Cute Beast Food Garden

Three days later, in the evening, several well-dressed young people walked out from the door of Fourteen Restaurant.Si Dongmo and Le Hong carried a large bag full of kitchen utensils, and Qi Yan pushed the cart with food, and they walked towards the street together.

Behind him, Boss Lan carefully warned: "When you arrive at Luoxia Bay, you must remember to hand over the land lease contract to the government. Don't lose it, or you will be kicked out. This contract is not easy to come by." , and if it is lost, it can no longer be reissued.”

"Understood, Boss Lan, you can rest assured." While talking, Le Hong waved the contract in his hand triumphantly, making Boss Beauty feel nervous again.

"Hong'er, give me the deed."

Si Dongmo took the deed from Le Hong and put it in his inner pocket.A man's mature and stable appearance is always more trustworthy.

Boss Lan waved his hand and said goodbye to them: "Bon voyage! After the store closes, I will go to Luoxia Bay to meet you."

Qi Yan smiled with crooked eyes, and waved goodbye to him: "Boss, just wait for our good news!"

They took the items for setting up a stall and pushed the small dining cart, talking and laughing all the way to Luoxia Bay.Along the way, they saw many vendors pushing carts like them.Most of the vendors preparing for the Lantern Festival knew each other well. They inquired and chatted with each other, and walked to the river one after another.

Compared with these cart vendors, the number of tourists on the street has increased several times than usual.Looking around, the streets are full of all kinds of men, women and children, most of them come on foot, some people ride donkeys, or hold pets.

They were in groups of three or five, wearing brand-new clothes, walking all the way, chatting, laughing, and fighting. Children ran around unscrupulously, and the whole street was full of laughter and laughter. It was very lively.

Accompanied by bursts of laughter, Qi Yan and the others stopped and stopped along the road, feeling a lot more relaxed.As night fell, the sky gradually darkened, and the distant small river was lit with dots of lights, and the colorful lanterns illuminated the dark night sky.The day is over, but the good night is just beginning.

"Look! There are a lot of vendors gathered there, and it looks like our stall is there."

Le Hong was the first to discover the merchant gathering area in front of him, and he shouted excitedly.

Si Dongmo took out the contract and compared it to the address written on it.

"There it is. Looks like we're late."

They pushed the trolley to the designated place.There were already many officials in government uniforms waiting there, and when they saw them approaching, they immediately reached out to stop them.

"Deed?"

"Here." Si Dongmo handed in the deed, and the officials inspected it carefully with torches, and their stern eyes swept over their faces one by one: "After entering, keep yourself safe, don't fight with others, and don't throw them around. Trash. Got it?"

"Understood." Qi Yan caught a glimpse of the sticks in the hands of the officials and masters out of the corner of his eye, even though he didn't do anything wrong, he still couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.This was the first time he saw the government office here after he came to another world. The officials were dressed in red and black official robes and red hats. They were all neatly dressed and armed with weapons.It seems that the government of Luoxia Town attaches great importance to this lantern festival, and specially sent a commissioner to supervise it.

They pushed the trolley to the designated booth.Qi Yan looked around and found that there was a barbecue stall on their left, two men in exotic costumes were lighting a fire, and there was a whole box of cut barbecue strips in their hands.On the right is a fruit stand selling all kinds of fresh fruits and preserves.

Si Dongmo took out a pre-made banner from his backpack, and together with Le Hong, propped it up above the booth.The banner was custom-made by Qi Yan and Boss Lan, who went to the cloth village to find someone to order. On it was a line of eye-catching characters, "Fourteen restaurants".Qi Yan propped up a wooden board, with "Pine Nut Specialty New Products" written on the top, and the names of all the foods that will be sold tonight are neatly listed below.

There was still a quarter of an hour before the official start of the Lantern Festival, and Si Dongmo took out the food one by one.Snacks and snacks have already been divided into small bags and packed in paper bags with restaurant logos printed on them, while cooked food is placed in a thermal insulation pot with a cotton cloth around the lid.

Qi Yan watched the man squat down, and worked back and forth for a while, lighting the fire from below.Not long after, steaming smoke drifted away, and the rich aroma of corn shrimp balls with pine nuts and mushroom meatballs with pine nuts curled up.

After all the snacks were placed and the cooked food was heated up in the pot, Qi Yan and the other two stood in a row behind the cart.At the entrance of Luoxia Bay Food Street, tourists were already gradually approaching here, and Qi Yan couldn't help becoming nervous.

The man felt the slight trembling of the people around him, he looked sideways at Qi Yan, and seemed to understand his thoughts quickly.Si Dongmo's big hand quietly reached out to Qi Yan's side, and gently squeezed the smooth back of his hand.

Sensing the movement, Qi Yan turned his black eyes to look at Si Dongmo.The man smiled and whispered, "Don't be nervous."

Qi Yan was startled, seeing a faint smile on the corner of the man's mouth, the stone in his heart fell to the ground somehow.He turned his gaze back to the food in front of him.Cakes, meatballs, fried rice, all kinds of food are available, and they are arranged in front of you without any mistakes, waiting for diners to choose.

They will be successful.

There was a sudden exclamation from ahead, and gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the sky illuminated by lights. ——The Lantern Festival started, fireworks began to be set off over the Luoxia River, people cheered louder and louder, and the whole Luoxia Bay boiled up.

"Brother, Qi Yan, look, there are lights in the sky!"

Le Hong pointed to the sky and shouted, and saw tens of hundreds of bright lights appearing in the boundless night sky.Riding on the night breeze, they drifted leisurely upwards.

"There are so many shapes of these lanterns!" Qi Yan couldn't help exclaiming, "There are eagles, lobsters, lions, and big morning glory!"

Si Dongmo smiled and said: "Of course. The lantern is the highlight of this lantern festival. It is lifted into the air or put into the river to pray for loved ones. There are various shapes of lanterns. At the lantern festival every year, visitors I will go to the lantern shop by the river to buy lanterns, and the big guys go for the exquisite or strange styles, so naturally any weird lanterns can fly in the sky." He said again: "When the food is sold out, we will also Go to the lantern shop and buy two lanterns to display."

While speaking, the first batch of tourists had already walked to the street ahead one after another.They were attracted by the aroma of delicious food on the side of the road and walked towards this side.

Si Dongmo lifted the lid of the pot halfway, and a large amount of white steam emitted from it.Even Qi Yan, who was standing close by, smelled the heat, and couldn't help but be aroused by the delicious fried rice in the pot.Fortunately, he was full before going out, otherwise he couldn't guarantee that he would not be able to resist secretly eating the delicacies sold by himself.

"Beef in sauce, flavored chicken, spicy shrimp and crab!"

"Candied haws skewers, candied haws skewers!"

"Chicken soup, fish soup, ribs soup——!"

Hearing the hawkers around him yelling one after another, Le Hong, not to be outdone, jumped to the front of the stall and shouted loudly:

"Let's all come and have a look. Fourteen restaurants have the latest offerings—fried rice with pine nut shrimp balls, meatball scones and jujube cake! Come and taste it!"

Le Hong had a clear, youthful voice, and it was very loud, which immediately attracted the attention of the people on the street.A little girl smelled the aroma of fried rice, and immediately took the hands of her mother and brother, and walked over here bouncing.

Seeing the cute child running to the car, Qi Yan asked softly: "Little girl, what kind of food do you want to eat?"

"Fragrant, the one that is very fragrant!"

The little girl's mother looked at all kinds of food in the cart, and finally fixed her eyes on the pot: "Which one is this fragrant?"

"Fried Rice with Shrimp and Pine Nuts, would you like to try it?"

Si Dongmo lifted the lid of the pot, and the crispy rice grains in the pot were immediately displayed in front of everyone.The child's mother opened her eyes wide in surprise: "This looks really good!"

Indeed, the rice grains of the fried rice are bright yellow, with shrimps, red beans and pine nuts dotted on it, and the color scheme is very bright.As the saying goes, a good dish needs to be complete in color, flavor and taste. The fried rice is not only crispy and rich, but also the delicate appearance is very attractive. Soon the lady opened the purse.

Si Dongmo picked up the spoon, scooped out a few tablespoons of fried rice from the pot, and added them to the paper bowl.Qi Yan packed the two bowls of fried rice separately.There is no such thing as a plastic bag in this world. Apart from the paper bag, their packaging bag is a special kind of yarn bag, which is light and breathable, can keep warm and keep out the cold, and the price is very cheap, and can be reused repeatedly.

When Si Dongmo uncovered the pot, the aroma of delicious food was overflowing, and attracted many tourists one after another.All of a sudden, people crowded around the cart, choosing fried rice, shrimp balls and various snacks.Le Hong didn't even have the time to yell, so he went back to the back of the car to help out, counting money and packing, doing it with great enjoyment.

but……

Beside the restaurant's trolley, two young men in exotic attire had already started a barbecue.Their charcoal stove ignited thick smoke, mixed with various seasonings such as cumin, chili sauce, green onion, etc., and the smoke of the barbecue suddenly spread in all directions.

"Grill... kebabs, roast beef, lamb, pork belly!"

The two foreign men stammered and yelled. Their accents were so peculiar that they didn't sound like locals.Although the yelling was low, the charcoal-grilled aroma from the barbecue spread quickly and overwhelmed the fragrance of the fried rice with pine nuts.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Following the smoke, Qi Yan turned his face to the side and saw a lot of tourists gathered at the barbecue stall next door. Two foreign men in strange clothes spoke incomprehensible words and communicated intermittently with the tourists. Sold in series.When they grilled the meat, they sprinkled a lot of pungent seasoning on the meat, and the large amount of smoke and smoke caused Qi Yan to cough. He turned his back quickly and covered his mouth and nose with one hand.

Le Hong squinted at the two cross-dressed men, his eyes moving up and down.Suddenly, he shouted at Si Dongmo excitedly as if he had discovered a new world: "Brother, the two of them didn't wear shoes!"

Qi Yan couldn't help but glanced at the ground, and found that the two kebab players really didn't wear shoes and were standing barefoot on the ground.However, Le Hong's yelling just now was too loud, causing the two neighbors to turn their heads. Si Dongmo hurriedly covered his mouth: "Silly boy, please keep your voice down, don't shout!"

Le Hong looked at his brother innocently: "But, they really didn't wear shoes..."

Qi Yan smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Maybe it's their local custom. It doesn't matter if you don't wear shoes, as long as you don't wash your hands."

Seeing that the barbecue stall not only attracted nearby tourists, but also choked Qi Yan and his party to tears.Seeing that many tourists staying in front of his car were attracted by the strong smell of barbecue and turned to walk towards the barbecue stand, Qi Yan thought for a while and felt that this was not the way, so he quietly asked Si Dongmo: "Where are they?" The smoke was billowing, attracting a lot of customers on the street, and even driving away the customers who were going to our place. We have to find a way to blow away the smoke from their side."

Si Dongmo wondered: "We lack the tools to blow away the smoke from them."

The continuous dark smoke made Qi Yan's nose itchy and his eyes flushed.At this moment, the cart with food suddenly shook.Qi Yan narrowed his eyes and found that there seemed to be no one in front of him, but a pair of furry paws were resting on the car.

"Huh? This is..."

Soon, a dog's head came up.

It turned out that this special guest was a big dog with fiery red fur. Its two front paws rested on the car, and it stood up with the support of its hind legs. A pair of big innocent eyes were staring at Qi Yan closely. Tongue wheezes in the mouth.

"Don't, big dog go away!" Le Hong thought that the big dog was here to make trouble, afraid that it would dirty the food, so he reached out to pat its paws.But Qi Yan noticed the clue first, and grabbed his arm in time: "Wait, Le Hong, don't chase it away."

Le Hong stopped in doubt.Qi Yan went around to the front of the car.I saw a small basket hanging around the neck of the big dog, and there was a string of copper plates in it.

"It came here to buy food."

Le Hong was speechless: "It's strange, how does a dog know that it's coming to buy something?"

Qi Yan looked around, guessing that the owner of the big dog might be nearby.Since the last time he pecked Night Bear on the back of the head as a bird, he has super-sensitivity, not only in his senses, but also in his keen instincts.

After looking around, he finally locked on to the two men standing under the street lamp not far away.They happened to be facing this side, and the contours of their faces were covered by the shadow under the lamp, so they couldn't see their faces clearly, but judging from their standing upright and dignified clothes, the two people were dressed in extraordinary clothes, and their identities were certain Not ordinary.

Si Dongmo saw off the customers who came to buy pine nut jujube cake. When he came back, he saw a big dog squatting in front of the car, and said in surprise: "This looks like a Yanwei dog. Look, its fur is red and its tail is shaped like a dog. Like a flame."

Le Hong was taken aback, and said: "Brother, I remembered when you said that, I seem to have seen this kind of big red dog in a zoo, and the price is very expensive. It seems that the owner of this dog should be either rich or expensive Bar?"

Their words further confirmed Qi Yan's conjecture, and he unconsciously glanced at the shadow under the street lamp in the distance.

"Wow, woo woof!"

The simple and honest big dog shook its big flame-like red tail, stood upright again, pointed to the bags of snacks in front of it with its paws, and then pointed to the pot.

In front of it, Qi Yan gave it bags of snacks.When he got the fifth bag, the big dog barked again, indicating to Qi Yan that enough was enough.

Si Dongmo filled it with two bowls of meatballs, plus a bowl of fried rice, and put them into the basket.

After packing, the Red Dog let them take the string of copper plates from the basket, and watched them carefully stack the food in the small basket with piercing eyes.Qi Yan squatted down halfway, hung the small basket on the big dog's fluffy neck, and tidied it up carefully.

Big Dog bought quite a lot of food here, and its owner is very optimistic about his booth, but he must seize this opportunity to gain a good impression from the rich and important customers.

The big dog drooped its ears, but its big watery eyes were fixed on Qi Yan's handsome face from the beginning to the end, without blinking, as if he was also fascinated by it.

Behind the small car, Le Hong saw the big dog staring at Qi Yan eagerly, and felt a little apprehensive. He tugged at his brother's sleeve: "Look, brother, that big dog has been staring at Qi Yan."

Si Dongmo didn't take it seriously: "Is there anything unusual about this? Qi Yan is in front of it, so it naturally looks at Qi Yan. When I served it with rice just now, it was still staring at the pot."

While talking, a new visitor came over.Si Dongmo went up to receive them, Le Hong glanced at the boy's back squatting in front of the big dog, muttered a few words, then turned around to help.

After filling the food for Yanwei Dog, Qi Yan patted the top of its head lightly: "Big dog, everything is packed, let's go back!"

"Wooooow..." The big dog whimpered softly, looking at him innocently with round eyes.Qi Yan thought for a while, picked up two meatballs with a bamboo stick from the trolley, and came to the big dog.

"Be good, big dog, open your mouth!"

The Flametail Dog really opened its mouth wide and stuck out its red tongue, as if it was human.Qi Yan stuffed the meatball into its mouth, and rubbed its big fluffy head.

"Dog, bye!"

The big dog sniffed Qi Yan reluctantly, then turned around with a "Wow", and ran away.Qi Yan inadvertently looked at its fiery red back, and said to himself: "This rich family really has brains. They hate the smoke from barbecue stalls, so they just let their pets buy food for them."

After speaking, he was stunned——

Since the owner of the Flametail can let the beast do things for him, why can't they?

Taking a glance at the smoky barbecue stall next to him, Qi Yan suddenly had an idea.

"Dongmo! I thought of a way to expel the smoke—"

The man turned his head quickly: "What way?"

Qi Yan smiled mischievously and blinked: "The solution is in Boss Lan's restaurant! Remember that blowing wind beast on the roof of the stove that smoked oil?"

Si Dongmo understood what he meant.

"But it's far away from the restaurant, and it's too time-consuming to come and go. I'm afraid the stalls in Luoxia Bay will be over before we invite the Wind Beast."

Qi Yan was full of confidence: "I have a solution. Lend me two copper coins, and I'll go to the lantern shop."

The man said blankly: "You want to put lanterns?"

"To be precise, it is a 'flowering lamp'."

A quarter of an hour later, over the Luoxia River, a medium-sized lantern in the shape of a bird rose.And in the hanging basket under the bird lantern, there is a real flaming bird.

"Gurgling..."

Hehe, it's so hot...

Below the lantern is a lit candle, and a round bird stands in a small basket under the candle, with its small wings firmly grasping the edge of the hanging basket.

The small basket hanging under the lantern was originally used for buyers to load various small objects for blessing, but now it is filled with iron blocks with considerable weight, and the free space is just enough for the bird to stand in it.The fat little body was stuck in the small basket, and it was a little hot from being squeezed. The bird flapped its wings twice, panting for hot air.

Flying with the wind in the air is much easier than running on the crowded ground.The wind direction tonight is very suitable, and the summer breeze happens to blow in the direction of the restaurant.The bird stands high in the air, flying forward along the smooth air current, sticking out its furry head and looking down.The lights on the food street in the distance are dotted with lights, and it is unknown which of them is the stall where Si Dongmo and the others are located.

"Guji Guji—!"

The little bird flapped its small wings and screamed a few times towards the bottom.I don't know if the men who are working hard at the booth will hear it?But soon, it gradually moved away from Luoxia Bay.

The exquisite bird lanterns floated in the opposite direction of the river bend together with hundreds of lanterns flying around in the breeze.The bright sky in midsummer is dotted with dots of light and fire, making the whole night sky extraordinarily beautiful...