The small turmoil at the train station was soon left behind by the two. The solution is simple - turn grief and anger into appetite!

The two have been shaking on the train for a day and a night, and they are already hungry, and Yuanzhou is precisely a city born for foodies, all over the world, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, as long as you can call the dishes, you can find it here, even if you can't call it, you can find its traces here, just in response to the sentence: only you can't think of it, we can't do it without us.

Today, Wei Yilin really knows what it is: selecting patients with advanced stage of difficult disease. Since the beginning of getting into the car, Bai Yunlian's eyes have never left the screen of her mobile phone, she is not playing games, but looking for food. Wei Yilin originally planned to wait for Bai Yunlian to find it, and he could eat directly when he got out of the car, but he didn't expect this guy to be very greedy, he wanted to eat noodles for a while, wanted to eat rice noodles for a while, wanted to eat Western food for a while, and wanted to drink tea for a while.

Tossing and turning, Wei Yilin simply made a cameo appearance as a doctor, gave Bai Yunlian a "critically ill" notice, and suggested euthanasia, the reason being: instead of starving her to death, it is better to execute her as soon as possible to be humane.

In response to this suggestion, Bai Yunlian naturally shouted in protest! At the end, she rolled her eyes and said shamelessly: "Why don't you eat them all?" ”

Wei Yilin looked at Bai Yunlian with caring eyes: "Your stomach is so big?" ”

"Hmm...... So what is good to eat? Bai Yunlian's right thumb slid around the screen of her mobile phone, and she had already flipped through the restaurant near here no less than ten times.

"Hurry up! After eating, I'm going to buy a gift for your brother. ”

"Otherwise, you choose." Bai Yunlian simply gave up the right to choose.

"Are you sure? Don't eat this and that. ”

Bai Yunlian nodded again and again: "If I want to be like that, I will be relieved!" ”

Wei Yilin was shocked by her fallacy: "It seems to make sense, but I always feel that something is wrong." ”

"The only thing that's wrong is that I'm so right! Hahaha. Bai Yunlian completely collapsed the character of a good girl, and smiled presumptuously.

In the old town of Yuanzhou, there is a one-way line about 3,000 meters long, called Donghua Road. On both sides of Donghua Road, there are a forest of five-storey residential buildings, the first floor of these residential buildings, most of them have shops, from hardware to electrical appliances to food stalls, everything, one of which specializes in beef brisket noodles is even more famous, and its name is also affectionate - Uncle Hu brisket.

The boss Uncle Hu is a semi-bald man in his fifties, a native of Yuanzhou, often wears a blue and white leisurely shirt, gray and black slacks, a pair of black leather shoes, and a gold chain around his neck.

The noodle shop is not large, at most ten squares, four squares are kitchens, and the rest, there are three round tables, but these tables, for countless admiring guests, are tantamount to a drop in the bucket, so the small alleyway on the left hand side of the beef brisket shop, the sidewalk in front of it is also occupied, and no less than ten square tables are placed. Even so, there are often queues.

The noodle shop is a family-run business, Uncle Hu is the "chef", his son Ah Ren is the kitchen and food delivery person, and Uncle Hu's wife Aunt Meng is the cashier. Now, because the Chinese New Year is approaching and the city has just lifted the ban, there are not many people coming to dine in front of them, only three or two old neighbors, sitting at the round table, and playing with Uncle Hu.

It has also rained for a long time in Yuanzhou, and the alley next to the noodle shop is full of water, and in the middle of the water, there are a few broken red bricks, these bricks are unstable, and if you step on them, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and if you are not careful, you will wet your trouser legs. Wei Yilin and Bai Yunlian walked on this "brick bridge" for ten minutes before they came to Uncle Hu's brisket.

"Boss, a big bowl of beef brisket noodles, and a big bowl of ginger and scallion noodles." Wei Yilin glanced at the menu, and then ordered his usual pasta, in fact, he used to come, "Uncle Hu, the same old way." This is a tacit understanding between the old customer and the boss, but this is also ten years ago, the skin is a little saggy, and the cheeks are also dotted with age spots Uncle Hu, I guess he has long forgotten him.

"Okay, sit down first." Aunt Meng responded, greeted with a smile on her face, and stretched out her right hand skillfully and pulled out a small piece of white paper from the machine in front of her.

Bai Yunlian is a foodie whose stomach capacity is limited by poverty, although she always had to pass by here when she was a child, and she had heard of Uncle Hu's name early, but she just didn't have a chance to feast on it, today is good, and her dream for many years has finally come true. But now, she made a mistake again, it turned out that Ah Ren didn't like to follow in his father's footsteps, only made beef brisket noodles, and learned a lot of other tricks from his apprentice, so the recipe of "Uncle Hu's beef brisket" was also greatly expanded, adding new dishes such as wonton noodles, sausages, and boat porridge, of course, these time-consuming and laborious tricks, he couldn't be busy, so the old father is still complaining to Friends about whether to hire helpers.

"Are you optimistic?" Wei Yilin felt that there were cobwebs on the top of his head, and Bai Yunlian hadn't placed an order yet.

"You, you still eat white porridge and steamed buns every day." Wei Yilin knocked Bai Yunlian's head recklessly, "Save your hair from falling out." ”

Bai Yunlian subconsciously shrunk her neck, her face turned red unconsciously, and her heart blossomed.

"Boss, let's have a small bowl of shrimp wonton noodles." After thinking about it, Bai Yunlian still clicked on the one she liked at first sight.

"Okay, sit down first."

"Is it enough for you to eat so little?" Wei Yilin looked at the small bowl in front of Bai Yunlian, and thought about the time when she looked at the menu, and couldn't help but feel a burst of disdain in his heart, "Wide eyes and narrow belly." ”

"You don't understand." How do you know, Bai Yunlian retorted unashamedly, "I'm full all of a sudden, and the rest can only be missed?" ”

"No, didn't you say that all the money for your snacks was given to Zhenzhen?" Wei Yilin naturally understood what Bai Yunlian was thinking, "Where did you get the money to buy milk tea or something?" ”

Bai Yunlian's eyes rolled slyly: "Can't I have some private money?" ”

"Oh, you reminded me, I have to find a place quickly, don't have a girlfriend by then, it's too late." Wei Yilin looked suddenly enlightened, "Hmm...... It should be good under the bed. ”

"You don't have a girlfriend yet?"

"Am I like someone who has a girlfriend?"

After speaking, the two looked at each other, and then "poof" and laughed.

On one side of the table is the asphalt road, and the thick and beautiful buses pass through from time to time, leaving a place of black smoke, and on the other side is the narrow sidewalk, pedestrians lighting cigarettes, passing through from time to time, also leaving a place of white smoke, these smoke soon merge with the breath of the big banyan tree, forming a unique "market" atmosphere of a city, which is absolutely not felt in the noble five-diamond restaurant. Perhaps, this is also the reason why so many people prefer open-air food stalls.

After eating, the two said hello to Uncle Hu and Aunt Meng, and left the noodle shop, their target was a large shopping mall across the street. This large shopping mall is located in a business building with more than 30 floors, and this business building is hidden in a business district, which is located in the old city, which is the most prosperous and lively place in the district, and it is also the best portrayal of the old and new buildings in Yuanzhou.

Maybe it's just been lifted, people haven't eased up, or maybe it's the ban for several months, which has stimulated people's desire to save money, in short, this former bustling business district, now, is a dead silence, only three or three people, the square in the center of the business district is surrounded by red lanterns that symbolize liveliness and festivity, and around the square, there are still remnants of the iron horse used during the blockade, but now, they have all been moved to the side, so as not to block the source of customers from the flower street not far away.

A rugged and thick Ford F-550 sits in the middle of the square, surrounded by a circle of iron horses, like a cage, that keeps the lion inside. On the black body, the words "Hometown Defense Regiment" are painted in large letters, and on the roof, there is a large loudspeaker, which constantly plays words such as the city is very safe and residents can travel with confidence.

In Wei Yilin's words, this is a means to stimulate consumption, but Bai Yunlian's pig brain really can't understand: why can this huge armored car bring a sense of security?

"Hey, I'm asking you something." Approaching the front of the shopping mall, Wei Yilin suddenly stopped, held his cheek with his right hand and asked, "Wait for that basketball, do you pick it or do I pick it?" ”

"Of course it's you." Bai Yunlian said without thinking, "I don't understand." ”

"That's good, you don't want to interject." Wei Yilin already has an unusually deep understanding of Bai Yunlian's choice difficulty.

"Uh-huh!" Bai Yunlian nodded vigorously: Why should I interject? Isn't mobile phone fun?

At the entrance of the large store, there are two brand-new red carpets that are not stained with a trace of dirt, which extend to the escalator behind the door.

In stark contrast to the excitement of the music, the flow of people in the mall. In the past, the open space near the gate would have been borrowed by some shops in the venue to sell promotional goods or snacks related to the Chinese New Year, such as five-color sugar, peanuts and melon seeds, but today, the land is empty. The security guard in a suit guarding the door was holding an electric mosquito swatter and swatting non-existent flies.

Next to the gate, there is a sign erected, which says: You need to measure and register your body temperature when you enter the house. The security personnel lazily used a temperature gun to "snap" the back of Wei Yilin's hand: 33.5 degrees Celsius.

"So low?"

"yes, never more than 35 degrees Celsius." The security guard said and waved them in.

"Such a child's play?" When she was far away, Bai Yunlian covered her mouth and smiled.

Wei Yilin shrugged his shoulders and looked at the mall where there were two or three times more salespeople than customers, and now, every customer who dares to go out can enjoy the French noble "VIP" service, even if you just go to buy a pair of socks.

"By the way, why does your brother keep looking for you to buy things?" Wei Yilin squeezed the basketball in his hand with both hands, and patted it again to test its elasticity.

"If the doesn't buy him anything, he'll just stuff me here." Bai Yunlian smiled helplessly, her face was gloomy, "I don't know, where did he get his confidence, he thinks I will definitely buy it for him." ”

Wei Yilin showed his snow-white front teeth, and said in his heart: Because you are a younger brother.

"Hey, how about this? Limited edition, not more than five hundred expensive. ”

"You have a mine at home!" Bai Yunlian almost didn't have a mouthful of old blood sprayed on the ground.

Wei Yilin laughed, and then grabbed another slightly cheaper one: "This one, it's exactly the same as the one on the link, and this one is also used in professional basketball training." ”

Bai Yunlian stood on tiptoe and looked at the price carefully, her yellow and white forehead couldn't help frowning slightly, this basketball is not cheap, and the price is 299 yuan...... Bai Yunlian bit her thin lip, slammed her thumb on the phone screen, knocked out a line of words, looked at it, and deleted it all, and repeated it three or two times.

"Or, this?" Wei Yilin intimately grabbed a dark gray and white basketball with a poor feel, the price of this basketball is only half of the previous one, "It's just enjoyable, there's no need to buy that good." ”

Bai Yunlian turned off the screen of the mobile phone, pinched the screen and back of the mobile phone with the index finger and thumb of her right hand respectively, turned around twice, and then gritted her teeth as if she had made up her mind, and closed her eyes and opened them: "That's it." ”

"No, really. This one is enough, and it's good. Somehow, Wei Yilin began to feel sorry for Bai Yunlian.

Unexpectedly, Bai Yunlian still shook her head, and the smile on her face was sweet and guilty: "It's good that he likes it, I haven't been with him for four years, and I'm quite embarrassed." ”

"He's on his birthday today?"

"No, he's December."

December, a month destined to make their scalps tingle, because that month, they experienced a series of life and death in Huanzhou.

Perhaps, there is a contradictory side to everyone's personality, for example, Bai Yunlian is always unsure when choosing her own things, but when she buys things for Zhenzhen, she is not ordinary and decisive. Except for a little turmoil in basketball, the others were bought without saying a word, and in less than half an hour, Wei Yilin had two more large paper bags in his hand - he "grabbed" them.