After taking a sip of wine, Lin Xi couldn't help but praise: "This wine is good! And it's chilled with ice water. It's really delicious!"
Li Di laughed after hearing this: "Look, how many customers are there as soon as it gets dark? If the food here is not good, how can we attract people to come? Now in Xiangyang City, apart from those big restaurants, this place has the best business . When it first opened, there was only this family of fireworks. It was only a few months ago. How many stores have opened around you? They all learned from here!"
The lights were lit. Lin Xi raised her eyes and saw that there were a row of shops on the bank of the Han River. She didn't know how many there were.
The waiter carried a wooden tray to the table and placed the ordered cold dishes on the table. Said: "Your Majesty, eat first, the grilled and fried food will be here soon!"
After saying that, he walked quickly carrying the wooden plate.
Lin Xi looked at the boy's back and said, "It looks so dirty here, but the food is served quickly. And the boy looks very neat."
Li Tang smiled and said: "This is a government business! The food and wine are real, and the waiters are diligent and tidy. How can it be compared to other stores!"
After taking a bite of shredded chicken, Lin Xi nodded: "The food here tastes good. I can't taste this at home."
Li Tang said: "Eating is also a science. I heard that under the yamen where Wang observed, there are people who specialize in eating. Among the people who live with us, there are five or six people who do this. But they are not for observation. The taste is to satisfy the taste of the people. The restaurants in various states and counties opened by the government, as well as this kind of food stalls, are all learned there. Think about it, can the taste be bad? "
Lin Xi nodded. I didn't expect that the people would spend so much energy on getting food from the yamen. No wonder the restaurants and restaurants opened by the government are not unpalatable even though they cannot be said to be the best in the world.
After eating for a while, grilled and fried things were served. Li Tang gave Li Di a lamb kidney and took one for himself, saying, "This is cheap, but it tastes oily. It's really delicious! Thanks to the chef here, it's so plump and delicious!"
Seeing that there was no one of her own, Lin Xi couldn't help but said: "Why only two? There are obviously three of us, there should be one for each of us!"
After hearing this, Li Tang laughed. He said: "This food is suitable for men to eat. What can women do after eating it? There are frogs there, which are the most delicious. Just eat them all. By the way, the chicken wings here are also delicious grilled."
Lin Xi didn't know what it meant, but seeing that Li Tang was smiling a little obscenely, she turned away and didn't ask.
Sheep kidneys were eaten in this era, but they mostly appeared in some high-end banquets. Ordinary taverns and ordinary farmhouses don't have the ability to clean up this thing. In places like Xiangyang, this item is very cheap. Wang Xiaolie came up with this snack based on his experience in his previous life. In fact, many of the foods for Human Fireworks were proposed by Wang Xiaolie from memory and improved by the chefs.
It was getting dark, and people slowly gathered. For a while, the bank of Han River was full of people and very lively.
Lin Xi looked at the lights on the roadside and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Everything here is very different from what I remembered before, as if I have entered a new world. The swaying lights and people talking and laughing loudly formed a strange scene.
After eating for a while, the three of them slowly drank the ice-cold Portuguese wine, blowing the cool breeze from the river, which was very comfortable. In this era, such a comfortable life is too rare.
Two young men and a woman came over and sat down at a table nearby. The woman was tall and plump. With every step she took, the fat on her body would shake three times. In his twenties, his face is not ugly.
After sitting down, a young man ordered a bottle of wine and two big kidneys.
The woman smiled and said: "I heard that where you eat, you can make up for it. What do you two single men do with the kidneys?"
A young man accompanied him and said with a smile: "Patch it up and save it for later use. If sister likes it, then——"
"Bah!" the woman spat, grinning.
After hearing this, Lin Xi realized why Li Tang and Li Di ate kidneys, and couldn't help but blush in the dark night. It feels weird to say this kind of thing in public. But I also know that people who come here are not taboo about this matter.
The young man ordered another catfish, some cold dishes, and some hot dishes. He ordered the waiter to serve the food and chatted there.
After listening for a while, Lin Xi roughly figured out the identities of the three people. That woman, now working in a government-run spinning factory, seems to be still a small boss. Two young men, one was moving goods at the dock, and the other seemed to be working as a boy in some store.
The three of them were talking, and the two young men were obviously trying to please the woman. Tell some jokes from time to time to make the woman giggle. Their language is extremely vulgar and has no shyness. The content of the chat turned to matters between men and women within a few sentences. If I didn't know their identities, I would have thought they were doing some shady business. After a while, the food and wine were served, and the three of them chatted animatedly while eating.
Listening to these words, Lin Xi felt that this place was too horny and she was restless.
Li Tang said: "This catfish is almost cold. Why don't you try it, niece Xian? All the catfish here are harvested and raised in the store for half a month. They are the most plump! Moreover, the master's craftsmanship is exquisite, and it tastes really delicious!"
Lin Xi said: "Grass carp and carp are not expensive on the market. Even bream is affordable. Why eat catfish? This fish looks scary. I heard it grows in the water and will eat anything. Let's eat it." It makes people unhappy when they look at it!”
Li Tang shook his head repeatedly: "You don't know, this fish is difficult to cook. It's hard to get rid of the fishy smell when you clean it at home. Only here, it's kept very clean and grilled over charcoal fire. It's the most delicious."
Li Di said: "The grilled catfish was first made by this earthly firework, and it soon attracted many people to eat it. Most of the restaurants nearby have learned the cooking method here. The best one now is made by the Li family over there. Shop. Next time we come, we will eat there.”
Lin Xi curled her lips. No matter what the two of them said, they just refused to eat.
The three people over there ate well. While eating non-stop, we chatted about recent affairs in Xiangyang. It's just that after Wang Xiao arrived in Xiangyang, he won two great victories first in Shaanzhou and then in Jingmen. Now that banks have opened again, the market has become much more prosperous. Then there are the various chores that the three of them have at work. There is a lot of work at the dock today. What kind of rewards did the boy over there get from the guests? How good is the business in the women's yarn shop?
Lin Xi listened to them talking about their work and life, and gradually found it interesting. The daily life of these people at the bottom is actually rich and colorful, and may have many shortcomings, but it is the most real life. Lin Xi suddenly understood why Wang Xiaolie named this place Famous Fireworks. Yes, this boring and interesting life is the world.
At this moment, two more people sat on the other side of Lin Xi and the others. The two of them had just sat down, when they turned around and saw the two women on the other side, their eyes lit up. One said: "Look over there, Qin Sanlang and Meng Bao invited Xi Sanlang to dinner again. In the past few days, we came to drink and saw them almost every time. I don't understand, Xi Sanniang is as fat as a pig, two people How to fall in love with her?"
Another said: "What's the point of being fatter! Xi Sanniang is a small boss in the yarn shop, and her monthly wages are eight thousand dollars! Qin Sanlang is carrying goods at the dock, how can he earn three thousand dollars a month? Meng Bao, let alone Well, it’s not easy to make two bucks a month as a boy!"
The first one couldn't help but sigh: "What kind of world is this! Xi Sanniang made a promise to someone, but she left without a husband. Speaking of which, she is from a widow's family. Such a widow just made a few more coins, and then she left. Someone is so flattering!”
Another sneered: "For a few bucks a month, I don't know how much more meat I can eat! What's the point of being fatter? The meat is in your own mouth!"
The two of them said something to each other, talking about the three of them. One is indignant, the other takes it for granted.
After hearing this, Lin Xi knew the identities of the three people over there. When I turned around to look at them, I had a different feeling. Yes, when did the world become like this? That woman was so fat, and she once made a promise to someone. Just because she earned eight dollars a month, two young and smart young people fawned over her like this. When a man and a woman get married, they need the order of their parents and the advice of a matchmaker, but now young people come together to speak for themselves.
is this okay? The rules passed down will be completely broken in a short time. In a world without rules, many things will make people confused. Then I thought about it, isn’t this bad? When a man and a woman get married, they originally live together. Of course, it is best to be with the person you like. Over the next few decades, the couple would spend the rest of their lives together.
A round moon hangs in the sky, like a gem, reflecting the quiet sky. On the Han River, there are painted boats floating, and the laughter of the guests can be heard, accompanied by the sound of silk and bamboo. On the bank of the Han River, lamps were lit one by one. People were blowing the wind and talking and laughing.
Everything in Xiangyang Mansion changed so fast. In just one or two years, it seemed like the world had changed. Not only has the market become prosperous and people's lives have become more stable, but along with these changes, people's thinking has also changed. Who can tell whether this change is good or bad?
Lin Xi looked at the moon in the sky. She couldn't understand it for a moment and was a little crazy.
