In the early time, who lived in the Ming dynasty of the West Hunan, the public sector on the street. Head east to go south from the street through the provincial Street, facing the street is the old Lotus temple, now become a grain shop.
Hibiscus Hibiscus Street, named after the lane of the spring, is one Jinan Street, there are 34 meters wide, north to south and less than one kilometer, but also the best place in Jinan flavor. It old, does not refer only to the era of its construction early, but it belongs to the oldest commercial area in Jinan. Qing said that when the height, where merchants gathered in grocery shops, glasses watch shop, bookshops, music shops, photo shop, clothing and shoes shop, tailor shop, restaurants, and even clinics, one should be given a whole. Jinan smell it the most, saying that this area's unique architectural style, delicate and pretty than the capital, more than the southern Zhuopu, most Jinan style, and Lau Ngok, "Travels of Lao Can", where "spring water every family and every household Chueiyang "The scene is concentrated in this area. Many famous unnamed spring pool, residents of homes scattered in the street yard, clear streams through walls, day flowing "Jinan chic like Jiangnan" charm.
Hibiscus Street, was the layout of the North Temple Nanshi. North is the largest Confucius Temple in Jinan - the Confucian Temple, and now wind and rain has been shaky play, and temples are all kinds of commercial outlets south. Different, with the QuanCheng development and construction, the gradual relocation of the existing commercial outlets, and there has also declined, and became a food market, grocery store there are numerous restaurants and stalls of the world. However, the habit of the people has not changed, still early in the morning to come here to eat breakfast, spring, summer autumn and winter seasons so.
At that time, Hibiscus Street, South Side, has a musical instrument shop in a hundred years, the North is a resident QuanCheng police station, an electricity pole at the door, there's a stall selling sweet foam. The stalls spread out two simple small table and a number of Mazar, while the sweet foam is packed in a fifty to sixty centimeters in diameter, high-more than half a meter tile altar of necking, the outside cover with the quilt wrapped, on top of a wrapped sub-pad wooden lid. The jar placed in a small old wooden cart, the above is also a simple bar of the shelf, which there are some brush clean the bowl and chopsticks. Stalls had only sell sweet foam, five cents a bowl, then they have a tea, eggs, fifty cents a.
Sell Mo is a sweet old man, when there are seventy to eighty years old, medium one, back a little bent, five winter and summer are his six one person there to see shared. He was always wearing a white apron, are not good at words laugh and faithfully guard his stall. Especially back in his ear, and his speaking voice, if smaller, he would look at you blankly. Or else it will extend a finger, and then replaced with two fingers, meaning to ask you to bowls, and then see how you say to your mouth. And old people talk, they can feel the old man on the face from that of the kind-hearted, kind seen from the eyes. A long time, and his familiar, every time comes, give him all the way out index finger, and then refers to look at small table, he would understand. Elsewhere, such as what is bought fried fritters, and a bowl filled with sweet foam already on the table and so on you. Sometimes, eating a bowl of a bowl is not enjoyable to come back, finished with the money to him. At this time, he always points, a nod, to use another kind of attention that turbid say goodbye to you.
Jinan, the characteristics of foam be sweet snacks, like a lamb Paomo like Xi'an. Sweet Mo there, "Tim Mody," one said, if in Jinan, the "Mo" is what is the meaning, that is to say various things porridge Tim Lane. Sweet Mo does not actually sweet, but added salt, is a typical salty porridge, with millet and maize flour with oil, salt and boil pasta or the, which has also put a peanut, cowpea, vermicelli, spinach leaves, tofu, silk, kelp, etc. , some "salty treasure porridge," meaning. Sweet Mo better to do, but it is not easy to do a good job of, choice of materials is not as thin or thick of, and boil the furnace was how kind, and even brackish differences, gives the taste is very different. Therefore, Jinan doing a lot of foam sweet taste is not nearly the same, it is the outsiders who do not feel out of 1:00.
Here foam sweet delicious taste of naturally out slowly. Began just a chance to try once and feel was good, so have the impression that was long, cooked, and also liked, and would often think to eat. This stand sits a sweet foam, taste does not stick thin non-slip, shallow salty, savory flavor of the dish, as well as spicy ginger flavor, true that some sweet feeling. Mo is not only drinking sweet incense, chewing is also fragrant drink, chewing a chew, different turn transform the smell, together with evaporation of the warming up fresh, eat one that is off a return to addiction. Mo sweet stalls throughout the city every morning only sell a jar, no more can be no matter what day you come to, that of the thick foam sweet, brackish, and soak into the depths the heart of the fragrance is always the same.
Although the elderly have not said a few words, but he, like a reticent old father, people feel close to. Plus he was selling sweet foam is good, people also drink many, many people come here specifically. I recall one time, the young father who brought his young son to eat sweet foam. The child appears to Gangshangxiaoxue to school, and let his father took him to eat sweet foam. Dad want to come to two bowls of sweet foam, to the two tea eggs, and from the other stalls throughout the city to sell a few small biscuits, and his son to eat with. Son of the skinned boiled eggs caught in the sesame seed, the energetic bite, bite a teaspoon to scoop it with sweet foam drink. My father asked his son how to eat while listening to a good lesson, how to go after school, anti-car's. Very obedient son, tells us agreed with, and so eat, and before leaving, the child exposed like the satisfaction of saying delicious. I remember one morning, came two foreign migrant women, listen to them talk like an appointment with a special foam to eat the sweet. Two were better than the sweet foam, and then to buy shavings and fried dough sticks, respectively, came back happily eating. Perhaps this sweet mix of foam filling, that is, to improve the lives of their food.
Often eat sweet foam, habits, and sometimes do not want to leave home earlier going to drink sweet foam, it seems like every day the same. Sometimes, there are other things out, or failed to take into account that sweet foam, tongue would emerge miss feelings. Until ten years ago, moved home, away from the Hibiscus Street, walking inconvenient to the greatly reduced. Sometimes I want to eat, and a special bike to go once again to enjoy the savory taste. Still later, hard to say since when, we do not see that sweet, spread foam, and also cut off the idea of going to drink sweet foam.
In this way, a long time not to Hibiscus Street. After two days ago where something happens, there tend to get away again, in the bustling crowd, the walk through Hibiscus Street. Walked the whole street, as is a history to read it, giving the old-year-old memories of vicissitudes. By Street South Side, where I do not know how they remembered the sweet taste of foam, remember that the old man selling sweet foam. Hibiscus blocks are now transformed, the ancient musical instrument shops demolished, and a piece of legislation an antique stained gate, the original share of sweet Mo did not leave the slightest trace of there, but I came here, still reckoned with as many warm feelings of childhood. I found that sweet Mo is not only a yearning for once, there is deep affection and memories of sentimentally attached to. The old man may have passed away, and if he knew there was a younger generation still misses his sweet foam, recalling his appearance will certainly be happy about it.
(March 26, 2004)
Author: wangzc
