Chapter 2 Initial
The next day, Fan Yao woke up early, washed up briefly, and had to go to the wonton shop to work.
Saying that it is a shop is actually setting up a tent in the open space on the side of the street, a noodle table, a large pot, three or two tables and a few benches, which is all the belongings of the wonton shop.
Fan Yao opened the door, a cool air came to his face, Fan Yao hurriedly flashed out of the room and closed the door.
The yard is wet, it seems that it rained last night, and the eaves are still dripping with water, so it should be raining a lot. Fan Yao was so tired and slept so deep yesterday that he didn't even notice it.
Picking up the two wooden barrels containing the ingredients, as soon as he opened the door, two people fell in from the outside, Fan Yao was startled, and looked at the two people who had fought yesterday, the little fat man Liu Fax The short hair and heroic Gao Boss.
It's just that at this time, Boss Gao was held in his arms by the little fat man, his eyes were closed, his face was flushed, Liu Fax turned his head and looked, and he was overjoyed: "Fan...... Fan ......", obviously didn't remember Fan Yao's name.
Fan Yao said: "My name is Fan Yao, what's wrong with you?"
The little fat man hurriedly said: "Fan Yao, help us, Boss Gao had a fever last night and was talking nonsense in the middle of the night, and now no one is awake." As soon as he finished speaking, he pouted.
"Don't cry". Fan Yao hurriedly shouted, it was this little fat man who cried yesterday.
Looking at the two of them in wet clothes, he asked, "It rained last night, why don't you find a place to shelter from the rain?"
"Just arrived in this town, the place is not familiar, just began to hide in a broken temple outside the town, and then a few men came, Gao Boss said that he didn't look like a good person and took me out, walking and walking Gao Boss fainted, I saw that he was cold and hugged him to hide under the eaves, I didn't expect it to be your house. ”
"Okay, don't talk about it, come into the house, I'll make him a bowl of ginger soup first, and don't wake Nini up. ”
Fan Yao and Liu Fax carried Boss Gao together and walked towards the house.
At this time, Nini had already been woken up by the sound outside, and the little girl opened the door sleepily and asked, "Fan Yao, what's wrong?"
"Nini come and help, the boss Gao who was beaten by me yesterday fainted from an internal injury. Fan Yao shouted. Nini and the fat man rolled their eyes together.
The three of them hugged Boss Gao to the kang with all hands and feet, the little girl covered the quilt for Boss Gao, and Fan Yao boiled a bowl of ginger soup for the little girl to feed Boss Gao.
"I'll go to the pharmacy and get some medicine for him, you take care of him. Fan Yao said that he was about to go out, thinking about it and not worrying about Nini, he just arrived at the door and turned around and shouted: "Fatty, you go with me." ”
I saw the little fat man squatting in the corner of the wall and trembling with his arms in his arms.
Fan Yao shook his head and said, "Forget it." Fatty, you come with me to the wing room in the courtyard, where there are the clothes I usually wear, you quickly change them. ”
The little fat man agreed, followed Fan Yao out of the house and went straight to the wing.
Fan Yao walked out of the yard and trotted all the way to the wonton shop, which was on the edge of the Zhenbei vegetable market, and next to the shop was Aunt Zhang, who sold soy milk fritters.
"Aunt Zhang, please tell those who come to eat wontons, just say that there is something in my house that is not sold today, and apologize to them on my behalf. Fan Yao shouted to Aunt Zhang.
"What's wrong Fan Yao, is there something wrong with Xiao Nini?" Aunt Zhang hurriedly asked.
"No, it's a guest at home who is caught the cold, Aunt Zhang, you don't have to worry. Fan Yao waved to Aunt Zhang and ran towards the pharmacy.
When I arrived at the pharmacy, Fan Yao was already familiar with what medicine to grab, and Fan Yao ran around when Nini and her mother were sick, selling wontons in the morning, and after collecting the stall, they grabbed the medicine and went home to make medicine for Nini Niang, everyone said that Nini and her mother were blessed, and her husband was gone, and God gave her a son.
The shopkeeper of the pharmacy complained to Fan Yao while grabbing the medicine, saying that it was cold, why didn't he put on more clothes for Nini? Fan Yao smiled bitterly and had to explain again.
Fan Yao ran home with the medicine, and when he entered the door, he saw Nini using a wet cloth towel to put a wipe on Boss Gao's forehead, and the little girl also had a lot of experience in taking care of patients.
The little fat man Liu Fax was wearing Fan Yao's clothes and walked around anxiously, although Liu Fax was fat, he was much shorter than Fan Yao, and his clothes were okay to wear.
After surviving the medicine and feeding Boss Gao to drink, after a while, Boss Gao's forehead was already slightly sweaty, and his face was not so red.
Fan Yao asked Li Ni to go to the school to study, and instructed: "On the way, go to Aunt Zhang's place to get a bowl of soy milk to drink, and I will settle the account tomorrow."
The little girl procrastinated, and for a while said that Fan Yao and Liu Fax would not take care of the patient, and then said that every morning she was either fritter or tired of eating soy milk, and she just didn't want to go to school anyway.
Fan Yao said to Li Ni: "Nini, your brother Fan's wish is to come to the yamen in the town on an errand, and I can't do it without knowledge, but I really can't understand Mr. Li's teaching, only Miss Nini will come back to teach me after listening to what Mr. said, I can understand, and whether I can go to the yamen on an errand in the future depends on Miss Nini." ”
Li Ni reluctantly took the book to the school.
As soon as Li Ni went out, Liu Fax gave Fan Yao a thumbs up, full of admiration.
There were only three people left in the house, and Boss Gao hadn't woken up yet, so Fan Yao spoke first after a moment of embarrassment: "I have never seen you two in the town, where did you come from?"
The little fat man Liu Fax sighed and said, "My name is Liu Fax, and my family is from the capital." I ran out of anger with my family, and the money I brought out on the way was spent, and I was very hungry and grabbed two steamed buns and was chased and beaten by a group of people, and the tall boss rescued me with a broken wooden stick.
Boss Gao said that I was amazing, and I could eat two steamed buns while being beaten, so that I could mix with him in the future. Speaking of this, the little fat man cracked his mouth and smiled.
"That's it, walking and walking, I met you. Along the way, the tall boss always protected me, knowing that I could eat, and I always came first when I got food, and he always rushed up first when he met a bully, and he beat me if he could beat it, and let me run first if he couldn't stop behind. Anyway, I already regard him as my own brother, and I will be for the rest of my life. ”
After the little fat man finished speaking, he sat on the edge of the kang and looked at Boss Gao quietly.
Fan Yao has a deep understanding of what the little fat man said. After Wu Laocheng saved the people of the village and died in battle, Xiao Fan Yao dug a full day with Wu Laocheng's saber before digging a pit enough to bury Wu Laocheng.
After burying Wu Laocheng, Fan Yao raised his eyes and was penniless, although Fan Yao was only the son of a small captain, he had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child. After a sudden accident, the little guy lost his soul and was bullied along the way.
wandered to Qingwa Town in this way, and the bowl of wontons given by Nini Niang, coupled with a sentence that Ni Ni Niang said when Fan Yao sent the fish, made Fan Yao decide to stay.
When Nini's father and mother were there, they treated Fan Yao as if they were their own children. It was in those days that Fan Yao gradually regained his youthful heart.
It seems to be destined in the dark, if Fan Yao didn't stay, the two elders passed away one after another, leaving Li Ni alone, and the little girl was helpless and destined to be another human tragedy.
Fan Yao retracted his thoughts, rubbed his eyes and said to Liu Fax: "When Boss Gao wakes up, you two will discuss, if you have nowhere to go, you will live with me for the time being." ”
When the little fat man Liu Fax heard this, he looked around the room, and almost didn't say directly, "Your family is surrounded by four walls, and you still want to raise two more big living people."
Seeing this, Fan Yao said angrily: "Don't think about eating and drinking for nothing." I have a wonton shop, I can't work alone, if you and Boss Gao help, it is estimated that the business can be much better, the money earned by the wonton shop to feed the four of us is not a big problem, I can also go out to catch fish and do odd jobs in the afternoon when I am not busy. ”
Fan Yao thought for a while and said: "Of course, in the money earned, I have to pay back ten cents to the shopkeeper of the coffin shop every week. ”
"Yes, yes, this money must be repaid. If I don't run away from home, what is five taels of silver? But Fan Yao, I don't know if I can eat a bowl of this wonton every day?" said the little fat man's eyes lit up.
"If you don't run away from home, I know who you are?" Fan Yao said angrily.
After thinking about it, she remembered what Nini Niang had said, and couldn't help but smile and said, "As long as you are diligent, the wontons are enough." ”
"Okay, I don't want to say anything else, it's just diligent. The little fat man patted his chest and swore an oath.
Fan Yao looked at the chubby Liu Fax, hehe, after wandering outside for many years, he can still be fat like this when he sleeps in the open, and the word diligence is used to eat, right?
Liu Fax looked at Fan Yao, who looked unbelieving, then looked at himself, touched his stomach and muttered, "No way, born with it." After saying that, his stomach growled, and the fat man looked embarrassed.
Fan Yao looked at the time, he had been busy all morning, but it was time to make lunch.
For lunch, it was sweet potatoes, but this time it was steamed in a pot. In Nini's words, sweet potatoes are steamed and roasted, which are two very different flavors.
As soon as the sweet potatoes came out of the pot, Li Ni came back with a bounce.
Boss Gao just woke up, in the end, he was a young man, a bowl of ginger soup, a pair of decoction, and then covered the quilt and sweated, and his illness was already healed.
Liu Fax was chattering in the back room, telling what happened after Boss Gao fainted.
Nini was eating sweet potatoes in the outhouse, and asked Fan Yao if she could eat baked white potatoes tomorrow while eating.
Fan Yao knew that the little girl was sensible, and knew that the two of them were now poor, so he had long shouted that the wontons had not been broken since he could remember, and he had already eaten enough, but now he really didn't taste as sweet potatoes and white potatoes.
I don't know if Boss Gao Liu Fax is willing to stay, if he is willing to stay and help, the wonton shop will definitely be prosperous.
Aunt Li taught the filling, the selected pork belly and then put a pinch of leeks and Aunt Li's special seasoning, the wonton filling is really fragrant and fresh, Uncle Li taught the dough to roll the skin, the wonton skin looks thin and can be eaten in the mouth, which is called a tendon.
Fan Yao has learned all the skills, but one person can't use it as a few people. If Boss Gao and the others are willing to stay, they can sell a lot more, and it is not a big problem to make money to feed a few people. Well, by the end of the year, Nini will be able to add a new outfit as well.
Fan Yao was thinking about it, Liu Fax had already walked out of the back room with Boss Gao, Fan Yao hurriedly beckoned the two to eat some sweet potatoes, and heated the ginger soup that had been boiled in the morning.
The little fat man eats it fast, and three of the eight sweet potatoes are gone in a blink of an eye, and after eating, he looks at the rest of the pot, and wants to take it but is embarrassed.
Boss Gao held the sweet potato and ate it in small bites, and his quiet appearance really couldn't tell that it was the hot-tempered boss who started fighting yesterday.
Boss Gao ate a few bites, and handed the sweet potato to Liu Fax without much appetite, the little fat man shook his head and didn't answer, and said: "Boss Gao, you are just getting better, so you can eat more, and you will get better when you are full." ”
Boss Gao turned his head to look at Fan Yao and said, "Liu Fax told me just now, I thought about it, and we decided to stay." Don't worry, we're used to living a hard life, and we should both be able to help with the wonton shop, and we won't eat and drink for nothing. ”
After saying these words in one breath, he was a little tired, took a sip of ginger soup and continued: "This ginger soup, and that medicine, thank you first." ”
Fan Yao said again and again, no thanks, they will be a family in the future, and the family should take care of each other.
After eating the sweet potato, the four of them sat around a small table.
Fan Yao handed the boiled decoction to Boss Gao, and then said: "Now we are four people, I will still sleep in this house with Nini at night, Boss Gao and Little Fat You will go to sleep in the wing room in the courtyard, that house used to be where I lived, it was smaller, but it was cleaned up very clean, and the bed was big enough, enough for the two of you." ”
"No, I don't sleep with Liu Fax. Before the words fell, the tall boss said categorically.
"Boss Gao, do you dislike me so much? You have to sleep separately all the way, and you have to take a shower separately, you fainted last night, and I didn't support you? Boss Gao, what do you mean?" the little fat man shouted.
Boss Gao glared at the little fat man fiercely, and said to Fan Yao: "Everyone will be together in the future, my name is Gao Yuqi, the high mountain and flowing water, the jade of Puyu, and the Qi of Qihua Yaocao." Nini, come with me. ”
The latter sentence was addressed to Nini, and after saying that, he walked to the inner room.
Nini looked at Fan Yao, Fan Yao nodded, and followed Gao Yuqi in.
Fan Yao stood in the outhouse with the little fat man, you look at me, I look at you, staring at each other in confusion.
It didn't take long for Gao Yuqi and Nini to walk out, and the little girl smiled and hugged Gao Yuqi's waist and shouted to Fan Yao: "Fan Yao, I will have a sister in the future!"
Fan Yaoqi said, "You, you are a woman?"
"That's right". After speaking, Gao Yuqi was about to salute Fan Yao with a fist, and when she thought about it, she half-squatted and gave a blessing: "It is inconvenient for me to wander around as a girl, so I can only do this." What you have done today is to save my life, and you will not thank you for your great kindness, and you can tell you if you have something under one roof in the future. ”
Fan Yao hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”
At this time, Nini shouted: "Sister Gao, wipe your body quickly, the smell on this sweaty body is so bad." ”
Gao Yuqi was embarrassed, so she hurriedly took the basin and walked into the back room with Nini.
Fan Yao took Liu Fax to the courtyard, and the little fat man was still muttering: "No wonder, no wonder, it turned out to be a woman, I'll just say it." ”
Fan Yao rolled her eyes, she hadn't found out after being together for so long, and there was no one else in this pig's brain.
After a while, Gao Yuqi and Xiao Nini walked out of the house.
Needless to say, Xiao Nini has bright eyes and bright teeth, and her cheeks are new, and she is amiable to watch.
Gao Yuqi really changed after washing off her unkempt hair, with short hair like silk satin, slender phoenix eyebrows, a pair of eyes like stars like the bright moon, a delicate nose, and lips like light cherry blossoms.
Fan Yao and Liu Fax looked at each other blankly.
The little fat man said: "Boss Gao, no wonder you pretend to be a man and get your face dirty, I see." I've never seen a woman more beautiful than you in the capital. ”
Anyway, stretch out your hands, yesterday it was the boss who supported with these hands, the little fat man sniffed his hands and his face was full of intoxication.
Boss Gao didn't know the little fat man's dirty thoughts, his eyes were round and he said angrily: "Dead fat man, go away, or chop off your hands and feed the dogs." ”
"Eh, okay, this is the boss I know. After speaking, the fat man hurriedly ran to the wing room without waiting for Gao Yuqi to speak.
Nini said at this time: "Sister, what the fat brother said is right, I think my sister is so beautiful." ”
Gao Yuqi touched her face, lowered her head and reached out to pinch Nini's little face and said with a smile: "My sister has been home all over the world all these years, and I don't dare to show my true face, and no one really praises my sister for being beautiful." Nini, you are also very beautiful, and when you grow up, you will definitely be more beautiful than your sister. ”
She was heroic when she raised her eyebrows, and when she lowered her eyebrows and smiled, she was already captivating.