Chapter 8 A coincidence
Xu Hongdou remembered that Xie Xiaochun said there was a cafe in the village, and she hadn't had coffee in two days, so she was going to go to the cafe to take a look.
While walking on the road, I happened to run into Xie Zhiyao's grandma setting up a stall on the roadside, with all the handicrafts she made by herself, such as small animals, tiger-head shoes, etc.
When Xie Hongdou saw it, she walked over to say hello and said, "Grandma Xie."
Grandma Xie said, "Don't be so polite, just call me Grandma."
Xu Hongdou said: "My grandma is setting up a stall here. These are all made by Miy grandma. They look so good."
"Yes, these are my handicrafts. Which one do you like? My milk will give you."
'Need not!'
Xie Zhiyao asked, "Why didn't Lao Zhao come with you? Where are you going?"
"Oh, Zhao Shucheng is going to buy vegetables. I'm going to Xiaochun's cafe."
"Then you're going backwards."
Xu Hongdou was stunned when she heard this and said, "Ah, is that right?"
"The intersection ahead goes east."
Xu Hongdou looked at the direction Xie Zhiyao pointed at, and didn't know what to say for a moment. Her sense of direction was a bit bad, and now she couldn't tell the difference between east, west, south and north.
At this moment, Zhao Shucheng came over with some vegetables. Seeing Xu Hongdou, Xie Zhiyao and the others, he smiled and said, "Hongdou, Zhiyao, Ah Mi, are you here."
Xu Hongdou looked at the thing Zhao Shucheng was carrying and said, "You are back from buying vegetables, but why are you buying so many?"
"Are you so much? I think it's okay, by the way, what are you talking about just now?"
"I originally wanted to go to Xiaochun's cafe, but I went the wrong way."
Zhao Shucheng said: "Did you use navigation?"
"Aren't you talking about using your phone less and learning to enjoy a life away from your phone?"
"That's not to let you go at all. At least you're not sure about the road, it's still right to navigate. Besides, you didn't ask the other people if they're in the right direction. Are you really not worried about losing yourself? Zhiyao, otherwise you would take Hongdou to the cafe?"
Xie Zhiyao said, "Okay, I'm going to the cafe as well, just by the way. My grandma, then I'll go to the cafe."
"Uh-huh!"
When Ah Mi saw Xu Hongdou and Xie Zhiyao leave, she looked at Zhao Shucheng who was still picking fruits at the stall aside and asked, "Xiao Zhao, are you and Hongdou couples?"
"Ah Mi, we met this when we came to travel. Now we are friends. By the way, Ah Mi, I have bought all this stuff, so I'll leave first."
"good!"
Grandma looked at Zhao Shucheng's back, then looked at Xie Zhiyao and Xu Hongdou in the distance, and was a little lost for a moment.
When Zhao Shucheng returned to the courtyard, he only saw Maqiushan sitting there meditating. Instead, the other tenants, except for Dabae, who had just slept, had already locked the door and went out.
After putting all the things in, Zhao Shucheng looked at Maqiu Mountain, which was still cultivating immortals, shook his head, and then went out by himself.
Instead of looking for Xu Hongdou, he walked along the path nearby. When he passed by Erhai Lake, he just looked at the scenery of Erhai Lake.
At this moment, Xu Hongdou and Xie Zhiyao had already arrived at the cafe. Xu Hongdou accidentally discovered that Nana was actually working in the cafe.
"red beans!"
"Nana!"
"Look at what you like to drink. Our boss said that it's the first time we're here to treat you!"
Xu Hongdou said, "No, you do your business."
"We are doing a long-term business, and you are soft-hearted. You should take care of our business more in the future. See what you want to eat, and I'll do it for you." Nana said as she was busy.
Xu Hongdou looked at the signboard hanging in the store and didn't know how to choose for a while.
Linna said: "I recommend our porcini pancakes."
"OK!"
As he was talking, Hu Youyu also came to the cafe with his own piano on his back and asked if the coffee was ready.
Seeing Xu Hongdou also here, he greeted him enthusiastically and even wanted to add WeChat.
Xu Hongdou said: "That's a coincidence. I didn't bring my phone with me!"
Hu Youyu was stunned when she heard this, then smiled and said, "It's okay, just go back and add. What are your arrangements today? I'll go to the city to sing today. Do you want to go with me to have a look?"
"No, I want to rest today and don't go anywhere."
"Okay, you can rest first, then I'll go sing and invite you to drink tonight."
When Hu Youyu left, Xie Zhiyao said, "Teacher Hu, he is so enthusiastic."
Lin Na said: "I am particularly enthusiastic about girls."
In fact, Xie Xiaochun was here today and arranged a blind date for him. The woman was a teacher, two or three years younger than Xie Zhiyao. However, Xie Zhiyao's mind was not on blind dates, but instead looked at Xu Hongdou, who was tasting pancakes on the side.
While Xu Hongdou was eating, she saw Xie Xiaochun's children Xiao Hulu and Guobao staring at their pancakes.
Xiao Hulu even said to Lin Na: "Sister Nana, I want to eat pancakes."
"Didn't you just have a meal? You want to eat pancakes again so soon?"
"But I want to eat pancakes!"
Seeing Xiao Hulu's pitiful appearance, Xu Hongdou distributed his pancakes to Xiao Hulu and Guobao.
"Thank you, Sister Hongdou!"
Seeing the two children eating with satisfaction, Xu Hongdou couldn't help laughing.
After leaving the cafe, Xu Hongdou walked around the village alone and unknowingly came to Xie Heshun's carving shop.
Although I was passing by here when I was walking around the village with Zhao Shucheng, I didn’t actually go to the store to check it out because I wanted to have lunch first. I just looked at the crafts placed at the door.
Now that I have arrived at the store, Xu Hongdou couldn't help but start taking photos when looking at the many handicrafts placed.
Xie Xiaoxia said: "Look at it casually and see what you need."
“You made the crafts here?”
"No, my master made it, and other masters in the village have carved it and sold it here. I have just learned it for a few years, so how can I carve it so well?"
Xu Hongdou saw Xie Xiaoxia being carved, walked over to look at his works, and even saw the girl sculpture posing on the side, saying, "What is that?"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "This is what I'm just playing around with."
Xu Hongdou found this carving very interesting. When she talked to Xie Xiaoxia, she realized that Xie Xiaoxia was Xie Xiaochun's younger brother.
Before leaving, Xie Xiaoxia took the initiative to give Mu Qingfing to Xu Hongdou as a gift and invited her to come and play when she had time.
When Xu Hongdou returned to the courtyard, he saw Maqiushan still meditating. It seemed that his posture had not changed at all since he left and came back.
Zhao Shucheng also came out of the room at this time and saw Xu Hongdou coming back, saying, "Hongdou, are you back?"
"Yes, you didn't go out after buying vegetables?" Xu Hongdou saw Zhao Shucheng in the yard a little strange. She didn't think Zhao Shucheng was a person who could stay in the yard.
"No, I went outside to see Erhai Lake before, and then came back to prepare lunch. By the way, let's have it together later?"
"Okay, although I've eaten what you cooked in the morning, I still want to see what your normal cooking skills are."
"Then you've taken it off. Most people can't eat my skills. By the way, since you've come to Dali, you have to try this rice noodles. You can also help me see what's the difference between what you cooked by yourself and what you eat outside."
Zhao Shucheng said as he looked at Maqiushan where he was meditating and said, "Master Ma, do you want to eat together?"
Maqiushan still didn't move at all, Xu Hongdou said, "Zhao Shucheng, don't call him. Aunt Agui said before that after Ma Shi meditated, he couldn't hear him during the day."
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "This is not necessarily the case. Forget it. After the meal is ready, he will come over to eat it himself if he wants to eat it."
As he said that, Zhao Shucheng walked to the kitchen to prepare lunch, and Xu Hongdou didn't want people to think that he was just waiting for dinner, so he came to the kitchen to help Zhao Shucheng sort out the ingredients.
When he started eating, Zhao Shucheng said to Xu Hongdou: "In fact, there are many ways to make cross-bridge rice noodles, but the most common ones are two, one is cooked and the other is hot rice noodles."
"This is the simplest thing to cook. Just follow the order, add enoki mushrooms and other ingredients and cook them. Then add the rice noodles, wait until the rice noodles are cooked, then add the sauce, chili oil, sesame oil, etc., add coriander, and then it comes out of the pot."
"The hot rice noodles are a little more complicated. There are many ingredients for good conditions, such as pork ribs, duck meat, ham and mullet, etc. First make the soup, then cut some chicken and pork tenderloin, which should be thin and transparent. Then season with the stock, serve the soup in a warm bowl, and after serving, add chicken, pork tenderloin, sashimi, etc., and add vegetables after boiling, and then you can enjoy it."
As Zhao Shucheng said, he started preparing rice noodles for Xu Hongdou, and while cooking, he said, "But the conditions here are limited, there is no suitable bowl, and the time is limited, so he can only eat cooked ones, but the taste should not be bad."
Xu Hongdou was actually so greedy for the aroma of the food made by Zhao Shucheng, and said, "Needless to say, the more you say, I feel the hungry I feel. By the way, how do you know so much? You were not a chef before, right?"
"That's not sure. I'm self-informed, and I can't say that there were people who were a chef in my previous life."
"Tsk, then I was still a lady in my previous life."
"That's not necessarily. Maybe you are not only a lady, but also a martial arts master."
As I was talking, I saw that Maqiushan no longer meditated, but instead looked at this side frequently.
After Zhao Shucheng noticed it, he smiled and said, "Master Ma, how about it? Let's have something together?"
"How embarrassed is this?"
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. It's just that people eat more people, let alone if you don't eat after noon, it seems that it's almost noon. Don't emptie your body if you don't eat for a day. This is not health preservation, but hunger strike."
Chapter completed!