Chapter 3 Changle Town
At the beginning of summer, when the sun is warm and pleasant at noon, many food stalls have been set up on Changle Street on the shore of Changle Wharf, which are mainly for the loading and unloading of porters, fishing boats, tourists who disembark and divert to various places, and provide food delivery services for ships coming and going.
Su Miao turned around twice on the long street, Changle Street should be the main business district of Changle Town to see the prosperity, the shops on both sides are lined up, and there are all kinds of stalls on the wide road in a neat and orderly manner, half of which are stalls selling various small objects, many are set up to attract tourists, and the remaining half are food stalls that provide food.
Although there are always good and bad things in business, the food stalls on this street are doing well, and none of them are deserted without customers, but judging from the aroma of the food, Su Miao feels that it is probably the same for each family, and the price is not much different, and it is the same wherever you eat.
Because she had been the chef or assistant of many cuisines in her previous life, Su Miao was quite sensitive to eating, and she probably couldn't do anything else except cooking and eating, so all her attention was focused on the menu of each food stall.
Because of the proximity to Qingjiang, the diet is mainly based on the river fresh of Qingjiang, and the pork does not seem to be expensive. Chicken, duck, beef and mutton are not sold, and the practice of vegetables can basically be classified into two categories, river freshly boiled, meat stewed, staple food rarely sold, and only two sell rice or flatbread.
Su Miao saw a man selling cooking cakes carrying a burden and working between the stalls, the business was good, could it be that they took care of each other's business in this way?
Liu Mei raised, the catering industry in Changle Town is so friendly?
Su Miao approached a thriving stall and sat down in an empty seat, because this kind of thing was too uncommon, but it startled the two dock workers who were already sitting there drinking fish soup, and they all stared at this big tall girl who dared to drill into a group of muscular men.
It is true that the girls of Yue Liangguo can go out, but the girls of Yue Liangguo have restaurants or private rooms for entertaining female guests when they eat, and if they can't afford to go to that kind of place, they will go home to eat, and they will suddenly sit down like this......
Su Miao didn't understand this kind of convention and rules, because Su Miao had a withdrawn personality and no friends and didn't like to go out, she didn't know anything, she thought that people looked at her like this because she didn't ask people if they were willing to share the table and sat down without permission, secretly said too rude, looked over, smiled at the two young men, and asked softly:
"Two big brothers, every table is full, only there is a vacant seat here, can I sit here?"
The girl smiled too brightly, a mouthful of white teeth were exposed, and the two powerful young men nodded in unison with a dull expression, and subconsciously wiped the sweat on their bodies.
Su Miao smiled and thanked her, but she didn't notice that the other party was at a loss because she had never dealt with the girl, so she swallowed the rest of the soup and fled when Su Miao ordered.
Su Miao asked for a small portion of fish soup and a plate of stew, the meat was indeed a small plate, and the small portion of fish soup actually used a medium-sized basin, there was too much water in the basin, and there was a fish head and a few fish oil flowers floating, although there was a lot of soup, but six cents a fish head, and other materials had no cost at all, which was a bit not cost-effective.
Rubbing the spoon with a handkerchief, Su Miao took a sip of fish soup while it was hot, the fishy smell of river fish mixed with the smell of mud and sand in the river spread in her mouth, she frowned, there is probably neither cooking wine nor how to use lemons to remove the fish, there should be no lemons here.
Seeing that other people drank with relish, and took out their own steamed buns to soak in the soup, she licked her lips and tasted it carefully, that's right, boiled fish soup, no oil or salt, no heavy taste, as long as you can eat enough.
There are not many restaurants in Changle Town, except for two real restaurants, most of the others are food stalls, and there are also small restaurants with food stalls and one-story halls, such as the one she is sitting in now, that is to say, these food stalls represent the catering industry in Changle Town.
The chopsticks were put into the stewed meat plate, the hair of the pigskin was not plucked clean, and a little soup was dipped in the mouth, and the stew was only soybean soy sauce.
"Girl, can you sit at a table?" The guy brought two big men with dark skin with muscles and knots, dressed in short clothes, wearing only a coarse cloth shoulder on their upper body, wiping their sweat as they walked, and when they walked to the table, they saw Su Miao's expression as shocked as the two young men just now.
Su Miao knew that the guy meant to drive people away, so she pretended not to understand, and replied with a smile:
"Of course, please be seated."
The girl was so bold that the man muttered in his heart, beckoned the two big men to sit down, and brought two pots of fish soup. The two big men were over thirty years old, and they didn't have the youth of the young guy just now, so they took out two dry and hard steamed buns and soaked them in the fish soup and drank them in a big gulp.
Su Miao glanced at the bearded man beside him, thought about it, pushed the stew next to him, and said with a smile:
"This big brother, if you don't dislike it, I'll invite you with this."
The big man was full of soup, stunned for a moment, and looked at her suspiciously.
"I just smelled the stew and wanted to taste it, but when it was served, I couldn't eat such a big piece of a girl's house, if my eldest brother didn't dislike it, please use it, I haven't touched it." Su Miao smiled calmly.
"How does this work!" The girl in front of her was polite and generous, not like the people in the town, like a person who had seen the world, the big man was a little restrained in his heart, scratching his head and laughing.
"If the eldest brother doesn't dislike it, please use it." Su Miao pushed the stew forward.
"Then I'll take it, Miss Xie!" Seeing her insistence, Dahan smiled more and more honestly, picked up the stew and ate it in a big gulp.
"Big brother is from Changle Town? What do you call it? The words were answered, and Su Miao asked with a smile.
"My name is Wu Ada, I have lived in this Changle Town since I was a child, the girl is a foreigner, I see that your style must be a girl from a big city, why don't you go out with a girl?"
"My family used to live in Changle Town, and after many years of absence, I forgot to come out to visit, and my eldest brother also worked at the dock? Frequent here for lunch? ”
"Come every day."
"The fish soup is delicious here?" Su Miao was puzzled by the taste of the locals.
"What is good to drink, you can fill your stomach, and moving goods is the strength to work without being full enough! Twelve people drink this thing twice a day, damn it, the soup money doesn't go up, the wages don't go up! ”
"A lot of people who come to eat bring steamed buns?"
"The people on this street have lost their conscience, cooking cakes are expensive, and they specialize in pit outsiders, and they bring their own dry food. Girl, don't you drink this soup? He saw a bowl of fish soup in front of her but didn't move, and asked with a smile.
Seeing this, Su Miao pushed the soup basin over, and said with a smile: "I only drank two sips, don't dislike it, please use it!" ”
Wu Adaa saw that she didn't like to drink, so she dragged the soup pot over and pretended to excuse herself, while drinking it in a big gulp.
"There are so many stalls on the street that the government doesn't care? Where I used to live, there were so many stalls that the government would catch them. Su Miao continued to ask.
"The yamen on this street is in charge, how can anyone be here, the business of Changle Street is good, if you want to start a business, you must file with the yamen, the cost is not expensive, but there are many people and few places, the yamen has to be done by someone, and it costs a lot to treat and give gifts," he knocked on the soup basin and said vaguely, "So these black-hearted people dare to kill people!" ”