Chapter 263: Preparing to Move
The place where Gu Qingying was going to live was in an alley on Wukeshu Road near ZY Park.
Follow the road of ZY Park to the east, next to Chaoti, not very far from Chaoy Park.
This is a small courtyard house left by Gu Jingyi, which was originally a 180-year-old building, and was later renovated into a modern courtyard villa.
It is very different from the kind of courtyard houses that people usually see on TV.
The architectural style of the courtyard is the most elegant, and Gu Qingying still likes it very much.
In the past, whether it was a bustling street or a deep alley, this imperial capital was full of courtyard houses.
Wealthy families can build three or four courtyards, which are also connected to the front and back.
Flowers and fruits are planted in the courtyard for viewing.
The courtyard is small, and there are ten rooms.
The large ones range from 25 to 40 rooms, and the houses are all single-storey.
The back wall of the wing house is a courtyard wall, and the brick wall is built at the corner, and the large courtyard is surrounded by a wall from the outside, all of which are made of tall walls and do not open the windows, showing a kind of defensiveness.
The whole family is in the courtyard, and the people living in the courtyard are very comfortable, and the gate is closed at night, which is very quiet, which is suitable for family-centered reunion life.
In the daytime, the flowers and trees in the courtyard are very beautiful, the flowers are fragrant at night, the air is fresh, and the family sits in the courtyard at night, resting, chatting, drinking tea, and the whole family is happy.
The family is in the yard, no matter what they do, outsiders can't see it, which is in line with the habits of Chinese people.
Of course, the courtyard house she wants to live in now has only three bedrooms, and the rest is a warehouse and a kitchen.
The rest have become yards planted with flowers and trees, which is more in line with the habits of modern people living in a few families.
There is a large banyan tree in the middle of the Five Trees Road, surrounded by a flower bed made of blue bricks, and behind this tree is a long alley.
The name is "Long Alley Under the Banyan Tree".
There are small shops selling breakfast at the mouth of the alley, selling some bean juice and coke rings in the morning, and there are also golden buns the size of donkey rolling and sea bowls.
It's close to noon now, and the breakfast shop only sells fried noodles and cold skin.
Gu Qingying is actually not very interested in the fried noodles of the old imperial capital, which is famous overseas, mainly because the fried noodles made outside have only one feeling in her taste buds, and that is salty.
On the contrary, it is a hot day, and it is a good choice to have a cold skin.
The proprietress in this shop is a middle-aged thin woman in her forties, wearing a white coat, wearing a long-sleeved sleeve, and her hair is meticulously covered with a black hair sleeve behind her head.
A large stainless steel stall with a large round piece of cool skin, as well as a small pot of freshly grazed cucumbers and ripe bean sprouts.
A pot of gluten cut into small pieces, and a pot of fried red and shiny peanuts.
The rest were all kinds of seasonings, and Gu Qingying found that the red oil chili peppers made by this proprietress seemed to look good.
The taste should be very authentic, it seems that the number of people who bought it will know, and she has only stood for less than three minutes before there are five people lined up here.
Nowadays, the price of the imperial capital is very high, and a vegetarian cool skin that sells for 6 yuan in Rongcheng costs 9 yuan here, and 18 yuan with beef slices.
Gu Qingying said to the proprietress: "Auntie, let's have a vegetarian cold skin with spicy vinegar, coriander and sesame sauce, and a little more minced garlic water." β
Hearing this, the proprietress glanced up at Gu Qingying, and was stunned by her face wearing sunglasses.
She quickly came back to her senses and said, "My braised beef here tastes very good, do you want to add one?" You will definitely not gain weight if you eat it. β
Gu Qingying shook her head, and several customers nearby also looked at her a few more times, the delicate and fair skin exposed outside and her beautiful figure, as well as the casual and low-key but big-name clothes on her body, thought Gu Qingying was a star.
Gu Qingying really wears sunglasses not because she thinks she is a star face, but because her eyes are a little afraid of dazzling sunlight, but she will cry after looking at the road for a long time.
In addition, she rarely wears contact lenses to cover her special purple eyes in the summer, so she wears sunglasses to save some trouble.
Soon it was Gu Qingying's turn to take the cool skin, Gu Qingying took out fifty yuan, the proprietress took it, and did not start looking for money, but looked at her a few more times, and finally lowered her head and found forty yuan for her.
One dollar is estimated to be the packing fee, Gu Qingying took the money, and when she turned around and left with the cool skin, she found that the two girls paid 9 yuan.
Her eyes moved, and there was nothing worth saying about a dollar, so she walked straight into the alley.
Behind him, the proprietress could be heard muttering to other customers, "Sure enough, it's not a star, it's stingy." also asked me to find money for her, and what she said was not like that of our imperial capital, it was estimated that she was a foreign Beipiao girl. β
"Aunt Wang, I also saw her come a few days ago, the courtyard next door to Teacher Xu's house seems to be where she lives, I heard that she is a native of our imperial capital, you look away this time!"
"You know again, how can you know so clearly?"
"The small courtyard next door to Mr. Xu's house, the house is old, I have inquired about it before.
I heard that the house was renovated a few years ago, and it can be worth eight figures, and you can buy a big villa in Guanhu International opposite. β
"Tsk! I can't see that the girl is still quite rich. β
"It can't really be a star, right? The current celebrities are also very down-to-earth. β
"It's not very similar, I haven't seen it on TV, it's beautiful, it's a good place, maybe someone made it!"
The owner of the early shop walked out in a big coat, holding a big fan in his hand, and shook his head.
These girls know what to do in this gossip and gossip.
Catch a good-looking girl, if there are two dollars in their eyes, they will come out to do that.
What's wrong with this man's heart?
It hasn't evolved a little bit in thousands of years, I guess it's a woman, that's all.
Gu Qingying came over today to see if the courtyard was well ventilated, and if it was good, she was going to buy daily necessities and furniture this afternoon.
Just as he was about to reach the small courtyard, a faint cry came from a flower garden around the corner, "Meow...... Catβs meow...... Meow ......"
Gu Qingying stopped, glanced at it, and then followed the voice and walked over.
Suddenly, I saw a small cardboard box containing three little milk cats.
It's a pity that two of them are not expected to survive, and only one is still screaming weakly.
It is estimated that it was due to a shower the day before yesterday, there was still some standing water in the alley, and the kitten was also very dirty.
Gu Qingying felt sick to her stomach for a while, she really convinced those who threw cats, such a small cat, just threw it here like garbage.
Even if you don't want to raise it, let the kittens follow them for a few more days, and they may be able to be self-reliant when they are weaned and given away or disposed of.
Anyway, if the female cat stutters, she can't starve the kitten, how much money can she cost?!
Lack of virtue is home!
Gu Qingying looked at it, the only extra-small cat was the same as a small pom-pom, and its spirit was okay, and its two brothers were already motionless.
Maybe it should have been the fattest one in it, but now it's also thin and out of phase, pitiful.
Gu Qingying looked at this little guy, and just walked towards it, it symbolically dodged.
When she squatted and looked at it, it kept staring at Gu Qingying with still a little gray eyes.
Yu Xin couldn't bear it, Yu Xin couldn't bear it, although this kitten was a little dirty, but since no one wanted it, she decided to take it home.
Gu Qingying thought about it and took out the cold skin that was covered with a plastic bag and packed in the packing bowl, and glanced at the cold skin that should taste good with a little regret, but she was still ruthless.
Throw the cool skin into a nearby trash can.
Looking back, she carefully picked up the kitten again, and checked it, and there were no fleas or ear mites on the little thing, but there was some mud.
The little guy also looks quite healthy, it should just be hungry, she put the cat in the packing bowl, and then hold it, mainly because the cat is a little damp, otherwise it is okay to carry it away.
Gu Qingying had previous experience raising cats, which reminded her that she also had a short-eared cat named Chubby Niu at Zheng Xiaoxiao's.
The reason why I didn't want to come back was because Zheng Xiaoxiao was already mature.
There is no need to grab it, Gu Qingying thought about it and used her mobile phone to look around nearby to see where there was cat food for sale.
Then she took the kitten back to the courtyard, washed her hands first, boiled hot water, and then soaked the cat food she bought from the supermarket in boiling water to cool down.
When the kitten is ready, give it a bath and blow dry.
The kitten is very well-behaved, and the wood is not afraid of a hair dryer if there is a struggle halfway.
Then take it out into the yard to bask in the sun.
Seeing that summer is coming, there are a lot of milk cats, and many people don't want to have so many cats, so they throw them around.
As a result, Gu Qingying actually picked up a cat, she really couldn't think about it, she remembered the fat girl she raised before, and when she thought about it, she came, can you understand that this is called wishing come true?
The kitten was as dirty as a rag before, and I also ate a small half bag of Miaoxian cat food and licked it cleanly.
The kitten is in good condition now, the ears and body are very clean, the kitten has a white mask and a white neck, four little white paws, very beautiful, and when it is full, it begins to wash its face and lick its fur.
I really admire it, I haven't eaten or drunk for two days and two nights, and I can't steal the bell with lightning speed, and now I run to a stone table in the yard and call out......
Looking at its little pink tongue barking while licking its fur and washing its face, Gu Qingying thought about what she was going to buy for it.
For example, the nest and cat litter and the like, and take it to the pet store to see, but she doesn't want to stay here tonight, so she probably has to take it to the hotel?
I just don't know what the hotel lets you take?
This seems to be a problem, too......
If she wasn't allowed to take it to the hotel, it was estimated that she would really have to move in early.
After thinking about it, she decided to find Wan Anqi to buy furniture in the afternoon, and she would do a live broadcast with Wan Anqi in the evening.
I'm going to go to the third senior brother tomorrow to talk about buying his restaurant.
There was no cold skin to eat, Gu Qingying thought about it, so she decided to go to the supermarket first to buy an induction cooker and come back to cook something simple to eat.
There are also restaurants nearby, but Gu Qingying is not familiar with this place, so she doesn't plan to eat.
She can't drive in the alley, and it seems that she has to buy a lady's electric car so that she can go grocery shopping or something sometimes.
As soon as she thought of it, she walked out of the alley first, went directly to the supermarket where she bought cat food just now, and bought some flour, a little vegetable and a packet of brown sugar.
I'm going to make gnocchi soup to eat, it's simple, it's fast, and it tastes good.
When she finished eating a bowl of gnocchi soup, she looked at the remaining flour and the packet of brown sugar she had just bought.
I'm going to make some cold shrimp to eat.
Basically, southerners make this by grinding rice into slurry water and then making it.
Authentic cold shrimp is a very common specialty snack in the YC area, which is smooth and refreshing, soft and sweet.
It is made by pulping rice and spilling it into a basin of cold water with a colander.
Because the head and tail are thin and resemble shrimp, it is named, and then brown sugar water is placed.
It is a dessert to cool off.
Legend has it that a long time ago, there lived a family of Peng's mother and son on the edge of the Three Gorges. One winter, when the snow was falling, my elderly mother was sick and wanted to eat a bite of the shrimp by the river.
When the son heard this, he braved the cold to come to the river and wanted to catch shrimp for his mother.
When he arrived at the river, he found that the surface of the river had already frozen, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break the ice.
In a hurry, he simply unbuttoned his shirt and lay on the ice to melt the ice with his body. Not long after, he passed out.
In a dream, an old man with a white beard said to him, "Don't you want shrimp?" I'll teach you......
The young man woke up suddenly, rushed home to make shrimp according to the old man's method, and fed his mother one bite at a time, and his mother miraculously woke up.
Later, the method of making small shrimp spread among the people, and people called it "Peng Guihua Cool Shrimp" or "Xiaozi Cool Shrimp".
But in fact, the northerners can also make it with flour.
Start by putting the flour together with cold boiled water and stirring them into a batter.
(Don't put too much water), then pour water into the pot to bring them to a boil, and pour the batter into the pot.
Then use a spoon or spatula to stir constantly, until it is enough to use a colander to spill, and then turn off the heat.
Spoon the batter on top of the colander, put a basin underneath with cold water, and drain the batter in the basin with a colander.
The flour that leaks in the basin of cold water becomes cold shrimp.
When making this cold shrimp, it may not be successful the first time, and its heat is not so easy to master, so don't be discouraged at this time!
Do it a few more times and get the heat right.
Gu Qingying put the cold shrimp in the refrigerator and froze it, then boiled a little brown sugar water, and after the cold shrimp was frozen and cold, he added the brown sugar water to the cold shrimp to eat.
It will be very refreshing at that time, and this is a good food to relieve the heat!
Now it is convenient to buy anything, after Gu Qingying made cold shrimp, he took out his mobile phone and looked at the furniture in the online furniture city first.
When the time comes, you can save a lot of time by going directly to see the real thing.
By the way, she also looked at the electric car for a while, what brand is good, the quality is passable, it is not easy to roll over, and the brakes are not easy to break, etc., and she took a closer look.
As for the price, that's not something she cares too much about, and the pricing on the Internet is generally cheaper than in the store.
After reading for an hour, she plans to read Meizi's writing for a while, and then take a lunch break, and she will meet Wan Anqi at half past four in the afternoon.
Mainly, then she went straight to dinner after choosing the furniture.
I haven't been to Meizi's book review area for a few days, and when Gu Qingying clicked on the book review area, she found that some of the original trolls were missing.
But a new troll who scolds Plum has also appeared, only this time there are many readers who defend Plum Blossom.
Gu Qingying thought to herself, this is fine. Meizi will be on the right track to write books in the future, even if her Didi private restaurant on the Heyuan side is not open.
Plum also has a skill, and life will be full.