"Aunt Zhang, it's the same. Li Yunmo walked straight into the kitchen, opened the curtain and said hello.

"Momo is yours alone?"

"Ang, I want to eat my aunt's cooking today. I ran over after work. ”

"Didn't you call laughing and laughing together?"

"Xiaoxiao is working overtime today, and I can't come. ”

"Okay, you find a place to sit first, and my aunt will bring it to you in a while. ”

"Okay. ”

Li Yunmo lowered the curtain and walked out and walked into the No. 10 box. There has been no one in that box, and Aunt Zhang specially left it for her and Chu Xiaoxiao. It has been this way for so many years.

Li Yunmo walked into the box and sat down, took out his mobile phone to kill time. After a while, the waiter in the store walked in with the food. The waiter went back and forth three or four times. Li Yunmo looked at the dishes on the table, a plate of vegetarian fried rape, a plate of crispy broth, a bowl of rice, and a small extra pot covered with meat sauce.

Li Yunmo frowned, and pointed to the thing covered with meat sauce, "I didn't order this." ”

The waiter standing next to him said in a slow tone, "Try the taste." ”

The waiter's voice was familiar, but it didn't look like an old guy in the store. Li Yunmo looked up and saw that the waiter standing in front of him was actually Li Qin.

"Hey, why are you here?"

"I don't have any skills, so I can cook. So rubbing my sister's face to help Aunt Zhang. Li Qin smiled and pointed to the dishes on the table and said, "This is what I did, thank you for helping me get my ID card." ”

Li Yunmo waved his hand, "It's a little meaning." I'll taste it. Li Yunmo said and took a pair of chopsticks. She found that underneath the meat sauce was tofu, but the color of the tofu was a little yellowish. Li Yunmo tasted it and found that the sauce was very delicious, and it was not only tofu, but also egg custard, and tofu and egg custard were mixed together.

Li Yunmo looked at Li Qin in surprise and said, "Aunt Zhang, there is another signature dish in this restaurant." Yes, Chef Lee. “

Li Qin smiled and opened the curtain, "You eat slowly, I'll go to work first." ”

In the evening, Li Qin returned to his "home" at half past nine. Chu Xiaoxiao was lying on the sofa watching TV, Li Qin walked into the door, and Chu Xiaoxiao asked without raising his head, "Did you gain anything today?"

Li Qin shook his head. It's been a month, and I still don't have a clue about my own affairs. Half a month ago, my new ID card finally came down. Li Qin planned to go out and find a job, after all, he couldn't let Chu Xiaoxiao support himself all the time. After thinking about it, Li Qin finally planned to do a chorre in Aunt Zhang's restaurant. With his previous experience as a journalist, he may be able to find out some information about himself in this old restaurant.

Li Qin changed his clothes and shoes, sat next to Chu Xiaoxiao, picked up his mobile phone, and began to continue reading. After a while, Chu Xiaoxiao suddenly snatched Li Qin's mobile phone.

"You.."

"Old man Li, since I bought you a mobile phone, you have been flipping through the news every day, every day. You can't... What else are you doing? It's just the two of us in this room. You hold your phone every day, and no one talks to me. It's like I'm the only one living here. Chu Xiao smiled and pouted, she was indeed a little angry. Li Qin basically hasn't spoken a few words to himself in the past month. The old house, which used to be a little warm, has become a little deserted again.

Li Qin sighed, he was really in no mood to cater to Chu Xiaoxiao's little temper now. I've been here for a month now. Lao Qin is also dead, the station is gone, and all the clues are broken. In the past month, although he has basically adapted to the "future" life. Although his future life is very good, he always remembers his identity and remembers that his current self should be a person of the "past".

Chu Xiaoxiao snorted coldly, got up and returned to his room.

Li Qin knew that Chu Xiaoxiao was angry, although he didn't know what she was angry about, but judging from the sound of slamming the door, it shouldn't be a trivial matter.

Li Qin sat in front of the TV and tuned to the news channel to continue watching the news.

Early the next morning, when Chu Xiaoxiao got up and opened the door of the house, Li Qin was no longer home. On the dining table in the restaurant is a bowl of warm porridge, a plate of side dishes, and two pies. Chu Xiaoxiao sat down, looked at the breakfast on the table, smiled slightly, and muttered in a low voice, "It's pretty much the same." ”

At eight o'clock, Aunt Zhang walked to the door of the store and found that the store door had been opened. When I walked in, Li Qin had already wiped the last table clean, and the whole store seemed to be renovated.

"Ouch, Xiao Li, you..."

"I woke up early, so I didn't have anything to do, so I came over and cleaned up the store. ”

"Ouch, you kid. Have you eaten? If not, my aunt will make you something to eat now. ”

Li Qin originally wanted to refuse, but Aunt Zhang had already entered the operation room. After a while, she put a plate of steamed buns on the table, "Come, let's make do with it, try this steamed bun from my aunt." ”

After eating, Li Qin went into the kitchen, washed the dishes, and came out to sit next to Aunt Zhang. Because it was still early at noon, the clerks hadn't come yet. Li Qin poured a glass of water for Aunt Zhang and asked, "Auntie, you didn't do this before, did you?"

"Yo, how did you find out?" A hint of joy flashed in Aunt Zhang's small eyes.

"Yesterday, I saw that you checked the ledger so quickly, and you didn't need a calculator. ”

"I used to work as an accountant in a clothing company. The shop that came back last year to accept. ”

"And what about your husband and children, too?"

Aunt Zhang shook her head, "That kid from my family, who was admitted to college last year, is gone." My husband, who had cancer last year, is gone. ”

"Excuse me"

"It's okay"

"Then why don't you stay over there, big cities, big companies, development should be good. ”

Aunt Zhang slowly shook her head again and turned her head to look at Li Qin. The gentle gaze was wrapped in vicissitudes, "You are still young, and you don't understand many things." This shop was opened by my grandmother, and my grandmother passed it on to my dad. My dad passed it on to me. This shop is mixed with the memories of three generations. I don't want it to be cut off in my generation. ”

According to the generation, the one in front of her should be regarded as her own child, but she said a very simple sentence that Li Qin never thought of.

Seeing the puzzled expression on Li Qin's face, Aunt Zhang smiled again and said, "Take root." Trees bloom and scatter leaves, but both flowers and leaves will eventually fall on top of the roots. This restaurant is like the root of our family. Rooted here, how can we be willing to go far. ”

Li Qin lowered his head and looked at the pale yellow tea in the paper cup. Settle down, be born here, no matter how long you wander outside in the middle, and finally die here. This is the beginning and end that Li Qin yearns for, but Li Qin is very confused, whether his beginning and end can be dyed with the old color of memory like this old store.

For a person who has been forgotten by time, what is simple and natural becomes a completely impossible thing.

The break was over, and the clerks walked into the store one after another. For more than an hour, the guests also came in and out one after another.

At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, a large group of people walked in. There are about a dozen. At the front is an old lady on crutches.

It didn't take long to know that this family came to celebrate her birthday, and today is the old lady's 70th birthday. It can be seen that the old lady and Aunt Zhang are also acquaintances. Aunt Zhang pulled the old lady to chat for a few words, and then invited the old man into the largest box.

But a strange thing happened, when Li Qin went in with a teapot to pour water, the old lady suddenly pulled the corner of Li Qin's clothes. The mouth that was about to lose his teeth snorted hoarsely, "You... Be... You... You, you're back!"