Chapter 8 Xu Xiulan

"Pea yellow, melts in the mouth, and I still want to eat pea yellow..." At the corner of the street and alley, Xu Xiulan stood in front of the cart and shouted.

Dumen Bamboo Branch Lyrics in the Qing Dynasty said: "Three money sell good flowers, cut cakes and ghost legs chatter, a bowl of sweet porridge in the morning, and then eat tea soup and noodles; cold fruit fried cake sweet ears, hanging oven baked cake wormwood nest, fork fire has just been sold, and hard noodles are called buns; roasted wheat wontons are full of plates, and new powder dumplings are added..." This is called It can be seen on the roadside, and the old Beijing vividly calls it "head food".

"Hello, boss, give me a bowl" Xia Yufeng took the box and asked the boss for a bowl. I'm really hungry.

"Okay, today, child, you are the first customer. I'll give you more. You can sit down for a while and you'll be ready soon." Xu Xiulan said enthusiastically. From her smile, it can be seen that her understanding of life is obviously mostly happy. She works hard to set up stalls to earn living expenses, but in addition to living expenses, she is still earning happiness. The smile satisfied with customers may be her greatest happiness and happiness. In fact, sometimes it can be really simple and easy to satisfy. In fact, everyone can do this, but some people can't let go, just like Xia Yufeng.

"Okay, your pea yellow, eat it while it's hot and see how your aunt's cooking is?" Xu Xiulan put the pea yellow in front of Xia Yufeng's table and looked at him with a happy smile.

Xia Yufeng scooped a spoonful, blew it, and put it in his mouth. Indeed, it melts very fresh and delicious in the mouth. It seems that Xu Xiulan's "advertising" is not random.

"Ye�, it's delicious. Thank you!" Xia Yufeng smiled at her.

"Son, your accent doesn't look like a northerner. Do you travel to Beijing with a suitcase?" Xu Xiulan said, wiped the rag on the table, and then sat down on the empty seat next to Xia Yufeng.

"Ye�, I'm from Hunan, and I came to Beijing to find a job," Xia Yufeng quickly swallowed and then replied.

"Have you found a job now?"

"No, I just got off the bus. I'll start looking for it tomorrow." After saying that, Xia Yufeng scooped up another spoonful, sent it to his mouth, blew it open and swallowed it.

"It's difficult to find a job in Beijing. Look, aunt, I have to set up a snack stall here in order to live. Hey, everyone says that Beijing is a place to search for gold. How can it be so simple? After saying that, Xu Xiulan sighed.

Xia Yufeng did not answer her and thought while eating. Is it really difficult to find a job in Beijing? Maybe, it's so difficult to find in Shenzhen, and I'm afraid Beijing will be more difficult. However, I have reached this point, and I have no choice but to go on. Is it difficult? Let's talk about it after working hard.

"You just came here today and I'm not familiar with it. Well, there is a vacant room in my aunt's house. If you think you can trust me, I will rent it to you. Money is negotiable. Anyway, it's empty. After saying that, Xu Xiulan looked at Xia Yufeng in a dazzle.

"Thank you, auntie, but I don't have a job yet, so can you make it cheaper and add it when I find a job?" Xia Yufeng did not reject her proposal, and he knew a little about the situation in Beijing.

If this is in cities such as Shenzhen or Guangzhou, maybe Xia Yufeng will immediately reject the boss's proposal. Because everyone knows that it is better to find a place to live closer to work, but there is no choice in Beijing. Whether you work in the first ring or the second ring, the average working class has to find a place outside the fifth ring. Far away, that's for sure. Therefore, it is completely understandable to have a suitable and cheap place to live before the work is confirmed. Not to mention that this residence is still within the Second Ring Road. How can I find such a good thing?

"No problem. Auntie knows at first sight that you are a child with a good heart. It is not easy for you to come to Beijing to find a job at a young age. It's almost noon now. After you finish eating, auntie will take you back." After Xia Yufeng finished eating, Xu Xiulan neatly closed the stall and pushed the alley with a cart. After a few turns, I turned into a quadrangle courtyard.

Xu Xiulan parked the cart under a tall sycamore tree and began to remove pots and pots from the car and put them on the ground.

"Auntie, let me help you." Xia Yufeng put down the box in his hand and walked to the car and said.

"No, I can do it myself. You go in, just this door," Xu Xiulan said with her fingers to one of the doors in the courtyard. Xia Yufeng followed the direction of her finger and saw that he was about to settle down.

It's similar to what I saw on TV. The walls made of green bricks and the columns painted with red paint look very simple. In this way, several houses form a courtyard. There are many flowers and plants in large and small pots in the courtyard.

"No hurry, I'll help you unload it first!" After looking around for a week, Xia Yufeng still felt that he should help Xu Xiulan unload the things first.

Although these pots are full of things, it is no problem for Xia Yufeng, who has been on the construction site for more than 1.8 meters. After a while, everything was removed. Xu Xiulan greeted Xia Yufeng into the house.

The furniture in the room is quite complete, but it is not very new and good. It is neatly placed, making the room look spacious and clean.

"Drink a glass of water" Xu Xiulan put the things on the table and quickly took two glasses of water and handed Xia Yufeng a glass.

"Auntie, do you live alone?" Xia Yufeng asked while holding a cup and holding a large number of houses.

"No, I'm with my daughter. She is a sophomore this year at the Chinese Conservatory of Music. She goes home every week. Today is Friday, and she will come home in the afternoon. Xu Xiulan talked about her daughter with a happy smile on her face and could see that her daughter was her pride. Indeed, those who can go to the Chinese Conservatory of Music are all talented students, at least Xia Yufeng can't.

"Oh! By the way, aunt, I don't know what to call you yet?" Only then did Xia Yufeng remember that he didn't know the landlord's name. He will live together in the future, so he can't call him "auntie".

"My name is Xu Xiulan. Just call me Aunt Lan in the future. It's more kind."

"Oc, I'll have to trouble Aunt Lan in the future. My name is Xia Yufeng, and I am from Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province. Aunt Lan will call me Xiaoxia in the future.

"Hunan is good. Your Hunan TV station is doing well. It ranks first in the country, hehe. My daughter often shouts that she is going to be a happy girl. Aunt Lan said with a smile.

"Oh, I just talked and forgot to show you the room. Come on..." Xu Xiulan picked up Xia Yufeng's luggage on the ground and took him to the inner room.

"You can stay in this room in the future. This is my guest room, but there are usually no guests in my house. Few people live in this room all year round. It's better to rent it for you if it's empty, don't you think?" Aunt Lan put the things on the table and said to herself.

"Yeah, I listen to your aunt, hehe"

After saying that, Xia Yufeng began to take a good looked at the room. Although this is the back room, because there is a lake behind it, the lighting will not appear very dark. Because of this lake, the environment of this room is relatively quieter. Xia Yufeng likes this very much. It feels so good to open the window and see the lake and duckweed.

"Oh, by the way, what do you think about the rent, Aunt Lan? I also want to mention that is, can I have a meal with you before I find a job?" Xia Yufeng looked at Aunt Lan after saying that. In fact, Xia Yufeng also knows that it is not good to eat at her house, but she is not familiar with the place and doesn't have a lot of money, so she must be careful. Anyway, it's much cheaper to eat here than outside. Besides, Xia Yufeng doesn't care about eating anyway.

"Ye�, no problem. However, you have seen the situation in my family. The living conditions are not good. If you don't mind, you can eat with us. Just have multiple pairs of chopsticks.

"Thank you, Aunt Lan. What about the rent?

"Actually, this house is not worth much. Do you think it's okay? 800 yuan a month for food and accommodation"

"Oi, Aunt Lan, thank you. This is 700. I'll pay you first." After saying that, Xia Yufeng pulled out eight red banknotes from her bag and handed them to Aunt Lan.

"I'm sorry to charge you." Aunt Lan accepted the 800 yuan in embarrassment.

In fact, 800 packages of food and accommodation are really not much. Now even a few square meters outside the Fifth Ring Road is more than 500. At least it is also the second ring, and the most important thing is that it can also make meals. The meal ensures that Xia Yufeng's heart is much more solid, at least there is a place to eat, drink and sleep in this month.

"Well, Aunt Lan won't bother you. You're tired after sitting in the car all day. I'll get a quilt to help you make the bed and help you clean up. Go outside and watch TV first!" Aunt Lan said and began to act.

Aunt Lan was busy in the room. Xia Yufeng went to the living room and turned on the TV. In a while, Aunt Lan came out of the room.

"Xia, your room has been cleaned up and you can go to rest. I'll get lunch and call you when it's done," Aunt Lan walked to Xia Yufeng with a towel and a basin of water.

"Aunt Lan, I'm really a little tired. I didn't sleep much in the car. Then I'll go to bed. Well, I won't have lunch. You forgot that I just finished eating your pea yellow. He"

"You have to wait until the evening if you don't eat?"

"It's okay. I fell asleep. How can I be hungry? All right, Aunt Lan, I'm going to have a rest. After saying that, he went into the house. Take out the things in the box and put them away.

I took the car for more than a day, and although I slept in the car, it was just confused and intermittent. Xia Yufeng took off her clothes and lay down on **, and soon fell asleep.