Chapter 118: Entering the City to Buy
Knowing that Fang Peinan had five days left to leave, Shui Yao didn't dare to delay, took back the notebook that had memorized the English materials before and began to work overtime to compile it. Although Fang Peinan studied medicine, Shui Yao, who has come from the 21st century, knows better than anyone how important English will be to people in the future.
Carefully sort out the words and grammar lesson by lesson according to the degree of difficulty, given that Fang Peinan's English is a typical "dumb English", he can only do questions, and the strong local flavor of the real communication really made Shui Yao almost suffocate his internal injuries.
Therefore, after each word, Shui Yao added a phonetic transcription, which pronunciation, which voiced, which are nasal, and which need to be stressed are clearly marked. However, even so, Shui Yao still felt that the finishing at hand was too simple and rough, and he sighed more than once, if he could get the tape, it would of course be better than anything, but it was true that there was no such condition at present, so he could only let him explore it a little bit.
After two days in a row, Shui Yao didn't have a good rest, and now the two clouds of blue and black made Shui Daquan, who came back from work, feel distressed.
"Yaoyao, even if you are in a hurry to get these, you have to pay attention to the degree, if you break your body by then...... Alas, besides, Boy Fang may not need these ...... either."
Shui Daquan shook his head while talking, saying that girls are outgoing, which is not bad at all, but he is a poor old father, and he finally pulled his daughter up, but this girl is thinking about other people's bastards.
But after all, it's his own family, so who can hurt if he doesn't hurt the water? Sighing softly, Shui Daquan put the things in his pocket in Shui Yao's hand.
"Forget it, Dad won't talk about you, you just have to know it in your heart. You can take these and eat them, and make up for your brain. ”
Shui Yao turned his head and was pleasantly surprised.
"Wow, what a big walnut! Dad, where did you get this thing? ”
Seeing his daughter smile, Shui Daquan has no worries at all. Now, the conditions at home have been greatly improved than before, before has always been yellow and thin, it seems that the wind can blow people away Shui Yao, after a period of organization, there is finally some flesh on the face, and even the eyes are light when you smile, and it looks very cute.
"My colleague gave it, saying that if the children in the family wanted to eat, they would ask someone to bring it from the provincial capital. That guy usually has a good relationship with me, so he gave some by the way. You try it, if you like it, Dad please ask someone to get more, after all, there are some ways. ”
Shui Yao has always liked to eat walnuts, under normal circumstances, the freshly picked is the most crisp and tender, tear it gently, the outer layer of thin skin like cicada wings will come down, the walnut flesh of the white flower is eaten in the mouth, there is no astringency of the old walnut, it is the most fresh and sweet.
However, the best time to pick walnuts is from August to September, and now Shui Daquan brings back the old goods left over from last year. But even so, being able to eat such a good quality is a big gain after coming here.
Putting down the pen in his hand, Shui Yao stood up, stretched his waist, pinched his sore neck, and directly picked up the walnuts, put them in the crack of the door and clamped them, creaking and creaking.
"Dad, what you said is not bad at all, I originally made it almost here, my body is important, if you are not in a hurry to leave today, I will make you a snack with walnuts, I guarantee that you have not eaten it before!"
After peeling all the walnuts, Shui Yao filled two small bowls, boiled the water, and threw them into the pot to boil. Shui Daquan didn't interrupt when he saw it, anyway, as soon as his daughter pulled it to eat, he had a lot more ideas.
The first step of boiling water is to peel the walnut skin, the astringency of the water can not be liked, although the boiled walnuts are not as good as the fresh peel, and the taste is not that refreshing, but hanging on the layer of sugar, sprinkled with sesame seeds, it is still a delicacy.
The boiled syrup orange and orange yellow, scooped up with a spoon, continuous, transparent and clear, fragrant. Shui Yao saw the right time, poured the dried walnuts into one go, hung a layer of amber sugar, sprinkled with sesame seeds, spread them on a plate, dried, and the amber walnuts were ready.
Shui Daquan took a piece, just bit it, rattle, crisp and sweet, straight to the heart. However, seeing that Shui Yao was busy, Shui Daquan no longer grinded, and directly discussed it with Shui Yao.
"I'm not going to leave today, but I'm coming back from leave this time, just to let you prepare for the start of school. Usually there is a lot of work in the mine, and Dad can't be separated, and you haven't bought the outfit to go to school, so I want to take advantage of today, let's go to the county seat again, and buy all the things that should be bought, and finally you also went to high school, and the previous quilt and mattress are afraid that they can't be used, and the kettle or something has to prepare a new one. ”
A few days ago, because of Fang Peinan's reminder, Shui Yao was mentally prepared, although there are still more than ten days to leave school, but things should still be prepared, hurry up early, not late, so as not to be in a hurry when the day comes.
Shui Yao divided the walnuts into two parts, one was left for Shui Yun, and the other was wrapped in paper, preparing to go back and send the written information to Fang Peinan along with the walnuts. Then, I went back to the house to pack up the money and tickets and went out with Shui Daquan.
Because the time to come out was not early, the father and daughter were afraid that by the time they arrived, the things of the supply and marketing cooperatives had already been sold, so they did not dare to delay at all, and quickly went to pull a few feet of homespun cloth, exchanged industrial coupons for an enamel jar, and added some money to buy a few pieces of soap and towels.
After buying everything, Shui Daquan went straight to the "Workers, Peasants and Soldiers" hotel with Shui Yao.
"Yaoyao, I guess before you start school, Dad won't be back a few times, let's have a good meal today, I'll please!"
Shui Yao knew that this time her father was a blessing in disguise, and he got a lot of bonuses, so he dared to come here to eat and drink. As the old saying goes, if you have money in your hands, you don't panic in your heart, Shui Daquan's heart, Shui Yao is also inconvenient to refuse, it will be bad to hurt the old father's heart, so you are not welcome, first asked for two bottles of Arctic Ocean soda as usual, and then took the menu and looked at it.
Strictly speaking, the dishes of the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Hotel can be said to be the best in the county, but for the taste, Shui Yao does not have much hope, when he came back for the first time, the bowl of sweet potato leaf noodles tasted very bland, but let Shui Yao go back and regurgitate for a while.
"Yo, just ordered a bowl of pimple soup and was embarrassed to rub the place in our store? It's a shame to be here, and you don't have money to eat? ”
The caustic words made Shui Daquan, who was sitting opposite, frown almost imperceptibly. Shui Yao knew that her father's sense of justice had exploded again, for fear that he would lose his temper again, so he quickly stretched out his hand and pinched Shui Daquan's arm twice to remind him, after all, Shui Yao has seen a lot of this kind of scene, no matter what industry, wherever he goes, there is milk is a mother, and there are many people who tend to be inflammatory.
I saw that after the waiter drove the shabby-dressed guest away, he immediately hunched his waist and ran to greet the decent people who were really well-dressed and dressed in suit pants.
"Phew, it's really dog-eyed!"
Shui Daquan cursed softly, and after a while, seeing that her father's anger had almost subsided, Shui Yao shook his head lightly, and called the waiter over.
Shui Daquan didn't wear overalls when he came out this time, and he casually put a homespun cloth cover on his body, and in Shui Yao's words, their family has always maintained a thrifty and hard-working style, so of course they are no exception, all blue homespun clothes.
The waiter was very disdainful when he saw the two hillbillies, and he didn't even want to give one of them, but when Shui Yao ordered the food, he saw the tick on the menu clearly, and immediately smiled.
"Vinegared chicken, scrambled eggs with ground vegetables, two bowls of rice, uncle, wait a minute, it'll be fine soon!"
As soon as he entered the mouth, Shui Yao frowned, whether it was an egg or this vinegared chicken, in good conscience, it was really polite to say that the taste was average. The eggs were too broken, and the fishy smell of the chicken itself hadn't been removed at all, and the poor craftsmanship made Shui Yao shake his head, and he didn't know how this restaurant, which had the best name in the county, opened to this day.
Look at Shui Daquan, he also put down two chopsticks, quickly settled the account, and left with Shui Yao, before leaving, he didn't forget to laugh at himself.
"Alas, it seems that my stomach is nourished by you, and the craftsmanship of this worker, peasant and soldier is not even worthy of lifting shoes for you! Alas, if my daughter hadn't studied too well and came out to open a restaurant, maybe most of our cooks in the country would have lost their jobs! ”
However, Shui Yao didn't feel exaggerated at all about Shui Daquan's praise, after all, the restaurant she managed in her previous life has always been the best in the country and even Asia, and it can be said that it is the banner of Chinese food in the world.
As soon as he got out of the hotel, Shui Yao hadn't taken two steps yet, and felt as if the corners of his clothes were hanging on by something, so he lowered his head, but found a childish little face.
"Sister, I've waited for you, it's so good!"
The little boy was obviously in a good mood when he saw Shui Yao, and he giggled, and there was a little more blush on his round face.
But the sudden affectionate ~ warm attitude made Shui Yao a little at a loss, looked carefully at the boy's appearance, and thought about it for a long time, Shui Yao didn't come up with one, two, three, but the only thing that can be determined is that this little boy's eyes are clear and clear, and he is not a bad person.
"Little brother, who are you? Did you recognize the wrong person? You tell your sister where your home is, will your sister send you back? ”
Seeing that his daughter was being pulled by a little child, Shui Daquan also turned back.
Shui Yao's confusion hurt the little boy a little, and gently pouted his little mouth, and the boy explained.
"Sister, I'm Ah Tang, last time you helped me clean up that big bad guy in this hotel, have you forgotten? I've been waiting for my sister here for more than two months! ”