I was silent, in the three years of high school, I ate the most meals in Li Mingzhou's steamed restaurant, and the husband and wife looked very healthy, the key was less than fifty, and they were only in their forties, why did they get sick all of a sudden?

I remember that Li Mingzhou was not the only one in his family, but also a younger sister, who was two or three years younger than him, and I didn't see him, so I thought I should have gone to college.

Seeing acquaintances, a sense of intimacy spread in his chest, and he had a lot to say, but it was not suitable to continue chatting at this time, and Li Mingzhou's interest did not seem to be high.

After all, everything has changed.

"How did you find this place?" I asked Tang Wan, "I have been here with Wu Dong before, but I just didn't find that there is a steamed restaurant hidden here." ”

"Every year during the Chinese New Year, I would come back and walk around the school, and I was surprised to find this steamed restaurant, but I didn't expect the owner to be sick so young. Tang Wan shook her head, "It's hard to say how long this shop can last." ”

At meal time, there were not many tables of guests, and there was an accident at home, Li Mingzhou was very worried, and the future of the steamed restaurant was indeed worrying.

"Green pepper beef, eat more, you may not be able to eat it in the future. Tang Wan pushed the green pepper beef in front of me.

"You eat. I said.

"In the three years of high school, you order this dish every time you eat, but you don't eat much, keep it for me, and this time you leave me alone. Tang Wan said.

I looked up at her, a little stunned, "You know?"

"In your eyes, I'm so stupid, you've done so many things for me, I won't be able to see it?" Tang Wan showed a gentle smile, with the sweetness that was common in high school, fleeting, "You don't eat green pepper beef, because if you eat less, I can eat more." ”

There were some waves in my heart, I always thought that no one would know what I did, even if it was Tang Wan, she definitely didn't know the reason why I had to order green pepper beef every time I had a dinner, but I didn't expect her to know it all along.

"You're stupid, you think I can eat more if you eat less? Tang Wan glanced at me.

"I can eat a few more slices. I smiled, and my mind went back to my high school days, where we often ate steamed vegetables, but the price of green pepper beef was not something we could eat as students all the time.

"Now it's just the two of us, you don't have to do that, eat it. Tang Wan said.

I nodded, didn't excuse myself, and didn't push the dish back in front of Tang Wan.

If it was in high school, I think I would definitely push the dish to Tang Wan and force her to finish the beef, and the remaining minced meat scraps would be picked into her bowl to eat with bibimbap.

But I didn't do that, although some things were said, the emotions were no longer there, and some were just memories.

Tang Wan lowered her head, I couldn't see her expression.

I ate quickly, put the chopsticks when my stomach was full, and waited for Tang Wan.

"I've eaten too. Tang Wan put down the chopsticks, took the tissue, tore off half and handed it to me.

I stood up: "Boss, how much?"

"Forget it, don't want money. Li Mingzhou waved his hand and did not accept money.

"Then how can it work, how can you open the door to do business without collecting money?" I refused, took out the money, and calculated the account myself, "Twenty-six yuan, right?"

I stuffed the money into Li Mingzhou's hand.

"I really don't need to, I plan to sell this steamed restaurant, and I won't do it in a few days, it's rare to meet acquaintances, so let me invite this meal." Li Mingzhou pushed my hand away.

I was stunned: "Why didn't you do it?"

I felt a little regretful that I finally came across a familiar restaurant in high school, and suddenly said that it was going to close, which made people feel very lost.

"I can't do it anymore, I've been losing, and I have to post more than 1,000 yuan into it every month, if it weren't for my parents' insistence that the store can't be closed, I would have closed this steamed restaurant a long time ago." Li Mingzhou said.

"More than a thousand a month, has it been like this since this place was demolished?" I asked.

"Well, after the demolition, the steamed restaurant moved here, and the business was much worse, at the beginning it would still make a little money every month, but in the back, there were fewer people coming. Li Mingzhou was a little helpless.

"I see that your food is not bad, after all these years, it has only risen by one or two yuan, why are there not many people? Is it because of the location?"

"Well, that's probably why. Li Mingzhou nodded, "It's a student business, it stands to reason that students are vibrant, and it's not too far from the school, about two hundred meters, but after many students come once, they don't come much later." ”

"Not to their liking?" I asked.

"I don't know, I also asked, they all said that the taste is good, but also said that it is not expensive, I think I do it with my heart, but the business is still light day by day, plus the elderly at home to take care of, although this store is reluctant, but it still has to be transferred out. Li Mingzhou said, looking at me, "If you know someone who wants it, I can transfer it to him cheaply." ”

In the end, I didn't pull with Li Mingzhou anymore, and asked him to invite this meal, Tang Wan and I left the steaming restaurant with a heavy heart, and Li Mingzhou kept sending it out.

"It's a shame. "On the way back, I was still regretting the steamed restaurant.

"It's a pity, his family has been in business for several years, why didn't he rent a storefront in the newly built building at the entrance of the school, but instead went there?" Tang Wan nodded, her mood was not very high.

Originally, he brought me over to see this old store that we frequented in high school, but I didn't expect that the store was about to close and transfer.

"I don't know. I shook my head, "I remember that he also has a younger sister, and I didn't see it today." ”

"Maybe it's going to school. Tang Wan said, glanced at the high school next to her, "Do you want to go to the school for a walk?"

I stopped and looked at the school building: "No, there's nothing to see in there. ”

Tang Wan's mood suddenly fell, a slight look of regret appeared on her face, and she didn't speak again, and the two of us walked to the place where she parked.

"Are you still blaming me?" Tang Wan finally spoke, her hand on the car door, her five fingers slender and pale, "I'm sorry." ”

These three words, after she sent a text message, Tang Wan said them again.

I didn't feel much throbbing, I only felt a little helplessness and regret.

"Some things don't end with an apology, and you don't have to say sorry to me. I looked at her, "I wish you happiness in the future." ”

Tang Wan's body trembled slightly, and she pulled the car door a few times, but she couldn't open it.

"The door is locked. I said, my heart aching, but I didn't say anything else.

"You're taking revenge on me. Tang Wan stared at me, tears sliding down the corners of her eyes.

She cried.

"How am I taking revenge on you? I'm blessing you. I corrected her, not understanding what revenge meant, "I really want you to be happy." ”

"You're taking revenge on me. At this moment, Tang Wan was very stubborn and thought that I was taking revenge on her.

I felt a little sad when she cried, and I felt as if I had really done something sorry for her, and my heart melted with her tears, and the mustard seemed to be smoothed out a little.

I don't want to be like, "Okay, do whatever you say, I'm taking revenge on you, okay, can you go?"

Tang Wan took a deep look at me, unlocked it, bent down to take out a package from the car, and threw it on me: "This is yours." ”

I looked down at the package in my hand, Tang Wan had already gotten into the car, and when I was hesitating to go up with me, Tang Wan looked at me coldly: "Get out of the way." ”

I walked away.

The car drove past my feet, turned in a different direction, and left.

After watching the departing car, I walked to the park along the lake on the side, found a secluded place and sat down, calming the emotions in my heart.

Tang Wan's last tears made me feel so distressed that I almost couldn't help but want to stop her.

The purpose of bringing me here today should be to share the joy of discovering the old high school store, or to make up for the damage caused to me by the hotel before.

But I apparently let her down.

The taste of green pepper beef hasn't changed, and the people are still the same two people, but there is no longer the way to eat it in high school.

I didn't put the minced meat in her bowl again.

The person who served her food couldn't be me.