Chapter 10: 'The World Is Not Worth It'
In the West Street of Beijing, the shops here are all selling sugar water and appetizers for a living, and there is a warm sweet aroma within a radius of a few miles. People laughed and pointed to the west, and as the days went on, they called West Street Tangshui Street.
Pea yellow, as a representative of authentic folk Beijing snacks, has the characteristics of refreshing and refreshing, melts in the mouth, and the peas are soft and rotten.
What a sweet word!
The red bricks and black eaves are lined with white walls, and the shops are wrapped in wet cotton cloth for sale, and a few pennies are exchanged for a refreshing pea yellow.
Take a sip, and it will also be the beginning of spring.
The street is hung with lights, there are a number of performers in the open space on both sides of the street, after a burst of shouting, a few tricks are played, people have to talk and laugh and hand over the copper plate, meet the generous housekeeper to throw down a few taels of silver, the juggler hurriedly bends down to pick up the starting point and says thank you to the housekeeper, you can see a lively scene everywhere.
"Auntie has a bowl of almond sauce and a pea yellow."
Dressed in a market dress, with long hair and green silk, a small melon skin hat on his head, and a smile on the corner of his mouth is very playful.
Recognizing the person in front of him, Mu Chen smiled loudly and greeted enthusiastically: "Xian'an is here, quickly find a seat and sit down, Mu Gai, this kid is careful, he estimated that you and Da Mou will be hungry when patrolling the streets at night, and he told me to leave a few more pea yellows early on, and wait for you to eat when you are hungry on the streets."
Xian'an smiled lightly in his eyes: "I want to thank him for thinking about it." Looked around the room and there were many people who came to eat sugar water at this hour, it can be said that there were dozens of wooden tables full, but Mu Gai's thin and thin figure was not seen, and they all asked in surprise: "Where is Aunt Mu Gai?"
Xu is helping in the back kitchen, look at him all day long, he wants to see Sister Xian'an, but now he is gone, Aunt will call him......" While speaking, he brought up the pea yellow specially left, and three five-inch coarse porcelain plates filled three plates, "Almond dew should be freshly made to taste, Xian'an, you wait to sit down and rest for a while." ”
It is estimated that these pea yellows will cost at least a penny
Cui Xian'an stood up and stopped Mu Chen, and put the hanging money in the palm of her hand: "I only have one hanging money on me today, auntie, don't be too little." Mu Chen was shocked, and refused to accept Xian'an's silver taels at all, so he hurriedly waved his hand and secretly gave her a silver ticket of forty taels: "How can there be a reason to accept the owner's silver?" We don't need so much silver for this shop, and the forty taels of silver are too much for your brother, so you can accept it quickly, but don't be polite to your aunt. ”
Cui Xian'an ate and laughed, and then got off the donkey down the slope, no longer politely with Mu Chen, and took his brother's silver with peace of mind, folded the silver ticket several times, and stuffed it into the innermost lining of the placket, so that it would not fall out.
"Envy Master!" A childish child's voice sounded, and two familiar figures were seen in the distance, one of them was a young man with a slightly thin body running in front, followed by a big man behind him, and I saw the two of them trotting all the way in his direction.
Xian'an greeted him with a smile, "Master, I didn't see any of you two just now, this is estimated, eighty percent of you sneaked out to play, right?" Mu Gai showed two little tiger teeth and smiled: "I admire the wit of the envy master, I admire the little brother very much, he just went to the temple fair with Cousin Yue." Mu Yue glared at Mu Gai, Mu Gai, this kid has no future, seeing that the envy has no principles, he is shaken out of everything.
smiled at Mu Yuepi and said, "Da Mu, are you saying that the temple fair is very interesting?" ”
Xian'an said this, which frightened Mu Yue, and hurriedly waved his hand and scratched his head: "Master, you Mingjian is Mu Gai, this stinky boy, he just dragged me to the temple fair, there are many people there and it is not good to crowd at all." ”
Mu Gai and Mu Yue thought that Xian'an would be angry, but what they didn't expect was that she sighed slightly and muttered: "I haven't let go of the river lantern and haven't seen the temple fair, but listening to you say this, it should be interesting to think about it." ”
Mu Gai's face contains a bit of Zhong Lingxiuhui who is difficult to describe with pen and ink, if the young man's bones are not opened, if he grows up for another two years, I am afraid that I don't know how many girls' hearts will be broken.
secretly paid in her heart: Sister Xian'an, she is from Jiangxi, and she must not be the bustle of the capital, so she hesitated to speak
"Listen to my aunt, write the wish on the river lantern If the river god grandpa sees it, then this wish will come true, do you have any wishes?" Shall we accompany you to put a river lantern? ”
"Nope." Xian'an turned to laugh, his wish is quite simple, it is nothing more than to think that one day the six doors can increase the price, these ah, there is no need to tell the gods!
The three of them set up a small table on the side of the road, took a wooden stool and sat together, Mu Gai's mouth was full of pea yellow, only to hear him say vaguely: "Daddy said that when I am older, he will let me go to the six doors to catch fast." As he spoke, he laughed happily, and on an ordinary night, a young man went to the river to put on the lamp, and secretly made a wish to the gods.
"Agai, this is what you want to be a catcher? Or does Uncle Shi mean? Mu Yue frowned and asked him, because he liked cooking at that time, but his father wanted him to be a court catcher in Liumen.
Mu Gai's eyes are open, and there are stars in his eyes
"Daddy asked me, I said that I like to be a six-door catcher like Xianye, cousin, you and Xianye go out to handle cases on weekdays, how majestic it is......"
Mu Yue glanced at Xian'an, seeing that she was eating happily, and wondered if she wouldn't hear it, just in case she hooked her finger at Mu Gai, and Mu Gai obediently put her ear on it, "Actually...... You don't like to be a fast catcher, but you like silver. He nodded affirmatively at Mu Gai.
Although Mu Yue's voice was very low, he was still listened to by Xian'an, and glared at Mu Yue fiercely: "Da Mou, you know the crooked master all day long." He snorted with his nostrils facing the sky, and waved his hand to catch up with Mu Yue, "You kid don't have the eyesight to see that Aunt Mu is serving almond dew, why don't you go and help!" ”
Mu Yue hurriedly trotted a few steps forward, took the wooden end plate and held it with both hands, just turned around and saw a figure passing in front of him, the almond tea in the end plate almost didn't spill out, the figure stabilized Mu Yue, dressed in a market costume and wearing a melon skin hat.
smiled and took a bowl of almond syrup from the end plate,
Mu Yue breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could react, he asked curiously, "Master Xian, have you been practicing kung fu recently?" It's a lot faster! The approving gave Cui Xian'an a thumbs up.
"Ah......?" Xian'an, who asked, was confused, and shook his head like a rattle: "Da Mou, what do you say about me?" I haven't practiced lately, so I'm so tired and practicing! For his three-legged cat kung fu, Cui Xian'an is still quite content.
Mu Gai stretched out his teeth and smiled, "Master Xian, don't eat casually, no one can accept your money." ”
"Why?" Mu Yue looked surprised and smiled at Mu Gai: "Agai...... Our two cousins have been friends for so many years, why don't you also consider a discount or something? Mu Gai sneered at his cousin Mu Yue and made a big grimace at him.
Xian'an holds a bowl of hot almond syrup in his left hand, and a plate of sweet pea yellow in his right hand. But I feel that the world is very beautiful......
(Yard by yard, Kou Kou's Five Organs Temple has unconsciously grunted several times, and in the middle of the night there is a text about eating, and I want to cry to myself.) )