Chapter 101: Pingcheng (2/2)

Tang Jinyu was walking around near an old house. He was a little confused. When he was surrounded by white fog in his dream that house seemed to be here, but the wall didn’t look like the one he remembered, it didn’t seem blackened by the stove. He looked up and saw that there was a small vegetable market nearby. There were a lot of people selling snacks around here, some were frying pancakes while screaming, some were selling pot stickers, and some freshly sprinkled sesame seeds fell on the fire, bursting with fragrance.

Seeing him walking around here, Xia Ye thought he was hungry, and asked, ”Want to eat?”

Tang Jinyu nodded, after walking all morning, he was indeed a little hungry.

There were kebab sellers and fried squid rings nearby. Xia Ye did not dare to let him eat these, so he took him to find a small vendor who first wrapped pot stickers. There were seven or eight small tables and sat there. More than half of the people look cleaner and hygienic.

Xia Ye wiped the stool and let him sit down first, he went to buy some potstickers and asked for some of each kind of stuffing. The best ones here are beef stuffing and shrimp stuffing, with the thin crust sprinkled with sesame seeds. The sturdy fillings like beef balls were so full that it burst out juice with just one bite, and it had to be blown while eating.

Tang Jinyu slowed down after taking two bites. Xia Ye was still eating, watching him bite, and asked, ”Don't like this?”

Tang Jinyu shook his head and said, ”I like it.”

He really likes it, and he had also smelled this in his dreams, as if he had eaten this when he was a child, and it felt very familiar.

But the more familiar, the more sad he was.

He seemed to have lost one of his closest people.

Xia Ye was still asking him in a low voice. Tang Jinyu didn't want his brother to worry. He looked at a small stall selling croquettes on the side of the road and said vaguely: ”Brother, I just want to eat that fried one. Can you buy one for me? Eating one…half is enough. Let's eat it separately, and I'll have a bite.”

Xia Ye went to buy him one, picked it up and fed him a bite, ”Taste a little and eat well, don't you know?”

Tang Jinyu nodded, and after taking a bite, he was suddenly stunned. Xia Ye bought him fried vegetable balls with tofu horseshoe and small shiitake mushrooms. This was very common, but it was different from ordinary vegetable balls, and they were very fresh. Tang Jinyu chewed and ate slowly for a while, his eyes were red. He had eaten this food countless times, and he could even remember what the old man said with a smile. The old man always told him that he must put more seaweed in and fry it, roll a little raw flour on the outside to make it fresh and crispy, especially delicious.

Tang Jinyu didn’t have time to finish eating, so he went to the stall to find someone, but it was a middle-aged couple who he saw. One of them made vegetable meatballs and the other was frying on a frying pan. When he came over, he thought it was a customer, and they smiled and greeted him.

Tang Jinyu looked around them and asked, ”Excuse me, does your vegetable ball always taste like this?”

”Yeah, what's the matter?” The owner was very enthusiastic. When he saw Xia Ye coming over, he was particularly impressed with him. After all, it was quite rare for someone to be tall and handsome here. ”Is there anything wrong with the one you just bought?”

Xia Ye came over and whispered: ”What's the matter?”

Tang Jinyu shook his head, ”No, I just think it's so delicious, I want to ask how to make it.”

The owner sells them all here, and there was no special skill to hide, he said with a smile: ”Hey, what's the problem with this, just with these ingredients, you can make them at home.”

”There was seaweed in it, right?”

”Yes, yes, If you want to make it taste fresh, put more seaweed, and if you want it more crispier, just put more horseshoes!” The owner laughed, ”I have been selling here for several years, and the business was not very good at the beginning, but this is what an old man told me, but I can't tell you the sauce, this is the secret ingredient.”

Tang Jinyu's eyes lit up and asked, ”That old man, where is the other person? Does he live here too?”

The owner shook his head and said, ”For many years, he came here to set up a stall for two years, selling some glutinous rice cakes, and selling eight-treasure rice. I've never had such delicious eight treasures rice in my life. Many people here even invite him to make dinner. I don't have to say that the old man's craftsmanship is very good, and he's very kind. Those who want to take advantage of him would be chased away by him, ha ha!”

Tang Jinyu listened with a corner of his mouth raised, then suddenly remembered something, and asked the owner: ”Where did the old grandfather live when he lived here?”

Xia Ye understood from the side, and asked, ”You want to find him?”

Tang Jinyu nodded and said vaguely: ”I think the food he cooked is delicious, brother, I think… I want to eat Babao rice.”

Xia Ye looked at him for a while, Tang Jinyu also tried to look up at him, opening a pair of eyes to wait for him to see through his heart, he couldn't say a word, so that his brother could quickly see his desire! Seeing his idea of ​​looking for someone!

Xia Ye looked at him, and suddenly raised his hand and squeezed his face, raised his eyebrows and said, ”Are you so greedy?”

Tang Jinyu: ”…”

Tang Jinyu couldn't help it, he was greedy.

Although Xia Ye said this, he still took the initiative to ask about the old man’s whereabouts.