Old things in the south

Chapter 75 Crab shell yellow (2)
"For the guests, this is really a pleasant breakfast, but for these three people, it is an unpleasant cooperation."

"Cooperation is such an easy thing!" I couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Sure enough, the unpleasant cooperation for two months finally disbanded.I knew this omen from the first day, when the long nose was carrying the crab shell yellow on its back and wentssiping, probably the last time, right?Although he said to the fellow villagers, he deliberately let the guests hear:
"My countryman! We'll be in trouble later on! Let Crab Shell Huang do the work alone!"

The red paper advertisement of Xiaolongbaozi has already turned yellow due to the wind and sun.After they advanced and retreated together, Xie Kehuang played alone for a few days, serving oatmeal, making sesame seed cakes, washing dishes, and settling accounts, which was really enough for him to keep busy by himself.I happened to pass by there in the afternoon and saw him washing that plaid shirt.

After two days of posting a sign saying "Closed today" at the door, the hometown pavilion has a new billboard. The sun shines on the red paper, which emits a dazzling red light. On it, a few lines of words are written in spring and autumn: "You Cake Crab Shell Yellow", "Fried Sticks", "Original Soy Milk", and "Smile", "Sauce Fried Buns".

The crab shell yellow is still full of sweat, and the crab shell yellow is made by the stove at the door.But there was a tall, slender man standing on the other side of the stove, with a pile of broken pockmarks around his nose, making fried steamed stuffed buns.The few black sesame seeds sprinkled on the buns are like the pile of crushed pockmarks on his nose.The glass cabinet is full of sesame balls called "Kaixiao", and the sound of "嗞嗞嗞啦" in the large pan is the sound of fried buns.The two of them, together with the master and the buddy, were busy inside and out, but there was something new about them.

"I don't know where this little Sui Mazi is from?" I asked Fan softly after sitting down.

"Left is not 'people from mainland China'!"

"Of course, I mean I don't know if it's the Southern barbarian or..." Before I finished speaking, I heard the little pockmark talking to the guest:

"Thank you Lennon, thank you Lennon, tomorrow will be held."

Well, needless to say, these are the people from the place where the steamed buns are made, and they should be able to cooperate happily, because they are all from the south of the river!But not always.The broken pockmarks are really good craftsmanship, maybe it came from a restaurant in Shanghai.As if he wanted to steal the show, not only did he not listen to the boss's command, but he also tried to crush the crab's shell in reverse.The two often clashed in front of guests. Cantonese were always clumsy when they spoke Mandarin.Suan Mazi doesn't speak Mandarin, he speaks directly in Shanghai dialect, which is smooth and sharp, and often wins the upper hand.

One day a frequent visitor saw the two of them quarreling and said with a smile:
"Judging from the anger of you two young lads, we probably won't last long for our fried buns!"

Because this small house with only one facade belongs to crab shell yellow, and they cannot cooperate, and others always leave.

The broken pockmarks lasted for a shorter time, and before everyone tasted the taste of raw fried buns, it became a thing of the past, and the crab shell roe returned to the one-man class.

Although there are only pastries like fried crab shell roe, customers are still used to come here for breakfast. This may have something to do with the bus station. It takes advantage of the location, but it is not easy to get along with people.The guests all advised Crab Shell Yellow to cooperate with forgiveness and patience. If you can't do it but cooperate with others, it will only increase your distress.We gradually got to know him better, and we found out from the chat that my previous guess was correct. He was indeed a Hakka originally from Lingdong, but he grew up in Lingnan. He is about to graduate from middle school. He came to Taiwan alone. Straightforward, a little impatient, but a standard Hakka who can work hard.Maybe it's because half of the Hakka blood flows in my own body. I know the character of the Hakka, so I can't help but sympathize with him.But I used to sympathize with long noses too!I think the concept of rural areas is always unavoidable. I lived in Peiping for such a long period of time.

Unexpectedly, the hometown pavilion has launched a new cooperation.That morning, I had eaten breakfast at home and went to the street, passing by the hometown hall, I couldn't help but glanced inside, huh?A girl is serving soy milk to the guests!Crab Shell Yellow lowered his head and concentrated on working on the stove.Added female staff?I seem to be concerned about the hometown pavilion, and I always want to know how it evolves.So the next day I sacrificed the breakfast at home, and He Fan went to the hometown hall again.I'm not a fan of crispy crab shell yolk, so since the pan fried buns are gone, I only come here occasionally.

The little girl is sixteen or seventeen. Hearing that Crab Shell Huang called her Gillian, she must be a hired maid.Earlier, some customers suggested to him that instead of using a mainlander with a long nose, it is better to find a local girl to work.Gillian is very well-behaved, she does things quite neatly, she squints her eyes, but she is always smiling, and she is not annoying.

This time, the crab shell yellow is so happy, Gillian this, Gillian that, I'm really worried that he has made an old habit and is about to annoy others, what should I do if I quit?
In the afternoon I went to the newspaper office and waited for the bus in front of the hometown office.In the afternoon when the business was idle, Gillian and Crab Shell Huang sat at the same table boredly, staring at the street with four eyes in a daze, thinking that they were still strangers.Gillian is a girl, she is always shy, she might as well be lively when there are many guests in the morning!

Gradually, A-Jiao didn't listen to him. Sometimes he yelled at her, sometimes she pouted and glared at him, but she did everything, and he wouldn't deal with A-Jiao the same way he used to treat Long Nose. Delicate.Sometimes he would be scolded by her:
"Filthy ghost!"

One day, I saw with cold eyes that Crab Shell Huang accidentally dropped the tablecloth into a bowl of soy milk. He actually took the tablecloth out of the bowl of soy milk and was about to serve it to the guests. Come over and pour out the soy milk, and refill a bowl for the guests.What could Crab Shell Yellow do when he met Gillian, so he had no choice but to go back to the stove to make sesame seed cakes without saying a word.

I said to Fan: "The little girl has a way to restrain him!"

There were two times when I was waiting for the bus in the afternoon, I saw that the two of them were not so dazed, Ah Jiao was humming, and Crab Shell Huang was reading the evening paper.Gillian sang the Yilan folk song "Du Diu Tongzi", a few simple lyrics "The train goes to ido amo ida diu ale Pound Kong, the water in Pound Kong ido Diu Diu Tongzi ido amo ida Diu Ido drips down. "After Gillian's light and pretty voice, it sounds very nice.She taught crab shell yellow sentence by sentence, but this stupid mouth couldn't learn it.

"Stupid boy!" Gillian was anxious, and scolded him in Taiwanese with a smile.This is what the Hokkien people in Taiwan scolded the Hakka people.After being scolded, Crab Shell Huang smirked.I was about to laugh when I heard it, and quickly covered my mouth with a handkerchief. I really wanted to see them—to see what a foolish face the guest was in front of the girls, but I didn't dare to turn around, so I just listened quietly until I got to the car. When I came and went, I kept thinking on the way, I wonder if Crab Shell Yellow has learned that song?

The next day, I chatted with Gillian while drinking soy milk:

"A-Jiao, what's your last name?"

"My surname is Lin!"

"It turns out that we are from the same family, where are you from?"

"Roton."

"No wonder! "Du Diu Tong Zai" is sung so well!" "Du Diu Tong Zai" is a Taiwanese folk song about a train going through a cave.There are many caves to travel from Taipei to Yilan. People in Lanyang, from the county magistrate to children, can sing this folk song.When I said this, Gillian was surprised at first, and then smiled embarrassingly.As for the crab shell yellow, whom Gillian called "the stupid guest", he was working very hard and humming a song. This was a phenomenon he had never experienced before, and everything seemed to be changing.

Another afternoon, Fan and I went to the movies, and from a distance we saw Gillian working beside the long-empty chopping board in the hometown hall.Is Gillian practicing making buns?It was only when she got closer that she realized that Gillian was ironing a crab shell-yellow green checked shirt on the chopping board, and it was the hostess who was reading the evening paper leisurely and proudly!A-Jiao looked up and saw me. For some reason, I pursed my lips and smiled at her. Then I rolled my eyes on the green checked shirt, and when I looked at A-Jiao again, she flushed with shame.Walking over, Fan joked to me:
"You smiled at her, a bit malicious!"

"Where! I just glanced at the shirt."

"Do you think the two of them...wouldn't it be better for him to marry Gillian?"

Fan likes to be paired with people the most. In fact, it looks like the two of them are working together pretty well, right?However, the marriage between a foreigner and a local is sometimes not easy!

One day Fan came back from get off work and suddenly said to me: "Oh no! Crab Shell Yellow has posted 'Closed today' again, and it's likely that Gillian and Gillian are blowing it up again."

It was the same on the second and third day, the door was locked and the door was locked.On the fourth day, I walked out of the alley with a vegetable basket in the morning and drank!From far away, I saw the billboard of the hometown hall again.I was overjoyed and said to Fan:
"Look! You can adjust your appetite again. I don't know who to find a partner this time? It's best to replace it with wontons, noodle soup, dumplings, steamed buns, etc., and they also sell late-night snacks."

I was looking forward to it so much, and my curiosity prompted me to walk straight towards the red paper signboard. When I got there, I saw four large characters written on the red paper:

happy event
"Yo!" I cried out, surprised and happy.Fan said beside me: "This is the most pleasant and durable cooperation."

Looking inside again, among the well-dressed guests in the room, I found a few familiar faces, they were Sui Pocky, a fellow and a long nose, all smiling and friendly!Especially the long nose, I don't know what it is, laughing and drinking, the nose is more and more prominent as the head shakes up and down.

(End of this chapter)