."

Qinghe couldn't wait, and hurriedly stepped forward, staring at it without blinking.

"Today I just wanted to eat lo mein, and you came here just at the beginning, which is also fate. Seeing that you are like this, you obviously like to do it too, so I will talk to you. ”

The old man boiled in the pot, and when the cauldron was unveiled next to him, an extremely strong aroma gushed out.

"This marinade is divided into clear marinade and mixed marinade, no matter what kind of soup is good, clear chicken soup, white meat soup, mutton soup, top quack is boiled with diced mushrooms, the soup is clear and flavorful, it is the best product in the soup. There are shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, dried dried shrimps, eggs, fresh bamboo shoots, etc. in the marinade, if it is a clear marinade, it is all diced, and if it is mixed with marinade, it is all sliced. People there in Kyoto also habitually put some antler vegetables, and finally sprinkle some freshly ground white pepper, fresh coriander, spicy and fresh, so that the ingredients are complete. ”

"I happened to make a mixed brine today, and put some ham and chicken slices and sea cucumber on the noodles, which is three fresh marinade."

The old man did not delay the movements of his hands at all while talking, and before starting the pot, he fried some pepper oil with an iron ladle, poured it on the brine while it was hot, hissed, and the pepper fragrance overflowed, even if it was done.

Qing He's whole body seemed to be excited, and he kept walking in place. Since she opened her own shop, how long has it been since she came out to look for food and learn to make food like she used to.

She pulled Erbai and trotted back into the house, her left hand obediently on her knee, with anticipation on her face, and kept sticking her head out, like a child expecting encouragement from her parents.

Erbai was a little puzzled, Qingqing, what's the matter, he stared at the old man when he came in today, and ignored me. So she was a little sullen, staring at the recessed part of the table, as if she could stare at a flower out of it.

Da ...... Da ...... Da ......

The footsteps outside the door hit Qing He's heart like a drumbeat, and it merged with her heartbeat.

Erbai next to him pricked up his ears, and always felt that he seemed to hear Qingqing's heartbeat.

No way? Jumping so hard? I'll listen closely.

But his eyes involuntarily followed the noodles that were full of color and flavor, and he was about to stretch out his hand, but was snatched away by the other hand.

"Mine!" Qinghe's old hen reached out to protect the noodles in front of her like a calf, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

Smack.

"Ahem." Qinghe was a little embarrassed, his left hand was not good, he was too excited, but the chopsticks in his hand fell, and he picked two noodles and fell on the table, "You eat too, you eat too." ”

The old man's other bowl of noodles also came up, and Erbai was very happy to see Qinghe, Qinghe immediately pushed another portion of noodles in front of Erbai and beckoned her to eat quickly.

Erbai stared at it for a while, and came to the conclusion that he picked up the chopsticks.

"Qingqing, let me help you."

Qing He's first reaction was to glance at the old man next to him, but who knew that the other party didn't look at them at all, so he took a bowl of noodles and sat on another table and began to eat.

"Strong!"

Qing He was a little embarrassed to eat Erbai's noodles, and her initial refusal to be reserved turned into nothing after the noodles were eaten, and she urged repeatedly, "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

The noodles are full of strength, chewing as if there is a substantial bouncing feeling in the mouth, as well as a faint chicken soup flavor and the fresh fragrance of dried shrimp, shiitake mushrooms absorb all the flavors, bite down and are full of juice, the soup base is thick and spicy with a little peppercorn, drink a few more sips, the tip of the tongue is numb for a while, and even the forehead in the winter has a little sweat.

It's, it's so delicious! The noodles I made myself in front of this noodle are simply not enough to see!

Qinghe asked Erbai to eat quickly, so as not to get cold, picked up the spoon and drank a few mouthfuls of soup, slowly tasted the taste, closed his eyes and thought about the old man's movements, suddenly stood up with a "whoosh", strode to the old man and made a big salute.

"Please take me as an apprentice."

The old man turned around quickly at the moment when Qinghe bent over, and his movements were so agile that he couldn't tell the age of the sixtieth birthday at all.

"It's free, people are old, and I don't want to have a few more troubles, I don't accept apprentices, even opening a store is just random, there are guests to come, no guests to eat for themselves, no apprentices."

Qinghe wanted to kneel down as soon as his knees bent, but Erbai, who had been paying attention to Qinghe's movements since he first opened, saw that there was a trend, and immediately ran over to set up Qinghe, and he didn't pay attention to the chair over there.

"Qingqing, if you don't kneel, why kneel him."

Regarding the matter of kneeling, Erbai naturally resisted. No matter who she kneels, she has a psychology of "why does this person make me kneel" in her heart, Qinghe, as the person she values the most (although she has amnesia), should impose this preference on her. So every time Qinghe knelt, she wanted to fly up and pull her up, and then pull out the person who was kneeling in Qinghe and beat her up.

For example, today, she found that Qinghe couldn't pull up, and insisted on kneeling, so she didn't pull it anymore, and blocked in front of her, so she wanted to pull the old man up.

"Hey, Qingqing is kneeling down to you, why don't you look at her?"

The old man didn't pay attention, he was almost pulled and fell, Qinghe exclaimed, Erbai hurriedly worked hard, and the old man was able to stand firm.

"The girl is impatient and doesn't ......"

In the middle of speaking, the old man stared at Erbai and suddenly stopped, his eyes glaring at the boss without blinking.

Erbai was a little inexplicable, touched her face, her eyes were also very big, and she said fiercely, "Look at what!" ”

The old man's eyelids narrowed, and his hands shrank into his sleeves, as if he was very cold, and he shivered and got up.

"As soon as this man is old, he is easy to be looked down upon, alas, ......"

The first "this" word voice was a little high, and it sounded a little sharp, but it slowly lowered later, and a sigh was still unfinished, and Qinghe's heart softened several times.

After pulling Erbai, he muttered a few words into her ear, nothing more than to respect her elders or something.

"I'm a little thirsty after eating this noodle...... the old man made a fist against his mouth and coughed a few times, Qinghe immediately asked Erbai to wait obediently and pour a bowl of clear soup.

"Drink, please."

"Before I could eat enough, I was interrupted, and my noodles were cold, so I had to change my ......"

"You wait, I'll get it for you."

"This person is old, he can't do anything, and he hurts when he moves......"

"You sit, I'll give you a thrash."

The corners of Erbai's eyes were red, and he couldn't stand it when he saw Qinghe playing the board with his right hand and being turned around by the envoys. But whenever she was about to move and couldn't sit still, she would receive Qinghe's warning eyes.

Don't move, just sit.

So, she could only be aggrieved by herself.

"Okay, okay, your daughter is sensible, quick and diligent."

With a wave of the old man's hand, Qinghe could finally stop.

Qinghe's face was full of joy, and he muttered "teacher", but before he could say this, the old man immediately shook his head.

"It's exempt, I don't accept apprentices, which teacher, don't dare to be a teacher." waved his hand again and again, just as Qinghe was extremely disappointed, and the peak turned around, "But, people are old, and it is inconvenient to do things alone, if your girl is free to help, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Qing He nodded quickly, for fear that the other party would regret it.

"It's a lot easier, it's always a bit troublesome to live alone, and it's good now." The old man stood up and moved his muscles, "But this girl's family, it's better to go out and move around less, so as not to be taken advantage of." ”

Qinghe greeted Erbai, and the two began to clean up the leftover dishes and chopsticks in the house.

After the old man finished speaking, he sighed and walked outside, with one hand behind his back, and the other hand slowly hammered his back, sighing and sighing, I didn't know who to talk to, "It's not been a few days since I was born, and I saw Tian'er swaying outside me, and I was annoyed to death......"

Qing He's eyes blinked, and he didn't hear what he meant for a while, "Who is the master talking about?" Who's always hanging around with you? ”

"I said goodbye master, master, my surname is Chen, you

Qing He's eyelids jumped, and he hurriedly answered, "Old Chen, Erbai and I went back first, and I will come back to help you when I have time, if you have any needs, I will bring it to you." ”

"No, no, no, there are young descendants to help me, you guys go quickly, the noise gives me a headache." After saying that, he wandered into his own yard.

Qinghe pulled Erbai out of the door, covered up and walked out.

"Erbai, follow me, don't run around in the future."

Erbai, who was being pulled by Qinghe, answered obediently, and looked at the back of Erbai's jet-black head without blinking.

"Hey!"