Love is like a dream

We soaked for about half an hour and then got up and left. There is a restaurant outside the hot spring. Xiao Zhen said that after soaking in the hot spring in this weather, it would be best to eat a soju chicken. We ordered a soju chicken, and I also ordered candied bananas , Xiao Zhen specially ordered stir-fried cabbage, saying that it is locally produced in Taiwan, and it is better than the ones eaten in Beijing.

After a while, the shaojiu chicken came up. It was a big pot with a whole chicken and an alcohol stove underneath. It was like a hot pot, which was to be stewed and eaten at the same time. I smelled it, and it smelled so strong. Xiao Zhen said this soup The soup is basically full of wine, which is why it is so thick. You can even see the ice-blue flames that pop up from time to time in the soup when it is cooking. It is the flame from the burning of alcohol, which shows that the shochu should be a high-grade liquor.

While the chicken was stewing, shredded bananas and stir-fried cabbage came up. I tasted it. The cabbage was really crispy, tender and sweet. It was very delicious. Shredded cabbage was my favorite. I took a piece and dipped it in water. I gave it to Xiao Zhen, and after that, we both looked forward to the warm pot of chicken wine being stewed soon.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, the waiter said it was ready to eat, and Xiao Zhen served me a small bowl of soup: "Drink the soup first, the soup is the most nourishing."

I took a sip and almost spit it out: "Oh my god, Xiao Zhen, you liar, this is pure liquor, so bitter!"

Xiao Zhen giggled: "This is originally stewed in white wine, that's the taste, how can I lie to you."

Me: "Then why don't you drink it!"

Xiao Zhen: "I took a sip just now, the bitterness will be less if it is stewed for a longer time, and the soup will become sweeter, let's wait a little longer."

After more than ten minutes, I went to taste it again. Sure enough, the bitterness of the soup was much lighter, but it still had a strong taste of white wine. After careful taste, there was indeed a trace of sweetness in the soup, but other than this taste There is no other taste, and I don’t know if it is for better nourishing effect or because of this characteristic. There is no salt or other condiments in the soup, only shochu and chicken. It is really unacceptable for people who say that they are biased towards taste.

I tasted a piece of chicken and it was bland, and it also had a strong smell of wine. In order to warm up, I had to drink a bowl of soup. After drinking it, it really warmed up a lot. Xiaozhen seems to eat it often. She eats very much. It's a habit, but it's mainly soup, and the chicken in it is basically untouched. She drank two bowls in a row, and her face became obviously rosy. Maybe it really has the effect of warming up and nourishing the body.

Returning to downtown Taipei from Beitou Hot Springs, I saw that many shops on the side of the road had discounted winter solstice glutinous rice balls on the signs. I asked Xiaozhen, "Is today the winter solstice?"

Xiao Zhen: "I forgot too, it should be, we eat glutinous rice balls during the winter solstice, let's buy some for supper at home!"

Me: "It's the first time I've heard that glutinous rice balls are eaten during the winter solstice. We all eat dumplings."

Xiao Zhen: "The customs are different!"

Me: "Okay, buy less, we can't eat a few."

After buying glutinous rice balls, we went back to the hotel. The time was around 9:[-] p.m. After soaking in the hot spring, we ate shochu chicken. We were warm and comfortable. Xiao Zhen and I changed into our nightgowns and lay on the bed together. Feel each other's warm body and warm breath.

Such a peaceful and comfortable night, soon I fell into a state of drowsiness, Xiao Zhen pinched my face dissatisfied: "Smelly Jasmine, I will go to bed when I am full, how can I waste this beautiful time!"

I let her pinch and didn't open my eyes: "Oh, smelly little Zhen, I've indulged too much these past few days, and I'm so sleepy every day..."

Xiao Zhen: "Okay, let me see if you're still sleepy—"

She quickly unbuttoned my nightgown, kissed passionately and caressed me gently, my breathing gradually became short of breath: "Uuuuh...hate, hate...again..."

(A few hundred words are omitted here.)

When the weather was calm, I checked the time, and it was already 11:[-] in the evening. After intense physical exertion, I was naturally tired and hungry, so I remembered the glutinous rice balls I bought on the way back.

Jumped out of bed and cooked it, poured it into a bowl, picked up one and stuffed it into Xiao Zhen's mouth.

Xiao Zhen: "It's fragrant and sweet, so delicious!"

I also took a bite of one. It has a strong black sesame aroma and a very traditional taste. This is also the first time I eat glutinous rice balls instead of dumplings during the winter solstice.

However, glutinous rice balls like glutinous rice balls are not easy to digest, and the fillings are generally sweet, so most people don't eat much. We each ate two and drank some sweet soup.

Me: "Xiao Zhen, what time do you start work tomorrow?"

Xiao Zhen: "Tomorrow, I will take a day off to accompany you."

Me: "Wow, great, where are we going?"

Xiao Zhen: "How about taking you to Jiufen, a very famous tourist attraction!"

Me: "That's great, I saw the introduction on the Internet before, it is a beautiful mountain city! The scenery is very beautiful! But it seems a bit far away, can we make it in time?"

Xiao Zhen: "There will be a whole day tomorrow. I can make it in time. It will take about an hour to drive there. We leave early in the morning and come back in the afternoon with enough time."

Me: "Okay, the glutinous rice balls are finished, let's go take a shower and go to sleep."

Xiao Zhen: "Okay."

We got up at 7:[-] the next day. Xiao Zhen said that he would take me to eat authentic Taiwanese breakfast. We ate fried dough sticks with omelette, Aji, and noodle at a breakfast stall. The fried dough sticks with omelette was very good. Eat, the fried dough sticks are crispy, the omelette is soft and tender, and the taste is very good when they are sandwiched together. This strange thing is actually similar to fried tofu wrapped with vermicelli, and then put into the soup to stew, noodle noodles Similar to rice noodles, I like to eat everything here with sweet and spicy sauce. In fact, it is not spicy, with a touch of sweetness. I personally don't like sweet and spicy sauce.

Jiufen is located in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is in the northeast of Taipei. We took the Zhongshan Expressway and saw many houses. Some houses have large water storage tanks on the roof. The population is not dense, it feels less dense than the mainland, the streets are relatively clean, and the roadside scenery is also very good, sometimes it is lush trees, sometimes it is rolling green hills, or the coastline.