Chapter 16 Remarks: Advocating chili to save the country (Wang Ci)

I remember one time I went to a dim sum restaurant in Tianjin with a friend from the north. After we sat down, the waiter ran over and asked, "My fellow! What do you want to eat?" "Two plates of pot stickers!" said the northern friend with a pure northern accent. Along with the pot stickers came a pot of chili. I saw that friend from the north put the pot stickers and a lot of chili into his mouth with relish, which aroused my curiosity. The tip of my tongue suddenly went numb and I lost consciousness, my throat felt uncomfortably itchy, and tears welled up in my eyes. At this time, I felt great pain.

The friend from the north laughed out loud when he saw me like this, and then he told me that the northerners are good at eating chili because of their nature, and they hold the principle of "you can not eat food, but you must eat chili"; I am already addicted to chili as if smoking opium!There are also northerners who have been in the arms of their mothers since they were young. When they cry, if the mother bites a spicy eggplant for the child, it will be very effective to stop crying... Today's China is like a crying baby in the north. , if you want to stop his nasty crying, just give him a lot of spicy eggplant bites.

People in China, like my northern friend, will not be excited if they don’t eat chili! On March 12, the "Great Evening Post" supplement "Peppers and Olives".