Chapter 35: The First Day
Xiang Yang's family, carrying their bags, walked on this strange street.
The rain began to make the air hot and dry, and the feeling of stuffiness was especially obvious in the mountains.
As a last resort, Xiang Yang had to find a place to rest for a while.
When he got here, Xiang Yang felt that he was thinking too simply, and he didn't think about many things clearly, only knowing that he was taking this opportunity, but he didn't expect that there were actually many problems.
For example, the language barrier, and the water and soil adaptation......
In 93, Mandarin was not yet popular, the Chinese language was only in the hands of a small number of people, and local people spoke their own local dialects, such as the teaching of Xiangyang School, which was basically spoken in the local dialect.
Of course, it is impossible for Xiang Yang not to speak Chinese, but the people here can't!
Fortunately, there is a universal language, which does not need to be spoken, gestures, and taking a moment, although it seems silly, but it is very effective.
The other is altitude sickness, and the first one to be hit is Xiang's mother.
The first feeling is naturally difficulty breathing, after all, at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, this transition takes time, and it is still the eve of a rainstorm, and the oxygen content of the air is already thin.
Sitting down under the eaves of a closed shop, Xiang Yang dragged the ten-yuan bill given to his father in his hand, and was about to go to the store across the street to buy some food, but he ...... in an instant The raindrops of beans fell, and the entire road surface was wet in an instant, and it also stopped the footsteps of Xiangyang stepping out.
Xiang Yang glanced at his parents and said he was helpless.
But the rainstorm has fallen, hitting this impetuous air, so that the original stuffiness has dissipated a lot, the air is also a touch of coolness, a damp earthy smell rises, so that the originally uncomfortable Xiang mother, also gradually began to get used to it.
The family just looked at the rain in the mountains, and didn't deliberately think about when the rain would stop, after all, they were here to escape, taking into account the tourism and seeing the scenery.
Then this hazy mountain rain can be regarded as one of the beautiful scenery!
There is also a hazy figure in the rain, braving the rain, the sound of hurried footsteps.
A figure rushed into the small eaves, and when they looked at each other, both sides were a little surprised.
The other party was surprised, but he didn't expect that there were already people here, and he couldn't help but feel a little impolite when he was in a hurry, so he smiled apologetically, and wanted to talk, but he didn't know what to say.
And Xiang Yang was surprised that this person was extremely familiar to him, although there were some differences in details from his memory, except for being thinner and his skin was sallow, that appearance was the person he was looking for.
This is the old godmother who was called the goddess of the whole people in later generations, how many people have red faces for her?
It's just that at this moment, she is so embarrassed.
His clothes were soaked, his hair was dripping, and he was clinging to his emaciated face, and he was standing in a corner with an apologetic face and some restraint.
Behind him was a huge back basket, tightly wrapped in oiled paper and cloth, but Xiang Yang knew that there was something hidden in it.
"Dad, I'm hungry!" Xiang Yang suddenly spoke and rubbed his stomach.
Tao Huabi naturally didn't understand this, but she had been paying attention to this family of three, and Xiang Yang's movements, she naturally saw it clearly.
She is a warm-hearted person, which can be seen from her willingness to give those students free jelly.
"......" It's just that he didn't know how to speak, but he still skillfully untied the back basket on his body, carefully untied the opening, took out the dishes and chopsticks from it, and skillfully put on three bowls of beige things, a little shy, and some cautiously handed over.
Xiang Yang looked at it, a bowl of beige strips, thinking that it should be rice tofu, but there was only some soy sauce and chopped green onions on it, and he didn't see the oil chili he had been waiting for for a long time.
I'm afraid that this careful woman saw that they were from other provinces, and she was afraid that they would not be used to eating spicy food, so she didn't let it go.
Xiang's father is honest and shy, and he didn't dare to pick it up for a while, and Xiang's mother is the same, they are all simple croppers, but they are also principled and don't eat the food that comes from them.
Xiang Yang naturally understands, but this bowl of things still has to be received, after all, this is the beginning of friendship between people, if you don't take it, I'm afraid that you won't have the opportunity to pick up this bowl of hot cold noodles in the future.
But Xiang Yang also understood his parents' thoughts, so he naturally put the ten yuan in his hand into Tao Huabi's hand, took it for one night, and ate it.
Tao Huabi originally didn't want to accept this money, but thinking about meeting in Pingshui, collecting money is one thing, if you pay it back, I'm afraid it will also be disrespectful to people, after all, the language barrier is really difficult to explain.
In the end, she accepted the money and encouraged her father and mother to pick up the bowl in her hand with her eyes.
Seriously, the jelly is not delicious, at least for Xiangyang, this bite is really not used to eating.
But I still have to pretend to be delicious, but on my father's and mother's side, I eat with relish, I don't know if I'm really hungry, or if I like it originally, Xiang Yang didn't ask.
After eating half of it, Xiang Yang pointed his fingers, and finally made Tao Huabi understand, and took out a glass bottle from the back basket with some black things.
This should be the most primitive old godmother spicy sauce, right?
Xiang Yang took it and said thank you, and in the stunned eyes of his parents and Tao Huabi, he pulled out three large lumps of oil chili peppers from the glass bottle, and suddenly the entire bowl of cold noodles was oily and red.
Tao Huabi wanted to speak and stopped, but looking at the good-looking child in front of him, the desire in his eyes couldn't help but rise with a sense of pride in his heart.
Indeed, in Tao Huabi's eyes, this kind of child from the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with fine skin and tender meat, does give people a good-looking feeling.
Since she likes it, she naturally can't stop it, but there is still some worry in her eyes.
But Xiang Dad and Xiang Mom can't stand it anymore, what's wrong with this child, it's always been weird, I haven't seen him eat chili peppers before, this time I pulled so much, can I stand it?
"Xiangyang, did you put too much?" Ask Mom this.
"Otherwise, don't eat it, eat my bowl!" After saying goodbye to his father, he wanted to pick up Xiang Yang's bowl of red hot cold powder, but Xiang Yang avoided him.
How can that intoxicating fragrance be given to others, even if it is his own father, not to give it......
Xiang Yang didn't say much, picked a somewhat blackened tempeh, put it in his mouth, and tasted it carefully.
An explosive sensation exploded on the tip of his tongue, and the familiar taste returned, although it was spicier and more vigorous, but it also made him like it more.
Xiang Yang is a standard Jiangnan person, in my impression, Jiangnan cuisine highlights a sweet word, such as sweet and sour carp, sweet and sour pork ribs, etc., but in fact, Jiangnan people also eat spicy, although they don't eat much, but Xiang Yang is an exception after all.
He was a man of the past, and before he was reborn, he had eaten even spicier devil chili peppers, not because he liked it so much, but because he wanted to survive.
In his previous life, he was just a small salesman, and in order to cater to customers, for those meager salaries, it seemed that he really sold everything.
Eating the old godmother in the bowl, Xiang Yang unconsciously got a little distracted, and a drop of liquid slipped from the corner of his eye, and it fell into the bowl with a click.