A bowl of powder nostalgia ‖ Li Jing

A bowl of powder nostalgia

Li Jing

Zi Zhi Chu Cried JianChang Early,

The smell of the ancient city gate is wafting.

Three thousand silver wires,

A bowl of nostalgia is lonely.

Rice noodles, also known as rice noodles, are called differently from north to south. Xichang people's life is both simple and realistic, and the "rice" of rice noodles is omitted, which is called "powder".

Xichang rice noodles (Source: Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture People's Government Website)

Xichang, an exquisite small city, is both ancient and modern, both quiet and prosperous. The city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the four seasons are like spring, known as the small spring city, the space city, the moonlight city and many other reputations, and Xichang is also the hometown of me. "Powder" is a kind of culture for Xichang, an element, a party imprint, and a taste.

In the early morning, Xichang woke up very early, and people walking in the streets and alleys were sleepy-eyed and greeted each other, "Go, early powder.". Although Xichang's breakfast is varied and distinctive, a bowl of steaming and fragrant morning flour is the favorite of Xichang people.

In the long-established beef mixed rice noodle shop in Shing Mun Dong, "Boss, big bowl of flour, double cheeks, add tongue, add belly, powder rake point oh!" The sound of shouting, talking and laughing and the noise of the radio, bowls of beef offal soup filled with powder, the fog filled, outlining the pure color of xichang city well fireworks.

Xichang Ancient City (Image source: News 360)

The table is filled with a variety of secret spices, which can be salty or light, spicy and sour, and self-service according to the tastes and preferences of guests. Beef offal, an originally chagrin ingredient, has long been delicious here. Beef offal, rice noodles, soup, and various spices blend and embrace each other under the stirring of bamboo chopsticks, just like this city.

A bowl of powder, whether you are a big meal, or a slow chew, piping hot ingredients in the mouth, the silky powder, the fragrant sticky beef offal, bursting between your lips and teeth, delicious stirring every taste bud in your mouth, warming your stomach, your heart. It has achieved the original and pure delicacy of Xichang people's feelings.

Xichang rice noodles

For me, a bowl of flour is the key to opening memories. When I was a child, I said that I would go to eat a bowl of flour, which was a decent "next restaurant", and the whole family did not dare to slacken off, and they all cleaned up beautifully. My father put on a straight Zhongshan suit, my mother wore a red scarf, my sister tied a beautiful bow, and I was reluctant to wear a few sizes of fur shoes. In those days, eating powder had a sense of ritual.

When you get to the powder shop, first exchange money and food stamps for powder tickets, and then use the flowery pink tickets to serve powder. That year, the meat powder was three cents and five cents, the vegetarian powder was two cents, plus two or two food stamps. We usually have four bowls of flour are two meat and two vegetarian, my sister and I eat meat powder with meat offal, vegetarian powder is naturally my parents'. The seasoning was not as exquisite as it is now, and there was a little salt and a plate of watercress sauce on the table. Even so, how can the powder be so fragrant? I devoured it, and before I could eat the powder, I licked the bowl clean. This is not the end, I still have a dead face and begged my sister, "Good sister, you can't finish eating so much powder, give it to your brother." The sister clasped the bowl with nervous hands and shouted, "No, no, I don't have enough to eat." "My mother gently picked the vegetarian powder from her bowl into my bowl with chopsticks, and looked at me with pity. At that time, I thought that powder was the best thing in the world, so I made a decision at that time, "When I grow up and have money, I will eat powder every day, and I will eat three bowls of it every time." ”

Like the flow of water for years, the years do not live. After wandering outside for many years, the bowl of flour in his hometown is always in his heart, which makes the wanderer haunt his dreams. Whenever I go back to Xichang to eat powder, it is a big-name double cheek, but the people who ate powder in that year can no longer gather together... The bowl carries not only delicious powder, but also warm affection and strong nostalgia.

That night I had a dream, dreaming that a family of four in the "restaurant" was sitting together, four bowls of steaming powder on the table, or the two meats and two vegetarians...