Chapter 315 Riverside Night Market
"Let me tell you, if we didn't drive all the way here, but stopped along the way, we would probably get here this afternoon or evening. After we have dinner, it will be time for us to go back to the hotel and sleep."
Nan spoke very slowly, word by word, unhurriedly explaining her reasoning, "Not to mention wasting a whole day, many, many years later, you will only remember that you went to this place with three friends, played around for a while, and that's it."
"But it's different now." She turned her head and looked at the two people behind her.
"Many years later, it is very likely that you will have married and had children, and your appearance will have changed from the handsome guy you are now to a greasy and fat middle-aged man, drinking wolfberry and soy milk every day."
"Huh? Brother Nan, how do you know my dad is drinking this now?" Li Qinran said.
"Your brother told me."
"Oh."
"Don't interrupt me." Brother Nan waved his hand, opened his mouth, but frowned, "Oh, see, I suddenly forgot what I was going to say next."
"Should I tell you what I will think of when I start drinking wolfberry soy milk?" Li Mu thoughtfully helped Brother Nan to finish the conversation.
"Oh yes, yes!"
Brother Nan suddenly remembered and continued the topic, "When you look back at that time, you will remember that on the first day of 2025, we got up early in the morning and drove for more than ten hours, from daytime until midnight the next day to Jinghong. We searched for accommodation in a hurry, and after finding it, we didn't sleep and ran out to eat barbecue in the middle of the night.
"In this strange city, there was no one on the street, and it took a long time to see a taxi. We walked along the street and you would say that we were crazy at that time, like fools!
“When you tell others about this.”
Brother Nan thought about it and grinned unconsciously: "I will definitely smile unconsciously."
Li Mu followed behind her. He could not see the smile on her face. He could only see her tall and thin back and the silly hair on her head shaking with every step.
He thought about it and asked Brother Nan: "What if I can't remember it?"
brush!
Brother Nan turned his head sharply: "Nothing can happen!"
"if."
"Then I'll beat you to death!"
"Oh."
Li Mu touched the kitten's forehead.
"Let me tell you, people should be a little crazy while they are young."
Brother Nan is addicted to reasoning. "The crazier a person is, the more exciting and profound his life will be. It's like a painting with all kinds of colors on it. No matter what the color is, the more colors, the deeper they are, and the more exciting they are, the better. Only in this way can one's life not be lived in vain."
"Oh."
"But you are a very lazy person, so just be yourself and go crazy with me, Brother Nan, occasionally."
Brother Nan looked at Li Mu and said, thinking for a moment, he added, "You can also hold me back when I go too crazy."
"it is good."
"Oh! There's a smell of fireworks over there!" Brother Nan quickened his pace.
"Nimu, it smells like barbecue." The cat also sniffed.
There are several night markets in Jinghong. The most well-known one to tourists is the Starlight Night Market in Gaozhuang Xishuangjing Scenic Area, which is known as the largest night market in Asia. However, most of the night markets there are just for making money from tourists.
They are now going to the riverside night market in the city, which is named after its proximity to the Lancang River.
Brother Nan had already looked up the travel guide, and as they walked along he introduced to the two the advantages and disadvantages of this night market compared to the Starlight Night Market.
Because it was too late, many stalls selling handicrafts and souvenirs had closed down. The night snack stalls were still open, but there were not many people there.
The riverside seemed a bit deserted, but the colorful lights were still flashing.
They walked around first and saw a fruit stall that was still open, so they each bought a pineapple and started eating it.
After walking a few steps, Brother Nan felt that the food was delicious and cheap, so he went back to weigh a few bags of fruit before choosing a night snack stall to sit down.
Sister Nan was very generous and let the brother and sister choose whatever they wanted to eat and she would treat them.
Finally, we ordered three pineapple rice dishes as main courses, a vegetable wrapped fish dish and a fried beef skin, which were considered special dishes.
Also ordered a lot of barbecue.
The barbecue here is different from other places, some are big and some are small.
Brother Nan ordered a grilled chicken, a lemongrass grilled fish, and a large skewer of pork belly for each person. These were all grilled with bamboo sticks, and the meat was even tied to the bamboo sticks directly with lemongrass. It looked very rough and heroic at first glance.
The small barbecue was very ordinary and had no special features. Anyway, Brother Nan caught a lot of them.
Brother Nan ordered another bottle of beer, while Li Mu and Li Qinran ordered coconut juice and avocado milkshake respectively.
Li Mu felt helpless as he looked at the small notebook filled with words written by his boss. What should he do if he had to eat like this in the middle of the night?
After ordering, Nan came back and sat down next to Li Mu, stretching her legs straight, as if to show off her long legs. She pounded her thighs with her hands and said to Li Mu, "There is also a barbecue here, which was served before. Let's go and try it tomorrow night."
"There's also that deadly skewers, the name is a little hard to remember, there are all kinds of them, the price is the same whether they are meat or vegetables, it's quite cheap, when the time comes we can just grab a few, how generous is that, isn't it?"
After waiting for five or six seconds and not getting Li Mu's answer, she turned her head and nudged him with her elbow: "Is that so?"
"Yes."
"Are you ready for bed?"
"My eyes are just a little sore, but I'm still quite clear-headed," said Li Mu.
"Anyway, I'm not sleepy."
"Of course you're not sleepy."
Sister Nan often plays games, and her biological clock has long been accustomed to staying up late.
But the amazing thing is that once she goes to work or has something important to do, she can still get up early and be full of energy.
The three of them chatted as the barbecue gradually came up.
The table was filled with large skewers of food, which were full of local characteristics in terms of color, aroma and taste.
Lemongrass, chili pepper, lemon, banana leaf
You don't even need to taste it, just look at it or smell it, and you can feel the uniqueness of Banna barbecue. The hot and sour taste of lemon and chili pepper and the spiciness of the dry sauce are the main characteristics of Dai barbecue.
Brother Nan dipped the pork belly in some lemon water, took a bite, and immediately squinted his eyes.
"Great! The local food still tastes authentic!"
She commented like this and took another sip of beer. It’s beautiful!
It was already past four o'clock when we returned to the hotel after dinner.
Li Mu rarely stays up so late.
Brother Nan said generously: "Go wash up first, and then go to bed quickly."
Li Mu glanced at the bathroom.
Fortunately, it’s not the frosted glass kind.
After half an hour.
Li Mu came out wearing shorts and a T-shirt, his hair wet.
Li Qinran changed into a pair of sleeping shorts and sat on the sofa licking a yogurt, looking like she would never get tired of it.
Sister Nan was sitting cross-legged on the bed looking at her phone. She had also changed into a pair of loose shorts with strings. Her long legs were so white that they were dazzling. The screen of her phone displayed pictures of various local delicacies.
"I'm done washing, you guys go wash too." Li Mu said.
"Baoran, go and wash. I'll wash last." Brother Nan said without raising his head.
"What are you looking at?"
"See what we eat over the next few days."
"It's too late. Let's wait and see tomorrow."
“Is the sea yours?”
"What do you mean?"
"You're really nosy!"
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This woman has a really bad character.
Li Mu shook his head, picked up yogurt, and walked back to his bed in the inner room.
"Wait a moment." Brother Nan called him.
"What?"
"Did you forget to say something?"
"Oh, good night, Nan."
"Good night."
Brother Nan then waved his hand with satisfaction, "Go to bed!"
(End of this chapter)
