Chapter 57: The Fresh Fragrance of the Ocean, Overbearing Love

Li Chengxiang had been smelling the fragrance all morning and originally came here for the lard fried rice.

At this moment, looking at the menu on the wall, he felt…

He wants them all!
However, his stomach is so small that even though he can eat a lot, he can’t eat too much.

After some hesitation, the old men came in.

Uncle Hong first noticed the millet porridge on the wall, which had undergone slight changes.

Ordinary millet porridge is also available.

but! !! !!

This was followed by a bowl of expensive millet porridge.

298 yuan a bowl?
bowl??!
Grandpa Hong thought, young boss, just adding the word “ginseng” will increase the price!
However, he didn’t plan to order, so he didn’t plan to say much.

Moreover, it is the freedom of small business owners to decide how to set prices.

It is also their freedom to choose what to eat.

He looked at the items on it and finally ordered a cumin mushroom.

This is delicious and mushroom-like, so it’s good for your health!

Uncle Hong moved first, followed by Uncle Wu and others.

Of course, they were also shocked by the sky-high price of millet porridge.

However, since they didn’t have any intention to do anything, they naturally wouldn’t say much.

The uncles ordered some mushrooms and some scrambled eggs with peppers.

I also thought I was in good health, so I ordered octopus claws.

“That stuff is no good. It has high cholesterol.”

“I’m not afraid. My physical examination is fine.”

“Have you checked? Then there’s nothing wrong with you, haha.”

……

The old men’s banter with each other brought Li Chengxiang back to reality from his imagination.

After some hesitation, he ordered a plate of spicy fried octopus feet and another plate of cumin mushrooms.

8 yuan a bowl of loofah soup…

He silently covered his wallet and added it in, and finally added two bowls of rice.

He thought that he might eat all the food for the day in this one meal.

It’s not expensive, really not expensive!
Woohoo!

His turnover today!

All contributed to the neighbors!
God damn, isn’t he the boss?
Why do you feel like you’re working part-time?

However, soon, Li Cheng no longer had the mind to think about anything else.

Because Sheng Jiu opened fire.

Naturally, she fried the cumin mushrooms first.

The fresh and natural fragrance floats out leisurely with the rising mist, leaving people with nowhere to escape and can only passively accept it.

Li Cheng wanted to stand there, smelling the scent, and thought: It’s worth it, everything is worth it.

If people don’t live for this mouth, then why?

If it weren’t for this mouth, how would he make money every day?

As portions of cumin mushrooms came out, the aroma of nature was like a dancing elf. Time and again, it stepped on the greenery of the mountains and the gentleness of the clear water, slowly bringing the taste of nature to their noses, allowing them to feel the unique fragrance of nature.

Smelling this, Li Cheng even wanted to let himself go and not open the store today, so he could sit down and eat openly! But no, his wallet disagreed.

After ordering a meal, my wallet was crying!
If we talk about the aroma of mushrooms, it is the light fragrance of nature.

Well, the freshness of octopus is the dominance of the ocean!

After the base sauce is fried until fragrant, the spicy aroma lingers around. Before you have time to savor it, the octopus feet, which have been blanched in water but still smell fresh and fragrant, are put into the pot.

The overbearing aroma from the ocean, after colliding with the high temperature of the fire, stimulated the rich and fresh fragrance, which reached its peak at this moment.

The fragrance was already overbearing, and now it was even more ostentatious, filling every corner, allowing people to feel its unique love with every breath.

When the previous spicy aroma and the fresh aroma of the ocean intertwined and blended under the high temperature, the aroma that burst out at that moment really made Li Cheng want to let go of everything, sit down quietly, and enjoy the overbearing pampering from the ocean.

Compared to the natural, mellow fragrance, the scent of the ocean is bold, overbearing, and omnipresent, yet it has a gentleness that is unique to it.

The refreshing loofah and egg drop soup carefully extends its tentacles and blooms peacefully among these aromas, whether bold or restrained.

It just exists like that, without fighting or competing, but trying hard to show its existence.

If you sniff carefully, among those complex aromas, there is always a hint of the natural freshness of loofah.

It’s like the soft mountain breeze blowing in the empty mountains after the rain, every wisp is gentle and romantic, making people’s heart move.

Li Chengxiang finally held back his saliva and took all his food back in two batches.

Because they were right next door, Li Cheng wanted to say that he would deliver the tableware later, and Sheng Jiu did not refuse.

The uncles enjoyed it quickly!
As they get older, their appetite actually decreases a lot.

But at this moment, each of them felt that they could finish two bowls of rice in one breath!
Grandpa Hong couldn’t even help thinking: How about they pool their money to buy a bowl of millet porridge for 298 yuan to try it?
However, they only have a limited appetite, so even if they want to, they can’t eat anymore in the end.

Especially at the end, there is loofah soup to fill the gap in the stomach.

After the slide, there is literally no room left in the stomach!
“This loofah is so fresh, it tastes a bit like home.”

“Is this a nostalgia for the past?”

“Who would have thought that thirty years ago, I desperately wanted to go to the city, and thirty years later, I desperately wanted to go back to the village. It’s reincarnation!”

……

The old men were joking while drinking the loofah soup.

Uncle Xu, who was with me, lost his wife a few years ago. He never found another partner after that and became much quieter.

He sat there for a long time before he slowly asked, “Did you sleep well last night?”

After asking, he seemed to be talking to himself: “After my wife passed away, I have not been able to sleep well in the past two years. I always want to get up and cover her with a blanket, but when I reach out, it’s cold and there’s no warmth. I wake up quickly, and I can’t fall asleep in the second half of the night no matter how hard I try.”

“But, last night, I slept very well, didn’t get up in the middle of the night, and even dreamed about that couple.”

……

When talking about his wife, Uncle Xu unconsciously became more talkative.

The old men didn’t find him annoying. The fact that they could sit together proved that they had a good relationship and understood each other’s situations.

After hearing what Uncle Xu said, Uncle Hong thought for a moment and said, “You know what, I slept better last night than before. I usually get up at night, but I didn’t last night. I was still woken up by the urge to pee in the morning.”

Uncle Wu had no trouble sleeping. Even at his age, he was the type who could fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, so he looked around.

Grandpa Sun thought about it and said, “Now that you mention it, it’s true. I slept very well last night. When I woke up today, my head wasn’t heavy and my eyes weren’t blurry.”

After the uncles finished speaking, they looked at each other, and then their eyes uncontrollably looked towards the bar.

There, there is a health-preserving pot used by Sheng Jiu to brew jujube tea.

At this time, the health pot had just been started and the jujube tea had not yet been brewed.

However, the old men’s eyes suddenly became as fierce as those of wolves and tigers.

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