The Culinary Tycoon

That night, after finishing preparations for tomorrow's food stall, Yu Qingze studied with Chang Hao in the main room.Chang Hao was writing the homework assigned by his master, and Yu Qingze was reading a book while learning to write traditional characters with Chang Hao's sandwood tray.

At the beginning, I was quite serious, but when I looked at him, I lost my mind.

Ever since he decided to reveal his feelings to Le Geer on Brother's Day in the morning, Yu Qingze has been excited for a long time, the corner of his mouth has been hooked, and the excitement has continued.

He thought to himself, on the day of Brother's Day, should he do this first, then that, or do that first and then this?The plots of dating and confession are simulated in my mind, and I don't even know if I make a fool of myself.

"hey-hey……"

Chang Hao's writing hand trembled, the tip of the brush re-tightened, and the side he was writing suddenly twisted, and a big belly came out in the middle.

Chang Hao: ... A good word, just ruined like this.

The young boy sighed, and looked up at Yu Qingze next to him in surprise.

Is the book Brother Yu read so interesting?But he was about to finish writing on a piece of paper, and he didn't seem to turn the page yet...

"Hey hey hey..."

Chang Hao: ... Hey, why do you think this laughter is getting weirder and weirder?

"Brother Yu, is this book interesting? What is it about?" Chang Hao asked curiously.

It's a pity that his elder brother Yu was staring at the book, but his mind had gone somewhere, and his ears were closed, so he didn't hear his question at all.

Chang Hao: ...

"Brother Yu?" Chang Hao yelled again with a blank face, and shook his hand in front of his eyes, finally waking up that brother Yu who was "obsessed with books".

"Ah? What? Xiaohao, what did you say?" Yu Qingze was startled, looking at Chang Hao's helpless and speechless expression.Only then did he realize that he was too engrossed in thinking, and the smirk at the corner of his mouth was too late to put away.

Chang Hao pointed to the book in his hand and asked, "Is there any interesting story on this page? You've been reading it for a long time, and you're still laughing."

"Is there?" Yu Qingze wiped his face with his hand, restrained the expression on his face, and then answered Chang Hao's previous question: "I was thinking about something, I didn't read a book."

Chang Hao became curious, and asked, "What are you thinking? You are so preoccupied that you didn't even hear it. Is it a good thing?"

What he was thinking just now flashed through Yu Qingze's mind, and he said with a smile: "Good thing. Hey, Xiaohao, let me ask you, who did your brother go to the city with to watch lanterns on Brother's Day?"

"Big Brother's Day?" Chang Hao shook his head and said, "My brother doesn't celebrate Brother's Day. As far as I can remember, he has never been to the city to watch lanterns during Brother's Day. Only Duanyang Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival will follow My grandfather and I went to see the lanterns."

Yu Qingze was surprised, opened his mouth unconsciously, and asked, "Didn't you go once?"

Chang Hao nodded, and said with certainty: "As far as I can remember, we only went to the city to watch lanterns during the Duanyang Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival. My brother must have never been there on Brother's Day."

If Chang Le never went, wouldn't it be troublesome?If I invite him to go, with his personality, I definitely won't go.

Yu Qingze frowned and thought again and again, how can he bring Chang Le to the city?

"Brother Yu, do you want to go to the city to see the lanterns?" Chang Hao asked him with wide eyes.

Yu Qingze looked at Chang Hao, suddenly had an idea, and asked, "Yes, I want to go and have a look." Yu Qingze looked in the direction of the kitchen, and then whispered: "I still want to take your brother with me, what can you do? ?”

Chang Hao's eyes lit up, and he asked in a low voice, "Are you going on a tryst?"

"What a tryst! Use words indiscriminately!" Yu Qingze patted Chang Hao's head and corrected, "It's 'date'."

"Oh, date~will~" Chang Hao winked and imitated, and started to laugh.

Yu Qingze patted him angrily, and then said: "Quickly find a way for me, if I tell him to go directly, he will definitely not go, you have to help me."

"It's very simple." Chang Hao replied.

Yu Qingze asked urgently, "How?"

Chang Hao rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Brother Yu, every time there is a lantern festival, there are small candy sellers on the street. They are delicious. Every time I go, my brother will buy one for me."

This snack!

Yu Qingze scolded with a smile: "Just remember to eat! All right, I'll buy it for you, and I'll buy you whatever else you want to eat, all right? Tell me now."

"There are also fried chestnuts and hawthorn gourds!"

"Okay, okay, what can you do quickly, your brother will finish washing later!"

"Come here." Chang Hao mysteriously beckoned to Yu Qingze, motioning him to come closer.

Yu Qingze went over to him, and Chang Hao said this and that in his ear.

After finishing speaking, Yu Qingze was a little skeptical, and said, "Can it work?"

Chang Hao patted his small chest and said confidently: "It will definitely work! My brother, I understand!"

Yu Qingze looked at him suspiciously again, and said, "Isn't it for the little sugar man, fried chestnuts and hawthorn gourd?"

Chang Hao laughed, squeezed his fingers and made a slight gesture, saying: "This is also one of the very small reasons. You don't need to worry about it. The most important thing is that this method can work."

"Okay, I believe you this time, then you can cooperate well."

"no problem."

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Brother’s Day, the food stalls do not leave the stalls, rest.

The living habits of Chang Le's family are very good, they basically don't sleep in late, and everyone gets up early.

Grandpa Chang likes to go around the fields when he gets up in the morning, and sometimes he cuts pigweed back by the way. Chang Le usually goes to cut pigweed or wash clothes, but since Chang Hao went to school, he has to plow in the morning. Ma Bu recited the book.

The young boy was very attentive in school, besides completing the homework assigned by his master every day, Yu Qingze would also teach him how to read and write.The young boy has a good memory, is smart and hardworking, and is a fast learner. Yu Xiucai has praised him, which makes Chang Le and Grandpa Chang very happy.

Yu Qingze got up early on purpose, and made a rich breakfast, such as small chaos, soup dumplings, crystal dumplings, cold kelp shreds, and dried salty vegetable porridge.

Usually they go out of the stall early and have a relatively simple breakfast. Now that they have time, he wants everyone to eat better and richer.

And today is Brother's Day.

At the breakfast table, several people were surprised and happy to see a sumptuous breakfast.

"Brother Le, come on, today is Geer's Day, which is your holiday, I wish you a happy holiday and happy every day." Yu Qingze picked up a crystal dumpling and put it in the bowl in front of Le Geer, and said with a smile.

It was the first time I heard that I wished him a happy holiday. Chang Le was a little shy, blushed, and stretched out her hand as a thank you gesture.

Chang Hao followed suit, put a soup dumpling into his brother's bowl, and said, "Then I wish you, brother, a happy holiday, good health and all the best!"

The young boy seldom said such a congratulatory speech that made people's skin crawl, and he got stuck for a while, and then he laughed.

Chang Le smiled, gestured to thank him, and reached out to pick up a soup dumpling and put it in his brother's bowl.

Grandpa Chang smiled and said nothing. He took a chopstick of seaweed and put it in his grandson's bowl, "Eat more."

Chang Le took the bowl with both hands, nodded and smiled at Grandpa.

We ate deliciously and deliciously for breakfast.

Because the lantern festival was at night, they all went to the ground except Chang Hao who went to school during the day.While they were at home, they sowed radishes, Chinese cabbage, and coriander and celery seeds, which will be sown and eaten during the Chinese New Year.

At noon, Chang Hao came back from school, pulled his brother and began to act like a baby: "Brother, there is a lantern festival tonight, shall we go to see it? Everyone in the school is going to watch it, shall we go too? It's been a long time since I went."

Chang Le made a gesture, which means that the Mid-Autumn Festival will be in a few days, and I will go again when that time comes.

"I'll go there in a few days, let's go today too. I've never been to a lantern festival on the festival before. I heard someone in the school say that the lanterns sold on the festival are different. They're so beautiful." Chang Hao stared eagerly. He looked at his brother intently, with as pitiful an expression as he wanted, as much as he wanted to go.

Chang Le subconsciously didn't want to go out on Brother's Day, but seeing his brother looking forward to it, he suddenly softened, thought for a while, and finally nodded.

Seeing that his brother agreed, Chang Hao was very happy, and then rushed to the kitchen to report the good news to Yu Qingze.

"Good boy, I'll bring you something delicious tonight!" Yu Qingze gave him a thumbs up and praised him, and the young Chang Hao happily flew out to find his grandfather again.Brother Yu's plan still needs the cooperation of his grandfather, so he needs to communicate with him first.

In the afternoon, because they decided to go to see the lanterns at night, they ate dinner relatively early. After Chang Hao got out of school in the afternoon, they ate and walked while it was still dark.

After the delicious dinner, the few of them washed up a bit, changed into clean clothes, and then the four of them locked the door and walked happily into the city.

There are many people who think like them, and many villagers also set off for the city at this time.

When some villagers saw Chang Hao Chang Le and the others, they chatted: "Hey, Chang Hao, are you going to see the lanterns today?"

Chang Hao slipped his mouth and said, "Yes, Uncle Feng, are you going with the whole family too?"

"Yes, go to the fun and excitement."

The two of them chatted sentence by sentence, and when they reached the entrance of the official road from the small path, Chang Hao suddenly let out a cry.

"Oh, it's broken!"

Several people turned their heads to look at him, Yu Qingze asked very 'concerned': "What's wrong?"

Grandpa Chang glared at him and said, "Little Monkey, what are you barking?"

Chang Le also looked at his brother inexplicably.

Chang Hao scratched his head, with a constipated and distressed expression on his face, and said, "Grandpa, I forgot that the master assigned three sheets of homework today, and I will write it when I come back. I don't think I can finish it. If the handover is not complete tomorrow, the master will make a handwriting heart."

Grandpa Chang was very cooperative and said, "Then you still want to go to the city?"

Chang Hao said with a bitter face: "It's been a long time since I went."

"Okay, then don't go, go back and finish your homework well, and you can go to see the lanterns in a few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Chang Hao glanced in the direction of the city with special entanglement, and then said melancholy: "Okay."

Then Grandpa Chang took Chang Hao and turned around to go back, but Chang Le saw him and followed him back.

Chang Hao saw him, and quickly called his brother: "Hey brother, I'll just go back with grandpa. You and brother Yu can go to the city to watch lanterns. This is the first time we've seen lanterns when brother Yu is here."

Chang Le heard it, and subconsciously looked back at Yu Qingze.

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "I really want to see it."

Chang Hao hurriedly said: "Brother, you should take Brother Yu there. It's his first time going to the Lantern Festival. He must not know what's fun here. He needs to be accompanied by an acquaintance."

Chang Le was very tangled.In this lonely place, a man and a brother go to see the festival lanterns together, this is not suitable...

Over there, Grandpa Chang also spoke, and said, "Xiao Le, you can take Aze there, and pay attention to your purse, when there are many people, there are many pickpockets."

Grandpa opened his mouth, Chang Le nodded hesitantly, and despised himself in his heart. It was really inappropriate for him to think so little about Big Brother Yu in his heart, and he must be the only one who felt that it was inappropriate. Big Brother Yu was so magnanimous, I don't think too much about it.

So, the four parted ways.

When Yu Qingze and Chang Le left, Chang Hao specifically asked him to bring him something to eat.

Chang Le thought he was talking to him, and nodded solemnly in agreement.Yu Qingze couldn't laugh or cry.

There are quite a few people going to the city on the official road.Although it’s Brother’s Day, it’s not only brothers who go there, some of them come out with a whole family, some look like a group of “loved men” at first glance, and some men accompany their brothers to be flower protectors of.

Both Yu Qingze and Chang Le walked faster. Along the way, Yu Qingze purposely searched for topics to ask about the fun and interesting things at the lantern festival, and Chang Le gave him answers one by one.

After studying and practicing for so long, Yu Qingze could already recognize [-]% to [-]% of Chang Le's sign language, and the two of them "chat" all the way without embarrassment.

In short, the journey was quite harmonious and smooth.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, it was just getting dark. Before they entered the city, they saw all kinds of lanterns shining on West Street. The orange lights illuminated the night.

"It's so beautiful!" Yu Qingze couldn't help exclaiming as soon as he entered the city.

Although modern neon lights are also very beautiful, and the alternation of light and shadow can be combined into various interesting graphics, but those are relatively common to Yu Qingze who is used to seeing them, and they do not attract much interest.

However, now, in this different world, the streets of this ancient city are decorated with colorful lanterns as bright as day; there are also various small stalls and bustling crowds, which are really very lively.

The difference between day and night is really huge.Although he was very familiar with this street, it still seemed like he was seeing it for the first time.

This kind of bustling scene that could only be seen in movies and TV before suddenly appeared in front of Yu Qingze, and he suddenly felt a little unreal, like watching a movie.

Yu Qingze recovered from his stupor until he felt his sleeves being ripped off. He looked at Chang Le and asked, "Brother Le, what's wrong?"

Chang Le just saw him in a daze, that's why he was talking about him, now when he saw him asking, he stretched out his hand and pointed forward, signaling to go shopping quickly.

Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Let's go."

The Lantern Festival is mainly carried out on the two main intersections of the North-South Street and the East-West Street. There are many vendors from the four city gates to the most prosperous crossroads.

The two walked and watched all the way.

It was Yu Qingze's first time watching this kind of lantern show, and he was very curious, so he went to every stall to have a look.

"Brother Le, do you think this lantern looks good? It's a little tiger, can you buy it for Xiaohao?"

Chang Le smiled and signaled him not to buy it. There are more and better looking ones ahead. If you buy it now, you will regret it later.

"Really? I'll buy it later." Yu Qingze decisively put down the little tiger lantern in his hand, and followed Chang Le to the front.

"Brother Le, what kind of lantern do you like? Let's buy one."

Yu Qingze's eyes were blurred, everything looked good, and he didn't know what Chang Le liked, so he asked.

Chang Le turned around and gestured to him.

At this time, a few brothers and men in front rushed over, and a man next to him accidentally bumped into Chang Le.

Chang Le staggered forward, and when Yu Qingze saw him, he quickly reached out and grabbed Chang Le's shoulders and brought him into his arms, avoiding a fall.

Seeing that he bumped into someone, the man apologized embarrassingly and left.

"How? Did you hit something?" Yu Qingze lowered his head and asked, the hand on Chang Le's shoulder did not let go.

Chang Le was half lying in Yu Qingze's arms, his hands pressed against Yu Qingze's chest, the touch under his hands was firm and warm, and his nose was filled with the cool breath that belonged to Yu Qingze's body alone, his face turned red immediately, and he hurriedly propped his hands away Yu Qingze hugged her, then lowered her head and shook her hands to indicate that she was fine.

Yu Qingze looked at Chang Le's shy red ears, pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "Brother Le, there are so many people on the street, we might be scattered, why don't you pull my sleeve?"

Although he wanted to directly say hold hands, Yu Qingze knew that if he really said it, Chang Le would definitely not agree, so he could only let him hold hands by the sleeves.

Hearing this, Chang Le tightened her hand, and there was still a firm and warm touch on it, and the heat on her face rose a little before it went down, and she was embarrassed to see anyone.He looked down at the people on the street, there were indeed many, but he still shook his head, indicating that he would follow him closely.

Yu Qingze was helpless, and said: "That's okay, let's walk next to each other. Hey, there are people juggling over there, let's go and see?"

Chang Le nodded, he also liked watching juggling.

The two walked side by side and chatted, mainly Yu Qingze was talking, Chang Le lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him at all, let alone gesture to him.

There are people coming and going on the street, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as rubbing shoulders.In this way, they had to avoid the oncoming crowd from time to time, so from time to time, the shoulders of the two of them touched and squeezed.

Chang Le was still shy about what happened just now, but now a little more contact can cause another wave in his heart.

Want to get close, but afraid to get close.

Want to touch, but afraid to touch.

There was a back and forth collision in my heart, and I was really entangled.

As for Yu Qingze, he wished that there would be more people and more crowded. It would be better to be like the bus and subway during the rush hour in many big cities in China in the 21st century. There is no gap between people. Naturally, You can glue them together.

Yu Qingze let out a laugh, looked at the young man next to him, and felt that his thoughts were a little crooked, and felt like he was going crazy.

Why do you want to touch and hug each other so much?

Yu Qingze smiled wryly in his heart and let out a long sigh.

It must have been too long.

Physically, and psychologically.

I want to have a dear one, a warm and harmonious home.

I really want to.

I have thought about it for more than 20 years.

I haven't met someone I like before, so this kind of thinking is not obvious.Now, after finally meeting someone he likes, this longing is like a tsunami, coming with such force that it almost swallows him whole.

When we arrived at the juggling place, there was already a circle of people outside.

Yu Qingze saw a person squeezed out, he quickly grabbed Chang Le's wrist and squeezed in along that place.The two managed to squeeze in and stood at a place where they could see jugglers performing.

The show in the circle is swallowing the sword.

I saw the man raised his head, put a long, shining sword into his mouth, and slowly swallowed it bit by bit, until he swallowed the whole sword, leaving only one hilt.

The people around watched the performance and couldn't help holding their breath.As the man swallowed the sword inch by inch, everyone's mouths were gaping, watching intently.

Yu Qingze was not very interested in the sword swallowing performance, and his focus was on Chang Le beside him.Chang Le was also fascinated by watching, the expression on his face was worried, shocked and admiring, the degree of concentration was no less than that of the performers.

When the man swallowed it all, and spread his hands out to show, the people around him burst into exclamation and thunderous applause.

"Wow! Wonderful!" "Amazing!"

Chang Le also applauded vigorously.

After a while, the performer slowly took out the sword again.Only then did Chang Le's expression relax completely.It seems that he has been worried about the performer.

When someone came over with a plate to ask for a reward, Chang Le was still staring at his throat, with the words clearly written on his face, how could he swallow such a big sword?

In fact, Chang Le has seen this performance many times, but I am still shocked every time.

The corner of Yu Qingze's mouth curled up slightly, and he took out five Wen coins and threw them into the plate. Chang Le realized that he also took out two Wen coins and put them in.

After the performance, the crowd dispersed.

The two walked forward.

Yu Qingze looked up to see what other interesting things there were on the street, and was going to go with Chang Le to have a look.

And Chang Le was still thinking about the performance he saw just now, and couldn't figure it out, so his pace slowed down a bit, and when he didn't pay attention, the two were dispersed by the crowd.

When Chang Le noticed it, he could no longer see Yu Qingze's figure. He turned around in a circle and looked on tiptoe for a while, but he didn't find anyone. He couldn't help feeling anxious.

I lost Brother Yu!

Just as he was anxiously preparing to move forward, a hand reached out and held his left hand.

He was startled, and was about to shake it off, when he turned around and found that it was Yu Qingze who was holding his hand.

"Brother Le, there are too many people, I will lead you away."