Chapter 15: Night Market (1)
At night, the canopy gradually sank, and the Xizi Street in front of it became lively again. A girl in a crimson jacket walked briskly through the alley in the dim night, and then turned into the half-hidden courtyard gate of the Wen family, and lightly approached Wen Shu, who was washing dishes and chopsticks by the well, wanting to scare her.
Who knew that the latter seemed to have eyes behind her back, and before she could get close, she said, "Don't hide, I know you're coming." ”
The girl suddenly rushed in front of her like a deflated ball, and said angrily: "Hmph, it's really boring, every time it's like this, can't you pretend to be scared by me once?" ”
"Who is bored playing this kind of game even if you know it won't scare me?" Wen Shu didn't give in.
The girl thought for a while, felt that what she said made some sense, and then said, "Do you have something to do tonight, do you want to go to the night market?" ”
"Night market?" Wen Shu's big eyes flashed like autumn eyes.
Speaking of this, the girl suddenly came to her senses, and her eyebrows fluttered: "My cousin came to the house and said that there are big food country merchants on Mahang Street tonight who set up stalls to sell rouge gouache and rose water, and I heard that the price is much cheaper than Xiuyi Fang Zhang Ji Ancient Shop." ”
Wen Shu was a little moved when he heard this, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Cheng, then you wait a while, I will go with you after washing the dishes." ”
"Okay, then you hurry up."
"What's the hurry, the big food country merchant can still run away." Wen Shu shook his head.
"That's not for sure, the rose water is so popular, maybe it's really gone if it's late, no, we'll have to hire a car to go in a while." The girl was still muttering to herself.
Here, Wen Shu had already washed the dishes and chopsticks quickly, put the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen, she went back to the room and took out dozens of dollars, then came out and greeted Wang Ling: "Let's go, my dad is out, let's go to Xizi Street, I bumped into my dad on the way, just say hello." “
"Done." Wang Ling smiled, took her hand, and the two walked out of the courtyard together.
bumped into Wentai halfway as scheduled, Wen Shu said hello to him, and then turned the road with Wang Ling and went to Xizi Street to take a car.
Coachman wait........" As soon as they turned the street, a cyan rob mule cart passed by, and Wang Ling hurriedly waved and shouted.
The coachman turned around and asked, "Where are the two little ladies?" ”
"Mahang Street, how much money?" Wen Shu asked.
"Yo, that's a coincidence, there are already two little ladies in the car who are also going to Mahang Street, if the two little ladies are carpooling, they will give ten cents each."
Shiwen, the price is fair, Wen Shu nodded, and pulled Wang Ling into the car together.
There were two benches and a small wooden bench nailed to the head of the green cloth mule cart, and at this time the two girls in the morning car had already occupied a bench, and when they saw them come in, they bowed their heads slightly to say hello.
Wen Shu and Wang Ling also returned the salute, and then sat down on a bench and whispered about what they would buy later.
A quarter of an hour later, the mule cart stopped at the entrance of Mahang Street, which was already full of people and bright lights.
There are many night markets in Tokyo City, but it is the most lively street, which crosses dozens of miles from north to south, and there are countless medical halls and pharmacies, tea shops and wine shops.
Every night, the colorful buildings in front of each house, the lantern shed is bright, illuminating that piece of bright as day, and this grand scene will continue until the middle of the night.
"Crabs, clams, food fish, sheep's head belly lungs, batch cutting sheep's head, rotating and frying sheep white intestines, rotating moxibustion pork skin meat, fried frozen fish head, wild duck meat, a copy of thirty wen, a guest officer?"
The air was mixed with the aroma of all kinds of shouts and food, Wen Shu sniffed, very glad that he had eaten a full meal before coming......
Looking at the bustling and lively street market, she asked Wang Ling on the side: "Where are the merchants of the Great Food Country setting up their stalls, whether it is the east, the west, the head and the tail, you can ask clearly." ”
Hearing her say this, Wang Ling's face suddenly showed a voice of annoyance: "Oops! I was so happy that I forgot it!"
Hearing this, Wen Shu shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, anyway, it's still early now, let's walk all the way from here, if the merchants of the Great Food Country really set up a stall here, they will definitely be able to meet it." ”
But Wang Ling, who was worried about the rose water, wrinkled her face: "Then if it's too late, what if the goods are gone?" ”
"That just means you don't have anything to do with it." Wen Shu quipped, then pulled her and said, "Okay, hurry up and find it, if you delay it any longer, it's really gone." ”
Originally, she didn't come this time to buy rouge gouache and rose water, but mainly because she was worried about the food business and wanted to come to investigate. She thought that since she was determined to do a food business, selling trowels was not a long-term solution, and if she wanted to make more money, she had to find a stall in the night market to sell some popular food.
Along the way, I just wanted to see what the food stalls around me were selling, and which stalls had the best business and were the most popular.
After walking for almost a cup of tea, the flow of people in front of him suddenly increased, and the density had reached the point of rubbing shoulders, followed by several awkward shouts.
"The big lady and the little lady who have passed by have come to take a look, the special spices, lipstick, rouge, rose water ....... of the big food country"
"Found it, found it" Hearing the shouting, Wang Ling immediately became excited, and pulled Wen Shu into the crowd.
At the same time, on the second floor of a restaurant on the left, Lu Xingwan sat by the window, watching the merchants of the big food country below solicit passers-by with an awkward accent, and the stall was surrounded by young ladies of the same age, and couldn't help but feel envious.
Opposite her, Lu Yuancheng was thinking about things with his eyes, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he looked like he was here and his heart was elsewhere.
Lu Xingwan looked back and couldn't help sighing: "My brother is not in the mood, so why should he reluctantly accompany me out." ”
Lu Yuancheng came back to his senses and said softly: "How come, I am happy to accompany you out, but I suddenly remembered a case and then I lost my mind, don't be surprised at night." ”
Lu Xingwan shook his head and chuckled: "Wan'er is not sensible, but he doesn't want his brother to get involved in official affairs, and he has to reluctantly accompany me, which makes him more annoying." ”
"Nothing." Lu Yuancheng poured her a glass of green plum wine with a smile, and said, "Try it later, this is the new green plum wine from Qingfeng Building, I heard that it is the most suitable for the girl's family to drink." ”
Lu Xingwan took it with a smile, took a sip, and nodded: "It's really good, the taste is sweet and sour, but why did my brother invite me to drink tea today?" “
"Recently, I haven't been busy with official business and haven't been with me much, and it just so happens that the yamen is not busy today, so I want to go out with you to go shopping, and I haven't been out at night for a long time, right?"
As the two were talking, there was a sudden commotion downstairs, and two little ladies suddenly crowded in front of the big food country stall.