Chapter 44 Pig Trotter Rice Noodles
This rice noodle shop recommended by Uncle Ming is just two blocks away from Baohua Building.
This street is even more crowded, with shops next to each other and signs above them. On a sign with red letters on a yellow background, the logo is a pair of men's underwear and the name of the store is "Baron Nightclub". The photo next to it has red letters on a white background saying "Anal Fistula Specialist", which is really close to the needs.
This rice noodle shop has a small shop in this block, without a sign. There are six wooden tables inside. A hunchbacked old man is making rice noodles at the door, while a short old woman inside is busy clearing the dishes and wiping the tables.
The aroma of braised pig's trotters and braised small intestines is the best sign, and there is no empty seat in the store.
Yue Ning looked around and found a table for four. A middle-aged couple had already finished their meal. She quickly took a seat and said to Yue Baohua, "Grandpa, I want some small intestines."
She looked outside and saw a paparazzi who was really dedicated. He was standing next to a sign that read "Welcome to visit, foreign girls and Tudi are 50, northern girls are 30, and Mala Thais are 20" and continued to take pictures.
Yue Ning lowered her head and flipped through the newspaper. Oops! What a mistake! She had already read the newspaper she had read when she was in the high building with Qiao Junxian. She changed to another one.
The newspaper headline was: "The poor man begged for forgiveness on his knees, but the shepherdess's lion's roar exposed her intentions."
Is "Shepherdess" going to be her name from now on? Never mind! Never mind! It's better than "Duck Queen".
"Can you lend me the newspaper?" asked a man at the same table.
Yue Ning pulled out the extra newspaper she had bought and handed it to him without even raising her head, continuing to read her own gossip.
"Other northern girls are struggling to make money. They are willing to work for 40 or 20. This shepherdess from the northwest is amazing. I don't know how she hooked up with the young master of the Qiao family. She just can't become a mistress. Then she won't have to live a hard life of making money everywhere in the future." The man at the same table sighed and asked, "Don't you think so?"
Yue Ning didn't even raise his head: "For someone who is at the bottom of the Baron Nightclub, whose income is not enough to treat anal fistula and who even has to borrow a newspaper from others, there is no need to trouble your walnut-sized brain to think about these things."
"What did you say?" The man reacted and glared at her.
Yue Ning raised his head: "I said you were not doing well in the nightclub. Is there a problem?"
"Who works in the nightclub? I'm a bus driver." The man blushed.
Everyone in the small shop has recognized Yue Ning. The paparazzi outside saw that something was happening here. Although they did not have the speed of a sprint champion, they had the attitude of a sprint champion and started taking pictures of them the first time.
"You're working part-time after work!" Yue Ning stood up with a smile and took the rice noodles brought by his grandfather.
"Do you have any evidence?"
"Which part-time ass seller uses his real name? Andy, Tony, just use a nickname." Yue Ning put down the rice noodles and looked at the man with a red face who was about to explode. "I've said this, what are you going to do? Take off your pants for everyone to see, don't you actually have an anal fistula? At this time, someone will use a magnifying glass to look for some traces on your ass to prove that you really sell your ass. They will ignore the fact that you have a family and are an honest bus driver. This trend started from the first bad words you said to me. Many people deliberately ignore that my grandfather is the owner of Baohualou. With his accumulation, even if I do nothing, I can live a worry-free life. They also ignore that I have skills and the ability to start from scratch, and I will never starve to death. They will just throw dirty water on my head like I just threw dirty water on your head."
The man murmured, "I was just saying that."
"Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. It's okay to say it casually, but you have to be sensible." Yue Ning took the chopsticks handed to her by her grandfather, "For example, did I kiss Qiao Junxian? You can ask this."
Someone asked: "So did you kiss?"
Yue Ning held the chopsticks, smiled and raised his eyebrows: "Many people asked me this question along the way. I can't be partial to some and give a unified answer: I accepted the invitation of the program "Let Down Your Guard" to reveal the answer to this mystery. Welcome everyone to watch it. If the program ratings don't reach a new high, it must be because I'm not working hard enough and you're not gossipy enough!"
The whole place was filled with laughter. Yue Ning urged them, "Eat quickly! Leave after you're done! Don't delay Uncle from doing his business."
"Hurry up and eat. If you don't eat, Aunt Gu will come to collect your dishes." Yue Baohua urged the child.
"Eat it right away." Yue Ning looked down at the rice noodles.
This bowl of rice noodles is very filling. Half of it is filled with red-marinated braised pig's trotters and a few slices of braised small intestines, and the other half is filled with four meatballs, freshly blanched meat slices and emerald green wolfberry leaves, which almost cover the rice noodles.
She picked up the bowl and took a sip of the soup, which was made from chicken and pork bones and tasted delicious. She ate the braised pig's trotters, which were very flavorful. Although they were frozen meat, they were well seasoned and OK.
She ate the side dishes one by one and took a sip of the rice noodles. The rice noodles were fresh and tasted great!
"How is it?" Yue Baohua asked.
"With the existing materials, we have already achieved the best." Yue Ning looked back at the old man who was making rice noodles.
Yue Baohua said: "A bowl of rice noodles like this is only 1.2 yuan."
"Ah! This is too cheap." Yue Ning has begun to understand the vegetable prices in Gangcheng. Compared with the income of Gangcheng people, this price is indeed too cheap.
Someone said: "Gu Bo's rice noodles may be the most cost-effective in Hong Kong. There is no need to keep them so low. In fact, everyone's income has increased now, so a slight increase will not affect business."
Uncle Gu heard what they said and said: "We are old neighbors. You come to eat here because you respect me. At the end of the day, it will be enough to cover the family expenses and we can live well."
"Ningning." Sister Lan and a tall and thin young man wearing glasses came in from outside.
Yue Ning waved: "Good morning, Aunt Lan!"
The bus driver at the same table finished his meal and stood up: "Enjoy your meal."
"Bye-Bye."
There was a vacant seat here, and Yue Ning collected the newspaper and put it in the corner: "Aunt Lan, here."
"Ajie, go sit with Ningning first." Sister Lan went to buy rice noodles.
The young man sat down: "Hello, Uncle Hua!"
Yue Baohua replied: "Okay."
Seeing that there were still some dishes and chopsticks on the table, Ajie collected them and brought them inside, "Aunt Gu, come and wipe them."
Aunt Gu came over to wipe the table: "Is Ajie at home?"
"There is no school this morning. I haven't eaten pho at Gu Bo's place for a long time. I want to eat it."
Aunt Gu might be old, and there was a piece of rice noodle that fell on the table and was not wiped off. Ajie took the rag from Aunt Gu, helped her wipe it, then washed his hands and came over to sit down.
Yue Ning's liking for him suddenly increased. No wonder Sister Lan kept praising her son.
While waiting for the rice noodles, Sister Lan said, "Ajie, this is Uncle Hua's granddaughter, Ningning."
Ajie looked at the newspaper beside him and said, "I've heard a lot about you."
"Me too! I heard from Aunt Lan that you are very outstanding." Yue Ning said.
Ajie was a little embarrassed and said softly: "My mom is exaggerating, don't listen to her nonsense."
"I think it's okay, right? How many people on our street have been admitted to the University of Hong Kong in recent years?" Yue Baohua said.
Ajie smiled shyly.
An old man finished his meal and asked Yue Ning who was chewing a pig's trotter: "The newspaper asked, if you go boxing, what are the odds? Can I ask this?"
Yue Ning let go, the pig's trotter fell into the bowl, and he looked up and said, "If you buy from me, you will definitely lose everything."
"Why?"
"I don't know the rules! I don't know how to understand them. I am grandpa's good granddaughter. I will only do my best to pass on the legacy of Baohualou."
The one who got the answer smiled and said, "Eat slowly."
When Ajie saw that Sister Lan's rice noodles were ready, he went over to help serve them. The mother and son brought the rice noodles over.
"Ajie, Ningning said she wants to take the college entrance examination and wanted to ask you something." Sister Lan said to her son as she sat down.
"I heard from Aunt Lan that you were admitted to the University of Hong Kong. I just came to Hong Kong and I don't know how to get admitted to university in Hong Kong." Yue Ning said.
Ajie nodded. "I don't know what your goal is. In fact, there are only two universities in Hong Kong that can award bachelor's degrees. The others are all post-secondary schools. I studied at the English-Chinese School, and I am not familiar with the Chinese exam. At most, I can give you a reference for the HKU exam. I don't understand much about the CUHK either. They are two completely different paths."
"I just plan to take the English test."
"Ah?" Ajie was stunned and blurted out in English, "Are you sure?"
Yue Ning answered in English: "Yes, I have the basics, but I don't know what the test content is. I plan to spend a year to familiarize myself with the test rules here."
Ajie just said this subconsciously. He was used to studying in Hong Kong University, where all classes were taught in English. He didn't expect Yue Ning to reply in English, very fluently, except for a slight accent. But who doesn't have an accent? His English also has a Hong Kong accent.
He laughed: "Maybe you just need to be familiar with the examination rules here. As for other subjects..."
He is someone who has taken exams before, and he got a high score in business. He can talk very clearly and how can he finish talking in the time it takes to eat a bowl of rice noodles?
"Let's not delay Uncle Gu's business. Let's talk about it when we get back?" Yue Baohua said.
Ajie stood up, took the dishes and chopsticks, and helped Aunt Gu pass them over.
The four of them walked back together. Ajie asked Yue Ning about some science subjects. He smiled and said, "After taking the exam last year, I couldn't bear to throw away those materials."
"As for him! His house is so small. He just can't bear to throw away those materials, they take up space." Sister Lan said helplessly.
"Okay! Thank you." Yue Ning said gratefully.
"You're welcome. We're all neighbors. If it weren't for your help, especially Uncle Hua, I wouldn't have been able to go to college without his help."
Yue Ning didn’t know the specific reason, but he thought it was probably his grandfather who helped others.
The four of them walked to the street corner. Yue Ning saw a Mercedes-Benz car reversing and said to Ajie, "Don't get behind the car."
Who knows whether the driver is new or old, and whether he will mistake the accelerator for the brake? In short, a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall.
Ajie leaned towards her: "Oh, thank you!"
The Mercedes-Benz stopped, the door opened, and Qiao Junxian got out of the car with a bag in his hand.
Seeing Qiao Junxian, Yue Ning walked over quickly: "I just came back from breakfast. Didn't you say around nine o'clock?"
Qiao Junxian's gaze couldn't help but fall on Ajie behind Yue Ning.
Sister Lan said, "Uncle Hua, Ningning, let's go in first."
"OK!"
Yue Ning said to Ajie: "Ajie, I will come to find you later."
"I've sorted it out for you and sent it over." He said with a smile, "My house is so small."
Yue Ning smiled and said, "Sorry for the trouble, thank you!"
Sister Lan and her son went in first.
Yue Ning reached out and took the bag from Qiao Junxian's hand, not noticing that Qiao Junxian's eyes were following Ajie.
Her thoughts were on the paparazzi who took the photos: "The paparazzi are really dedicated."
Qiao Junxian said irritably: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
It's not even nine o'clock yet, but the uncle in the clothing store has already called out through the loud speaker: "Our clothing factory in Hong Kong has excess orders from Europe, so we're clearing out our stock. We have T-shirts, shirts, trousers, shorts, everything..."
Yue Ning pointed at the sign at the door of the clothing store, "Business Hours: 10am to 8pm": "Look at what time it is now. Two sides of the same coin, right? Uncle is up to do business. Aren't you bringing me business? Baohua Building has been closed for so long, haven't I been saying that it's popular? Isn't business coming? Besides, this is not the first time I've experienced this kind of trouble. When I was in Xiaoyanggou, Tian Zaohua forced me to marry her second idiot, and she spread rumors that I was a jinx. When Uncle Agen took me to kill pigs and sheep, she said behind my back that Uncle Agen, an old bachelor, wanted to marry me. Those are full of malicious intent."
"That's good." Qiao Junxian said with a smile.
"It's okay. Advertising requires money! This one doesn't even need advertising. Tomorrow's fish soup demolition competition will definitely attract a large number of people." If you want to reap the benefits of traffic, you have to be prepared for the trouble of being famous. In the past life, celebrities bought hot searches and car company bosses personally went out to increase sales. It was all common. After all, she was able to make a lot of money because of traffic. Otherwise, like Gu Bo, with good skills, selling at low prices in the alleys, she could barely make a living.
Qiao Junxian raised his wrist to check his watch: "I'm leaving. Go there early, the people in that factory are difficult to deal with."
"Um!"
Qiao Junxian got in the car, and Yue Ning watched his car leave. A paparazzi rushed over, and Yue Ning turned around with his grandfather to avoid their rush.
She opened the bag in her hand and said, "If you want to take a picture of what Qiao Junxian gave me, just ask. Why do you do this?"
Yue Ning saw four or five paparazzi rushing towards him one after another. So many?
Qiao Junxian sent her books such as "Required Articles for Hong Kong City University's Advanced Level Examination".
"Qiao Junxian sent me the review materials." Yue Ning said, "Do you see it clearly now?"
After letting the paparazzi take as many photos as they wanted, the grandparents and grandchildren returned to Baohua Building together. It wasn't even nine o'clock yet! A lot of people had already gathered at the entrance of Baohua Building.
Yue Ning didn't care whether they came to gossip or for other reasons, she just said: "Are you all here to buy roast duck? Let's start at 10 o'clock sharp."
The grandparents and grandchildren went in to roast the duck and prepare to have lunch when Li Xinrong's family came.
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