Roasted sweet potatoes are a traditional street snack in northern China. They have a fragrant aroma, are sweet and soft in the mouth, and are steaming hot after being broken open. They are definitely a good snack for keeping warm and relaxing in winter. And more importantly, sweet potatoes are very cheap in China. Hidetsu Kitahara has been eating them for a lifetime.
Even if you live in embarrassment, you can still afford it.
He is very fond of this kind of small street snack. He still remembers an old man at the gate of his high school. In the late autumn and early winter, he would set up an earthen stove to bake sweet potatoes, small ones cost fifty cents, and big ones. The old man was very fond of him.
It was quite good, and I would often pick out an extra-large one for him for only 50 cents. The old man probably sold grilled sweet potatoes because he wanted to kill time after retirement, but Kitahara Shuji was still very grateful at that time, and even helped the old man pull the charcoal shovel on Sundays.
Over coal.
He passed by and smelled the familiar aroma. He didn't expect that Japan also sells roasted sweet potatoes. He couldn't help but go there after smelling the smell. He was going to buy some to share with everyone, so he left the main road and turned into a small alley.
There is a pushcart in the alley, with a black body underneath, black wheels, and a red carriage above. At first glance, it looks like a cart selling oden. There is also a white paper lantern hanging on the corner of the cart, with the words "
"Imperial System", a long banner was inserted next to the lantern, which read "Stone-roasted sweet potatoes", and the main body of the carriage was a large rectangular stove.
Standing next to the car was a girl wearing the uniform of the private Daifuku Academy. It was suspected that the baked sweet potato seller was going to a night stall somewhere, but when he got here, he was stopped by the girl.
Kitahara Shuji didn't pay attention to the girl. He approached the car and looked at the Japanese roasted sweet potatoes curiously. He saw that unlike the Chinese oven-roasted sweet potatoes, the Japanese roasted sweet potatoes were baked in an iron box. The iron box was divided into upper and lower layers.
There is a charcoal fire burning on the lower floor, and the upper floor is made of shiny black pebbles, while the purple sweet potatoes are buried inside and roasted. It has a wonderful feeling like the marriage of Chinese fried chestnuts and roasted sweet potatoes.
This was his first winter in Japan to study, and he had never noticed that there were people selling this stuff on the streets before.
Although it was a little different from the expected roasted sweet potato, Kitahara Hideji still planned to buy it. He took out his wallet and asked: "Boss, give me fifteen, how much does it cost?"
The boss was trying hard to light the fire. He raised his head and smiled politely. He pointed at the price to express his intention. Kitahara Hideji looked at it for himself. Kitahara Hideji glanced at it and made a calculation in his mind. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows - it's about 300 yen per catty. Is this a robbery?
Fifteen pieces cost about twenty kilograms, which is 6,000 yen? The discount is about 300 yuan?
300 yuan can buy half a car of sweet potatoes in China, right? Can you buy half a bag here?
Prices in Japan are quite high, especially for agricultural products. This is probably because the land area is too small and the population is too large, but why are sweet potatoes so expensive? They are only separated by a sea road, but they are more expensive than meat here?
Hideji Kitahara took out a 10,000-yen note and put it there waiting for change. He was also planning to rip off customers with a fancy bento. Unexpectedly, he bought a roasted sweet potato and was stabbed first. No wonder the little carrot head always went to buy it in the past.
When it comes to discounted clearance products, the first thing she does is go to the cheap malls no matter what holiday she celebrates, and then she packs them home in large and small packages. Looking at it now, it can’t be said that she was born a bear picker - by Chinese standards, in Japan she is
He makes a lot of money, but spends money even more. If he hadn't been able to attract money so well now, the whole family wouldn't even be able to eat sweet potatoes to improve their taste. They would probably have to make do with fast food and lunch boxes to survive.
This stone-roasted sweet potato stall hasn't opened yet. It was "robbed" halfway. The stall owner took some time to get the fire going. After baking the first portion, he packed it in a bag and handed it to the girl next to him.
: "Guest, your double portion of stone-roasted sweet potatoes, thank you for your patronage, 650 yen."
The girl next to her was facing away from Kitahara Shuji. At this moment, she still managed to turn sideways and took out the money and handed it over, saying softly: "Thank you!"
Kitahara Shuji tilted his head and glanced, and found that he was an acquaintance, and he had a good impression, so he nodded lightly and said hello: "Hello, classmate An Yun."
An Yunai blushed, tried hard to maintain her demeanor, and bowed slightly in return: "Hello, classmate Beihara."
Japanese girls don’t like acquaintances seeing them buying sweet potatoes. This is an old problem left over from the Showa era. Many literary works and movies from the Showa era left the impression that eating sweet potatoes is a common people’s behavior.
Of course, things are much better now, but the previous traditions still have a certain influence. For example, Japanese girls don’t like eating hamburgers because their mouths are too wide, which affects their image; for example, they don’t eat ramen very much because the sound of eating ramen is too loud.
It is very unsightly for girls; for example, girls rarely go to fast food restaurants alone, because it will leave people with a bad impression that "this girl can't cook, is very lazy, and can't even eat by herself."
This is even more terrible when it comes to An Yun'ai. She is trying every possible means to maintain her perfect image, and the goddess can't even poop, so how can she eat sweet potatoes? Will she fart if she eats sweet potatoes?
If a goddess wants to fart, what kind of goddess is she? A fart goddess?!
She had just transferred to another school and didn't join the club. She left immediately after school. She came across this roasted sweet potato stall and wanted to eat it but was afraid of being seen by others. She even asked the boss to push it off the road and bake it in an alley. She never wanted to eat it.
Thinking of this, Kitahara Shuji still came after smelling the smell, and she couldn't run away even if she wanted to. It would be even more embarrassing if she was stopped by the boss - this little girl, you called me here to bake sweet potatoes, and
What does it mean if you don’t buy it?
She didn't know what to do for a moment. She took the roasted sweet potatoes and wanted to explain a few more words, but Kitahara Shuji no longer cared about her. In an ordinary classmate relationship, just say hello politely, no need to chat. He was picking sweet potatoes and preparing
I, Fuyumi, Haruna, and Natsori Natsusa all have a big one - the girls in the Fukuzawa family actually have big appetites, but with Yukiri there to show off, they look like normal girls - Akitaro is here
One small one, Suzuki, one small one. If you like the remaining eight, you can eat another one. If you don’t like them, you can feed them all to Xueli. It won’t be wasted anyway.
Once the fire was up, it started roasting quickly. Soon after Kitahara Shuji paid 5,600 yen, he carried a large bag of stone-roasted sweet potatoes and prepared to take the bus back. The stall owner was also very happy. It was a good start and he made a small profit.
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But as soon as Kitahara Shuji turned the corner, he saw An Yunai still standing there, and greeted him elegantly: "Kitahara-san, do you want to go home directly?"
She felt something was wrong and felt that she should explain it further. Otherwise, if Hideji Kitahara started chatting with others, he would say, "Oh, I saw that girl An Yun buying roasted sweet potatoes, and she had to eat double portions.
Haha", that is more or less a stain on a pure white angel like her.
She is a perfect girl, she cannot allow a little bit of black on herself, she must be pure white!
Kitahara Shuji didn't know why. Although he had been studying in Japan for more than eight months, it was impossible to fully understand all aspects of Japan. Many small customs, especially those related to girls, were still half-understood.
It makes no sense. If he knew that some girls didn't like others knowing that they eat sweet potatoes, then just now, according to his personality, he would have pretended not to see it and wouldn't have said hello at all. And now he doesn't understand why An Yun'ai would ask this - we
I'm not that familiar, right? Where do I go? It's none of your business?
However, he has a good impression of An Yun'ai. He feels that at least she is not the kind of brainless little girl who always wants to change the relationship between classmates into a relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend. He is not against love, but against hasty love. Everyone doesn't like each other.
Understand that the future is unpredictable and there is no material foundation. It would be a waste of time for you to date a hammer - he also smiled and responded: "It's time to go home."
An Yunai had already put the sweet potatoes into her schoolbag, followed him with her schoolbag in both hands, and asked with a smile: "Didn't Mr. Beihara go to club activities today?"
Didn't I hear that this cold-faced man joined the kendo club and baseball club? Why didn't he go to training and come here to trouble me? This cold-faced man was sent by the gods to disgust me?
"No."
"I heard that Kitahara-san won the Jade Dragon Banner Championship. That's awesome!"
"It's a prize. It's just good luck."
"Kitahara-kun is such a low-key person!"
"well enough!"
Kitahara Shuji was not very good at chatting, so he just remained polite and answered questions. An Yunai patiently complimented him a few more words, and finally brought the topic to the right track: "Why did Kitahara-san buy so many baked sweet potatoes?"
Kitahara Shuji looked down at the bag in his hand and couldn't help but smile softly. He was considered a slow-emotional type. After breaking through a certain boundary with the little carrot head, he suddenly realized that the little carrot head was still interested in him.
It's really good. Apart from making noises, I also showed a lot of care and gave myself many things, such as handkerchiefs and sweaters. I also cared about my diet, washed myself, cleaned my room, etc., but I didn't give them to myself.
What...she didn't seem to care about her personally except for hitting her on the head and telling her some principles about life.
He felt that that was wrong. Considering that the relationship was unusual, he felt that he should be kinder to Little Carrot Head in the future. This time he bought roasted sweet potatoes with the intention of sharing the warmth in his memory with his two potential girlfriends - when he was cold and hungry.
, eat a steaming hot, sweet and glutinous roasted sweet potato, it is really incomparable to any delicacy from the mountains and seas.
It was one of the beautiful memories of his previous life, and he really wanted to share it with his family. He smiled and said, "The family has a large population, so we buy a lot."
He was already thinking about the scene where the little carrot head said he didn't want to eat it, but after insisting for a few words, he knelt down and chewed the little carrot head. He felt very warm in his heart - in the past, the carrot head would have been awkward whether he liked to eat or not.
Just watch me eat it, but now I feel that her little temper is a bit cute, so if she starts nagging again, I will peel off the skin and stuff it directly into her mouth, and force-feed it to her.
But An Yun'ai didn't care about the members of Kitahara Shuji's family, so she quickly said: "Me too! I bought it for my younger brother, but actually I don't eat sweet potatoes."
Kitahara Shuji also didn't care who she bought it for. The two of them were chatting about their own affairs and said casually: "Really? In fact, roasted sweet potatoes are good to eat in winter. They are rich in fiber and moisturize the intestines."
An Yun breathed a big sigh of relief, feeling that this level was passed. Even if Kitahara Shuji accidentally chatted, he would not discredit himself. He said easily: "Kitahara-san is right. My brother loves to eat very much. I don't think so."
I’m so used to eating this kind of thing.”
She felt that her goal was achieved, and she did not plan to share a car with Kitahara Shuji. She planned to get rid of him in front of the station, lest she meet a classmate from the "Homecoming Club" and spread the scandal and ruin her perfect personality. But she raised her head
Suddenly, he saw a short girl walking out from under the bus stop sign, with raised eyebrows and a dark look on her face, her eyes wandering between herself and Kitahara Hideji.