Concentricity

Chen Pingsheng and Chen Liang were also busily busy with their sleeves rolled up. It wasn't until the sun was slightly to the west that everyone's stomachs started to growl one after another, and then they remembered that it was time for lunch.

"I'm really sorry, I haven't bought rice and vegetables at home, let's go find a restaurant outside to solve the problem, and then do it ourselves in the evening." Mo Jinyan apologized a little, brother Yu came to the door for the first time, and he couldn't even eat.

Yu Simian smiled indifferently, with Mo Jinyan, it doesn't matter whether he eats or not: "Let's go, I'll treat everyone to dinner."

Mo Jinyan locked the door and called out, "Brother Xu!"

Brother Xu appeared out of nowhere, slammed onto Mo Jinyan's arm, and then onto his shoulder.

Mo Jinyan reached out his hand to touch its food bag, it was bulging, and laughed: "Brother Xu is better at taking care of himself, knowing that he is hungry, he went to look for food early."

Yu Simian also stretched out his hand to touch Brother Xu, but Chen Pingsheng stopped him immediately: "Don't touch it, it will scratch you."

Yu Simian paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's okay, just try it and you'll know."

He reached out and touched Brother Xu's head: "Brother Xu is very good at taking care of himself, it's good that Xiao Mo can take care of himself like Brother Xu, so I can feel at ease."

Mo Jinyan's face was a little hot, and he secretly glanced at Yu Simian, only to see that he was looking at him with a smile on his face, and his face burned even more.

Chen Pingsheng said in amazement: "Brother Xu actually let someone other than Xiao Mo touch him!" You know, he and Mo Jinyan are so familiar, Brother Xu never let himself touch him.

When Yu Simian heard this, his heart was filled with joy. It turns out that in Xiao Mo's heart, he is the only one who is not his outsider.He couldn't help but smile more intensely, and the eyes that looked at Mo Jinyan were full of tenderness.

Chen Liang walked ahead, keeping an eye on the hotels and restaurants on the side of the road, and finally saw a decent restaurant: "My lord, let's eat in this fragrant restaurant."

"What does Xiao Mo think?" Yu Simian turned his head and asked Mo Jinyan.

Mo Jinyan smiled and said, "I haven't eaten here either. I heard that the Xishi tongue here is quite famous. Let's try it?"

Yu Simian said: "Okay, let's go to this one. Chen Liang, I want a private room."

This Chunxiang Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Changle City, and its consumption level is naturally higher than that of the public. Zhuang's father and son and Mo Jinyan are real people, they don't pay much attention to ostentation, and rarely go to restaurants, so Mo Jinyan has never been here .

At this time, it was a little past noon, and many guests had already left, but there was still an [-]% occupancy rate in the hall, which showed that the business was good.

As soon as the four of them entered the restaurant, they attracted many people's attention.Yu Simian and Mo Jinyan are both very good-looking. The older Yu Simian is, the soft handsomeness becomes sharper, more heroic, and dressed in brocade clothes, the temperament becomes more noble and compelling. Don't dare to look directly.

The older Mo Jinyan is, the more obvious the Semu people's blood is, the bridge of the nose is high, the eyes are deep, and the sun is less in winter, and the complexion is much fairer. When people see it, they think of the word "beautiful". Even though he was wearing an ordinary cotton robe, people couldn't help but look at him more.

In addition, the distinctive eagle eagle stands quietly and indifferently on the shoulders of people, with half-closed eyes, and looks indifferent to people, not to mention being airy.

The shop waiter hurriedly led several people upstairs and entered the private room.

Several people sat down, only Chen Liang stood.Mo Jinyan wondered, "Brother Chen, why don't you sit down?"

"I'll just stand up." Chen Liang replied, he didn't dare to sit on an equal footing with his own adults.

The corner of Mo Jinyan's mouth twitched: "How can we eat while standing? Do you want to watch us eat? Sit down quickly, Brother Chen."

Chen Liang had no choice but to look at Yu Simian.

Yu Simian nodded slightly, and said lightly: "Just follow Xiao Mo's will. Chen Liang, sit down, don't stand, you don't need to be formal when you go out."

"Yes." Chen Liang quickly found the lowest seat and sat down.

Seeing that everyone was sitting down, the waiter in the shop asked, "What do you want the guest officer to order?"

Chen Liang asked, "What are there?"

The waiter opened his mouth and began to report the name of the dish: "Our Chunxiang Restaurant has a variety of dishes, just ask the guest officer what you need? I have traveled all over the river and north and south, and there is no such thing as our Xi Shi tongue, let alone that... ..."

Yu Simian stretched out his hand, and stopped Xiao Er's words: "Choose a few of your signature dishes, and serve a pot of good tea."

Mo Jinyan hurriedly stopped: "Don't, we each want one or two dishes that we like, and let him serve it. Xishi tongue, let me have a dish, and I want a soy shrimp. How about you, brother Yu?"

Yu Simian smiled: "Then give me a steamed Jiang Yaozhu."

Mo Jinyan also loves scallops. Hearing Yu Simian's words, he couldn't see his eyes from laughing. It turns out that brother Yu and himself love the same dish: "Jiang scallops are delicious."

The corner of Yu Simian's mouth curled up, it was just as he wanted.

Chen Liang and Chen Pingsheng each ordered braised chicken nuggets and braised winter bamboo shoots.

Yu Simian asked again: "Does your restaurant have any special dishes?"

The waiter quickly said: "There are also drunk pork ribs and seven-star fish balls."

"Then have one of the same." Yu Simian looked at Mo Jinyan, "Xiao Mo, let's add some vegetarian dishes."

"Okay. Let's have a stewed three delicacies, and a cold kombu shreds." Mo Jinyan added two dishes, but he didn't treat Yu Simian as a guest at all, and didn't show courtesy to him.

"Then what more tea do you guest officers need?" Xiao Er continued to ask.

Yu Simian said: "Changle's Fangshan dew buds are very famous, let's have a pot. How about half a catty of rice wine?" The last sentence is a request.

Mo Jinyan nodded: "I have no objection, where are the two big brothers Chen?"

Naturally, Chen Liang and Chen Pingsheng did not object, the weather was too cold, drinking a little wine could keep out the cold.

The tea was served soon, Chen Liang quickly got up and made tea for several people, Mo Jinyan stood up quickly and said: "I am the youngest here, I should pour tea for the elder brothers."

Yu Simian smiled and said, "Xiao Mo, sit down and let Chen Liang fall."

Mo Jinyan had no choice but to sit down.Chen Liang poured tea for several people.

Yu Simian picked up the teacup and sniffed it a few times, and said with a smile: "Fangshan Luya has been a tribute tea since the Tang Dynasty, and it really deserves its reputation. I didn't expect this small restaurant to have Luya tea. Little Mo, try it." , see what it feels like."

Mo Jinyan followed Yu Simian's example and sniffed lightly a few times. The fragrance of the tea was light, but it made people feel at ease. It is said that this kind of country people can understand the meaning of tea.

Chen Pingsheng picked up the teacup and drank most of it in one gulp: "What's the sweetness, it tastes a little better than white water."

Everyone at the table laughed.Just smiling, Xiao Er brought the dishes and the first dish was a big earthen pot.Xiao Er put down the crock pot: "This is our restaurant's signature dish - the best soup in the world."

Everyone was curious, and looked at the earthen jar with their necks raised. Xiaoer lifted the lid, and a strong smell of chicken soup came to the nostrils.

Chen Pingsheng said: "We didn't order chicken soup."

Xiao Er laughed and said: "What joke did the guest officer say? This is Xishi tongue, which is made by simmering chicken soup. Please use it slowly, guest officer."

Mo Jinyan smiled and said: "The best soup in the world, it's so big." He brought the soup for everyone himself. The Xi Shi tongue was boiled together with the shell, which was the size of an adult's fist, and one could fill a bowl.

Chen Liangqi said: "Hey, I thought Xi Shi's tongue was like a duck's tongue, but I didn't expect it to be a clam shell."

Mo Jinyan laughed and said: "This Xishi tongue is abundant in Zhanggang, Changle. Because when it opens its mouth to look for food, it spits out a piece of white meat, which looks like a beautiful woman's tongue. Local scholars call it Xishi tongue. We generally call it a sand clam. "

Yu Simian picked up a shell and sighed: "It's a shame that a small shell has such a name. It's a beauty, it's a sin."

Chen Pingsheng picked up the clam meat in the bowl, stuffed it into his mouth, and said with a grin, "Well, I also tasted a beautiful woman's tongue today. Well, it's soft and smooth, and it really lives up to its name."

Mo Jinyan grinned and said, "I didn't expect Big Brother Chen to be proficient in this way?"

Chen Pingsheng laughed and said: "I would like to. But Xiao Mo must have tasted it, do you think it tastes like this?"

Mo Jinyan was originally joking, but he didn't expect to get angry, and in front of Yu Simian, he glanced at Yu Simian awkwardly, only to see that the other party was looking at him thoughtfully, and coughed quickly: "Nonsense, I How do you know, there is no comment."

"Hey, the youngest daughter of the old Fang's family, doesn't she graciously bring you food and clothing every day, haven't you tried it?" Chen Pingsheng deliberately teased.If he knew what Mo Jinyan was thinking, he would definitely not have said those words.

Mo Jinyan said with a bitter face: "Brother Chen, stop joking, Miss Chun is still young, if Master Fang hears this, I won't be able to wash it off even if I jump into the Minjiang River."

Chen Pingsheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will naturally not say this in front of others. Didn't I see that little girl is very smart, and you are indifferent, so I am worried for you."

Mo Jinyan almost buried his head in the bowl. This Chen Pingsheng really wanted to say this in front of Yu Simian, but he sighed inwardly, but he didn't dare to show it, so he had to say: "I The great revenge has not been reported, how can I think about it."

Chen Pingsheng put down his chopsticks: "Xiao Mo, what you said is wrong. You are nineteen years old this year, and you have already reached the age of marrying a wife and having children. As for this grudge, the morning newspapers always want to avenge it, but the matter of marrying a wife But it can't be delayed, don't you think that if you delay like me, then you will be a bachelor. Mr. Yu, do you think this is the reason?"

Yu Simian's heart moved, Xiao Mo is already 19 years old, he is indeed not young, a smile can't help but rise to the corner of his mouth: "Brother Chen is right, Xiao Mo can't be so single anymore, it's time to start a family."

Mo Jinyan's heart jumped, and he glanced at Yu Simian, but he couldn't understand what his smile meant. Could it be that he still wanted to marry a wife and have children?I couldn't help but feel sad, the savory and delicious Xi Shi tongue soup in the bowl became dull.

Yu Simian saw all the changes in him, just smiled, and kept picking up food for him: "Xiao Mo, eat more."

After eating, Mo Jinyan said: "Brother Yu, you and Brother Chen go back first, I'll go buy some firewood, rice, oil and salt."

"I'll go too." Yu Simian immediately signed up enthusiastically.

"Then I'll help carry things too." Chen Pingsheng followed.

Chen Liang stopped and said: "Forget it, let my young master and Xiao Mo go. The four big men go to buy rice, which makes people laugh."

Mo Jinyan looked at Yu Simian, and said to Chen Pingsheng: "Brother Chen, you go back first, Brother Yu and I will go together, we don't buy much today, we will go out together tomorrow to buy new year's goods."

Mo Jinyan and Yu Simian walked slowly down the street side by side.The sun is very good, some old people are basking in the sun outside their house with their sleeves on their sleeves, and a group of children gather together, sticking their buttocks and playing spinning tops.At this time, the best time to do business has passed, most of the small vendors on both sides of the street have withdrawn, and the doors of the shops on both sides of the street are open, and the shopkeepers are sitting or leaning on the doorway leisurely, waiting for customers to come , or wait for the sun to patronize.

The two of them walked and looked all the way, not talking in a rare tacit understanding, enjoying the quiet and comfort of this winter afternoon to the fullest.

A man ringing a bell and carrying a straw handle came from the other side of the street, and shouted in a drawn out voice, "Hey candied haws—selling candied haws—"

On the handle of his grass, there are clusters of spherical candied haws. The fruit is covered with translucent syrup, which seems to be shining when it is illuminated by the sun.