Yushanfang

Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Life (2)

"Lin Yan, it's time to get up and eat." At this moment, Lin Xiang had already washed and cleaned up, and breakfast was already ready.

Outside the window, the sky was just getting brighter.

"Well... sleep for a while..." Lin Yan on the bed was wrapped in a thin quilt, arched his body, and said vaguely.

Lin Xiang walked quickly to the edge of the bed, reached out and grabbed Lin Yan's ear.

The icy cold touch suddenly woke up Lin Yan on the bed.

"Get up, I have to go to the restaurant today, and I have to go to the market later, it's too late."

"Hey, hey, I see." Lin Yan hurriedly sat up by his sister's ears.

Lin Xiang poured half a basin of hot water, "Wash your face and rinse your mouth with water—"

"I'll go to the market later to see if there is any tooth powder—"

After talking for a while, the siblings sat at the dilapidated small wooden table and began to eat pork and cabbage vermicelli soup.

Groups of white mist floated over the porcelain bowl, making people feel a burst of warmth in an instant.

Holding the steamed buns that Lin Xiang brought back from the restaurant yesterday in one hand, he scooped up the hot soup with a spoon and brought it to his mouth.

The hot soup overflows in the mouth, and the broth is full of umami. There are not too many seasonings, just salt and ginger slices to remove the fishy smell.

Pick up a piece of bone with meat attached.

The moment it is eaten into the mouth, the bones that have been fully boiled in the soup, with a burst of sweetness, mixed with the shredded pork that is cooked so crispy that it melts as soon as you bite it, you can't wait to make people swallow their tongues.

Eating cabbage and vermicelli together, taking a sip of the hot broth from time to time, it really warms the head to the soles of the feet——

While eating, Lin Xiang said: "I will go to the market to buy something later, you should come back first, and I will go directly to the restaurant."

……

The siblings walked quickly among the noisy crowd.

The market is full of small vendors who are shouting.

Lin Xiang and Lin Yan walked around the market for a while——

"Let's go buy some rice noodles." After saying that, the two turned around and walked towards a shop that bought grain——

"Boss, how much is the white rice?"

The man selling grain raised his head when he heard the words, and saw two thin yellow children standing opposite him. After looking up and down, he clicked his lips and said, "You can't afford white rice."

It is rare for Lin Xiang to blush, but now that he is not well nourished, he doesn't see much of it.

Hearing this, Lin Yan was a little dissatisfied, Fang wanted to speak, but Lin Xiang pulled his cuffs, and he had to be suppressed instantly when he wanted to blurt out.

In fact, Lin Xiang didn't want to buy white rice at all, because she knew she couldn't afford it——

"Chestnut rice, a bucket of two renminbi—" The boss smacked his mouth, and finally pointed his finger at a place farther away.

Hearing the words, Lin Xiang pulled Lin Yan to the chestnut place the boss said.

He looked down carefully.

Lin Xiang stretched out his hand to touch it, and took a rough look——

After a while, raising his head, Lin Xiang said, "I want five liters—"

Five liters is about ten catties of rice, which is exactly half of a bucket, so the settlement should be one penny.

No counter-offering for the rice noodles, Lin Xiang was about to open his mouth when he saw a big sign hanging in front of the grain store, and finally opened and closed his mouth, but closed it.

I asked the boss for some cheap mixed noodles. The boss looked at the two half-aged children with yellow and thin faces, and finally it was a little cheaper. After paying the money, Lin Xiang carried the millet bag and Lin Yan walked to the other side ——

On the way, he passed by a shop selling vegetables and fruits. Lin Xiang originally wanted to buy some green vegetables. He hadn’t eaten green vegetables for a long time and wanted to try some green vegetables. But in winter, the price of green vegetables is relatively high. Thinking this way, I can't bear it again.

Stopping, Lin Yan looked at the frowning Lin Xiang with some doubts, and asked, "Sister, why don't you leave?"

Lin Xiang didn't answer right away, but paused for a moment before turning his head and asking: "Xiao Yan, are you..." After thinking for a while, he continued: "Do you want to eat meat or vegetables."

Is this still worth considering?
"Of course it's meat!" Lin Yan's crisp voice sounded, and his eyes narrowed into a slit the moment he lifted the meat.

In the noisy and chaotic crowd, upon hearing this, Lin Xiang smiled and nodded, "I see." After speaking, he stopped hesitating and walked past the vegetable shop.

"Boss, cut me half a catty of meat—" Lin Xiang stood in front of the pork shop and yelled boldly, "Well... there are two catties of pig offal and three pig bones." Immediately, Lin Xiang added.

Half a catty of meat is actually not much. Because Lin Xiang hadn't used up the monthly silver he was given out at the wine shop, half a catty of pork was about ten yuan. It's okay to eat it once in a while.

As for pig offal, Lin Xiang heard from the cook when he was in a wine shop that ancient pig offal was a very worthless thing. It was troublesome to handle and the taste was inexhaustible, so few people ate it. You can buy a lot for three pennies, but pork bones cost a penny and a big root.

The boss who cut the meat was also taken aback when he heard that the other party wanted to buy pig offal, and said naively: "Girl, you can think clearly, pig offal is not delicious."

How could Lin Xiang care about these things, there are many ways to deal with pigs, why don't you buy them if they are cheap and delicious?
"It's okay, give me some more." Lin Xiang shook his head, not paying much attention.

(End of this chapter)