Chapter 40: A Crowd
At night, the wind is still raging, and goose feathers blur the world of ice and snow.
Inside the bar, it was warmed by the orange firelight. The iron kettle that Su Mei was carrying was filled with water and put it on the stove to boil, Luo Yu and Zhang Fei squatted aside, looking at the iron shelf placed on the stove with blank eyes.
On the top of the iron shelf, there were four square rice cakes, one side of which was baked brown, and the other side had just been turned over. As the flames burned the stove red, the rice cakes on the iron shelves bulged their stomachs.
It was swollen, and suddenly it 'banged', swelled up, and exploded!
"That's it!" Zhang Fei and Luo Yu hurriedly picked up the chopsticks in their hands, picked up one of them, and stuffed them directly into their mouths without caring about the heat.
Even if the two of them were hot, they were reluctant to spit it out, and when the temperature of the rice cake was suitable in their mouths, they swallowed it with a bang.
"It's delicious!"
The burnt yellow skin, crispy, snow-white heart, glutinous, and the entrance is full of rice fragrance. Dip the soul sauce, soybean flour or mix it with red bean paste, and eat it together for a more intense flavor.
"Quick, get a few more pieces to bake!"
Zhang Fei was also like a child, greedy, and before he finished eating the piece in his hand, he urged Luo Yu to take out some more. Luo Yu put a whole bag of rice cakes on the iron shelf, and the two of them just guarded it, watching the hard rice cakes being baked soft, and finally browned until they burst open!
Su Mei watched the two of them messing around like children, and couldn't help but mutter.
"Don't eat too much, or you won't be able to eat at night!"
"Got it!"
Luo Yu responded in his mouth, but he still took out two bowls of hot red bean paste, and together with Zhang Fei, he ate the baked rice cakes with the red bean paste.
Seeing this, Su Mei could only shake her head and ignore them.
Sure enough, the two of them ate too many baked rice cakes, and at night, their stomachs were still swollen and they couldn't eat. Su Mei directly asked them to go to the side to catch up on the drama, she and Gu Yan ate quietly, and occasionally said a few words.
It's quiet, but it's warm!
In the evening, Luo Yu took out the outdoor rack they had built before, but now that there were two more people, she took out another one and asked Gu Yan and Zhang Fei to pull it apart by themselves.
Three other insulated curtains were taken and hung up, two shelves were placed together, two single beds were placed, quilts were laid, and the four of them could sleep.
The two dogs have special kennels, one by one, put blankets on them, and lean against the stove, even if the cold wind keeps coming in through the gaps, they don't feel cold.
There was no dream all night, and when the morning dawned, the wind and snow outside did not stop, as if it had been raining all night, and the thick snow actually covered the off-road vehicle, and the bulging snow bag, if it was not for the knowledge that a car was parked here, no one would notice.
Luo Yu and the others were woken up by a sound of banging on the door, and several people opened their eyes in an instant, Gu Yan and Zhang Fei got out of bed directly, grabbed their coats and put them on, and quietly went to the door.
Outside the door, a group of people could be seen standing outside, they seemed to want to enter, but the door was hidden by snow and could not be passed. Hit by a heavy object again, they hit it a few times, but before they could get out of the way, they planned to clear the snow first and try again.
"What's wrong?"
"There's someone outside, put away the belongings and stoves first."
Gu Yan lowered his voice and explained the situation, Luo Yu and Su Mei also put on their clothes, and when they heard it, Luo Yu waved his hand and put away all the objects together with Gu Yan.
"There should be someone inside, I think I saw a fire just now!" Outside the door, the men were digging through the snow with their bare hands, and the only girl stood by and looked through the glass window.
But the environment inside is too dark, and the sun outside is not good, she can't really see it, only vaguely, as if she sees a fire burning, it seems that there is a big container, I don't know if it's a stove!
"Really, then let's knock on the door, maybe the people inside will hear it, and we won't have to dig up snow when we open the door." One of the young men immediately stopped and knocked on the door as he spoke.
After a night of snow, the snow was frozen hard, and it was not easy to dig it up with bare hands, so it was better to try it, maybe someone would really open the door for them!
When the others heard this, they all stopped and looked at the door eagerly.
"Hello, anyone? We passed by here and wanted to come in and take shelter, but the wind and snow outside were so strong that could you let us in? ”
After a while, someone actually came to open the door for them.
Gu Yan and Zhang Fei pulled open the table and chairs against the door, opened one side door, and let them in. When several people saw this, they immediately rushed inside.
After Lily followed the group into the bar, she looked around and saw an iron plate on the aisle in front of the bar, on which wood was burning.
There were two women sitting next to her, one of whom was carrying an iron kettle to pour hot water into the thermos, and Lily rolled her eyes and walked over.
"Hello, my name is Lily, can I have a fire here?" Lily leaned closer to the young girl and asked softly, in a slow, harmless tone.
Luo Yu glanced up at her, there was a little transparency in her eyes that seemed to be smiling, she nodded, and generously asked Lily to sit down.
"Thank you!"
Lily was not pretentious, she sat directly on the ground, took off her gloves and hat, and stretched out her hand to warm herself in front of the fire.
"By the way, I was outside just now, and I seemed to see a big stove here, why did it suddenly disappear?"
As if unintentionally, Lily suddenly asked such a sentence, and turned her head to look at Luo Yu, as if she was snooping on other people's secrets. Luo Yu didn't raise his eyelids, and took a sip of hot water slowly and methodically with a thermos.
After being silent for a long time, he realized it and replied.
"You're wrong! It's just this big land, you can look for it! ”
Lily was speechless for a moment, her expression was slightly unnatural, and she calmed down after adjusting her mentality. But she also secretly hated this girl in her heart.
Gu Yan and Zhang Fei just re-closed the gate, and after saying hello to the group, they also came to the fire and sat down. Su Mei handed the two of them a thermos and asked them to drink some hot water to warm up.
Seeing this, Lily took off the small backpack on her back, took out two packets of biscuits from it, and handed them to them.
"A little heart, we bothered, thank you for letting us in. There aren't many cookies, don't be surprised! Lily looked at the two gently, and when she made eye contact with Zhang Fei, she inexplicably showed a trace of shyness.
Luo Yu saw it really from the side, and was almost disgusted by this pretentious appearance. She kicked Zhang Fei and gave him a look, and Zhang Fei instantly understood the meaning.
Looking at the small movements of the two, Lily's smile faded a little.
"No need, this is not our place, we are just passing by, using this place to escape the wind and snow!" Gu Yan didn't answer, and politely rejected Lily's flattery.
"That's it!" Lily silently put away the biscuits, and although she still smiled on her face, she no longer had the tenderness she had just now.
Her companions had already lit a fire behind her, and one of them called out to Lily, and she got up and walked over. She sat down next to the young boy, who immediately asked anxiously next to her.
"What are you talking to them? Why don't you give them biscuits, we don't have much food, it's important to keep them for yourself! ”
"I'm just thankful they let us in, I didn't think much of it!"
"You're just too kind!"