The restaurant owner obviously didn't believe that the two of them were Chinese. He probably had encountered a similar situation before. Someone who had studied Chinese came to tease him, so he replied with a smile: "You two are trying to beat me, old man, how Chinese are you?" You two are like this, and you are making fun of me!"
Li Qing and Monkey were dumbfounded. Their appearance had been slightly adjusted by the system. In such a situation, Li Qing and Monkey themselves probably wouldn't believe it.
Li Qing and Monkey looked at each other in confusion. They really didn’t know what to do. It had to be a surprise to meet Chinese people even when they found a restaurant to eat. However, this was not the time to talk about home affairs. Li Qing winked at Monkey and curled his lips. Let’s wait and see.
The monkey obviously got the wrong idea, so he opened his mouth and said, "Master, where are you from? How did you get here?"
The restaurant owner looked reminiscing: "I'm from Shandong province. I came to Guandong with the villagers and lived quite well at first. But then the Japanese little devils took over our three eastern provinces, so I followed a group of big guys here. Here, think about it, it’s been almost ten years…”
"Hi! Why are I telling you this? You don't understand. I just heard the local accent and felt friendly, so I couldn't help but say a few more words. I really thought you were Chinese. I'm sorry, what do you two want to eat? "As he spoke, the restaurant owner wiped the corners of his eyes.
"We are from Yingtianbei, so close to you..." The monkey really came to visit relatives.
"Yingtianbei is indeed not far from Lu Province. You two must have lived there, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't know how to speak there..." The restaurant owner smiled, as if I have seen through you.
The monkey was still a little unwilling, so Li Qing quickly reached out to stop him, looked at the restaurant owner and said, "Boss, what do you have to eat here? We are both going to starve to death!"
"Uh! Today... I didn't buy any food, so I only have some bread baked by myself, cold ham, fried pork chops, and two roast chickens... If you want to drink, there is black tea..."
Li Qing was convinced, look... what was reported...
The monkey slapped the table: "Stop fooling us with these things. I want to eat Chinese food. What's wrong with you, a Shandong man who runs a restaurant and gets some crooked nuts to eat?"
The restaurant owner was startled when he was slapped on the table, and diners at two tables next to him were also watching the excitement. The restaurant owner wiped the sweat from his forehead and said cautiously: "You two are not Chinese... I'm afraid you two won't be used to Chinese food..."
The monkey looked at Li Qing and understood the boss's considerations. It seemed a bit far-fetched to insist that he was Chinese with that face. He turned around and started to be unreasonable: "I don't care, I want to eat Chinese food, and I don't want to eat pig food anymore..." "
Li Qing saw that the restaurant owner was in trouble and quickly smoothed things over: "Old man, we are used to eating Chinese food. Don't worry about us not being used to it. We haven't eaten well these days. Do you have Chinese food here? Don't worry, it's indispensable. Your money..."
The restaurant owner was a little hesitant, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, yes! Are you two sure you want to eat?"
Li Qing became interested: "Oh? What are they?"
The restaurant owner closed his eyes and kept telling the names of the dishes: "Hibiscus chicken slices... Nine-turn large intestine... Stir-fried double crispy... Stir-fried pork liver... Stir-fried pig heart... For vegetarian dishes... Stir-fried Silver sprouts...sour and spicy potato shreds..."
Li Qing and Monkey were drooling when they heard this. Monkey finally couldn't help it anymore: "That's enough... that's enough... I won't be able to finish it. Let's continue next time... I'll have a portion of what you just said." Bar!"
Now it was the restaurant owner's turn to be surprised: "You two? Do you know these dishes? Are you really used to them?"
"I'm really used to it! Hurry up, I'm going to starve to death. By the way, what's the staple food? Is there any rice?"
The restaurant owner smiled bitterly: "Where does the rice come from? It's not easy to find rice here. People here like to eat pasta!"
The monkey quickly asked hopefully: "Noodles? Dumplings?"
The restaurant owner's face turned dark: "...No...only bread...and the flatbread baked yesterday..."
"Big cake...just big cake...this doesn't matter..."
"Okay! Then let's go for the flatbread, but... the nine-turn large intestine is not quite cooked yet. It was originally prepared by the old man himself for dinner..." The restaurant owner said to Li Qing hesitantly.
He could see that among the two people, Monkey was more out-of-the-box, and Li Qing was probably the one who spoke effectively.
The monkey waved his hand boldly: "I'll pay, and you see what he does! I'll eat the nine-turn large intestine at night, and hurry up with the others..."
The restaurant owner shook his head, turned around and went behind the curtain behind the counter. It was probably the kitchen.
Monkey stared at the restaurant owner as he entered the kitchen, then turned around and saw that Li Qing had just moved his gaze back. The two looked at each other for a while and couldn't help laughing.
The diners at the table next to them couldn't help but look at the two of them curiously, wondering what was so funny about having a meal.
Li Qing and Hou Hou murmured quietly across the table. The general content of the chat was: It's not easy to find this place here. I have found a place to eat in the past two days. I wonder how the old man's craftsmanship is.
Soon after, a spicy aroma came from the back kitchen. The monkey jumped up and went straight into the back kitchen as if his butt was on fire: "I'll go... boss... put less spicy..."
As soon as he opened the curtain, a burst of spicy oil smoke rushed towards him, almost knocking the monkey off his feet. He quickly lowered the curtain and walked away from the door, shouting at the top of his voice: "Go away... Boss... less spicy... …How much chili pepper did you put in?…You can’t eat spicy food…”
Amid the sound of the frying pan, a vague voice came out: "Cough! Cough! Cough! Okay, I got it..."
Monkey returned to his seat dejectedly: "What the hell, are all cooks like this? Chili peppers seem to be free of charge!"
Li Qing didn't dare to speak and couldn't hold back her saliva...
Finally, with the boss's shout, the first dish was served: "Stir-fried pig heart..."
Sure enough, there were a lot of chili peppers, including green peppers and dried chili skins. The side dishes were onions and thinly sliced pig hearts. The smell made people drool.
The monkey couldn't help but pinched a piece of pig's heart with his hands, raised his head and put it into his mouth, hissing and saying: "Chopsticks, take chopsticks...I'll get...water...water..."
Li Qing took a fork and put a piece of pig heart into his mouth. The texture was crispy, tender and fragrant! It smells so good! hot! It’s also really spicy! If I have to describe it: cool! beautiful!
Li Qing's face turned red visibly, gradually turning purple! Fortunately, the boss handed me two glasses of warm water in time, and I drank the water in the glasses in one go, which saved my life.
Seeing the tragic situation of Monkey and Li Qing, the diners nearby who were attracted by the smell and stared directly at the fried pig heart, who wanted to try it just now, all retreated and secretly wiped a cold sweat, still Just bow your head and eat the food in front of you honestly.
