XXIII: Life (2)
"Lin Yan, get up and eat." At this moment, Lin Xiang had already freshened up, and breakfast was already hot.
Outside the window, the sky was just getting dark.
"Well...... Sleep for a while......" Lin Yan on the bed was wrapped in a thin quilt, arched his body, and said vaguely.
Lin Xiang walked quickly to the edge of the bed, stretched out his hand and grabbed Lin Yan's ear.
The cold touch suddenly woke up Lin Yan on the bed.
"Get me up, I have to go to the restaurant today, and I have to go to the market later, it's too late."
"Eh, eh, got it." Lin Yan hurriedly sat up by his sister's ears.
Lin Xiang made a small half basin of hot water, "You wash your face and rinse your mouth with water-"
"I'll go to the market and see if there's any tooth powder—"
After a while, the siblings sat down at the shabby wooden table and began to eat pork and cabbage vermicelli soup.
Clusters of white mist float above the porcelain bowl, making people feel a burst of warmth in an instant.
Holding the steamed buns that Lin Xiang brought back from the restaurant yesterday in one hand, he scooped the hot soup with a spoon and approached his mouth.
The hot soup overflows the mouth, and the broth is cooked to the fullest umami, without too much seasoning, just simply adding salt and removing the fishy smell of ginger.
Pick up a bone with the meat attached.
The moment you eat it, the bones that have been fully boiled in the soup have a sweetness, mixed with the shredded meat that is boiled and crispy and melts when you bite it, and you can't wait to swallow your tongue.
The cabbage and vermicelli are eaten together, and from time to time a mouthful of hot broth is sipped, and it is really warm from the head to the soles of the feet.
While eating, Lin Xiang said: "I'll go to the market to buy something later, you can come back first, and I'll go directly to the restaurant." ”
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The siblings walked briskly through the noisy crowd.
The bazaar was full of shouting vendors.
Lin Xiang and Lin Yan walked around the market for a while.
"Let's go buy some rice and noodles." With that, the two of them turned and walked towards a store where they bought food.
"Boss, how much silver taels is white rice?"
The man selling grain, hearing this, raised his head, saw two thin and yellow children standing opposite, glanced up and down, clicked his lips, and said, "You can't afford white rice." ”
Lin Xiang's face was rarely red, but now his nutrition is not good, so he can't see it.
Hearing this, Lin Yan was a little dissatisfied, and he wanted to speak, but Lin Xiang pulled his cuffs, and if he wanted to blurt out, he had to be suppressed in an instant.
In fact, Lin Xiang didn't want to buy white rice in the first place, because she knew that she would definitely not be able to afford it-
"Chestnut rice, a bucket of two coins of silver—" The boss smashed his mouth, and finally pointed his finger to a farther place.
Hearing this, Lin Xiang pulled Lin Yan to the chestnut rice that the boss said.
Lowered his head and looked at it carefully.
Lin Xiang stretched out his hand and touched it, and took a general look-
After a moment, raising his head, Lin Xiang said, "I want five liters-"
Five liters is about ten catties of rice, which is exactly half of a bucket, so it should be a penny of silver when settled.
The rice noodles were not bargained, and Lin Xiang was just about to speak, when he saw a big sign hanging in front of the grain shop, and finally his mouth opened and closed, but it was still closed.
I asked the boss for some cheap noodles, and the boss looked at the two and a half children with yellow and thin faces, but in the end they were a little cheaper, and they got the money, Lin Xiang carried the millet bag and Lin Yan raised their feet and walked to the other side-
On the way, passing by a shop selling vegetables and fruits, Lin Xiang originally wanted to buy some green vegetables, he hadn't eaten green vegetables for a long time, and wanted to make a green vegetable to try, but now in winter, the price of green vegetables is relatively high, so he can't bear to think about it.
Stopping and stopping, Lin Yan looked at the worried Lin Xiang with some confusion and asked, "Sister, why don't you leave?" ”
Lin Xiang didn't answer immediately, but paused for a moment before turning his head and asking, "Xiaoyan, are you ......?" thought for a while before continuing: "Do you want to eat meat or vegetables?" ”
Does this need to be considered?
"Meat, of course!" Lin Yan's crisp voice sounded, and the moment his eyes lifted the flesh, they narrowed into a thin slit.
In the noisy and chaotic crowd, hearing this, a smile appeared on Lin Xiang's face and nodded: "I know." After that, he no longer hesitated, and walked past the shop selling vegetables.
"Boss, cut half a catty of meat for me-" Lin Xiang stood in front of the pork shop and shouted heroically, "En...... There are also two catties of pig water and three pig bones. Immediately, Lin Xiang added.
Half a catty of meat is actually not much, Lin Xiang has not used up the monthly silver he issued when he was in the wine shop in the past, and half a catty of pork is about ten yuan, and it is still no problem to eat it once in a while.
As for the pig drainage, Lin Xiang heard the cook uncle say when he was in the wine shop before, the ancient pig drain was a very worthless thing, because it was very troublesome to deal with, and the taste was inexhaustible, so there were very few people who ate it, and you could buy a lot for two or three pennies, and pork bones were a penny and a big root.
The boss who cut the meat was also stunned when he heard that the other party wanted to buy a pig in the water, and said quietly: "Girl, you can think clearly, the pig is not delicious." ”
Where would Lin Xiang take care of these, there are many ways to deal with pig drainage, why not buy it if it is cheap and delicious?
"It's okay, give me more." Lin Xiang shook his head, not caring much.