Chapter 119 The Big Liar (seeking a monthly ticket)
Zhang Junping graciously ran out to fetch water and asked Huang Xue to wash his face and feet.
As for brushing your teeth, there is nothing you can do. There is no toothbrush here and there is nowhere to buy one.
Huang Xue's face was always red, and she finished washing her face and feet in silence.
After Huang Xue finished washing, Zhang Junping went out again, washed his face and feet directly on the faucet, then pulled on his shoes and returned to the east room.
By the time Zhang Junping returned to the east room, Huang Xue had already gotten into the bed and wrapped herself tightly.
"It's snowing outside! It's the first snowfall in 1983. I think the snowflakes are quite big. I guess they won't be smaller."
"Yeah!" Huang Xue hummed softly.
"What are you doing? Can you feel comfortable sleeping with your clothes on?
If I do anything to you, it’s useless even if you’re wearing clothes!” Zhang Junping looked at Huang Xue’s clothes and said with a smile.
Huang Xue didn't say anything, but almost retracted his head into the bed.
After a while, I saw Huang Xue throwing the clothes out of the bed.
"That's right. It's more comfortable to sleep after you take off your clothes. I'll turn off the light!"
Zhang Junping turned off the light, took off his clothes and got into bed.
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"What are you doing?"
"Aren't you cold? Squeeze in to keep warm. What are you afraid of if you have two quilts?"
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"What are you doing? Get out!"
"It's snowing outside and it's too cold. We can only use one quilt for each of us. If we have one quilt, we can cover two quilts."
"That won't work either!"
"Miss Huang, please show mercy. It's too cold under one quilt."
"Then you swear not to mess around!"
"I swear, I promise not to mess around."
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"You...you..."
"The two of us are too far apart, and we are getting windy under the covers. Besides, it's not like we haven't hugged each other before. Anyway, we are both wearing autumn clothes and long trousers."
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The next morning, Zhang Junping opened his eyes, lay on the bed, looked up at the roof, and couldn't help laughing.
"Ouch! Why did you bite me?" Zhang Junping immediately covered his arms and stood up from the bed.
"I will bite you to death, Zhang Junping, you are a big liar!" Huang Xue was still angry and twisted Zhang Junping's waist hard.
"Well, you lie down first and sleep for a while. I'll go and heat the kang."
"Burn the kang? Burn the kang! Why didn't you burn the kang last night?"
"I forgot!"
"Zhang Junping, you are a big liar!"
"These girls are too violent!" Zhang Junping muttered in his heart, crawling down from the kang and putting on his clothes shivering.
Come outside.
Good guy, the snow was really heavy yesterday, even my ankles were covered.
Looking up, I saw a vast expanse of white. The whole world became white.
Zhang Junping came to the penthouse, which was the small house where Zhang Junping lived in the old lady's house.
The penthouse has many functions, some are used as grocery rooms, some are used as study rooms, and some are used as kitchens.
In the courtyard of Wangfujing, the wing room is the kitchen, and the kitchen flue is connected to the fire pit in the east room.
Zhang Junping first added half a pot of water to the pot, then lit the fire. When the fire started, he added coals.
When Zhang Junping came out from his work, Liu Zhengwen and Huang Juan were already up.
Seeing Zhang Junping come out of the kitchen with a depressed look, he smiled mischievously and winked at Zhang Junping, "Hey, Ping'er, you didn't leave yesterday? Where are your siblings? They haven't gotten up yet?" As he said this, he looked into the east room.
"What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry up and buy food?" Zhang Junping glared.
"What's wrong with me? Why should I buy food?"
"I want to take a look, go back home and see your wife.
If you don’t want to buy food, then you can clear the snow, you choose one.”
"I sweep the snow."
"Okay, I'm going to buy some rice. Can the bean paste bean paste bean sprouts be ok? You sweep the snow away from the yard, and then sweep the snow away from the door as well."
"I don't drink soy juice, forget it, I'll go buy rice! I don't know why you like drinking soy juice so much, it smells sour." Liu Zhengwen muttered and turned around to buy rice.
Beijing bean juice has a unique taste. Soy milk in other places is made from ground soybeans. Beijing bean juice is made from mung beans, so it is not the same thing as soy milk from other places. Foreigners are really not used to drinking it.
Liu Zhengwen has been studying in Beijing for more than a year and has challenged Beijing Bean Juice many times, but all ended in failure.
In Zhang Junping's previous life, it took him several years to get used to the taste of soybean juice.
"Don't forget to buy sesame cakes and shredded spicy pickles!" Zhang Junping shouted to Liu Zhengwen.
Spicy pickle shreds are pickles pickled with spicy pimples. Cut into shreds, wash them several times, heat oil and season with coriander. Some shred the spicy pickles and fry them in a pot, then add a few drops of sesame oil.
Everyone's methods are different, and each has its own little tips.
Guo Degang has mentioned many times in cross talk that Beijing bean juice must be eaten with burnt rings and spicy pickled shreds to be authentic.
In fact, this is not the most authentic way to eat it. The most authentic and traditional way to eat it is to put burnt rings in sesame pancakes, add shredded spicy pickles, and drink bean juice.
Liu Zhengwen went to buy breakfast, and Zhang Junping was not idle either. He and Huang Juan began to clear the snow.
Since there is no ankle-deep snow and nearly 20 centimeters of snow, it is naturally not possible to sweep the entire yard. It is only necessary to sweep a path in the yard leading to the kitchen, toilet, and entrance from each house.
Zhang Junping shoveled the snow in front with a shovel, and Huang Juan swept behind. After a while, the road in the yard was cleared.
Then I went outside and cleaned the snow at the gate.
Outside, hard-working sanitation workers are busy clearing away the snow.
There was also a truck from the sanitation department, pulling a truck full of coarse salt, where they used shovels to spread the salt.
In this era, industrial salt was used to sprinkle the snow. After the salt is sprinkled, the snow will not freeze easily after it fuses.
However, industrial salt will corrode road surfaces, and both asphalt and concrete pavements will be corroded by industrial salt.
It will also pollute groundwater and damage the environment.
Zhang Junping started to clean the snow at the door of his shop. Zhang Junping got up a little late, so he started to clean the snow at the door. People from several neighboring shops had already cleared the snow at the door.
This is the origin of sweeping the snow in front of your door and not caring about the frost on other people’s tiles.
After sweeping the snow in front of the door, I returned to the backyard and saw that the yellow snow had already risen.
"Why are you up? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"Big liar!" Huang Xue glared at Zhang Junping and carefully fetched water to wash her face.
"Wait a minute, there is hot water in the pot." Zhang Junping diligently stepped forward to take the basin and ran to the kitchen to get hot water.
Huang Juan looked at it, smiled, turned around and went back to the house, fetching water from the basin and washing up.
After washing up, Liu Zhengwen also bought breakfast and came back.
"Zhang Junping, I have put you through such a hard time. If I had known I would have cleared the snow, I would have asked you to buy breakfast." As soon as he entered the door, he put down the breakfast, turned around and yelled to change his shoes.
Along the way, the shoes were filled with snow, which melted into water. By the time Liu Zhengwen came back from buying food, his shoes were already soaked through.
"Old Liu, you can't blame others for this. It's your choice to buy food. I didn't force you." Zhang Junping said while holding back a smile.