Chapter 147 146. The worldly atmosphere

What do you mean, not qualified yet?

Special offer? In-house restaurant?

An assistant was unwilling and asked, "Why are we not qualified? Are we not qualified enough?"

The tree hole is talking to him, this part cannot be said, it has to be cut out during editing.

The elder sister smiled and replied, "You are too old. Only students can eat here. It's in the cafeteria of No. 3 Middle School."

"Hahahaha." The alarm was lifted, it turned out to be the school cafeteria.

It turned out to be the school cafeteria!
Shouldn’t the school cafeteria be synonymous with bad taste, the epitome of dark cuisine, a place where tinkering with it is considered extraordinary?

There are actually people who are good at cooking?

Can it still be said to be the best in the city?

Why don't people believe it?

"The school cafeteria is fine too. Since you said so, we should sneak in and try it."

"You can't." The eldest sister said proudly, "You are too old. If you want to eat that dish, you have to be a senior in high school and in the top 20 in the class. My child always ranks in the top 10 in the exams. He took the college entrance examination this year and was admitted to Northwestern Polytechnical University."

Wow, Shudong and the others all understood it. It turns out that someone is waiting here. The eldest sister is showing off her child.

If a child gets into a 985 university in the college entrance examination, parents have to brag about it every day.

For a moment, the three of them congratulated each other non-stop, trying to share the joy.

The eldest sister smiled even more beautifully.

The atmosphere of the meal was very good, with delicious food, stories, eating, drinking, talking and laughing, while waiting for the rain to stop.

The eldest sister told Shudong and the others which places were fun, which places were scams and should not be visited, and which markets were popular among locals but unknown to outsiders.

I also told you guys who ranked first won’t be able to eat it, but those who ranked second can try it.

It is located in Times Square in South City. It is the restaurant with the most people eating their crayfish.

But it’s expensive.

If you have a college acceptance letter this year, you can get one for free.

Well, my son has one, and he took us two old people there once.

It smells so good~~~
Hahahaha, the elder sister is so interesting. She finds all kinds of ways to show off that her son was admitted to a 985 key university.

After more than an hour, the rain gradually stopped.

Shudong paid for the meal and left.

This is a small restaurant in a small city, the prices are not expensive and very cost-effective.

After coming out of the store, Shudong took a special picture of the shop's sign. I didn't notice it when I came, but now I see it. It's called "Fat Sister Noodle Shop".

Haha, that’s quite appropriate. That lady is a bit fat.

Shudong recorded it and planned to put it in his own video.

There are strange small towns and dialects that are difficult to understand.

It was raining heavily and I happened to come across a small shop while taking shelter from the rain.

There is a magical knife moving on the dough, and there is chili oil that looks red but is not spicy actually.

There are delicious restaurants hidden in the old streets.

There is also a very interesting fat lady who finds all kinds of ways to show off that her child has been admitted to university.

A lot of footage was shot in the tree hole, enough to make a program centered on this encounter taking shelter from the rain. The leisurely, happy and hopeful life fits the humanistic theme of the tree hole very well.

It will definitely be attractive if it is sent out.
-
The sky is partly clear after the rain.

A sudden rain dispelled the summer heat.

The remaining clouds blocked the scorching sun.

The weather today was very comfortable. Following the instructions of the fat lady, the Shudong group went to a market known only to the locals and took pictures of many interesting specialties and interesting life.

The lanterns are on.

They were still in high spirits and took a taxi to Times Square to find the second-ranked restaurant.

When he first got off the bus, Shudong was a little disappointed. He thought it was one of those rustic old shops hidden in a corner, or a small shop in a busy night market, with small tables and stools at the door, and crowds of diners eating heartily and chatting loudly, full of the atmosphere of life.

I didn't expect it to be a large commercial center.

Come here.

The three people from Shudong walked into the mall and walked around the commercial street, but they didn't find anything special.

Walk past the fountain square, pass by the children's playground full of children, and under the core shopping mall, you can see the difference at a glance.

There are mostly restaurants in this row of shops, but there are only two that are particularly lively and have people queuing up. One of them is a milk tea shop, which is definitely not right.

Another store has a sign on the door and the exterior wall made of artistic words made of thin orange light tubes - "Beautiful BBQ".

What an ugly name.

The three of them waited in line for a while and waited for an empty table outside.

On summer nights, it seems more comfortable to have a barbecue outdoors.

They didn't choose a tree hole, they just sat down and the assistant set up the camera.

Shudong picked up the menu.

I was shocked on the spot.

A serving of fried mushrooms costs 49, and it is marked as only 300 grams.

Fragrant corn juice, a pitcher for 59, there is one on the table, it is an ordinary glass pitcher, which can pour out three or four cups.

The most exaggerated thing is the crayfish, which is one pound per portion, with a uniform price of 299, and there are quite a lot of flavors.

No wonder the lady during the day said that this place is expensive, it’s ridiculously expensive.

In Tianhan, a fifth-tier small city, the prices are comparable to those of star-rated hotels in Beijing and Shanghai.

The problem is, there are a lot of people.

Especially this crayfish, 299?

There is one in the commercial street in front, also in this business center. They sell crayfish with heads for 38 yuan per pound and headless for 68 yuan, and they also give away beer.

By the way, the second one that Big Sister mentioned during the day must be this crayfish.

Shudong looked at the menu. Rationally, he felt that he would be ripped off today, but emotionally, he felt that he would not be ripped off.

A little confused.

Luo Yihang was standing nearby, and he could see from the way they were setting up the camera that he was struggling.

So I walked over and asked, "Are you live streaming or shooting a video?"

"We are filming a video. We haven't started yet and need to ask for permission first." Shudong replied.

Luo Yihang became interested when he heard this, and sat down in the empty seat, stretched out his hand and shook hands with the tree hole, "You guys go ahead and take pictures, it's okay. Speaking of which, we are in the same industry, I also like to take pictures, which platform are you on?"

"Are you the boss here?" Shudong understood.

"It makes sense, so we can be partners."

"Hello, hello, thank you. I'm at this little broken station. How about you?"

"What a coincidence. I'm also at this little broken station."

"What a coincidence, my account is called Shudong, what's yours?"

"I have an account. Ding Xiaoman is a cat. I'm not famous. You may not know me."

"Hey, Master Cat?"

He really knows.

"Have you seen it?" Luo Yihang was very surprised. This was the first time he met someone who had watched his video in real life.

Shudong nodded. "I've seen it pushed a few times. It's the first-person perspective of animals, climbing up houses and trees. It's really exciting. Oh, by the way, aren't you a pet blogger? Why did you open a barbecue restaurant?"

"I'm not a pet blogger, and I don't run a barbecue restaurant. I'm a farmer," Luo Yihang replied.

Shudong was confused, "What about here?"

"I raised some crayfish. I worked hard to raise them. I have to sell them."

"Oh, so you're the one selling the crayfish."

"Yes, my main business is not making any money, so I have some leftovers. I can raise shrimps and make some money."

Luo Yihang was very frank, and Shudong continued to be confused, "Is it appropriate to just say leftovers?"

"Why not? The grass growing in the field, the old leaves and vines that have grown from them are perfect for raising shrimps."

Phew~ Before Shudong could say anything, an assistant next to him suddenly laughed, attracting everyone's attention.

The assistant quickly pulled his hand out from under the table. In his hand was a mobile phone, on which was playing the video shot by Luo Yihang. "This is so interesting."

The phone was placed on the table, and everyone watched it together. It was a video Luo Yihang had taken, not Ding Xiaoman's, but a video of the morning when they had just caught shrimp.

Video of several big birds on the mountain lining up to act as thieves and steal shrimps from the basin.

The birds were all that big, all white, and they were all sneaking around pretending to be hiding.

Who can't see them?

The screen was filled with comments like "Stupid birds", "Stupid", "Don't these birds have any awareness of their own size?" and so on.

The video has been very popular recently.

But Shudong hadn’t read it, so this message was not pushed to him.

After watching with a smile, Shudong was curious and asked Luo Yihang, "This is the crayfish you raised, right? Is there anything special about it? I think it's very expensive."

A straight ball.

Luo Yihang scratched his chin and said hesitantly: "Is it considered special if it tastes especially good?"
-
Later, Luo Yihang brought them three crayfish in three flavors.

This made the tree hole feel a sense of difference.

Yesterday, Fanrenju spent a lot of money to take a first-class seat on the high-speed rail and stayed in a standard room in a four-star hotel and invited him to shoot a video.

Today, I took the initiative to come and shoot a video, and was only treated to crayfish, and there were only three of them, one for each of us.

It's really just a tasting.

Just eat.

Shudong took a bite and said "Fuck!"

He directly picked up the camera and pointed it at himself, "You know what, family, this is the most delicious crayfish I have ever eaten. My God, I have been exploring crayfish shops in Tree Hole for several years, and I have eaten at least 70 or 80 crayfish from various places, if not hundreds. I can guarantee that this is the best of all the crayfish."

After saying that, Shudong took out his mobile phone to scan the code and place an order, ordering one serving of each flavor of crayfish.

While waiting for the meal, I was chatting with two assistants.

"Hey, you guys think that the guy just mentioned the leftovers, was he kidding? If this is leftovers, then what are the other things that are not leftovers?"

The two assistants couldn't figure it out either.

The three of them talked for a long time, treating it as a guessing game.

Since they were outdoors, they didn't worry about disturbing others and they didn't deliberately lower their voices.

A middle-aged man at the next table suddenly leaned over and said, "We can't eat the real food here, so it's good to have some leftovers."

Wow, there turns out there are people who understand.

Shudong turned around and asked politely, "Can you tell me about it?"

"Okay." The middle-aged man had nothing else to do, so he decided to chat. "Let's talk about the shrimp first. The shrimp are raised high up in the mountains, using spring water from the Qinling Mountains. They don't eat feed, and the food they eat comes from the same place as his vegetable garden, so how can it be bad?"

"Does he have a vegetable garden at home?"

"That's right, the vegetable garden contains real good stuff. These shrimps are a level lower."

"Are there any of his dishes here?"

"No, most people can't afford it. It's only supplied to high school students, seriously ill patients in hospitals, and mothers who have just given birth. It's not sold anywhere else. The boss is very kind. He sells it for 300 yuan per pound using leftovers. The regular stuff is all the same price. It's not profitable at all."

It turns out there is such a thing, it's really fresh.

Shudong thanked the neighboring table, "Thank you, if you hadn't told us we wouldn't have known."

Logically, this should be the end of the conversation.

But no, the middle-aged man started to show off, "Of course not, if you hadn't met me, you wouldn't have anywhere to ask. My daughter has eaten their food before, and she just took the college entrance examination this year and was admitted to Wuhan University."

See the picture poorly.

"Oh, congratulations." The three people in the tree hole congratulated again and tried to show their joy.

This scene is so familiar...

Shudong was wondering what happened today, why he met so many parents of students taking the college entrance examination.

Is it really because the admission letters have come out that parents are flocking outside and not going home, just to show off?

This isn't a big fish.

In fact, it was because they first met the fat lady by chance, and then were guided to the candidates' nest, where there were many of them.

The area where the tree hole and the middle-aged man are located belongs to the left half of the beautiful barbecue area. There are several flower beds in the middle, separated by a simple partition.

Then Shudong noticed that when the middle-aged man talked to them, he always leaned forward and looked to the other side.

Curiously asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Oh." The middle-aged man smiled and pointed to the other side, "See that stage over there? My daughter is there and is about to be confessed to."

???

"what!"

What he just said was that his daughter had just been admitted to university, that is, she had graduated from high school? She was 18 years old.

The love is about to be confessed, and the father is just watching the fun from the sidelines?
Should we say open-minded? Or generous?
"You are really open-minded." This was the only response the tree hole could give.

"It's okay. My daughter can't stand it. It won't work. If it does, I'll break her legs."

Oh, I see.

No wonder he was so calm. I just wonder if the one whose leg was broken was a man, him, or a woman?

Most likely it’s a boy.

A minute of silence was observed for the male compatriot who planned the confession.

Then the middle-aged man pointed at the opposite side of him and said, "That boy wants to confess his love to my daughter. There is absolutely no chance."

Shudong looked in the direction of the finger and saw that it was another middle-aged man sitting at the same table. He had been drinking alone without saying a word.

Wow, it seems like both sets of parents are here and they know each other.

The young man was organizing a love confession that was doomed to fail, and the parents of both parties were watching over here, one was watching the fun, the other was watching with anger.

This relationship is complicated.

The question is the girl's father, is it really okay for you to stab her like this?

That person is holding a bottle of wine in his hand.

"To use the words of you young people, the two kids are not attracted to each other. Otherwise, if they had wanted to be friends, they would have been together a long time ago. There is no need to express their feelings. Another thing is that my daughter was admitted to Wuhan University, but his boy was not. They haven't been together for several years, so there is no chance."

The girl's father was very proud and showed off again.

The father of the man on the other side was unhappy, "My son went to East China Normal University, which is no worse than Wuhan University."

"Yes, yes, please continue drinking." The girl's father was particularly perfunctory.

While chatting.

A round-faced girl wearing a waiter's apron came over with a tray, and the food was about to be served.

The round-faced girl placed the dishes on the table and said, "This is your boiled shrimp and lemon shrimp. Other flavors are still being prepared. Please wait. The dipping sauce is the vinegar and sesame oil of your choice. If you don't like it, you can change it."

After saying that, he looked up and said, "Hey, hey, are you the tree hole?"

She recognized it.

Zhang Xiaoru is an advanced player of the Internet. She uses Bilibili, Douyin, and Bianhu. Bilibili follows hundreds of bloggers.

Among them is a tree hole.

Shudong was very surprised that there were fans of his here, and asked with a smile, "Have you seen my videos?"

“Yes, yes, yes.” Zhang Xiaoru nodded vigorously. “I particularly like your series “An Old Street and an Old Shop, Guarding the People, the Feelings, and the Stories Here; Old Streets and Old Shops Grow Old Together with the Elderly”.”

This is a famous series of videos by Shudong. You must be his fan. He said in surprise: "You must like this kind of heartwarming story, right?"

"No." Zhang Xiaoru shook her head. "I just think the video title is so long. It's amazing that the title can have so many words."

“This…” This is definitely a black fan, absolutely!
After stabbing the tree hole, Zhang Xiaoru pointed to the stage and whispered, "Someone will confess over there later. I want to broadcast it live. Do you want to come?"

"We still need to broadcast live?" Shudong glanced at the parents of the two parties at the next table, "That's not a good idea."

A confession that is bound to fail is socially disastrous enough with both sets of parents watching, so why should it be broadcast live?

The girl's father next door has really sharp ears and he heard it again.

Turning around, he greeted, "Little girl."

"Hey!" Zhang Xiaoru agreed and turned her head.

The girl’s father pointed at the man drinking alone across from him and said, “It’s his son who will confess his love. If he fails, tell your boss to take it easy and not make the kid depressed.”

Zhang Xiaoru gestured OK, "Don't worry, we are very experienced."

Hmm? Shudong was puzzled again, can he be experienced in handling confessions?
Of course, I have more experience.

　I tried to write a long chapter. It was tiring, but also quite satisfying.

　　People are contradictions.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)