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Bi Yue had heard of "Lao Li's Roast Chicken" in later generations. He heard about it from a colleague in Harbin.
What that colleague said at that time resonated with many people in the office, so much so that Bi Yue still remembered it vividly.
My colleague is in her thirties, and she said with nostalgia:
"My happy childhood memories are actually full of flavors. Human taste buds are very strange; they can only remember delicious food.
Now when I think about my childhood, I can only remember that my parents didn’t buy me anything delicious. At that time, it was a huge matter for me, and I felt very wronged.
I may not even remember why I was beaten, but for a little kid like me, asking for something delicious and not being granted, that feeling of grievance will stay with me forever..."
Only through the food can one clearly recall the stories of the past years. Bi Yue understands, as she has had those experiences too.
…
Bi Yue turned around and glanced at Bi Cheng who was carrying a bag of rubber thread in the distance. She felt relieved and started to queue up.
What does this team look like? To quote a famous skit actor:
"There was a huge crowd of people with loud drums and gongs!" It was said that it was a grand occasion caused by the long wait for the reopening.
It smells so good, the steaming roast chicken... the salty taste, the fragrance of the chicken skin, the rich roast chicken flavor...
Ouch, I can’t think about it anymore. Bi Yue feels like the glutton in her body is about to be aroused!
You say she hasn't eaten everything, it's her body's instinct that makes her swallow her saliva quickly like the eight-year-old boy in front, she is so greedy that she doesn't know what to do.
Bi Yue knew in her heart that the reason why this fragrance could make people crazy was not because of the excellent craftsmanship, but because life was not easy in the 1980s!
No one has ever had any good food. Ten yuan for a roast chicken, unless it's a dinner with colleagues or a very important guest at home, who would buy such an expensive thing?!
Therefore, the common people in later generations have eaten everything, which has led to the fact that nothing they eat tastes good!
So in the 1980s, Chu Yifeng and Chu Ci ate good food every day. Bi Yue felt that comparing oneself with others was really a shame!
So Bi Yue looked at the long line, and asked the older sister in front of her about the time, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart:
Who would have thought that Da Lao Li’s Roast Chicken, which was so popular at that time, would later become deserted.
It is true that things change over time. Don’t laugh at others’ poverty, and don’t envy others’ wealth. It just depends on whether you have it in your destiny!
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For Bi Yue and her brother, carrying roast chicken is a great idea as it attracts everyone's attention in the bus.
They all looked at the fragrant roast chicken in Bi Yue's hand, and no one paid attention to the RMB in the plastic bag.
The two buses reversed all the way and it was already 10 o'clock in the evening when they arrived at Lianhua Town, Fuyu Township. In other words, they had to climb the mountain to get home in the middle of the night, and it was better to take a shortcut.
Bi Yue was speechless. This small town was completely devoid of anything. There wasn't even a hotel or guesthouse. "Here? This! You?"
The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she felt. She was already a grown woman, but she looked like an old lady. Was she going to have to spend the night at the bus station? What was the point of her paying a high price to sleep in the dining car?
It was the end of the month and she didn't know about it, but someone knew about it so why didn't they tell her in advance?
Just look at the cute little girl, she rubbed her face vigorously with both hands in annoyance, glanced at Bi Cheng with her big eyes, and could not help but complain in a complaining tone:
"Tell me, what should we do? We're hiking in the middle of the night. Are there wolves in the mountains? What about blind bears? Why don't you be more careful? If I had known, I would have gone back tomorrow and visited Harbin again!"
The road home is really thorny.
Originally she was a little scared to go home and call her parents, as she had never called them before and it was her first time, so she felt so unfamiliar with the situation. But now she just wanted to get home as soon as possible, and she was so exhausted!
Bi Cheng fanned away the mosquitoes that were flying happily in front of him with his hands, without making a sound. It looked like he was waiting for his sister to make a decision.
Habits, habits are terrible. Ever since Bi Yue showed her all-round and three-dimensional strength, Bi Cheng has become accustomed to listening to his sister.
It was quiet at ten o'clock in the evening, with few people on the street, and the sound of the whip was particularly loud.
Bi Yue raised her eyes and crossed her legs. She first squinted her eyes and looked into the distance, then her eyes widened. A mosquito landed on her lips, and she quickly and vigorously wiped her cheeks.
It ran away in a flash, its two thin legs running fast, and its two arms waving wildly:
"Uncle! No, uncle! Look here, look here!"
Bi Cheng took big strides and ran after him. He felt that God had really opened his eyes and would never let him and his sister, two stupid little birds, starve to death!
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The horse-drawn carriage is not the slow old ox-drawn cart in Zhaojiatun, so the rental price is naturally high, especially if the old man takes a "night train" that takes him home late at night for a round trip.
Bi Cheng started to get worried again. Even after climbing onto the carriage, he asked, "Uncle, can't you give me a discount? Your horse is more expensive than a gas-burning bus ticket!"
Bi Yue was too lazy to pay attention to Bi Cheng. She sat in the back of the carriage with her legs crossed, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and taking off her coat to cover her head to prevent mosquito bites. With her head covered, it didn't prevent her from doing anything else.
Bi Yue was peeling the skin of the roast chicken she bought for Bi Chen and stuffing it into her mouth in the dark.
The old man thought Bi Cheng was annoying, so he said nothing and tried his best to speed up the car. Bi Cheng knew that his hope was slim, but he had a mentality: it would make him feel better if he kept delaying!
Bi Cheng stopped chatting with the uncle and moved his position. He looked at his sister who was completely covered in clothes across from him and asked:
"Sister, what are you doing?"
"Ah, this chicken skin beauty product is useless to you. It's the only one in my family that can benefit from it." The greasy little hands wanted to continue peeling the skin, but there was only meat left on their hands!
Bi Yue hesitated for a second. When did she finish it? She only wanted to eat half of it. She continued vaguely:
"I'm a beauty."
The 18-year-old boy touched his belly and was really hungry. "Sister, give me a chicken head to nourish my brain!"
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Fuyu Township, Lianhua Town, Zhaojiatun, just listen to these place names, you can tell that the road was very bumpy.
When it is cloudy and rainy, the roads are muddy and no one can leave the house or climb the hill. Even the old oxen will suffocate to death in the hills.
What a lovely person, so thoughtful!
The young and old people living in Zhaojiatun have walked their way home, bypassing one bend after another on this rugged road surrounded by mountains on three sides.
At around midnight, the Bi family's mud and thatched house appeared in front of the brother and sister.
Looking from afar, this poor house, except for the black iron door with hollow holes on it for show, everything else, at least on the outside, looks really shabby!
The coat on her head slipped off, but Bi Yue didn't even bother to pull it off.
Poor, so poor that it was beyond her imagination. It turned out that there really were families in this world where mice would enter the house for a stroll and then leave in tears...
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