The first choice is instant noodles, of course, because it's cheap. There is a small rice cooker in the room. He uses it to cook noodles. He will cut some potatoes and cook them together, add a little sesame oil and a lot of pepper without seasoning to the bag, and then beat an egg before cooking, sometimes it is useless. When he came to our small table, we squatted down together, and you ate it bite by bite. Finally, we drank the soup dry and our bodies were warmer.
Occasionally, if there is a stall downstairs to buy small wonton, he will also buy a bowl of fifteen wonton, with a little shrimp skin and seaweed, and some mustard tuber at the bottom of the soup. He will also ask the boss to sprinkle more coriander and serve it on the table while it is hot, which is particularly attractive under our dim light bulb. I ate a wonton, and he ate a wonton. He always gave me the last one. He said, you are afraid of the cold. Eating more at night will keep you warm.
Others sell pig blood soup. It's a middle-aged man in Hubei. Pig blood is poor, but it is very cheap, three yuan a copy. The soup is hot and sour. There are two kinds of peppers, chopped pepper and pickled pepper. Although there is no real thing, the soup is a big bowl. We gulped down the hot soup and stamped our feet to shout cold. Hot soup slipped down our throats and entered our stomachs, and we immediately felt warm. After eating the soup, he would hold my hand for a long time and say, it doesn't seem too cold.
Once, we only had a dozen dollars on us, so we slept at home all day and had no time for dinner. When we were hungry, he went downstairs and bought a big box of fried rice with eggs, which was much bigger than usual. I'm surprised that there are so many, he said happily. I gave my boss two extra dollars to add more rice, so that we could both eat more. There is still a little shredded pork in the fried rice with eggs. He carefully selected it for me. He only cooks rice himself.
Once he attended a dinner party, and when he came back, he twisted several fast food boxes full of leftovers. I remember there was a lamb with onion. He greeted me proudly with a lunch box and said, I'll cook you a delicious meal. He cooked a handful of dry noodles with that small rice cooker, mixed it with fried mutton with onion, and then added a spoonful of Laoganma. He showed it to me and asked me if it smelled good. It is really delicious. The smell of pepper and onion kept rushing into my nose, and I ate a whole bowl of noodles. He said happily, I've always wanted to come back for dinner at night and make you a bowl of noodles with leftovers. You must like it. I nodded in despair, with a little tear in my eyes.
There is also a small microwave oven left by the landlord in the house, and he also uses it to cook. He went to the market and bought a lot of sweet potatoes. After slicing them and heating them in the microwave for a few minutes, the sweet potatoes became soft. Add a little soy sauce and Chili oil and eat while it is hot. Sweet potato is sweet and delicious. But I like to fart when I sleep after eating sweet potatoes. I am a little embarrassed to say that I shouldn't cook sweet potatoes at night. He smiled and hugged me and said that as long as you like it.
It rained a little that day, and he worked overtime until late at night. I'm still up, waiting for him. He brought a bag of quick-frozen jiaozi and some ham sausages. He said, come on, let's have a luxurious midnight snack. He cooked jiaozi in a small rice cooker and soup with ham sausage and soybean paste. The small table is full of people. The wind buzzed in the window, and the rain outside drowned out all other sounds. In a small room, we are having a steaming midnight snack. His eyes are bright. He said to me, Look, we can definitely sleep very warmly tonight. Well, yes, I remember that night, I slept very warm.
That winter has passed for a long time. No matter how cold it is, I remember he once told me that if you are full, it won't be cold.