Chentan's Memories

No.11 Absurd cases prove absurd dream

The bamboo-green smoked gauze covered on the carved window was blown by the wind, making a small "russling" sound.

In the yard, Shun'er was practicing opera with a "babbling" voice.

Farther away, the bustling noise of Jinling was weakened by the high-walled compound, and when it reached the ear canal, it became small but clear.

Lowering his head, he was drawing a picture in front of the table - on the spread out rice paper was the outline of a young man in black cloth with a crimson turban tied on his forehead.However, the features on his face were left blank, as if he was unable to write.

While thinking hard, a faint fragrance came, followed by an extremely familiar voice, calling out: "Lang'er."

Lin Lang turned his head and met those tender eyes: "Mother."

"Who is Lang'er painting?"

"Paint yushu."

"Yushu?" The woman raised her eyebrows lightly, and asked, "Is this Lang'er's new friend?"

"It's a brother who has been worshiped!" The young Lin Lang raised his chin, and replied proudly but childishly.

"Then you must draw well!" When the woman laughed, her eyes would become a bit blurred, and her double eyelids would become a little deeper due to the slightly closed eyelids.

Lin Lang lowered his head in distress: "But I don't know how to draw his face..."

"Mother taught you." The woman always speaks softly, so Lin Lang's frown was smoothed by her elegant words.

"Let's draw the eyes first—what do Yushu's eyes look like?"

Lin Lang raised his eyes: "Same as mother's eyes, big and round, with black pupils."

"What about the nose?"

"high."

"What about the mouth?"

"Laughing!"

So I followed my memory and worked hard to draw it.Putting pen and ink aside to look at the painting carefully, the young Lin Lang still frowned after a while—"It's not like..."

"Think about it—" the woman smiled, raised her eyebrows and tried to hint: "Lang'er forgot to draw something?"

"Eyes, nose, mouth...all drawn!" Lin Lang was distressed, scratching the red cherry hairpin on his head.

The woman took the brush from him, and drew a faint eyebrow above the right eye of the figure in the painting.

"Oh yes!" Finding the crux of the problem, Lin Lang took back the pen, dipped in the full ink, and vigorously painted a few strokes back and forth on the faint eyebrows: "Mother, you drew it wrong—— Yushu's eyebrows can be thick or black!"

After Fang finished painting, the sound of a cock crowing came out of the window out of season.

As a result, the illusory warm scene began to fade, which made Lin Lang put down his pen in a hurry, no longer caring about the painting.He just raised his head: "Mother, Lang'er is leaving."

The woman unhurriedly helped Lin Lang straighten his collar: "Yushu still lacks an eyebrow... Lang'er can leave after painting."

"It's too late!" Lin Lang, who is still small, jumped off the high chair cautiously: "Lang'er is going to open a hot pot restaurant! Lang'er is going to open a restaurant... so that my father will be so greedy when he sees it." Saliva-worthy restaurant!"

The woman smiled softly: "With Yushu?"

"Yes!" Lin Lang nodded vigorously, tugging at the woman's cuff: "Mother, give Lang'er a hint—if this restaurant succeeds, let...you let..."

After thinking for a long time, finally before waking up from the dream, the childish Lin Lang raised his chin high and said the bet.

The woman laughed out loud "Puff" and rubbed Lin Lang's face.

——"Go. Yushu is calling you."

The opening ceremony of Dianjiang Lip Hot Pot Restaurant will be held at the beginning of noon.The address is right at the gate of the God of Wealth Mansion, in the market where people come and go.

Above the high gate of the Mansion of the God of Wealth, under the cornices, hangs a plaque of "Dianjiang Lips" written by Lin Lang and carved and painted by Tang Yushu himself.At the moment it is being covered by bright red silk.

From time to time, there is a wind, and the hem of the silk will be moved randomly, as if you can't wait to lift the hijab to see the beautiful face.It aroused the curiosity of many passers-by.

On the steps in front of the gate, from left to right are: a fat girl wearing a large red cloth jacket, Tang Yushu with a big red flower on her chest, Lin Lang who also has a big red flower on her chest, and a girl in red cloth A thin lady in a red silk dress.

Tang Yushu stood upright, straight like a soldier waiting in front of a military tent.

But Lin Lang was different, always felt that there was something wrong with this scene, but he couldn't figure out the reason for a moment, and just kept pulling back the chin that was always high on weekdays.

At this moment, a passer-by who came to join in the fun came forward and asked: "This... who is married to whom?"

As the crowd burst into laughter, Lin Lang finally realized the cause of embarrassment, and Tang Yushu blushed instantly.

There was a burst of exaggerated laughter, and Fat Girl, the MC, took a step forward, and said coquettishly, "This guest is really good at joking—if you are in a hurry to eat wedding candy, you can ask us Tang Xiaoguan when you plan to marry me?" Son?"

The crowd burst into laughter again, this time even Lin Lang couldn't hold it back.

"What people are asking is about Mr. Lin and I. What are you meddling in?" Not used to the fat girl taking advantage of her mouth, the emcee Shou Niang also took a step forward and said: "Today is October [-]th, our Lin Dagongzi’s hotpot restaurant—Dian Jianglip—is open!”

The crowd applauded and applauded.

Seeing that she had lost the limelight, Fat Gu didn't let her go, "You are not the owner of this restaurant, Young Master Lin—come!" Turning her head, she said to the crowds in the market in the God of Wealth Mansion: "Give it to our family. Tang Xiaoguan applauds too!"

The crowd applauded again.

The sharp-toothed thin girl couldn't bear the fat girl stealing the limelight back, so she immediately stepped forward and said, "You fat girl, you know you have to protect me before someone wants to marry you? If someone married another girl, you can wipe your tears yourself!"

How could the fat girl bear this kind of anger, she simply threw the stack of leaflets in her hand to the ground, pointed at the thin girl with one hand on her hips and scolded back: "You bastard, just talk about me! It's like someone else Young Master Lin will marry you!"

So the two sisters fought together.

Seeing that the attention that had finally been gathered was diverted away.

Lin Lang ran forward in a hurry, and didn't care about fighting. He just seemed desperate, and rushed to retrieve the stack of leaflets that he had written most of the night from under the feet of the two sisters who were wrestling.Then he yelled: "Five days before the opening, the discount on food and drink is [-]% off! Everyone is welcome to join us!", while stuffing the rescued flyers into the hands of passers-by who joined in the fun.

But before the ribbon was cut, the big red flowers on Tang Yushu's chest were still tied to the big red flowers on Tang Yushu's chest; so that Tang Yushu wanted to persuade the fight, but was suddenly run around by Lin Lang who was afraid of losing the guests. Pulling them together, they ran back and forth in the huge market.

Seeing that the scene was unexpectedly chaotic, Uncle Wang, who was in charge of cutting the ribbon, thought about separating the two people who were tied together first.So while chasing Tang Yushu and Lin Lang back and forth among the crowd, he held up the scissors and said, "Cut the ribbon—cut the ribbon first!" Uncle Wang accidentally stabbed someone, so they all ran around.

The faster the crowd ran, the faster Lin Lang chased, Tang Yushu followed, and Uncle Wang chased...

In the midst of a burst of chaos, suddenly a few cannons exploded above the market in the God of Wealth Mansion.

The thin lady and the fat girl were so intimidated that they stopped, Lin Lang and Tang Yushu also stood still, Uncle Wang also put down the scissors, and the crowd fell silent.

It turned out that a group of leather children were squatting there, taking advantage of the chaos to start the firecrackers prepared for the opening ceremony.

I saw a few small figures covering their ears laughing and running away, and then the lit firecrackers exploded in front of the door, shaking the bright red silk covering the plaque dancing in the air.

So, in the sound of "crackling" that heralds auspiciousness and prosperity, Chen Tan ushered in the biggest event...

——"Fire!"

The crowd returned to chaos.

I saw the bright red silk ignited by the firecrackers violently in the wind, and immediately burned the eaves, and smoked the crimson door eaves into black.

Before the courteous smile he used when chasing customers to hand out leaflets had time to restrain himself, his brows began to twitch and wrinkle... Many complex emotions gathered on Lin Lang's face, finally showing an awkward feeling of unresolved stool.

Tang Yushu shook Lin Lang: "What's wrong with you?"

Only then did he recover from the shock: "What's wrong with you!——Hurry up and put out the fire!"

"Oh!" Tang Yushu deling ran away quickly.

A moment later, he and Lin Lang fell heavily to the ground.

At the end of the tossing, the sun was already in the west, and it was past lunch time.

Everyone sat around the table, and Uncle Wang put a bowl of hot noodles in front of everyone, but no one dared to move their chopsticks.

Lin Lang, who was expecting a good deal at noon on the first day of opening, now sat there with his arms around his arms in a complicated mood, and sat there in a daze; next to him was Tang Yushu, who was black and red, with a big painted face, holding the first-aid doctor in his hand. The plaque came down without saying a word; the thin woman was sobbing and covering her face with a handkerchief; the fat girl was covering her cloth jacket that had been torn open to prevent the cotton wool from falling out.

Uncle Wang swept his gaze around everyone's faces, and moved his chopsticks first: "Eat it while it's hot, don't stay still!"

Then everyone picked up the chopsticks slowly, some were frightened, some were pear blossoms with rain, some had murderous looks on their faces, and some were cautious.

Glancing at Lin Lang, who was obviously confused by the accident, Uncle Wang sighed softly, then put on a picture and emphasized sharply: "How old is a girl, she will bicker and quarrel every day, and quarrel endlessly. Now! It's good now, even the occasion will not be divided! Your father went to the capital and hasn't come back yet, you two really don't let him worry! When he comes back, I will tell you everything Dad is fine!"

After being scolded by Uncle Wang, the fat girl and the thin girl didn't dare to raise their heads, they just secretly rolled their eyes at each other, and continued to eat noodles in silence, not even daring to make a sound.

After the scolding, Uncle Wang sneaked another glance at Lin Lang's expression.

I saw that kid's expression was a bit dull, as if he still hadn't recovered from the energy just now.

After clearing his throat, Uncle Wang continued to scold the two sisters: "It's going to cause trouble! Now it's good, the whole Chentan, and even ten miles and eight villages know that the God of Wealth Mansion has a new red lip, opened What a joke that day! If the shameless sisters are together, they will be united!"

After scolding, Uncle Wang sneaked another glance at Lin Lang.

But seeing that his eyes just came back to life at this moment, he took a sip of noodles and took a deep breath: "That's all... Uncle Wang, we invited you two to help..."

It seemed that Lin Lang had calmed down, and Uncle Wang secretly wiped his cold sweat.

——According to Lin Lang's temperament of a young master, Uncle Wang was afraid that he would lose his temper with the two sisters, so if he scolded him a little bit fiercely, Lin Lang couldn't embarrass them anymore.

——In addition, while deliberately scolding the fat girl and the thin lady, he mentioned that "the whole Chentan, even ten miles and eight villages know that the God of Wealth Mansion has a new red lip" to Lin Lang: even if the opening ceremony It didn't go smoothly, but at least it was a rush... It's not a bad thing to make a harmless joke and spread it by word of mouth.

Now that his speaking skills had achieved the desired effect, he wiped his mouth with a bowl of noodles and soup, and then Uncle Wang left the table to greet the guests at the noodle stall.

After Uncle Wang walked away, the atmosphere on the table became even more terrifying.

The two sisters just lowered their heads and pretended to be eating noodles, but their eyes peeked back and forth at the other three people except themselves from time to time; Tang Yushu had already finished eating noodles, but sat motionless, not daring to turn his head blatantly In the past, but his eyes kept sneaking towards Lin Lang's direction, walking on thin ice like sitting beside a firecracker that might explode at any time.

Suddenly, Lin Lang made a strange sound from his throat, and then he lowered his head to the table.

At first Tang Yushu thought it was Lin Lang's throat stuck from eating noodles, so he reached out to help him pat his back.He stretched his hand halfway, but saw Lin Lang's shoulders shaking violently, causing the entire table to tremble.

Tang Yushu was startled: It seems that the card is not serious.So he stood up quickly.

But at the same time as he got up, he heard Lin Lang's rapid breathing gradually turned into a sound that seemed to be a smile that was not a smile.

This strange noise frightened the hands of the two sisters holding the chopsticks, and Tang Yushu was even more on guard.

——Could it be that he wasn't stuck, but was pissed off by what happened today... crazy?

Ever since he left the Lin Mansion to start his own career, all kinds of troubles along the way have not been smooth.The piles of piles accumulated over time, no matter how broad-minded he was, the iron-blooded man would vomit blood and die of anger, not to mention the proud and arrogant young man beside him... Tang Yushu suddenly felt sad.

But hearing the laughter gradually became stronger, Lin Lang, who was bowing his head under the table, suddenly sat up straight, then patted the table and fell back and forth, very crazy.

Tang Yushu looked at Lin Lang who was so crazy, and almost cried in fright: "You...you don't want to be like this..."

Lin Lang laughed so hard that tears were about to flow out, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Tang Yushu's arm, trying to say something, but he laughed too hard to speak.

Tang Yushu turned his head, with a bitter face, he wanted to ask the fat girl and the thin lady for help, but saw that they had already disappeared.

Turning around again, Lin Lang was out of breath laughing: "Last night...hahaha! Last night I...hahaha!"

"What the hell are you going to say!" Tang Yushu was anxious and afraid, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Last night I dreamed about my mother...hahaha! I made a bet with my mother - if we can open this restaurant, then...hahaha...just...hahaha! Just let you...hahaha! "

Tang Yushu panicked: "..."

Lin Lang thumped the table and laughed for a long while before he got tired of laughing. He rubbed the tears from the corners of his eyes, reached out to hold Tang Yushu's face, rubbed his high left brow bone with his thumb, and spread his hands Show Tang Yushu—the fingertips are all white.

Tang Yushu took a step back, quickly stretched out his hand to touch the eyebrow on the right, and it was still there; touched the eyebrow on the left, and wiped off the smelly ashes.

Lin Lang finally breathed a sigh of relief in the hysterical laughter, and said the bet: "Ah-hahaha! Just let you lose an eyebrow!"