Chapter 208 Cohabitation is finally exposed
In the evening, after packing the instruments back to the activity room, everyone temporarily dispersed at the entrance of the gymnasium, went back to the classroom to pack their schoolbags, and made an appointment to meet at the school gate.
Xie Shuchen returned all the way to the fourth floor of the Grade 1 teaching building, walked into the classroom of Class 1, picked up his schoolbag that he had already packed, and looked at Liu Shaowen beside him.
Not sure what he was thinking of, Xie Shuchen smiled proudly, and then said to Liu Shaowen: "Hey, did you bring your mobile phone?"
"What are you doing?" Liu Shaowen said with a look on his face Looking at this guy suspiciously, "I remember you have a mobile phone yourself, right? Ask me what you do with it."
"That's it." Xie Shuchen laughed and said, "I didn't mean anything else, it's just I feel sorry for you, so I remember to check my phone more and send you something nice."
"What is it?" Liu Shaowen frowned, and then he said, "It's not some sexy picture, is it? "
"Who do you think I am?" Xie Shuchen snorted, put on his schoolbag and walked out of the classroom, "Just wait, don't ask me to give more."
"Ha." Liu Shaowen pouted, "Just blow it."
After arriving on the third floor, Xie Shuchen saw Ying Chanxi waiting here at a glance.
Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng had just packed their schoolbags and walked out of the classroom.
The four people gathered together and walked downstairs together towards the school gate.
About a few minutes later, seven people, including Xu Youyu, Shao Youpeng and Niu Qingling, gathered.
As a sophomore in high school and the president of the rock club, Niu Qingling, the initiator of this dinner party, took the lead and walked at the front and said to everyone:
"The reservation for the hot pot restaurant is in the money. Next to Jiang University, that restaurant tastes quite good, but the location is not very good, so there are usually not many people."
"Is it the old Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot restaurant?" Xu Youyu asked, "In the west. Zhusheng and I have eaten at that store on the street before."
"Yes." Niu Qingling nodded, "It should taste pretty good?"
"It's pretty good. "Xu Youyu nodded, "And there are indeed relatively few people, so there is no need to queue up."
Xie Shuchen and Shao Youpeng don't care about what they eat at all. They mainly come here for the people they eat with.
At this time, I finally had the opportunity to have dinner with the goddess, so I couldn't help but start talking.
Li Luo calmed down for a rare moment. After walking out of the gate of the No. 1 Affiliated Middle School, he walked along the busiest street between the Qianjiang University campus and the dormitory park, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
This Ningshan Avenue, in the area adjacent to the river in the north of Yinjiang District, is the only east-west avenue besides Yanjiang Road.
To the north is the Qianjiang University campus and Yanjiang Road, and further north is the rolling Yin River next to Qianjiang Road.
To the south is the dormitory campus of Qianjiang University and the foot of Ningshan Mountain in the background.
Walking from Affiliated No. 1 Middle School to Qianjiang University, passing through the section of Ningshan Avenue in front of the south gate of Qianjiang University, you will find West Street.
If you turn left, you will see a tunnel that runs through the Ningshan Mountains, leading directly to the South Station, the only subway entrance in Yinjiang District.
If you are at the intersection before arriving at the South Railway Station, turn left onto Qiushan Street, walk forward for a while, and you will come to the school of Li Luo and Yingchanxi Junior High School, Yucai Middle School.
Further forward, we arrive at Jincheng Community.
Among them, including Qiushan Street, an intersection in the middle, and the West Street intersection in front of us, subway lines and subway entrances will be opened in the future.
Among them, Qiushan Street, for example, is a new business circle that has developed. Compared with the deserted West Street, the return on investment will obviously be lower.
So after following Niu Qingling and turning into West Street, Li Luo's eyes fell on the shops here.
Then he looked at the large open space across the West Street.
That piece of land is said to have been acquired by the real estate company behind Times Street.
But I don’t know the reason. After laying the foundation, no more construction was started.
Many people thought this place was going to be unfinished.
Who would have thought that the new subway line in Yinjiang District, Yuhang City, was officially finalized at the end of September 2015, and the last stop of the subway was set at the intersection of West Street.
Thinking of this, Li Luo looked at the old Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot restaurant in front of him and recalled it in his mind.
This store became one of the few beneficiaries on this street when the subway was built in later generations and the Times Street Street opposite was also completed.
In Li Luo's impression, Xu Youyu took him to eat at this hot pot restaurant several times in his previous life. Sometimes it was quite lively and he even had to wait in line.
Where is it like now, for dinner on Saturday evening, the store is not even half full.
The main campus of Qianjiang University was moved to Yinjiang District in 2007.
When it was first built, the sales promotion of the store on West Street used Qianjiang University as a gimmick, saying that college students drove consumption.
The result is.
The Ningshan Avenue side is indeed pulling, but the West Street side can only barely drink soup on weekends, and can't even drink soup or water on weekdays.
This is actually a problem of human flow.
After all, Ningshan Avenue is sandwiched between the main campus and the dormitory campus, and there are usually the most students coming and going.
There is nothing to attract traffic on West Street.
It was not until the subway entrance and Times Street were completed that it became a new traffic entrance.
"What are you looking at?" Ying Chanxi followed Li Luo and walked at the back. When he saw Li Luo stopping at the door, he couldn't help but wave in front of him, "What's so good about this store's sign?"< br>
"It's nothing, I'm just wondering whether this Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot restaurant is authentic." Li Luo smiled and shook his head, and followed Ying Chanxi into the store.
As for whether it is authentic or not, Li Luo can only say that the delicacies brought in from other places are more or less not authentic in taste after arriving in Yuhang City.
Especially things like Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot.
In the past, Li Luo thought that the spicy food in this hot pot restaurant was extremely spicy. Most people in Yuhang City simply couldn't stand this level of spiciness.
But in my previous life, I traveled to Sichuan and Chongqing with Xu Youyu, and after I tasted the slightly spicy hotpot there, I realized how big the gap between the two sides' understanding of mild spicy food is.
After walking into the hot pot restaurant, the boss greeted them warmly and sat at a shared table by the window.
Two hot pot tables for four are put together, with two pots on the left and right.
Niu Qingling asked: "Who of you can eat spicy food better?"
Two boys volunteered to raise their hands, saying that they can eat spicy food very well.
But Ying Chanxi and others looked at each other and shook their heads.
So Niu Qingling called everyone to sit down, and told Xie Shuchen and Shao Youpeng to sit by the hot pot on the left, while the others stayed close to the right.
"Let's put a spicy pot on the left and a clear soup pot on the right." Niu Qingling said, "This way everyone's tastes can be taken care of."
At this time, Li Luo was sitting on the left side of the table on the right. Ying Chanxi was sitting in the corner to his right.
On the opposite side are Yan Zhusheng and Xu Youyu.
On the left of Li Luo is Xie Shuchen, and on the opposite side are Niu Qingling and Shao Youpeng.
The two good buddies didn't have any ideas. After all, it would be great to go out to eat with Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu, but they didn't expect to sit with them.
Xie Shuchen was even more excited and quietly took out his mobile phone, took a photo on the desktop, then found Liu Shaowen's QQ and sent it to him.
[Xie Shuchen]: No need to thank me. Although the hot pot hasn’t started yet, I already feel it is very delicious.
[Liu Shaowen]: What the hell? Why are you sending me photos when you go out to dinner?
[Xie Shuchen]: Guess who is sitting on my right?
[Liu Shaowen]: Who?
[Xie Shuchen]: Li Luo, our rock club is out for a dinner.
[Liu Shaowen]: Hey, let’s have a dinner together. Why are you sending me a message?
[Xie Shuchen]: Did you forget what Ying Chanxi said after the exam last week? Guess again, who is sitting next to Li Luo?
[Liu Shaowen]:? ? ? [Liu Shaowen]: You ride on the horse!
[Liu Shaowen]: Show off, right? !
[Liu Shaowen]: Which hot pot restaurant do you eat at?
[Liu Shaowen]: Is it near the school?
[Liu Shaowen]: You kid!
[Liu Shaowen]: Speak!
Seeing Liu Shaowen sending more than a dozen messages, Xie Shuchen felt that his face was about to smile.
But he was over it, so he didn’t reply to Liu Shaowen anymore, so he just let him hold it in.
It is said that if you want to get close to Yingchan River, you must first get close to Li Luo.
Liu Shaowen summed up this idea first.
But you, Liu Shaowen, only met Li Luo at the literary club.
There are so many people in the literary club and there are few activities on a daily basis, so we don’t have deep friendships.
How is it like him, Xie Shuchen, who formed a band with Li Luo in a rock club with only a few people? Isn’t this a good relationship?
It was only natural for Li Luo to call Yingchan River when we came out for dinner this time.
Thinking of this, Xie Shuchen couldn't help but praise his foresight.
Li Luo had no idea what Xie Shuchen next to him had done.
He just looked around and observed the layout of this hot pot restaurant.
To be honest, it is not much different from when he came in his previous life. At most, it has been renovated, and the style is the same.
But for a store like this, I don’t know how much it can earn in a month.
Anyway, compared with the overcrowded hot pot restaurant in my previous life, it is definitely far inferior now.
But as long as it persists for two more years, after the subway is completed, this hot pot restaurant will be able to usher in a complete turnaround.
There are only a few shops like this on this street that have persisted.
More shop owners still chose to quit midway and failed to catch up with the good times.
While Li Luo was thinking this way, two hot pot pot bottoms were brought up.
The ingredients they ordered were also brought to the table.
After several people went to the condiment table next to them to mix their own condiments, they returned to the table and began to feast.
Because Li Luo sat in the middle of the two tables, he could eat both the clear soup pot and the spicy pot.
Ying Chanxi, who was standing next to him, saw it and asked in a low voice: "Is the spicy hot pot delicious?"
"Absolutely, just a little spicy."
< br>"Then give me a piece."
"Here." Li Luo took the mutton rolls he had just put into the spicy pot, cooked them, took them out, and put them directly into the bowl of Yingchan River inside.
Xie Shuchen on the side looked at it with a bit of envy.
The relationship between relatives is so good that they can pick up food for Yingchanxi in such an open and honest manner.
At this time, Yan Zhusheng on the other side stretched out his chopsticks and wanted to pick up the cooked beef balls in the pot.
But I don’t know if it’s because I’m not proficient in using chopsticks, but I tried for a long time without success.
Li Luo, who was opposite, was a little dumbfounded. Seeing Yan Zhusheng's gaze, he shrugged helplessly, stretched out his chopsticks, accurately picked up the beef balls, stood up and put them into Yan Zhusheng's bowl.
"Why can't I pick it up?"
"You have to use skill, don't use too much force, and find the right balance." Li Luo said, "Your chopstick skills are not very good, you need to practice more."
"Li Luo, help me add some rice cakes to it." Xu Youyu, who was diagonally opposite, pointed at the rice cake next to Li Luo and ordered.
"Okay."
Shao Youpeng looked at Li Luo's busy appearance and felt a little envious, so he began to look forward to the opportunity when Xu Youyu asked him to help with the dishes.
Unfortunately, most of the dishes were ordered in two portions, one each for the spicy pot and the clear soup pot. Shao Youpeng failed to wait for this opportunity in the end.
However.
Just when they were about to finish their meal, Shao Youpeng's phone vibrated several times.
He took it out and saw that it was from his cousin Shao Heqi.
[Shao Heqi]: Brother, why didn’t you come back for dinner today?
Both of their families bought an apartment near the No. 1 Middle School, and they were across the street from each other. They would usually have dinner together after school.
Today was no exception.
But Shao Youpeng told his family that he wanted to eat out and did not go back.
So after dinner, Shao Heqi asked curiously.
[Shao Youpeng]: It’s a rock club dinner, and Xu Youyu is also there, so I will definitely come.
[Shao Heqi]: Oh, no wonder, it’s that senior sophomore in high school, right?
[Shao Youpeng]: Haha, as long as you know, I must seize this opportunity.
[Shao Heqi]: Got it.
[Shao Youpeng]: By the way, didn’t you really like Ying Chanxi before?
[Shao Heqi]: Yes, what’s wrong?
[Shao Youpeng]: Ying Chanxi is here today. She came with Li Luo.
[Shao Heqi]: What? Yingchanxi is also there?
[Shao Youpeng]: That’s right.
[Shao Heqi]: Where are you? I can go over and open a table next to you now. Is it too late?
[Shao Youpeng]: You are a bit outrageous. Besides, we have all finished eating.
[Shao Heqi]: Brother, why didn’t you tell me earlier...
[Shao Youpeng]: I wonder if you are not in the same class as her anymore. We haven’t communicated much this semester, and I feel like there is nothing to do. Already?
[Shao Heqi]: If you say that, aren't you and Senior Sister Xu not in the same class? I don't think there's much to do, right?
[Shao Youpeng]: What are you talking about!
The brothers almost quarreled over this matter.
Fortunately, Niu Qingling saw that the hot pot was about to be finished at this time, so he suggested: "Are you in a hurry to go home tonight? If you are not in a hurry, let's find a place to sit for a while?"
"Yes, yes, yes. "Shao Youpeng nodded repeatedly, "Playing cards or something, after all, we are going on winter vacation, and we may not have time to get together later."
Xie Shuchen also quickly echoed.
After all, he has been a classmate of the band for a semester. Li Luo had no intention of refusing, so he thought about it and said: "Then why don't you go to our place and save yourself the trouble of looking for a place? "
"Where are you?" Niu Qingling looked confused.
Xie Shuchen and Shao Youpeng on the side were also attracted by this sentence.
Ever since.
Ten minutes later.
The group of people came out of the hot pot restaurant and walked into Bihailanting Community, all the way to 1502.
When they saw Ying Chanxi and others putting on the slippers at the door very skillfully, and helping them take out the spare slippers from the shoe cabinet, Niu Qingling and the others fell silent.
"You... you guys... usually live together?"
(End of this chapter)