I Can Talk to Cats

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

There was a piece of snow floating in the air, which was not necessary to support the umbrella, but the coolness on the face was still annoying, not to mention accidentally floating into the neck.

Lin Lan, wearing a long red cotton coat, stood at the Sancha junction where he could enter the back street, waiting for Cheng Fengyang, who trot from his neck and trot on time. Lin Lan couldn't help laughing when he looked at him wrapped in a blue down jacket with a fork in his hands and bowed across the road anxiously, because her image was similar to him.

The two people who had shrunk together and couldn't help but smile when they saw each other.

"Go, trot and eat!"

There is no nonsense, the two speed up their paces and rush to the barbecue restaurant in the back street, how can you do it if you are not active at this point.

The villages in the city are very lively day and night, with some cluttered streets and people flowing from time to time, although there is no standard sense of order but with a pleasant fireworks.

Large and small shops are lit with lights, and there are food stalls standing in front of the city entrance. From time to time, you can hear the loud noise of spatula and stove fire, the smell of fried and fried rice floating in the air, and the old The domineering aroma of cumin scattered on the barbecue can be smelled from afar. Lin Lan and Cheng Fengyang, who haven't eaten yet, can't help swallowing saliva, and their feet move faster.

Laozhoutou Barbecue ... Oh no, the hot pot barbecue restaurant that has been renamed Laozhoutou is not very far away. After walking for about seven or eight minutes, the two drove to the destination.

"It's really changed." Lin Lan said with emotion.

In the past, some small and cluttered shops were reorganized and expanded to two facades. The shops were also repainted. The lighting was very bright. Through the stickers “BBQ”, “Hot Pot”, “Snow Beer” "Small white" glass sliding door, they can see that there are more than a dozen long tables in it that have been seated by half of them, some eat skewers and some shabu shabu, and sometimes helpers carry trays or soup kettle Walk back and forth inside.

The smell of barbecue that Lin Lan smelled came from under a awning supported outside the shop. A long charcoal stove was where a father and son were grilling. The high temperature of the charcoal stove made people standing outside do not feel cold, on the contrary, their faces were smoked a little red.

"Old Zhou Zhou!" Lin Lan greeted the elder among them.

The other person raised her head and saw that she smiled at once: "Lan Lan. Come and eat skewers with friends?"

"Yes!" Lin Lan replied with a smile. "But my skewers are not in a hurry. You can help me grill 17 fish out of them. Don't put anything in the old rules. I will take it back."

This request, Old Uncle Zhou was very familiar, but he was surprised by the quantity, and then I remembered something and laughed at once: "I just wanted to say if you have too much dried fish brought to snowflakes this time. You have also opened a store, and there are more than one cat in the family! No problem, the uncle promises to keep you neat and tidy, so that you can take it out when you come out! "

Lin Lan immediately thanked: "Thank you Uncle Zhou! My snowflake likes the dried fish you baked most. I told you more than once that your dried fish tastes the best."

"Oh! Just recognize your shop like your cat, I have to give one more to it!" Old Zhou Uncle laughed and followed.

Lin Lan also smiled and thanked the big white cat at home when she accidentally received a store discount. As soon as he heard Cheng Fengyang who was listening to him, he quickly intervened: "Hey hey boss, don't forget to ask me, grill me two chicken legs and one meat Do n’t put too much oil and salt in the intestines, I ’ll bring it back too! ”

Although initially shocked by the overly skilled cat snack business of Lin Lan and the barbecue restaurant, Cheng Fengyang of the fast learning said that this is really a good idea. Ordering it back in advance to bring to the stars also saves you from having to wait for a while, the dog eats his mouth It ’s not going to get burnt, it ’s a double benefit.

"Good! No problem!" Old Uncle Zhou saw him coming with Lin Lan, and immediately greeted him enthusiastically, "It's cold outside, go in quickly! Tell your aunt Zhou what to eat!"

"Hey, good!"

After they greeted each other, they turned and went to the store. They just opened the glass sliding door. The heating from the air conditioner and the hot and spicy aroma unique to the hot pot rushed to the face, and their stomachs became even more hungry.

Hurry to find an empty table to sit down, whether Lin Lan or Cheng Fengyang had a new decision.

"Shall we not add another hot pot?" "Shall we make the whole hot pot?"

The same queries that sounded face to face at the same time made them laugh again.

Lin Lan did n’t like spicy food, but Cheng Fengyang was okay. He simply ordered the mandarin duck pot bottom. After checking the menu, he picked up a bunch of messy ingredients, and he did n’t forget the original intention of the barbecue. Too.

"It's not a small change here." Cheng Fengyang folded his arms on the table and looked around the store. "When I came back, it wasn't so big. The walls were newly painted and the lights were changed. The previous tables and chairs were also It ’s all changed, and it ’s a lot cleaner. ”

"Well, my dad said that it was the old Zhou Shu's son who reformed after he came back." After taking a sip of warm water, Lin Lan casually said, "It seems that the change has been quite successful. There are many people who eat hot pot."

Experienced people know that this is a good thing, and diners often prove that it tastes good, and they will not step on the thunder.

"It's the young man outside with the shop owner?" Cheng Fengyang glanced outside. "Isn't it said that working in a large company in the capital? This is back to inherit the family business."

"It's nothing bad." Lin Lan shrugged, remembering her life in Modu with some emotion. "Take a look outside and know what the world outside of your homeland is like. When you come back, you will cherish what you once had. Everything. "

She lowered her eyelashes when she spoke. The index fingers of both hands holding the cup gently rubbed the edge of the cup. The gradually lowered sigh made Cheng Fengyang look surprised.

"Lin Lan, you ..." Wanting to ask her about the impulse to spend her life in Modu. When halfway through the conversation, Cheng Fengyang realized that it was improper to cut off in a hurry. He coughed and found another topic in embarrassment, "I mean I envy you all going to work in the field, I am more miserable, from elementary school to university are not studying in Xicheng, work is also directly looking for local companies in Xicheng, compared with you, my life experience is quite monotonous . "

"Is there any monotonous or non-monotonous statement, don't you just live your life normally?" Lin Lan smiled, "Go to school, find a job, go to work, fall in love, get married ... Most people do this, go abroad or even abroad It ’s the same mode of staying. It ’s the most realistic way to live well. ”

During the talk, the afterglow in the corner of her eyes saw a three-flowered cat. It was lying on the desk of the shop next to the shrine where the public statue was placed, and the fat body with a round and fat body lazily shrunk into a ball because it had already been Accustomed to the noisy traffic in the shop, the Sanhua cat squinted lazily and yawned during the leisurely period.

Cheng Fengyang also saw: "Are God of Wealth and Lucky Cat put together? It's really auspicious."

"This is the flower of the old Zhou Shu family. At the age of six, this is a middle-aged cat." Lin Lan introduced with a smile. "The character is very docile and very sticky. I used to come here and wait for food sometimes. Hey, it's very good for the face. Huahua, come! "

I don't know if I heard Lin Lan's voice, or because I understood what Lin Lan said. The Sanhua cat, who was still lazy before, suddenly opened his eyes and looked straight here.

Lin Lan beckoned at it, and the three-flowered cat jumped off the desk with a meow, and ran towards her with fat but flexible steps.

"Meow!" (Why I can understand you!) The flexible fat cat yelled and jumped on Lin Lan's leg.

"Probably because we are very familiar." Lin Lan teased the kitten casually and reached out to touch his head. "How have you been recently, Huahua?"

"Meow-Meow-" (It's good, after the little host came back, the smiles on the faces of the male and female host became more. When the little host rebuilt the house, he also made me a beautiful cat litter, But I prefer the previous mat, which has the smell of the owner.)

"Well, it's pretty good." After listening to Hua Hua's story, Lin Lan also smiled.

Cheng Fengyang sat opposite and looked at it because he often went to the Lin's house to help him during the decoration. He was used to Lin Lan's conversation with cats like this, but every time he saw it, he had to sigh that this girl who likes cats might really be cat ten Well, otherwise, how can one person and one cat talk in a pretentious manner.

One person and one cat are interacting, and the hot pot and some grilled dishes they ordered have been served.

"Yo, Lan Lan, have fun with my family again?" Aunt Zhou, after putting all her dishes away, saw that her cat was being held and she could not help smiling. "Are you afraid that your snowflake is jealous?"

"Where is Aunt Zhou?" Lin Lan raised her head and joked, "Snowflake's character is good, as long as I go back and bring it dried fish, it never minds that I have cats outside."

This amused Aunt Zhou at once: "That line, Huahua will give you a hug, I'm busy, and you eat while it's hot!"

In fact, there is no need to say hello. The food is served at one end, and the two have already picked up the skewers and started to eat. Lin Lan also picked a boiled quail egg from the hot pot ingredients he ordered and gave it to the flower. The fat three-flower cat jumped immediately. Going to the ground to nibble a boiled egg and glee.

After the hot pot boiled, it was another pot of ingredients. Lin Lan rinsed a piece of meat with chopsticks in the clear soup, tried to chew a few times in his mouth, and quickly nodded in satisfaction. Opposite Cheng Fengyang, too, gave her a thumbs-up and started a new round of shabu-shabu.

Food is currently, what to waste, eat!

At the end of a meal, the two were satisfied with a round belly.

"It's delicious. Next time I'm going to call everyone in my family and come here to rub a hot pot. Sure enough, the food is hidden in the small alleys of the city." Cheng Fengyang patted his belly, and he was full now. Forget about keeping a handsome image in front of Lin Lan.

Lin Lan strongly agreed that she would ask the elders to come with her when she had time. I just hope that my mother will not splash cold water when the time comes, and come to the sentence "You give me a few hundred pieces, I will give you a better table at home".

"Aunt Zhou, checkout!" Lin Lan took out her mobile phone skillfully. Lin Lan sat there and heard the report and scanned the code directly to pay. By the way, she also nagged, "Hua Hua is getting older. You can't do this if you are fat. It reduces weight loss. "She originally wanted to feed more when she was eating, but she didn't dare to feed more when she thought about the real weight of the Sanhua cat jumping on her legs.

Aunt Zhou immediately answered: "What you said is the same as what my son said before. He also said that the cat is too fat. It is very easy to get sick at an old age. I always thought that the cat is fat. Take Huahua to the vet. "

Huahua has a good host. Lin Lan was very happy and smiled and said that after returning to eat hot pot next time, he greeted the person sitting next to him: "Cheng Fengyang, I'm fine, let's go?"

The over-eating young man slowly turned his legs and turned his legs out of the belly of the table, and when he was about to stand up with his back on his chair, a sudden change occurred.

"Ah!" The diner at the table next door screamed because he didn't hold the beef ball in his hand, and let a whole plate be smashed into the hot pot directly from a height, and a large amount of red soup splashed out, some People's clothes were dirty, and more people's hands and faces were splashed.

Cheng Fengyang, who was about to get up, 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.