While Wang Qingfeng was quarreling with Mr. Wang and the others, Qian Chuan'er and Qiu Bo were walking under a tall city gate building.
The mottled city wall shows the long history of this city gate building, and there is a plaque hanging on the city gate building with five characters written on it - the first county outside the Guanwai.
In the passage below the city gate tower, ordinary people and soldiers from the Northeast Army passed through in an endless stream.
The heavy city gates and the people walking with their sleeves in their hands all show that this county has a history that is not found in most parts of the Northeast.
If it weren't for the soldiers of the Northeast Army holding rifles, it would seem that this was just an ordinary scene in the long history of Suizhong County.
People can feel the vicissitudes of history while walking there, but they don't know that they have become a scene in this vicissitudes of life.
Qiu Bo looked at the city gate building for a while and then said: "Qian Chuan'er, let's go to a restaurant!"
Qian Chuan replied: "I have no money!"
Qiu Bo then smiled: "When are you going to pay for a restaurant with me?"
Qian Chuan also laughed: "I'm just waiting for your words!"
The two people passed through the tall city gate building and finally walked to a restaurant with a guise.
The Chinese New Year is about to come, and the two of them also come in to visit the county.
Yes, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. According to the chronology of the Republic of China, it is already the 22nd year of the Republic of China, and a full year has passed since the September 18th Incident.
Although Qian Chuan'er and Qiu Bo have not changed in stature, they both look good and are stronger.
"Boss, what do you want to eat?" In the noisy restaurant, Qian Chuan'er and Qiu Bo had just sat down when a waiter from the store came to say hello.
"Let's have some butchered vegetables, some soy-boiled peanuts, and two taels of wine for each person." Qiu Bo said casually.
"Okay! One butchered pork dish and one plate of soy peanuts!" The shop assistant shouted in a protracted voice and went backstage.
Seeing that the shop assistant was yelling interestingly, Qian Chuan'er and Qiu Bo looked at each other again with smiles on their faces, and then looked at the restaurant.
Because it’s the New Year. Many people go to the county town to buy New Year's goods, so there are also many people eating in this restaurant today.
However, Qian Chuan'er and Qiu Bo immediately noticed a group of people at the next table, because six of the people in the group were also from the Northeast Army. Looking at the excitement of everyone dancing and dancing, it was obvious that they had been drinking. Been there for a while.
At this time, the other party also noticed Qian Chuan and Qiu Bo, and one of them nodded to them.
Most people in the Northeast are outgoing and familiar, not to mention they all wear military uniforms.
There was only one regiment of the Northeast Army in the garrison here in Suizhong. Even though they didn't know each other, they were definitely from the same regiment, so that person regarded Qiu Bo and Qian Chuan'er as members of his own regiment.
"I think it's okay for both of us to sit at that table." Qiu Bo whispered with a smile.
Qian Chuan glanced at Qiu Bo and replied, "Hurry up! Look, they've almost finished all the food. Why don't you give them the pig meat?"
Besides, don’t you know where we are now? "
When Qian Chuan'er said this, Qiu Bo continued to laugh and stopped talking.
The food was served very quickly, and the waiter carried the food forward and backward.
Simply because both dishes are ready-made.
Needless to say, boiled peanuts are a cold dish and are always available.
And this restaurant is famous in the county for its pork-killing dishes. The sauerkraut and pork belly in the 12-yin big pot are always "sizzling", and some big bones are thrown into the big pot, so it is Lao Tang, the fire in the stove will not be extinguished from the time the first guest comes to the door until the evening.
Qiu Bo and Qian Chuan are now partners who carry guns together, not to mention that they have been together for more than a year, so naturally they will not be polite to each other. The two of them ate for a while and took a sip of wine, and then Qiu Bo smiled and said : "Why is there pork belly in this pig-killing dish?"
Qian Chuan'er was surprised: "Isn't it wrong that there are fat slices of meat in the pork butcher dish?"
"It would be authentic if it were flesh and blood." Qiu Bo said with a smile.
Hearing what Qiu Bo said, Qian Chuan'er also laughed.
Qiu Bo is older, already twenty-four, while Qian Chuan'er is younger, only turning 20 this year.
But Qian Chuan'er understands what Qiu Bo said.
The origin of the name of the Northeastern pig-killing dish is that people in the Northeast have raised pigs for a year and then kill them during the New Year.
The method of killing pigs is to use a dip knife (pig-killing knife) to penetrate from the lower side of the pig's neck and directly cut off the pig's aorta. There are people nearby who use basins to collect the pig's blood.
Since pig blood is released from the pig's body, the knife edge is on the pig's neck, so the piece of meat is stained with blood and is red and black.
Killing pigs is a big job for most people. If your family raises one pig a year, it is impossible for anyone to hire a professional butcher just to kill one pig.
But what should I do if I can’t figure it out myself? Neighbors naturally came to help.
Northeastern people are warm-hearted, and everyone who comes is a guest.
There are those who are killing pigs, and there are those who are squeezing the pigs next to them. After the pigs are killed, some of them are bald. They use chopsticks to turn over the fat and small intestines and wash away the filth inside with caustic soda and water.
Everyone is so busy, so as the host, you must entertain people for dinner, and at this time, you have to eat pig meat.
But who would be willing to give that good meat to the guests? They were all kept for the Chinese New Year, and the meat in the dishes served to the guests who helped were all made of blood neck meat and large fat meat slices.
I eat fat meat movies just for fun, but because the blood neck meat is stained with pig blood, it doesn’t look very good.
So the so-called pig-killing vegetables refer to sauerkraut stewed with blood neck meat and blood sausage.
The blood sausage is cooked last, as soon as the pot boils, and it's done.
In winter in the three northeastern provinces, it is cold outside but hot inside.
Especially in a restaurant like this, the earthen stove is burning, and the fire wall is even hotter.
Then there were the hot butchered vegetables and the wine with which the knife was cooked. Qian Chuan'er and Qiu Bo soon became sweaty from eating, and they couldn't even wear the dog-skin hats on their heads, so they took off their hats and put them away. to the table.
The two of them were like this, and the drinkers at the table next to them were even more like this. Everyone was already drinking and shouting happily!
People from the Northeast have a high-pitched voice, not to mention that in a restaurant like this, Qian Chuan'er and Qiu Bo didn't talk much but just listened to what the table next to them said.
Qiu Bo Qian Chuan'er and the others are already veterans.
Especially since the September 18th Incident, the individuals they teamed up with have retreated all the way to Suizhong County, and they often fought with Japanese troops on the way.
And when they came back from Ningyuan City, they had been in Suizhong. Although they had been resting for almost a year, how could they forget what they had experienced personally?
However, people who have more experience will naturally become more stable, and they are just listening.
And as soon as the two of them heard the people at the table talking, they knew that this group of people had not fought with the Japanese army yet.
Because what the people at that table said were all based on hearsay. They heard about what happened on September 18th the year before last. They heard about which troops fought with the Japanese army and how fiercely they fought. They heard about which villages the Japanese army massacred and how many people were harmed. Enough.
What I heard, although it sounds very touching, is just hearsay, and they are all stories.
Qian Chuan'er and Qiu Bona had already experienced it firsthand. Although neither of them had much education, listening to the soldiers who had not fought with the Japanese army talked about these things, they had a feeling that it was difficult to make water in the sea.
As a veteran, no one wants to recall the past, because when they recall the past, they will think of their lost companions.
The reason why Qian Chuan and Qiu Bo could keep listening was because they felt that these soldiers were pretty good and they were thinking about how to go into battle to kill the enemy.
But just when Qiu Bo and Qian Chuan'er had only the last sip of wine left in their bowls, they suddenly heard a loud-voiced guy at the next table say: "I told you, don't keep hearing about it. Let's do it right away." Ning Yuan is about to go up, but Ning Yuan has lost it, and it will be our turn soon to be in Suizhong! Each one of them said it as if they were telling the truth, have you seen it? You haven't seen it!"
The man's speech was somewhat slurred, and he was obviously a little drunk.
"Don't brag, it's like you've seen it before!" Northeasterners love to bluff and argue, especially after drinking. As soon as the soldier finished speaking, a companion next to him started to criticize him.
"I haven't seen what you said, but I know that some people have seen it, and they are in our Suizhong!" The loud voice started to make noise again.
"Who? Our group has never fought against the Japanese." His companion asked.
"Broom star!" He said this with a loud voice.
After a drinker has alcohol in his head, no one will pay attention to what is going on next to him. At this time, Qiu Bo, who had already stood up and was about to pay the bill, changed his face.
He didn't go to settle the bill, but he sat down again and exchanged glances with Qian Chuan'er. The two of them started listening again calmly.
Note: Wuwuzaza is a word used in Northeastern dialect to describe exaggerated movements.
