"Mom, this is the Chunfeng Restaurant, the largest restaurant in Anzhen! However, it's still early at this time. I guess they won't open until after midnight."
Ning Laosan sent Ning Pengpeng to the front of Chunfeng Tower and put her down.
After all, Chunfeng Tower and Nanshi were one to the south and one to the north. He had to go to Nanshi early to occupy space.
These days, there are more and more people selling sugar cane water. We are late and all the good seats have been taken up!
"Okay, I understand. You go ahead. I will go to Nanshi to find you later."
After getting off the oxcart, Ning Pengpeng raised his head and glanced at the magnificent restaurant in front of him, and then said to Ning Laosan.
Ning Laosan responded and drove the oxcart away. Ning Pengpeng glanced at the restaurant door, which was still closed, and turned towards the wonton stall he saw on the side of North Street when the oxcart came just now.
"Uncle, please have a bowl of wontons."
Because it was still dark, two large red lanterns were hung on the oilcloth shed run by the wonton stall owner.
At first glance, it is very conspicuous.
"Okay, a bowl of wontons."
The old man was sitting making wontons. When he heard Ning Pengpeng coming over and saying something while sitting on the bench, he immediately stood up with a smile and went to cook the wontons.
Ning Pengpeng looked around. Although the old man's wonton stall was not big, there were still people eating wontons at the other two tables besides her, and she was not the only one.
It's just that people were probably in a hurry or getting up early to do errands. After eating in a hurry, they put down their five cents and left!
"Sir, your wontons."
These wontons are ready in no time.
When the old man brought it over, he saw ten chubby wontons in a large bowl dotted with some green onions, and melted lard floating on the soup, which was very tempting.
"Thank you."
After saying thank you, Ning Pengpeng picked up the spoon, scooped out a wonton, blew on it, and put it into her mouth.
I have to say that the meat filling in these wontons is both fat and thin, and tastes very delicious.
When I came out this morning, although I had boiled six eggs, I had two for each person.
After Ning Pengpeng finished eating the wontons, he took out the two eggs from the basket, cracked them, peeled them open, and ate them together with the wonton soup in the big bowl, and he suddenly burped.
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The old man had no objection to Ning Pengpeng's operation. He still sat in his original position with a smile and continued to make wontons.
"Uncle, how long have you been setting up a stall here? The wontons taste really good. I see that your stall is not far from Chunfeng Tower. When they opened, did they have no objection to you setting up a stall here?
"
He reached into his arms, took out his money bag, counted five coins, placed them in front of the old man, and then chatted curiously.
"It's only been a few decades. I used to live hand to mouth when I was young. Although I didn't make much money, it has become a habit now! As for the ingredients in these wontons, it is a secret recipe passed down from our family. It tastes very delicious.
As for the Chunfeng Building, shopkeeper Su is very easy-going and takes great care of the neighbors. How could he drive an elderly person like me away?"
The old man glanced at Ning Pengpeng and knew everything.
"Then shopkeeper Su is so approachable? But there seems to be no wealthy family named Su in An Town!"
Ning Pengpeng carefully recalled her original memory. Perhaps she was ignorant and had never heard of a wealthy family named Su in An Town. Instead, she knew that there were two wealthy families named Li and Liu. It was said that their families had numerous properties. Zhuangzi
There are several of them!
"Shopkeeper Su is just the shopkeeper of Chunfeng Tower here, not the owner. The owner of Chunfeng Tower is named Pei. It is said that a member of the Pei Dong family is an official in Kyoto. Therefore, even if Shopkeeper Su is not from An Town, he is in An Town.
, and no one dares to disrespect him."
The old man is idle anyway, he is constantly working and chatting.
"In the early years, Liu Dahu thought that shopkeeper Na Su was easy to bully when he just arrived. Unexpectedly, he almost got himself into the county government boss!
If he hadn't been protected by his clansmen in the state capital, he probably wouldn't have been able to get out.
Since that time, Liu Dahu has been keeping his tail between his legs."
After hearing what she wanted to know, Ning Pengpeng was not idle. She helped the old man clean up the dishes and chopsticks left by the guests after they finished eating and put them in the bucket that needed to be washed.
"Oh, sir, this can't be done. Just put it down and I'll do it myself."
Seeing that Ning Pengpeng actually helped, the old man stood up quickly and wanted to stop him, but he heard Ning Pengpeng say to him with a smile.
"Uncle, you have done me a big favor, and I have to sit here with you for a while, just to clean up the dishes, so don't be polite to me!"
The old man saw that Ning Pengpeng had a sincere face and that there were only a few bowls and chopsticks on the table. Ning Pengpeng had quickly packed them away. He thanked her and sat down again.
As time passed, the sky changed from pitch black to crab blue.
The wontons that the old man made before are almost sold out.
"Sir, are you waiting for Shopkeeper Nasu?"
The old man glanced at Ning Pengpeng, who was looking at Chunfeng Tower intently, and then said with certainty.
"Yes, uncle, your eyes are really sharp."
Ning Pengpeng gave the old man a thumbs up and praised.
"I have lived for such a long time. Seeing that you asked about Chunfeng Restaurant before, you must be trying to find something to do with Shopkeeper Su. It just so happens that Shopkeeper Su comes to my stall every day before Chunfeng Tower opens and eats like this.
Bowl of wontons.
Unexpectedly, Xiaolaoer’s wontons were almost sold out so early today!
How about you help deliver this bowl of wontons to the back door of Chunfeng Building to shopkeeper Na Su, what do you think?"
Hearing the old man's words, Ning Pengpeng blinked, eyes shining and nodded in thanks.
"Thank you for your help, uncle!"
"Haha, if anything, I want to go home early, so I asked you to help deliver these wontons. If you want to thank me, it's my turn to thank you."
The old man stood up, put the last bowl of wontons into the pot, and replied to Ning Pengpeng with a smile.
Holding the bowl of wontons, Ning Pengpeng walked to the back door of Chunfeng Building and knocked on the door panel hard.
"Who is it?"
Someone yawned and asked as he came over and took off the bolt to open the door.
I saw a young man in waiter's clothes wiping his eyes and looking at Ning Pengpeng who was holding a bowl outside the door.
"Auntie, who are you looking for?"
The young man looked Ning Pengpeng up and down, then asked with a puzzled face.
Hearing the address of aunt, Ning Pengpeng's mouth twitched.
Then he raised the wontons in his hand and said to the young man: "The old man at the wonton stall has a good business today and sold out early. However, he said that shopkeeper Su would go to his place to eat a bowl of wontons every morning, so he specially left a bowl of wontons.
I've cooked the last bowl and asked me to help deliver it."