Liang: "The delicious food you mentioned... is here?"
"Yes, yes, I'll take you to a food stall," Liu Ben said casually, "Dongzi recommended this place to me before, saying it's delicious."
"Are you sure the food in this kind of place will be good?" You Ying looked at the dim alley where several street lights were broken, and his doubts grew.
"You've never been to a small place like this before, these little fly-infested restaurants..."
"Flies?" You Ying frowned.
Liu Ben: "Emmm, it means a street stall that's not completely clean."
“…” You Ying frowned even deeper. Can that be eaten?
Liu Ben: "Come on, I'll take you to try it."
You Ying was pulled into the alley by Liu Ben. It was dark. Some shops had already closed, while some shops had just opened their shutters to start business for the day.
You Ying and Liu Ben arrived early. The food stall had just started to prepare. Inside the store, a woman was moving a round table out, while outside the store, a man in a white vest and a white towel around his neck was sitting on a bench with his legs spread out, carrying a basket of crabs and washing them.
Liu Ben and You Yinggang appeared at the door of the store. The woman looked up and saw them. She immediately asked, "What would you like to eat? We just set up the restaurant, but most of the ingredients are ready. We can cook it and serve it immediately after you order."
Liu Ben walked to the only table she had set up and asked You Ying to sit down with him. The woman brought a menu, and Liu Ben took a look and started ordering.
"A large portion of spicy stir-fried clams, a large portion of stir-fried razor clams, six spicy crabs, fried squid with rice cakes, grilled fish, tiger skin chicken feet..." Liu Ben read incessantly, and the woman's fingers were flying, and she could hardly keep up.
"Hmm? What's this 'milk'?" Liu Ben saw a word he didn't recognize.
"Nai Pa (pāo) is roasted milk." The woman gathered her hair, looking a little surprised.
"Baked milk?" You Ying didn't understand: "Cheese?" Anyway, watery milk can't be baked.
Woman: "No, it's roasted...cow's milk."
Liu Ben, You Ying:?
Liu Ben, You Ying: (Pupils tremble)
"Ahem, no, no, that's all I have. You Ying, do you want anything else?" Liu Ben scratched his head and handed the menu to You Ying. Oh my god, are humans so cruel? They actually did this to a cow.
You Ying was also a little embarrassed and buried his head in the menu.
"Don't be like the guy who had dinner with me today and only ordered one or two, and ended up eating too much!" Liu Ben teased You Ying.
You Ying rolled his eyes at him, then looked at it carefully again.
"Salt and pepper shrimp, boiled edamame, and this vegetarian set meal. I'd also like a drink. What would you like to drink?"
Liu Ben: "Drink that canned fruit wine. Order a few more bottles."
"Four cans will do."
Liu Ben and his friends ordered quite a lot. The woman seemed very happy, but there was some hesitation in her expression. After hesitating for a while, she turned around and hurried to prepare.
You Ying felt that this was probably due to the boss lady's attitude being a little strange. The man who had just been washing crabs and was now heating up the stove was also a little absent-minded, glancing outside from time to time.
Liu Ben also noticed it, but he didn't care much about it. It might be the boss's family's private matter. They were just diners who came to eat, so there was no need to care too much.
You Ying: "Didn't you say the food here is delicious? Why doesn't it look crowded?"
Liu Ben: "I don't know either. Dongzi said that every time he comes here, there are always a lot of people eating there. Did I go to the wrong place?"
As he said this, he looked up and saw that it was indeed Mao Ge Food Stall, the name was correct.
At this time, the boss and the boss's wife seemed to be discussing something. They looked at them from time to time. After hesitating for a long time, they seemed to have made up their minds and walked towards Liu Ben and You Ying together.
"I'm sorry, sir. We thought about it and still need to tell you something." The proprietress was the first to speak, but she was a little embarrassed. She pinched her apron and remained speechless.
The boss interjected, "Our restaurant is practically empty at this time of day. You've noticed, and there's a reason for that. Lately, a few unruly individuals have been coming in for dinner every day, behaving rudely and scaring off many customers. And since they arrive around this time every day, we figured we had to tell you."
"Yes, guests, do you still want to eat here? If you really like it and don't want to meet those people, we can also take it away and give you a discount." The proprietress said earnestly.
You Ying and Liu Ben looked at each other. You Ying said, "What do you think?" In fact, You Ying was casual. He never ate at street stalls before, but now it depends on Liu Ben's attitude.
Liu Ben thought for a moment and said, "I think it's better to eat here."
You Ying nodded to indicate that he had no objection.
Liu Ben looked at the boss and the others: "Let's eat here."
The boss and his wife responded and immediately returned to the store to continue their work.
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