Chapter 173 Hot and Sour Noodles and Chili Sauce"Apart from doing homework, don't you care about school matters? Do you know where tomorrow's party will be held?" Anran's confusion made Luo Xing feel a little closer to her. "I know that." An Ran nodded. "It's in the multimedia classroom in the laboratory building." This is because she has a performance tomorrow night. The music teacher and the class arts committee member told her about it separately last week, and she kept it in mind. Luo Xing smiled but said nothing. The two of them walked into the classroom one after the other. "An Ran." Zhou Ningyue, who was sitting in her seat, waved at her. An Ran smiled at Luo Xing and walked quickly to her seat. "Did you bring the dress you're going to wear to the party tomorrow?" An Ran took the bag off her back and said, "My friend said he would bring it to me this afternoon." "Ah!" Zhou Ningyue looked disappointed. "I have been eager to see you in a dress since yesterday. I thought you would bring it to school this morning and I could see it at noon." "It's the same if we watch it in the afternoon." Zhang Xiaoli in front of her also turned around and lay on Zhou Ningyue's desk.
"How is that the same?" Zhou Ningyue's eyes widened. "It's as long as the five minutes after class. In one afternoon, you can count how many such torturous five minutes I have to wait for." "Go to hell." Zhang Xiaoli rolled his eyes at Zhou Ningyue, then turned to look at An Ran with a smile, "Your friend brought the dress this afternoon, you have to wear it for us to see." "Okay." An Ran smiled, "Don't you have a show too? Are your clothes ready?" "I'm ready." Zhou Ningyue curled her lips, "It's just two trees. I'll put them on before going on stage tomorrow night, and then stand on the stage, and it'll be done." "What's that expression on your face?" Zhang Xiaoli complained, "Didn't you choose the tree? You said there would be no lines, and you didn't need to show your face. It's simple and saves trouble." An Ran's piano solo was specially arranged by the music teacher for the New Year's Eve party. It was not included in the class performance program. This year, the program performed by Class 1 of Grade 1 at the New Year's Eve party was an English drama with a large number of participants. Zhou Ningyue and Zhang Xiaoli, two slackers who didn't want to spend too much time and energy but wanted to participate anyway, were happy to get two trees as background characters. "I made the right choice of tree." Zhou Ningyue looked devastated, "But how could I have known that the costumes they rented were so ugly and smelled so bad." "It's just a tree. What do you want from a fancy bicycle?" the boy at the table behind her interrupted. "Not to mention that your props stink, my clothes are all wrinkled when I get them. I don't know where the class committee rented the clothes. Didn't they check the goods before bringing them in?" "We inspected the goods. We definitely did." Zhang Xiaoli rolled his eyes. "I saw that some people's performance clothes were very good. It's just that our clothes are very casual." "What do you mean?" The boy sitting behind Zhou Ningyue stared at him. "No way! Are you kidding me? A New Year's Eve party is also creating class divisions?" "Hey, I didn't tell you what the situation is. You can go and see for yourself. Anyone can tell whether clothes are good or not when they are worn on the body." Zhang Xiaoli straightened up after seeing the people around him looking at him. She was telling the truth and was not afraid of verification. Soon, other voices appeared. "If you think the clothes we rent are not good enough, then why don't you rent them yourself and see if you can get the same quality as us at such a cheap price." "Don't you have any idea of how much money you donated? It's good enough to have clothes, but you are still picky." "That's right, no money, free girl tickets, and so much trouble!" Zhou Ningyue waved her hands quickly, "OK, thank you, princesses. The performance will start tomorrow night. You should practice more in the next two days so that you can be beautiful on stage. As for us trees, you don't need to worry about us." Regarding the huge differences in the team's performance uniforms, they had already had a quarrel when the clothes were distributed in the morning.
The opponent's combat effectiveness is really strong, and Zhou Ningyue, Zhang Xiaoli and other background members really can't win. "Tsk...you don't do anything, but you still want this and that." Zhou Ningyue begged for mercy, but the other party's voice was still low. After they turned around completely, Zhou Ningyue rolled her eyes at An Ran and said, "I won't perform in this crappy show next year, no matter how hard you try. Whoever wants to go can go." An Ran's eyes turned, "Then I won't go." "Oh, I wish I were as talented and pretty as you. I would have no rivals and wouldn't have to get involved in all this mess." Zhou Ningyue sighed, "You're too narrow-minded." The boy at the back table teased, "It's just a tree, and you still want a big picture." "The math teacher is here." An Ran looked out the window. Hu Kan and his friends quickly sat down and the morning class began. During the break, Shi Jian called An Ran out of the classroom and told her what his father mentioned last night. "what do you think?" "I think it's okay." She could also do it herself, but the future will be the golden decade for Internet entrepreneurship. If she wants to expand her business, sooner or later, capital will come in. Since getting investment is a matter of sooner or later, at the entrance of this golden decade, with the support of Shi Youxin, she will at least be standing on his shoulders, and it will be much easier for her to move forward. When it comes to starting a business, the approach of one person and that of a super team are always different. If it weren't for her experience in her previous life, she knew nothing about capital and the Internet market and might have been delighted with the olive branch extended by Mr. Zeng. But the better scenario is that Shi Youxin is the one with whom she can truly cooperate. "You're kidding." Shi Jian couldn't believe that An Ran made the decision so quickly. "What do you think?" An Ran raised her hand, and her white fingertips touched the wet fence, which felt cold to the touch. "I don't know." Looking at An Ran's clear eyes, Shi Jian's voice became softer, "I thought you thought you could do it well." The longer he spent with An Ran, the more he felt that An Ran never expected help from others, as if no matter what she did, she was ready to fight alone. Although she did not deliberately isolate herself, she never had the tendency to rely on others. An Ran raised an eyebrow, sensitive to Shi Jian. "With your father's sponsorship, I can make the store bigger and make more money. Why not?" Shi Jian moved her fingertips, thinking of what Zeng always said at that party, "You will become a rich woman when you graduate from high school." An Ran chuckled, "He was just joking, you took it seriously." "Mr. Zeng always likes to joke, but data never does," Time said firmly. An Ran stretched her hand out of the fence and looked at the lead-colored sky above the campus. "The rain has stopped." She never had a premonition that she would become a rich woman, but she also never thought that she would be poor, because she believed that with her knowledge, ability, and hard work, she would be worthy of everything she wanted. There is no shortcut to the right path, but it is the best way to go. What university you go to and how much money you make are both important matters in your life. In this life, she will practice diligently, learn from the lessons of her past life, reduce her fantasies, set fewer limits for herself, move forward towards her goals, but will not be obsessed with the results.
Work hard on the cause and let fate take its course on the result. in the afternoon. Xia Xizhou looked over the plate in his hand. "I'll order hot and sour noodles, cold dishes, and extra spicy. What do you want to eat?" "I want hot and sour noodles, too." An Ran put the hot chopsticks and bowl in front of Xia Xizhou. "Why did you come at such a late time today?" She had just come out of the classroom and originally wanted to go to the cafeteria to eat, but she didn't expect to receive a call from Xia Xizhou as soon as she went downstairs. She immediately turned and went to the school gate. As soon as they met, Xia Xizhou said that he was hungry and asked her to accompany him to eat, and specifically asked for hot and sour noodles. She took her to this store not far from the school gate. "It's raining, so there's no business in the store. Just come early so that we can have dinner together." Xia Xizhou took a sip of the warm water that An Ran poured for her. "I'll order another Xiao Long Bao. Are their Xiao Long Bao delicious?" "It's delicious. They're all freshly made and wrapped. They're filled with pork skin jelly and meat. They're so fragrant." Before An Ran could answer, the proprietress, who was carrying trays to serve other customers, answered with a hearty laugh. "Okay, then add another basket of dumplings." Xia Xizhou looked at the proprietress with a smile. Her face was white and rosy. If she wasn't dressed too fashionably, wearing stockings and long boots in such a cold weather, revealing her slender thighs, people around her might have thought she was a student from No. 1 Middle School. "Okay." Seeing Xia Xizhou was so straightforward, the proprietress delivered dinner and stopped by An Ran's table, staring at Xia Xizhou's legs. "Little girl, you are from the art high school next door, right? I haven't seen you before. You are wearing so little, aren't you cold?" The boss lady had a plump figure and a kind face. When her eyes fell on Xia Xizhou, she was not annoying. "Boss lady, you have a good eye. How did you tell at a glance that I am a skilled person?" An Ran glanced at Xia Xizhou, and Xia Xizhou blinked at her. "No one in our school is as fashionable as you." The lady boss laughed, "The hot and sour noodles in our store are delicious. You came to the right place today." She took the plate Xia Xizhou handed to her and continued to smile, "If you like spicy food, I'll bring you a plate of chili later. I made it myself, it's delicious." "Okay, thank you, Madam Boss." After the proprietress left, Xia Xizhou asked An Ran again, "What would you like to drink? I'll go check the freezer." "Hot water will do." An Ran knew what was in the boss lady's freezer. "Don't go check it out. It's so cold, drinking ice will hurt your stomach." "How can you eat hot and sour noodles without eating ice?" Xia Xizhou put the bag behind him and stood up and went straight to the freezer. Three minutes later, he came back slowly, "I saw a milk tea shop next door, do you want to go there?" "Don't want to drink iced drinks?" An Ran looked up at Xia Xizhou and smiled. "Oh, stop laughing at me." Xia Xizhou wrapped his coat tightly around himself. "I don't want to drink anymore. The wind is too strong at the door." As soon as she opened the refrigerator door, she was shivered by the cold air coming from both inside and outside, and she lost her stubbornness to continue eating ice cream. "What do you want to drink? I'll go buy it." An Ran stood up and pushed Xia Xizhou into a chair. "Their pearl milk tea is their signature drink. Do you want some?" "Yes, I want red beans, do you have any?" "Have." "Full sugar, half sugar?" "Seven cents of sugar." Walked out of the hot and sour noodle shop peacefully.
When I went out, I brushed shoulders with the proprietress who was carrying cold dishes. "Where are you going girl? It's time to eat." "Thank you, I'll go next door and be back shortly." "You're going to buy milk tea next door, right? Go quickly. There are a lot of people eating there right now. If there are a lot of people waiting, you can come back first, have a couple of sips, and then go get the milk tea when it's ready." The boss lady speaks fast, her tone as fast as a machine gun, but her words are soothing. Once or twice a month when An Ran wanted to eat something spicy, she would come to her house and became familiar with the proprietress. "Why so fast?" Xia Xizhou slurped the hot and sour noodles and looked at An Ran who came in with surprise. The food was served quickly in the restaurant. After the proprietress served her the cold dishes, she turned around and brought out two bowls of hot and sour noodles. Xia Xizhou couldn't help but pick up her chopsticks and start eating as soon as the food was placed on the table. However, just as he took a bite of the spicy and sour noodles, An Ran came in with two cups of hot milk tea. The speed was as fast as going next door to pick up two bottles of mineral water. "The shop owner said that he had two cups of freshly made wine, but the customer didn't come to pick them up yet, so he gave them to me first." An Ran placed one of the cups next to Xia Xizhou and sat down. "How does it taste?" "It's sour, spicy, and flavorful enough!" Xia Xizhou gave a thumbs up, "I like sour food, I like this one very much." "I like sour food, too." An Ran smiled. "Powder is also chewy, right?" "Hmm." Xia Xizhou proved with his actions that this hot and sour noodles is delicious. The proprietress appeared again and placed a bottle of chili sauce in front of the two men. "All the opened ones are finished. I'll give you a new bottle. Use a spoon to scoop it out yourself." "Thank you, boss." Xia Xizhou happily took the green and red chili sauce from the boss's wife, opened it impatiently, and added a spoonful into his own dish. "Where is this little girl from? She can really eat spicy food." "My ancestral home is in Jiangxi. I have been able to eat spicy food since I was a child, and my whole family loves it." Xia Xizhou tasted the chili sauce made by the proprietress and found that the green and red chili sauce made by the proprietress herself was attractive in color. When you taste it in your mouth, you can feel the freshness of the green pepper and the sweetness of the red pepper. The spicy taste blooms on the tip of your tongue, which is stimulating but not too strong. It is accompanied by the taste of minced garlic, minced ginger and seasonings, interweaving into a unique aroma. Because it is handmade, it is full of graininess. It has a rich taste and a fragrant aroma. "Madam boss, your chili sauce is absolutely amazing. It's so delicious." Xia Xizhou's high praise made the proprietress very happy, "It tastes good, right? Eat as much as you can. You can't buy it anywhere else except at my place. Many customers who come to my store cannot do without this chili sauce in addition to the hot and sour noodles and dumplings I make." ——"You said you are from Jiangxi, no wonder you can eat hot peppers. A few years ago, my husband and I took my son and daughter to Sanqing Mountain. The dishes there were so spicy and flavorful, so delicious, especially the dry-fried river fish, which was delicious." "Wow, you've been to Jiangxi, was it fun?" He claimed that his ancestral home was Xia Xizhou in Jiangxi, because although his ancestors had moved to Jincheng not long ago, they had never been to Jiangxi. "It's fun. The mountains there are so beautiful. In addition to Sanqing Mountain, we also went to Lushan Mountain." The proprietress was also a person who liked to chat. She turned around and looked at the customers in the store. Seeing that there were not many people, she stopped and continued to chat with Xia Xizhou. "Amazing." Xia Xizhou continued to give a thumbs up, "Have you seen San Diequan?" Although she had never been to Jiangxi, she knew some famous attractions in Lushan because of Li Bai's famous poem "The waterfall drops three thousand feet, as if the Milky Way falls from the sky."
"I saw it. It was beautiful. We went there during the rainy season. The waterfall was spectacular. My son and his father even stood on the rocks below the San Diequan to take pictures. These two were very brave and were not afraid of danger." "There are so many people down there, what are you afraid of?" The middle-aged man in an apron brought out two bowls of rice noodles. Seeing his wife talking to the two girls, he forgot to continue serving the guests and asked, "Which table are these two bowls of rice noodles from?" "Oh, table 4, near the freezer. See? I almost forgot about it." The proprietress slapped her forehead and said, "I'll stop talking. I have to go serve the food." "Boss lady, please get busy." Xia Xizhou lowered his head and sipped some noodles. When the boss lady came back after delivering the rice noodles, An Ran asked, "Boss lady, are you selling your chili sauce? It doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive. I want to buy a few bottles." "Originally, we didn't sell them." The lady boss looked at An Ran, "But this year my brother from my hometown gave me a lot of chili peppers, and I made a lot of chili sauce. If you really want it, I can give you a few bottles." "Yes." An Ran said. "I want some too." Xia Xizhou next to him raised his hand, "Boss lady, I'll take as many as you have!" "Hahahaha." The proprietress laughed at their enthusiasm. She glanced at An Ran and Xia Xizhou and made an offer. "This is not a factory. No matter how capable I am, how much can I produce? At most, I can make two more jars, which is about twenty bottles. If you want all of them, it'll be 25 each. If you want a few bottles, it'll be 30 each." At that time, Lao Gan Ma in the supermarket was less than seven yuan, and the proprietress sold a bottle of chili sauce for 25 yuan, and the targets were two girls who were obviously high school students. This conversation immediately attracted the attention of the diners around. Xia Xizhou glanced at An Ran and smiled at the proprietress, "Okay, 25 a bottle, I want them all. Madam, can you please pack them for me and see how much they cost in total?" The boss lady's expression changed immediately, "Do you really want it?" It is said that there are about twenty bottles, and the twenty-first bottle and the twenty-ninth bottle are both about twenty bottles. The proprietress was a businesswoman after all, and she quickly did the math in her head: twenty-nine bottles would be seven hundred and twenty-five, and twenty-one bottles would be five hundred and twenty-five. As a bowl of hot and sour noodles now costs her four dollars, selling these two jars of chili sauce would be a good business. "Yes, there are fake ones." Xia Xizhou looked at the proprietress, "Please calculate it and issue me an invoice." "Okay, okay." After getting the confirmed news, the proprietress went from being incredulous at first to being overjoyed. She was so happy. Holding the empty tray, he went into the kitchen with a happy look on his face. Amidst the faint sounds of discussion from other diners nearby, Xia Xizhou and An Ran ate calmly. "This salad is not bad, try it." Xia Xizhou picked up the serving chopsticks and picked up a piece of jellyfish for An Ran. "Thank you." An Ran drank a sip of milk tea and said, "I will go to Lushan when I have a holiday." "When?" Xia Xizhou was stunned. "It's around the Chinese New Year." "Ah?" Xia Xizhou sighed, "Then I can't go with you?" "I know you're busy, I'll go by myself."
"Are you going so far alone?" Xia Xizhou was a little worried. She picked up a steamed dumpling and ate it nonchalantly. "Why do we have to go to Mount Lushan at this time? It's freezing cold. During the Chinese New Year, the top of the mountain is covered with snow. We may not be able to come down the mountain even if we go there." "Then stay on the mountain and wait until the snow stops before coming down." "So extravagant?" Xia Xizhou was surprised. "You must have a lot of things to do during the New Year. How can you have so much time to go on vacation?" "If you really want it, you'll have it." An Ran ate the hot and sour noodles with a smile on her face. "Whether you're willing to do something and when you're willing to do it are just a matter of weighing the importance in your mind first. If you want it the most, you'll definitely work hard to achieve it." "Yes, yes, yes, you're right." Xia Xizhou picked up the milk tea and sipped it. "What do you think must be done in life according to empiricism? Is empiricism always correct? I think that many times we are helpless because we are limited by ourselves, and our self is limited by our past empiricism." "Bing go!" An Ran raised her milk tea, "Otherwise, how can we be friends?" Although Xia Xizhou has not been reborn, her spiritual core is still the same as in her previous life. He is the Xia Xizhou who constantly introspects, is aware, and improves himself in order to grow and evolve. In her previous life, she knew her but did not have much contact with her. In this life, she had the opportunity to become friends with her, and she could better understand why Xia Xizhou could constantly break out of his comfort zone, constantly iterate himself, continue to do well in new tracks, and reap results that ordinary people could hardly achieve. She likes and admires Xia Xizhou, and also wants to be like Xia Xizhou. "That's right. That's why we are always in sync." Xia Xizhou didn't know what An Ran was thinking, but she had her own understanding of An Ran's words, "We hit it off at first sight. What we saw was that we recognized that we had the same soul and the same cognition among thousands of people. I know what you say, and you understand what I say. Even if we don't understand, we can discuss with each other and understand it together." "Yes." The sky outside gradually darkened. The light in the small restaurant was the most ordinary white woven lamp, which made people's faces look like they were covered with a layer of dust. Most people would not look good under such light. But Xia Xizhou and An Ran had fair and delicate skin, and when illuminated by such a white woven lamp, it not only made their skin look even whiter, but there was no other bug, which attracted people around them to look at them from time to time. "Anyone can make this chili sauce. No matter how delicious it is, it will be so-so if you eat it every day." An old lady nearby muttered, "You are young and ignorant. You should eat less chili sauce. Eating too much will make you cold and bad for your health." Xia Xizhou glanced at her but didn't say anything. The old lady saw Xia Xizhou looking over but didn't say anything. She continued, "How much does a pound of chili cost? How many chili peppers does a bottle of chili sauce cost? Young people really don't know how hard it is to make money if they don't make money."1314