11. Liquor shops
Love is like a glass of wine, it is very strong when you taste it, it is a little bitter when you drink it, and it is a little sweet when you taste it, and you will have a headache and be sad when you drink too much.
Christmas is a Western holiday, it stands to reason that we Chinese are no more than this festival, we should live the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and other traditional festivals.
Today's young people, on the contrary, are very active during Christmas Eve and Christmas, sending blessings and gifts to everyone around them.
On Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, they all lie in bed playing mobile phones and games, and some go to pay New Year's greetings to their elders, and some are too lazy to move.
December 25 is Christmas Day, and the night before is Christmas Eve.
Li Youbin didn't want to spend any Christmas Eve, but Lu Chaoling wanted to spend it, and his roommate also wanted to spend it.
You said it, I really don't want to think about it, but you can't say it and it seems out of place, let's live one.
Of course, the most important reason why he celebrated this festival was because Lu Chaoling preferred some Western cultural festivals.
He doesn't know how the tradition of eating apples on Christmas Eve came about, and it may also be a homonym, but he doesn't know if the West calls apples apples.
In the days leading up to Christmas, the price of apples has risen a lot, and it is a little better by the pound.
There are some people who are particularly good at doing business, buy more apples for ten yuan and three catties, and then pack them in a box for one dollar, take one out and sell them for five yuan, and some are more excessive for six yuan and seven yuan.
Maybe the standard of living is high now, and five or six yuan is not a big amount for many people, but if you think about it, we usually eat an apple for a dollar, and it feels like a cheap thing to eat an apple for five or six yuan on Christmas Eve.
Some people say that eating apples can keep you safe for a year, that's all a lie, Westerners are safe, we won't be long before Chinese New Year's Eve, the year beast will enter the village immediately, you eat an apple and lie there to specify that it is safe.
There is also a custom of sending apples to each other on Christmas Eve, and I don't know if it is a custom that originally existed in the West, anyway, Chinese people who spend Christmas Eve have this custom.
Of course, Li Youbin is also very clear, but he is smarter and does not buy the kind of apples that cost five yuan a piece.
He bought three yuan a catty, bought several catties, and then bought a dozen or so in a one-dollar box in the gift shop and began to pack it himself, and the price of an apple packaged out was less than two yuan, which was about the same as the five or six yuan they bought outside, and even more exquisite.
After I do it, I give one to my roommates and friends, and I'm very happy.
Chinese celebrate Christmas differently from foreigners.
There are not the most adults on campus and on the street, and there are very few people who go out alone, and the most are some young couples. Walking on the street and hugging, especially affectionate, as if it was not Christmas, it was Valentine's Day.
College students are like this, some of them go out to celebrate the holidays with their subjects, and those who don't have objects stay in the dormitory to play games.
Li Youbin is a special case, he goes out without a girlfriend, mainly because Lu Chaoling wants to go out, so he goes out.
I don't know if it's a special arrangement from God, it will snow every Christmas Eve every year, and it will be very heavy, but it is not cold.
Lu Chaoling likes this kind of snow day very much, and when she sees the snow, she can't wait to get into the snow and roll around twice.
Oddly enough, many of us northerners are like this.
It's normal for some friends in the south to be excited when they see snow, after all, they haven't seen it, and there is no need for compatriots in the north to be like this, and there are still a lot of times they see it a year.
Li Youbin also likes snowy days, not snow, he likes snowy days because he can drink again.
It's quite cold on a snowy day, and the best anti-cold artifact at this time is a bottle of Erguotou or the old village chief.
"Let's go, I'll take you to drink."
Li Youbin dragged Lu Chaoling and got on the bus without saying anything.
There is no Niulan Mountain near the school, this has been said for a long time, but he knows that there is a snack bar in Taolin.
The owner of the snack bar was very welcoming and hurriedly greeted people when they saw them.
The shop is located in a very remote place, the decoration of the shop is a bit old, and naturally there are few customers, and there are only two or three people sitting in the noisy festival like this.
However, this had no effect on Li Youbin, so he found a place to sit down and handed the menu to Lu Chaoling.
The owner of the snack bar is a middle-aged man in his thirties, a little scumbag, and he looks very kind, he knows Li Youbin.
Li Youbin has been here several times, and every time he comes, he has to order a bottle of Niulanshan.
He also entered this shop by chance, and asked during the meal: Is there a Niulan Mountain, but I didn't expect it to be true, and he often comes to this Niulan Mountain.
"What are you going to eat today?" The boss walked to the table and wiped the table clean, "It's still Niulanshan to drink." ”
"Haha, let's take a look at the food, Niulanshan will have a bottle first."
"Okay, wait a minute."
The boss smiled and nodded to the two of them and went to the kitchen.
This boss and Li Youbin are quite chatty, maybe people with common hobbies can talk about it together, Li Youbin likes to drink Niulanshan, and the boss also likes it.
Lu Chaoling couldn't stop eating the barbecue after it was served, the food made in this shop was still very delicious, but the store was too small, and few people came except for a few acquaintances.
By the time Li Youbin and the others started eating, the store was already empty.
It's also boring to see the boss sitting alone in the back and playing with his mobile phone, so he simply called out and drank two cups together.
In fact, Li Youbin has always felt that this boss is a person with a story, which can be seen from the name of his hotel.
"Liquor store" doesn't sound like a restaurant name, but rather a bar, and it doesn't sound so good.
The only place in the store that matches the name of the store is that there are many types of wine, there are no famous wines, they are all authentic local wines, such as Niulanshan, the old village chief, Touqu, Erqu, Longhua and the like.
"What's the point of your name?" Li Youbin picked up the wine bottle and poured a cup for him and the boss.
Lu Chaoling didn't drink well, and after drinking a little, she was already a little floating, so he didn't let her drink it anymore.
"What's the matter, it's casual, and it wasn't called this before." The boss's eyes were a little red.
"What was it called before?" The boss's words aroused Li Youbin's curiosity.
"This shop, I opened it with my daughter-in-law, it used to be called 'Jiujiu Hotel', I hoped that we could last forever, but then we ran away with people, and it became a joke for a long time, so it was changed to a wine shop, and I became obsessed with drinking at that time."
"Then you're unlucky, I'm not like you, I've been drinking since I was a child, but it's not like you're always drunk."
"You're still too young, when you grow up you'll know the benefits of getting drunk, and when you're drunk, you forget everything and don't care about anything."
"I'll talk about it when I grow up." Li Youbin picked up the wine cup, "Come, brother, I respect you." ”
"Come!"
Sometimes life is like this, confidants are often not the kind people around you, and may just be passers-by who have crossed paths in your life.
Helped Lu Chaoling, who was already drowsy, out of the store, said goodbye to the boss and took a taxi back to school.
When I arrived at the school, it was already past twelve o'clock, the door of the dormitory building had already been closed, and the two of them were drunk and did not dare to enter, and it was strictly forbidden to drink alcohol in the school.
"Looking for a hotel?" Li Youbin looked at Lu Chaoling.
"I want to stay in a hotel." Lu Chaoling's eyes were a little confused, and she drank a little too much.
"Did you bring your ID?"
"Nope."
"Then what else is there to say, let's go."
Li Youbin helped Lu Chaoling into the nearest hotel, and after entering, he thought about it and opened two rooms, although he was not a decent man, he did not take advantage of others.
The main reason is that she is afraid that he will do something sorry for her, and she will hate him for the rest of her life.
In front of people who don't care, you won't be restrained in doing anything. In front of the people you really like, it's not so casual.