Chapter 115 Dining out
After leaving the principal’s office, Guan Youshuang went to the health clinic.
Yuanyuan was already waiting there. He may have been waiting for a long time and his legs were a little sore. He sat under the wall.
When he saw Guan Youshuang, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he ran over calling his aunt.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Well, I will be there at eleven o'clock."
"Have you eaten?"
Yuanyuan shook his head.
"Let's go, I'll take you to dinner first. What do you want to eat?"
"I want to eat the braised pork and chicken nuggets made by my aunt."
Ever since Guan Youshuang made a Manchu-Han banquet at home last time, Yuanyuan remembered the taste.
Although Guan Youshuang did it several times later, Yuanyuan never seemed to have enough.
"Wait until auntie cooks it for you next time." Guan Youshuang touched his head and said, "Today, let's eat the braised pork cooked by the chef, okay?"
Yuan Yuan nodded.
Because the staple food here is noodles, except for the "Manyuanxiang" Hotel, other small restaurants do not cook stir-fried dishes. The ones they occasionally provide are of average taste.
Manyuanxiang Hotel specializes in Sichuan cuisine. I heard that the owner is from Sichuan. Anyway, the taste is very good, and of course the price is not cheap.
The villagers in these ten miles and eight villages, in addition to entertaining important guests, weddings, weddings, etc., rich people will also go to "Manyuanxiang" to order meals.
Guan Youshuang always has a small appetite, so she ordered the braised pork and Kung Pao chicken that Yuan Yuan wanted to eat, plus a side of green vegetables, for a total of 13 yuan.
The portion of the dishes can only be said to be medium, not too much anyway.
“Eat Yuanyuan, if it’s not enough, we’ll add more.” Guan Youshuang helped Yuanyuan hold the braised pork.
"Auntie, let's eat it too." Yuan Yuan also helped Guan Youshuang pick up a piece of braised pork.
As soon as Guan Youshuang put the braised pork to her mouth, she felt uncomfortable in her stomach. She covered her mouth and put the meat in a bowl.
Must be too tired.
Recently, she has not been resting well. She is either worrying about this or thinking about that, and has no appetite for food.
She took a bite of green vegetables and felt a little better.
"Auntie, what's wrong with you? Isn't the braised pork delicious?"
Guan Youshuang shook her head and said, "No, Auntie doesn't feel well in her stomach. Just eat Yuanyuan and don't worry about it. Auntie. "
Although Yuanyuan was only 7 years old, he had a good appetite, and the food tasted really good. He ate it big, and after a while, both plates were empty.
He poured the rice from the bowl into the plate with braised pork, mixed the soup on the plate with the rice, then poured the rice into the plate with Kung Pao Chicken, and also mixed it with the soup. juice.
He ate it with relish.
Guan Youshuang felt sad for a while.
However, she also knew that in this day and age, many families might not be able to eat a few meals of meat throughout the year, let alone go to restaurants.
All in all, everyone is too poor.
She hoped that she could change this situation.
She said gently: "Yuanyuan, are you full? If not, aunt will order you another."
Yuanyuan's cheeks were bulging, and it was hard to swallow. After eating the rice, she said a little embarrassedly: "But aunt has already spent so much money."
Guan Youshuang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it's not a waste if you eat it in your mouth, then I'll give it to you again Can I order a chicken leg?"
Yuanyuan licked his lips excitedly, he likes eating chicken legs so much.
My mother would leave a chicken leg for him when the family used to kill chickens during New Years and holidays. It's just that since my parents went out to work, the family has never killed a chicken. No, the family killed a black chicken last time, but grandma said that it was left for the aunt to replenish her health, and the boys could not eat it.
Soon, a big chicken leg was brought over.
Yuan Yuan raised the big chicken drumstick and asked her aunt to take a bite first.
Guan Youshuang smelled the smell of meat and felt sick in her stomach again.
She covered her mouth, paused, and quickly drank some water, forcing herself not to spit it out.
"Aunt, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you go to the health center for a checkup."
Guan Youshuang shook her head and said, "It doesn't matter, Yuanyuan, just eat quickly. . ”
Guan Youshuang thought about it and realized that her menstruation has been delayed for several days this month.
However, her menstrual period has never been accurate, and it is common to have a difference of three to five days.
It was just accompanied by nausea, and she had to think that she couldn't be pregnant.
Taking Yuanyuan out of "Manyuanxiang", it was cloudy today and the breeze was blowing. Guan Youshuang felt much more comfortable in her stomach.
"Aunt, what are we going to do now?"
"Pop popcorn."
"Popping popcorn requires corn, but we don't have corn."
Guan Youshuang Smiling, he took out a plastic bag from the cloth bag and said, "What do you think this is?"
"Wow, aunt brought corn." Yuanyuan shouted excitedly, "I know, Does Auntie want to sell popcorn? ”
“Smart”
They came to a corner of the market, and an old man in simple clothes was busy popping popcorn next to him. Some children gathered around.
He looks about fifty or sixty years old, dressed plainly and wearing a straw hat.
His equipment is simple and primitive: a large black spherical popcorn machine.
In her previous life, Guan Youshuang had only seen this kind of equipment in period dramas.
The popcorn machine is supported by a thick iron pipe support. Below the iron pipe is a charcoal stove. The charcoal fire is burning in the stove, emitting waves of heat.
The old man first used a shovel to scoop up the hot coals in the stove, and then spread them evenly on the bottom of the stove to ensure that the popcorn machine was evenly heated.
Guan Youshuang saw that he stood the popcorn machine up, and then poured some corn kernels and a pinch of sugar into the spherical popcorn machine. Then he closed the lid of the popcorn machine, which was held tight by a metal clamp around it, and placed it back on the stove.
Although, he began to shake the handle of the popcorn machine vigorously.
The children gathered around, with red faces, curiously looking at this wonderful machine, looking forward to the last explosion.
After a while, maybe the time was up. The old man quickly turned off the fire, lifted the popcorn machine and put it on the ground, and then put a big bag on the mouth of the popcorn machine.
He carefully unhooked the clamp and stepped on the handle of the lid.
With a popping sound, the lid popped open, popcorn spurted out like fireworks, and the bag was half full in an instant.
The kid paid 2 cents and left with the popcorn.
Guan Youshuang then thought of something. She seemed to have forgotten to bring a nylon bag.
She didn't know that such a small cup of corn kernels could pop so much popcorn, so her half a pound of corn would probably pop two bags!
"Yuanyuan, I forgot to bring my bag. You wait here while I buy a bag."
The old man looked up at Guan Youshuang and took something out of a big bag. She took out a white nylon bag and said, "I have a new bag here, it's a dime each, do you want it?"
"Yes." Guan Youshuang handed over half a catty of corn and said, "I'll pop these." ”
As soon as the old man saw it, he knew that Guan Youshuang had never popped popcorn before and had no idea about the quantity.
(End of this chapter)