Soon, the proprietress brought six bottles of beer and gave us a plate of fried peanuts.
"Thank you!"
Chen Wang thanked him with a smile.
"No thanks, please enjoy your meal. I'm going to get busy now."
The proprietress waved her hand with a smile on her face, and then went to take orders for the new customers.
"Master, Brother Zhuang, come on, two bottles each!"
Chen Wang divided the beer among the people and opened a bottle cap for his master.
"Come on, let one go first."
Chen Dazhuang also opened a bottle and started shouting with the beer bottle in his hand.
They are three grown men and they are all family, so there is no need to be so particular.
Chen Wang smiled, picked up the beer bottle with his master, clinked it with his mouth, then tilted his head back and drank half of the bottle.
“Ha…comfortable!”
Chen Dazhuang let out an exaggerated long sigh, picked up the chopsticks and picked up two slices of pork head and stuffed them into his mouth.
"Master, please eat more."
Chen Wang put some fried kidney into his master's bowl.
Chen Jianjun nodded with a smile on his face and said, "I can do it myself, you can eat too."
Chen Wang responded and tasted a piece of the fried liver and kidney. It was soft, tender, fresh and fragrant, without any peculiar smell, which was quite good.
I also tried the big plate chicken and pork head respectively.
The taste is pretty good and goes well with wine.
The stir-fry stalls in this market are mainly about affordability; it is impossible to say how delicious they are.
Those who come to the market are all farmers, so dishes like this are perfect for them.
The three of them ate with relish and quickly finished two bottles of beer, still feeling a little unsatisfied.
"How about two bottles each?"
Chen Dazhuang made a suggestion.
"It's almost enough. We are not at home."
Chen Jianjun glared at him unhappily.
"Master is right. Let's stop here and have some food to calm down."
Chen Wang agreed with a smile.
Chen Dazhuang shrugged helplessly and said nothing more.
"Madam, give me three bowls of rice."
"Okay!"
…
After eating and drinking, the three of them went to visit the stalls in the market separately.
When Chen Wang saw the man selling malt sugar, his memories were immediately brought back.
When he was a child, his grandmother would make this every year. He would stand by the pot and wait. When the syrup in the pot became thick, his grandmother would use chopsticks to stir some out for him.
After repeated pulling of the sugar, it will gradually turn white and then solidify into a white solid.
"Boss, how much is this maltose?"
"Fifty cents a piece."
"Can you give me one, cut into small pieces?"
"no problem."
The boss was a middle-aged man who readily agreed to his request. He cut a piece of white maltose into small pieces and handed them to him on a piece of kraft paper.
"Here you go."
"Thanks."
Chen Wang took the maltose and handed over a fifty-cent bill.
I picked up a small piece and looked at it. It was no different from what I remembered. It felt a little hard when I put it in my mouth.
After being moistened by saliva, the maltose in the mouth softens immediately, and then you start to chew it. It is silky and soft, sweet but not greasy.
Even though he didn't like sweets very much, he thought this malt sugar was delicious and much better than all the fancy candies of later generations.
A bit sticky to teeth.
When Chen Wang was a child, he heard from his grandmother that when some children’s teeth were about to change, their parents would give them a piece of maltose.
As I chewed, the rotten teeth were stuck to the maltose.
Chen Wang took the maltose and continued walking around while eating.
Then he saw someone selling candied haws, which were only 20 cents each, so Chen Wang bought two more, preparing to take them back for his wife and sister.
He himself doesn't like to eat this stuff.
Then, I weighed some fried peanuts and melon seeds.
When I'm not going into the mountains to hunt, it's still a bit boring at home, and these are just the right things to kill time.
Chen Wang came to a fruit stall.
After returning this time, he plans to visit his wife's parents' home with her, so he can buy some fruits to bring back and leave some for the little monkeys.
I bought several kilograms of bananas, oranges and apples.
Compared to other things, these fruits are indeed much more expensive. It cost him more than five yuan to buy them casually.
He also bought some thick socks from a middle-aged woman's stall, five pairs each for his sister, wife, and himself.
Candied haws, melon seeds and peanuts were wrapped in paper and put into the medicine basket. Fruits were put in a net bag and socks were stuffed directly into the medicine basket.
"Awang!"
Chen Dazhuang's shout was heard.
Chen Wang looked in the direction of the voice and saw Chen Dazhuang walking towards him quickly, carrying some shopping items in his hands.
On the cart that the master was pushing next to him was the urea sack that Chen Dazhuang always carried with him, and it looked like it was half full.
"Master, what did you buy?"
Chen Wang placed the fruits in the net bag on the cart and pointed at the urea sack with a smile.
"Some fried peanuts, sweet potato vermicelli, dried beans, pickled fish, etc. are all quite cheap now. In a while, before the New Year, the prices may go up."
Chen Jianjun replied with a smile.
“Then I bought too little!”
Chen Wang was stunned.
"You can buy it later. There's no rush."
Chen Dazhuang grinned.
"Forget it. I still have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. The little girl asked me to buy him some fruit and some other things. I don't think they're available here."
"Then let's go!"
"Are you and Master not going to continue hanging out here?"
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