Chapter 118 Chapter 118 The unlucky little bone demon is perfect...
When the morning light first broke and the market opened, the aroma of oil from the large iron pot outside the Duan Family Restaurant mixed with the early spring chill and spread across two streets.
Several young officials who were up early came over curiously and lined up: "Madam Duan, what's the new food today?"
The pan-fried buns in the pot were sizzling, and soon a layer of burnt golden edges appeared on the bottom of the buns. She scooped a spoonful of starch water and poured it into the pot, and white hot steam rose into the air.
Duan Zhiwei said cheerfully: "This is called Shengjianbao, it tastes good, would you like one portion, gentlemen?"
The steam in the pot gradually receded. Duan Zhiwei lifted the lid and quickly sprinkled some sesame seeds and chopped green onions on it. He scooped out a plate of pan-fried buns from the pot. The bottom was fried until golden brown and crispy, and served with a dish of aged vinegar.
"Do you want pork or shepherd's purse? We also have fresh shrimp, but it costs five more cents... I can't do anything about it. It's spring now, and river shrimp are expensive."
The weather gradually became warmer in early spring, the sun was shining brightly, and the restaurant business also picked up. By the stove in the backyard, Ah Pan held a long spoon and watched the fire of soy milk.
The little bone demon squatted in the cage and looked at it sinisterly. The bubbling soy milk was added with its specially developed bone-rotting powder. As long as someone drank a sip...
Soon a large pot of soy milk was cooked and brought to the front room by A Pan. The little bone demon bent over and followed quietly at her feet.
A bowl of fresh and delicious soy milk was served on the table. This was the first step in its destruction of Chang'an.
The first person to have breakfast was Doctor Zhao who lived on the street. He almost always came to Duan's Restaurant to have breakfast. He took a bite of the pan-fried bun, drank a sip of soy milk, and then said in shock: "This... this is."
"Here it comes." A cold light flashed in the little bone monster's eyes.
"Doctor Zhao, what's wrong with you?" Aunt Duan was the first to notice his abnormality and hurried over.
“Your soy milk…” Doctor Zhao’s hands trembled three times.
Duan Zhiwei also noticed something was wrong and hurried over: "What's wrong with the soy milk?"
"This soy milk must have been added with aged bone strengthening powder. I feel my blood boiling now."
Everyone in the restaurant was stunned.
Doctor Zhao's face was flushed, and he praised excitedly: "Your soy milk is really good." He stood up from the food table, and his shaking legs stopped shaking. He walked around with high spirits: "My old cold legs are not shaking anymore!"
Doctor Zhao was a kind person with excellent medical skills. The residents of Xuanyangfang respected and trusted him. After hearing about him, they all came to get soy milk.
"Hey, don't push, come one by one, there's money for everyone!" Aunt Duan was delighted, she flicked the gauze shawl on her arm and ran over excitedly to collect the money.
The little bone monster hiding in the crack of the door was petrified on the spot.
Duan Zhiwei was also confused when he saw the crowds of people coming, and asked Ah Pan in confusion: "I didn't add anything in it?"
Looking at the diners flocking in, the little bone monster was so angry that the fire in his eyes turned crimson purple. His ribs were finally returned to him by the sober Jinhua cat. His body was full of the smell of Jinhua's saliva. He twisted his waist, snorted, and turned away.
The little bone monster no longer paid attention to the long queue of people in front of the restaurant and decided to start another plan.
The Jinhua cat stole salted fish last night and was caught this morning and given a severe scolding.
At this moment, it was wearing an indigo floral scarf on its head, squatting in the backyard, holding the sieve with its two front paws, muttering to itself as it sifted flour:
"I am a great Jinhua cat demon. I was able to influence the royal family in the Sui Dynasty. Now I can only sift flour in the backyard. Sigh."
The little bone demon was originally most afraid of it and wanted to go around it, but when he heard the words "royal family on both sides", he stopped.
Maybe this ordinary-looking fat cat really has some unknown abilities?
The Jinhua cat kept chattering for a long time, and the flour floated in the air like fine snow. Its nose suddenly felt itchy.
"A-choo~" Jinhua suddenly sneezed, and the scarf on his forehead slipped down and covered his eyes.
"I can't see, it's dark, I'm blind!" It turned around in panic, and its tail knocked over the sieve, and the flour in the sky swallowed it up like white mist.
When Pu Tao heard the noise and rushed over, the Jinhua cat had become a "flour cat", its body covered with flour, with only a pair of big round black eyes blinking.
The little bone demon thought: "Forget it..."
It strolled to the front hall and happened to meet the bricklayer carrying his bag into the Duan's restaurant. Aunt Duan hurried to pour him a glass of water: "Finally you're here. There was a strong wind the day before yesterday, and several tiles were blown off the roof. They almost hit someone."
Hit someone? The little bone demon's ears twitched.
The bricklayer set up a ladder, climbed up to the roof quickly, and quickly repaired the damaged area.
Aunt Duan chatted with the bricklayer for a while and then gave him the money.
The little bone demon gave a sinister smile.
While the ladder was still there, it climbed up quickly, then walked slowly along the roof and picked up a tile that it liked.
It stretched out its hand, and soon the bright golden talisman was transferred from its fingertips to the tiles. However, the wind on the roof was strong, and the spell carved by the little bone monster looked like the patterns on a hand made by a dog.
It was not very satisfied. After staring at it for a while, it decided to give up: "Forget it, forget it. Anyway, this brick brings bad luck."
The little bone demon dusted off his hands, turned around and tried to go downstairs.
The ladder has been moved back to the backyard by Aunt Duan.
Little Bone Demon: “…”
No one came to save it, only a gust of spring breeze carrying gravel blew it blind.
It squatted on the eaves for almost half an hour, and finally decided to take the risk and slide down the edge of the eaves.
When it was halfway down, a leaf blown up by the wind rudely hit it on the face. The little bone monster was so scared that its hands loosened and it slid down along the corrugations, and finally fell into a pot of soup with a "plop".
A customer specifically asked for Sichuan pepper-flavored hot pot. Duan Zhiwei had just prepared the pot base and was about to move it out of the kitchen when an unidentified object fell in, splashing the soup everywhere. She was startled and quickly put the pot on the ground.
Fortunately, the soup hadn't boiled yet and was cold.
The little bone monster was floating in the hot pot with its arms and legs spread out, and there were a few Sichuan pepper shells on its forehead.
"Gululu." It flapped its arms in the soup, making splashes of water three feet high. It then drank several mouthfuls of the soup, its eyes filled with tears from the spiciness.
Duan Zhiwei finally reacted and quickly took it out of the pot. She looked worried: "Are you okay?"
Pu Tao had just washed the Jinhua cat. He came in and took the little bone demon and said, "Madam, go ahead and do your work. I'll go wash it."
Duan Zhiwei was a little worried: "The lard in this pot is hard to wash out, remember to scrub it a few more times with bath beans."
Pu Tao responded and carried the little bone monster who had been sneezing into the backyard.
It happened that Zhu Niang came to play with her. The two of them squatted by the well and scrubbed the resigned little bone demon repeatedly several times before they washed away the strong and pungent smell of Sichuan pepper on it.
Zhu Niang looked at the little bone demon, which was as smooth as jade again, and became playful. She suggested to Pu Tao: "Why don't we dress it up nicely? I remember you still have clothes sewn for the Mohele doll."
Pu Tao got a real Mohele doll on the Chinese Valentine's Day. She was so happy that she didn't know what to do. She begged you and him all the time, and picked up a lot of scraps of cloth to sew many beautiful clothes for the doll.
The little bone demon was still immersed in the stimulation of Sichuan pepper, and was dizzy and let them fiddle with her. Soon they dressed her in a silver-red short jacket, a dark green long skirt, and a turmeric shawl.
The two still felt that it was not enough, so they went outside to pick a crabapple flower and pinned it on the sesame leaf on the little bone demon's head, and also took Aunt Duan's powder box, rouge and eyebrow pencil.
"It looks good!" "So cute!"
Pu Tao and Zhu Niang clapped their hands and praised him, making the little bone demon feel embarrassed.
"Is it really beautiful?" it asked uncertainly.
"It's really, really beautiful!" The two of them applauded enthusiastically.
It touched the heavy flowers on its head and suddenly felt that this gray Chang'an seemed to be a little brighter. The sun was bright above its head, and the new willow branches in spring were sweeping warm light in the wind.
Pu Tao carefully held it in the palm of her hand and showed it off to Duan Zhiwei: "My dear, look at Xiaogu, isn't she very cute?"
Duan Zhiwei was busy sliding the cut mushrooms into the oil pan. When he heard Pu Tao calling him, he turned his head and almost dropped the spatula in his hand.
The little bone demon sat obediently in the palm of the rambutan tree, scratching his head with his hand in embarrassment: "Is it really beautiful?"
On its smooth skull were two crooked eyebrows that were uglier than caterpillars. Its cheeks were covered with bright red rouge and its body was wearing colorful clothes.
Overall, Duan Zhiwei felt that it looked a bit like a mallard duck that was tripped by water plants.
She held back her urge to laugh three times before she could stop herself from laughing. She just nodded and said, "Not bad, it looks good."
Pu Tao and Zhu Niang cheered and took the little bone monster out to play.
At noon, Yuan Shenji also came back. He was still full of doubts about the little bone monster, but when he saw that colorful face, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Duan Zhiwei brought lunch to the table and secretly nudged his waist with his elbow: "Don't laugh, it hurts people's self-esteem."
He quickly put on a stern expression again.
Today's lunch is spring rolls and noodles with bamboo shoots and mushroom sauce. The bamboo shoots and mushrooms are freshly picked and very fresh. The bright red sauce is first stir-fried to release the oil, and then the mushrooms are poured in to reduce the soup. The oily and thick sauce wraps each plump noodle.
Everyone got a large bowl, and the little bone monster also got a small plate.
It was surprised and asked, "Is there one for me too?"
Duan Zhi smiled and served everyone soup: "Of course there's some for you, try it."
The little bone monster was a little excited. The hot bread contained the rich flavor of mushrooms. After taking a bite, it felt warm all over.
He took another bite of the spring roll. It was hot as it had just come out of the frying pan. He blew on it twice and took another careful bite. The crispy skin broke with a "crack", revealing the emerald-colored filling, which was filled with chopped tofu, diced mushrooms, diced bamboo shoots and shepherd's purse.
Add some sansho oil and balsamic vinegar, and the delicious taste of spring will swirl in your mouth.
After the little bone demon finished its lunch, it felt that its whole being had been elevated. Still wearing its gorgeous skirt, it stumbled to the eaves of the restaurant.
Duan Zhiwei had wrapped up all the freshness of the spring into the delicious food at noon. Now, standing on the threshold and looking outside the restaurant, he felt happy.
It was March, with lush grass and singing birds, and the weather was sunny and windy. Chang'an was so beautiful and lively. A woman walked past the door with her babbling child, and her laughter like silver bells reached the ears of the little bone demon.
"Why should I destroy Chang'an?" It felt a little confused.
A warm spring breeze blew across its face.
"It's so comfortable." It opened its arms to welcome the beautiful warm breeze, and its eyes narrowed in enjoyment.
In addition to blowing through it, this spring breeze also blew the bells on the eaves and loosened the bricks and tiles on the eaves.
The tile that it had "taken care of" in the morning came down with a "whoosh" and fell squarely on it.
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