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I Can Talk to Cats - Chapter 33

Published at 17th of August 2021 11:01:51 AM


Chapter 33: 33

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The winter night near the Spring Festival is naturally getting colder and colder.

In the air, there are also pieces of snow, which are not even needed to hold an umbrella, but the coolness on the face is still annoying, not to mention floating into the neck.

Lin Lan, dressed in long red cotton padded clothes, stands at the three fork in the back street, waiting for Cheng Fengyang, who is running with his neck down. Lin Lan couldn't help laughing at the way he crossed the road in a blue down jacket, fork pocket and bow, because her image was similar to him now.

When two people get together and see each other's appearance, they can't help laughing. No one needs to embarrass anyone.

"Walk, trot, eat!"

There is no nonsense, two people shoulder to shoulder to speed up the pace, rushed to the barbecue shop in the back street, this point is no longer positive how to eat.

The villages in the city are very busy day and night. Some of the chaotic streets and people shuttling from time to time, although they have no sense of order, they are filled with a pleasant atmosphere of fireworks.

The lights are on in shops of all sizes, and there are snack stalls set up at the entrance of the market. From time to time, you can hear the noise of spatula and stove firing. The smell of fried and fried rice wafts in the air, and the domineering aroma of cumin scattered on the barbecue can be smelled from a long distance. Lin Lan and Cheng Fengyang, who haven't had a meal, can't help but swallow their saliva, and their feet move is even stronger soon.

Laozhoutou barbecue shop Oh no, the hot pot barbecue shop, which has been renamed laozhoutou, is not very far away. After about seven or eight minutes' walk, they got to their destination with familiarity.

"It's really changed." Lin Lan sighed.

In the past, some small and disordered shops have been cleaned up and expanded to two sizes. The inside of the shop has been repainted. The light is very bright. Through the glass sliding door with the words "barbecue", "hot pot", "Snow Beer" and "jiangxiaobai", they can see that there are more than a dozen long tables inside, half of them are sitting, some are eating kebabs, and some are eating kebabs The hot pot is being rinsed. From time to time, some helpers walk back and forth with trays or soup kettles.

The smell of barbecue Lin Lan smelled came from under the awning outside the shop. There was a father and son barbecue in the long charcoal stove. The high temperature of the charcoal stove makes the people standing outside not feel cold, on the contrary, their faces are a little red.

"Uncle Zhou!" Lin Lan said hello to the elder.

When the other party raised her head, she suddenly showed a smile: "it's LAN LAN. Have a kebab with a friend? "

"Yes Lin Lan said with a smile, "but my kebab is not urgent. You help me bake 17 dried fish. The old rule is not to put anything. I want to take it back."

Old uncle Zhou was very familiar with this request, but he was surprised by the quantity. Then he remembered something and laughed: "I just wanted to say if you brought too much dried fish to snowflake this time, and then I reflected that you also opened a shop, and the family has more than one cat! No problem, uncle. I promise I'll make it neat for you. You can take it away when you come out! "

Lin Lan immediately said, "thank you, uncle Zhou! My family's snowflake likes your baked dried fish best. I've told you more than once that your dried fish tastes the best. "

"Oh! I want to send one more one to your cat who knows me so much! " Old uncle Zhou followed with a laugh.

Unexpectedly, Lin Lan thanks for the big white cat with a smile. After listening to Cheng Fengyang, he quickly interrupts: "Hey, boss, don't forget to ask me, bake me two chicken legs and a sausage, and don't put too much oil and salt. I'll take it back too!"

Although he was shocked by Lin Lan and the barbecue shop's over skilled cat snack business at the beginning, Cheng Fengyang, a fast learner, said that it was a good idea to order something in advance to bring it back to the stars, which saved him from having to wait a little longer. The dog won't be scalded when it gets to its mouth, killing two birds with one stone.

"Good! No problem! " Uncle Zhou saw that Lin Lan was with him, and he immediately said, "it's cold outside. Come on in! Tell Aunt Zhou what you want to eat

"Oh, good!"

After greeting, they turned to the store. As soon as they opened the glass sliding door, the air-conditioner's heating and the unique aroma of hot pot suddenly came to their faces, and their stomachs became even more hungry.

Quickly find an empty table to sit down, whether Lin Lan or Cheng Fengyang now have a new decision.

"No more hot pot?" "How about the whole hotpot?"

Face to face at the same time sounded the same question, so that they can not help laughing.

Lin Lan doesn't like spicy food, but Cheng Fengyang is OK. He simply orders the bottom of the mandarin duck pot, and after putting a mess of ingredients on the menu, they wait for the dishes quietly.

"It's changed a lot here." Cheng Fengyang folded his arms on the table and looked around at the shop. "When I came back, it wasn't so big. The walls were newly painted, the lights were changed, and the tables and chairs were all changed. It was clean and tidy."

"Well, listen to my father, it was Uncle Zhou's son who reformed it after he came back." After sipping the warm boiled water, Lin Lan said casually, "it seems that the change is quite successful. There are many people who eat hot pot."Experienced people all know that this is a good thing. Many diners prove that it tastes good and will not step on thunder.

"The young man outside with the shopkeeper?" Cheng Fengyang took a look outside. "I'm working in a big enterprise in the capital. I've come back to inherit my family business."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Lin Lan shrugged his shoulders and thought of his life in Mordor with some emotion. "I'll have a look outside and know what the world is like outside my hometown. When I come back, I'll cherish everything I once had."

As she speaks, her eyelashes droop and her forefingers gently rub the edge of the cup. Cheng Fengyang is surprised by her sighing.

"Lin Lan, you..." In the middle of the conversation, Cheng Fengyang realized that something was wrong and cut it off in a hurry. He coughed awkwardly and found another topic. "I mean, I envy you all. I'm miserable when I go to work in other places. I've studied in Xicheng from primary school to university, but I'm also looking for local enterprises in Xicheng directly. Compared with you, I'm a good person Life experience is monotonous. "

"What's the saying of monotony? Isn't it all ordinary living?" Lin Lan smiles, "go to school, find a job, go to work, fall in love, get married Most people are like this. How about going abroad or even staying abroad? It's just this model. Whether you can live a good life is the most realistic. "

While she was talking, Yu Guang in the corner of her eyes saw a Sanhua cat lying on the counter of the shop. It was lying next to the shrine where the statue was placed. Its plump body was lazily shrunk into a ball. Because she had been used to the noise of people coming and going in the shop for a long time, Sanhua cat squinted lazily and yawned a lot.

Cheng Fengyang also saw: "God of wealth and fortune cat put together, really lucky ah."

"This is uncle Zhou's Huahua. He's six years old. He's a middle-aged cat." Lin Lan introduced with a smile, "I'm very docile and clingy. I used to come here to wait for the dishes. Sometimes I would hold it. It gives me face. Huahua, come on

I don't know if I heard Lin Lan's voice, or because I understood what Lin Lan said. Sanhua cat, who was lazy before, suddenly opened her eyes and looked straight at this side.

Lin Lan waved to it. Seeing this, Sanhua cat jumped off the desk with a meow and ran to her with a fat but flexible step across her legs.

"Meow!" Why can I understand you The flexible fat cat jumped on Lin Lan's leg while barking.

"Probably because we know each other very well." Lin Lan casually fooled the kitten, reached out and touched its head, "how have you been recently, Huahua?"

"Meow -- meow --" (very good. After the young master came back, the smile on the host's and hostess's face became more and more. When the owner rebuilt the house, he made a beautiful cat nest for me, but I prefer the old mat, which has the smell of the owners.)

"Well, it's very good." After listening to Huahua's story, Lin Lan also smiles and squints.

Cheng Fengyang sat opposite and watched. Because he often went to Lin's house to help when he was decorating, he was used to Lin Lan's conversation with cats. But every time he saw it, he had to sigh that this cat loving girl might really have cat language level 10. Otherwise, how could one person and one cat have a good conversation.

One person and one cat are interacting. The hot pot and some roast dishes they ordered have been served.

"Oh, LAN LAN, are you looking for my flower again?" Aunt Zhou, the boss's wife, put all the dishes away. Seeing her cat being held by someone, she said with a smile, "aren't you afraid your snowflake is jealous?"

"Where, aunt Zhou." Lin Lan raised his head and joked, "snowflake has a good character. As long as I go back to bring him dried fish, he never mind if I have a cat outside."

This made aunt Zhou amused: "OK, I'll hold Huahua for you. I'll be busy. You can eat while it's hot!"

In fact, there's no need to say hello at all. When one end of the food comes to the table, they already pick up the kebab and eat it. Lin Lan also selects a boiled quail egg from the hot pot ingredients and gives it to Huahua. The fat Sanhua cat immediately jumps to the ground to eat the boiled egg.

When the hot pot boils, another dish is thrown into the pot. Lin Lan rinses a chopstick of meat slices in the clear soup, tries to put it in his mouth, chews it a few times, and nods again and again with satisfaction. Cheng Fengyang, who was opposite, gave her a thumbs up and began a new round of meat washing.

At present, food, waste what words, eat!

At the end of a meal, they were satisfied with their belly.

"Yummy, next time I'll call my family and come here to make a hot pot. Sure enough, the food is hidden in the alleys. " Cheng Fengyang patted his belly. He had enough to eat and drink. Now he had completely forgotten how to keep a handsome image in front of Lin Lan.

Lin Lan strongly agrees that she will ask her elders to come here when she is free. I just hope that my mother will not pour cold water on me and say, "you give me those hundreds of dollars, and I'll make a better table for you at home.".

"Aunt Zhou, check out!" Skillfully took out the mobile phone, Lin Lan sat there, after hearing the reimbursement, directly scanned the code to pay, by the way also nagged, "Huahua is old, so fat can't go on, have to let it lose weight." Originally, she wanted to feed more when she ate, but she didn't dare to feed more when she thought of the real weight of Sanhua cat when she jumped on her legs.Aunt Zhou immediately said, "you said the same thing as my son said before. He also said that cats are too fat and easy to get sick when they are old. I always thought it was lucky for cats to eat fat. I'll take Huahua to the veterinarian when I'm not busy tomorrow."

Huahua has a good host. Lin Lan is very happy and says with a smile that when he comes to eat hot pot next time, he greets the people sitting beside him: "Cheng Fengyang, I'm ok. Let's go?"

The young man who had enough to support slowly turned his legs and turned them out of the table. When he was about to stand up with the back of his chair, he suddenly changed.

"Ah The diner at the next table let out a scream, because he didn't hold the beef balls in his hand, so that a whole plate fell directly into the hot pot from a high place, instantly a lot of red soup splashed out, some people's clothes were dirty, and some people's hands and faces were splashed.

Cheng Fengyang, who was just getting up to leave, was the most unlucky. His eyes and face were splashed with several drops. At that time, he covered his eyes and screamed more than anyone else.




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