Chapter 2: Winners
As soon as lunch time arrived the next day, Gong Yuze took out the instant noodles he bought on the way to work in the morning from his backpack.
He poured boiling water into both instant noodles, put in the seasonings, closed the lid, and looked at the hot air rising from the cracks, and suddenly felt that he was looking forward to the instant noodles that he had not seen for a long time.
Gong Yuze looked around, and the white of the four walls of the office made the room look extraordinarily cheerful, bright and dazzling. With only a few necessities on his desk, he hasn't bought a single thing in the year he's been with the agency, neither a photograph nor a greenery, and there's not the slightest hint of an exhilarating touch.
At this time, most people went to lunch. The few people who were still in the seats were all looking down and playing with their mobile phones, perhaps waiting for takeout.
The scent of instant noodles reminded him that the noodles were ready.
Soon, two bowls of instant noodles were served. At this moment, he was satisfied, put his feet on the desk, he picked up a toothpick, in fact, there was nothing to pick in his mouth, he put the toothpick in his mouth, remembering the scene of challenging the fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl at noon yesterday.
He still didn't understand that he was so hungry that he should be able to eat four bowls of rice in 15 minutes. But why can't I swallow it until the last bite? Is this what people call big eyes and small bellies?
It seems that before the salary, I really have to rely on instant noodles to get by.
Gong Yuze was holding a toothpick, his eyes slightly closed, and he was thinking about yesterday's challenge in a daze, when he heard a crisp laugh getting closer and closer to him. Chen Xiaoyan and Wang Hui, who are on the table, are back,
"Yo, Brother Gong, there is no money so early this month?" Wang Hui picked up the empty cup of instant noodles that Gong Yuze had eaten and looked at the colorful logo on it.
Chen Xiaoyan also said: "Yes, as far as you are a moonlight clan, what will you do to find a girlfriend to marry in the future?"
Gong Yuze got up, spit the toothpick into the trash, and then said slowly: "Don't mention it, it's all because the beginning of the month is a bit big, and besides, the house leak is still raining, and it happens that a buddy got married and got a share, isn't this ......"
Wang Hui suddenly shouted loudly as if she remembered something: "Brother Gong, I have to ask you for something."
After speaking, she leaned towards Gong Yuze's side.
"Next month, we are on annual leave, and we want to go to CD to play, isn't your hometown CD? ”
"That's right! I've long heard that Brother Gong not only has CDs, but also delicacies from all over the country. Chen Xiaoyan agreed.
When Gong Yuze heard this, he jumped up from his chair. He said vividly, "You've got the right person!" CD, right? Okay, you'll have to write down the places I mentioned. These are all great places that only locals know about. ”
But when he said this, he sat back in his seat as if he wanted to say something, deliberately lowered his head, and when he raised his head, he had a sly smile on his face: "Tell you a few delicious places, of course it's okay, it's just ...... This can't be said in vain."
Gong Yuze stretched out three fingers and shook them in front of Chen Xiaoyan and the others: "Introduce a store, 30 yuan, I can introduce you to a total of ten stores, how about it?"
Gong Yuze laughed secretly after speaking, he didn't look at Chen Xiaoyan and Wang Hui's dumbfounded appearance, so he picked up his coat from the chair and said, "Don't tease you, there's a good show downstairs at noon today, don't you want to take a look with me?"
Gong Yuze had been pretending to be about this all morning.
That is to go to yesterday's small restaurant and see how the gentleman challenged the eight portions of fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl.
When he ran into the shop out of breath, the gentleman was already sitting at one of the innermost tables in the shop. The gentleman is still dressed casually yesterday, but today he has black hair and a ponytail on the back of his head. It looks more energetic.
Before Gong Yuze could count the empty bowls in front of the gentleman, he heard someone shouting: "He has already eaten the 7th bowl in 20 minutes!"
Hearing this, Gong Yuze's eyes widened. I can't believe this speed in any way. The owner of the small restaurant brought out the last bowl of rice bowls from the kitchen, and then stared motionlessly at the rapidly disappearing rice bowls in the gentleman's bowl. Although the boss was sweating profusely, his eyes were full of dark clouds.
The people watching the excitement did not shout and cheer loudly like they did yesterday. It's like admiring a handicraft and admiring it at the same time.
"At this rate, it's okay to win"
At this moment, Gong Yuze's mind was blank, and he was surprised that the gentleman in front of him did not look like he was eating, but like a kind of performance art in progress.
The man's mouth is wide open, but not exaggerated.
The food he picks up with each chopstick is put into his mouth accurately and quickly, never dragging mud and water, and never sticking the rice to his face or mouth. What's even more incredible is that there is not a drop of sweat on this person's face.
The proprietress of the shop also came out, and she stood there with her chest straight, her freshly washed stiff cotton dress tightly wrapped around her short, muscular body, as if to squeeze all the fat from her body into her arms and calves.
Just as the boss and the proprietress were staring at the gentleman's rice bowl left and right, suddenly, his hand holding chopsticks stopped.
The change in the gentleman's action is like a coagulant, which freezes the air around him, and even people's thoughts.
Only an imperceptible smile flashed on the boss's face.
Someone muttered in a low voice: "It seems that it is still the ending of yesterday." ”
Gong Yuze, like everyone, stared at the gentleman's mouth with his eyes.
He found that the manpower was stopped, though. But his closed lips kept chewing. Although the action is small, it is very fast. This chewing lasted about ten seconds.
Then the gentleman put a basket of food that had already been sandwiched into his mouth.
And magically restored the speed just now.
The last bowl!
The young man simply shouted, "There are five minutes left." ”
At this time, the gentleman raised his head slightly, and the hand holding the bowl, his thumb was tightly stuck on the edge of the bowl, and the bowl was tightly pressed to his lips. The hand holding the chopsticks, one chopstick at a time, even the rice and vegetables, are evenly mixed together, tight and strong.
The chewing speed in his mouth was even faster than before, as if it was the athlete's final sprint.
The last 30 seconds, 20 seconds, 10 seconds.
When the timer showed the last five seconds, the gentleman gently placed the empty bowl on the table, and the two chopsticks were neatly placed on the bowl.
The click of chopsticks against the bowl is so crisp and wonderful. At the moment when the chopsticks touched the bowl, the cheers resounded throughout the small restaurant.
"This buddy, he's too good!"
"Win, win!!!, boss, pay for it!" the people shouted.
The proprietress lifted her feet and wanted to walk away.
The boss watched the hostess enter the kitchen. He knew that this gentleman had made the proprietress feel uncomfortable, and it was a vague and indescribable feeling, as if at any moment this gentleman would smash their table, smash the beer in the freezer, and even smash the feng shui painting on the wall.
And the boss can't leave now. He opened the zipper of his fanny pack, and under the attention of everyone, he counted out six hundred yuan and slapped them on the table. The boss's hand did not leave immediately, his fingertips were still covered with the money, the boss's fingers were protruding and the joints were thick, and he shook his head gently while taking his hand away.
The gentleman stood up, he pulled a piece of paper from the tissue box and wiped the corner of his mouth. Fold the money in half and put it in the left pocket of the denim jacket.
Gong Yuze stared at him, his face was still so white. The demeanor is still so elegant, Gong Yuze even wonders if these eight bowls of rice have been eaten in his stomach?
People were about to watch the gentleman walk out of the hotel when they heard the door slam open. At the same time, a loud roar came in: "Is the boss here? I'm here for my buddy!"
Gong Yuze smiled when he saw that person.
This smile is not the result of pleasure, nor is it the result of politeness. It's a simple and calm laugh, and he finds it funny and funny. Because the visitor was wearing the same coat as yesterday's big man. It is also embroidered with the words of Longhui Wrestling Club.
Underneath these words, that is, on the chest of the clothes, a flying dragon embroidered with colored threads shines in the sunlight shining through the window.