Mizuno wanted to show off the delicious ramen he had made, but the few tables that walked into the restaurant first only ordered some drinks and food, filled their stomachs and left.

None of them ordered ramen, and none of them ordered udon.

Didn't this group smell the ramen? Or is Kobayashi's ramen restaurant opening again?

"It's less than six o'clock, and there aren't many guests, so Mizuno-kun doesn't need to worry."

Seeing Mizuno-kun's little depression, Umibe Yarn opened her mouth and channeled, "Such delicious ramen will definitely be accepted by everyone." ”

As soon as the voice fell, an old and hoarse voice sounded at the front desk: "It tastes so fragrant, is it ramen?" ”

It was an older man who was not tall and somewhat emaciated. Although he looks old, he is in good spirits, especially the suits and glasses on his body, which makes him feel like a cultural person.

"Yes, the ramen that just came out in the store."

The very kind old man squinted his eyes and smiled: "Please bring me a bowl of labor." ”

"Okay."

"Ah, do you have a salt ramen?" The old man took off his glasses and added, "I just forgot to mention the type." ”

"I'm sorry, but there's only tonkotsu ramen at the moment."

"Let's make tonkotsu ramen."

"Okay."

Sora Mizuno boiled the noodles in boiling water, and Saya Umibe cut the ingredients on the side.

A few minutes later, a bowl of ramen noodles with all the colors and flavors was placed in front of the old man.

Looking at the ramen in front of him, the old man's index finger moved, and he couldn't wait to start after breaking the chopsticks with both hands.

This ramen looks better than Kobayashi's ramen, today I was going to eat some ramen to pad my stomach, and then go to drink until the next day, but I didn't expect to walk to Hanabatake to see, Kobayashi's guy actually closed the door of the store, didn't he still have the ambition to open the store until he was eighty years old!

As soon as the noodles were in his mouth, the old man's eyes lit up.

Delicious.

Very tasty.

Fragrant but not greasy, firm and soft, the fried dried bamboo shoots taste very refreshing!

There is such a delicious ramen hidden in this street!

His action of eating ramen became bold, his mouth snorted and sucked, and the noodles, ingredients, and soup were all wiped out by him.

The guests eat noodles with great respect for the chef.

Mizuno and Saa Umibe glanced at each other, and they could see each other's smiles.

"Really...... It's delicious. The old man drank the last mouthful of soup with satisfaction, and the pork bone soup was the poison of the gout package for ordinary people who did not pay attention to diet, but judging from the old man's healthy body, it didn't look like he would be troubled by purines.

"This familiar smell is like ......"

"Like?" Mizuno subconsciously communicated with the old man.

"......" The old man was speechless for a while, he just said it casually, praising the shopkeeper's good workmanship, but he didn't know how to describe it.

He wanted to say that it was as delicious as the ramen of the familiar Kobayashi family, but how could he open his eyes and tell nonsense, although the ramen that the Kobayashi family had been operating for decades was delicious, it was far inferior to the craftsmanship of the young man in front of him.

I just said so casually, you young man, don't break the casserole and ask the end.

But I can't say I don't know what it tastes like......

The old man coughed and said nostalgically, "It tastes the same as my wife's ramen, it's so warm and nostalgic." ”

"Yes, it's very warm, you and your wife should have been together for fifty years." Mizuno guessed that this uncle should be in his seventies, usually married in his twenties, and now it has been fifty years.

"Ah, it's not that long, it's just more than forty years."

"That's pretty impressive." Mizuno smiled and exclaimed, "Only a couple of your era can overcome obstacles to get to the present." ”

Yarn Umibe listened to the conversation between the two on the side, and the eyes of the two Buling Buling were full of longing.

An old couple who have been in love with each other for more than 40 years, this kind of bland happiness is like a fairy tale.

Find someone who loves each other, have a few lovely children, live in a small house, and the husband and wife work hard to repay the loan, and live a full and happy life - this is exactly the life she wants.

The smile on Mizuno-kun's face became even stronger, and he must have longed for this kind of life.

The old man lightly tapped his chopsticks with his fingers: "Ah, the Lin family at the ramen restaurant on your street is younger than me, haven't they been together for fifty years."

"So, old man, you got married late enough, did you get married in your thirties?"

In the more than 20 years since the end of World War II, there have also been violent conflicts between economic development and traditional thinking in the island country, on the one hand, the holding of the Olympic Games and the establishment of the Shinkansen, on the other hand, the social trend of thought is still in the tradition, some elderly people still insist on wearing kimonos, young people in rural areas are encouraged to marry early, girls should not go to university, and even some elderly people do not agree with their daughters-in-law to give birth in the hospital and insist on finding a midwife.

Well, the problem of modern society is that young people don't want to get married anymore......

Therefore, the old man got married in his thirties, and in the context of the time, it was a late marriage.

"No, I got married quite early, and Miko and I got married in our twenties."

Married in their twenties, and lived together for forty years.

After Mizuno did a little addition and subtraction, he probably understood that the uncle was older than Kobayashi, so he must be in his seventies, married in his twenties, and lived together for forty years, this is a widow in his sixties.

Haibe Sa's eyes also dimmed, she heard a warm love story, but the ending of this warm love story is not so beautiful, the old man must have been very sad after being widowed, otherwise he would not have thought of his wife after eating a bowl of noodles.

"I see?" Mizuno Sora pondered his words, "I'm really sorry, it reminds you of the women's room, although the person has passed away......"

"Wait a minute." The old man furrowed his eyebrows in surprise, "Miko is still alive, and she is alive and well." ”

“？”

“？”

Mizuno and Umibe Saya were stunned, and the sad expressions and words just now were not just talking about a widowed love story in their later years.

"You can get married in your twenties and be together for 40 years......"

"Miko just went out ten years ago and said that she was going to stay at her son's house for a few days, and now she hasn't come home yet."

“……”

This problem has become more serious, why does the face still show indifference?

"Isn't that supposed to call the police?"

"It's scary to call the police or something, she just went to her son's house, well, she can't say her son's house, she also bought a house outside."

Mizuno heard it this time, the old couple must have divorced in their sixties, and it is estimated that this is the "retirement divorce" that can often be seen on the news, but I didn't expect to encounter it in reality.

Because the law of the island country stipulates that after the man retires, the wife can also take half of the pension after the divorce, and because after retirement, the man who supports the family is completely idle, such as not being able to do housework, doing nothing every day, and in a high-pressure working environment, family conflicts often break out, so the news of retirement divorce can be seen on the news repeatedly.

"It's not what you think, Miko is not a bad woman, we are not divorced, at least not in a legal relationship." The old man took off his glasses and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Miko, like me, works in a company trading company and has her own pension, so she won't covet my money." ”

"But looking at it this way, in fact, Miko and I are divorced, haha."

"It's such a thing as a mature divorce, I didn't expect it at all." The old man snorted, stared at the ramen and nodded, "Not at all...... I can't say I didn't find it, after all, I used to ......"

When he said this, the old man laughed self-deprecatingly: "The world is unpredictable. ”