Chapter 28 Successfully found a way to communicate
There are three main streets in Pingyang County, and the one where they are located is called Gongchen Street.
In addition to inns and restaurants, there are also two slightly larger restaurants here. But the real big restaurant is on Sajin Street in front.
The famous restaurant in the county is called Zuixian Pavilion. It is a landmark building in Pingyang County. It has three floors and can be seen when you look up.
The two of them went to the wonton stall as recommended by shopkeeper Hao. The water sign was hung in a prominent position and the price was clearly written, so there would be no wonton assassins.
Vegetarian wontons with noodles cost 25 cents a bowl. Meat wontons with noodles cost 60 cents a bowl. Shrimp skin, kelp and other toppings can be added for 3 cents.
After ordering two bowls of vegetarian wontons and noodles, the waiter greeted them while wiping the table and said:
"You two gentlemen, sit here! Drink warm water or tea."
Li Hui: "Warm water."
"Okay, wait a minute, you two." After the waiter said, he put the rag on his shoulders and left in a hurry.
Li Hui sat down next to her and whispered:
“There are a lot of people, but they just don’t know what it tastes like!”
"It shouldn't be bad." Cheng Xue replied, pointing to the tea stall opposite and saying, "He also has a lot of family members. He doesn't eat at noon and only drinks tea?"
The man at the next table heard this and said with a smile:
"This is your first time in Pingyang County. Opposite there are not only teas, but also snacks made with tea leaves. Like the wonton stalls, they are the characteristics of this Gongchen Street. If you have a chance to try them, they are delicious." Cheng Xue smiled and nodded when she heard this, and Li Hui moved the stool directly over to chat with them.
Sheniu and Shefang are clear at a glance.
My teammates are really awesome. In just a short time, I not only asked about prices in Pingyang County, but also about most of the wages of the guys here.
I guessed that wages in the county would be high, but I didn’t expect that the guys at the wonton stall would earn more than Li Hui at the forest farm.
Of course, the profit is greater, and the expenses are also high. Steamed buns only cost five cents each in Shushan Town, but here they cost twice as much, or even more.
The man drank up the wonton soup and continued:
"Brother, after dinner, take your wife to the embroidery alley. There are not only materials there, but also rouge and gouache. But don't buy from the stalls outside. They are all sold to outsiders."
The man was very talkative and talked a lot about the hidden rules of Pingyang County.
It turns out that cheating has been around since our ancestors, and it really has a long history.
"Okay, thank you, brother. See you again if we are destined."
"Let's go." After the man finished speaking, he counted out twenty-five copper coins, put them down and left.
As soon as he walked away with his front foot, the guy at the corner of his back foot came over to collect the money.
When watching TV, I always worry about whether I will lose my money, but now I finally know that my worry is in vain. Because there are people watching specially and not giving me a chance to lose my money.
Li Hui looked at the tea stall opposite, and finally got up and went out.
Cheng Xue just sat there drinking tea, watching him pay and get things, with the corners of her mouth raised.
Come back and open the paper package——
"Try it quickly, it's hot right out of the pot."
Cheng Xue looked at the reddish-brown steamed bun and picked up a bite.
The tea is fragrant, a little sweet, and the noodles are very spicy. I think it will be more intense when it is cold.
The waiter brought wonton noodles over, and when he saw her eating them, he smiled and said:
"The thing the guest eats is called Xiaohongbao. Their bean curd buns are delicious. They use adzuki bean noodles and white tea noodles. They are steamed. They sell them for an hour every morning. If you go late, you can't buy them."
Oh, hey, he’s even engaging in hunger marketing!
Li Hui thanked him and nodded while taking a sip of wonton soup.
"It tastes good. The soup is very thick. It must be cooked with big bones."
"My guest has a really good tongue. Our wonton soup is made with five pounds of pork bones every day. Tomorrow morning, your guest will buy a steamed bun with bean curd and it will be paired with our first pot of wonton soup in the morning. You can eat it."
, old and fragrant."
The waiter was very smart and brought his own wonton soup when he recommended the food across the street.
"Okay, I'll come over and give it a try tomorrow morning." Li Hui agreed.
Cheng Xue took a bite of vegetarian wontons. The filling was made of cabbage and tofu, and the dough and noodles were made of bean flour mixed with white flour. It was quite delicious.
It takes four days to come here, including food and accommodation, and I'm afraid I can't afford it for only two taels of silver. If I count it as four days, that's six hundred coins, six coins.
The wontons were so big that I knew I couldn't eat a bowl, so I quickly gave Li Hui all the noodles.
"You eat yours, don't give it to me. If it's not enough, I'll add more."
"I can't eat it."
When Li Hui heard this, he stopped insisting and helped her pick up all the noodles in the bowl. Xilihulu started to cook. After adding two portions of noodles to the wontons, she didn't feel very full, so she got up and added another portion. p>
When I came back, I saw her stunned and asked with a smile:
"What are you thinking about?"
Cheng Xue shook her head, seeing a bowl full of noodles in front of him, and whispered:
"Looking at your appetite, it reminds me of the time I used to eat casserole noodles."
Oh, she actually mentioned it on her own initiative? A good sign!
Li Hui moved a stool closer to her and asked in a low voice:
"Tell me something. Casserole noodles... Oh, I ate it once. The pot was too small, and my comrades and I couldn't eat enough. Later, we each asked for another pot. There was a lot of sesame sauce, and the taste was okay.
It’s just not affordable.”
Cheng Xue stared in surprise and couldn't help laughing when she saw his embarrassed scratching of his head.
"Aren't you in the A-class team? It is said that the salary is very high, how can you still care about economic benefits?"
"Why don't you care?! My allowance is all hard-earned money. I have to care. I'm not afraid of your jokes. I once spent half an hour with my boss on a racer vest, and he gave me five yuan to drink it cheaper.
Milk tea."
"Do you like sweets?"
"Always like it."
Li Hui's down-to-earth and calculating attitude finally allowed him to successfully find the right way to communicate with Cheng Xue.
Cheng Xue smiled and gave him the remaining tea cake and whispered what happened at that time.
The story was very simple. She went to eat clay pot noodles after get off work one day, and then a high school sweethearts sat at the next table. The boy was skinnier than the girl, and they ate a portion of clay pot noodles.
"... When I eat, I usually have to buy a steamed bun or scone in advance, and then eat it all in one pot. But that boy... said that a half-grown man eats a poor man. I heard him complain that he was hungry, but he ate very delicately.
”
Delicate?
"Just call her 'mother'." Li Hui smiled and shook his head, "But it takes you several hours to perform an operation, and you rely on three meals a day to replenish your strength. It's incomparable."
The original owner didn’t eat much, so he had little strength.
He used this time to exercise and increase his appetite, so that when he moved firewood again next year, he would not be inferior to Li Yue.
Cheng Xue sighed lightly, held her chin with one hand and said:
"Actually, it's not all because of his appetite. The main reason is that he is too slim and his eyeliner is more delicate than mine... Oh, forget it, just take care of yourself. I don't care what others do. I just worry about it."
"You can't say that. At least we both always remember that the iron and four eggs in our family must eat well, grow strong and have strength, and strive to be 24K pure men!"
"Pfft——"
When Li Hui saw her smiling, he took advantage of the victory and asked:
"What do you do after get off work on weekdays? Go shopping? Watch movies? Have department dinners?