HLnovel Chapter 106 Wontons
Chapter 106 Wontons
Li Lanzhen, with her two children, followed the crowd and walked into the market.
As soon as you enter the market, you will see a prosperous and lively scene!
There are all kinds of vendors, and each shop is built against one wall of the market.
I don’t know why all the shops on both sides of the city street were moved here.
As I walked along, I saw all kinds of vegetables, chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry, eggs and duck eggs, and even a few stalls selling pork.
There are also many snack stalls selling steamed buns, wontons, and sesame cakes.
Li Lanzhen walked slowly on the way to the market, and suddenly she felt that this place had not experienced three years of natural disasters and man-made calamities, and she had not left her hometown and brought her children out to escape famine. This place had always been so prosperous.
After a while, Goudan pulled Li Lanzhen's clothes again.
He whispered, "Grandma Lanzhen, I feel something is wrong. Look at this market, there are no ordinary people like us."
Sure enough, when Li Lanzhen looked around, she saw that there were more stalls than people walking here.
The people who were buying vegetables, poultry, eggs and meat were all driving carts and wearing silk. They looked like stewards of wealthy families or purchasers.
At this moment, they attracted even more attention when they retreated.
As time goes by, more and more people come here.
At this time, many common people were seen, including many children and women from poor families living in West City, picking up rotten vegetable leaves and picking bangzi.
Moreover, Li Lanzhen found that these people in tattered clothes were not welcome.
While everyone was busy, Li Lanzhen wanted to take her two children out quickly through the side door and find a place to change clothes so that she could get information.
Just like that, they found out nothing, bought nothing, and hurriedly went out through a small side door.
Going out of this side door, there is an alley with few people passing by.
Li Lanzhen thought, if she couldn't get any information, wouldn't it be a wasted trip?
He said to Goudan and Han Yinan, "Let's find a place where no one is around, change clothes and clean up before coming back."
The two children walked in front, going down the alley, and they actually discovered a strange phenomenon.
There was no one in the courtyard in this half of the alley. The door was locked. Looking at the dust in front of the door, it seemed that no one had lived here for a long time.
Li Lanzhen picked a small courtyard and took out a piece of wire from the space.
He told the two children to stand here and watch the people on both sides of the alley.
Li Lanzhen pushed the wire into the keyhole and opened the padlock in a few seconds.
I pushed open the gate and greeted two children, who came in.
Goudan said, "Grandma Lanzhou, you two go in first, I'll lock the door and jump in over the wall.
Otherwise, if someone finds that the gate to the yard is unlocked and comes in to check, it will be troublesome.”
Li Lanzhen slapped her forehead, thinking that she was too careless and not as thoughtful as a child.
After Goudan locked the door and climbed over the courtyard wall, the three of them looked around and took in the yard.
This small courtyard is not big, with only three main rooms and two low houses on the west side, which are probably the kitchen and firewood room.
All the rooms were unlocked, so Li Lanzhen pushed open the door of the main room in the middle of the main house.
After entering, the furniture inside was also very simple, with a table, two chairs, and two benches, and a cabinet against the back wall.
The tables and chairs are covered in dust, showing that no one has lived here for a long time.
Li Lanzhen did not have time to think about these things. She quickly used the backpack to take out two sets of clothes for the two children from the space, and also took out a set for herself. The three of them were wearing navy blue clothes and pants, all of which were half-new and half-old.
Goudan went out with a wooden basin to fetch water for the three people to wash, but when he went out he found that there was no well in the yard.
He went into the main room again, "Grandma, there is no well in the yard."
Li Lanzhen took the wooden basin, walked out of the main room, and pretended to walk into the west kitchen.
Soon, he brought a half basin of clean water and called the children, "Come and wash up, change your clothes, and we're going to go shopping in the vegetable market."
The two children thought that it was Li Lanzhen who brought the water from the water tank in the kitchen, so they didn't doubt it and let Li Lanzhen wash first.
Li Lanzhen did not refuse. She took a handkerchief, wet it, and wiped her face, neck, and hands. She then took out a comb and combed her hair carefully, then tied it into a low bun at the back of her head.
The two little guys quickly washed their faces and hands, changed their clothes, and prepared to set off.
The three people carried their backpacks and prepared to go to the market again.
This time, it was Li Lanzhen who climbed over the wall and used wire to open the door lock.
The two children were surprised to see Lan Zhen supporting herself with her hands on the wall and climbing over it nimbly.
Han Yinan said to Goudan proudly, "Goudan, did you see that? My grandma is also a Hercules!"
Goudan laughed, "Grandma Lanzhen is the powerful grandma god!"
Li Lanzhen stood outside the courtyard gate and heard what the two children said. She found it funny. After coming out, she became a "strong grandmother god!"
The three of them came to the market again, found a wonton stall, sat down, and prepared to eat while asking for some information.
The shops here are next to each other. Next to the wonton stall is a stall selling sesame cakes, and on the other side is a stall selling tea.
There were already more than a dozen people eating wontons at the wonton stall.
After Li Lanzhen asked the two children to sit down, the owner of the wonton stall came over with a smile and asked Li Lanzhen.
"Auntie, how many bowls of wontons do you want?"
Li Lanzhen was stunned for a moment. Haha, Auntie? It's Auntie.
"Four bowls of wontons, please."
"Come on! Just sit down for a while."
Li Lanzhen turned around and looked at the pancake stall next to her and smelled the aroma of wheat and sesame.
Li Lanzhen, who hadn't eaten sesame cake for a long time, swallowed unconsciously.
He shouted, "Boss, give us twenty sesame cakes."
The owner of the sesame cake stand asked, "Do you want meat filling or no filling?"
Li Lanzhen asked, "Three meat-filled sesame buns and twenty without filling."
Goudan and Han Yinan have been extremely excited ever since they entered the wonton shop. They became even happier when they heard that Li Lanzhen was also going to sell sesame cakes.
However, the two of them still pretended to be calm, their two pairs of hands tightly clasped together, and they tapped the table lightly with joy.
Li Lanzhen saw their little actions and laughed in her heart, but she also felt pity for the two young children who had traveled far away from home, through mountains and rivers, and came here in fear and worry. They were full of hope but still could not enter the city, register at the government office, be assigned to the village with household registration, and then be allocated land and live a stable life.
Li Lanzhen bought so many sesame cakes at one time, which attracted the attention of people in the store.
Li Lanzhen's heart skipped a beat. She was so happy just buying the sesame cakes that she forgot the identities of the three people.
If someone were from this city, why would he buy so many sesame cakes at once?
Quickly find an excuse.
"Come on, you two, you've been clamoring for wontons and sesame cakes. Grandma has bought you wontons. If one bowl is not enough, just say we can have another bowl.
Take the remaining sesame cakes back and share them with your five brothers, grandparents, and uncle’s family.”
The wonton shop owner also laughed and said, "The little brats are eating me out of money. I guess even two bowls of wontons won't stop these two kids."
Li Lanzhen chuckled, "Just try it, there's no point in letting them eat their fill."