Let's talk about Su Yang and Cai Xiaowen sleeping beautifully in DC Ha Lazi, while Hou Zhong'er is strolling slowly along the street.After Li Aqiao squeezed her twice and returned home with tears in her eyes that day, Mrs. Hou told her another surprise.As soon as the family letter arrived, Hou Zhonger's father and brother who were doing business abroad were coming back for the New Year.But this pleased Mrs. Hou and surprised Hou Zhong'er.Father and brother came back and hadn't seen each other for more than half a year, so they had to test her for homework.Relying on Mrs. Hou's pampering, she has been idle for several months, and she has long been unfamiliar with her homework.

Thinking of the stern faces carved out of the same mold of his father and elder brother, Hou Zhong'er was startled into a cold sweat even in his dreams.On the second day, she got up earlier than a chicken, lit the lamp to study, and then rushed to the academy to attend classes.It was like this for three consecutive days.Fortunately, Hou Zhong'er is smart, and after three days of hard study, he has made up most of the missed homework.Today she read in the academy until the evening again.As the sun set, the words on the book could not be read clearly without lighting the lamp, so Hou Zhong'er packed up the books and left the academy to go home.After working hard for several days, she already felt that she had a solid foundation in her heart, and she naturally relaxed a lot, but her eyes were tired, so she wanted to look at the street scene to relax.The coachman who sent to pick her up drove home first, and she paced slowly along the street, looking at the dusk city scene casually, while looking for some delicious snacks to pad her stomach first.

Before I knew it, I came to the Chengnan Night Market, and it was almost dark.Hou Zhong'er rubbed his chin and smashed his mouth, and looked at the rows of food stalls in the night market one by one.Most of the food stalls here serve home-cooked meals, and most of the diners are ordinary people, workers and laborers... Liba who is tired all day comes to eat, can the appetite be small?If there are small orders and small quantities on any stall, the business will not be able to go on for three days.Hou Zhonger still wanted to go home for dinner.When I left home today, Mrs. Hou said that I will have mutton hot pot for dinner, a pot specially ordered from the Mongolian mutton restaurant, fresh and tender lamb.Since there is good food, she can't eat the big plates and bowls here, so she is thinking about going to Chatang Street to eat delicate dim sum.

Hou Zhong'er looked eastward and westward and took a few steps forward. He looked up and saw the big signboard of "Peach Blossom Forest Big Bathroom" on the side of the street.She suddenly thought of the beauty who pinched her feet buried in the bathhouse.For the past three days, Hou Zhong'er had been immersed in his studies, but he hadn't thought of Li Aqiao at all. Now that he was in front of his house, he couldn't help thinking about it.

"I don't know if she's in the bathhouse now... yo? I really want to do something!" Hou Zhonger watched intently.At a small food stall not far from the entrance of the bathhouse, Li Aqiao was sitting on a saddle, with her head down, devouring the bowl.Seeing her eating so happily, Hou Zhong'er was a little hesitant to say hello.She hesitated and didn't move forward. She stood on the side of the street and stared at Li Aqiao's side face, thinking: If you look at it blindly, she looks better!

When she looked at it, Li Aqiao felt that someone was greedy for her to eat.She turned her head and looked in surprise, "It's you?!"

"Ah..." Hou Zhong'er's thoughts were still at the step of peeping. Now that he was caught by someone, he didn't know how to greet him, so he instinctively raised his left hand and shook it by his ear: "Hello."

Li Aqiao saw her standing there blankly, as if she had been watching her eating for a long time, and she couldn't help but feel a little sour: She is indeed poorer than me, it's this hour, and she still can't eat... Li Aqiao waved to Hou Zhong'er, and said enthusiastically: " Come and eat together!"

"Ah, no, no, I still want to..." Hou Zhong'er wanted to say that I still have to go home for dinner, and today I will eat mutton hot pot.But before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Li Aqiao: "No matter how busy you are, you still have to eat! Don't you run your life for yourself? Come and eat!"

Everyone talked about this, so Hou Zhong'er had no choice but to sit down.It was only when she walked to the low broken wooden table that she realized that it was a very small food stall, with only two broken tables, a thin bench, and the small horse that Li Atao sat on.Hou Zhonger didn't know how to sit well.Li Aqiao pulled out the saddle from under her buttocks, pulled the bench, and sat down with Hou Zhong'er.

"Eat when you're hungry. You can't get enough of the food you've seen all over the street. You can only be greedy. What to eat? Do you want me to eat? Rice with pickled vegetables, rice pancakes, pickled vegetables whatever you want."

Hou Zhong'er has never tasted such "poor people's happiness".Li Aqiao's portion was almost eaten, and she couldn't tell what kind of meal it was, so she simply nodded and let Li Aqiao arrange it.

In a blink of an eye, a big bowl and two plates were served, Hou Zhonger tasted the rice first, it was bland and tasteless.He took another bite of the rice cake, which was made of rough noodles.I took another bite of pickles and almost wanted to put down my chopsticks.But Li Aqiao next to him added another bowl of pickled rice and ate it with relish. She didn't want to disappoint others, so she had to perfunctorily choose the pickles in the bowl to eat.

Li Aqiao ate half a bowl of rice in one go, picked up the rice cakes to rest, and took the time to care about Hou Zhonger: "Are you working as a clerk in a bookstore? Are you still delivering books so late?" Hou Zhonger was wearing the uniform of the academy. Student gowns, white bottom, light blue embroidered edges, the fabric is not fine, and there is no way to tell if there is money or not.Li Aqiao regarded her as a bookstore clerk, which made sense.

Hou Zhong'er was taken aback, and then realized that it was her clothes and the book in her hand that had misunderstood her.I wanted to explain, but I didn't know where to start, so I just nodded my head and made a mistake.

"Hey...it's not easy. After eating this bowl, I'm going to the bathhouse to pinch my feet." Li Aqiao lowered her head and sighed, looking a little tired.But when she looked up at Hou Zhong'er, she regained her smile: "Where do you usually buy food? Is it the night market here?"

"Usually eat at home..." Hou Zhong'er's family has two local chefs, one chef of Sichuan cuisine, and one who specializes in pasta and dim sum.The taste is comparable to Wanghulou, the best restaurant in the city.

"Well...eating at home is to save money...but I'm often not free. You see, you still have to deliver books at such a late hour today. If you go home and eat again, you will miss the meal, which is not good for your stomach. The last time you pressed your stomach You will hurt.” Li Aqiao misunderstood, and was really worried about Hou Zhong’er: “If it’s too late, just buy some stomach pads, and don’t feel bad about the money. If your body breaks down, won’t you be able to make more money? ?”

"Hmm...um..." Hou Zhong'er blushed for some reason, and hurriedly lowered his head to pick up the rice grains.She thought that all three meals at home would be served on time.There are chefs cooking, maids serving, and Mrs. Hou nagging, and she makes her stomach so bad.She simply felt guilty.

"If you want to buy food, the south of the city is the cheapest in the whole city. Many stalls in the night market have a lot of food, and the food is good. You can eat enough, the food is not bitter, and the cost is also low. It's a good deal." Li Aqiao patiently and enthusiastically Zhong’er introduced which stall had big cakes, which stall had more rice, which stall made thick oily soup and fat, which stir-fried vegetables had more lean meat and less fat, and which stall’s fried sauce was particularly fragrant... “Dongtou, The tofu at the first stall in Dongtou is very good! I love tofu the most. You should eat more too. Tofu is like meat, the more you eat, the thicker it becomes! Hehe, it seems to be raising pigs...but people are the same ! Eating tofu is good for your health! By the way, there is also the one in the south..."

As he listened, Hou Zhong'er's heart gradually warmed up.Although she was born in a wealthy family, her father and brother were strict and separated often, and she was only accompanied by her mother since she was a child.The rich lady who I met occasionally, either pretended to be pure or pretended to be ignorant.Listening to them covering their mouths with sharp smiles and saying that I don't understand what men have and women don't have, and at the same time exchanging their experiences on how to get acquainted with official sons, Hou Zhong'er felt like vomiting.She would rather spend ten big bucks on the street to listen to a piece of "Old Coachman, Take Me" than to chat with these young ladies.Ever since, she was a little lonely after all.Except for Mrs. Hou, she has not been really cared about by anyone for a long time.And the girl in front of her, who is biting a thick flour pancake and sucking vegetable porridge, is continuously stuffing warmth into her heart...

When he returned home and ate mutton hot pot, Hou Zhong'er still felt warm in his heart, and the corners of his mouth kept smiling.Madam Hou saw that she was happy, and asked with a smile: "What's the fun, let me tell you."

"It's all right." Hou Zhong'er picked up a piece of lamb meat, dipped it in sesame sauce, and stuffed it into his mouth.It is indeed more delicious than porridge and pancakes, but... "Mother, do you know the big bathroom in Peach Blossom Forest?"

"Peach Blossom Grove...the one in the south of the city?"

"Right." Hou Zhong'er picked up a piece of tofu and remembered Li Aqiao.Li Aqiao likes tofu the most, she still remembers it.

Mrs. Hou laughed and said, "Look at you, the business at home is blustery, and you don't know anything about it. The big bathroom in the peach blossom grove in the south of the city is our family's property."

"Ah?! Ah... it hurts..." The tofu slipped off the chopsticks, splashing a few drops of boiling soup, which burned the back of Hou Zhong'er's hand red.

"The big bathroom in Peach Blossom Forest belongs to our family?!"

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