Wearing sixty with a male god

Today is a rare sunny day in winter, and Niujiao Hutong became lively early in the morning, because it was still in the first month, and those who went to work and school at home were still on vacation.

The alley is filled with the laughter of children, hopscotch catching stones, and naughty boys breaking ice ribs and talking non-stop. His lips were stuck, and he pulled the old man.

When the parents came out and saw it, it was inevitable that they would pull the hammer over, and then ran out to play with a hippie smile after hammering.

While playing, the sharp-eyed child noticed that there were two young people standing at the entrance of the alley twisting and turning.Wearing long clothes that they can't see the material, they are very new and fit well, unlike them, even if they are new clothes, the elbows and knees have been patched in advance, because they are afraid that the clothes will be worn out. I know it's not in their alley.

These two people are Xiang Chen and Xu Hengzhou. Because the capital has changed a lot after 40 years, many places here have been demolished and rebuilt. Xu Hengzhou recalled while walking, and even missed a trip before finding this place.

Xiang Chen asked, "Is it here?"

Xu Hengzhou looked at the alley silently, and nodded: "It should be, let's ask."

Xiang Chen was more friendly, so he went up to find a kid who looked older, and said with a smile: "Little brother, brother, I want to ask you something, is this Niujiao alley?"

The boy stared blankly at Xiang Chen and said nothing, until Xiang Chen asked again, then nodded abruptly: "Yes, it's Niujiao Alley."

It was too far away to cover his face with a scarf so he couldn't see clearly, but this little brother looked really good-looking up close. He went to see Xu Hengzhou again and found that both of them were actually good-looking.

After Xiang Chen got the answer, he gave the child a piece of candy, which attracted the envious eyes of the surrounding children, and then gestured to Xu Hengzhou.

Xu Hengzhou strode over and asked the child, "Do you know the last name of the one at the end of the alley?"

"I know, the surname is Qian!"

"There is also someone with the surname Ma. Ma Xiaoguang and his family live there."

"There are also people surnamed Li."

"There's also someone surnamed Dong..."

This time, the children around rushed to answer. They all saw Xiang Chen giving the candy just now. Maybe they got the candy even if they answered well?

Xu Hengzhou froze all of a sudden, why are there so many people?He knew that many families lived in each courtyard in this alley, but his grandfather's house was different.

His natal family is considered to be a well-known family. Since the Republic of China, it has been a well-known wealthy businessman in China. His great-grandfather sponsored the revolution back then, and the whole family remained very intact after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In the previous life, a few years ago, his grandfather realized that the situation was not right, so he immediately donated everything that should be donated by the family. The company was also transformed into a public-private partnership, controlled by the state, and their family received dividends.

This yard of his own is also the same. Fortunately, he decided to do it in time, and all the family members were preserved. Because the yard was well preserved, a cadre of the Revolutionary Committee at the time asked to leave, and did not arrange many people to go there like other yards in the alley. live.

By this time, that person had already fallen, and the family house was returned.Grandpa grew up in this yard and has a deep affection for it, so as soon as the house was returned, he packed it up and moved back.

What those children said was completely wrong. Even if he remembered wrongly and the house had not been returned, he shouldn't have lived in so many houses, otherwise his yard would not have been preserved so well.

Xiang Chen saw that his complexion was not good, so he took out a handful of candy for the children to send them away, and helped Xu Hengzhou to the side to talk: "Is there any problem?"

Xu Hengzhou had a vague guess in his heart, he didn't say it, but told Xiang Chen what he found sorry.

After hearing this, Xiang Chen also frowned: "Then what shall we do?"

Xu Hengzhou has already controlled his emotions, and the expression on his face has returned to calm: "It's all here, I have to take a look to be reconciled."

Naturally, Xiang Chen was with him. The two walked through the alley and walked straight to the end. The courtyards they saw along the way, as long as the courtyard doors were opened, were crowded with people, and the courtyards were also dirty and messy. Garbage and sundries, and a small shed built with wooden boards at the corners.

If there are too many people, everyone can occupy the public space in the yard. After all, it is good to have a small room with a large family and expand the space a little.

Today is a fine sunny day, most of the courtyard doors are open, they go in and out to dry clothes, dry quilts and carry water, and when they reach the last house, the courtyard door of this house is open like other houses, so there is no need for Xu Hengzhou to knock on the door.

Xu Hengzhou stopped not far from the gate of the courtyard, silently looking at the small courtyard that resembled but didn't resemble what he remembered.

This is just one of the many inheritances left to him by his mother. He didn't care much when he got it, and he didn't live there much afterwards, he just found someone to maintain it on a regular basis.Looking at it now, he actually remembered many things that he thought he had forgotten.

He actually lived here for a long time when he was a child, when his grandfather was still there, he learned to write big characters and play chess with him, and his grandfather always asked him to go out more and play with the children in the alley.But he thinks those children are dirty and noisy, they never obey, and when they are kicked out occasionally, they just take a book and find a secluded corner to look at themselves.

Xiang Chen stood quietly with him, not daring to speak.The two women's quarrel in the yard could be heard vaguely, mixed with other people's persuasion, intertwined and endlessly noisy, just a small corner of life.

But Xiang Chen heard Xu Hengzhou talk about his grandfather's family. His grandfather's family has few children, except for a married sister, only his grandfather is alone.On the contrary, there is still a family that has been following, who have worked for the grandfather's family since their ancestors, and live together in the name of distant relatives.

Added together, there are not as many people as there are in the yard, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like Xu Hengzhou's grandfather's family lives here.

After standing for a while, the two quarreling in the yard ceased fighting, and Xu Hengzhou suddenly said, "Let's go."

He left as soon as he said, very simply, he turned around and was about to leave.

Xiang Chen hurriedly grabbed him: "Wait, we haven't asked yet. Maybe, maybe it's because the house hasn't been returned yet, grandpa lived here before, or maybe we found the wrong place. Look how much the capital has changed. We Didn't you almost go wrong when you came here?"

He felt that no matter what Xu Hengzhou thought, he really wanted to take another look at his grandfather.Like Xu Hengzhou, he is a person with shallow relatives, and the relatives he cared about passed away early. To have this adventure, if they can see their relatives again, it is really a gift from heaven.

It's a pity that the sky didn't fulfill the wishes of people, it seems that God made a joke with them.Seeing Xu Hengzhou looking at the small courtyard just now, Xiang Chen felt uncomfortable.

"You don't need to ask." Xu Hengzhou stared at a place next to the gate. There was only half of a wall brick left, and the broken shape was very strange. He just remembered that he read there many times when he was a child, and saw countless times when he was bored. The broken wall brick.

"Let's ask." Xiang Chen was not reconciled, and had already come here. What if it was really just a mistake in time and grandpa hadn't moved back yet, so what a pity to miss it.

Without waiting for Xu Hengzhou to answer, he went straight to the gate. After the quarrel, the people in the yard noticed the two strangers standing by the gate. Just as he was about to ask them, Xiang Chen walked up by himself.

"I want to ask you something." Xiang Chen put on a smiling face and asked the aunt closest to the door: "When did your family live in this yard? What was the last name of the original owner?"

The aunt looked vigilant: "Why are you asking this?"

Xiang Chen quickly explained: "That's right, my brother and I have an elder who originally left an address here, but we didn't find it when we came, so I asked you about it."

The aunt was dubious: "What's the last name of your relative?"

"The surname is Xia." Xiang Chen said.

"Hey, I don't have that surname. You're in the wrong place." The aunt said immediately.

Xiang Chen was anxious: "No, it's really here."

The aunt patted her chest and assured him: "I have lived here for decades, and I have never lived in this yard with the surname Xia. If you don't believe me, ask other people."

Seeing Xiang Chen's deeply shocked appearance after speaking, the aunt couldn't bear it again, and said kindly: "If not, you go out, the third house on the right side of the alley entrance, there is a person named Xia in that yard, you go Ask if it is."

Xiang Chen thanked his aunt with a pale face, then turned and returned to Xu Hengzhou's side.

Xu Hengzhou reached out to hold his hand, their hands were equally cold, but gradually warmed up when they held each other: "Let's go, let's go home."

Along the way, Xu Hengzhou didn't say a word. He was not in a good mood. Now it is basically certain that this is a parallel world.According to his life experience in these years, except for his life experience, there is no change from the world before time travel, unless he and Xiang Chen participated in the change, such as How Yuanfeng.

Although he didn't know what was going on with Xiang Chen's relatives, Xu Hengzhou felt that it should be the same as him.This is more logical, just as it is impossible to have two Xu Hengzhous in a world, it is also impossible to have two Xiangchens.

It's just like this, Xiang Chen should be sad. He has been looking forward to it for a long time, and he only wants to see his grandparents again.

Thinking of this, Xu Hengzhou turned his head to look at Xiang Chen, who quickly smiled at him, apparently still worried about him.

Xu Hengzhou's heart warmed up. Fortunately, there is still Xiang Chen, isn't there?He is not really alone in this world.

"Why don't we eat outside at noon, and we don't bother to go back to regenerate the fire, don't you think so?" Xiang Chen tried his best to find a topic, trying to make Xu Hengzhou happy: "Didn't you say that the mutton soup in the state-run restaurant smells good last time?" ? Let's go back and taste it? My treat!"

Xu Hengzhou knew what he was thinking, and joked with him: "Have you brought enough money? If you can't pay the bill, I can only force you to wash the dishes and pay the bill."

Xiang Chen puffed up his face: "Don't look down on people. Although I'm not as rich as you, I'm still a little rich man. Well, I can still afford to treat you to dinner. And isn't your money used to buy a house? Maybe Not as much money as me."

Xu Hengzhou smiled and said nothing. Although he bought a house, the remaining assets are not comparable to Xiang Chen's little savings.But he was happy, so Xu Hengzhou didn't say anything to hurt him.

The two were talking and laughing, and their mood really improved a lot. They took a bus and went straight to the state-run hotel that Xu Hengzhou had been to last time.

They came by coincidence, and they could smell the strong smell of mutton soup from a distance, without any smell of mutton, only the aroma.

Xiang Chen twitched his nose twice and swallowed. He was just looking for an excuse to divert Xu Hengzhou's attention.Now that I smell it, I'm really hungry. No wonder Xu Hengzhou, who is so picky, can say that the mutton soup is good. It seems that the master chef of this restaurant really has a unique skill.

It was just after eleven o'clock at this moment, and it was still early for lunch, so there was no one in the restaurant, except for them, only a man in his 50s or [-]s was ordering food.

Xiang Chen walked over, and the man just finished ordering, so he stepped aside to make way for Xiang Chen, Xiang Chen didn't talk nonsense, and first each person had a bowl of mutton soup.

Probably because he is good-looking, the waiter’s attitude towards him is much better than that of the man just now, and his voice is not so loud: “Comrade, do you want steamed buns, our master’s unique skill, it tastes good with lamb soup gone."

When Xiang Chen heard it, it was the mutton steamed bun.In fact, when he and Xu Hengzhou were on the farm, they ate a lot of mutton, and drank a lot of mutton soup. It stands to reason that they should not be greedy for other people's mutton soup, but he still couldn't help swallowing, which shows that this mutton soup is real. well done.

"Then bring two more steamed buns. I'll take a look at the dishes." Xiang Chen glanced at the hanging menu, and ordered while looking at it: "I'll have a beef casserole, and a plate of tofu with vegetables. You want more What?" He turned his head and asked Xu Hengzhou.

Xu Hengzhou shook his head, indicating that this is enough.At this time, the restaurant is still very solid, and the dishes are quite generous. For him and Xiang Chen, two dishes should be enough, and if they are not enough, they can add more.

After ordering, they found a place to sit first, and then served them by themselves. The mutton soup and steamed buns were served first, probably because they were boiled in advance, so they can be served directly.

Along with the soup bowl, there is also a stack of steamed buns, which is different from the famous mutton steamed buns.This kind of steamed bun is said to be a steamed bun, but it actually looks like a cake, and the method is also a cake. It is usually made in a large pot, and one can have a diameter of more than half a meter.

Like what they brought back, it was obviously such a big steamed bun, which was cut into small pieces by the master chef with a knife and served to them.

It is said to be a small piece, but it is actually not small, one piece is bigger than Xiang Chen's palm, with a light yellow hard shell on both sides, break a piece and chew it in your mouth, the mouthful is full of noodle fragrance, with a hint of sweetness, it tastes delicious when you eat it empty-handed. good.

In the middle of the Huoshaomo is soft noodles, but it is more tenacious than ordinary steamed buns. It is not so soft and has a bit of chewiness, but it is not as hard as the shell, which has a special taste.

When the mutton soup was brought to the table, Xiang Chen took a sip and drank it in one gulp. He didn't care about talking, and he drank a few more sips before he was satisfied. He gave a thumbs up and said that the chef's craftsmanship is really good, and the mutton soup can be said to be a masterpiece up.

I don't know how the master handled it. The mutton soup is not smelly at all, but it is very fresh. The soup is a bit thick. Xiang Chen drank a little bit like boiled mutton, and it disappeared after a sip, which made him want to be more careful. Pinpin, the taste is very good.

After drinking the soup, I broke the steamed bun into small pieces and soaked it for a while, then took it out and ate it, and found that it was a different taste.The shell on the outside is not easy to soften, it is best to soak it half soft and eat it. The noodles inside have absorbed enough soup, because the noodles are tough enough, they will not be melted by soaking in the soup, but it will add noodle fragrance to the soup. .

The shell is neither soft nor hard, the outermost layer is dipped in the soup, and the inside is still half hard. The taste of the pasta is more, but the deliciousness of the lamb soup is also fully reflected. It is so delicious that people can't stop eating.

Before the dishes came, Xiang Chen had already eaten two pieces of steamed buns with the mutton soup. After taking the last bite of the soup, he licked his lips with unsatisfied desire. After asking Xu Hengzhou if he wanted it, he unceremoniously ordered two more bowls.

In addition, the dishes served were mediocre, in the end Xiang Chen restrained himself from ordering the third bowl, and ate up the dishes together with Xu Hengzhou.At this time, many people are still hungry, and it is not good to waste food.

Because he was a bit full from eating, after eating, Xiang Chen sat on the stool for a while, planning to rest for a while before going back with Xu Hengzhou.

When they were eating, many guests had already arrived one after another. Seeing that they couldn't sit down now, Xiang Chen quickly stood up to make room for the new guests.

Just in time, the waiter also saw him stand up, and quickly said to the person sitting in front of him, "Comrade, the guests over there are leaving. Wait a minute, you can sit there later."

Hearing the words, the man looked towards Chen, and when he saw Xiang Chen and Xu Hengzhou, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he was overjoyed: "Hey, why are you two guys here?! When did you come to the capital?"