Chapter 30: Hunger is unbearable

In such a cold winter, most of the people in the countryside have nothing to do, and they lie in the bed in the morning, and do not get up until near noon, when their stomachs are rumbling with hunger.

But children who like to be naughty are not afraid of the cold at all. That morning, Li Dejin ran to the west end of the street and dragged Li Dexi out of the bed.

So, the two of them happily came to Wulongkou at the west end of Hekou Street.

During the Wu Zetian period of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Yunyan River converged again at the confluence of the Liutang River and the Wuzhang River in the south and north, just like the gathering of five dragons, forming a unique Wulongkou.

Even in such a cold winter, the water in the upper reaches of Wulongkou is flowing, but due to the wide surface of the Wuzhang River, the ice near the shore is very thick, and only the narrow water surface in the middle is not frozen.

Li Dexi kept smoking the spinning top with a small whip on the shore, but the spinning top just didn't spin fast on the soil. He was sweating profusely after a while.

Li Dejin snatched the top and whip from Li Dexi's hand and said, "Little Dexi, let me play for you!"

Li Dejin said as he walked to the ice by the river and wrapped the whip rope around the spinning top.

"Mother Mu said that she couldn't play on the ice, and she would drown if she fell down. Li Dexi said.

"Out of the way. Li Dejin said, put the spinning top on the ice, and pulled the whip with his right hand, and the spinning top spun rapidly on the ice, but it was already close to the middle of the river.

Li Dexi saw that the gyroscope was slowly slowing down, and shouted eagerly: "The gyroscope is about to stop." Quick, quick, one more whip!"

"Out of the way. Li Dejin said disapprehantly, and then leisurely raised his small whip to pull it towards the spinning top, but suddenly found a fish frozen under the ice.

"Fish!" Li Dejin said to himself, "how nice it would be to get these fish!"

Saying this, Li Dejin suddenly felt so hungry that he drooled unconsciously.

"Little Sanzi, go home and eat the oilfruits!" suddenly came the voice of a mother calling for her child.

Li Dexi smacked his mouth and said, "I haven't eaten an oil fruit for a long time." That's just a little bit of the oil, I can eat ten!"

"What is ten, I can eat twenty!" Li Dejin said not to be outdone.

In this way, the two of you muttered a word to me, and finally came up with an idea to cheat the eating of the oil fruit.

Early in the morning, most of the shops on the street were not open, except for the area where the oil fruit was fried at the west end of the street, which was steaming, and the table next to it was full of people eating breakfast, and there was a long queue in front of the oil fruit stall.

"The craftsmanship of the boss is really worthy of his reputation, and the fried oil fruits are fragrant and crispy, which is better than the original two! No wonder people come to you. Some diners praised.

This boss Guan turned out to be the famous "Great Immortal" - Guan Erlin. When he heard the praise from the diners, although his hands were busy, he said with a smile:

"It's not up to the villagers of Hekou Street to lift us! We are in charge of the village, and we have only been here for a few days, if there is anything inconsiderate, please bear with me!"

In the past few years, there have been wars and turmoil, and the people have no good livelihood, and people have little interest in fortune-telling and fortune-telling, or even if they are interested, they have no spare money.

Guan Erlin had to give up his old profession and start the ancestral fried fritter craft with his family.

At this time, Li Dejin, who was wearing a brown cotton jacket and an off-white felt hat, trotted all the way to the oil fruit stall. I saw that the white and tender face was frozen red by the cold wind of the early morning, and the eyebrows were full of vitality and agility.

Li Dejin pulled the corner of Li Dalong's clothes, panting and said, "Dada, why haven't you bought oil fruits until now? Hurry up, I'm going to starve to death." ”

"Don't you see so many people queuing up here?" Li Dalong reprimanded loudly, "It's such a cold day, why don't you stay at home?"

"Great, I haven't eaten oil fruit for more than ten days. Li Dejin said.

"You eat more than anyone else, why are you still like a starving ghost!" Li Dalong said angrily.

"I was waiting at home for a long time, so I ran to take a look. I can eat twenty oil fruits at a time!" Li Dejin said, swallowing his saliva.

"What are you talking about?" Guan Erlin, who was busy with his head down, suddenly raised his head when he heard Li Dejin's words, and said with a surprised smile, "You can eat so many oil fruits with a small mustache?" It's going to be an eye-opener!hahaha......"

"What's that? Don't look at me as a small person, but I can eat a lot! Your oil fruit is not very big, just like a twisted flower. Li Dejin tilted his head and glanced at Guan Erlin, and said disdainfully.

"That's it," Guan Erlin said with a smile as he flipped the avocafruits with his chopsticks, "If you can eat so much by yourself, I won't charge you a penny; Do you dare to eat it?"

"This ......" Li Dejin listened to Guan Erlin's words, and felt a burst of joy in his heart, but he still controlled his excitement, and replied casually with a look of indifference, "Okay!"

"Don't make trouble here and influence people to do business. Eat twenty oil fruits, I won't kill you!" Li Dalong reprimanded loudly again, he knew very well the amount of food his children usually eat, and he didn't know why Li Dejin boasted about Haikou in public.

"Hehe, Xiucai, don't scold him!" Guan Erlin stopped Li Dalong with a smile, "Since your little beard dares to bet with me, it means that he can eat it, so let him try it! ”

"Yes, let him eat! Let's open our eyes too!"

Li Dalong felt very embarrassed when he saw so many people coaxing, and muttered in a low voice: "Life has to be a long stream, how can you toss like you?"

Guan Erlin stopped what he was doing, rubbed his hands on his apron, then bent down, touched Li Dejin's head and said with a smile: "How cute this little mustache is!"

"It's so hateful, where is it cute!" Li Dalong said with a cold face.

Guan Erlin straightened up and said, "You just let Xiao Hu eat enough! I want to see how many oil fruits he can eat." ”

"I can't move!" Li Dalong hurriedly said.