Chapter 4 The air conditioner is broken

The figure stopped, it was a girl, with short dark brown hair reflecting the sun, her face was indescribably refreshing and white, and a pair of black grape-like eyes were looking at Yafu, but she held Director Zhou with both hands, and smiled. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Oh, it's Fang Fei, so urgent, where are you going?" Director Zhou held the other party with his left hand, and his right hand shook in the air for a moment, and then fell back.

The girl in orange still smiled and said, "Sister Zhou, hurry to the dock to pick up people!" "Looking at it, the girl is about 20 years old, petite, and her voice is a little hoarse. After she finished speaking, she let go of the other party and hurried away.

"Now the little girl, it's really hot!" Director Zhou turned to Yafu and said, "This is Teacher Li Fangfei Li, who teaches English, graduated from Jia University, and just came to report yesterday...... Ay? You should be alumni. ”

Yafu nodded slightly, and followed upstairs, a rich aroma of braised pork entering his nostrils. The hallway is fairly clean, with a row of windows on one side, a dormitory room on the other, and a stairwell above, like a kitchen, where the aroma wafts from the smell of stir-frying.

There was a gurgling belly, and then I remembered that I hadn't eaten breakfast, and I was indeed hungry.

Director Zhou said hello to the people in the kitchen, probably also attracted a lot of gluttony by the smell of meat, swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva, looked at the watch, it was almost half past eleven, and hurriedly led Yafu downstairs, while saying that he had to go home to cook, while taking care of him Don't hesitate to settle down, and go to school to find her in the afternoon to go through the formalities.

The sun is scorching after the rain, and it does not spare its heat at all. Under the sunshine of a white flower, watching Director Zhou gradually drift away, disappearing into a bamboo forest, Yafu rubbed his hungry belly, dizzy, and didn't know where to eat for a while, so he had to return to the Asan Inn, planning to have a bowl of instant noodles like last night, just a ham sausage. Of course, the wine can no longer be drunk, first, the money is not much, and the second is that the wine is even more sad.

The dog in the store is still there, dragging his tongue and squinting at Yao, but Ah San is not there, and there are no other customers.

The remaining moisture on the stone pavement is evaporated into the air by the sunlight, and it gets hotter and hotter. Going out to find, there happened to be a small restaurant opposite the inn, which had been closed when I came yesterday evening, and the cyan signboard was painted with a few red letters - people in the mountains.

There are two or three square tables and benches in front of the store, and it is hot and naturally no one sits. Walking into the store, with a fan whirring overhead, an old man with wrinkled hair and sunken cheeks stood at the counter, mechanically holding a fly swatter to chase away flies.

I looked at the menu board on the back wall of the counter, there were noodles and rice, mostly about 10 yuan. After glancing at it, Yao pulled out the sweat-soaked banknote:

"Boss, let's have a bowl of vegetarian noodles."

"Smack!" The old man was swatting a fly to death, took the banknote, tore up another face ticket, turned his head and shouted "a bowl of vegetarian noodles" to the inside, and waved the fly swatter, signaling Yafu to find a place to sit by himself.

Yafu looked around the shop, the place was not big, but there was not an inch of pure land; There are several square tables, which are also greasy. I picked a seat facing the fan and sat down, looking at the tissue box, four or five gray-white napkins, like a rock musician who went crazy on the stage, and was scratched by the fan and shook his head, leaned forward and backward, and was very happy. There is a pair of chopsticks of different colors and lengths inserted in the chopstick barrel, which is comparable to the fortune-telling bamboo stick that no one cares about in a remote temple, baring his teeth and grinning. I was about to ask the shopkeeper for a pair of disposable sanitary chopsticks, but I heard a familiar hoarse voice pouring into the store from far and near:

"I'm sorry, it's only this restaurant, or it's here, I'm starving!"

An orange-red figure, with the heat wave outside, rolled in, but it was Teacher Li Fangfei Li who had just bumped into him downstairs. Coming in together, there were two girls who were pink or red, dressed in fashion.

"This damn weather, it's really hot!" Mr. Li fanned his sweaty face with a tissue in his hand as he walked to the counter. The old man didn't say hello, still chasing flies.

"What are you going to eat...... she asked the other two, both of whom also flapped their sweat towels and sun hats in their hands, staring blankly and stunned.

was struggling, and the curtain of the inner door flickered, and a woman walked out, wearing an apron, and her face was covered with sweat. She held a tray with a bowl of noodle soup on it, and kept shouting: "Whose vegetarian noodles?" Who's the plain topping! No one answered—and he saw that Yao was in a daze—so he walked straight over and put his face on the table.

"Otherwise, let's eat vegetarian noodles too." Teacher Li made a suggestion, but the other two didn't bother to think about it, and even said casually.

The old man took the banknote, also tore three noodles, and shouted: "Three bowls of vegetarian noodles!" ”

I only heard a cry of "wow", the woman turned around and took out a one- or two-year-old child from the stroller on the side, coaxed twice, handed it to the old man to hold, wiped her sweat, and then went under the kitchen. When the two girls saw the child, they both excitedly squeezed their eyebrows and teased each other. Li Fangfei also saw Yafu, hesitated for a moment, found a nearby table, took out several napkins first, and wiped the table several times. Maybe it was hot or upset, her face turned from white to red, and she was lined with the orange dress and short brown hair, which made her look even more charming.

"It's so hot! Feed! Boss! Why don't you turn on the air conditioner? The other two girls blamed in unison.

"The air conditioner is broken!" The old man patted the baby with his arms folded and replied.

"Come on, sit here and blow the fan for a while." Li Fangfei beckoned the two girls to sit down.

Yafu buried his head, snorting and blowing the noodles, and bursts of body fragrance wafted over, mixed with the salty sweetness of the vegetarian noodles, which made people's hearts beat faster.

"Hey, Fang Fei, how happy you say you are, working in such a beautiful place," the girl in pink stroked the long ponytail behind her head with her hand, and continued: "The scenery of this lake island is really good, just now on the ferry, I also told Jingjing, it is so wonderful to be able to work here, it is equivalent to a free vacation every day...... It is...... It's a little hot......"

"Isn't this air conditioner broken!" Another girl in red interrupted her and said, "In my opinion, everything else is fine, but the road is a little farther......"

"Yes," Li Fangfei raised her eyes to look at the two girls, and sighed lightly, "So, thank you for coming all the way to see me on such a hot day......

Yafu didn't want to listen to other people's chats, especially girls' chats, but his ears were unconsciously erected there, and he wasn't afraid of the jokes of the officials.

"Think about how nice it was when you were in school...... Now that they're separated, you're in Dragon Ball, and Xiaomi will go to Xincheng immediately, but I'm still not where to go, and I don't know where to go......" The girl in red is estimated to be the oldest of the three, and she is also the tallest, with a coarser voice and a little resentment.

"Jingjing, don't think about it," Li Fangfei's slightly hoarse voice was quite sexy, "Actually, what I learned at the beginning may not be useful." Find the one that suits you best. ”

"Yes, Jingjing, Fang Fei is right...... Ay? What's there to do in this Dragon Ball Island? The girl in pink known as Xiaomi deliberately diverted the topic.

"Actually, I'm not familiar with it, I just came here yesterday, and the dormitory or something has just been settled, no, I'm busy making supplies, and I haven't gone to a scenic spot yet!" Li Fangfei sighed again, "The scenery here is good, but it is far away from the city, there are few supermarkets and shopping malls, and many things can't be bought." As for eating, this is the only place where you can step in...... However, you also came just in time, the day after tomorrow students report, there is still free today and tomorrow, let's go around the island together? Oh yes, let's go and book the room first...... But the conditions here are really limited...... Hey, the noodles are coming! Come on, come on! ”

The noodles are ready, steaming and served.

Yafu listened to the table, and suddenly felt a little unbearable, the three brightly dressed girls, they should be from the big city, but they were helpless to nest in this dilapidated small restaurant, eating a bowl of vegetarian noodles no matter how simple and ordinary it was. And myself? What about them, not the same "the end of the world"?

Because of the unbearable in his heart, he couldn't help but sneak a glance at the adjacent table, but unexpectedly, Li Fangfei also happened to raise her black grape-like eyes to look at this side-

The four eyes are facing each other, like an electric touch, and the face is hot......

"Boss! Is your air conditioner really broken? ”

"Hmm...... It's really bad......"

Noodles, known as soup cakes in ancient times, roughly originated in the Han Dynasty, in the early days, it was a piece, and later evolved into a strip shape, which can be made into a variety of fancy, such as playing lo noodles, knife cut noodles, and Zhenzi noodles, which are innumerable, and the noodles are also wide and thin, and the Jiahe area, love thin noodles soup more, pay attention to noodle soup and toppings.

The so-called "toppings", also known as "dumplings", are dishes that are added to soup noodles. Generally, the smooth surface is boiled under water, scooped into a bowl with prepared soup stock, and all kinds of cooked vegetables or freshly fried dishes are cooked in advance, among which the common ones are pre-prepared vegetarian toppings, fried fish, large ribs, or freshly fried shrimp, kidney flowers, eel paste, and so on. One of the more luxurious dishes is the "Three Shrimp Noodles", which can only be tasted in summer, and the toppings are made with shrimp, roe, and brains from fresh river prawns. Therefore, people from Henan and Shaanxi will always be surprised by this method of smooth noodles and toppings, which is different from braised noodles and fried noodles cooked in one pot of noodles and vegetables.

Because the noodle making method is simple, time-consuming, and suitable for welcoming customers, Jiahe folk is known as "sending dumplings to catch the wind noodles"; At the same time, because the amount of noodles is small, it is not full, and you will be hungry if you eat it at noon and not at night, so there is a slang term for "noodles at dusk".

Today, in the soaring heat wave of Dragon Ball Island, Yafu and Li Fangfei also chose vegetarian noodles, I don't know if it was a coincidence, or did they have a heart? Ladies and gentlemen, please read on.

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In the mountain restaurant where the air conditioning is broken, the steamer is steaming hot, and the fan is fully turned on, turning dazzling.

Yafu ate good noodles and had nowhere to go, so he simply wiped his sweat and took out his mobile phone. Luckily, the island is already covered by the Internet. Click on the search page, type in the words "Dragon Ball Island", and continue to listen to the three girls with their ears pricked up while checking the information.

I heard one of them ask Jingjing, "Fang Fei, we are good sisters, right?" To tell you the truth, I couldn't believe that you were going to come to this island to be a teacher that day! You got your qualification in college, so many schools outside, how did you come here? And your family conditions are not bad, with your ability, you will never-"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xiaomi next to him: "Jingjing, don't talk nonsense!" It's not easy for Fang Fei to find a job? She must have had her considerations in doing this! ”

Li Fangfei was not angry when she heard this, she had expected that the sisters would ask this question. She gently picked up a chopstick noodle, put it down again, and said slowly to the two faces in front of her who were full of doubts and sweat: "Thank you for your concern, it's actually very simple, I don't want to stay in the city anymore." Also, since I first started junior high school, I wanted to be an elementary school teacher...... But my dad kept me going to high school and college...... What if you get into college? After graduation, you have to look for a job. You see, don't talk about any middle school, last year a key primary school in Jiahe City recruited teachers, and there were seven master's studies, only competing for one position! It's ironic! ”

Xiaomi was still full of doubts, and asked in a low voice: "Then don't you have a Merlin Pavilion in your house?" Wouldn't it be good to go back? ”

A hint of coldness flashed through Li Fangfei's black grape-like eyes, and she said, "I don't want to go back." ”

Jingjing didn't see the cold air, nor did she pay attention to the whispered question and answer between the two, frowned two thick eyebrows, and said to herself: "It's not uncommon for graduate students outside to grab a lot of them now, let alone our specialty?" Alas...... It's better for you, don't rely on family strength, at least you can find a job and have a place to live. Now, I don't have anything, and I can't help my family, I'm dying of sorrow! ”

Xiaomi also looked gloomy and muttered, "It's actually quite difficult...... Like us girls who graduate, it's already good to have a unit willing to ask you...... Last time, I made an appointment with Monkey and Yueyue to go to the talent market job fair, and I wanted to try my luck. When they saw our girls coming, they all shook their hands, don't ...... if you don't want it Who do you say we offended and provoked whom? Why only recruit boys and not girls? Millet thrust the chopsticks into the noodle bowl, grabbed the mineral water at hand, and drank two sips.

"I also encountered it last time, alas......" Jingjing put down her chopsticks, held her cheeks, and lost her appetite.

Li Fangfei brushed the short hair on her forehead with her fingers, and she was soaked with sweat. The vegetarian pouring is basically finished, and there is still half a bowl of noodles left. I was about to get up and go out to book a hotel, but I heard a commotion at the door.