Chapter 62: The Blood Cuckoo in the Cold Rain [4]
When everyone saw that Zhao Mingming had taken out such a thick stack of silver tickets, they immediately discussed.
When you go out, your money will not leak out, this is the minimum principle and rule.
Zhao Mingming acted in such a high-profile manner, either because she was dependent and fearless, or because she lacked a string in her head and was stupid.
The young scribe who stepped forward to talk to him, when he saw the scene in front of him, knew that he had nothing to say.
Instead of continuing to be embarrassed, it is better to leave yourself before it is too late.
"Is the noodles delicious?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
Previously, she was only concentrating on her tofu.
However, the sound of sucking and eating noodles in her ears tickled her heart.
"Miss, it's delicious!"
Being well-fed comes first, being cheap is second.
To put it bluntly, it's an affordable one.
This tofu noodle is served in a coarse porcelain bowl.
Sugar-fried chestnuts with bulging cheeks.
But he said it through his teeth.
Eating in this kind of place, no one pays attention to the taste.
Zhao Mingming chewed a piece of tofu, looking at the sugar-fried chestnuts and eating them so devotedly, she secretly thought in her heart.
"Miss, would you like to taste it?"
Sugar-fried chestnuts felt Zhao Mingming's gaze, pushed the bowl towards her and asked.
It's big enough to put all the faces of sugar-fried chestnuts in it.
So although she ate it for a long time, she didn't see much less noodles in this bowl......
"Is it really that delicious?"
Even the sugar-fried chestnuts have followed Zhao Mingming for so long, but they are also used to fine clothes and jade food.
However, Zhao Mingming saw that the sugar-fried chestnuts were so praised for this bowl of tofu noodles, and her heart also had some waves.
Finally, he stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a noodle and put it in his mouth.
Such rough cutlery.
Such simple noodles.
If it appeared on the mountains, Zhao Mingming wouldn't even look at it.
In fact, they just had never eaten anything like this before, and they just felt fresh.
"Can I have another bowl?"
Zhao Mingming said to the stall owner Lao Li.
"Indeed...... It's delicious!"
Zhao Mingming said.
Although the stall owner Lao Li's craftsmanship is not bad, he really does not deserve to be praised by Zhao Mingming and sugar-fried chestnuts.
"Miss thinks it's delicious, right?"
Sugar-fried chestnuts asked.
"Indeed...... Fresh tight!"
"Okay Miss, wait a minute!"
Lao Li, the stall owner, turned around and answered.
Then I was ready to move on.
It's just ordinary tofu and noodles, and it's not meat and fish, so what is fresh or not......
"This young lady is really a connoisseur!"
Lao Li, the stall owner, said with his back to the two.
Zhao Mingming said.
"Fresh?"
Sugar-fried chestnuts asked.
But being said by this stall owner Lao Li here, it made her feel completely different.
My heart suddenly rejoiced.
And whatever casual words she said were nothing more than polite modesty.
"I'm just saying it casually. ”
Zhao Mingming said with a light smile.
Such a compliment made her ears calloused when she heard it on the mountains......
Lao Li, the stall owner, continued.
"The noodles are also fresh every day?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
"No, not just by saying!
Lao Li, the stall owner, said very seriously.
"My tofu is made in the early hours of the morning with the best soybeans. So there are only so many, and the stall will be closed when it is sold out. ”
Zhao Mingming asked.
"Then take it back and eat it for yourself, but you can't sell it anymore. ”
Lao Li, the stall owner, shook his head and said.
"It's natural! Basically, it's about an hour and a half to buy. Sell for up to two hours. ”
Lao Li, the stall owner, said.
"What if it's not sold out in two hours?"
Lao Li, the stall owner, said.
Zhao Mingming was slightly stunned by these words.
She didn't expect that a small vendor selling tofu noodles could have such a profound consciousness.
"Why don't you sell it anymore? Isn't it more profitable to sell more?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
"After a long time, this side is also hard, and the tofu is not fresh...... It can be eaten, but it is not delicious...... Although my little stall is not on the table, no matter how big or small, this matter should not be sloppy!"
Sugar-fried chestnuts asked.
"Hey! That's not really true...... My stall can be regarded as traveling all over the world. In my early years, after I learned this craft, Master gave it to me. Sell wherever you go at that time. ”
Lao Li, the stall owner, said.
Is this the world?
In the inconspicuous ordinary people, there may be some surprising passages behind them.
"How long have you been selling noodles here?"
It seems that the stall owner Lao Li did it intentionally.
Zhao Mingming looked at the thick layer of tofu on her face, and nodded with a smile to the stall owner, Lao Li, to show her gratitude.
The stall owner, Lao Li Hanhan, smiled, but pulled a bench from the side and sat behind the stove.
Zhao Mingming just asked for a bowl of tofu noodles, but it was ready.
The stall owner, Lao Li, brought it in front of her.
Zhao Mingming saw that there was a lot of tofu in this bowl!
Lao Li, the stall owner, said.
"Why? What's in it here?"
Zhao Mingming asked puzzled.
"Then you're passing through here?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
"No, it's settled down here. ”
"The two young ladies don't know...... Lao Li's craftsmanship was originally regarded as the only one in the Dingxi King City!"
When others heard that Zhao Mingming was interested in this, they said something out of their minds.
When the stall owner Lao Li heard this, he waved his hand again and again, signaling the man not to say any more.
There must be something unique about making a well-traveled person want a stable place.
"The main thing is that the water here is good. Making tofu is the same as making sake. In addition to the quality of soybeans, the most important thing is water. Soybeans can be picked, but water can only be known by going to different places and trying again and again. ”
Lao Li, the stall owner, said.
Under such benefits, where can the stall owner Lao Li stop with a wave of his hand.
He said that this Dingxi Royal City is, of course, the leading city in the Dingxi Royal Domain.
Up to Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, and down to the market, but they can all be like trees in the forest, and there are many talents.
But where can others care about so much?
In this way, he was able to say a few words to Zhao Mingming, and he also seemed to be knowledgeable.
Maybe, she was happy to hear it, and she also rewarded herself with 10,000 taels!
It's boiled noodles in white water, and there is no sprinkling of salt flowers, and there is not a single oil star.
After cooking, put it into a bowl and divide it into two kinds of dry soup.
Dry somen noodles without noodle soup.
In the early years, there were two stalls next door.
One sells somen noodles and the other sells tofu.
What is somen noodles?
Because there is hot sauce and vinegar on the table.
There is a family in this noodle soup, but it is delicious to eat.
Not much worse than the toppings!
I bought it and took it home, made the toppings, and poured the noodles and stuffed them and ate them.
Noodle soup is just a spoonful and a half of noodle soup in a bowl.
People who eat freshly at this stall often want this kind of soup.
When this tofu shop first opened, it was really a big deal......
Everyone who came was there to eat noodles, and no one took care of the tofu at all.
The tofu seller himself went to eat a bowl of somen noodles.
As for the tofu shop next door, it was later.
It's a lot more time than this noodle shop.
To say the least, it will take two or three springs to go to winter.
And this noodle soup is even more magical!
Soft and fragrant.
But it's the perfect match for such chewy noodles.
And it was given by the owner of the noodle shop for free, and it didn't cost anything.
After eating, the owner of this tofu shop only felt that the soup in this noodle was extremely tasty.
The noodles are firm and springy, but they are rich in wheat flavor in the mouth.
Cook the noodles in water and drink the water in which the noodles are boiled while eating.
They are not separated from each other, and they are harmonious with each other.
After eating this bowl of noodles, it is called comfortable!
The owner of the tofu shop asked what kind of soup was made.
The owner of the noodle restaurant said that he didn't put anything, just the most ordinary noodle soup.
The owner of the tofu shop nodded, presumably this is the reason for the original soup.
Others said he was stupid, but he just smiled and didn't care.
I don't know what day, but there is a strange man.
This man first bought a piece of tofu, and then went to the next door to eat somen noodles.
The owner of the tofu shop was a little jealous at first, but since eating this bowl of noodles, he has no other thoughts.
If the business is not good, it will be poor and happy.
Although it doesn't sell much, every piece of tofu is made with great care.
Let the people around him watch, and the Adam's apple moves up and down involuntarily.
It's the same somen noodles, the same hot sauce and vinegar.
How can others eat such a state and taste?
As soon as the noodles came up, he cut the tofu into small pieces with chopsticks and threw it into a bowl.
This is followed by a hot sauce and vinegar.
The food is full of tigers and tigers!
After eating, the account was settled, and he left without returning the tofu that he hadn't eaten.
The people who saved sat and looked at each other.
The noodle shop fell silent......
Clear-eyed people see the clues.
Ask this strange man what it tastes like to put tofu in noodles.
But the man cared for his own food, and said nothing.
This kind of common human disease, or commonality, Zhao Mingming also knows.
Her father told him that it was called conformity.
This characteristic of human beings can be said to be unparalleled in the world.
All that remains is the gurgling of the noodle soup.
After a while, a man got up and walked out.
As long as there is one person taking the lead, there will be many such things.
Human beings often do things rightly or wrongly.
As long as there are more people who do this, there will be some confidence in their hearts.
As for where does this confidence come from?
Although the beasts live in groups, they perform their own duties and do not follow the trend.
Even if it is for the benefit of the family or the group, it is possible to suppress or throw aside the demands of the self.
But it will definitely not completely fall into the vastness of the crowd.
In fact, Zhao Ze wanted to tell Zhao Mingming not to go to crowded places.
Because the law does not govern everyone, if something really happens, there is no place for reason.
But when I thought about it, it was my daughter's own plan.
Nobody knows.
No matter who you ask, he can get off to the people around him.
It's as if a large number of people is reasonable, and it is insurance for such an act.
There are always only two or three people in the early stages.
Most of the others are blind followers.
But for this reason, Zhao Mingming didn't figure it out.
If he pointed too much, it would make Zhao Mingming disgusted.
Moreover, it is useless to hear it.
Only by experiencing it once can we know the most essential stakes.
Because after drinking the seven or eight lamps, he was still refreshed.
It was only after this last cup that consciousness gradually blurred.
But if you really say that he can only have one drink, you will get drunk.
It's like being drunk with a drink.
Do you say you were drunk with the last glass, or because of the seven or eight glasses from before?
If it is because of those seven or eight lamps, it makes no sense to go.
It is also a recognized consciousness.
After all, everyone lives more in the words and eyes of others.
Talking about yourself has never counted.
This man is afraid that he will get up again and fight with you, and then tell you that he has drunk seven or eight cups before.
People who drink alcohol hate the most when others say that they don't drink well.
For this reason, even if you have drunk the sea and rivers in your stomach, you have to frown, tighten the corners of your mouth, and continue to swallow.
When others say it, that's the real applause.
In this way, these other people have become the standard for evaluating the rights and wrongs of their words and deeds. What others can do, you can do yourself. If no one else does it, you can't do it yourself.
In this way, this speech and action are all running with others, seeing things with other people's eyes, thinking about problems with other people's heads, and doing things with other people's hands and feet, so once you make a mistake, you will also shift the responsibility to others without thinking.
It must be criticized by others to be objective.
The same goes for compliments.
Boasting about yourself, that's bragging.
But in the long run, we can only stand still, or sink here......
The strange man who ate tofu in the noodles was not like that.
At this moment, he has become a benchmark and a model.
It's really convenient and worry-free to live like this.
Or maybe you can fill yourself with joy and ease.
After all, this has pushed away the good and the bad, and there is no need to admit mistakes, introspect, and improve.
After selling five or six people, it was empty.
But I couldn't stand the noise of this customer, so I had to put on the board and say that they would come back tomorrow.
The people who bought the tofu naturally returned to the noodle restaurant happily, followed the example of the strange man before, put the tofu in the noodle bowl, and then put the hot sauce and vinegar to eat together.
It has become the object of people to blindly follow and follow the trend.
The owner of the tofu shop didn't know why, but the people in the noodle shop next door all ran out, bustling with money in his shop to buy tofu.
But he doesn't have that much tofu at all......
It didn't take long for everyone to discover that the two stores were combined into one.
A new sign: tofu noodles!
And the current stall owner, Lao Li, was the apprentice of this tofu noodle at that time.
Sure enough, the fragrance is strong!
The wheat aroma is mixed with the bean aroma, and under the stimulation of spicy sauce and vinegar, you can drink a rich noodle soup.
I only felt that this comfort was spared in the internal organs for a while, and then dispersed into every pore of the whole body.
Zhao Mingming didn't expect that this was an ordinary bowl of tofu noodles, but it was born from an accident.
I can't help but feel that this world is really full of flavor and boundless surprises.
"The water here is good, but it's comparable to the town of Namaocai?"
Originally, he was able to accept the storefront, reputation, and customers of the two masters logically.
However, he left the royal city of Dingxi.
Because he wanted to find a better place with water to grind tofu with noodles.
"It's twenty miles to the west. On the way to the royal city of Nadingxi. ”
Dahan said.
"Why does everyone like to come up and talk to me?"
A big man with a beard on his back and a beard walked over and said.
"Where is Maocai Town?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
"You're stupid!"
Zhao Mingming was not convinced.
She simply followed the man's words.
Zhao Mingming asked about the sugar-fried chestnuts.
"Maybe I look at Miss and think Miss is stupid and has a lot of money!"
Sugar-fried chestnuts said with a smile.
"It's true that I've just been out this time. However, my young lady likes to wander the most, but she has to go out every few months. ”
Sugar-fried chestnuts said.
But he didn't want this person to see himself clearly.
Let these people who think they are stupid see who is pretending to be stupid and who is really stupid.
"The two young ladies must have just gone out, right?"
The big man arched his hand and asked.
Zhao Mingyun said lightly.
It was the first time she had lied.
But there was no tension in my heart.
"Then you must be very familiar with this Maocai Town?"
Dahan then asked.
"It doesn't count, it's just that I've passed by many times. ”
But when she wants to cover it up, no one can see any flaws.
What's more, she is really good-looking.
Good-looking people are always able to get preference.
Some people are naturally good at lying, while others never learn it for the rest of their lives.
This is also a fate.
Zhao Mingming can face everything very honestly.
I really thought that she had passed by Maocai Town many times.
"There is a restaurant in Maocai Town, where the food is really unparalleled in the three hundred miles outside the Dingxi King City, presumably the young lady has also eaten!"
Dahan continued.
If these words are said on a roe deer, crooked melon and cracked jujube.
Most of the people think they are bragging.
But when Zhao Mingming said it, people listened to this, looking at this face like a Nine Heavens Fairy descending to the earth, and they couldn't doubt what they said in their hearts.
Dahan asked.
Zhao Mingming smiled bitterly in her heart......
Why did you lie before?
"I must have eaten, but I went to too many places and walked too far. I can't remember a lot of the experience. ”
Zhao Mingming said.
"Then I wonder if Miss would like to revisit the old place again?"
If not, how will this end?
"That's what I mean!"
Zhao Mingming said.
If it is generously admitted, others may not say anything.
On the contrary, I feel that I am very elegant.
But now, it's a duck on the shelf......
Human beings have seven emotions and six desires, and the same is true for beasts.
It's just that this amount of elegance can suppress these emotions and desires in the bottom of my heart.
No one can see it, and they can't understand it at all.
The so-called elegance, Zhao Mingming only regards it as not messing up and not being surprised by changes.
Not only is he magnanimous, but his demeanor is also very elegant.
The whole body exudes an indescribable indifference and calmness.
Dahan said.
immediately shouted at the stall owner Lao Li, and quickly removed the noodle bowl in front of Zhao Mingming and sugar-fried chestnuts.
After arriving in Maocai Town for a while, he was the east, and he was determined to love Zhao Mingming and fried chestnuts with sugar to eat a good table of noodles.
Zhao Mingming felt that since she entered this market, she had talked a lot.
It really shouldn't be like this.
"That's very good! I happen to be going to Namaocai Town to run errands, and I happen to be on the same road as the two young ladies!"
Zhao Mingming just wanted to say that her bowl of noodles was definitely going to be finished.
But I haven't had time to say it yet.
But it was a sudden change.
If you eat too much noodles now, it will take too much space in your stomach......
Don't wait until you get there, you won't be able to eat anything.
Anyway, he was very kind to help.
And the big man is also weak-hearted......
didn't have time to take it all, but grabbed a small stack of thick stacks of silver tickets.
Zhao Mingming looked at this person's back coldly.
The big man seemed to reach out to serve the bowl.
The hand reached out to the general, but suddenly changed direction and ran towards the stack of silver tickets next to the bowl.
This really made Zhao Mingming unexpected!
Holding the silver ticket in his hand, the wind under his feet, the way to get up, and he rushed out two feet away in the blink of an eye.
But Zhao Mingming was not in a hurry.
Within ten zhang, she is sure that she can catch up.
At this moment, the market is far less lively than spare money.
Most of the people dispersed, and the road was empty, and it seemed very wide.
This big man can also be regarded as a martial artist.
The stall owner, Lao Lao Li, said with guilt on his face.
He's just an honest businessman.
There is a small stall, and the poor are happy.
"Who is this man?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
"I don't know...... Never seen ...... before"
The girl who shot was a 10,000 taels of silver tickets, and he had never seen it.
Now, above this market, there are people who are openly robbing, and it has not happened for a long time.
The people who come to this market are all villagers, and they don't look up when they look down.
What is happening today is beyond his cognition.
Although he has lived in the Dingxi Royal City for a long time, he can be regarded as a person who has seen the world.
But he has never seen such a beautiful girl as Zhao Mingming.
After all, it wasn't his fault.
Then, with a flick of the wrist.
A pair of chopsticks in his hand flew out like a pair of scissors.
Whoever had a quarrel with their daughter-in-law last night, and whose sow just gave birth to a cub, knows it clearly.
And what about the robbery?
Zhao Mingming smiled gently at the stall owner, Lao Li, and signaled him not to be nervous or guilty.
Zhao Mingming rushed forward with an arrow step, followed by sugar-fried chestnuts.
The two of them landed lightly beside the big man.
Zhao Mingming stretched out a foot and stepped on the ankle of the big man who was clamped by chopsticks, and the big man struggled a little, and found that it was useless, so he simply lay on the ground and stopped moving.
The speed of these chopsticks is much faster than that person's body method.
I saw that as soon as his right foot landed, he was firmly clamped by the chopsticks and couldn't move!
Then he fell forward, but he fell and ate!
But none of that matters.
In short, his money was taken away by this big man.
And Zhao Mingming didn't lend it to him, let alone give it to him.
"Why are you stealing my money?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
This should be counted as robbery, but she said it was stealing.
Not only was the stall owner, Lao Li, gone, but even the few diners who had been sitting around them were gone......
Only the cast-iron pot on the stove with half of the pot missing remains.
The noodle soup inside was still steaming.
No matter what Zhao Mingming asked, the big man was lying motionless on the ground and was killed.
After about a cup of tea, he turned around with his arms supporting his body, and motioned for Zhao Mingming and sugar-fried chestnuts to look behind him.
Zhao Mingming suddenly had a bad premonition, looked back, and found that there was still a tofu noodle stall?
She knew that the sugar-fried chestnuts must not have had time to be loaded.
But she wanted to ask it again.
I guess I want to make myself completely dead......
Maybe the pot was too bulky to take away.
"You just loaded the money you saved?"
Zhao Mingming asked.
Zhao Mingming drew the silver ticket and let go of her foot.
The big man hurriedly got up, limped half of his body, held a waste foot, and ran forward with a jump.
Zhao Mingming returned to the stall.
"Miss...... I ......"
The sugar-fried chestnuts were uncomfortable for a while, and tears were about to drip down in an instant.
Fortunately, Zhao Mingming waved her hand and asked her not to care. Then she bent down, pulled out the small stack of silver tickets that the big man on the ground had in his hand, and handed them the sugar-fried chestnuts.
Sugar-fried chestnuts shouted.
These two bowls of noodles and a bowl of tofu, regardless of taste, must be the best in the world in terms of price!"
Zhao Mingming looked sideways at the sugar-fried chestnuts and said with a smile.
Sitting where I had eaten noodles before, I was in a daze as I looked at the bowl of noodles that I hadn't finished yet.
The noodles have been soaked in the noodle soup and there is a lake of pus...... But Zhao Mingming still picked up the chopsticks and ate them.
"Miss!"
"Miss, I don't want to eat...... I can't eat it!"
Sugar-fried chestnuts slapped their chopsticks on the table and said.
"So what do you want to eat......
That big man was originally in the same group as the stall owner Lao Li......
The previous changes were nothing more than turning the tiger away from the mountain.
didn't expect that Zhao Mingming and sugar-fried chestnuts really fell for the plan, and in the end they made a big mistake.
"Could it be that you are still thinking about the banquet in that Maocai Town?"
Zhao Mingming then asked.
Sugar-fried chestnuts don't speak.
Zhao Mingming asked.
She was still eating unhurriedly.
Not only is there a lake of pus in the noodles, but even the fried tofu in it has become swollen because of the full noodle soup.
On the contrary, I think that such a world is really interesting!
Although this time I went down the mountain, I was teased and put on a show.
But it's not serious, it's not wise!
"You're so stupid...... Do you think that Maocai Town really can't succeed?"
Zhao Mingming put down her chopsticks and said with a sigh.
However, her expression and tone were not sad.
"Miss, are you alright?"
Sugar-fried chestnuts asked.
"It's okay, it's okay, let's go straight to Nadingxi King City!"
A lot of things have to be exciting for the first time!
If it's smooth sailing everywhere, it's better to take it comfortably on the mountains, so why bother going down the mountain?
Zhao Mingming thought about it, but laughed again.
Zhao Mingming became more and more excited.
Picking up the bowl, he ate all the rotten noodles and tofu in the bowl in his stomach, and then wiped his mouth with his sleeve, got up and pulled the sugar-fried chestnuts and walked towards the place where they had parked the carriage before.
When she got closer, Zhao Mingming suddenly realized that she had just said that fried chestnuts with sugar were stupid, and it was fifty steps and one hundred steps......
Zhao Mingming said.
A small market can be so bizarre.
Can Dingxi Wangcheng be returned?
Maocai Town doesn't exist, could it be that their carriage is still there?
"It seems that neither of us is smart!"
Zhao Mingming said with tears and laughter.