In fact, the scenery here is very beautiful, with mountains on the back and water on the back, and verandahs on the front. Dining here is indeed a unique pleasure.
Whether you are sitting in "Yilantang" or "Daoningzhai" to eat, you can look north at the lake, cruise ships, Wulong Pavilion, and the Little Western Sky, and your eyes will be filled with splendor and splendor.
So Hong Yanwu and the others were completely willing to spend money to be ripped off and treated the same as foreigners.
Usually they order meat dishes such as "catch and stir-fry" and vegetarian dishes such as "mushrooms and cabbage sum", and then eat "minced pork pancakes", "pea yellow", "ai wowo", and "kidney bean rolls" with "hazelnut sauce"
" and other palace snacks. Then after eating and drinking, you can go to "Beihai Park" in a leisurely way.
If they are particularly interested, they can also imitate the artistic conception of the song "Let's Swing the Oars", rent a boat and go boating on the lake, pick lotus flowers, pick lotus pods, and watch lake ducks and waterbirds.
Or simply find a secluded place by the lake, chat, play cards, and have a long sleep under the weeping willows with the lake breeze blowing.
A hot afternoon can be easily passed by.
As for "Zhongshan Park", although there are teahouses on all sides, the "Laijin Yuxuan" in the east is the most famous.
How famous is this place? Some people say it was the State Council during the Republic of China.
Although this is a joke, it is not an exaggeration. Because if there is one place in the capital city during the Republic of China where celebrities from all fields have left their footprints, then it is "Laijin Yuxuan".
The president, prime minister, ministers-in-chief, deputy ministers and other military and political figures of the Republic of China, as well as countless figures in the cultural, financial and industrial circles, almost all of them who have been to the capital have come to Jinyuxuan.
Zhang Henshui wrote "The Cause of Laughter" here, and Lu Xun also translated "Little John" here.
If you ask them what they love, it's nothing more than the environment here.
The teahouse of "Laijin Yuxuan" is unique. It is very close to the front door and covers a large area. There is a canopy in the front and a shop in the back.
Next to the canopy are ancient locust trees, carved beams and painted buildings that reflect the blue sky in the distance, and the red wall in the distance. There is always a gentle breeze. It is not only enough to escape the summer heat, but it is also the best place to see flowers, listen to cicadas, enjoy the cool air, and talk at night.
For decades, this place has been equipped with tea seats, rattan tables and rattan chairs under the iron canopy in front, basically maintaining the same pattern.
But it has to be said that today's dishes are really not as exquisite as they were in the past when Chinese and Western food were alternately served. In addition to beer and soda, you can only buy sausage platters, cucumbers, preserved eggs and other cold dishes here.
Fortunately, the most famous "winter vegetable buns" have finally been preserved.
The fillings in this kind of buns are cooked meat fillings and winter vegetables, which are slightly sweet. The dough is also very good, not wrinkled, just like a steamed bun. Just for this bite, tourists come here to buy it.
Not a few.
In fact, to be honest, although this aspect is a bit regretful, it is precisely because of this that the consumption of "Laijin Yuxuan" is very close to the people at this time.
A pot of incense tablets costs 20 cents, and you can take four free small plates. You can also borrow newspapers and periodicals, which is very considerate, and basically everyone can afford it.
But ordinary people just don't go. Besides being reluctant to part with the two cents, they are also shackled by their concepts and always feel that it is not the place they should go.
So this was a comfortable place for Hong Yanwu and the others.
Usually, they look down on the simple dishes at "Lai Jin Yu Xuan". Before coming, they often have to go to "Quan Su Zhai" in Wangfujing to queue up to buy some "Vegetarian Mix" and "Vegetarian Chicken", and then go to "Pu Wufang"
"Buy some soy sauce duck and barbecued pork. Then come back with a few cattail bags.
At "Lai Jin Yu Xuan" they just wanted cold beer, cucumbers, preserved eggs and winter vegetable steamed buns. Then they sat under the shade of a tree, opened cattail bags, drank cold beer, and treated this place like a food stall.
They would not leave until the meal was over. They would clear the table, grab some newspapers, and lean back on the big wicker chairs.
At this time, the red sun was scorching, the locust trees were covered with shadows, and no whispers could be heard, but the cicadas were chirping "rustle", which came with great vigor, and the waves of sound waves could literally float people up.
It won't be long before everyone will squint their eyes and fall into a deep sleep.
When I wake up, I feel energetic and thirsty. Now I need a pot of tea. This is the real time to drink tea and read the newspaper.
After we finish reading the books and newspapers, we have almost finished drinking tea. Maybe we can walk around in the park again, and then we can go home.
Food should be bought before the get off work rush hour to avoid queuing. After arriving home, Hong Yanwu and "Tang Xin'er" must first pull up the roller blinds that were put down in the east wing during the day. Then take a shower and cool down.
There is no rush for dinner, and the two of them usually cook it together while chatting and joking.
When there is shade under the western wall, they will move in bamboo chairs and small tables, turn on the radio, and sit together to eat the home-cooked meals that every household makes.
"Spreading yellow vegetables", "shooting cucumbers", "exploding pickled old cucumbers", "mixing tofu with spring onions", putting a piece of bought pancake on it and drinking some mung bean soup.
Or maybe it's the packaged "winter vegetable steamed buns" paired with "cilantro and winter melon soup".
There is nothing to fault, no matter how simple and ordinary the food is, this feeling of living at home is what Hong Yanwu and "Tang Xin'er" like.
After dinner, Hong Yanwu would often pick up his household items and water the flowers and plants in the yard because the weather was too hot. After finishing this work, no matter whether it was dark or not, he and "Tang Xin'er" would not enter the house, but would still have to wait in the house.
The courtyard was kept cool until late at night.
To be honest, although there is nothing to do, this kind of leisure is what Hong Yanwu likes most. It also has a lot of fun.
For example, sitting in the courtyard, listening to the chirping of the insects "Cardiac" and "Golden Bell", and watching the bats flying very low.
Another example is watching "Tang Xin'er" pound the nail polish with alum and dye her nails red one by one.
Or maybe he would tell one or two indifferent jokes that made "Tang Xin'er" cover her mouth and laugh.
Or watch "Tang Xin'er" weave a delicate little flower basket from the locust flowers on the locust tree outside.
And when night falls, the scene in the small courtyard is really beautiful.
The shadows of the flowers on the melon shed were replaced by dots of watery moonlight. A little starlight shone in the melon leaves. They were all fireflies, just like stars flying down from the sky.
Even though there is no wind at all in the hottest season, the hostas under the wall are still proudly blooming, and at night there is still a refreshing fragrance.
At this time, "Tang Xin'er" is also the most beautiful. Her arms gently shaking the fan and her exposed ankles are all dyed brightly by the moonlight.
If he couldn't help being emotional, Hong Yanwu would pick off a hosta flower and put it in "Tang Xin'er's" hair.
Unfortunately, "Tang Xin'er" didn't appreciate it, so he took it off, smelled it, and put it on the table.
"Don't waste my flowers, let alone bring them at night. Who do you think I am?"
Hong Yanwu could only apologize, "What are you talking about? It's not tuberose, it's hosta..."
Suddenly he remembered something and couldn't help but touch "Tang Xin'er"'s belly.
"By the way, wife, how are you doing recently? Do you feel anything? My Teacher Chang and Teacher Gu gave birth to a big fat boy. I thought, we are better than them at our age. We are competing for each other.
In one breath, we can’t lose to them..."
"No! What are you thinking..."
Although Tang Xin'er's face turned red with embarrassment, she would not push away Hong Yanwu's hand that was rubbing her belly.
Because becoming a mother is also a woman’s vague expectation...
I found that many of my friends were too rough in reading. On the surface, Hong Yanwu lived in an old house in the name of building a house, and he and "Tang Xin'er" were secretly involved. Not to mention the Hong family's tutor, Hong Yanwu was not a stickler for rules since he was a child.
Even if he understands the truth, he has to be willing to do it. In addition, if you complain about the lack of plot, I will tell you that this is a plot foreshadowing, and you will not believe it. But I cannot tell you the plot concept. You can
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