vrcanaries Chapter 115 Dining out
Chapter 115 Dining out
After coming out of the principal's office, Guan Youshuang went to the health center.
Yuanyuan was already waiting there. Maybe he had been waiting for quite a while and his legs were a little sore, so he sat down against the wall.
When he saw Guan Youshuang, his eyes suddenly lit up and he ran over, calling "Auntie".
"Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Well, I'll be there at eleven."
"Did you have meal?"
Yuanyuan shook his head.
"Let's go, I'll take you to dinner first, what do you want to eat?"
"I want to eat the braised pork and chicken nuggets made by my aunt."
Ever since Guan Youshuang prepared a banquet at home last time, Yuanyuan has remembered the taste.
Although Guan Youshuang did it a few more times later, Yuanyuan seemed to never get enough.
"I'll make it for you next time." Guan Youshuang touched his head and said, "Today, let's go eat the braised pork made by the chef, okay?"
Yuanyuan nodded.
Because the staple food here is noodles, except for the "Manyuanxiang" restaurant, other small restaurants do not serve stir-fried dishes. If they occasionally serve them, the taste is very average.
Manyuanxiang Restaurant specializes in Sichuan cuisine. I heard that the owner is from Sichuan. Anyway, the food tastes very good, and of course the price is not cheap.
The villagers in the surrounding area, in addition to entertaining important guests, usually hold weddings and funerals, and wealthy families will also order meals from "Manyuanxiang".
Guan Youshuang has always had a small appetite, so she ordered the braised pork and Kung Pao chicken that Yuanyuan wanted, and added a serving of vegetables, for a total of 13 yuan.
The portion size is only average, not too much at all.
"Eat, Yuanyuan. If it's not enough, we'll add more." Guan Youshuang helped Yuanyuan pick up the braised pork.
"Aunt, please eat too." Yuanyuan also helped Guan Youshuang pick up a piece of braised pork.
As soon as Guan Youshuang put the braised pork to her mouth, she felt uncomfortable in her stomach. She covered her mouth and put the meat in the bowl.
Must be too tired.
Recently, she has not been able to rest well. She is always worrying about this or that and has no appetite to eat.
She took a bite of the vegetables and felt a little better.
"Aunt, what's wrong with you? Is the braised pork not tasty?"
Guan Youshuang shook her head and said, "No, my stomach is not feeling well. Yuanyuan, just eat. Don't worry about me."
Although Yuanyuan is only 7 years old, he has a good appetite. What’s more, the dish tasted really good, so he ate with big mouthfuls, and soon both plates were empty.
He poured the rice in the bowl into the plate of braised pork and mixed the soup on the plate with the rice. Then he poured the rice into the plate of Kung Pao Chicken and mixed it with the soup as well.
He ate with relish.
Guan Youshuang felt sad when she saw this.
However, she also knew that in this day and age, many families probably only had a few meals of meat throughout the year, let alone eating out.
In short, everyone is too poor.
She hopes she can change this situation.
She said gently: "Yuanyuan, are you full? If not, auntie will order another portion for you."
Yuanyuan's cheeks were puffy. After he finally swallowed the rice, he said a little embarrassedly: "But Auntie has already spent so much money."
Guan Youshuang smiled and said, "It's okay. It's not a waste if you eat it. Can I order you another chicken leg?"
Yuanyuan licked his lips excitedly. He loved eating chicken legs so much.
In the past, whenever the family slaughtered a chicken during festivals, his mother would always leave a chicken leg for him.
But ever since my parents went out to work, we haven’t killed a chicken at home anymore. No, last time we killed a black chicken, but grandma said it was for my aunt to nourish her body and boys couldn’t eat it.
Soon, a big chicken leg was brought over.
Yuanyuan picked up the big chicken leg and let his aunt take a bite first.
When Guan Youshuang smelled the meat, she felt nauseous again.
She covered her mouth, relaxed, quickly drank some water, and forced herself not to spit it out.
"Aunt, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you go to the health center?"
Guan Youshuang shook her head and said, "It's okay, Yuanyuan, eat quickly."
Guan Youshuang calculated that her period this month had been delayed for several days.
However, her menstrual period has always been irregular, and it is common for it to be three to five days late.
But accompanied by nausea, she couldn't help but wonder, could she be pregnant?
Taking Yuanyuan out of "Manyuanxiang", it was a cloudy day today. A breeze blew and Guan Youshuang felt much more comfortable in her stomach.
"Aunt, what are we going to do now?"
"Go make some popcorn."
"You need corn to make popcorn, but we don't have corn."
Guan Youshuang smiled and took out a plastic bag from her cloth bag and said, "Look what this is?"
"Wow, Auntie brought corn." Yuanyuan shouted excitedly, "I see, Auntie wants to sell popcorn?"
"clever."
They came to a corner of the market, where an elderly man in simple clothes was busy popping popcorn, surrounded by some children.
He looked to be about fifty or sixty years old, dressed simply and wearing a straw hat.
His equipment was simple and primitive: a large, black, spherical popcorn machine.
In her previous life, Guan Youshuang had only seen this kind of equipment in period dramas.
The popcorn machine is supported by a thick iron pipe bracket. Under the iron pipe is a charcoal stove. The charcoal fire is burning in the stove, emitting waves of heat.
The old man first scooped up the hot charcoal from the stove with a shovel and then spread it evenly on the bottom of the stove to ensure that the popcorn machine was heated evenly.
Guan Youshuang watched him stand the popcorn machine upright, then pour some corn kernels and a pinch of sugar into the spherical popcorn machine. Then he closed the lid of the popcorn machine, which was tightly secured with a metal clamp around it, and put it back on the stove.
Although, he began to crank the handle of the popcorn machine vigorously.
The children gathered around, their little faces red, looking at this wonderful machine curiously, looking forward to the final explosion.
After a while, perhaps because the time was up, the old man quickly turned off the fire, took the popcorn machine down and put it on the ground, and then put a big bag on the mouth of the machine.
He carefully unfastened the clamp and stepped on the handle on the lid.
With a pop, the lid popped open and popcorn gushed out like fireworks, filling half the bag in an instant.
The child paid 2 cents and left with the popcorn.
Guan Youshuang then remembered that she seemed to have forgotten to bring the nylon bag.
She didn't know that such a small cup of corn kernels could produce so much popcorn, so her half pound of corn would probably make two bags of popcorn!
"Yuanyuan, I forgot to bring my bag. Please wait here while I go buy some."
The old man looked up at Guan Youshuang, took out a white nylon bag from a big bag, and said, "I have new bags here, one is ten cents, do you want one?"
"Yes." Guan Youshuang handed over half a pound of corn and said, "I'll pop these."
The elderly could tell at a glance that Guan Youshuang had never made popcorn before and had no idea about the quantity.