Chapter 11 Morning Market
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I've gotten used to the routine, and I've become familiar with each of them, and I've become acclimated to the atmosphere of the bar. Speaking of which, this place is no different from my original world, and at first glance they are not much different from the ordinary humans I come into contact with on a daily basis.
The world of youkai in my imagination should be more weird, weirder, and more mysterious, right? But every day when I look at Hu Liqing yawning and lazily looking, I always feel that I don't have the temperament of a monster at all.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, it snowed again. I heard that the snow during the Lantern Festival is an auspicious omen, which means that this year's harvest will be very good, and the wind and rain will be smooth. After getting off work early in the morning and cleaning the bar, I decided not to sleep and go to the morning market first.
After all, it's the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and I feel that Liqing seems to attach great importance to these festivals, so she must eat rice balls today. I also make handmade rice balls, which are better than frozen in the supermarket, so I decided to buy red beans and glutinous rice noodles first.
Speaking of which, boiling red bean paste can be regarded as a work of patience and effort, and it should be prepared as soon as possible.
"Where is Shining going?" Lichun locked the door of the bar, hung up the small wooden sign "Close", and asked me.
I probably saw me wearing a down jacket.
"I want to catch the morning market."
"I'll go too." Lichun simply straightened his hair, took out a long tweed coat from the closet and put it on, "I have something I must buy today!" ”
I would love to travel with Lichun, because he is the gentlest of all the "people", and he is extremely patient and almost always answers. Every time something goes wrong with me, he is always the first to stand up and explain.
Everyone gave him some face, not to mention the guests, even Liqing was no exception. I think this is not only because he is "good", but also because he is beautiful. Just like now, he was just wearing an ordinary plain long coat and a hood, but he looked so outstanding that even if he blended into the sea of people, it was impossible to be drowned.
No one can refuse Lichun's request, and no one can resist Lichun's looking back and smiling. Some people say that beauty is also an invisible competitiveness!
One of us walked slowly through the heavy snow with an umbrella. There was no wind and it wasn't cold. It was still early, it was dark, the street lamps were shining with the snow satin spread out like a plain white brocade, and there were no pedestrians on the street.
But we know that many people get up earlier to work and start running for the day. Because it is always like this, the road is quiet, but when you arrive at the morning market, you will be surprised to find that it is so lively, and people appear here out of thin air as if they have fallen from the sky.
Everything is sold in the morning market, only the unexpected, there is nothing that cannot be found.
The ready-made dumplings at the morning market today also looked good, but after thinking about it, I decided to do it myself. Cooking for strangers is always different from cooking for your own family, and the taste will be different depending on the time and mind you spend on it. Time is a good thing, and it can bring about a myriad of wonderful changes, including time spent on food.
"What does Brother Lichun want to buy?" I quickly bought glutinous rice flour and red beans and asked him while packing the bag.
"Buy red silk and pork." Lichun frowned slightly. He is an absolute vegetarian, and probably the thought of pork has led to unconsciously nausea again.
Liqing is always confused about these details, and she will definitely not take this into account, and Lichun is somehow a little afraid of her, and they definitely don't dare to mention it to her.
"Why buy these?" I quickly digressed the subject. Of course, it's also because I'm really curious about it.
"Forget it, it's rain tomorrow, so I'm going to close. These are gifts for tonight's guests, red silk and stew. ”
Taking a breath of cold air, Lichun suddenly burst into a bright smile.
"This year's stew, please leave it to you!"
Judging by his expression, he must have made last year's stew. Imagining poor Lichun nagging frequently by the stew pot, I couldn't help but feel deep sympathy for him.
"Don't worry, I'll be covered." I replied dryly. Who can refuse such a smile as Lichun? It's not a big deal to say it, and even if he doesn't say it, I'll do it.
The two of us simply had some breakfast at the morning market, and one of us came with a steaming bowl of vegetarian wontons and a freshly baked sesame pancake. It was snowing heavily, but it was warm inside the small breakfast shop. The shopkeepers are an old couple, and they should get up at three or four o'clock to make wontons, and everything is well prepared. But there was no tiredness in their expressions, and there were sparkling smiles on their faces.
I heard that the three sons are all going to college in other places, and they all rely on the breakfast of this small shop to provide for them. No wonder it's so powerful.
A bowl of small wontons went down to the stomach, the body warmed up from the inside out, and the sleepiness of a sleepless night flew away. The two of us sat in the shop and chatted for a while, and when we saw that the number of people who came to eat breakfast gradually increased, we paid and got up to leave.
After chatting for a while, I realized that the solar term of rain is the beginning of spring in the meteorological sense. After the rain has passed, the weather really starts to get warmer.
But this year's winter has been extremely cold, and spring has been particularly difficult, otherwise why is it still snowing heavily? Tomorrow after the snow stops is often the coldest day.
Looking at the people hurrying in the snow, I exhaled white air between my mouth and nose, and there was a cold and hasty feeling, as if spring was far away.
Is it true that from tomorrow onwards, it will gradually become warmer?
Lichun said that the rainy season is somehow a custom to walk between relatives, and it can not be celebrated gorgeously like before. On the day of the rain, according to custom, the daughter and son-in-law would go to their mother's house and give their mother a red silk and a pot of stewed meat to thank her for her nurturing grace. Sometimes, mothers make a pair of red pants for their daughters to wear close to their bodies, which are said to have the effect of praying for the early pregnancy of their unborn daughters.
In some places, they will even recognize their newborn as a "godfather" on this day. After calculating the birth of the child, if the life is weak, he should find a suitable person on this day and recognize him as a godfather, in order to get some blessings of the godfather and grow up safely.
It's all the bonds between parents and relatives. Between people, due to blood relations, it is natural to have a variety of emotions. These emotions bind people together and often last a lifetime.
Although the bonds between people are not always good, I am still happy when I see the real smiles on the faces of the breakfast couple. The world is complicated, and if you only put your heart on those frustrating dark things, then the sky will never light up again.
The sky will still be bright, the road still has to go, and the short life is not easy.
Liqing's "life" must be very long, is it easy for them?