Chapter 57: Bayberry
The waterway is fast, just a few days to Cui Ran's heart and mind of the Huaiyang land, sure enough, it is the land of fish and rice, outstanding people, the shore of a blue brick and tile house looms after the weeping willows, through the quiet and beautiful, high and low, the eaves fly tiles, the alleys are deep and cramped, the twists and turns are mysterious, the apricot rain and pear clouds, a good Jiangnan scenery.
As soon as he docked at the pier, Cui Ran couldn't wait to get off the boat, wanting to stroll on this quaint and quiet green steps.
Quanjiang was in a hurry to enter Beijing, Li Xiangtian recommended him to Lu Taifu to teach one or two, he didn't dare to slack off, so he said goodbye, looked at the two people who got off the boat and went away, Quanjiang waved his hand vigorously.
"Fool, no one can see it." Yuan Gaochi, who was in a bad mood next to him, sneered.
"Ascend to the disciples." Izumi replied contemptuously.
"You-" Yuan Gaochi, who was also yearning for this land of smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, was rejected by Helan Xiang on the grounds of being in a hurry, and he was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't expect to be scolded by Quanjiang, a stupid boy, and couldn't help but want to do it.
"If you don't obey, I'll write to your father." Yuan Gaochi listened to He Lanxiang's words and withdrew his fist angrily.
Cui Ranxin, who did not take the carriage and walked on the bluestone slab step by step, greedily breathed the unique taste of Jiangnan, the houses were built according to the water, and the awning boat shuttling in the blue water was small and flexible, Cui Ran looked curiously at the farmer who jumped ashore from the boat with a burden, and the bayberry in the bamboo basket was red and gorgeous, and it was very attractive.
"Little girl, these crystal plums, it turned out to be tribute, this year's production is more, so I picked it out to sell, buy some to satisfy my cravings, I dare to say, there is no second person to sell on this street, and it will be listed in a month one after another."
Cui Ranxin had also eaten tribute bayberry in the capital before, but the color was not as attractive as the one in front of him, and he only took out a copper plate in his purse after touching it for a long time, and he still picked it up in Xijing.
"Buy it for me." Cui Ranxin pulled the corner of the young man's clothes, pointed to Yangmei and said.
"Old man Yang, didn't you say that all the excess was sent to me? How do you hawk on the street. ”
"Grandma Xiaolian misunderstood, I see that this little girl is handsome, and she looks like a foreigner, there are many plums today, so I want them to be full." The old farmer hastened to explain.
"Yo--speaking of which, you're also a bodhisattva, but you're mine, aren't you?" The woman who spoke, moving over, looked at the young man who was driving the car, although she deliberately painted scars on her face, but she would not admit her mistake.
Retracting his gaze, he smiled and handed the silver to the old farmer: "I look at these two people who are also kind-faced, this is what I invite you." ”
Cui Ran's heart secretly said that they all painted such scary scabies, and one said that he was handsome, and the other said that he was good-looking?
There was a basket on one side of the bamboo basket, and the woman named Xiaolian picked up a basket and stuffed it into Cui Ranxin's hand, and another basket was lifted and taken away.
"Grandma Xiaolian, I'll just say that you are the one who is compassionate." The old farmer smiled and accepted the money, carried the empty flat back to the canopy boat, and staggered away.
The two of them were there, and they forgot to thank them.
"Is that her?" Cui Ran thought of Jingfu Restaurant, Xiao not only made trouble, but the woman who sang was also called Xiaolian.
Cui Jiuan looked at the distant figure and nodded slightly.
"Ahh
Seeing her greedy and satisfied look, Cui Jiuan picked up one and said with a smile: "You love to eat, and insects love to eat too." ”
Seeing that the other party really picked out a white and fat worm the size of half a grain of rice in that bayberry, and raised it in front of his eyes with a wicked smile, Cui Ranxin was not afraid, he smiled, took the young man's hand, opened his lips and swallowed the whole bayberry in one gulp, his mouth bulging, and he looked at the young man triumphantly.
"You think I've been mixed for nothing for the past three years, this is a natural nourishment, look, my skin is so good after eating these." Cui Ranxin said, and didn't forget to lean over his face full of sores to show the other party clearly.
"Oh, no, it's over here." Turned his head and sent Bai Bai Tender over there.
Cui Jiuan gently pushed it away with his fingers and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is a wild girl from the mountains." ”
"My wild girl from the mountains, you are the wild boy from the mountains."
In the middle of the noise, it rained in the sky, the wind swept the sleeves, the rain hit the pear blossoms, the roadside pedestrians held umbrellas, the farmers on the boat put on their robes, and a young couple in the bamboo shed not far away was selling wontons and rice balls.
"A bowl of wonton, a bowl of rice balls."
"Okay!" The woman who spoke, with her willow eyebrows and thin lips, smiled on her thin lips, and had the delicate and elegant landscape of the Jiangnan landscape, Cui Ran stared at the hostess with burning eyes, so that her lower abdomen was slightly bulging, she smiled and bowed her head, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea.
Seeing the young man coming down from the carriage, his eyes were like paint, his face was like a crown of jade, he was calm and elegant, and brought another cup.
Cui Jiuan took out a tael of silver and put it on the table and said softly: "Please do me a favor, soak these bayberries in salt water, the little sister is greedy and afraid that she will eat her stomach." ”
I saw that the proprietress ran to the male owner who was getting off the wonton with her skirt and whispered something, and then, the man laughed, and the woman was ashamed.
"Childe, Miss, we don't accept this silver, my lady is very happy, and her heart is hungry for some sweet and sour, you see otherwise, I will soak and wash you, can you share some with me." After listening to the man's words, the hostess was even more shy and hid behind and did not dare to step forward.
"What's so difficult about this, it doesn't hurt to give half to my sister, I can't eat so much." Cui Ranxin smiled and handed the basket to the man.
The thin man took it with a smile on his face, turned to leave, and Cui Ran quickly reached out to grab the one or two pieces of silver on the table.
Who knew that the young man seemed to have expected it, faster than her, looking at the empty hands, Cui Ran snorted unwillingly.
The rain outside is a little more violent, denser, forming a curtain of water around the bamboo shed, dripping and staggering, looking at the scenery through the rain curtain, the lake in the distance is full of smoke, and a few egrets spread their wings and whisper.
After a while, the boss brought a bowl of steaming, crystal clear wontons, and a bowl of round, snow-white and lovely rice balls, Cui Ran couldn't wait to blow the hot air, a spoonful of wonton, a spoonful of rice balls, and she was baring her teeth and sticking out her tongue.
Cui Jiuan was not polite, picked up the porcelain spoon and tasted a bite of wonton first, and then tasted a rice ball, and then stopped eating.
It was raining outside, and the two were not in a hurry, and after eating, they chatted with the couple in the bamboo shed, and it was not a while to soak the insects clean.
After the hostess changed the bayberry with water, she wiped her hands clean, put down her rolled up sleeves, and said softly: "I and the head of the family have been miserable since we were children, so there are no elders in the family, and we don't know a few words. ”
When the man heard this, he also agreed in harmony: "Yes, yes, yes." ”
Cui Ran didn't expect that eating wonton dumplings would have such a fate, so he happily agreed to it.
Pat your chest and pack the ticket: "No problem." ”
Looking at the girl's brisk response, Cui Jiuan frowned, his heart was uneasy, thinking of the calf in the mountain that should have been born, this girl thought about it for two months and actually took a "Jiu'er", and he now doubts the other party's ability to name it.
Sure enough, Cui Ran thought for a moment and said loudly: "Either it's called An'er." ”
Without waiting for the young couple to answer, Cui Jiuan hurriedly interrupted: "I think I should take the word bayberry, the boy is called Yang, and the girl is called Mei." ”
When the two heard this, they just applauded: "Okay, if it's a boy, it's called Xu Yang, and the girl is called Xu Mei." ”
Coincidentally, the rain stopped and the wind stopped, the sky cleared, and the hostess put the soaked and washed bayberry back into the scrubbed bamboo basket and handed it to Cui Ranxin's palm.
Cui Ranxin pulled the hostess to say goodbye.