Chapter 20: Liu Piaosi's family and Xizhou beef noodles
When he arrived at the travel bag, Tong Fu counted a total of seven people, and simply opened the travel bag and let everyone choose by themselves. Everyone squatted down to pick and choose, while joking, like a small stall in the market, Tongfu beckoned them to try on shoes, while collecting money, busy and happy, but the heart was ecstatic. After a while, ten pairs of shoes were shipped, and before the eldest brother and them could be sent away, the two doormen at the gate also came out to choose, and in this way until it was close to noon, twelve pairs of shoes were sold here, and a third of a travel bag was empty. Seeing that no one came out, Li Tongfu evened out the two travel bags, and then mentioned that although it was a little heavy, he was finally able to lift it, which was much easier. I thought that even if I wasn't in sales, I would be able to carry it on the train to Xizhou.
After sorting out the bag, I went to the guard's room to return the chair, thanked the doorman again, and went out to pick up the bag to leave. At this time, I heard the doorman shouting: "Go in vain!" ”
Kirifu turned around and saw a janitor chasing him out with a wooden stick. "Here you go. The tree falls, and it is used as a flat burden! ”
"Thank you, uncle!" Tongfu bowed deeply to the doorman. When the doorman left, he crouched down, inserted the handle of a travel bag into one end, put a wooden stick on his shoulder, picked up two travel bags, stood up and walked towards the train station.
The poplar leaves behind him were blown by the wind, like a triumphant melody, accompanied by the trembling of wooden sticks, and the midday sun made him trample his shadow under his feet.
At this moment, the bus to Xizhou is still stopping on the road, with the ups and downs of the not very smooth road, when the sun begins to become hot, the air begins to be hot, only to hear the conductor shout: "Bus station, there is a bus to the bus station!" Yang Liufang stood up and got off the bus with the other passengers.
In this most flowery part of the city, the flow of people carrying small bags is still flowing, and when they return here after leaving for a few days, Yang Liufang actually has an indescribable sense of intimacy. He decided to go and eat a bowl of beef noodles first, he hadn't eaten since the morning, yes, he wanted a big bowl, more soup, more radish, more garlic sprouts, and more spicy seeds. Thinking of this, Yang Liufang couldn't help but start swallowing saliva again. Walk along the sidewalk in front of the Xizhou bus station for only a few hundred meters, and across the street is the Xizhou Railway Station, which is at a corner from the market and the bus station.
Walking to the door of the railway station square, Yang Liufang thought of the shoe-shining brother, wanted to go to see him, and repaired the shoes by the way, but his stomach was not angry. I walked along the willow shade on the edge of the square to the beef noodle restaurant on East Street, passed by the willow tree where I polished my shoes, and couldn't help but go over and touch the trunk, the sun shone down, the willow shade was just right, the breeze was light, and the willow silk was fluttering. The neatly pruned willow branches are just not far from the top of the head, and occasionally the naughty willow branches disobediently poke their heads out and brush the tips of the willow side's hair, which is gentle and fragrant. The row of pruned willows in front of the station is more spectacular than the unpruned willows that grow unpruned in front of and behind the village.
When I think of my hometown, I think of my cowardly parents, the violent master and the weak teacher, and the sister Liu Xia who has been greatly wronged... Liu Fang sighed softly, in Xizhou, even if he missed endlessly, he could only turn into the motivation for his continuous efforts. He patted the trunk of the tree and walked towards the noodle shop without looking back. Although it was not lunch time, there were already a few customers squatting to eat noodles in the shade of the wall at the entrance of the noodle restaurant.
Liu Fang walked into the noodle restaurant, there were only two guests waiting in line to come out, and after a while, it was Liu Fang's turn, he pouted and said in a Xizhou dialect: "Boss, let's have a big bowl of two fine, more soup, more radish, more garlic sprouts, and more spicy seeds!" ”
The people in the noodle shop were still busy, and they didn't raise their heads when they heard this, they took a special knife to cut the noodles and lightly swiped them on the large board full of noodles, and the locks of noodles were cut off. One hand released the knife and grabbed the lock of noodles with his hand, and the free hand swept it over the dry noodles, then placed the lock on top again, and kneaded it with both hands to form a thumb-thick strip. Then stretch and pull with both arms, turn back and pull, like practicing Tai Chi Kung Fu, reciprocating five or six times, then pull the two thin noodles with the thickness of the cotton thread on the sole of the shoe, and throw it casually, just throwing it into the huge pot of boiling water. The noodles slowly floated up with the boiling water, and the master gently copied them with the elongated bamboo chopsticks, and then poured the boiled and yellowed noodles into a large colander and poured them into a large porcelain bowl with a deep blue edge.
The master turned around and scooped up a spoonful of stock in the beef soup pot next to him, and with a wave of his hand, the stock flew up and just fell into the bowl, without leaking. Put three slices of white radish, a handful of green garlic seedlings, a handful of garlic seedling roots, two thin slices of beef, and take out a long-handled spoon from a pot of red chili oil, and pull it four times in a row, all in one go. A bowl of beef noodles with "one clear, two white, three yellow, four green and five yellow" is ready, and even the action of placing it in the window is very fast.
Yang Liufang picked up the beef noodles with one hand, took out a pair of chopsticks on the indoor table and put them on the bowl, grabbed two cloves of raw garlic, and went to eat outside the store like other guests. Yang Liufang squatted on the ground, ate the beef noodles with raw garlic, and drank all the soup, already sweating profusely. A fresh breeze blows, not to mention how comfortable it is.
After eating the beef noodles, Yang Liufang walked towards the railway station square, crossed the road, and walked along the station wall to avoid the sun. Near noon, there were many fewer people in the square, but there were many people lying under the wall, squatting, sitting, sitting and napping with their heads bowed. Yang Liufang walked to the stall not far away and bought a bottle of soda for 1 cent, and the "504" logo made of fruit on the small bottle was particularly beautiful. The stall owner opened the iron cap on the bottle with a screwdriver and said, "Take the bottle and come back and get five points back." Smelling a fragrant smell of orange juice like the smell of "beating oranges" in his hometown, Liu Fang couldn't help but want to take a sip of it, but considering his shy bag, he was still reluctant. Seeing that Brother was busy with a customer and bowed his head to pack his things, Liu Fang stepped forward.
"Brother, Nihe (Wenzhou dialect: hello)!"
Brother Brother, who was packing up his things, stopped and looked up, and shouted in surprise: "Yo, Brother! Shout out a Xiangci Gani (Wenzhou dialect: nice to meet you)! ”
"Don't be tired (Wenzhou dialect: I'm back). Please sip water! Yang Liufang respectfully handed over the soda.
"Squeaky Gini (Wenzhou dialect: thank you), brother, have you eaten the nest (Wenzhou dialect: have you eaten)?" The shoe-shining brother took the soda, took a sip and asked.
"Vice yelling Kaqi (Wenzhou dialect: you're welcome)! Elder brother. Eat the nest! ”
Brother looked up and down at Liu Fang, and found that Liu Fang's upper was open, and while taking a sip of soda, he swallowed it and said, "Take it off, take it off, I'll help you fix it." ”