The climate in the past two years is relatively abnormal, according to the normal situation GZ can almost be said to be a city without winter, but this year just as soon as winter GZ City has snowflakes, meteorologists have tried to explain in many ways, but everyone actually doesn't care, because snow for such a southern city, it is not abnormal but a gift, especially this snow is not small or big, just to the ankle position.

The school was closed due to safety concerns, and the children in Chang'an Lane were already playing outside before dawn, and they couldn't resist this happiness every year, and went out to eat snow with the friends in the box early.

Although the adults in every household will tell their children that the snow is dirty and cannot be eaten, who cares about the little rabbits, after all, the children of the south are to the snow what the children of the grassland are to the sea, full of reverie, longing and expectation.

Early in the morning, the snow is still blowing, Chang'an Lane is gradually lively, the little rabbits are wet and shivering and are called home to eat, from time to time in the alley there are also sharp voices belonging to the women, shouting "XXX come back to eat" is to represent the happiness of the rabbits has come to an end temporarily.

There are also a few early shops in Chang'an Lane, selling some things like steamed dumplings with rice rolls, which is not a business, that is, the neighbors in the alley get something out to subsidize the family in their spare time, and they don't expect to make much money, the main thing is that they can't be idle.

So the steam and snow in the early morning blended together, and the office workers bought some when they passed by, complained to the boss about the ghost weather by the way, and then continued to turn around and blend into the city behind them.

Brother Xiao Zhang stood in front of the window, with a large jar of pickled plums in front of him, today is the beginning of winter, according to the rules, he wants to make a dish of plum pork ribs to reward the neighbors who have worked hard in the past year.

This is the rule of Chang'an Lane for 700 years, although things will change due to different times, but there is such a procedure after all. And this generation is in the hands of Brother Zhang.

He put the pitted plum aside, then took out the sweet and sour tangerine peel, and after washing off the dust on it, he was about to start processing the ribs.

The ribs sent this morning were very fresh, and the eldest brother who sent the meat also smiled and said that he knew that Chang'an Lane was going to treat him today, so he specially picked the best ribs for Brother Zhang.

The pork ribs are also simple to handle, first soak them in cold water for a while, then add green onions, ginger star anise and cinnamon cooking wine to blanch, wait until they are completely blanched, take them out and put them in the basket on the side for later use, put oil in the big iron pot, put sugar after the oil is hot, and wait until the color is jujube red to add the pork ribs and start stir-frying, during which the soy sauce is added to fry the fragrance together, this is added to the boiling water and the ribs, and after the water is boiled, add the plum and tangerine peel, you can cover the low heat.

To be honest, if it weren't for Brother Xiao Zhang, the more than 100 catties of pork ribs would really kill people, but as soon as the sour smell came out, the hard work of this morning would be worth it.

Thunder Dragon sat in front of the cauldron and watched the fire, he couldn't do anything now, the only thing he could do was sit there, either watching TV or watching the fire. And Brother Xiao Zhang went to the side and began to prepare other side dishes, after all, there are a lot of things today, although pork ribs are the main dish, they can't only have pork ribs.

"Potato brisket, salt-and-pepper chicken nuggets, crispy tenderloin, crab roe and tofu soup, and the staple food is shrimp tortillas, rice and pickled pepper steak powder." Brother Zhang squatted there and counted the other ingredients: "If you are really bored, you can watch TV by yourself." ”

"It's okay, I'll just sit here."

Lei Long sat there with his cheeks held and looked at the flames in the hearth in a daze, and muttered in his mouth: "Unknowingly, this year is the seventh hundred years of Chang'an Lane. Boss, you said that in another 700 years, will Chang'an Lane still be there? ”

Brother Xiao Zhang didn't speak, just sat in front of a big iron basin to clean up the beef, only glanced up at him when he heard Lei Long's question, and then continued to lower his head and busy with his own business.

Lei Long didn't ask, because he knew that Brother Xiao Zhang never made any predictions, whether he was there or not, it was just a fate for him, although no one knew what happened in the future, but Brother Xiao Zhang could know.

"I can't talk nonsense, right, after I have the spirit of words, I am much more careful when I speak, to be honest, when I was forced to beat by the Black Spirit Mountain, I didn't think of the spirit of words at once, otherwise it would never be like this." Lei Long sat there with a sad face: "I feel aggrieved when I think about it." ”

Brother Xiao Zhang had already started cutting beef at this moment, and he also laughed when he heard Lei Long's words: "Some things are probably fate, I think that instead of going there and thinking about why you accidentally fell into the hands of Qing Lingzi, you should think about why someone other than Qing Lingzi wants to reward you." ”

When the thunder dragon was said this, he suddenly raised his head and slapped his thigh: "Yes, who rewards me is the key." And the people of Qing Lingzi also think that I am a devil, so it is obvious that the people who offered me a reward only targeted me after I went to Japan. ”

"You're too high-profile."

Brother Xiao Zhang is right, Lei Long is how rampant and rampant he is on Xiao Baga's side, basically the posture of the boss and his second child, not only does he not pay attention to his own concealment, but even broadcasts other people's secret places, which is strange if he is not rewarded.

Once he figured this out, Lei Long's anger suddenly disappeared, after all, if he changed to the forces of either side, he suddenly found that there was such a person as Lei Long who was born out of thin air, so he had to be moved, and he found Qing Lingzi to tie him up, just to coerce Gali to lure him to join the enemy.

It's just that I didn't expect Qing Lingzi to hand him over according to the rules, but instead gave him a knife and got rid of him, which is a good way to deal with it. As for why he couldn't let the thunder dragon go, even the thunder dragon didn't dare to hope for it, because if Qing Lingzi fell into his hands, he would definitely not let Qing Lingzi go.

So many times, the complexity of this world is really far beyond the scope that Brontosaurus's not very developed brain can understand, and it is no wonder that he has repeatedly suffered losses. It's no wonder that from beginning to end, it is a mouse whose combat effectiveness is not outstanding to be the head of the twelve spirits.

Bad combat effectiveness is not necessarily a defect, but if the brain is not good, it must be a defect.

"Damn, a bounty on Lao Tzu! Fuck, I'm going to tell the eldest sister to reward them. "Although the thunder dragon is no longer entangled in what he has been done, the law of conservation of anger tells us that a person's anger value does not arise or disappear out of thin air, it must be transformed from one way to another.

Before, Lei Long was angry with himself and Qing Lingzi, but now his anger was directly aimed at the organization that had offered him a bounty.

At about eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Brother Zhang's dishes were almost ready, and then the mouse came to the restaurant sleepily, and as soon as he entered the house, he heard Lei Long scolding there, scolding very dirty, the kind that serious people don't have ears to listen to.

"Who's stepping on your tail again?"

The rat sat on a chair, lifted the lid of the pot and picked out a piece of brisket with his fingernails and put it in his mouth, and after tossing it back and forth, he continued: "Can't you have a stable day?" ”

Lei Long sat there and angrily erupted: "Fucking someone has a bounty on Lao Tzu." ”

"What's the bounty on you? Didn't Qing Lingzi say it, someone asked him to arrest you. He didn't recognize you either, so something was wrong. Why are you still angry in this place after turning around. ”

Lei Long waved his hand: "No, you listen to me." ”

After sitting there and listening to the description of the thunder dragon, the mouse probably understood the meaning, and he also understood why the thunder dragon was angry, it was nothing more than that his dignity was ruined. But now a shit organization that doesn't know where to pull it out dares to provoke him, and he doesn't want to lose face with the strongest spear of the twelve spirits?

But he is angry and angry, but the problem is that being angry now can't solve the problem, they are weak now, before the twelve spirits did not form an eight-digit online, just a few stragglers, it is really not enough to see, and if it is really going to be sent out collectively, what if they are wiped out, you must know that according to the regulations, their revenge is not protected by the multi-civilization border treaty, and they can't come forward to the holy lord when they encounter anything, then their twelve spirits really have no dignity at all.

"I know it, but I can't swallow it."

"Alright." The mouse wiped his hands on his clothes: "This matter is not over, you can wait for your new body in peace." ”

At this time, Brother Zhang had already started to make soup, he put the processed salted mayonnaise into the cauldron and scattered, then only added salt and sugar, and then added water to it, and after the water boiled, he put the tofu and some cabbage leaves in it, and finally put the copied meat foam and diced ham into it, and then slowly stewed the tofu inside.

The classic four dishes and one soup will soon be ready, and Xu Wei also began to move the table out at this time.

At almost twelve o'clock, the heavy snow finally stopped, and Chang'an Lane soon returned to its previous bustle, and the neighbors here began to get busy, and every household began to move their tables outside.

The table circled around the big sycamore three times, and the little rabbit cubs who were released again happily drilled between the tables, until Brother Zhang took out the food, and then after a gong sounded, this was the start of the meal.

Because of the year after year, Chang'an Lane has not let go of artillery battles for many years, but the impact of tables, chairs and benches is connected, but it will not be much smaller than the sound of artillery battles, and from the sound of the gong, every household began to serve food from their own homes, and the head of each household has already brought the rice bowl to Xiao Zhang's side to prepare for dinner.

This tradition, which has lasted for 700 years, was just from a small shop that gave porridge and rice at the beginning, and it was that bowl of millet porridge and a yam stick that made Chang'an Lane Chang'an Lane.

Brother Zhang has put on Pikachu's apron at the moment, holding a big rice spoon in his hand, and the two golden flowers next to him, Tiger Niu and Sister Dog, are wearing beautiful clothes that they rarely wear, and they are holding a thick stack of red envelopes in their hands.

No matter how big the score is outside, how high the status is, at this moment, they all have to shout thank you to the Holy Lord with a respectful smile on their faces, and after they bring back the food of the Holy Lord, the second project will also start, the food on everyone's table will start to be delivered, everyone present will have to turn the plate three times, no one knows what they will eat in front of them, and this is also the most interesting part, the children will even run around after the food they like to eat, where the food stops, they will also sit down.

And there are three groups of new arrivals in Chang'an Lane this year, zombies, green and white snakes and Jin Mei, they didn't know these rules before, and as the first year to come in, these three groups were placed in the guest seats.

Jin Mei felt that her face was a little unbearable, so she simply called the little fairy to fetch her precious wine, although she didn't know the rules and didn't cook this year, but she could manage the wine enough.

The green and white snakes were also flattered, they didn't expect that there would be such a celebration in Chang'an Lane, and the atmosphere would be so good, they didn't know what to say when they sat there.

But the zombie was crying with tears all over his face because he was too emotional.

Just as the wine was fragrant in Chang'an Lane, the sound of the motorcycle outside sounded, and then he saw Zhang Yao taking off his helmet and standing there with a blank face, he saw that Brother Zhang was actually there today, so he went up curiously and asked, "What is this for?" ”

"Winter Festival." The rat who was squatting next to him and pulling rice raised his head and said, "Don't talk about work today, find an open space to eat by yourself." ”

"Oh......"

Zhang Yao sat in the crowd with a confused face, she was really a little shocked when she saw such a scene, fortunately she was not a person in Chang'an Lane, so she asked curiously.

"Every year, every year, every winter, it's been like this for hundreds of years."

Zhang Yao took a piece of pork ribs with a bowl, but was glared at by the people at the table very dissatisfied, she didn't know why, but the little girl who had just gone to college next to her explained to her: "This is the food cooked by the Holy Lord...... Every family is reluctant to eat it, and if you want to take it back and eat it again at night, you will eat this when you come up, and people will definitely stare at you. Tradition, you get used to it. ”

"Oh...... I know. ”

Sure enough, she looked up and saw that there were really people eating all kinds of dishes on the tables around her, but no one moved the dish in the middle of the bowl, which looked like a tribute to the gods.

Zhang Yao is not greedy, she just feels that she has known Brother Zhang for three years, and he has never asked herself to participate in this kind of activity, and Jin Mei has had such treatment in the first year of this year, and she feels very aggrieved when she thinks about it......

And at this moment, Jin Mei had already come over with a wine glass, she toasted one by one like a hostess, and when she arrived at Zhang Yao's table, she even held Zhang Yao's hand with a smile and said, "It's better to be in time than to be in a hurry, you can come just in time." If it's a little later, the food will be cold. ”

Zhang Yao looked up at Jin Mei, and suddenly didn't know what to say, she smiled dryly, and then wanted to say something but found that she couldn't say a word, and her proud aura was lost like this.

The twelve spirits have also come back one after another in addition to Ah Ji, and it can be seen from the wind and snow on the pony that he must have come back from the motorcycle, after all, this point is that other cars are stuck in traffic, but the motorcycle can be free and gallop all over the world.

Not only the twelve spirits, but even many people who had left Chang'an Lane also came back one after another at about half past twelve, and the old neighbors greeted each other, and the sound of laughter swirled back and forth around the big sycamore.

At this time, everyone is not polite or rude, as long as you don't eat the dish in the middle, you can do whatever you want, the old neighbors also understand this rule, so the atmosphere is cheerful and hot, and even this strange weather can't offset their enthusiasm at the moment.

Brother Zhang was sitting on a stool, eating with Erlang's legs crossed, but his Erlang's legs were so elegant that he even felt like Ip Man was sitting there smoking.

And when it was in full swing here, a group of people suddenly walked in outside, led by a man who looked less than thirty years old, he walked up and looked back and forth at Chang'an Lane, and then spit out the cigarette butt in his mouth, and said to the people around him: "I want to develop this place into a tourist spot, and the houses will be rebuilt and turned into homestays." ”

"Mr. Wei, this street is not a bidding point, this is a protected area, and it will not be approved."

"That's your business, and I'm not going to destroy it, I'm going to rebuild it. Make it a little more modern and a little more dynamic. When he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to Brother Zhang's restaurant: "Look at that, isn't that also changed?" Why can't I touch the monk? ”

After speaking, he was about to go inside, but a partner beside him hurriedly blocked his way: "Let's not go in, people are holding a celebration...... It's not good to bother. ”

"What are you afraid of, I'm not a bad person."

He pushed away the people who were blocking him, and walked into Chang'an Lane slowly like a tourist, and came to Brother Xiao Zhang without walking a few steps when he came in, he picked up the spoon and stirred it twice in the basin, and then said to Brother Zhang with a smile: "Brother, this fast food is okay, how much is a portion." ”

Brother Zhang put down the bowl and said with a smile: "This is not fast food, it is not sold." ”

Brother Xiao Zhang is kind, but the twelve spirits around him can be fierce and evil one by one, although they are eating, but their eyes have never left this strange man the whole time, it is the kind of eyes that if he is a little disrespectful, he can't leave Chang'an Lane alive today.

"Is this your shop?" Mr. Wei pointed to Brother Zhang's restaurant: "It looks okay." ”

"Well, thank you."

"Make a bid, I'm going to take it down."

Brother Xiao Zhang smiled and shook his head: "You can't buy and sell here." ”

"Well, I see." He nodded: "I'll figure out a way to do this, and I'll take a fancy to your shop." ”

After speaking, he turned around and left with his hands in his pockets, and the atmosphere in Chang'an Lane slowly eased after he left. Just now, just now...... At least more than fifteen demon spirits over two thousand years old, seventeen between fifteen and two thousand years old, and twenty-nine five hundred to fifteen hundred years old youkai were staring at him, the eldest of which was 190,000 years old and the youngest zombie was 375 years old. There are also twelve spirits in addition to Ah Ji and Lei Long, a total of five people, a year beast, a yin and yang mirror, and a beautiful girl magician holding a white elephant gold pen.

"It's okay." Brother Zhang raised his chopsticks at them: "Have fun eating." ”

After this sentence, the atmosphere of Chang'an Lane was reactivated.