Chapter 167 Winter is a Delicious Roasted Sweet Potato
Chapter 167 Winter is just a delicious roasted sweet potato
The early morning air was so cold that it made your nose hurt, and the old wooden door with peeling black paint creaked open. Bai Yu wore warm clothes and walked out with a bamboo broom he had tied in his hand and waved it, "Swish, swish"
The sound of sweeping was very loud in the quiet streets.
Bai Yu's shop is located in the middle of the village. In front of the door is a stone road that runs through the entire village. Due to the terrain, the village is built on a slope, and there are stone steps going up and down after a few steps.
It's great for exercise when you get up.
The village is not big, so it only took Bai Yu twenty minutes to scan the entire road. She turned around and took a look at the fruits of her labor, and was very satisfied. There was a slight sweat on the tip of her nose, because
This only made me feel even colder. I rubbed my almost frozen fingers, picked up the broom and hurried home.
"Phew! It's so cold!"
In order to avoid injury, Bai Yu did not directly go to the fire, but first rubbed his hands and face to warm them. He fiddled with the charcoal fire a few times, took a piece of sweet potato from behind the chair, threw it in, and buried the charcoal fire again before doing anything else.
Turning on the lights, sweeping the floor, wiping the counter, and arranging goods, figures were busy in the shop, and the brazier crackled from time to time. By the time everything was done, the smell of roasted sweet potatoes had already wafted through the shop, and Bai Yu was already hungry.
Roll.
"So hot! So hot!"
Even though my fingers were constantly being burned by the sweet potatoes that had just been picked out from the fire, I couldn't bear to throw them aside. I peeled off the burnt black skin, revealing the golden and sweet flesh inside. I pinched it gently with my fingers, and there was honey juice from inside.
It flows out. I can't wait to take a bite, and the hot sweet potato meat rolls in my mouth a few times, and then runs to the stomach with the warmth. From the mouth to the stomach, it is so hot that people can't help but sigh with satisfaction.
By the time I finish eating a whole piece of sweet potato, there are black ash stains on the corners of my mouth, my mouth is stuck together with the sweet juice, and my hands have already become sticky, but the happiness brought by roasted sweet potatoes is enough to cover up these imperfections. The cold wind
The snowflakes blowing in from the door cannot dissipate the warmth in the house and the satisfaction brought by roasted sweet potatoes.
"Sister, we are here."
Bai Yu had just finished washing her hands when a few familiar shadows appeared at the door. She hadn't seen these children for several days, and suddenly she felt that they seemed to have grown up.
"Come in, is it cold?"
Busily calling the children to come in, Bai Yu closed the door halfway to reduce the cold wind from pouring into the room. Children are children of the wind, and they are the most not afraid of the cold. The five children shook their heads in unison, even though their cheeks were already covered with cold air.
It doesn't matter if it turns red due to the cold wind.
"Let's warm up first and then do our homework later."
Bai Yu is the most educated person in the village and knows many stories that children have never heard, so the children in the village like to go to her little shop to do their homework.
Listening to the chirping of the children sitting around the fire pot, Bai Yu quickly unfolded the folding table and wiped it clean. Due to the voltage, the lights in the room were not bright. So Bai Yu took out the power supply he had prepared and hung it up.
In this way, children's vision will not be reduced due to insufficient light.
"Sister, these are glutinous rice cakes made at home. Grandma asked me to bring them to you."
A girl named Erya suddenly called out, and Little Partner Bai and Bai Yu were startled. Everyone looked at her in unison, thinking that something big had happened. Erya solemnly took out a bag of water from his schoolbag.
The things wrapped in newspapers were delivered to Bai Yu, and he muttered in a low voice: "If you forget such an important thing, you will definitely get scolded."
Bai Yu felt dumbfounded and took the glutinous rice cake with a smile: "When I go back, help my sister and say thank you to your grandma."
Immediately, an iron rack was set up over the fire and the glutinous rice cakes were baked. After a while, the round cake-shaped glutinous rice cakes began to swell little by little under the blessing of the fire, accompanied by a faint smell of rice. Bai Yu flipped them quickly,
Remove from the fire until both sides become golden and sticky inside. The rice dumplings were still swollen just now.
Ba quickly 'lost weight', and the children who were doing their homework had already been attracted by this delicious food. The hand holding the pen hung there for a long time. Bai Yu came out of the kitchen with two bowls, one filled with sugar.
One was filled with chili noodles, and I couldn't help laughing when I saw the children's greedy looks.
"Come here and eat. It won't taste good when it's cold. You have the biggest belly in the world. Only when you're full can you do other things."
After hearing the sound, everyone quickly put down their pens and sat around the fire pot again. They didn't care that the inside of the glutinous rice cake was still very hot and couldn't wait to put it into their mouths. Even though they were grinning from being burned, they still looked satisfied. The small stone house was filled with the fragrance of rice and
Full of laughter, it was completely different from the cold and windy scene outside.
"Husband, I want to eat roasted sweet potatoes."
In the morning, I went to a relative's house in this city to pay New Year's greetings. In order to maintain her image as a lady, Chen Xiaonian didn't eat too much. She was barely full. On the way back, she saw an old man pushing a roasted sweet potato in the wind.
The car drove forward hard. Chen Xiaonian felt very sad when he saw such a scene. It was obviously a festival for family reunion, but the old man still had to brave the wind and snow to set up a stall. He didn't know what his family was doing, and how could he allow this?
things happen.
Lin Qi glanced at his wife. This girl was really innocent. As long as she had any emotion, it was all written on her face. When she saw an intersection, she turned around and turned the car around.
"Master, please give us two pieces of roasted sweet potatoes."
The old man who was pushing the car home stopped when he heard the sound, and saw a young man wearing a black down jacket getting out of the car and approaching him. He didn't look approachable, but he had a big butterfly on his chest.
What's going on? The old man was confused by the young man's temperament and his clothes that were completely inconsistent with his status. Lin Qi knew what was going on when he saw the old man's eyes on him. He was also helpless. In addition to doting on his wife,
What else can I do?
"Master, please give me two pieces of sweet potato. I want the big one."
He is too young to kiss his wife between his teeth, Lin Qiru thought. The old man seemed to have recovered from his surprise and hurriedly opened the stove lid and took out the sweet and soft sweet potatoes that were roasted inside.
"Young man, let me tell you, my sweet potatoes are of an old variety. I guarantee that you will remember them forever after eating them."
Following the old man's movements, the stove lid was opened and a strong sweet smell was emitted. Even a person like Lin Qi who didn't like to eat felt like he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"Old man, why are you still setting up a stall during this Chinese New Year? Where are your family members?"
Chen Xiaonian still couldn't help but ran out. Looking at the old man's jerky movements, he knew that he was in good health. The old man was weighing himself, and a soft and waxy voice sounded in his ears. At first, he thought he was a child from someone else's family. He turned around
At first glance, it turned out to be a girl who was wrapped up tightly. The two bunny ears on her head could still move, which was very interesting.
"This is a long story."
The old man's expression was a bit sensitive, and Chen Xiaonian mistakenly thought that he mentioned his sadness. Just as he was about to apologize, the words in his mouth were blocked.
"It's not my daughter. When she came home the year before last, she said that she couldn't find the taste of roasted sweet potatoes at home, so I came here."
Chen Xiaonian felt something in her heart. It turned out that every piece of sweet potato was filled with a father's love for his daughter.
"I just came here last year. I thought it wouldn't be too popular in such a big city, but the business turned out to be surprisingly good. I actually sold 100,000 yuan in one winter, so I came here again this year."
The old man's words made Chen Xiaonian's sadness disappear instantly. She lowered her head and silently took the roasted sweet potatoes peeled by her husband.
"The most important thing is that it allows young people in this city, like my daughter, who have to work hard during the New Year, to find a taste of hometown."
The old man's voice was full of pride and pride, "The two pieces you bought are the last ones. I should go back, otherwise my daughter will be wordy again."
Thinking of his daughter's nagging, the old man's tone was helpless, but the smile on his face was one of true happiness. Looking at the old man's retreating figure, Chen Xiaonian felt mixed emotions in his heart. Lin Qi on the side looked at his wife's eyebrows and eyes.
The tangled look is a bit funny, this little girl is so cute and tight.
"Honey, let's go back."
Just as Lin Qi spoke, Chen Xiaonian ate the remaining sweet potatoes in his mouth, puffed up his cheeks and looked at him and said, "Where is my New Year's red envelope?"
Looking at the hand stretched out in front of him, Lin Qi twitched the corner of his mouth. All his belongings were handed over to her when he got married, and now he asked himself what New Year red envelope he wanted. Chen Xiaonian's hand was wrapped in a rabbit-shaped plush glove.
It turned into a chubby little one. Lin Qi couldn't help but grabbed it and started rubbing it.
"Okay, I'll give my wife a big red envelope when I get back."
Chen Xiaonian looked around. Fortunately, no one else saw him, otherwise the image of Lin Qi, the president of the Lin family, would be completely ruined. With such a crazy look on his face, it would be difficult for people not to doubt whether this person has a special hobby.
"How dare you hide your personal money!"
Just now outside, the man was laughing at himself, thinking she didn't know? As soon as Lin Qi got home, he transferred 100,000 yuan to his wife as a New Year's red envelope. He thought he would get sweet and soft wife stickers, but he was caught
Asking questions with open ears.
"Wife, wife, you are wronged!"
Chen Xiaonian was amused by his exaggerated behavior like Dou E's injustice. She was just teasing him, so she let him go.
"Little husband, here comes the little lady."
After imitating the artificial voice in the audio, Chen Xiaonian rushed towards her man.
It always gets dark very quickly in winter, especially when it's cold and snowy.
"Goodbye sister!"
The children and Bai Yu waved goodbye one after another. Although they lived not far away, for the sake of safety, Bai Yu urged them to go back early after helping them finish their homework. The shop returned to the purity it had before the paper, and Bai Yu sat in front of the brazier and was lost in thought.
, thinking about what stories to tell the children tomorrow.
After Lin Xiaolan left, Bai Yu's family asked her to go back several times but refused. She lived a leisurely life of sweeping the house in the morning and closing the house at sunset. It was these children who brought her out of the sad predicament, and she wanted to stay here to accompany them.
When I grow up, I also keep the memories of myself and her.