Jiang Ning went out to Xue Yuantong's house to wake her up.
Xue Yuantong slept until dusk, her eyes were bleary, and she was a little confused at first:
'where am I?'
'who I am?'
She felt confused as the world was changing without realizing it. Soon, her eyes focused and she remembered important things.
'I'm at home, I'm Xue Yuantong, I'm very hungry now, I want to treat Jiang Ning to hot pot.'
Xue Yuantong thought this through, jumped up from the bed, put on her down jacket, and said anxiously:
"Hurry and prepare your horse!"
"It's time to leave."
Jiang Ning reminded: "Would you like to wash your face first?"
"Well."
Xue Yuantong quickly stepped on his cotton shoes and ran to the stove to pour hot water.
After Xue Yuantong washed her face, she took out a small pink bottle. The small bottle was given to her by Jiang Ning and contained skin care products.
Every time after washing his face, Xue Yuantong will apply a little. His face will not be dry or stretched, and it will be very comfortable.
After finishing it, Xue Yuantong ran to her mother and asked her to eat hot pot with her.
Aunt Gu did not agree: "You and Jiang Ning go ahead. There are two dishes left at noon. I will heat them up and eat them."
"Mom, go ahead!"
"No, you two should eat well, and Jiang Ning will take care of her for me." Aunt Gu said. It was a rare opportunity for Jiang Ning and Tong Tong to go there, and she would not join in the fun.
"Jiang Ning, be careful when riding at night. There are big trucks outside and they are driving very fast. Don't cut off from them. One minute at night is nothing."
"Okay, I remember." Jiang Ning led Xue Yuantong away.
Aunt Gu continued to knit her sweater.
…
Jiang Ning led Xue Yuantong, who had finished recharging his energy, and headed towards the city with great momentum.
The two stopped in front of an ordinary hot pot restaurant.
"Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, look." Xue Yuantong pointed to the sign of the hot pot restaurant:
"This restaurant is called Bazi Hot Pot. It's similar to where we live."
Jiang Ning glanced at the kitchen with his consciousness. The kitchen used disposable oil, not the kind that can be used repeatedly, so he confirmed:
"Just eat here."
Jiang Ning locked up her mountain bike and walked into the store first, with Xue Yuantong timidly following behind.
Opening the door, the hot air from the air conditioner rolled in. The space inside the store is about more than 100 square meters, and it is quite lively. There are many customers sitting there. It is indeed a rare treat to eat hot pot on this day.
"Hello, two of you?" the waiter greeted him,
"Hmm." Jiang Ning chose a seat next to the glass wall.
He discovered that Xue Yuantong, who usually gave orders at home and was arrogant, immediately turned into a coward and was reserved when he went outside.
Jiang Ning took the menu and ordered fresh beef, tripe, shrimp paste, fish fillets, and duck blood, and then gave the menu to Xue Yuantong.
At this time, Xue Yuantong regained his usual agility and quickly selected a few dishes.
"Sir, do you want a drink?"
"Two bowls of red bean fermented rice and a freshly squeezed hot drink."
"Okay, the tableware and snacks are over there." The waiter pointed.
When the waiter left with the menu, Xue Yuantong whispered:
"Jiang Ning, I'm going to mix the ingredients, will you come with me?"
"I'm not going, please make me the same one." His taste is no different from Xue Yuantong's.
"okay!"
Jiang Ning opened her consciousness and followed her to prevent her from slipping or being hit by someone.
At this time, at a large round hot pot table next to it, the waiter brought over a group of boys, most of whom were fifteen or sixteen years old, followed by a middle-aged woman at the end.
Middle-aged women dress very seriously and stereotypedly.
Xue Yuantong came over with two bowls of snacks:
"Jiang Ning, the condiments I prepared are super delicious. I guarantee you won't forget them after eating them."
In the past, her family was not well-off, and she wanted to eat hot pot. Her mother would make hot pot at home on her days off. Although the process was troublesome, it was cheap and affordable. When Xue Yuantong helped her mother, she learned how to adjust the ingredients to make it more delicious.
The hot pot restaurant provides a wider variety of ingredients, so she can show off her skills.
The hot pot bottom was brought up and the waiter turned on the heat.
Xue Yuantong's stomach growled with hunger. She had spent a lot of money preparing for the war.
Seeing this, Jiang Ning drew out a stream of spiritual power and transferred it to the flame under the pot, causing the flame to become hotter and heat more evenly.
After a while, drinks and snacks were served.
Jiang Ning checked the store before entering the store and found that the red bean fermented rice was good. It was made with glutinous rice, red bean paste, osmanthus honey, and small glutinous rice balls.
Xue Yuantong put the spoon into his mouth: "It tastes good, Jiang Ning, try it quickly!"
She ate another piece of fried crispy meat, sprinkled with special spices, and it blossomed in one bite.
"Woo." Xue Yuantong felt that all the waiting was worth it. She had been hungry for so long, and now that she was eating it, she just felt it was so delicious!
After she took a few bites, the dishes came and were placed on the vegetable shelf one by one.
The bottom of the pot was already boiling. Xue Yuantong put vegetables in it. She couldn't wait any longer.
The waiter over there brought the shrimp over and was about to put them under the pot. Jiang Ning said:
"No need, let's do it ourselves."
The waiter said: "Okay."
It's good to have someone help you cook the shrimp sliders, but Jiang Ning can eat it on his own and eat it at any time, which makes the experience even better.
Xue Yuantong ate in a hurry, while Jiang Ning behaved more normally. He kept a normal rhythm, eating hot pot and admiring her eating attitude.
What caught Jiang Ning's attention was a group of students on the round table next to him.
There is a shelf in the aisle with a big cake on it. From time to time, eyes are cast towards it.
Jiang Ning listened to their conversation and understood that the other party was a freshman in high school like Xue Yuantong. After the final unified examination today, a student celebrated his birthday, so he invited a group of classmates to have hot pot. It was originally supposed to be a happy birthday party, but the classmate's mother came over, a middle-aged woman with a very serious and old-fashioned appearance.
"You should study hard. The reason why you can treat your classmates to hot pot today is because your parents are supporting you."
"You can only come here to eat hot pot often if you study hard, find a good job and get ahead in the future."
"You have to remember what I said." The middle-aged woman took the trouble to talk about his son.
As a result, all the students at the table looked inexplicably embarrassed, and the atmosphere was very solid. The group of people ate solemnly, in silence, without any communication with each other. Only the mother taught her son.
The son was even more sullen. Today he mustered up the courage to treat his classmates to a meal on his birthday. Unfortunately, his mother came with him.
He was upset by his mother's nagging, and wanted her to stop talking, but he didn't dare.
I just looked at the brothers and sisters at the table by the wall with a little envy.
That's freedom.
It's a pity that he is an only child and can't understand it.
Xue Yuantong was oblivious to what was going on around him and concentrated on eating meat.
She used her chopsticks to fish in the pot, like an army crossing the border. She and Jiang Ning usually ate the same dish at the same table, but now they naturally didn't need serving chopsticks to eat hot pot.
"Jiang Ning, the beef I just cooked can't be found. It was obviously in the pot. Is it missing?" Xue Yuantong felt aggrieved and hoped that Jiang Ning would help her find the beef.
After hearing this, Jiang Ning looked into the pot with his consciousness. Within a millisecond, he located the culprit's beef. He took it out and put it into Xue Yuantong's bowl.
Xue Yuantong was shocked. She fished twice but couldn't find:
"Jiang Ning, you are so awesome!"
Jiang Ning said proudly: "Oh, don't you see who I am?"
Xue Yuantong gave him a piece of bamboo shoot: "This is for you as a reward!"
She continued to eat meat and said inarticulately:
"Jiang Ning, how are you spending the Chinese New Year? Do you want to go home?"
"I should." Jiang Ning said, his parents should be back during the Chinese New Year.
"Well, then we can't be together anymore. I celebrate the New Year at home, and my grandparents come to my house." Xue Yuantong used to do this during the Chinese New Year. He would bring his grandparents over from the village and celebrate the New Year together.
In Xue Yuantong's heart, celebrating the New Year is a very solemn event, and he only celebrates the New Year with his closest family members.
In the past six months, she and Jiang Ning had stayed together almost every day, and they had endless things to say. She wanted Jiang Ning to celebrate the New Year with her.
But Jiang Ning has parents.
Jiang Ning handed her the tissue: "Wipe your forehead, I'm sweating."
"I have no hands." Xue Yuantong held the dish in his right hand and the cup in his left hand.
Jiang Ning had no choice but to wipe it for her.
Xue Yuantong ate for a while and felt that the food was a little tasteless. She suddenly looked up at Jiang Ning, her eyes reflecting him with a very serious expression:
"Jiang Ning, can we set off fireworks together on New Year's Eve?"
"OK."
"Ah? Aren't you going back to your hometown?" Xue Yuantong asked blankly.
"Can't I come back?"
Jiang Ning has a spiritual boat that can travel thousands of miles a day and can go anywhere in the world.
"oh oh."
Xue Yuantong's dishes became more fragrant again.
…
As soon as the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month arrives, the flavor of the New Year gradually begins to appear.
In the row of bungalows where Jiang Ning lives, there is an extra family member, who works in a coastal city and came back from outside to celebrate the New Year.
They came back early. For example, Jiang Ning used to live in the village, and many people who went out to work could not come back until the 26th or 27th of the twelfth lunar month.
There are four members of that family, a son and a daughter who have just grown up. Their peers are still in college, and they have already entered the society to work.
The other party is dressed quite fashionably, and the coat on his body is from a brand name. Listening to their conversation, a coat costs seven to eight hundred yuan, and there is a sense of extraordinary knowledge in the conversation.
Only Jiang Ning could occasionally see a hint of weathered look on their faces.
Who would be willing to leave their hometown if they could make money in Yuzhou?
On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, the eight o'clock sunlight shines through the window into the house.
Jiang Ning got up, activated her spiritual power, and took a hot bath in twenty seconds.
He walked to the door. At this time, there were several people sunbathing in the open space in front of the row of bungalows, and there were two more unfamiliar faces than usual.
Jiang Ning knew that they were migrant workers who came back last night.
A man in his forties in a leather jacket squatted on the stone roller. After he saw Jiang Ning, he said to a few people around him:
"Whose family does this child belong to? He was born with a strange face?"
The old man, who was holding a rice bowl, drinking soup and eating steamed buns, said: "The Gu family's house has been rented out, this young man."
"Young man is not short, he is a bit thin." The man in the leather jacket flicked his cigarette.
When he was talking, his eyes kept rolling, and he looked very scheming.
The old man looked at him. He was a long-time resident here and knew the basics of leather jackets. This grandson used to be a gambler. When he lost his bet, he liked to go home and beat his wife to vent his anger. Later, the wife couldn't bear it anymore and ran away with the child.
Leather Jacket takes aim at Xiao Gu's family, an orphan and a widower. Naturally, people are concerned about the world.
However, Xiao Gu was very powerful, so he kicked him out. One time, Leather Jacket talked to Xiao Tongtong and told him some bad things. Xiao Gu almost chopped him with a kitchen knife.
Later, the leather jacket stopped and he went to work outside. Looking at it now, he still has a stubborn streak.
The old man chuckled and said: "This young man is very evil. He is not just a showman, but very strong. The stone roller you are squatting on now was one of his boys who helped me get it from the field."
"He just stretched out his hand and lifted it up like a brick!" The old man was amazed. He had never seen such a strong person.
"The stone wheel weighs two hundred kilograms, right?" The man in the leather jacket asked in surprise.
The old man said leisurely: "I'm afraid it won't stop."
Leather Jacket couldn't help but feel some fear in his heart. The old man was a decent man, so there was no need to tease him.
So his original intention of causing trouble was extinguished by him.
The young man went to Xiao Gu's house for dinner. They seemed to have a good relationship with each other. If he really went to stir up trouble, he wouldn't be able to hold him back if the other party got involved.
It would be a shame then!
Sorry for being late, I'll do it as early as possible next time~
