Chapter 148: Convergent Starlight

Push the door to enter, and it is a small restaurant that can accommodate more than a dozen people. The interior decoration is very simple, but it looks very neat and neat, and the aroma wafting from the kitchen in the house can also quickly arouse people's appetite.

However, there are not many people eating now, except for Yu Lian, who has just entered the door, there are only four customers in the whole restaurant. Yu Lian knew that this late-night canteen was actually a breakfast business for the first batch of workers at night and early in the morning, and even in the early hours of the morning, the business had been good.

The reason why today is a bit bleak is probably due to the impact of the riots.

No, the TV next to it has a screen projected on the wall, and now it is scrolling the news of today's commotion, but the sound is directly turned off.

There were three people sitting at one of the tables, all of whom were very ordinary blue-collar workers, and each of them had a large bowl in front of them. They were holding bowls and gobbling up chopsticks.

Another guest, a middle-aged uncle in his forties, who is also blue-collar and temperamental, occupies a table with a row of beers and a few side dishes.

Opposite him sat another uncle B, who was a few years older, but his temperament was very elegant, like a middle school teacher or an old civil servant at the grassroots level. The reason why Yu Lian knew that this was not a guest was because he knew the other party. It's just a few decades later. But at that time, this uncle B was already one of the previous bosses, and turned into a photo and pasted it on the wall.

The two uncles are drinking a glass of wine from you and me. Uncle A was obviously a little annoyed, chattering and talking in a very small voice, but Yu Lian could hear it clearly.

"Well, those idiots, they said it was just a demonstration, and it turned out to be a riot! Well, now everyone out there is saying we're thugs. It's even less likely that the factory will listen to us. ”

"Now, what will our family do in the future?" Uncle A said.

"You can try to go out to sea and go fishing. Don't you still have a fishing boat at home? Leased to a Vedic fishman. Why don't you take it back and go yourself? ”

"Hey, what year is this. The year before last, little Mary had to go to a private school, and I had already sold my fishing boat. The fish-man family was miserable, with a population of about 20 people, and they didn't know where they went. ”

“…… There's always a way. After the factory was moved to the sky, it did not mean that the original site would be replanned to build a horse farm and a large natural park. You can get a job as a gardener, right? I remember you used to do this. ”

"I'm starving to death, and I don't want to work for those bastards!"

"It doesn't matter if you're starving, what about your wife? What about Little Mary? ”

“…… So, I'm ready to go to the colony. New Jade Gate! I heard that as long as you are willing to work there, there is always a chance to make a fortune. Go with the whole family, Brother Chen, I'm here to say goodbye. ”

"Yes, yes?"

"Brother Chen, I'll do my best! I have hands and feet, the earth can't stay, I don't believe there is no place to stay. ”

The two uncles chatted very attentively, and neither noticed that Yu Lian was standing for a while, until the shopkeeper who called Brother Chen raised his head, took off his glasses and wiped them, and then noticed Yu Lian.

"Ah, you...... Are you here for dinner? ”

Yu Lian smiled and nodded.

"Yiyi, Yiyi, there are guests." The boss stood up and walked to the back kitchen, while calling out to everyone.

Behind the counter was a fifteen or sixteen girl who picked up a menu.

This is Yu Lian's acquaintance, but when he counts the time, he met her more than thirty years later. Seeing her when she was young, she was really uncomfortable!

Yu Lian had a sense of blending fantasy and reality for a while, sighed in his heart, and then found a table to sit down at random.

"Chen Da...... Boss Chen, just ask for a super large portion of beef noodles. ”

The boss was stunned: "You know me?" ”

"I've heard of your craft, and I've come to see it."

The little girl pointed to the hanging scroll on the wall that said "No leftovers" and said, "You must finish eating." ”

"Gotta finish it!" Yu Lian is serious and authentic.

Boss Chen looked Yu Lian up and down, and went directly into the kitchen.

A few minutes later, the little girl came out with a large bowl full of noodle soup. There is more than half a catty of noodles alone, not to mention beef, oil residue, eggs, small dried fish, bamboo shoots, and green vegetables are covered with a whole layer.

Yu Lian began to feast, eating so much that his tongue melted. He is now more sure that this little girl, whom he will call "Aunt Chen" in the future, will inherit at most eighty percent of Boss Chen's craftsmanship in later generations.

Tyrannical creatures!

When Yu Lian thought of this, he couldn't help but glance at the little girl. The latter, who was looking at Yu Lian curiously, didn't know why, and felt that this handsome guy looked quite pleasing to the eye, but wasn't he a fool?

While Yu Lian was enjoying the delicious food, the three noodle eaters over there were also ready to check out and leave.

"Three large portions, huh? Altogether 75. The little girl said.

"Why did it go up again?"

"Don't look at the menu? It went up last week! Now, rents are rising, water and electricity are rising, materials are rising, and beef has tripled! With so much going on today, who knows what will rise tomorrow? ”

"Room, rent...... Isn't this house your old Chen's family? My grandfather opened it back then. ”

"Isn't the management fee going up? Also, at this price, the whole city, ah no, the whole earth, ah no, the whole universe, where can you eat such affordable and delicious noodles? The noodles of our old Chen family are the first in the universe! ”

The three blue-collar strong men with five big and three thick were defeated in front of the little girl, so they could only quickly pay the money and leave.

"Forget it, it's the last time anyway." Headed by the way.

"For the last time? Yo, is it really expensive? ”

"Hehe, we're moving too." The big man smiled innocently: "You know, I work in the Big Apple Machinery Factory to make accessories. The machinery factory is gone, and our parts factory is gone. ”

"Yes...... the corners of the little girl's mouth twitched, and her eyelids drooped: "Where do you want to go?" ”

"Hehe, if you really can't do it, go back to your hometown to open up the wasteland. We can still buy some farm tools and seeds if we scrape together the money, anyway, now that we are cultivating the land and don't pay taxes, we can't starve ourselves to death anyway. ”

"We're all old guests, let's have a drink together." Boss Chen walked out of the kitchen and wanted to hold a large plate of freshly fried appetizers.

They hesitated, but sat down anyway. In fact, they are really reluctant to leave. Whether it is the bustling scene of the upper town, or the dark corners of the lower town, and the aroma in this small noodle restaurant, it has long become an indispensable part of their lives.

"Cheers! For the Big Apple! Boss Chen said.

"Cheers!"

As if he hadn't seen all this, Yu Lian finished eating the noodles, drank the soup again, wiped his mouth, and lined up 50 yuan on the table. He looked at the uncles who were toasting, nodded and smiled at the future "Aunt Chen", and turned to leave.

However, before he walked out of the door, he waved his hand gently,

The light curtain projected on the wall suddenly changed, and the rolling news of the riots turned into the appearance of an unpretentious old man being interviewed by reporters.

Immediately afterwards, the voice of the projector was turned on for some reason, and the voice from inside quickly attracted the attention of everyone in the small store: "The development of New Shenzhou is a century-old plan for the entire star region, and it will never be shaken in the slightest!" Yes, even if I step down, this has already become the consensus of the people of the Star Zone, and it will definitely continue! I am here to extend an invitation once again to all citizens! There may not be the opportunity to get rich overnight like going to the New World, but as long as you are steadfast and willing to work, you will definitely be able to earn a family business that makes a living! I assure you all! ”

Everyone in the restaurant looked at the scene on the light curtain in a daze,

Yu Lian left the noodle shop satisfied, and crossed the checkpoint directly on the Friendship River Estuary Bridge. The guards at the checkpoint and the heavily armed police acted as if they hadn't seen him.

Then, the scenery in his eyes suddenly became a futuristic city composed of huge high-rise buildings.

Crossing a bridge, it was as if he had crossed several eras.

As for the vast golden apple groves and city parks, the well-equipped residential areas for the rich are further north, and on this night, they are naturally completely obscured by the cyberpunk light pollution of the high-rise buildings.

On the other side of the river, the lower city almost turned into a sea of fire, but the upper city here was not affected in the slightest. On the most conspicuous advertising light screen, the image of the alliance boss holding the hand of the weak girl of the earth and looking at the distant starry sky is still played.

These colorful halos completely obscured the starlight, so gorgeous, but there was no temperature. The people on the screen seem to contain the entire universe in their eyes, but they do not contain the relatives of the same city and the countryside across the river.

Yu Lian gestured a middle finger to the billboard, stretched out his hand to stop an unmanned taxi, and it took only more than ten minutes to arrive at the yacht dock.

Then, at the No. 124 trestle, Yu Lian saw a light wheel 2000 shuttle boat painted in extremely sassy red and painted with golden flame patterns.