Sweet Honey House

I'm Xiaoqiang, the ace reporter of Gourmet Daily. As long as there is something delicious, I will rush to the scene as soon as possible.

Actually, my name is Xiao Qiang. Although it is easy to remember, it easily reminds people of the pen name of a very unlovable little creature. On the one hand, Xiao Qi is quick and sensitive in finding food, on the other hand, I am short-haired, lean and careless all the year round, and I am a tomboy.

Xiaoqiang often appears in the gourmet pages of major fashion journals, and many headhunters are staring at me.

In the afternoon, my father, who was a journalist, was sent by the company urgently, and then my mother called General Fei Fu and called me 12 times, asking to drive her to Suzhou to watch the premiere of the youth edition of "The Jade Hostel" in the evening.

I have no choice but to be a coachman. Before the performance, I, a patient with cell phone syndrome, refused to turn off my cell phone. My mother was very persuasive and quietly peeled a plum and put it in my mouth. Well, it's sour and sweet, fleshy, with a strange fragrance and endless aftertaste. I've never eaten such delicious plum!

I couldn't help narrowing my eyes with intoxication, but somehow I remembered an interesting story when I was a child-

It was the night before the National Day, and the adults in the family courtyard went to the unit auditorium for rehearsal, so I led the children to bungee jump downstairs and jumped straight back from dinner to the adults for three hours.

Mom gently touched me: Stop laughing, or the staff will ask you out!

I just came to my senses. Judging from the slight acid in my facial muscles, I was really silly for a while. Mom pointed to the phone again, and I was in a good mood, so I turned it off obediently.

Originally, I was not interested in Kunqu Opera, but today I was very absorbed in it. The melodious singing and the ink paintings and calligraphy that appeared from time to time on the background curtain made me feel refreshed. Even the famous guqin player used the accompaniment of Qin Tang for thousands of years. It was as if my mind was suddenly opened!

I was honest when driving on my way home, and I didn't chase after others because of their superego.

When I got home, I put on my slippers and put away my smelly sneakers for the first time. My mother called me an old maiden name with emotion: Xiao Qiang-

Next, guess what she said to me.

if everyone were as ladylike as tonight, you would have married off long ago!

I'm not angry at all: who will drive you when you get married and who will talk to you?

I'm in such a good mood. Suddenly, I hit a tingle, tonight's anomaly-could it be that plum?

be sure to try again tomorrow!

yawned repeatedly and fell asleep happily as soon as I went to bed.

I woke up the next day refreshed. Remember to ask mom for plum.

mom said yesterday was the last one.

I opened my mouth and said a rude word. After that, I realized: it's over, I'm a Xiaoqiang again!

mom got angry and ignored me.

I pestered her like a twisted piece of candy, but she couldn't get enough of it. She bought the plum while traveling and ate it all.

hey-she remembered: I didn't have a place to throw the leftover paper you ate last night, so I put it in my purse.

I'll go and look, it's really there! If I get a treasure, there is nothing on the translucent green paper except the words "Sweet Honey House".

as long as there is a clue, I, Xiaoqiang, will dig it out!

I searched the Internet first, and knocked on the keyboard for a long time, but I couldn't find it! Wow, these days, goods that can't be bought online are rare!

I drove to several big supermarkets and food stores, but none of them had this kind of candied fruit called "Xiangmi Cabin".

this little setback is hard to beat me, Xiaoqiang, an expert in food search! I asked my mother for the address in great detail. Then, first, I took a plane, got off to change trains, and waded through mountains and rivers to find it!

When I first arrived in the tourist area, I looked around, there were candied shops and stalls everywhere, and the air was filled with sweet and sour taste.

When I approached, I was disappointed. There were many candied fruits, but the packaging was poor. The fruits inside were strangely bright, and the flies were buzzing around in bulk.

Cheap is cheap, and the big package only costs a few dollars.

there are several shops whose goods look a little better. I bought some tastings, which were either plain, too salty to swallow, or suspiciously sweet, which were not the same as the plum I had eaten.

When I asked the store owner about "Sweet Honey House", their attitude was always unfriendly. Some said it was a black shop, some said it didn't exist, and some said it had closed long ago.

I am puzzled by the monk in my second year.

Later, I asked some local children for directions, and one of them shouted,

I know that you must be looking for Xiang Tian's family, whose candied fruit is the most expensive, and foreigners have indicated that they want a tour guide to buy it, and we locals never buy it. People say that Xiang Tian's parents went out to work, and the money they earned bought good preserves from other places and sent them back, and then they sold them at high prices.

I quickly wheedled the child into taking me to Xiang Jia's shop.

Outside a large fruit forest halfway up the mountain, there is an old red brick house, and a black plaque of "Sweet Honey House" hangs impressively on the door. It looks very old. On the tall apricot yellow flag, the four characters of "Centennial Store" are vigorous and imposing.

but compared with other stores, it's deserted and empty. The windows in the shop are clean and spotless, and there is a rich and sweet candied fruit flavor. An old woman in a black gauze button-down coat sat demurely in a high counter. There are more than 1 kinds of candied fruit on display in the glass counters arranged neatly along the walls on both sides, leaving a wide passage in the middle. Candied fruit is extraordinary at first glance, and the pulp is huge and thick. Golden jujube is amber in color and fruity; Sugar-stained plums are green and moist, and must be sweet, crisp and tender; There are white sugar bayberry, licorice peach strips, dried black mango, and big dark plum ... I am dazzled and salivating.

ah, I found the kind of plum I have eaten! 5 a catty doesn't seem expensive either. Wait, I read it wrong, it's 1 grams! That is-5 a catty! God, I blurted out "black …" and finally swallowed the word "shop" at the back!

Let's make a counter-offer, so there must be a backlog of things in a small shop without business for a long time. In order to bargain, I deliberately asked: Hey, is the candied fruit in your store fresh?

there are 18-year-old dried tangerine peel in the shop, which costs 6 yuan a tael. The old woman kept a reserved expression.

I rolled my eyes, took out my press card and introduced myself. The old woman glanced at me lightly and flatly refused to interview on the grounds of trade secrets.

Look, I touched my nose with boredom, and the little girl next to the old woman secretly sipped her mouth and smiled.

Your name is Xiang Tian, right? It was your classmate who brought me here just now!

The little girl was about to strike up a conversation when the old woman stopped her with a straight face.

I still bought a pack of high-priced plum to satisfy my appetite.

I didn't give up, so I went to the door of Xiangmi's cabin again in the afternoon. There is only a little girl in the shop, and the old woman is probably taking a nap in it. Several Hong Kong people bought a lot of big bags and small bags. I went forward to interview by chance, but it turned out that others named me to bring it. It seems that it is a little expensive, and you will never forget it after eating it!

The candied fruit here is really different!

The little girl looked at me curiously and said admiringly, Aunt, you are really like a reporter!

what words! I was so angry that I showed her my press card. After carefully comparing the photos, she smiled shyly.

There happened to be the latest Gourmet Newspaper just bought by the station in my bag. I took it out and showed it to her: all the interviews were about big hotels and private kitchens. Do you think it's worthwhile for me to come all the way to you (continue to show my plane tickets and train tickets) to cheat you?

basically won the trust of the little girl.

but, auntie, you have to promise not to tell the bad guys about our store!

of course! I readily promised, while quietly reaching out and pressing the switch of the recorder in my pocket.

Xiang Tian, your surname is rare! The candied fruit in your house is very special. Can you tell your aunt what's the secret?

yes, but it's a long story. Our "Sweet Honey Cabin" is a time-honored brand with a hundred years' history. All the candied fruits in the shop are refined by real ancient methods, such as sweet honey plum, fermented ebony, sliced honey plum and so on, which are all famous and must be bought by tourists from Hongkong and Taiwan Province. But a year ago, because the enemy couldn't compete with the fierce market, the shop was about to close.

In fact, many people in the family have long wanted to give up the ancient method, and also use chemicals for pickling, assembly line production and cheap sales. But dad, as the eldest son of Xiangjia and the shopkeeper of Xiangmi hut, has always refused to agree.

Just before the family's candied fruit business closed down, a special guest came to the house one night.

is a woman who smells delicious vanilla all over, and the hem of a purple silk skirt is embroidered with patches of lavender. She knocked on my door, smiled and told me that her name was Zixiao, and then explained her purpose. I gladly took her to dad.

Zixiao and her father hit it off immediately.

I've heard a lot about the ancient vanilla candied cottage! At present, the candied fruit on the market uses a lot of food additives, even excessively. Only you have always insisted on frying with the oldest secret recipe, and there is no preservative or cyclamate at all, so people there only eat your family's.

I forgot to introduce myself. I come from a place called Vanilla Witchcraft Villa. It is on the edge of the world and the witch world, protected by lavender spells. The sunshine, air, water and soil there are pure and pollution-free. A large number of natural fruits bred in this way can provide rich raw materials for making candied fruit.

As she said, she took out bags of fresh plums, olives and plums from the environmental protection bag she carried with her. Wow, everyone is bigger and brighter than I usually see!

dad's eyes lit up! Mom is full of praise, too.

It's really fate. I heard about your family's current situation, so I hurried to find it.

If you are willing to cooperate with us, WuHuan Mountain Villa will provide raw materials, venues and manpower, and we can join hands to pickle the really green candied fruit.

I will also give you very magical vanilla magic essential oil.

Zixiao asked my mother to pour a glass of clear water. She took out a berry-colored essential oil bottle and dropped a tiny drop into it. The room was suddenly filled with wonderful fragrance, and we were all intoxicated.

you will feel more about the magic of vanilla essential oil in the future! Our only request is to add the word "vanilla" at the back of the preserved ingredients list. Zixiao said softly: finally, just give us 3% of the candied fruit, and the rest will be yours.

with such excellent and perfect cooperation conditions, what can we hesitate about? Mom happily poked dad a few times, but his old man didn't say a word for a long time. At last, he asked, < P > Are you interested in our ancient secret recipe?

Zixiao was stunned and immediately laughed: Of course, but I won't ask to know the secret of the formula. We have no other purpose, just want to give a surprise and reminder to people who have the chance to taste the new sweet honey hut:

What is the purest and beautiful taste? How long has it been since you tasted it?

Zixiao also said that the pollution in the world is too serious now, not only the natural environment is destroyed, but also the food is not environmentally friendly, and the worst is the pollution of people's hearts. In order to make a profit, some people have mixed more and more harmful substances into their food. Now people are drinking water in barrels and bottles. If this continues, they may have to wear oxygen masks in the future, and they can only breathe with oxygen bottles that they always carry on their backs.

Actually, we really don't want the Vanilla Witchcraft Villa to become the last piece of pure land.

Zixiao finally moved and persuaded my stubborn father, who agreed to cooperate and went to the Vanilla Witchcraft Villa for a field trip the next morning.

So, Xiang Tian, have you ever been there, that villa?

vanilla magic villa! Not yet, dad said. They are very busy. The fruit pile in the cold storage in the villa is even higher than the hill. It's really a disaster not to make candied fruit properly! And their candied fruit business there is booming!

Today is Sunday. I have already done my homework quickly, so I have time to visit the shop with my mother-in-law. Mom, Dad, Uncle and Aunt have not been back for more than half a year since they went to the villa last year. In the evening, they often call to greet my mother-in-law and me, and Aunt Zixiao also sends us many candied fruit from time to time for us to sell.

I won't give up, so-do you know how to get to the Vanilla Witchcraft Villa?

I have no idea! My parents never told me that they were all brought in by Aunt Zixiao.

it seems that no more useful clues can be dug up from the little girl. I click click to take photos of more than 1 kinds of candied fruit, sniffing the fragrant smell, and can't help but ask Xiang Tian shyly: Can I have a taste?

Xiang Tian agreed generously.

I greedily tasted them one by one, gorged on them, swallowed them all, and finally I didn't know what to eat.

one grain is the best, and if you eat it in large quantities, it is no different from drinking water from cattle and horses.

Oh, I don't know when the old woman came out and laughed at me coldly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, I put my index finger between my lips and made a secret gesture to Xiang Tian. Under the cold eyes of the old woman, I anointed my feet with oil and ran away.

in order to get an exclusive report, I am eager to go deep into the candied fruit workshop of Vanilla Witchcraft Villa. The only breakthrough is Xiang Tian.

on Monday afternoon, I went to school to learn about Xiang Tian's family. Her head teacher, Mr. Lu, was very enthusiastic and introduced what she knew in detail, saying that Xiang Tian was obviously more mature and sensible this semester because her parents went out to work. After class, he asked the students to call Xiang Tian to the office.

When Xiang Tian came in from the window slightly shyly, I quickly thought:

Do you really want to reveal the secret of Xiang Mi's cabin?

In that case, the candied fruit in the hut and the vanilla magic villa that may have its place will not be turned upside down.

don't I want to hurt this kind little girl in front of me?

I suddenly realized my responsibility to Xiang Tian.

So I smiled and said, Xiang Tian, I'm praising you to my teacher. Yesterday you told my aunt an imaginative story!

well, our newspaper will also properly report the descendants of time-honored foods. then, Mr. Lu, could you please talk about Xiang Tian's usual performance again?

after school, Xiang Tian and I walked home together.

Xiang Tian bowed her head: Auntie, do you believe there is a place called Vanilla Witchcraft Villa?

I put my arm around her shoulder: of course!

but they all said that in fact, our shop can't go on, and my parents have gone to work in other places.

no, I know what you said is true!

So I told Xiang Tian my personal experience after eating vanilla plum that night, and added:

I think the whole person has become beautiful!

Xiang Tian smiled from the bottom of her heart, so sweet and brilliant.

now I feel like iron buddies with Xiang Tian!

I really want to know the secret of the ancient vanilla candied fruit, and I really want to see the vanilla witch magic villa! I sincerely feel.

auntie, when are you leaving?

I won't leave until I uncover this secret.

really?

really!

ok, let me do something! Xiang Tian made up his mind to say. Mom and Dad will call home every few days. Last time, they told me that there would be an "award ceremony" in the Vanilla Witchcraft Villa soon. You are a famous reporter. I'll ask Dad to talk to them and invite you to attend, okay?

So, wait for Zixiao to come again.