Out of the palace gate, Dugu Lantai turned left and right on this Beicheng Street, and then entered a small alley, and finally saw a small wonton shop, with a smile on his face.

At this time, it was time for dinner, and the streets were quite lively.

But although this small alley is in the middle of nowhere, it is also overcrowded, why?

The reason is this small wonton shop.

This Sister Wu's wontons can be said to be a must in this northern city, the taste is delicious, you eat it once, and you definitely want to eat another bowl.

Sister Wu is in her forties this year, but her appearance is very beautiful, there are no wrinkles on her face, and her every move exudes a mature woman charm that young women do not have.

This is also another big reason why her business is booming, because most of the people who eat wontons are men, watching them eat from the bowl one by one, but their eyes have been staring at Sister Wu.

At this time, Dugu Lantai saw Sister Wu's busy figure from a distance.

A small shop, but there are only seven or eight tables and chairs inside, and at this time, the seven or eight tables and chairs are already full of people, not only that, but there are also five or six men squatting at the door outside, holding wontons and eating there fragrantly, which shows how hot her business is.

Dugu Lantai used to come here whenever he had time, because he also loved to eat Sister Wu's wontons, and he had also eaten wontons in other places, but only Sister Wu's wontons made people never get tired of eating.

This time and again, he is also familiar with Sister Wu, Sister Wu also likes Dugu Lantai very much, her man died early and has no children under her knees, so she treats Lantai as her son or younger brother.

At this time, Dugu Lantai saw that a person stood up after eating and was about to settle accounts and leave, Lantai's eyes were fast and his feet were fast, and a flash person occupied that position.

Dugu Lantai smiled: "Sister Wu, come to a bowl of wontons." ”

Sister Wu listened to the voice a little familiar, looked up and saw that it was Lantai, a trace of tenderness appeared in her eyes, and shouted: "Yo! It's Lantai, you haven't come to see me for a few days, have you forgotten my sister." ”

Dugu Lantai said: "Look at what you said, Sister Wu, I'm just a little busy at home recently, otherwise I would have come to see you a long time ago." ”

When Sister Wu heard this, her heart warmed, and when she saw this sixteen-year-old boy and his warm smile, she felt very kind, as if most of the fatigue of the day had gone.

As soon as she saw the child who had lost his left arm, she was distressed, and secretly cursed the man who had cut off his arm: "What kind of beast! ”

Sister Wu was very quick to give Lantai a bowl of wontons and brought it over.

Dugu Lantai couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and eat, and soon three or four wontons went down to his stomach, and he said from time to time: "Hmm... Delicious!"

Sister Wu glared at him and said, "Eat slowly, and no one will rob you, if it's not enough, I still have it there." ”

Dugu Lantai agreed, but a bowl of wontons was still eaten by him three times and five divided by two.

Dugu Lantai looked at Sister Wu in front of him embarrassedly and said, "Then let's have another bowl." ”

Sister Wu smiled: "Wait, I'll serve it to you right away!"

After a while, another bowl of steaming wontons was brought to Lantai.

Sister Wu's wonton skin is thin and the filling is big, the filling is pork, the main thing is that her soup is boiled well, simple mutton bone soup, and then put in a little pepper, and then sprinkle a handful of minced green onions and minced garlic, it is best to drip a few drops of sesame oil, tsk tsk!

It is said that this wonton was invented by the famous beauty Xi Shi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but I didn't expect such a delicate woman to invent such a delicacy in the world.

And it has been passed down to future generations, and it can be said that in terms of food, she has made great contributions.

This time, Dugu Lantai was not in such a hurry to eat, he took a bite of the wonton, drank a sip of fresh soup, and tasted its deliciousness.

Dugu Lantai looked at Sister Wu who was sitting in front of him and said, "Didn't I tell you a long time ago, hurry up and recruit a guy, the business is so hot, you can't be busy." ”

Sister Wu said: "Come next year, I will definitely recruit next year." ”

At this time, I only heard another guest shouting for another bowl.

Sister Wu hurriedly got up and said, "I'll go to greet the guests first, you eat slowly first." ”

Dugu Lantai shook his head and said, "Go ahead, don't worry about me." ”

But he said in his heart: "This stupid sister, if she continues like this, she must be exhausted to death." ”

After eating this second bowl, Dugu Lantai felt warm and indescribably comfortable.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, he was about to get up, when he suddenly saw five people rushing into the alley.

To be precise, five strong men walked over with sticks in their hands.

As soon as the guests saw the visitor, their faces suddenly changed, and they quickly put down the food money, got up and left the shop, and stood far away.

It turns out that these five people are ruffians and hooligans in this area, it is said that they secretly colluded with people in the government to collect protection money from ordinary merchants who have no background to make a living, if they pay it, they can be safe, if they don't pay, they will harass you every day, and even beat them to the death, so no one dares to mess with them,

And the goods they received were divided among the people of the government.

Therefore, most people know these five people, so they avoid them far away.

At this time, only Dugu Lantai was still sitting there in the wonton shop, motionless.

He looked at these five people with interest, obviously running for Sister Wu's wonton shop, to see what they wanted?

I saw the five people enter the wonton shop, and the leader glanced at Dugu Lantai, then knocked on the table with the stick in his hand, and looked at Sister Wu with a hint of obscenity in his eyes and said, "Sister Wu, it's a good business today, shouldn't you pay the protection fee?"

Sister Wu saw that as soon as these five people came, the four of them scattered away, but she was quite worried when she saw Dugu Lantai still sitting there motionless.

Sister Wu pretended to smile and greeted her and said, "Yo! It turned out to be five big brothers, I didn't just pay this protection fee yesterday, why did I pay it again today?"

The leader said viciously: "Hmph! Yesterday is yesterday, today is today, hurry up and give a word, whether to hand it over or not?"

Sister Wu frowned, and there was no smile on her face, and she said, "How much do you pay?"

The leader of the Great Khan said: "Two taels of silver!"

Sister Wu's face became ugly, and she said, "What! Two taels, two taels, I just gave you one tael yesterday, and I want two taels today, who can afford such a protection fee? Even those big restaurants can't afford to pay it, not to mention that I am only running a small business, no matter how good the business is, I can't withstand your toss like this!"

At this time, the people who were standing far away also began to talk to each other.

"Two taels! This is indeed too much, it seems that they are deliberately looking for Sister Wu's stubble, I remember that the day before yesterday when they went to Lao Wang's stall to collect protection money, they only collected four copper plates. ”

"Yes, two taels of silver is also the income of this Sister Wu for four or five days!"

Such a voice came into Dugu Lantai's ears.