Luting Canteen

Jinzhou, also known as Jiangling in the past, was also the capital of kings before the Pei Dynasty. By the time of Pei Yuanzong, Jiangling could be said to have entered the most prosperous period.Because the young emperor loved flowers and plants very much, all the dignitaries and ordinary people in Jiangling at that time raised flowers, and the flowers bloomed alternately throughout the year in the city.Various restaurants have released self-brewed wine with seasonal flowers as the main ingredient, not to mention those dishes are also flavored with flowers, but the best among them is the first chef of Heng Le Lou, Li Hui's master chef Zheng Ziyu, chef Zheng.

These are the things that Yan Ting has read in the books about Pei Dynasty.Regarding Hengle Building, the most recorded in history is its grandeur, magnificence, and extraordinary bustle. Naturally, literati have also written many short poems, but there are few descriptions about the people and things in the building.A person like Zheng Ziyu whose culinary skills are so superb that Yuanzong directly declared him in the palace to be in charge of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet is only mentioned in a few strokes in the history books, but it is already a great honor, not to mention Yan Ting's ancestors Among them, he was one of the designers of this building.Yan Ting's family only had some drawings handed down from generation to generation. He knew that the name of that ancestor was Ming Hai, and it was difficult to find any traces of the rest from the books.

"Has it changed a lot?"

Holding Li Hui's hand and walking on the refurbished moat boulevard, Yan Ting found that Li Hui just kept looking around and didn't say a word, only nodded slightly when he heard the question.

"We'll walk from the south gate later, it's probably much narrower than you were at that time."

"Nanmen, I, I know..." Li Hui lowered his head and said softly, "I used to enter the city from there."

Hearing that his voice was getting weaker, Yan Ting raised their hands and pointed forward:

"We're getting closer."

Not far ahead is the South Gate, but it is now called the New South Gate. Although it is narrower, the preserved part is relatively complete. Once Yan Ting and Li Hui step on the bluestone road, they will see There are some small stalls selling souvenirs inside. It is not the peak season for tourism, and there are only a few students carrying drawing boards dangling by the stalls.As soon as Li Hui with long hair in Hanfu appeared, someone turned their eyes over immediately. Seeing that he was not as uncomfortable as before, Yan Ting curled up his mouth and led him to watch as he walked.

Li Hui remembered that there was still a long way to go to Hengle Building, but there were too many changes around here, which made Li Hui feel a little confused about the direction.Yan Ting still remembered him because he had been here before, so he led him forward. The passers-by on the road saw Li Hui, but unlike those students who came to sketch, they only glanced occasionally, and most of them seemed to have gotten used to it.

"This is an ancient city, and there are many people who wear ancient costumes to take pictures. In the past, there were clothes rental places on the side of the road. If you pay the stall owner, you can choose what you like to wear for an hour. After shopping and shooting, you can just take it back and return it to him."

Li Hui thought it was interesting, but Yan Ting told him that such a stall would only come out during festivals, temple fairs, etc. Seeing that Li Hui seemed a little regretful, Yan Ting took the opportunity to pinch his face and said:

"Let's go, after seeing Heng Le Lou, let's go eat delicious food."

The two continued to move forward, and the closer they got to the center of the city, the more familiar the surrounding area seemed to Li Hui.Probably this is what the young master said, some places in the city are well protected.Thinking of him running into a nearby alley with Xiao Yi, Li Hui's heart trembled suddenly, and he lowered his head again, letting Yan Ting lead him.

"Li Hui, we're here."

Gently shaking the hands they were holding, Yan Ting looked down at the dazed little guy, and patted his face again, Li Hui just came back from his thoughts just now, watching Yan Ting smile gently at him Then, followed his hand and raised his head.

In Hengle Building, the best location on North Street, there are two vermilion pillars on both sides of the building door, carved with patterns of flowers, and the door is tied with a colorful door. Tassels and beads hang down from the eaves. Flower and bird decorations are piled on the flower stands, and on the window panes on the second floor, even in the daytime, passers-by will look up at the restaurant.Li Hui remembered that the courtyard in the building was divided into two by a long corridor, and small pavilions were lined up on the corridor.At night, the pavilion will probably be full, and after that is the busiest time for everyone.

Li Hui looked at the Heng Le Building in front of him. At that time, the singing of the singers, the laughter of the visitors, and the yelling of the waiters all floated in his ears.The lights at night dye the building all over, everywhere is bright and lively.

He moved his mouth, but couldn't say anything. Li Hui looked at the Heng Le Building with only the door and half of the wall in front of him, and stood there blankly.The promenade is gone, the garden is gone, the stove house is gone, and the three-story Hengle Building has become so small.Facing the half of the wall, there is a big glass house, and several people are sitting in it reading and drinking tea.

Now, more than 900 years later, Li Hui was slowly getting used to it, but seeing the place where he lived for nearly ten years a month ago, this new habit has been dragged behind him.

I ran away from it by myself, but when I came back, there was really nothing left of it.

"......there,"

Yan Ting did not urge Li Hui, but quietly waited aside.Hearing Li Hui's voice, he couldn't help coughing twice to clear his throat.

"Over there, go further back, turn to the end, and there is the stove house. Behind the stove house, there is a yard. Master, he told me to take care of them, brother, some of them like to sleep in it, drink, and sometimes Over there... in the past, there were kittens who came in before, but the big, big shopkeeper didn't like it, but, master, he likes it."

Li Hui pointed at the glass house again:

"Also here, there are also some scattered seats. Go up the stairs in the middle, and there is a larger pavilion. I, the place where I sleep, I have to go to—" Trying to point to the back, Li Hui turned to look at Yan Ting , for fear that he might lose sight of what he was pointing at.

"Go to the back, my lord, my lord, can you see it? In that room, you have to go to the back—"

"Well, I can see it," Yan Ting raised his hand to wipe the tears falling down Li Hui's cheeks, and repeated softly: "The back of that room is where you sleep."

"Well, next to it, there is a latrine next to it. If it is not there, clean it up...it will smell bad, and you can smell it when you sleep. The shopkeeper knows it, and he will come and beat you up—"

Laughing hehe, Li Hui sniffed again:

"I'm afraid of the brothers, hit me, Master, I, I'm sorry, Master, I, I thought he didn't want, let me cook, and I still—"

He was pulled into Yan Ting's arms and covered his head with both arms.Li Hui felt relieved, but couldn't stop crying.

— This, this is not home...

This was the last complete sentence that Yan Ting heard Li Hui say.

This is not home, but what should home look like?

No matter what happened here, no matter why you wanted to escape in the first place, there are still things in this building that make me happy, there are people who treat me well, and those flowers I like, and they come and go like this year after year The four seasons, just no matter how you feel

Think, no matter whether you want to regret it or not, you are gone now.

For me, it is more than a month, and for them, it is more than 900 years of day and night.Those people and things have long since disappeared, and I am afraid that I will be the only one who remembers them in the future.

When Li Hui got better, Yan Ting took out a tissue to wipe his snot and tears, Li Hui took it by himself, put it on Yan Ting's sweater and sucked it, and then wiped his face embarrassingly.There were passers-by who looked at them just now, but now they are all gone.Yan Ting led him to the food street in front again, Li Hui looked back at the Heng Le Building, still feeling a little bit reluctant, the injuries on his back were caused by people, not this building, he understood .

"Li Hui, sit here for a while, I'm going to buy food, I'll be back soon."

When the two of them got there, the sky darkened.Even the locals like this street very much, so no matter what time of day there are many people, and the seats for people are often full in no time, Yan Ting made arrangements for Li Hui, and went to see the food.Sitting in the corner, Li Hui saw that everyone was eating and talking happily, and no one noticed his swollen eyes, so he calmed down and began to look around, trying to remember where this place was before, squinting his eyes and looking at the place. Seeing the street lights starting to light up, Li Hui suddenly remembered that night, the night market on the other side of the alley, and hurriedly looked around again.

That's right, it should be here. After escaping with Xiao Yi, this is where they rested.Li Hui continued to look around, and when he saw clearly a person standing not far away, his breathing became short of breath.Forgetting Yan Ting's instructions for a moment, he got up and passed through the people who were enjoying the delicious food, and strode towards the direction where that person was.

Following the figure that stopped from time to time, it finally stopped in the alley beside the south gate that came just now.There was no one in the alley, so Li Hui loosened the scarf to breathe steadily, wanted to reach out to the man, but took it back.

"Xiao, Xiaoyi, is that you?"

As soon as these words came out, the man turned around and looked at Li Hui with a half-smile.With the faint light of the street lamp, Li Hui found that this person was indeed Xiao Yi, but he didn't quite look like him.Looking at it, the place where the head was hit actually started to hurt.

"This person you know," Xiao Yi finally opened his mouth, pointing at himself, "he didn't die that time, but he didn't seem to have a good life afterwards."

Li Hui didn't understand, he could only stare blankly at Yan Xiaoyi who wasn't Yan Xiaoyi.Seeing his appearance, the other party burst out laughing with a "puchi", sighed and asked again:

"That young man, do you like it?"

The topic changed too quickly, Li Hui had no time to react, and subconsciously nodded.

"I like it, but I don't like it. Looking at you like this, I'm afraid you still don't understand what the distress in your heart is for. That's all. I'm just here to tell you,"

Yan Xiaoyi leaned forward and was very close to Li Hui, but Li Hui couldn't feel his popularity, instead he was very cold, so he staggered back two steps in shock.

"There is nothing to be afraid of, I came here with good intentions,"

Deliberately pretending to be a little angry, that Yan Xiaoyi clapped his hands:

"Listen well, if you like that young master, you must never give him the things you bring, remember to remember!"

Staring into Li Hui's eyes, as if to force him to engrave it in his mind, Yan Xiaoyi repeated softly:

"Remember, remember!"

"What, what? You're not, it's not Xiaoyi, so who is it?"

Seeing that he turned to leave, Li Hui hurriedly asked him.

"What about me, it's just a ray of soul between heaven and earth," pointing to the sky, the man turned his head and smiled at Li Hui again: "For you, it's a person with some connections."

Seeing that Li Hui was puzzled, the man didn't say much, he just turned his back and waved his long sleeves. When Li Hui came back to his senses, he wanted to pull, but his body was pulled back and bumped into someone's arms, and he hurriedly Looking up, it turned out that Yan Ting was panting and staring at him.

"..."

I opened my mouth, but no sound came out again.Yan Ting turned Li Hui to face him, suppressed his voice and asked:

"Are you trying to scare me to death?"

"Yes, I'm sorry. My lord, I just saw—"

Turning around, Li Hui opened his eyes wide: that person is still not far away, but he is no longer Yan Xiaoyi, but he doesn't know who it is, and he is waving his hand to this side, as if telling himself not to say anything .Li Hui cut back the words abruptly:

"I see - I've eaten."

The reason was so badly found, Yan Ting naturally didn't believe it.I didn't see the little guy when I came back from buying food just now. I remembered that this is the place where he used to live. Could it be that he went back inexplicably like when he came here?As soon as this suspicion appeared, Yan Ting felt as if some heavy object had been smashed down in his heart. There was a dull pain, and he breathed smoothly again. He immediately thought of Li Hui's cell phone, but he didn't see him pick up after calling for a long time. , and remembered that in the afternoon, he was afraid that Ye Qi would continue to send a bunch of messages, so he muted it. Yan Ting tried to calm himself down, and then remembered that he could find out where his mobile phone was on his mobile phone. After reading it, he probably felt a little relieved , and ran all the way to find a place to come here.

As soon as I came, I saw him stretching out his hand to the air, as if he was going to follow someone away, but when I was anxious, I caught him back and dragged him into my arms.

"You, if you dare to do it again next time—"

Not being able to say any threatening words for a while, Yan Ting frowned and stared at Li Hui, and finally stretched out his hands to hold his face, regardless of whether it would scare this little guy, and slapped his lips fiercely. kiss down.