Luting Canteen

"Boss, I don't want you to be such a bully, why don't you go home with brother Ye Qi, little Li Hui."

Knowing that Yan Ting was joking, Chi Yeqi protested deliberately, and shook the phone in front of Li Hui:

"My brother taught you how to play this."

Li Hui looked at the phone with an envious expression, but when he thought of those interesting gadgets in the kitchen just now, he immediately waved his hands:

"Thank you, Mr. Ye Qi, for your kindness. I, I really want to stay here. The bed is fine, I can sleep on the floor..."

Seeing Li Hui's serious expression, Chi Yeqi couldn't help laughing, raised his hand and patted Tang Meng's shoulder, then leaned his head to continue laughing.Li Hui thought he was in a daze, and opened his mouth slightly to look at Chi Yeqi who couldn't stop laughing.Afraid that he would spill the soup in his bowl, Tang Meng moved forward and said to Li Hui:

"You'll get used to it in the future, Ye Qi always laughs out of nowhere."

is that so?Seeing Yan Ting eating noodles with no expression on his face, Li Hui thought to himself that Mr. Ye Qi is a fool, right?So he lowered his head and ate in a muffled voice.After Chi Yeqi laughed, he coughed twice before continuing to pick up the bowl. He remembered something and asked again:

"By the way, little Li Hui, what was it that you didn't take out of your sweater sleeve before?"

When changing clothes, he saw that the sleeves of the Chinese tunic suit were too narrow, so Li Hui put the recipe and purse into his jacket pocket as Chi Yeqi said.Now this unintentional question made Li Hui suddenly nervous - I don't know what happened in the past, the people here will know how much Li Hui has been worried, if Xiao Yi was seriously injured by himself at that time, he even died If so... what should I do?Thinking of this, Li Hui's face showed embarrassment, he hesitated for a long time and couldn't tell why.

"Are you talking about those pieces of paper?" Yan Ting answered suddenly, "Find something to put it in later, don't lose your own things."

"So little Li Hui still doesn't have a lot of things."

Seeing that Chi Yeqi seemed to be just asking casually, Li Hui was temporarily relieved.

"I wonder if I should prepare a cup first."

Tang Meng made a suggestion.Now he finished eating the noodles, wiped his mouth contentedly, and put the bowls and chopsticks away again:

"The thermos is the best. It will be cold in a month or so. When it's hot, you can have a cold drink."

"Uncle Tang, please don't get little Lihui a thermos like yours. Even grandpa doesn't use that kind of mug now."

Seemingly accustomed to Chi Yeqi's complaints, Tang Meng just smiled gently.

"Is that fancy cup of yours pretty?"

Yan Ting was in a much better mood after eating, and started to fight with Chi Yeqi.

"Boss, that big-footed cup of yours is the one to blame!"

Li Hui listened with some surprise on the side.The meaning he didn't fully understand, what surprised him was the attitude of these three people.If that's right, Uncle Tang should be working in the Luting cafeteria like Mr. Ye Qi, and Mr. Yan is the big shopkeeper here. If Li Hui and the others dared to speak like that in Heng Le Building, they would definitely be more than just punished.Just as he was thinking, Li Hui heard a sound at his feet, looked down and his eyes lit up, it turned out that it was the black cat that had run into the yard, and was sitting on the ground scratching the glass window with one front paw.Li Hui was overjoyed, and quickly bent over to greet her through the glass.

"It's the preserved eggs."

Chi Yeqi smiled, Li Hui looked up: "Preserved egg?"

"A kind of egg made from duck eggs. I'll try it for you later."

Yan Ting got up and piled up everyone's bowls and chopsticks while talking, Li Hui hurriedly got up to help.

"Ye Qi, are you going to school soon?"

Tang Meng took the rag and asked.Chi Yeqi sighed with reluctance on his face:

"I'll go after the cat meal is hot."

"If you don't like to go, graduate early."

Yan Ting glanced at him, and threw the chicken and cat rice cooked the day before into the microwave oven, Li Hui was surprised again when he saw the rumbling machine.Chi Yeqi approached Li Hui and asked:

"Little Lihui, do you know who named Songhuadan?"

Li Hui shook his head.

"Uncle Tang took it, because the eggs are translucent and have patterns. Uncle Tang saw the kitten lying on the table outside the other day, the fur was black and shiny, and the sunlight that leaked from the tree illuminated the place. A little bit there is very similar to that egg, so Uncle Tang called him a preserved egg.”

Seeing that Chi Yeqi seemed very happy talking about Tang Meng, Li Hui finally couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Young Master Ye Banner,"

"Call me Ye Qi."

"Ye, Ye Qi, why do you call Mr. Tang Uncle Tang? I don't think he looks like an uncle..."

"Oh, this, because he doesn't speak or act like someone his age. Uncle Tang is my respectful title for him."

Although he doubted whether it was an honorific title, Li Hui still nodded his head to express his understanding.

"Ye Qi, take the rice, Li Hui, come here."

Seeing Yan Ting waving to him, Li Hui, who wanted to go with Chi Yeqi to find preserved eggs, hurried over.

"Boss, you really don't let little Li Hui rest."

"Are you free? If you are free, you can clean up."

As soon as he heard that Chi Yeqi was about to clean up, he quickly picked up the lukewarm cat rice and ran to Tang Meng who was teasing the preserved eggs.Here, Yan Ting scooped some tea seed powder from the glass jar into the bowl, Li Hui saw the familiar dark brown powder, and said in surprise:

"Master Yan, do you still use this now?"

Although tea seed powder is rarely used by ordinary people and small shops in Pei Dynasty, famous restaurants like Henglelou basically use it to wash dishes.Yan Ting is also using it here, which makes Li Hui somewhat nostalgic.

"Some people still use it now, but when you buy it, you have to check whether it is real tea seed powder."

Li Hui nodded half-understanding, Yan Ting smiled and asked again:

"are you full?"

Li Hui didn't expect him to ask himself this, blushed, and whispered that he was full.

"Then you clean these bowls, and I will reward you with delicious food."

Yan Ting had already washed the pot and cutting board when the noodles were cooking, so he gave the place to Li Hui, washed his hands, took a bag of bread that Tang Meng brought in the morning, and threw two slices into the oven. Yan Ting leaned against the blue-gray cooking table behind him and looked at Li Hui.

"Are you used to wearing this dress?"

"Still, I haven't gotten used to it yet, but if I don't wear it, it will be different from everyone else."

Li Hui felt that his back was turned to Yan Ting, and it seemed that he could speak some words more honestly.

"You are different from everyone, but there is no need to force yourself to get used to something right away."

Seeing that Li Hui was silent, Yan Ting said again:

"Yesterday's laundry should be almost dry, let's change later."

"But... Ye Qi brought it here on purpose,"

"Tell him the truth, he won't be upset."

"Master Yan, I, I actually..."

"Um?"

In fact, it is very good to wear Mr. Yan's old clothes. They are big and comfortable. When I sleep, I feel like I am wrapping myself in them, so I feel very stable.But it seemed too thick-skinned to say this, so Li Hui abruptly changed the subject:

"Actually, I'm not full yet."

Hearing Yan Ting's "puchi" laugh behind his back, Li Hui felt that he was really ashamed, so he started to wash the dishes even harder.

The reward Yan Ting prepared was toasted bread with butter and peanut butter on it, and some sliced ​​bananas, and Li Hui wiped out the two in one go.It turns out that Yan Ting saw last night that Li Hui actually eats a lot, and in the morning he added most of the noodles to the three of them. Thinking about it, they must not be full.

"Yan Ting, then I'll go back to the bookstore first, and come back later."

Tang Meng greeted Yan Ting, waved to Li Hui and left.Songhuadan was lying on the table outside after eating and drinking. When he saw Tang Meng coming out, he jumped down and sniffed his trousers.

"Is Mr. Tang not here to help?" Li Hui asked.

"Tang Meng owns a second-hand bookstore not far from next door. He usually helps with grocery shopping in the morning and comes over at noon and dinner."

Hearing that Tang Meng had a bookstore, thinking that he must have read a lot of books, Li Hui couldn't help being awed.

"What about the leaf flag?"

"Ye Qi will come if he is free, but there is not much time when he is not free."

It means that Ye Qi is very free, right?Li Hui thought.Yan Ting didn't notice that he frowned when Li Hui took the initiative to mention Ye Qi, and seeing Li Hui's pensive look, he said:

"If you want to play with your phone, I can teach you."

"Really? Many, many thanks, Mr. Yan!"

Li Hui couldn't hide his excitement, and Yan Ting suddenly felt guilty that he might make ancient children suffer from "mobile phone addiction".Seeing the preserved eggs return to the table and lazily lick their fur, Yan Ting looked down at Li Hui again.

"It's going to be hot in here."

Thinking that Yan Ting was saying that the cafeteria would be very busy when it opened at noon, Li Hui asked very actively:

"Young Master Yan, what dishes do you want to wash?"

Yan Ting smiled and waved his hand:

"Everything over there has to be cleaned up. I'll go outside to smoke a cigarette first."

Nodding his head, Li Hui rolled up his sleeves even higher, and started his first day working in the Luting canteen full of energy.