Xu Lan looked over, it was an old man in plain clothes.

The old man carried a small bench in his right hand and a little girl in his left hand.

This image is exactly the same as the granddaughter described by the old man next door arguing for spicy hot food.

It's a pity that today she... Don't sell Malatang.

I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the old man.

The eldest lady next door waved her hand and whispered to Xu: "It's this eldest lady, I've been hanging around here more than a dozen times today, and I saw that you didn't come before leaving." ”

As soon as the words fell, the old man led his granddaughter over.

The old man looked at Xu Lan as if he had seen a savior.

Not for anything else, it's really my little granddaughter who is too difficult, crying, noisy and coquettish, since she ate the spicy tang she bought back yesterday, she has been making trouble saying that she still wants to eat.

But yesterday, Xu Lan closed the stall, so she coaxed her little granddaughter to say that she would come over tomorrow to buy it for her.

Doesn't this promise have to be kept?

She got up early in the morning today, for fear that she wouldn't be able to line up and not be able to buy Malatang.

But she walked around the market several times, but she didn't see Xu Lan's figure.

When she returned home empty-handed, the little granddaughter quit and kept saying that her grandmother was lying.

She was so worn out that she could only take the child to the market to have a look.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, this Xu Lan is actually here.

Xu Mo looked at the old man, pointed to the words on the blackboard, and said apologetically:

"Old man, I don't sell Malatang today, I sell beef noodles."

The old man's face changed instantly after hearing this, and she looked down at the little granddaughter she was holding in her left hand.

Sure enough, as soon as Xu Mo finished speaking, the little girl began to cry.

"Woo woo, grandma is lying, I want to eat spicy tang."

Xu Lan looked down and saw that the little girl was about five years old, wearing a beautiful princess dress, long and fleshy, crying and burping, looking very cute.

As soon as the little girl cried, the old man was very distressed, and hurriedly held her in his arms and coaxed her.

Afraid of disturbing Xu Lan's business, the old man walked to the side with the little girl in his arms, vacated the position in front of Xu Lan's stall, and cast an apologetic look at Xu Lan, holding the child and leaving.

Xu Lan hurriedly stopped her, looked at the little girl in her arms, and said in a soft voice:

"Let me see whose little princess has dropped a little pearl?"

The little girl's attention was distracted, she cried for too long, and she sobbed as she gasped.

At this time, Xu Mu said again:

"Let me guess, do you want to eat spicy tang?"

The little girl nodded after hearing this, and looked at Xu Mo and pursed her mouth aggrievedly.

"But my sister didn't prepare Malatang today, but I have prepared beef noodles that are a hundred times more delicious than Malatang, so don't you want to taste it."

Children are easily attracted by new things, and when the little girl hears that there is something more delicious than Malatang, her attention is instantly diverted.

stopped crying, two little chubby arms around her grandmother's neck, and said to Xu Muan:

"Then I'm going to eat."

"Okay, sister, I'll make you one!"

The old man looked at Xu Mu and threw a grateful look at her, thinking that sure enough, young people still have a set of coaxing children, if she coaxes herself, maybe when she can coax it.

When he took out his wallet to pay, he said to Xu Lan:

"Pack it and take it away, and we'll take it home to eat."

"Okay, I'm giving you a few more pieces of beef."

Xu Lan put the freshly rolled noodles into the pot and cooked them, took them out, put them in a lunch box, added the marinated beef, eggs and sausages, and then put a spoonful of soup into it.

Considering that it was eaten by children, Xu Lan did not put chili peppers in it, and handed the packaged noodles to the old man.

The old man took it with a smile and said to the little girl:

"My sister made you something delicious, what should you say to your sister?"

The little girl touched her head, and saw that the uncle and the aunt next door were looking at her, so she shyly buried her face in the arms of the old man, and said sullenly:

"Thank you, sister."

…

A dumpling shop located diagonally opposite Xu Lan's stall.

The business in the shop looks pretty good, and a young woman is picking up a menu on it, and there are quite a few people waiting in line behind her.

The young woman will first order a beef dumpling, then bow her head and ask the little boy standing nearby:

"What kind of dumplings do you want to eat?"

The little boy took the menu and slowly selected, and did not speak for a long time.

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man, with a shaved head, wearing a I-shaped vest, with a very fierce face, seeing that the little boy did not squeak for a long time, he said to the little boy in a particularly bad tone:

"Hey, didn't you let you embroider when you saw the menu, what are you eating, don't you see a bunch of people waiting behind?"

The little boy was so frightened that he hid in his mother's arms.

"What are you doing with a murderous child!"

Seeing that the child was frightened, the little boy's mother said to the owner of the dumpling shop.

"What's wrong with Lao Tzu murdering him, who let him delay Lao Tzu to make money!"

Some customers in the back couldn't stand it anymore and said to the owner of the dumpling shop:

"What are you doing with a little kid? We're not in a hurry yet, what are you anxious about? ”

"That's it, the child is not afraid, let's choose slowly."

A middle-aged woman behind the little boy's mother glared at the dumpling shop owner and gently touched the little boy's head.

Seeing this, the owner of the dumpling shop who was chopping the stuffing threw the kitchen knife on the board, pointed at the middle-aged woman, and said in a loud voice:

"You. . . Old. Mother. What are you staring at me, guys? ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the proprietress in the shop stepped forward and pulled the arm of the dumpling shop owner, her voice was as small as a cat, and her tone was powerless:

"Daddy, kid, let's do business, don't quarrel."

"You him. Mother. Stop cooking dumplings, this is not your share! ”

Suddenly, someone in the queue suddenly said:

"What does this smell like, why is it so fragrant?"

"yes, yes, I smell it too, what kind of delicious thing is this, my saliva comes out when I smell it."

At the back of the line was an old man, he sniffed sharply, turned his head to look around, and finally locked his eyes on Xu Lan's stall, pointing and saying:

"That girl sold it, I'll see what the sign says?!"

"Beef noodles? This thing sounds fresh! ”

The little boy who was frightened just now also smelled the smell, and the fragrant saliva flowed out, he pulled his mother's sleeve, raised his arm and pointed to Xu Yan's stall:

"Mom, I want to eat that!"

The little boy's mother heard this and said to the owner of the dumpling shop: "We don't want dumplings." ”

After speaking, he led the child straight to Xu Lan's stall, and the eldest lady in the back took a look: "What are you eating noodles and dumplings for, I don't buy dumplings anymore, so I don't have to be angry here." ”

After speaking, he glared at the shopkeeper fiercely and strode away.

The old man in line at the end of the queue saw the fierce appearance of the owner of the dumpling shop, and thought that it would be better to eat a bowl of beef noodles and eat a fresh one, so he said to everyone:

"Let's take a look!"

The dumpling shop, which was still lined up just now, was empty in an instant, and everyone was gone.

The proprietress took a box of frozen dumplings and stood in front of the pot and didn't know what to do.

She held the frozen dumplings, glanced at the shopkeeper cautiously, and asked with fear in her tone:

"Are these dumplings still cooked?"