He Liu also walked to the edge of the tent and looked out at the sky, which was gradually being covered by dark clouds, with Su Yun'er.
"Luckily, our tofu pudding is served hot. Eating and drinking it together will warm you up. Auntie, let's make something to eat too."
Su Yun'er used to eat only after closing up shop and going home.
But it's too cold now. After a busy noon, I'm exhausted, hungry, and cold. I also have to dismantle the tents, tables, and chairs. If I don't eat something, I'm afraid I won't have the strength to keep going.
“Okay, you do it, I’ll help you.” He Liu chuckled.
Su Yun'er is a good cook, so naturally she'll be the one to do it.
“Yesterday I tasted the soup wontons at the city gate and they were so delicious that I didn’t get enough. Today I’ve prepared some meat filling and dough myself so we can make them ourselves.”
He Liu was naturally happy to agree.
The two brought the cooked wontons to the edge of the tent, eating the hot meat wontons while looking at the scenery outside and chatting.
Suddenly, He Liu noticed with her sharp eyes that snow had started falling from the sky.
"Yun'er, look! It's snowing!"
"That's true, but the snowflakes are still small." Su Yun'er took a couple of sips of hot soup.
Before long, the snowflakes grew larger and larger, and the ground outside quickly turned white.
"This temperature drop is really sudden." He Liu said with some unease, "Last winter was also particularly cold, and the temperature drop came suddenly. It snowed heavily for more than half a month, and many people couldn't withstand it and stayed in that winter. I hope it won't be like this again this year?"
The last sentence is both a question and a monologue.
Su Yun'er was silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "Auntie, what did Uncle Guan say to you at noon? Did he mention what they would drink if they got thirsty at work?"
He Liu thought for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't think so, what's wrong?"
"A customer said today that there was no fire in the canteen over there. So if the laborers are thirsty and want to drink water, wouldn't they be drinking cold water too?"
He Liu immediately sat up straight, looking worried: "It's true. In this cold weather, the water in their water bags must be cold. When they're exhausted, how can they stand drinking cold water?"
The two were packing their things and talking when someone approached. After looking around, the person politely asked, "May I ask if this place is suitable for food business?"
Su Yun'er quickly stood up to greet them: "Hello, this is a food business, we sell tofu pudding and rice."
"Madam, do you have any more?" The man lifted the bundle on his shoulder.
The man spoke politely and respectfully, and his cheeks and hands were red from the cold wind, suggesting he was a traveler on the move.
"We're out of tofu pudding, but we can make something else. If you don't mind, please make it first, and I'll see what ingredients we have and make you a bowl."
“In that case…” The man licked his dry, pale lips, hesitated for a moment, “Then I will trouble you, my lady.”
He Liu and his wife finished the remaining wontons in the bowl, then invited the man to sit down and served him a bowl of hot wonton soup: "Guest, please have some hot soup to warm yourself up."
There wasn't much dough left to make wontons. After Su Yun'er and He Liu ate some, there was only half a serving left. There was only a small spoonful of meat filling, and no tofu pudding at all, but there was still plenty of rice left.
After thinking for a moment, Su Yun'er poured the hot soup from the pot of boiled wontons into a large bowl, cleaned the pot, added some oil, stir-fried some chopped green onions, then added rice, simply seasoned it with a little salt and light soy sauce, and made a fried rice without eggs.
After serving the fried rice, reheat the pan, scrape the minced meat from the bowl, stir-fry until fragrant, then pour the hot wonton soup back into the pan. Once the water boils, tear the dough into pieces and throw them into the pot to cook. Add soy sauce and oyster sauce, sprinkle with chopped green onions and cilantro, and a bowl of minced meat noodle soup is ready.
A bowl of fried rice and a bowl of noodle soup, though made with leftover ingredients, are both delicious and visually appealing.
"We didn't have many ingredients left, so I made something simple. Please don't mind."
The man's eyes lit up when he saw the two bowls of food being served: "My lady, you're too kind. These two bowls of rice are already a delicacy for me."
After thanking him, he buried himself in his food and finished it all in no time, looking like he was really starving.
After finishing the last sip of soup, his complexion improved considerably.
"Hello, checkout please."
While wiping the tables and chairs, He Liu said, "Guests, please don't be shy. Our stall owner said that this meal is free."
"How can I do that? You're opening your doors to do business, how can I possibly eat for free?"
“You must have been rushing around, so consider this a donation for your travel expenses,” Su Yun’er said.
"Thank you so much."
"Don't be shy. It's windy right now. If you're not in a hurry, please sit here for a while."
"Thank you so much."
Su Yun'er smiled and shook her head.
This man looks like an introverted person, not good with words.
After that, the man didn't say anything more, but just sat at the tent entrance watching the wind and snow outside.
Su Yun'er and He Liu were tidying up their things inside the cart and didn't notice the commotion.
When they finished their work and came out, they found that the man had already left, leaving eight coins on the rim of the bowl.
"This man is quite interesting; he seems like an upright person." He Liu smiled and tossed the eight coins into the collection box.
Once the snowstorm subsided, the two packed up all their belongings and went home.
That very evening, He Liu rushed over to find Su Yun'er again.
"Yun'er, my husband told me something when he came back today, and I felt I should tell you, it will definitely be useful to you."
"Auntie, what's up?" Su Yun'er had just finished her work and was about to take a stroll in her spatial dimension.
A notification sound came from the space just now, but He Liu has arrived, so I can only greet He Liu first.
"Just today during the day, didn't you ask me if the dockworkers had hot water to drink when they were thirsty? He said there was no hot water."
"I guessed it. Didn't they say that even the dining shed didn't have a brazier or cotton curtains to keep it warm? How could they possibly be willing to boil water for it?"
“Exactly, firewood is so expensive.” He Liu chimed in, equally angry.
After all, among those who suffered from exhaustion, cold, and thirst, there was one whose man was.
"Is that all, Auntie?" Su Yun'er felt there must be something else.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing." He Liu slapped his thigh.
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