Chapter 38: Divergence
Qin Dabao didn't follow and shouted, "Your steamed ones are not delicious, they are all vegetarian fillings, and there is not much meat, I don't want to eat your steamed ones, I will eat this bun!" This house has a lot of meat! ”
"Alright, don't make any more trouble!"
Liu Yulian didn't listen to him no matter how much she persuaded him, and she was also angry and shouted loudly.
"Eat, eat, you know how to eat in a day, if it weren't for what you did, our family would have lost money, and we couldn't afford to eat this broken bun!"
"A total of three hundred and one were divided, and more than one hundred and fifty yuan were given to the Yi family, and the other money was also spent by you on that little cheap hoof, does our family still have money to eat steamed buns?"
"If you want to eat steamed buns, go and earn money first!"
The more Liu Yulian spoke, the more angry she became, and she pulled hard.
Qin Dabao's clothes were probably also old, and her sleeves were torn off by her.
Qin Dabao staggered forward two steps and held on to the table in front of the shop, before he stabilized his body, and almost didn't fall and eat.
When his sleeves were torn open, the cotton inside was exposed, and it flew in the wind, causing the cotton to fall on the steamer.
The boss thought that Liu Yulian had just said that his buns were not good, and he couldn't help but speak.
"My buns are first-class and good, the villain who can't afford to eat it, don't come to slander, make some dirty things float to my steaming drawer, if it's dirty, can you afford it?"
He didn't scold Liu Yulian by name, but pointed out that Sang scolded Huai and poked Liu Yulian's weakness in every sentence.
Liu Yulian was used to being domineering in the village, how could she stand him so yin and yang, rushed forward, and pointed at him and scolded.
"In this place on the street, we can play whatever we want! Could it be that you can still control the dust falling from the sky? ”
"I didn't go into your shop to play, you are in charge of the wide, afraid of falling dust, but you moved all your steamers to the back of the house, why are you occupying the road here!"
"You, you're shameless." The boss has never seen such a strong person, and she is not lightly angry for a while.
Liu Yulian snorted, went over and pulled up Qin Dabao, "Go, follow me home." ”
"If you don't leave, I won't leave, you tear my clothes apart, you compensate me for my clothes." Qin Dabao also sprinkled and played a trick.
"I like this dress very much, you actually tore it up, you pay me for the clothes, or you will buy me ten big meat buns to eat!"
"Whew! You go to the house and rummage through it to see if there is any money left for ten meat buns! ”
Liu Yulian snorted at him, and when she saw that he refused to leave, she ignored him and turned around and left quickly.
"Mom, Mom, I want to eat buns!"
Qin Dabao shouted twice unwillingly, and seeing that Liu Yulian had no intention of coming back, he looked left and right in disagreement.
Seeing that there were already a lot of people gathered on the street, all watching the excitement, I finally felt a little ashamed, and ran away after Liu Yulian.
A farce comes and goes away quickly.
After both protagonists left the scene, the crowd of onlookers dispersed.
The shopkeeper shook the rag and scolded while wiping the counter, "It's shameless, I can't afford to eat steamed buns, and I dare to say that my buns are not good." ”
Yi Yan retracted her gaze and glanced at Qin Yuecheng.
Qin Yuecheng's expression was calm, as if it was just two strangers who had just made a disturbance outside.
He ate the buns slowly, and after eating one, he picked up the bowl and took a sip of hot water.
It's good, it's just this kind of unfazed energy!
Yi Yan didn't want Qin Yuecheng to hate Liu Yulian all the time, to be haunted by the past, and to live in the past.
Nengyun let go lightly, and when the Qin family is a stranger, it is the best result.
In the end, there were eight meat buns left.
Qin Yuecheng was really able to eat, and he actually ate twelve large meat buns.
Yi Yan felt that his eyes had been opened, he had never seen such a person as edible as Qin Yuecheng.
"If Brother Cheng lives in modern times, he will be a food broadcaster, and he will have a group of fans." Yi Yan also teased when packing.
Qin Yuecheng didn't understand and asked, "What is mukbang?" ”
"It's just eating for others to see." Yi Yan explained.
Qin Yuecheng still couldn't figure it out, eating something to show others? Someone who likes to watch others eat?
When he is hungry, watching others eat will only be more gluttonous, and it is difficult to understand this kind of person who likes to watch others eat.
Isn't it best to eat something yourself?
"You'll find out later." Yi Yan carried the packed buns and walked out of the shop.
The two wandered around the market again and then went to a stationery store.
Yi Yan's notebook and pen are almost used, and she plans to teach Qin Yuecheng some basic mathematics and language knowledge in the future, and she will have to buy some more stationery.
Qin Yuecheng is so big, the first time he came to the stationery store, he felt new to everything.
He wanted to study very much, but Liu Yulian refused to send him to school, as an unfulfilled wish, he once envied those who studied well.
This is also one of the important reasons why he sometimes has low self-esteem and feels that he is not as good as Zheng Mingjue.
Those notebooks and pens are very cultural when they look at it, Qin Yuecheng picked them up one by one and looked at them, and was attracted by an inky blue fountain pen.
He thought it was a beautiful pen, with an inky blue shell as glass as jade, and a golden inscription on it.
"How much is this?" He picked it up and asked the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper leaned out of the counter and replied, "Five dollars." ”
Qin Yuecheng's eyes widened in surprise.
Five yuan is placed in ordinary people in the village, and saving a little money is enough for two months' expenses.
Such a small fountain pen is so expensive!
No wonder it is said that reading costs money, not to mention the cost of going to school, even these stationery are not affordable for ordinary families.
Qin Yuecheng turned his head to take a look, and saw that Yi Yan was concentrating on selecting in front of a stack of books.
He walked to the counter with the pen, took out five dollars from his bosom, handed it to the boss, and whispered, "I bought this pen." ”
This pen is expensive in the store, and it is a product purchased from the provincial capital.
The boss only bought two in total, and it has been three months, and none of them have been sold.
He couldn't help but glance up at Qin Yuecheng, and saw that Qin Yuecheng was dressed plainly, not like he looked rich, and while taking the money, he secretly wondered in his heart.
Now there are so many people who charge big money? Or is it hidden?
"Would you like to put it in a bag?" He asked Qin Yuecheng.
Qin Yuecheng shook his head, directly put the pen into his arms, and said, "I'll just leave it like this." ”
The shopkeeper didn't say anything more, turned around and continued to sort out the stationery on the counter.
After buying things and coming out of the stationery store, Yi Yan has almost been reimbursed for the handmade money she has earned these days.
Alas, in this era, people don't make much, but things are very expensive.
……
Back in the village, before she arrived at the door, Yi Yan saw Yi Chenggang coming from a distance with a huge laundry basin.
The basin was full of meat, and it didn't look like beef, because it wasn't so bright red.
I don't know if it's pork or something else.
"Brother, where did you get this? How did you get so much meat? Yi Yan stepped forward and asked.
Yi Chenggang stopped and replied, "I bought the mutton at your Uncle Li's house, and his family slaughtered the sheep today, and it was still hot, and many people in the village went to buy it." Your sister-in-law said that this thing was nourishing, so she asked me to buy some too. ”
Lamb is indeed nourishing, and it is very suitable for winter.
Yi Yan often has cold hands and feet, and the mutton is hot, Xu Hui remembered that it was suitable for Yi Yan to eat, so she bought a lot.
However, the mutton has a bad smell, and Yi Yan actually can't accept it.
A few people went in as they spoke.
Xu Hui came out of the kitchen, picked a piece of meat from the basin, and looked at it.
"This meat is really good, it's still hot, the color and texture are also good, it's particularly tender, let's eat the pot at night, it's the most suitable for this fresh and hot mutton."
The pot we eat today is different from the hot pot of later generations, and there is not so much pot base.
Only put some chili peppers, sesame peppers, and then put some salt and soy sauce, supplemented by some spices such as green onions and ginger, and add water after stir-frying, which is the bottom of the pot.
There is nothing qualitative about what is in the pot, you can go to anything, noodles, dishes, all kinds of meat.
It's not so much a pot as a spicy casserole.
Yi Chenggang was very good, and when he heard that he was going to eat the pot, he hurriedly put the pot down, "I'll go buy some wine." ”
"You know how to drink!" Xu Hui said angrily, "If you drink too much, don't talk to me endlessly." ”
Yi Chenggang has a good wine, and he won't go crazy if he drinks too much, but he will be more inked than usual.
Usually he doesn't talk much, he is a dull person, but after drinking, he has endless words, and he often pulls his family to chat for half a night.
"Eating a pot is to be accompanied by wine, if you don't drink alcohol, won't you have no taste when you eat it!" Yi Chenggang said as he walked out of the door quickly.
Xu Hui stepped forward to look at the things they bought, and found that there was still the cloth they bought for themselves, which was relieved and distressed for Yi Yan.
"It's good for you two to buy some, this cloth is so expensive, why do you have to buy it for me and your brother, how much does it cost?"
As she spoke, she took out the money from her pocket and wanted to give it to Yi Yan.
Yi Yan hurriedly pressed her and said, "Sister-in-law, don't use it, if you really give it to me, then it's out of sight!" ”
"For so many years, you and my brother have always supported me, provided me with education, and spent so much money for me, and you have never bothered with me."
"Making two clothes for you is what I can do now, and it is also a part of my heart, if you don't accept it, I will be sad."
She said so, Xu Hui was not that pedantic person, so she took the money back and picked up the mutton pot on the ground with a smile.
"Okay, okay, your intention is to make clothes for me, then I will quickly cut all this meat and make you a delicious pot at night."
Xu Hui is very good at cooking, and she also likes to ponder all kinds of spices, and the dishes she cooks are not worse than the restaurants in the town, and they are among the best in the village.
In the evening, the pot was just the soup base, and Xu Hui adjusted it twice.
The same is to boil the soup with the big sheep bones that have been removed, and the soup base boiled out for three hours, with green onion and ginger, salt and a small amount of rice wine to enhance the flavor, make a clear soup pot base.
The bottom of the other pot is fried with chili peppers and sesame peppers as the base, a red pot, the smell wafts out of the yard from the kitchen, that is called a fragrant.
The Lingju who lived in the backyard smelled that he was a little greedy.
Zhou Xiangqin couldn't help but say to her own family, "This big city is really blessed to be in the Yi family, not to mention anything else, who can compare to the Yi family's food?" Even with that material, we can't make the taste of Xu Hui. ”