Children without firecrackers gathered in groups to play snowball fights in the snow.
The untrodden snow on the road was covered with footprints.
Children are not afraid of the cold, especially those from Northeast China, who scream while having snowball fights.
After leaving the village and walking onto the empty dirt road, Yan Ning and his companions howled in the cold wind.
After walking for more than 40 minutes, we arrived at the commune bus station, where we bought tickets and boarded the bus.
There were very few people going to Tongshi on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and everyone had a seat on the bus.
The vehicle drove for half an hour before arriving at Tongshi Station. Yan Ning looked at the time and it was almost eleven o'clock.
"Brother, let's go to the state-owned restaurant for lunch first, and then go to the roller skating rink!"
Yan Yuqi nodded and said, "Okay, I know there's a state-owned restaurant nearby that serves pretty good food. It's only about ten minutes' walk away."
The group walked to the state-owned restaurant.
When we arrived at the restaurant, it was dinner time and there were only a few people eating.
Yan Ning felt that this restaurant looked more upscale than several other state-owned restaurants in Tong City.
The dining table in the lobby is a round wooden table covered with a blue checkered tablecloth and a round plastic spacer that fits the tabletop.
Compared to the greasy big square tables in other restaurants, this one looks more upscale.
The eight of Yan Ning's group just fit together at one table.
When Yan Ning was about to call Yan Yuqi to go to the kitchen window to order food, he saw the waiter coming over with a menu.
Wow... In this restaurant, the waiters actually come up to take your orders. It's really high-end.
The waiter came over and handed over a menu, then stood aside with a notebook waiting for our order.
Yan Ning took the menu and took a look. This restaurant looked quite high-end, and the prices of the dishes were also quite high.
A serving of braised pork costs more than one yuan in other restaurants, but here it’s more than two yuan.
Except for vegetarian dishes, the prices of other meat dishes have almost doubled.
Yan Ning asked his younger brothers and sisters about their tastes and ordered a lamb chop, a sweet and sour pork, a braised eggplant, and a large rice noodle.
Yan Yuqi added another serving of stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat and a serving of vegetable and meatball soup.
Xiao Xue's two younger brothers and Qin Bingbing's siblings were a little excited.
It is a rare thing for them to eat in such an expensive state-owned restaurant.
And just now, Cousin Ning and Cousin Qi ordered three meat dishes in total!
You should know that there are only two meat dishes in the New Year’s Eve dinner, and the rest are all vegetarian dishes.
Add to that the whole family, and each person only needs to pick up two chopsticks to eat the meat.
Now that they can eat as much meat as they want, they are of course excited.
After waiting for a while, the waiter came with a tray and started serving the dishes.
Although the price of this restaurant is a bit high, the portion size is larger than other restaurants.
The lamb chops were served on a large plate and garnished with some coriander.
The large rice noodle dish was brightly colored and beautiful, and the only side dishes were shredded carrots and cucumbers.
But it looks similar to the colorful face lifts of the 21st century.
The other dishes looked and tasted very attractive as well.
All the food was served and everyone picked up their chopsticks and started eating.
Yan Ning picked up a piece of lamb chop and tasted it, then stopped picking up any meat or vegetables.
Yan Yuqi poured a bowl of soup for Yan Ning, "Sister, the vegetable and meatball soup in this restaurant is refreshing and not greasy. It tastes very delicious. You should try it."
Yan Ning picked up the bowl and took a sip. It tasted really good.
After finishing one bowl, she ordered another.
The younger brothers and sisters were very satisfied with the meal.
All the dishes were eaten cleanly.
After all, the food cooked by restaurant chefs is much more delicious than that cooked at home.
After the meal, Yan Yuqi rushed to pay for the bill and ticket.
After leaving the restaurant, the group decided to walk to the roller skating rink to help digest their food.
After walking for fifteen or sixteen minutes, we arrived at the only roller skating rink in Tong City.
Yan Ning glanced at the environment in the skating rink. There were quite a lot of people here to roller skate today.
Several people came to the counter and Yan Ning asked about the price of renting roller skates.
You have to pay a three-dollar deposit to rent a pair of skates, and it costs twenty cents to play for an hour.
When you return the shoes and get your deposit back, you can calculate how much time you spent playing and pay for it.
Yan Ning counted out twenty-four yuan and handed it to the staff, "We want eight pairs of shoes."
After getting the skates, several people put them on and entered the skating rink.
Yan Ning can skate, but she is not very skilled. She found a less crowded edge of the court and skated slowly.
Qin Bingbing also followed behind her.
Yan Yuqi is worthy of being a native of Northeast China, and his skating skills are top-notch.
He was very fast and started to slide backwards after a while.
There were not many people who could skate backwards in the skating rink, and wherever Yan Yuqi passed by, he caused exclamations from boys and girls.
Coupled with Yan Yuqi's handsome appearance, many girls on the scene blushed and couldn't take their eyes off his back.
Yan Ning slid for a while and found a place to rest while holding the railing.
She looked at Yan Yuqi who was skating smoothly on the opposite court, and suddenly saw a man and a woman passing by him.
I don’t know the man, but the woman is Yan Sumei.
The man was holding Yan Sumei's hand and teaching her how to skate.
Judging from the looks of the two of them, has Yan Sumei found a new partner?
When Yan Sumei and the man slid over here and were about to pass in front of Yan Ning, Yan Ning called out Yan Sumei.
"Sister Sumei."
Yan Sumei turned her head and looked over here when she heard the voice, and said in surprise: "Sister Ning!"
Then she said something to the man and slid towards Yan Ning.
The man was stunned when he saw Yan Ning's appearance. After a few seconds, he looked away and continued skating around in circles on the rink.
Yan Sumei slid over to stand next to Yan Ning, "Sister Ning, long time no see. When did you come back? Why didn't you come to play with me?"
Yan Ning smiled and said, "I just came back two days before the New Year, and I thought I would come back to see you in a few days.
I didn’t expect to meet you here today.”
Yan Sumei asked again: "Who did you come with today?"
"My eldest brother and Xiaolin, as well as the younger brothers and sisters from my third and fourth aunts' families."
After Yan Ning finished speaking, he winked at her and asked curiously, "Sister Su Mei, what's going on?"
Yan Sumei blushed, feeling a little embarrassed. "He was my classmate in high school, and he's also my boyfriend now."
"oh……"
Yan Ning stretched out the ending syllable and said, "Since you two were high school classmates, why did you only fall in love now?"
Yan Sumei smiled and said, "We didn't have any contact when we were studying, and we didn't even talk a few words.
A few months ago, my aunt introduced me to a blind date, but I only found out it was him after I got there.
After that we spent some time together and we both felt that each other was pretty good.
So we started dating, and we've been together for two months."
After saying that, Yan Sumei saw a figure gliding over from a distance, "I'll ask him to come over and introduce you to him!"
She waved to the man.
The man slid over here and stopped next to Yan Sumei.
Only then did Yan Ning take a look at Yan Sumei's boyfriend.
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