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Nandu, Yan Tianxi Dumpling Restaurant.

"Boss, as usual, ten catties of mutton stuffed dumplings." Huang Jiaotou said to the waiter in the running hall very familiarly.

Lin Yi was dumbfounded.

It's not that the ten catties of mutton dumplings are almost two hundred, but because these ten catties of dumplings are eaten by Huang Jiaotou alone. Lin Yi ordered a vegetarian filling, half a catty.

Looking at Lin Yi's surprised appearance, Huang Jiaotou said, "There is a lot of food, there is no way." ”

This was the second sentence he and Lin Yi took the initiative to say.

But it's also the truth, when Huang Jiaotou was a soldier in the army, one person ate food for three people, which is not counted, after retiring from the army, basically he had to eat ten catties of beef and mutton every three or five days, just like a good man from Shuibo Liangshan, this has become a habit, as if he has no strength if he doesn't eat this kind of thing.

Lin Yi reads and reverses books, and is well-read and memorized, knowing that some people are born with a large amount of food, and a large amount of food has become a sign of manhood.

A piece of information said: Fan Hao gnawed a pig's leg in public at the Hongmen banquet, and even Xiang Yu, known as the "Overlord of Western Chu", had to respect him for three points. "This kind of story of being able to eat well is found in the notebook novels of the past dynasties. Sometimes it is not impossible to talk about it and listen to it, but it is not impossible to talk about it. Feng Menglong's "Ancient and Modern Tan Overview" quoted "Strange News from the Ruling and Wild": In Wang Shu's later years, he could still eat 30 bowls of various meats of cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs, two plates of bread, and three bowls of sake at each meal. Zhou Mi "Miscellaneous Knowledge": Song Cheng Prime Minister Zhao Wen Uncle has a lot of food, often distressed because no one accompanies him to eat, once finally met an evenly matched opponent, so he put on a banquet, from morning to night, the two of them have three buckets of rice wine, pig, mutton each five catties, steamed rice cereal fifty bowls, eat to the end, suddenly heard the man's stomach "bang" a loud sound, thought it was the intestines burst, but found that the belt was broken. There is a record in Liang Zhangju's "Returning to the Field", which is more vivid: the Qing Dynasty scholar Xu Qianxue ate all over the Beijing Division, invincible, and on the day of the dismissal and retirement, the protégés raised funds to invite him to the restaurant to chew wildly in order to test his meal, and at the same time placed an empty belly bronze man of similar size behind him, how much he ate, how much he put into the bronze man's belly, and as a result, the copper belly was emptied three or four times because of "overload", and Mr. Xu was still eating non-stop. Such a meal is really "eaten through the ages", there is no one before and no one after it.

Lin Yi looked at the Yellow Sect leader in front of him, wondering if this product was really so edible like those high-rollers written in ancient notebooks and novels. But before Lin Yi could figure out how much food this product had, he had already understood how much he was drinking.

Huang Jiaotou seemed to be very polite, and did not wait for Lin Yi, the host, to take the initiative to pour him wine, he took out a bottle of old wine from the box, and skillfully unscrewed the lid. But Huang Jiaotou didn't seem to see his cup at all, but muttered directly at the mouth of the bottle, just a few big sips, and then wiped his mouth and said, "Happy!" ”

Lin Yi was speechless.

Huang Jiaotou was refreshed, and then he saw Lin Yi's strange face, as well as the plastic cup that was stretched out, his face turned red, and he said, "I'm sorry, I haven't drunk for too long, and I'm a little anxious." ”

Lin Yi retracted his hand, did it himself, and opened a new bottle of wine, he didn't want to drink Huang Jiaotou's mouth, but he didn't pour much, only half a cup, about one or two.

Here, Huang Jiaotou also learned Sven, took the cup and poured himself a cup, but it was full, and it almost overflowed.

The two of them drank in a sullen voice, and at this time a person came in from outside the dumpling restaurant, an old man of fifty or sixty years old, wearing a very ordinary, white shirt, black pants, and a pair of old cloth shoes under his feet, not tall, not fat or thin, with white temples, and a little bald on the top of his head.

After the old man entered the restaurant, he looked left and right, it was dinner time, Yan Tianxi Dumpling Restaurant was a famous century-old store in Nandu, and the business was very good, basically the hall and the private room seats were full.

There are only fewer people at the table of Lin Yi and Huang Jiaotou, and the old man is familiar with himself, so he walked over unceremoniously and walked to the edge of the table, and then asked the two with a smile, "Don't you mind if I sit here?" He asked, but he had already begun to turn over the cup and pour water.

Lin Yi doesn't care, anyway, this place is big, it's nothing to add one or two more, not to mention Huang Jiaotou, at the moment, there is only wine in his eyes, and he doesn't care about anything else.

The old man picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and clicked his lips, which seemed tasteless. Also, restaurants like this generally use gardenia to make tea, at the beginning the color of gardenia tea is golden yellow, after brewing for a long time, it becomes dull and colorless, not to mention the taste, can fade out of the bird.

The red-nosed old man didn't seem to like this kind of light and tasteless tea, so he couldn't help but stare at the old wine that Lin Yi bought.

Seeing Huang Jiaotou's liquor cup after glass, and then looking at Lin Yi, just a little drink, a little more, the old man clicked his lips again, and said with a smile: "You guys drink, this wine is very fragrant, it looks good." As he spoke, he even picked up the wine bottle next to Lin Yi and looked at it, "Hey, the old wine in the credit store has been around for a long time, this kind of wine is rare on the market, I used to drink ...... before" His eyes lit up.

He didn't often drink Lin Yi didn't know before, but he knew that the old man was greedy, so he invited very kindly: "Uncle, if you are interested, you can also have a ......."

"That's a good feeling. I've not drunk for a long time, and I can't help but be greedy when I see this old wine. The old man was not polite, he directly picked up the disposable cup next to him, grunted, poured himself a full cup, and then picked it up and sniffed it to his nose, "Good wine, really good wine." This wine is just like people, the older people are, the more they experience, the more stories they have, and the longer the wine, the more mellow it is, and it has its own story. There's nothing more comfortable in this world than drinking old wine with a story. With that, he picked up his glass and drank it all.

Lin Yi was dumbfounded, this amount of wine is amazing.

You must know that this disposable plastic cup can hold almost two or three taels of wine, and it is absolutely powerful to drink it all in one sip. Needless to say, Huang Jiaotou is young and strong, and at first glance he is the master who can drink, but this old man is not good-looking, but he can drink like this, which is amazing.

Although Lin Yi doesn't know how to drink, he admires those who can drink the most, and thinks that most of those who can drink are iron-clad bloody men, of course, except for drunkards like Liu Sanliang who get drunk every once in a while, so he can't pour the old man himself, so he takes the initiative to help him fill up.

Lin Yi's move made the old man very useful, after all, there are not many polite and enthusiastic young people like Lin Yi these years.

At this time, the dumplings had not yet come up, and the old man smacked his lips and said, "Such a good wine, wouldn't it be a waste to have wine and no vegetables, why don't I order a few side dishes." As he spoke, he called the waiter and ordered four side dishes very refreshingly, beef tendon in sauce, cucumber mixed with nepeta, spiced peanuts, and cool pine eggs.

These cold dishes are basically easy to make, and some of them are ready-made, so they are served one after another in less than a minute or two.

The old man picked up his chopsticks and pointed to a few cold dishes, and asked Lin Yi and Huang Jiaotou very enthusiastically, "You're welcome, try it." ”

Huang Jiaotou was not polite to him at all, and directly picked up the beef and chewed it, while Lin Yi sandwiched a peanut and chewed it slowly.

The old man took a sip of wine, ate a cucumber, and praised: "This is called life, there is food and drink, don't care about so many things, don't worry about so much, when you are older, you live a free life." I don't know who he said this to, or to himself.

Huang Jiaotou drank wine and ate vegetables, ate vegetables and drank wine. The old man was embarrassed to chat with him, he was old and generally liked to talk to people, so he found Lin Yi, who looked like a literate person, and asked, "How old are you?" ”

Lin Yi saw that everyone was so bold in drinking, and he was hesitating to take the wine glass and take it all in one gulp, when suddenly the old man asked, so he hurriedly put down the wine glass and said, "Twenty-three." ”

"Oh, you're young, but you look very stable." The old man rattled a peanut and chatted with Lin Yi with interest.

"What?"

"I'm not doing anything, I'm unemployed." Lin Yi blushed a little, after all, he was such a big person, and he was embarrassed to have no job.

The old man nodded and reassured: "It's hard to find a job now, and many young people like you don't have jobs. But don't rush, take your time, good jobs can be found. Also, be young, don't be ambitious, be down-to-earth......"

The old man taught earnestly, and he was already impatient when it came to others, but Lin Yi was easy-going by nature, not only did he not feel that the old man was verbose and nosy, but he felt that he was very kind, after all, not every old man can care about you like this and say these things to you.

The old man couldn't help but be a little satisfied when he saw that Lin Yi was listening seriously, not casually perfunctory, this young man was very good, at least he could endure his verbosity.

"By the way, boy, what's your name?" Only then did the old man remember that he didn't know the other party's name.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "My name is Lin Yi, Shuangmu Lin, elegant Yi." ”

The old man took a sip of wine, "What a name, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and it is elegant in the wind." Look at your Sven and read a lot of books? ”

"No, only a little bit." Lin Yi didn't dare to take it seriously, he graduated from high school, and most of the books he read were old books bought from second-hand book stalls, or books he read in bookstores.

The old man smiled, "Don't be modest, let's study and study—"

Next, the old man casually said a few allusions, and Lin Yi actually said the source of these allusions, and also said other meanings of these allusions.

The old man didn't think too much about it, and asked Lin Yi very casually what he thought of some of the ideas in Yu Dan's "Analects" that were hyped during this period.

Recently, the "Analects" in Mr. Dan's "Hundred Lectures" has been broadcast on TV, and the whole people are in the boom of Chinese studies, and the old man's question can be regarded as keeping pace with the times.

Who knows, Lin Yi's answer was very interesting, he said: "I'm sorry, I didn't look at it much." ”

The old man wondered: "Why? ”

Lin Yi said awkwardly: "I can't stand it......"

After Lin Yi said this, the old man was stunned, you must know that many people now respect Dan's "Analects", and there is a vague posture of a newly rising master of Chinese studies.

The old man put down the wine glass he was holding, and looked at Lin Yi with a pair of old eyes, and the meaning of the inquiry was obvious.

Lin Yi explained: "Because I think Mr. Yu's "Analects" is too much like chicken soup for the soul, and there is no accumulation of classical classics, chicken soup for the soul, I am willing to drink it." I can't read the original classics. ”

After Lin Yi said this, he didn't want to explain too much, he took the wine glass and drank the little liquor he hadn't finished just now, and remembered the end of Jin Yong's novel "White Horse Howling West Wind" for no reason-

The white horse took her back to the Central Plains step by step.

The white horse is already old, and he can only walk slowly, but he can finally return to the Central Plains.

There are willows, peach blossoms, swallows, and goldfish in the south of the Yangtze River......

Among the Han people are handsome and brave young men, dignified and dashing young men......

But this beautiful girl is as stubborn as the ancient Gaochang people: "That's all very good, but I don't like it." ”。

Yes, you like it, I don't. Lin Yi said to himself.

At this time, steaming dumplings were served, temporarily breaking this wonderful atmosphere.

The old man was eating dumplings and drinking wine, but he was still thinking about Lin Yi's short sentence in his heart, "Chicken soup for the soul, I am willing to drink it." I can't read the original classics. "It turns out that there are still such young people in this world, who do not follow the crowd and always maintain their own piece of the sky, which is rare, rare.