Chapter 149: Catching the Wind and Supper
The weather gradually warmed up, and under the blazing sun, Su Ji once again ushered in the lunch rush.
"I'm back!" A dark and dirty man who didn't know how many days he hadn't washed his face jumped in from outside the door, raised his hands and cheered loudly.
Su Chan was closest to the door, and looked at him with a tense face for a while:
"If you want to eat, go to the side door, and we have to do business at the front gate."
When the black-faced dwarf heard this, he was anxious, pointed to the tip of his nose and hurriedly said:
"Sister Chan, how do you speak, I look like I'm asking for food, it's me, it's me, Lao Tzu is Ning Le, you don't recognize Lao Tzu for how long he has been gone!"
"I recognize it." Su Chan stared at him and said lightly.
Ning Le looked at her blankly with his mouth open, the two sides looked at each other, and a small wind swirled between the two, Su Chan thought that this person had no sense of humor, and it was rare that he wanted to be humorous. What Ning Le thought was, I finally came back, and I was treated like this, how could I offend you!
"Ah, isn't this Ning Le, why is it so dark when you go out? If you don't comb your hair and face and wash it, you're going to be a beggar for food? Chen Yang passed by the door and asked in surprise.
"It's so ugly, I've washed it clearly. There are too many messy things on the road, and the sun is getting stronger and stronger when you come back, and it's hard to think about it without being dark! Ning Le touched the baby's face and smiled.
"Did you bring local products?" Su Chan asked.
"Bring it, isn't this here, these things, I'm tired of Lao Tzu, my father asked me to bring you a lot of things!" Ning Le said shaking the hemp bag thrown on the ground.
"Well, you're back. Hurry up and wash your face and change your clothes, people are too busy today, you come in and help! Before his words fell. Chen Yang was already talking in a loud voice, and went to serve the food.
There was another guest at the other end shouting to settle the bill, Su Chan answered, and turned around.
Ning Le was left alone at the door, is this how these people treat their companions who have come all the way back!
The excitement of blood boiling when he entered the city was like being splashed with a basin of cold water, Ning Le flattened his mouth and honestly moved to the side door. I washed my face and changed my clothes and went to work.
After closing, Ning Le stood listlessly at the gate with a big broom to paint the beard of the land lord, and Su Chan walked out. Poke him in the back with a broom:
"Don't stand stupidly, sweep it!"
"Lao Tzu only came back today, tired for so long, and took so many things. When I came back, I didn't even drink saliva, and I had to work! It's so unconscionable here. The idiot woman has no conscience, she actually opened her mouth and urged me to serve the food when she saw me coming back from afar, I knew that this was the case, and Lao Tzu stayed in Yuzhou to grow vegetables with my father! Ning Le was aggrieved and angry, and complained with a flat mouth.
"No conscience? Since you said you have no conscience, we'll eat tonight's supper! A familiar voice sounded within the threshold, and as soon as Ning Le looked up, he saw Su Miao's condescending attitude of a large landlord to a tenant farmer, and she was holding a bowl of fragrant chowder dishes in both hands that he missed so much. Tongxi, who followed her, hugged a bunch of dried fruits, mixed vegetables, lo-mei, and wine jars, and looked at him with a smile.
Ning Le was stunned. His heart suddenly warmed up, and his dark eyes blinked.
"Miaomiao said that you like sweet, let me make more dim sum, I made kidney bean cake, begonia cake, ruyi roll and flowering steamed buns, just out of the pot." Lin Yan poked her head out from behind Su Miao and said with a soft laugh.
Ning Le looked at her smile, his heart beat faster, and his face warmed up slightly.
"This conscienceless person actually said that I have no conscience, and I want to eat all the chowder! I want to eat all the kidney bean cake and begonia crisp! Su Miao said angrily and grabbed the porcelain plate in Lin Yan's hand.
A white hand intercepted the claw of Lushan that she stretched out in mid-air, Su Miao was stunned, looked up at the aftertaste standing aside, and asked suspiciously:
"Why?"
"Four happy dumplings." Huiwei handed her a plate of delicate and chic dumplings in his hand and said in a flat voice.
Sixi dumplings are said to be dumplings are not dumplings, because its shape is square, put the mixed meat filling in the middle of the dough, first pinch the skin on the two opposite sides, and then pinch the skin on the other two sides, so that the top of the dumpling is exposed to four holes, in these four holes are filled with green beans, ham, egg white and egg yolk respectively, four-color raw materials, take the meaning of four happiness, and then put the raw blank of the four happy dumplings in the steamer and steam it for about half an hour with a strong fire across the water, fresh and tender and elastic, the skin is thin and the filling is tender, and the aroma is overflowing.
Su Miao ate one and thought it was delicious, so she grabbed another one and stuffed it into her mouth. Aftertaste walked backwards with the plate, Su Miao didn't notice it, and followed his plate forward.
Lin Yan pursed her lips and laughed, she was always not very happy when Miaomiao ate the food made by others, and her desire for exclusivity was really strong!
Ning Le, who was standing outside the gate, finally came back to his senses and shouted, "Put down my chowder!" "Straight in.
Because he was too busy during the day, he didn't have time to catch the wind for Ning Le, but fortunately, everyone agreed to take half an hour to have a supper after closing.
"Cheers!" Everyone in the back kitchen field crowded four or five tables full, and even Mrs. Su and Hu Shi also sat down, and everyone raised their glasses together, banging glasses lively.
Ning Le drank a big sip of hot and spicy soju, his eyebrows and eyes were smiling, the corners of his mouth were smiling, and his whole body was laughing, sweeping away the depression and depression just now, this time it was golden and bright, his eyes were squeezed together with laughter, and he said in a stack:
"Thank you, thank you!"
"You're back this time so fast, I thought I wouldn't be back until next month." Su Miao said with a smile.
"I stayed at home for two days before my father drove me back, afraid that I wouldn't be able to take the hospital exam. Thanks to the fact that I came back early, it was quite smooth when I went, and when I came back, it was a mess, and the halfway boat actually broke down, thanks to the fact that there was no leakage in the center of the river, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to come back. Stopped the boat in a small fishing village, there was no passenger boat there, it would take a month to repair the ship, I had to keep walking with a few people, walked for seven days before going to Qizhou, to Qizhou to this side there is no waterway only land, take the land route to detour a big way, halfway also met the prince of Rui Wangfu in Liangda Mountain to suppress bandits, all kinds of checks......"
Before Ning Le's words fell, there was a click, and Lin Yan, who was smiling and listening to him, suddenly trembled. She overturned the wine glass in her hand, and the wine in the glass spilled her skirt.
The crowd was startled and looked at her in amazement.
Lin Yan's face turned red. Huo Di stood up and said with a wry smile: "My hand slipped, I'll go in and change my clothes!" He turned around to go to the backyard, but after only two steps, he tripped on his front foot again, and the whole person pounced forward in a gorgeous dog gnawing mud posture!
Ning Le was sitting beside her, and was startled when he saw this. Subconsciously reached out and grabbed her arm. Lin Yan was pulled by him, and most of her body fell to the ground, but fortunately she didn't hit her forehead this time.
"Thank you." She laughed even more awkwardly. whispered to Ning Le.
Ning Le's face became redder and redder, and he didn't know if he was embarrassed because he had drunk too much wine, so he smiled and let go of his hand.
Lin Yan stood up. Probably because of embarrassment. So he turned around and asked with a smile:
"Is there anything you want me to bring here?"
"I want vinegar, I want balsamic vinegar!" Su Miao, who was eating Sixi dumplings, immediately replied.
"Sister Lin, help me wash two wolf peaches!"
"I want soy sauce!"
"I want a sugar pot!" A large crowd immediately shouted.
Lin Yan wrote them down one by one and went with a smile.
"Why does Lin girl always wrestle?" Mrs. Su said incredulously.
"She said she didn't have a good look." Su Xian replied with a chicken claw.
Su Miao also knew that Lin Yan's eyes were not good at seeing things in the distance, and she should be short-sighted, but even if she was short-sighted, it was strange that she always tripped herself up.
Ning Le hugged a large bowl of chowder and ate it happily, eating heartily. Exclaimed loudly:
"Delicious! It's been a long time since I've eaten! When I went home, my dad cooked me a chowder, and it was so delicious! My aunt cooked it for me too. But in this comparison, what you make is better than what I make in my hometown! He smiled heavily, and although he said this, his tone was full of missing his father, who had just returned.
"Finally said something I love to hear." Su Miao was praised for her craftsmanship and squinted with a smile, "How is your father?" ”
"Hmm. I lost weight, and my legs and feet also fell into a little problem, but I was not strict, and my father also said that he came back alive. ”
"Doesn't it matter if he's alone in his hometown?"
"There is still a house and a few acres of land on the other side of my hometown, and a few relatives are also over there, so it's no problem to grow and eat by myself, and I have asked my cousin to take care of my father. My dad doesn't have a big deal on his side, he is mainly worried about my scientific examination, I plan to take the exam this time, if I can be admitted to the official school, I can save some money to send to my father, and when I settle down in the future, I will take my father over to live together. ”
Su Miao nodded.
"By the way, I just wanted to ask, what about the paperwork? Why didn't you see him? Ning Le swept around the tables and asked suspiciously.
"He's already gone back to study." Chunniang held her cheek with one hand, dragged a long voice and said, "I have already told him to stay a little longer, but his mother won't let him." ”
"No way, the college exam is very important to him." Ning Le said with a smile.
"The two of them are usually very serious when they work, and I can't say anything, but the nature of the mother and son, his mother is old and put aside, just the kind of unsociable and unassertive nature of the clerk, even if he is admitted to the champion, can he really be an official? Even if he becomes an official, with his mother's temperament, he is afraid that his mother will directly judge the case on his behalf when the yamen decides the case. Su Xian spread her hands and said.
"His mother is also for his good, how do you know the mood of being a mother who puts all her hopes and hopes on a son." Mrs. Su swallowed a glass of wine, as if she was a little drunk, "Don't talk nonsense if you little bastards don't know anything." ”
Su Xian looked at her and pursed the corners of her lips.
"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, I bought you what you wanted!" Ning Le suddenly pointed at Su Miao, said with a smile, stood up and turned around and ran to the backyard, and after a while, he ran back like the wind, holding a crockpot in his arms, and there was a burden on the crockpot.
Su Miao was curious about what he had brought back and stood up.
Ning Le put the big crockpot on the table, opened the lid happily, and a faint milky fragrance gently floated out and entered Su Miao's nose, making her shake, a pair of big eyes lit up, and she picked up a clean spoon and scooped up a spoonful of slightly thick liquid from the crockpot, the color was pale yellow, the texture was delicate, and the smell was fragrant.
"Butter!" She was so excited that she couldn't help but scream. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you for the reward of emptying children's shoes in the evening!