During dinner, Ning Xi had returned to her normal mood and walked out: “What did you cook tonight?”
Now there are only three of them living, and Rong Daquan is naturally in charge. Meng Shuangshuang sees Ningxi coming out, and hurriedly pulls her and said, “Look, they are all what you like, shrimp roe, winter bamboo shoots, spiced mandarin fish, chicken shreds. The bean sprouts also have a honey trotter.”
Ningxi didn’t eat at noon, so she got hungry early, so she sat down and ate.
Seeing this, Meng Shuangshuang bumped into Rong Rong Daquan and said, “Look, I just said, Ning Xi is not someone who can’t look down, no matter what happens, he will definitely figure it out soon.”
Ning Xi said while eating, as if unintentionally, “By the way, I’ve thought about it, I won’t participate in this cooking competition, and you can tell me tomorrow!”
“Ah?” Meng Shuangshuang and Rong Da looked at each other, “Why?”
“Then why do you think I participated in the cooking competition?”
“Wh, it’s for fun!” Meng Shuangshuang said hesitantly, “We came here when you said you wanted to come out and relax!”
“That’s right, I feel unhappy now, so I won’t participate!”
“Yes, but, it’s already the finals, so it’s not good to quit!” Meng Shuangshuang always felt that this was not right.
Rong Daquan suddenly said: “Then I won’t participate if you don’t participate, let’s go back now!”
Ning Xi shook his head: “No, for me, participating in such competitions is just for pleasure. Do you think that with my cooking skills, do I still need to prove myself through such competitions? But you are different, Emerging in the competition will be very good for your future fame and development, don’t be impatient, I think if I withdraw, your hope of winning in this final is still very high.”
This is a bit arrogant, but the people who listened to it were still convinced: “Okay, Ningxi, I will definitely not embarrass you.”
“By the way, do you have any thoughts on the subject of the finals?”
Rong Daquan shook his head: “I don’t have any clues for now.” The title he selected was “Hongmei Zhuxiang”. He spent half the day thinking about the aroma of Hongmei, but he couldn’t come up with a reason. Come.
Ning Xi smiled slightly: “I know the recipe for this dish…”
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Rong Daquan: “Ningxi, I can’t rely on you all the time. This time I want to compete on my own merits.”
Meng Shuangshuang couldn’t help teasing him: “Yo, I’m good at it!”
Rong Daquan just smiled and said nothing.
Ningxi stood up: “You guys eat slowly, I’ll go out for a walk.”
Meng Shuangshuang and Rong Daquan looked at each other, Meng Shuangshuang hurriedly said, “I’ll go with you.”
“No, I just want to walk alone.” Ning Xi said very directly.
The two had to let her go out alone: ”It will be dark soon, don’t go far, come back early!”
Seeing Ningxi’s back leaving the alley, Meng Shuangshuang asked: “Ningxi said that she will help her to tell her not to participate in the competition tomorrow, will you go?”
Rong Daquan thought for a while and said, “Why don’t you talk about it first, there are still half a month before the competition, maybe she will change her mind in a few days?”
Meng Shuangshuang nodded: “You are right.”
Ningxi walked along the crowded road to the street. Although it was already dark, the street was still very lively. There were many food stalls on the side of the road, and passers-by who returned late came in groups of three or five. Sitting on the table and stool in the open air, spending a few copper plates, you can eat a bowl of hot food, soothing your body and spleen and stomach after a day’s work.
A familiar smell of chives wafted over, suddenly arousing Ning Xi’s appetite. He walked to this stall selling wonton noodles and found a place to sit down.
The seller of wonton noodles is a middle-aged couple. The woman is making wontons and cooking noodles, and the man is running errands to greet customers. The business is not bad. People will look at each other, their eyes are full of peace and happiness.
Ning Xi thought, in fact, life may not need a lot of wealth and wealth, as long as there is one person who can accompany him, support him, work hard for life, and live with each other, then it is already very good.
There are two large pots on the stove in front of the woman, one is milky white soup made from earth fish, shrimp skin and pork bones, exuding a tempting aroma, and the other is boiling water for cooking wontons. The pots are churning, and there are beautiful sprays.
The woman’s movements are very fast. When she squeezes and releases it, she wraps it into a thumb-sized wonton. After a dozen or so, they were scalded in boiling water with a claw fence and poured into a bowl of the sea.
Then cook the noodles, the traditional alkaline water, the face is smooth and elastic, put it in the boiling water for a while and then pick it up, stir it with long bamboo chopsticks, swept across the cold river, scoop up the cooked oil, and spread it out. Sprinkle a handful of chopped chives on the cooked wonton noodles, pour in a spoonful of fresh soup, and a bowl of authentic Cantonese-style wonton noodles is ready.
The woman whispered something, and the man came over immediately, took the bowl, and brought it to Ningxi: “Miss, please take it slow.”
“Thank you!” Ning Xi sincerely thanked, holding a spoon in his left hand, poured a little red Zhejiang vinegar, holding chopsticks in his right hand, picking up the noodles and eating a little bit of vinegar, first eating half a bowl of noodles, then slowly Eating wontons and drinking hot soup at the end.
A simple bowl of wonton noodles gives a feeling of satisfaction from the heart to the stomach.
I was eating slowly when I suddenly heard someone at the next table yelling: “Stinky beggar, get out of the way, it’s dirty!” Looking up, a thin boy who looked only *** years old was kicked. Gotta fall to the ground.
Before Ning Xi could say anything, she saw someone help the boy up and said coldly, “Bullying a child is nothing!”
The boy winced, gulping down the food on the table.
The man said, “Are you hungry? Come, I’ll treat you to wanton noodles.” He walked over with the boy and looked around. The noodle stall was doing well. The table was almost full of people. He brought a little beggar, all of them frowned, and some people covered their noses with their hands.
She was the only one at the table where Ning Xi was.
When it was clear that it was Ning Xi, Han Xiangfei had a smile on his face and was about to say hello, but suddenly hesitant, not knowing whether to speak, Ning Xi had already smiled and waved to them: “Come here and sit down. Let’s go!”
Han Xiangfei came over with the little beggar and shouted to the boss first: “Two bowls of wonton noodles.” Then he said to Ning Xi, “Miss Ning, such a coincidence.”
Ning Xi has a good impression of this Han Xiangfei. Although he has never spoken much, at the beginning of cooking, he only focused on focus and respect for the food. Now that he saw his attitude towards the little beggar, he felt that this person even more Good character.
The wanton noodles that Han Xiangfei and the others called hadn’t come up yet. Ningxi’s had almost eaten, but it wasn’t good enough to leave like this, so they had to chat again, but they didn’t know each other well, except for the cooking competition. With nothing else to talk about, Ning Xi asked, “What is the topic you’ve drawn?” At that time, she was looking after herself, and no one else heard anything.
“Sand boat treads greenery.” Han Xiangfei replied with a slight frown. He had never come up with anything to say about this dish, and was annoyed, so he came out for a walk.
“Oh, sand boats!” Ning Xi said clearly, “The sunset sky sets, and the desert is red. The camel bells on the ancient road ring, and the sand boats return at dusk. The name of this dish has a good artistic conception.” Seeing his confusion, he wanted to raise a few words, but he felt that it was not easy to say it too directly, so he had to read a poem. As for whether he could understand it, it was up to him.
Han Xiangfei suddenly realized: “It’s a good old road where the camel bell rings, and the sand boat is returning home at dusk. Thank you Miss Ning for the advice.”
Ning Xi pretended not to understand: “Hey, did I say anything?” After speaking, he asked the boss to come over to meet the money, stood up and said, “You guys eat slowly, I’ll go first.”
Continue to walk slowly along the river bank. Both sides of the river bank are lined with green willows. The folk customs here are open. There are bold young men and women, meeting under the moon before the flowers, holding hands and whispering in the shade of the trees, Ningxi’s face There is a smile on her face, but there is a subtle feeling of soreness in her heart. Could it be that she, who has been immersed in cooking in her past life and has never tasted the taste of love, actually starts to feel spring on this breezy foreign street?
But why, at this moment, what came to her mind was Jun Qianyu’s hateful face that was half-smiley?
Ning Xi shook his head, wanting to drive away the unrealistic thoughts in his heart, but suddenly felt that something was wrong. In an instant, a strong wind hit his face, his neck was caught by a strong arm, and a fierce voice sounded in his ears: “Don’t come here, or I’ll kill her.” A bright big knife was placed around her neck.
Ning Xi’s throat was stuck and it was hard to breathe, but she didn’t dare to move at all, for fear that if the person made the wrong hand, the sharp blade would make a knife mark on her neck.
Seven or eight men in black with outstretched arms quickly surrounded them: “You can’t escape, why do you struggle to the death and hurt innocent people?” .
I just heard the man behind him laugh hoarsely: “Since you can’t escape, it’s better to have one more back before you die!”
Ning Xi closed her eyes, these people will not let this person go, and this person will not let her go, but this time, she wonders if she will have a chance to do it again?
“Stop!” With a cold shout, Ning Xi suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the familiar figure in front of him. Although he was wearing night clothes and a mask on his face, Ning Xi was the first to do so. recognized him.
Jun Qianyu waved to the group of men in black and said, “Go back and let him go!”
“Lord! We have hunted this man for so long. If we let the tiger go back to the mountain this time, we don’t know when we will have such a good opportunity next time.”
“Back off!” Jun Qianyu’s voice contained hidden anger.
“Yes!” The man in black slowly retreated step by step, and the man behind Ning Xi also held her back step by step until she reached the end of the river bank.
Suddenly, the man grabbed Ning Xi and jumped into the river behind him. The cold river water didn’t even touch his nose. Ning Xi panicked, and before he could call for help, a large mouthful of cold river water choked in… …