Luting Canteen

That night, when Li Hui finished drinking the milk, Yan Ting took the cup and sat by the bed with him.It has been more than two weeks since Yan Zi went back, and Li Hui has become more and more familiar with life in Luting recently. Yan Ting thinks that he can try to be in charge of the canteen at night to see the feedback of the guests.

During this period of time, I also asked him to be in charge of meals for regular customers and work meals. Yan Ting knew that Li Hui's cooking skills were already quite good at his age, but from his occasional words, it could be heard that in Heng Le Lou For nearly nine years, Li Hui was at most just arranged by the master to help him.Thinking of the scars on Li Hui's back, Yan Ting couldn't help thinking about how the shy and introverted little guy in front of him lived alone there for nine years.

"Li Hui, starting tomorrow, how about you take charge of dinner?"

Li Hui stood up all of a sudden, stammered and asked with joy on his face:

"My lord, is it true?"

Although I was secretly looking forward to it before, cooking for everyone is different from selling it to customers, Li Hui couldn't help but feel nervous.

"It's true," Yan Ting patted his head, and said, "Look at what you're going to cook and what dishes you need. Also, different dishes use different ingredients, and the prices are different. If you need to bring them from the mountains The ingredients in the food may be more expensive.”

Yan Ting hopes that Li Hui not only likes to cook, but also learns to consider the issue of cost.A reasonable price must be set so that the cafeteria can make money and the customers can eat satisfactorily.In addition, Tang Meng also taught him the approximate current prices recently, so Yan Ting wanted Li Hui to learn to arrange things by himself.

It seems that Tang Meng, who is very good at buying vegetables, decides the daily shopping in Luting. The prices of melons, vegetables and fresh fish sometimes change with the weather and the place where the goods are purchased, so which vegetables to choose to make them fresh Inexpensive meal, you can only know it when you go to the vegetable market that day.Because the gentleness is very popular with everyone, Tang Meng often receives some free fresh vegetables.Yan Ting talked to Li Hui about this before going to bed, thinking that he would be sleepy, but the little guy listened carefully, thought for a while and replied:

"I understand, it's just that the guests are used to the price set by the young master—"

Before he finished speaking, Li Hui suddenly raised his head:

"Young Master, it's getting colder now, let's sell noodles tonight!"

"noodle?"

Li Hui couldn't hide his excitement, he already had a plan in mind, he looked at Yan Ting and waited for him to agree.

"Okay. So, if Song Song and the others have time tomorrow night, how about asking them to come and have a taste?"

"it is good!"

"Go to bed early today, and I will go to the vegetable market with you tomorrow."

After such an appointment, Yan Ting turned off the lights.Now I am very used to sleeping with Li Hui in my arms. The little guy sleeps very honestly at night. After asking, I found out that because it used to sleep in the Datong bunk, it would be bad if I didn't pay attention to disturbing the people around me.Yan Ting couldn't help imagining the scene of himself sleeping in the Datong shop, and was laughed at by Ye Qi, saying that waking up the next day must be like a martial arts conference.

"Li Hui," Yan Ting tucked him in, "how about we go to Jiangling next month?"

The boy in his arms moved, but he probably didn't react for a while.Yan Ting put his chin on his head and said softly:

"Did Tang Meng tell you? The Hengle Building is still there. Jiangling is also here, now it's called Jinzhou. Let's go and see it next month."

Sensing Li Hui's nod, Yan Ting hugged him tighter.

After the business ended the next morning, Yan Ting and Song Song made a phone call and said that Li Hui would start cooking in the evening. Song Song said that the store would not be open in the afternoon and that he and Yang Shubai would take a seat.

"It's not that exaggerated, what about the guests who made an appointment?"

"It's okay, I was planning to buy goods in the afternoon, and I didn't plan to open the store at night, so let's come over early when we finish."

Yan Ting heard Song Song's loud voice and smiled, Ye Qi, who was cleaning the table, came over, grabbed Yan Ting's cell phone and pressed the speakerphone:

"Hello? Brother Song Baicai, remember to bring some fried crispy meat. Xiao Lihui said he likes your cooking very much."

"Is it your favorite food?"

Yan Ting glanced at him, and Ye Qi hahaha immediately wiped the table Yan Ting was leaning on.

"Okay, what's the problem with this, by the way, Yan Ting, to be honest, is it okay to go and see the little radish for cooking after finishing?"

"Yes, yes, yes,"

Yan Ting paused,

"Remember to bring wine."

"Ye Qi learned from you, right?"

After complaining bluntly, Song Song smiled and cursed again before hanging up the phone.Li Hui and Tang Meng came in after feeding the preserved eggs. Seeing Ye Qi humming a little song happily, Tang Meng asked Yan Ting:

"Why are you in such a good mood?"

"I'll have something to eat later."

"Boss, don't make me feel like I only feel good when I eat, Xiao Lihui, what kind of noodles are you going to make tonight?"

Seeing Li Hui walking into the kitchen as if he was about to start preparations, Ye Qi was a little curious.Li Hui put the ingredients picked out by Yan Ting in the morning on the cooking table, and explained to Ye Qi:

"You have to boil the thick soup first, and then serve it with spinach noodles."

"It sounds simple enough,"

Li Hui laughed and nodded:

"The master often said that the simpler things are more challenging, so you have to work harder than usual."

"Little Lihui,"

"what?"

Seeing Ye Qi coming over suddenly and leaning down to look at him seriously, Li Hui subconsciously stepped back.

"Do you know that when you talk about cooking now, your expression is different from usual?"

Hearing this sentence, Yan Ting glanced at Li Hui.He also noticed this, the little guy may be cooking more and more meals for everyone recently, and he feels more confident when talking about these and handling ingredients.Curving the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, Yan Ting suddenly felt relieved that "my child has grown up".

"I, I just repeated what the master said—"

"Ye Qi, let Li Hui start preparing. Is there still class this afternoon? Are you not going?"

Sighing, Ye Qi saw that Tang Meng had cut off his idea of ​​finding an excuse to stay and play in Luting, so he took off his apron and stuffed it into his hand:

"Go, go, go now. That's right,"

Bringing his face closer, Ye Qi lowered his voice and looked at Tang Meng:

"Uncle Tang, can you take me in for a night? I'm going to the bookstore to find information."

"Okay, let's go together tonight."

Tang Meng answered as usual, so Ye Qi couldn't see anything at all, so he just smiled, said hello, and went to school.Li Hui applied to Yan Ting early in the morning not to take a nap today, and began to prepare wholeheartedly.

The first thing is to boil the soup.I picked a big deep soup pot and put it first. Here, I removed the bones of the old hen and left half of it for Li Hui, then carefully checked the pig’s knuckles, pork belly, stick bones and pig’s trotters to remove the fishy smell. The old hen was rinsed under running water. Put it cleanly on the bottom of the pot, put the previous ones layer by layer, and finally put the ham feet and pork belly in it.There is no mountain spring water here, so Li Hui slowly poured the water that had been collected in the morning and settled for a long time along the wall of the pot.In this way, the soup can be started.Only after turning the fire to the minimum, Li Hui stopped, stood beside the big soup pot with the lid on and breathed a sigh of relief.

This pot of soup has to be boiled slowly for an afternoon, so there must be no rush.Wait until the fat and tendons inside are stewed, and the soup will be ready.Yan Ting leaned against the table and looked at Li Hui, couldn't hide his smile, even he didn't realize that there was tenderness in his eyes.Tang Meng patted his shoulder lightly, and pointed to the outside of the house.

The two sat down at the wooden table, Tang Meng glanced at the cafeteria and said:

"Li Hui adapted well."

Yan Ting knew that he had something else to say, so he didn't open his mouth and waited for the next one.

"Have you ever thought about what would happen if he was here all the time?"

"In the future? He likes to cook and wants to be a chef—"

"I mean, although Li Hui is only young now, he will grow up in a few years. If he really settles down here, he has to think about the future, for example, what if he gets married and has children?"

"Although we can teach him many things, but he has no status here, we still have to find a way..."

Understand Tang Meng's worry, but after Yan Ting heard the word "marriage", he was a little absent-minded.

"Yan Ting, I know that after Grandpa Yan passed away, Yan Zi went to live in another city with your parents. You have always been alone, and I know that you take good care of Li Hui—"

"Tang Meng, I know what you mean,"

"No, you don't know what I mean."

Tang Meng stared at Yan Ting and said slowly:

"What is Li Hui to you? A child who came from ancient times and was picked up by you. Are you keeping him out of a sense of responsibility or because you feel lonely? Then one day, if you, If you have a new life, how do you plan to arrange his life after that time?"

"Then let's wait until that day."

Yan Ting also looked at Tang Meng.After a while, he smiled, and said lightly:

"Tang Meng, you will be thirty in a few years. Have you ever thought about getting married and having children? No? It's still a long time, so take your time."

Tang Meng looked at the back of Yan Ting getting up and leaving, and sighed softly.

Just now in the cafeteria kitchen, Yan Ting looked at Li Hui so clearly that even he could see the difference. It was the same in the bookstore a few days ago, but Yan Ting seemed completely unconscious.He is a person who likes to take care of everyone. He used to be like this to Ye Qi, he was like this to himself, and now he is like this to Li Hui who came here alone.That's why I used the current situation to ask him back.

"I hope you won't be like me, worry too much, and hesitate to take that step."

Tang Meng smiled wryly, took out his phone and clicked on a software, and after skillfully inputting the password, there was a photo album there.All of them were photos of Ye Qi. Ye Qi in cosplay, Ye Qi asleep, and Ye Qi walking in front of Yan Ting——Tang Meng looked at these, his thumb slowly slid on the screen, wanting to touch the picture and laugh As a result, the picture moved back and forth following his movements.Tang Meng stopped and watched for a while, frowned and exited the software, and sat under the locust tree in a daze.