The bicycle of autumn of Piao of photography of author Piao Liu Tongmin edits Piao Zhang Xuan
The bureau of a meal with my the deepest impression, it is junior high school when graduation " AA is made " dine together. See the way that seems style now, solid at that time belong to lift helplessly.
Life of junior high school is about to end, classmates are supple be reluctant to part, some making an appointment go to accept as a souvenir of photo studio group photo, some busy moves write parting advise, some is chasing after beautiful schoolgirl to ask for a photograph, a few schoolgirls are holding a teacher in the arms to cry rarely in. We 8 " share the same rotten tastes " schoolboy criterion " put-up " bureau of a meal.
We take the money in bag, the meal bureau target in be apart from ideal still differs very far. Through " many rounds of negotiation " , the program that defines finally is: The classmate that lives in the county comes home " secretly " a few dish or flesh, look for a restaurant to let chef help next, can help sb to fulfill his wishes probably we this meal bureau.
My home is in a country, so by " privative " come home " secretly " the right of dish.
At that time, in home of student of area of beach of Yellow River mouth very poor, convert the mess card of the school without money and food coupon, need comes home every week the area is ample the solid food that takes a week reachs the school, installing with nylon string bag, put into the bamboo or wooden utensil for steaming food of school kitchen to heat. Serve a meal when, classmates are surrounded before bamboo or wooden utensil for steaming food to seek his solid food, you push my push violently, strive to be the first, wary the solid food that oneself bring by other classmate " claim " . In huge bamboo or wooden utensil for steaming food, caboodle becomes rise like solid food, it is cornmeal steamed bread of corn for the most part, domestic condition a little bit better, with make it of the cornmeal on white bread two face examination paper.
Have a fried dish to us it is extravagant hopes. See some classmates carry a bowl of egg of a few minutes of money to spend tomato soup, we also are envy unceasingly, prep let alone brings the fried dish of raw meat or fish. We the course that a day of 3 meal take, it is the pickles melon seeds that brings from the home mostly. If which classmate brings a bottle of chili to fry shrimp paste or pig lard to fry pickles from the home, a meal can be shared to danger by classmates.
Even if is a classmate that is in a county, go the opportunity that restaurant has sth special to eat also is little little. Growing the body we are full of to this meal bureau expect.
Draw near midday, we 8 classmates assemble in school doorway, everybody does not have empty-handed, some is grasping a small green vegetables, some is taking a small pork, some is holding a few eggs in both hands, a classmate still put a bottle of wine in the bosom.
We looked for the restaurant with one gate not large area to go in. There still is not a client in the restaurant at that time, the boss sees we come in, come over to greet sb hastily. The boss looks more than 50 years old, gentle, taking from beginning to end on the face laugh, brush a table with dishcloth at the same time, ask what we eat at the same time.
Classmates are low head, put the hand that taking course to backside, like the look that the teacher faces when doing not have the problem on the answer, everybody feels embarrassed mouth. I see everybody do not talk, spoke our think of a way to the boss. Cannot think of, after the boss listens, frank ground promised our request. Immediately, I feel those who warm to warm in the heart, a smile that satisfies happily also ripples on the face of other classmate, although return,did not sample a dish.
We ask do these dish to need how many money, because we do not have how many money. Ground of boss take pity on looks at us to say: "Children, be at ease, do not want your money, know you these poor students also do not have money, the move such as your eats is. The move such as your eats is..
The boss is the tea on our bubble, those cucumber that bring us next, tomato, chili, fresh pork, egg takes a kitchen together. As " grow grow " acoustical sound rises, the trail in the kitchen the fragrance of boiler of boil in water for a while of chopped green onion.
We are surrounded sit beside one Zhang Yuan desk, recalling the happy time that gets along 3 years at the same time, often look at the direction to the kitchen at the same time. Very fast, a dish dish dish carries a table in succession: Hemp juice mixes cucumber, white sugar mixes tomato, chili fries the flesh, tomato to scramble egg, wood needs the flesh. Dish of these the daily life of a family that look now, will tell to us, that can be the delicate cate that sees inaccessibly. Look at these a few dishes of dish, we each covet 3 feet.
We every classmate poured one cannikin wine, the tear of boiling hot was blended in in the goblet of every classmate.
Between be laughing and playing and tear, the vegetable on the desk takes the surplus that get place very quickly very few, the boss walks over to look, did not talk, face about walks into a kitchen in, not end of a long time gives a dish of mullet doing and soup of shredded meat of a bowl of big hot pickled mustard tuber to be put to the table, laugh ah breathe out the ground to say: "Children, eat slowly, eat our redo not quite. Eat our redo not quite..
The stuff that we bring does not make these two food, boss can blackmail us ah? Our everybody does not have a bottom in the heart, a classmate still suggests not to take these two course. Final we did not keep out delicate temptation.
The course that we attend the table took a with nothing left, clear away good bowl chopsticks to send in the kitchen, mix those wrinkled banknotes of one of our collect at the same time steel Zuo all hands boss, the boss is determined not to close, say those pocket money stuff in our hand again: "Want you to learn well only, prospect goes in the future. Prospect goes in the future..
We walk out of that small restaurant, see the boss stands in the doorway to begin to our brandish later, dou Weigang just is opposite classmates jealousy shame of the boss is become hard.
After moving toward a society, had experienced a lot of meal bureaus, have that only " collect " the meal bureau impression that come out is the deepest, among the blood that the gene that simple goodness, Le Shanhao uses home town person also blended in me.
Author brief introduction
Liu Tongmin, horse of herd of the hill austral small letter nickname, east person of area of interest of battalion city cultivate, to the one grass of home town one wood has deep feeling, be thankful of home town fertile soil foster, a bit in liking to record the life is comprehended, wish to be shared with everybody.
