Luting Canteen

Luting Cafeteria is on an old street, and even the stretch of this street used to be the Japanese, British and Russian concessions.Yan Ting used to hear her grandma occasionally say that she could see Japanese women walking slowly in kimonos and foreigners with high noses and deep eyes on the road.Now the government has protected the old red brick buildings in this area. Apart from the buildings and yards where the original residents lived, other vacant houses are also rented out for business.

However, most of the people on this street have lived here for most of their lives, and the old people leave it for the next generation.The courtyard of the Luting cafeteria was where Yan Ting's grandparents lived since they came to W City from the countryside when they were young.Tang Meng's second-hand bookstore, Yougutang, is in a similar situation.The store is not far in front of Luting, just past a milk tea shop, a grocery store and a steamed stuffed bun shop.There are three schools nearby, one university and two high schools. At noon, other high school students will come to this street to eat and eat in the school cafeteria except for the food delivered by their parents. Because of this reason, the storefront was later changed to There are also a lot of snacks, groceries or jewelry and stationery stores.At the end of the street, there is a restaurant Lanze, which is different from the Luting canteen. It is only open at night, so you need to make an appointment before going.

Hearing from Yan Ting that there will be many children studying here at noon, Li Hui couldn't help but ask while chopping vegetables:

"Has Mr. Yan ever read a book?"

Putting the diced cucumbers into the enamel plate, Yan Ting washed off the juice on the cutting board neatly and said:

"Nowadays people generally have to study for more than ten years after they are born, at least nine years."

Seeing that Li Hui was quite surprised, Yan Ting thought to himself that three or four-year-old children were not going to attend English training classes.

"very nice."

With a sigh of emotion, Li Hui carefully picked off the stalks of the tomatoes, and gently rubbed the plump and shiny skin with his fingers.

"Maybe they are envious of you."

"Envious, me?"

"Li Hui likes to cook, right?"

"Um!"

Seeing him nodding without hesitation, Yan Ting also smiled:

"When did it start?"

"It should be that when I was young, I made a bowl of soup for the teacher next door. He said it was delicious, so I wanted to cook for others. Later, the teacher told me many stories in the book, but," Li Hui paused , "But then I went to work, so, I didn't see Mr. again."

——Li Hui, in the palace, there is an imperial chef who cooks for the emperor, do you think he looks good?

——The cakes that Li Hui baked for Mr. are better than those in bakeries outside.

——Li Hui, don't send it secretly, sir, you are not hungry.You were beaten again?Does it hurt?

——Li Hui, Li Hui!When you get there, be smart, sir can't help you anymore, you have to take good care of yourself!

There was no movement around for a while, Yan Ting turned around and saw Li Hui holding the red tomatoes in a daze.The red fruit set off the already fair skin, making her less angry.Looking at Li Hui, Yan Ting once again said that this little guy is really too thin, put down the knife on the apron to wipe his hands, Yan Ting opened a drawer under the cooking table, unpacked a strawberry daifu and handed it to Li Hui:

"Open your mouth."

Li Hui came back to his senses and let out an ah, Yan Ting stuffed Dafu into it, and closed his mouth, Li Hui felt his tongue touched something soft, chewed it carefully, a sweet taste lingered in his mouth Spread out.

"Is it sweet?"

With his mouth blocked and unable to make a sound, Li Hui hurriedly puffed his cheeks and nodded.Seeing Li Hui's eyes flashing like a small animal seeing the big world again, Yan Ting nodded his nose:

"The reward for washing vegetables."

Li Hui was almost moved to tears. He would be scolded if he did things a little slower in Heng Le Building. On the first day in Luting, he was rewarded just for washing the dishes and dishes. I was a little reluctant to finish eating the sweet ball right away, so I worked harder.

With Li Hui's help, Yan Ting also prepared the ingredients for lunch in advance, Tang Meng might be a little worried, so he closed the shop and came to Luting after ten o'clock.The preserved egg was full in the morning and I didn't know where to hang around. Yan Ting finished packing and took two cups of tea and a cup of milk outside. The three of them sat and chatted for a while, and Tang Meng taught Li Hui some modern society. It's common sense that it's time for business.

For the time being, Li Hui was wearing Chi Yeqi's apron and standing behind the cooking counter with half of his body exposed, placing the enamel plates Yan Ting ordered on top one by one.This table is relatively long. I heard from Tang Meng that some people like to sit on high stools and watch Yan Ting cook, so there is also a menu painted by Chi Yeqi on the table during business hours. Li Hui likes those colors very much. Yes. Chi Yeqi looked at him differently.

"Li Hui, are you nervous?"

Tang Meng brought big belly bottles soaked in lemonade to each table and set them up. After finishing the cooking table, Li Hui followed Tang Meng to put the small rectangular rattan baskets containing paper towels and table utensils.Hearing Tang Meng asking himself, he nodded a little embarrassedly.

"It's okay, Li Hui has done things in such a powerful place as Hengle Tower, so it must be fine."

Tang Meng, who was slightly bent over, spoke gently, and Li Hui suddenly felt that the appearance of his husband in his memory somewhat overlapped—they were all smiling and soft-spoken, and there was only one time when he was sent to work by his parents. That day, the poor man called his name loudly for the first time.Thinking of this, Li Hui quickly returned to his senses, and was about to entertain guests. Although he had been working as a kitchen helper before and never worked as a waiter, Mr. Tang felt confident when he said so.

Yan Ting saw Li Hui standing by the window peeking at the courtyard door from time to time, the corners of his mouth stretched, and he clicked on the music to play, and there were brisk notes in the cafeteria. Li Hui turned around and was about to ask where the sound was from Come, today Luting's first customer came to the door.

"Little Tang, here we come."

A voice sounded, and Li Hui hurriedly turned his head.The person who came was an old man with silver gray hair, wearing a woolen vest and a thick plaid shirt, and was greeting Tang Meng with a smile.

Li Hui got nervous, bowed his hands, and said timidly:

"You, you please."

At this moment, even Yan Ting in the kitchen was stunned.The old man opened his eyes wide, looked at Tang Meng, and couldn't help laughing:

"well!"

While walking, he sized up Li Hui:

"This kid is really interesting, why? Does he work here? It doesn't look big."

Tang Meng hurriedly followed:

"This is my cousin, who is about nineteen years old. My family entrusted me to take care of him for a while. He wanted to learn how to cook, so Yan Ting told him to study here first. Grandpa Fu, is Grandma Fu feeling better?" ?”

"It's better, it's better, I'm thinking about eating Xiaoyan's dishes, so I'll come right away."

Hearing Tang Meng's explanation, the old man didn't think there was anything strange, so he answered with a smile.

"What would Grandma Fu want to eat today?"

Grandpa Fu seemed to be a frequent visitor, Yan Ting took the stainless steel lunch box he brought with a smile, Tang Meng returned to Li Hui who was standing there in a daze, patted him on the shoulder and whispered:

"It's okay, just say you are my cousin here, Li Hui go and help Yan Ting, I'm afraid he won't be able to do it alone."

In fact, he couldn't be too busy, Li Hui knew that Tang Meng was taking care of him, so he nodded and went into the kitchen.

After Grandpa Fu ordered the dishes, he walked to the table and chatted with Tang Meng.Seeing Yan Ting put the vegetables into the pot, Li Hui deftly moved the spatula, and finally put the lid on for a while.

"Young Master Yan, won't you grow old like this?"

Hesitantly making a sound, Li Hui looked at the lid of the pot full of steam with some worry.

Yan Ting glanced at Li Hui and explained:

"The old man's teeth are not very good, so some dishes are easier to eat if they are softer."

Li Hui looked at Yan Ting with adoration in his eyes:

"I-I didn't expect that!"

When we were in Heng Le Building, there were very few guests of this age, and most of the things we made were as complicated and delicate as possible. After hearing Yan Ting's words, Li Hui was moved differently from before.

"Okay, bring over Grandpa Fu's lunch box."

Carrying the bucket-shaped stainless steel lunch box, Li Hui saw that Yan Ting was frying another piece of lettuce meat. After finishing, Yan Ting carefully packed the food, wiped the outside of the lunch box, covered it, and ordered Li Hui to send it over.As soon as Li Hui turned around, he found that the guests outside were coming in one after another, so he quickly went out and handed the lunch box to Grandpa Fu.

"Grandpa Fu, your food is ready. Please use it slowly."

Grandpa Fu looked at Li Hui respectfully carrying the lunch box with a smile, and nodded to Tang Meng repeatedly:

"This kid is really polite."

After speaking, he took the lunch box and left cheerfully. At this time, some people came in behind, and there were a few girls in the same clothes. Tang Meng told Li Hui that they were female high school students from a nearby school. The menu drawn by Ye Qi seemed to be uncertain about what to eat, and they were discussing and laughing.

Just as Li Hui was about to retreat to the kitchen, he was stopped by a voice:

"Excuse me, are you a newcomer?"

Li Hui looked up, it turned out to be one of the few female students just now, and was about to answer "ahhh", when the other came over:

"The braid is so cute, is it a wig?"

After Tang Meng greeted the customers next to him to order, he saw that Li Hui was surrounded by questioning and was about to go there, but he stopped when he saw that Li Hui seemed to want to say something.

"This, this is my braid, it's Mr. Yan's braid."

Pointing to Yan Ting and finding that he was looking at him, Li Hui was taken aback for a moment, not expecting the girl next to him to laugh softly:

"So cute, boy,"

"You're wearing a Chinese tunic, right? Are you a cosplayer like Ye Qida?"

Hearing Ye Qi's name, Li Hui thought for a while and said:

"Do you know Ye Qi?"

"I've talked to him, and I often meet him when we eat here."

"That's right, that's right! Let me show you Ye Qida's cosplay!"

The girls quickly chatted with Li Hui, Tang Meng and Yan Ting exchanged glances, Yan Ting nodded, Tang Meng smiled and went to greet other guests.The rest of Li Hui looked at the screen of one of the girls' cell phones, with his mouth half-opened and his eyes wide open in disbelief—the Chi Ye Banner in the picture had turned into long silver hair, wearing a long gown and fox fur, with a stern expression. Looking into the distance, he looks like a handsome young man!