Chapter Thirty-Seven: Yang Chun Noodles and Rouge
It's a bustling night in the capital, but there's not much business in a remote noodle shop. Xiao Er sat drowsy in front of the counter, the tables and chairs in the store were clean and tidy, and obviously no customers had come in tonight.
"Little Er, do you have Yangchun noodles?"
The young man's voice was crisp and powerful, waking Xiao Er from his sleep.
"Yes, yes, yes! How many bowls do you want? Xiao Er came out of the counter and ran to the guests who entered the store diligently, "The guest officer is sitting here, it's all clean!" ”
"Two bowls."
"Howler! Wait a minute, two of you! After Xiao Er finished speaking, he ran to the back kitchen, "Two bowls of Yangchun noodles!" ”
It was Ruan Cixi and Gui Lan who entered the store, and after the hot noodles were served, Ruan Cixi handed Gui Lan a pair of chopsticks.
"This noodle restaurant is so remote, how do you know?" Gui Lan took the chopsticks and took a bite and felt that it was not bad, the noodles she used to eat were basically instant noodles.
"I found it by accident." Ruan Cixi ate noodles wholeheartedly, as if he had forgotten the purpose of coming here.
"This is dinner?" Gui Lan took a sip of the soup, and the hot noodle soup made her feel comfortable.
Ruan Cixi nodded, busy eating noodles and did not speak.
Xiao Er, who returned to the counter, looked at Ruan Cixi from time to time, and he didn't find anything until Ruan Cixi and Guilan finished eating and were about to settle the bill.
"Two guest officers, a total of ten cents." After seeing Ruan Cixi beckoning, Xiao Er walked over with a tray.
After giving the money, Ruan Cixi asked Xiao Er, who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks: "The noodles in your noodle restaurant are very good, why is the business so cold?" ”
"It's nothing, our shopkeeper doesn't like to solicit guests, and the shopkeeper says it's fate." Xiao Er neatly packed up the dishes and chopsticks, bent over towards Ruan Cixi and the others, and then sent the dishes and chopsticks into the back kitchen with a tray.
"Let's go."
After leaving the noodle shop, Ruan Cixi took Gui Lan around the street, buying some gadgets for Gui Lan from time to time.
Gui Lan didn't know what Ruan Cixi was having, but her intuition told her that it was not a good thing. Gui Lan didn't ask, anyway, he just had to eat, drink and have fun with Ruan Cixi.
After staying in the mountains for a long time, you have to move your muscles and bones.
"Who are you going to buy rouge for?" The lady who sold rouge saw Ruan Cixi stop in front of her stall and immediately greeted her warmly.
"Sister." Ruan Cixi pointed to Gui Lan Dao, who was holding a bunch of snacks.
Ruan Cixi hated his thirteen-year-old height, half a head shorter than Guilan, so he had to reluctantly pretend to be Guilan's younger brother.
"Yo, this girl has a good brother, look at what you like, let your brother buy it!" The eldest lady's eyes lit up, the two people in front of her were not dressed ordinarily, and the small snacks in her sister's arms were much more expensive than her rouge.
"I don't like rouge, I don't use it." Guilan hadn't looked at the rouge gouache on the stall with her eyes, she didn't like to use these things, and it was not convenient for her to eat at all.
Ruan Cixi ignored Gui Lan's refusal, focused on picking up the things on the stall, and after a while, he turned his head to look at Gui Lan, and asked casually: "Sister, we just ate Yangchun noodles, can you still eat so many things?" ”
When the eldest lady heard this, her eyes changed.
"The noodle restaurant is a little out of the way, but the noodles are delicious, so let's have a chance to eat them again." Ruan Cixi seemed to have picked it up, picked up a box of rouge and gave it to the eldest lady, "Auntie, I want this, how much is it?" ”
"This, this one costs twenty cents." The eldest lady said with a smile.
"Ah, this is worth four bowls of Yangchun noodles." There was obvious surprise and suspicion in Ruan Cixi's tone.
"The little boy has a good eye, this rouge is my best rouge, although it is not as good as the one sold in the shop, but the girl's house on this street is all rouge bought from me, it is absolutely easy to use!" The eldest lady patted her chest and reassured.
"Really the best? Isn't the best rouge Yang Chunxue? Ruan Cixi took the box of rouge in his hand and looked at it carefully, his tone was full of carelessness.
Gui Lan glanced at Ruan Cixi distracted from the pleasure of eating.
The eldest lady's expression remained unchanged, still smiling, "Yang Chunxue...... Does the little boy know how Yang Chunxue does it? ”
"It's snowing in June." Ruan Cixi blinked, looking innocent.
"Not bad, it's a pity that today's Yangchun Snow is sold out, why don't you go to that noodle restaurant tomorrow to eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles?"