After leaving the community, turn right and walk along the street for more than 2,000 steps. After passing the traffic light, turn left and walk for more than 1,000 steps. There is a landmark building on the right side of the street with an exotic name. The style is called Shangdao Coffee. There is an alley entrance downstairs, which is a winding alley called Juchun Lane.

The name of the alley is full of poetry, which can't help but make people feel the spring breeze. But the people who come in and out are ordinary people, ordinary people, high-ranking officials and dignitaries rarely come, few are well-dressed, and most are ordinary people. Even in the morning, you will meet unkempt women in pajamas, and in summer, bare breasts and bare arms wearing slippers. The man is so vulgar, but what he does in the alley is to make a living where food is the livelihood of the people. The business in the alleys is related to people's stomachs. Having a full stomach has always been the most important thing for the Chinese people. People are like iron rice and steel. If you don't feel hungry after a meal, the small restaurants or vegetable stalls in the alleys open early and close late. What they hope is that everyone has three meals a day. One meal was changed to four meals. Everyone has a good appetite and is a big-bellied man. When he goes to a restaurant to eat, he buys all the food directly. When buying food from a vegetable stall, he buys it directly from the stall. Because the function of alleys is to satisfy everyone's stomach, but people have a good appetite, so whether the residents of the nearby communities are dignitaries or traffickers, their daily life is closely related to this place, and the connections are constant. The seasonal vegetables at home come from here, and the potatoes and radishes sold by Lundui, a poor family, also come from here. Therefore, both high-ranking officials and ordinary people will meet here as strangers.

The business in the alley is that small restaurants sell food and stalls sell vegetables. The food is mostly local snacks, with occasional snacks from other places. Most of them are open on the street. The vegetable sellers are different. There are traveling merchants and sit-down restaurants. There are two types of merchants: traveling merchants sell on tricycles, while local merchants make simple arrangements by laying a piece of plastic paper on the floor or placing vegetables on a paving board. The day's plan starts in the morning. Morning is the busiest time in the alley. The cooks get up at four or five o'clock to prepare ingredients, and the vegetable sellers rush to pick up the vegetables at four or five o'clock. All in order to catch up early! By the time it's past seven o'clock, , a small restaurant in a row, the one with a white hat sells beef noodles and mutton steamed buns, the one with a smooth accent sells noodles with deep-fried dough sticks and tofu, the one with a thick nasal voice and a curved tongue must sell Qishan noodles, the pot is propped at the door Most of the people selling spicy soup are from Henan, and all kinds of food are already steaming hot, waiting for people who go to work in the morning to come and eat. As soon as the meal arrived, everyone in the small shop became busy. They were afraid of losing business and missing a customer. There was a waiter standing at the door. He warmly invited people in when he saw people passing by. He recited the food and drinks in the shop as if he were reciting a text. . The local snack rice dough is the most popular. There are many varieties of dough passed down from mouth to mouth. There are several major schools based on the region, ingredients, taste, softness and hardness. Among them, spicy, Piaoxiang, chicken soup and rice noodles are the most popular. Chili peppers are the favorite of diners, but no matter how they mutate, they are still the favorite of people in this small town. People of all ages love it and say they can live without eating dough for a day. The environment of the small shop is unsatisfactory and the hygienic condition is not good, but people turn a blind eye to it. Maybe snacks are produced among the people and are exposed in alleys and back streets. They are full of local flavor and local accent and are difficult to change. They have developed along with the city natives. , so the locals found it strange. The shop is small, with four or five tables, and is mostly a mom-and-pop shop. The man steams the dough, and the woman is responsible for cutting the dough and seasoning it. The dough is steaming out of the pot, and there is a sound of the knife cutting the dough, making it very busy. When a man enters the store, he calls out "Noodles with Vegetables and Tofu." The boss responds and says, "Sit down first." When the noodles, vegetables and tofu were served, the customer ate vigorously, and the chili oil flowed down his chin. After finishing the meal, he pulled a few pieces of toilet paper on the table, wiped his mouth, and dropped the toilet paper to the ground. When he met the woman at work, he looked elegant. Some of them didn't make a loud noise when entering the store. They sat down quietly and asked the boss to greet them before ordering food. But when they looked at the table, they frowned and looked disgusted. They wiped the table with toilet paper several times and it was shiny. There is a shadow, the noodles and vegetables are served, the tofu is served, the red lips are opened, and the food is silent, and the toilet paper is thrown away as usual after eating.

Although the alley is small, it is not all locals. There are tourists from Xi'an who come here because of it. When entering the store, they feel that they are superior to others. They roll their eyes: Boss, menu? The boss responded, No, look at the wall! Wait for the noodles, vegetables and tofu to come. The dough is thin and shiny, two fingers wide and narrow, with water-cooked bean sprouts and yellow grids, and oil-splashed chili peppers with red grids; the tofu soup is clear, and the tofu cubes are white and floating, which makes the strong men and beauties of Xi'an lose their elegance and arrogance. But the way to eat it is unique. It’s like eating pulled noodles. The dough is picked high and makes a slurping sound. After eating the dough, you praise it and the skin is very dry. When he was about to drink the vegetable tofu, he frowned and got angry, saying that the vegetable tofu was spoiled and sold to customers, which made him blind! The boss and the surrounding diners burst into laughter after hearing this, and the out-of-towners looked at each other in confusion. Then I realized that vegetable tofu is made from paste and water, and its characteristic is the sour and astringent bitterness. The waiter at the dough shop was very discerning. He saw the white toilet paper scattered all over the place like grown cocoons, so he quickly picked up a broom and swept it away. It caused the diners to complain and criticize, and the waiter smiled apologetically.

The food seller was very enthusiastic and anxious, but the vegetable seller was tepid and took it calmly, just like Jiang Taigong fishing, as if it had nothing to do with him that the food in front of him was not his. Either chatting with each other, or just sitting silently, or even taking a nap or leaving the stall to chat, but they are physically and mentally dispersed. If someone passes by and takes a glance or stops to ask about the price, the stall owner immediately cheers up and leaves the stall. The person showed up quickly to say hello. The price of the same vegetables varies from stall to stall and to different buyers. The wisdom and cunning of the alley are most concentrated in the vegetable sellers. Everyone has a big plastic bottle filled with tap water, and the vegetables are given to them every once in a while. Spray some water, and the vegetables will be green, the cucumbers will be firm, and the peaches will be bright red, and they will look great. Some fruit sellers found that the fruit was rotten, so they pretended to put a label on the ulcer, and said that a rotten fruit was hard. It is green and environmentally friendly; but no matter what it sells, it is never short of a pound or a pound. It never quarrels with customers because of the shortage of pounds. What’s more, the kind-hearted old man who sells vegetables from his own field in a basket is kind and simple. , I bought some vegetables and even picked up a few side dishes, never caring about it. Vegetable sellers have two fears, one is afraid of urban management, and the other is afraid of old ladies coming to buy vegetables. However, urban management is the biggest official in the alley, which is the state and the government. When the urban management comes, everyone will scatter and run around, whoever is running around. The slow ones had their food picked up, and their daily lives were lost. They sighed and cried. As soon as the urban management left, they all showed their heads like earthly descendants and went back to their stalls to do business as usual. The old lady comes to buy groceries, but the prices are so low that people jump off the building. She often erases the change when calculating the money, and never knows how to round. The money given is often shabby, but the change requires new money, and the green onions, garlic sprouts, cabbage and cabbage have to be peeled. When I went out to buy rotten leaves, I had to make a convincing argument for getting a bargain, and I had to steal a few vegetables when I left. The vegetable seller could only smile bitterly and shake his head in silence, because those old men and women were regular customers who could not be offended by repeat customers; the most popular It was a man wearing glasses, a suit and leather shoes who came to buy vegetables with a briefcase under his arm, so all the vegetable stalls tacitly agreed to raise their prices instantly. The prices even increased by a few cents, but the glasses were different. Either they took them without asking the price. When the food is said and done, you pay and leave, or you go to a stall and ask questions, walking from east to west and back again. In your mind, you keep comparing the prices of the vegetables that your wife told you about when you go out, and you feel that they are too expensive to buy. You feel anxious, and you sigh that the price rise is too high Kuai, lamenting the hardship of the people's livelihood and feeling compassion, couldn't stand the flattery of the vegetable seller and lost face, so he pretended not to care about the high-priced vegetables and left. The meat seller is arrogant, with a Zhang Fei-like attitude and the humble enthusiasm of the rice seller. His hands are shiny. Put them in the basin and wash them and they will be covered with oil. Turning the intestines, mincing the meat stuffing and removing the bones is easy and familiar. At the door There are two pieces of meat hanging on the shelf. When customers come to ask questions, they speak loudly and sound confident to prove that they never sell female meat as male meat and never haggle over the fixed price. Go down, no more, no less, and when you leave, you even take the initiative to cut a piece of lard as a gift.

The two protagonists in the alley often envy each other. The rice seller envies the leisurely vegetable seller, but the vegetable seller envies the rice seller for making more money. However, they often complain to each other in their hearts. The rice seller dislikes the vegetables. It was too expensive, so I had to go directly to the vegetable market to wholesale, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive; the vegetable seller also felt that the rice seller did not buy his vegetables directly, and handed over the unsold vegetables to the restaurant at a price that was too low, so the rice seller He and the vegetable seller are very different from each other, and they live in harmony as brothers. Selling food sells taste and service, selling vegetables sells freshness and variety, but they all satisfy people's survival needs. Therefore, whether it is a restaurant or a vegetable seller, all roads lead to Rome. Different roads lead to the same destination, and satisfaction It meets people's needs for survival, allows people to have enough food and clothing, and stimulates their spirit, creating a unique alley culture.

Although common things are common, they are inseparable from the affairs of family and country. What everyone is most concerned about is national affairs. Although they are not sure whether Pakistan and Palestine are the same country, this does not affect their function of discussing politics. The purpose of discussing national affairs is to keep up with the situation and keep pace with the times, and worry about the restaurant shortage. If the street stalls cannot be set up, if Lao Chentou, who sells roasted red potatoes, sighs that business is not good, people will immediately feel that an economic crisis is coming. But if Lao Chentou's roasted red potatoes are in short supply, everyone will feel that the economy is improving and may even take off; Everyone has a patriotic heart. If that country is unfriendly to China and creates trouble for China, everyone feels as if the family has been bullied and needs to unite to fight against the insult. They immediately become filled with righteous indignation and threaten to kill the country immediately if the government gives it a gun. They would leave restaurants and vegetable stalls and immediately rush to the front line to win the war for the country; the most discussed thing is that the leader in the city is in office to do practical things for the people, and that leader is in office and does not do his job properly. If he thinks it is good, he will unanimously praise it. If he thinks it is not good, he will just They collect and exchange negative news from various channels and criticize it until they are completely exhausted; they hate corrupt officials the most. They gnash their teeth when talking about corrupt officials. They often count the amount of money corrupt officials embezzle and compare their daily income, lamenting that corrupt officials should be shot. , I lived such a small life, especially after drinking some Baogu wine, I felt that my life was too wronged and pitiful. I immediately made a thousand wishes to quit the restaurant and stop selling the vegetables. I felt that the world is so big and I should have a try. I felt that I was in the world. To make a living in this alley is like a dragon stranded on the beach and a tiger falling on the plain. In a trance, tomorrow you will be a certain manager and CEO, with an annual salary of one million, driving a luxury car and a group of beautiful women. But when you get home and sober up, you will be scolded by your rich and powerful wife, and you will even be beaten. Threatened, but the next day he went into the kitchen and set up a stall in disgrace.

Although I lamented that the phoenix had fallen, my vigor remained undiminished. Through wind and rain, I still complained and complained when I was angry, but I always persisted and never gave up. Everyone is thinking that the country is developing greatly, and the country also has its own difficulties. You must overcome the problems you can solve by yourself. Only when the country is rich can the people live and work in peace and contentment. I also lamented that my whole life has been like this, and I have become a low-income person, so I have been holding back my energy to make my children grow up and be successful. They have tried to go to a better school since childhood and receive a good education. The children have become my unfinished dream. hope and sustenance. So he worked hard and thought that his dream is the Chinese dream, and the Chinese dream is the dream of the common people. When I think about it, my heart will open up, and I feel that the hardships are worth it; when I am in a good mood, everything I see is good; when everything I see is good, I feel that my life is going smoothly; when my life is going smoothly, I can't help but sing with my voice. : From a small shop selling steamed buns, I have experienced everything. Even though my clothes are shabby, I have 8 million in my waist, I am full and drink well, I am just like the emperor.

Public account: Hualong Literary and Art Circle