Weekend afternoons are always the busiest time on Beta Town Pedestrian Street.
Without the pressure of classes and the worries of homework, many students take a nap and sleep straight into the afternoon. After they wake up, they are full of energy and have plenty of time. Therefore, the pedestrian street with many bars, restaurants, and shops is particularly popular.
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Maybe the wizard in charge of the climate felt that the thickness of the snow today was enough. When Zheng Qing and the gypsy witch left Shuangtangji, there were only scattered snowflakes falling slowly in the sky.
The wind gradually stopped, and some people who had stayed indoors due to the wind and snow took advantage of the fact that the sky was still bright and the snow scenery was still beautiful, and they all ran out in a swarm to stroll around the small streets while enjoying the snow scenery.
As the most prosperous commercial street in Beta Town, professional wizards have cleared the snow in the middle of the pedestrian street in Beta Town early. Only the sides of the road and the roofs are still white, which contrasts with the deep colors of the street. It is particularly
Eye-catching.
The young public-sponsored student who had seen enough snow scenes on campus naturally did not pay attention to the remaining snow scenes. One of his arms was held by a gypsy witch, and his whole body was stiff. He did not dare to move, for fear of offending him because of his inappropriate behavior.
The witch beside me.
Elena seems to be more comfortable than Zheng Qing.
Not far along the main street, Zheng Qing glanced at a small archway in the sloping ground from the corner of his eye, and he suddenly stopped at his feet.
"Don't you want to eat delicious food?" As soon as the wizard opened his mouth, the courage he had lost suddenly came out of nowhere, and filled his chest again: "Over there, in the food court on the pedestrian street, there are
Lots of delicious food.”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the alley where the small archway was located.
The so-called food street is actually just a small alley on the pedestrian street of Beta Town, only a few hundred meters long and less than 20 steps wide. There are no doorways on the left and right sides of the alley, and there are neat tall white walls. It was originally the dividing line between the two blocks.
, but because it is close to the pedestrian street and has a large flow of people, vendors who cannot afford to rent a shop gradually gather here and start a small business with the help of a few feet of land.
Compared with the shops with loud names on the main street, these small vendors can provide very limited goods or services to the students of First University - students go to Shang Yuanshu to buy Fa books, and go to Sanwei Bookstore to buy textbooks and leisure books.
Clothes are hanging on the ground, green and spun, Yun Xiangyi, department stores are Green Grocery Store, watches are Hook Brothers Watch Shop, jewelry are Mu Shi Niang, daily necessities are mirror paintings, gifts are Apple Pavilion, and even those taboos
There is also a wandering bar to deal with the goods and the guys from the gray background.
After several twists and turns, these small vendors finally found a just-right breakthrough - the cost of making delicious food is not high, and they can take advantage of the abundant customer flow on the main street. As long as they have one or two unique skills, they will not worry about losing business - and therefore
, this alley gradually became a professional 'food street'.
The committee that manages the town was belatedly aware of the situation, but it was not stupid. After the street was formed, it put it under unified management after a little tidying up, and also built a small archway at the entrance of the alley as a unified facade. This not only expanded the market,
Employment adds character to the pedestrian street and adds new revenue to the town's finances. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
Of course, even if you become a naturalized citizen and become a "formal member" of the pedestrian street, the small traders will still run a small business.
Pushing a cart, setting up an iron pot, boiling a few pots of hot tea, setting out a row of bowls and chopsticks, the more sophisticated ones, and hiring a few elves in aprons as waiters to help serve tea, pour water, register and do miscellaneous tasks; the less sophisticated ones
Yes, even the fire in the stove does not use magic. Instead, it uses dead branches and leaves on the edge of the silent forest outside the town.
After the two people turned into the alley, they immediately felt the difference from the outside.
The shouts of the vendors, the flashing rainbow lights on the simple magic signs, the crowds of people coming and going, and the overlapping and noisy voices in the ears.
It seemed that in an instant, they came from the world of "spring and snow" outside to the world of "lower people".
This lively atmosphere full of life not only infected the students on the pedestrian street, but even the weather seemed to be affected by it - originally because of the snow, Zheng Qing wondered whether the vendors here would go out of business.
"It smells so good!" The gypsy witch took a deep breath, her face full of intoxication.
Zheng Qing sniffed and thought deeply.
As soon as I crossed the small archway, I seemed to have entered a new world. The air was filled with the smell of various foods: sauce aroma, acetic acid, wine smoke, all kinds of colors, fried, deep-fried, steamed, grilled, all five flavors.
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Round octopus balls, oily mutton skewers, rich braised vegetables, refreshing big leaf tea, all kinds of delicacies rushed into the guests' noses, stimulating their nasal mucosa; green green bees
, the yellow amber light, the fiery red tobacco and wine, seduced everyone's greedy minds and stimulated their retinas; there were also the shouts one after another in the alley, and the shoving sounds of you and me, which even more entangled everyone.
Pedestrians walking here.
"Well, the charms on this small archway are very interesting. The range of the magic is very neatly controlled in this alley. No wonder there is a foot of snow outside, but there is not even a trace of muddy water inside." Zheng Qing
Subconsciously commenting on the small archway they just passed by, he showed off his expertise.
When Elena heard this, she immediately rolled her eyes at him.
"I've long heard that there is a food street in the town, but I haven't had time to come and check it out." The witch quietly changed the topic back to the main topic, with a hint of excitement in her tone: "You must eat enough today!"
"Definitely, definitely!" The young public-funded student also came to his senses. He turned around and took two skewers of fried balls from the nearby shop and stuffed them into the witch's hands: "Try this, it is said to be from Mariana.
It's made from the tentacles chopped off from the old octopus in the trench...but I guess it's just some ordinary octopus meatballs. At most, those octopuses were caught in the Western Pacific."
"Hahahaha," Elena laughed so hard: "The boss is still here, can you say this?"
"It's okay, it's okay." The chubby, round-faced boss of the croquette shop nearby heard this and waved his hands repeatedly with a smile: "We all know it's a gimmick... As long as everyone thinks my meatballs are delicious."
The witch rolled her eyes and gave one of the two croquettes to Zheng Qing: "You can try it too!"
Zheng Qing hesitated for a second, then decisively took it, bit off one, chewed it, extended his thumb to Elena, and praised: "It's soft and smooth, oily but not greasy! It's really delicious."
The witch suddenly smiled and narrowed her eyes:
"Don't praise me, praise the boss!"
"It's delicious, so don't eat too much...I plan to eat all of this street!"
"Wander around slowly, eat at each house, and eat a little bit at home."
This chapter has been completed!