Chapter 38: The Midnight Restaurant

After leaving for many days, and then returning to the company, except for the last train of No. 13 parked in the northwest corner, everything else made me feel very cordial.

Needless to say, Xiaoliu, I've been driving every night after walking for so long.

When you see me, you're still a good buddy who calls me a brother.

Lao Wu, of course, is not so good-tempered.

I was called to the office by him from the time I came back, and I was scolded for half an hour.

But scolding and scolding, in the past half an hour, Lao Wu never mentioned such words as expelling me, he was not reluctant to let me go, because he couldn't be fired.

He is the fourth driver, and he knows the importance of this better than anyone else.

"Be the best man, editor, just your half-ass, can the cameraman let you be on camera?"

I looked down at my dirty clothes, pants, and shoes.

The countryside is really too dusty, and after staying in Tangwazi for a few days, those who hide in Tibet always move at night, and it is inevitable that they will not be able to make a appearance.

Lao Wu has been training me for half an hour, and it still looks like it's endless.

I was going to take a break and find an opportunity to have a showdown with him in the evening.

But he was training endlessly, and I couldn't stand it anymore.

"Lao Wu, it's almost okay, I'm not on vacation these days, you see I'm pretty miserable"

"You deserve it, I'll let you go?"

I sneered and said:

"You didn't let me go, you made me come"

What I meant by this was to complain that he pulled me into the last train of No. 13, and Lao Wu naturally understood, and just stared at me for a while.

"Old Wu, those brothers who went down to the demon cave back then, are you still in touch now?"

As soon as Lao Wu heard what I said, his eyes widened at that time.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know about others, Guan Jun is doing well now"

As soon as the word "Guan Jun" came out, Lao Wu was stunned instantly, and for a long time, he was paralyzed and piled up on the backrest.

"How do you know about Guan Jun?"

I saw that Lao Wu's appetite was hoisted, and he had already achieved his goal, so I didn't want to say more.

"I know a lot, I'll buy some food and drinks another day, brother, and we'll talk slowly."

After speaking, I didn't wait for Lao Wu's reaction to leave the office.

It's time to have a showdown with him in the next few days, and use Liu Yunbo's secret exchange to get out of the 13th way!

That night, Xiao Liu saw that I had just come back and wanted to continue driving, but I didn't agree to anything.

This kid has been on the night shift for a week, and I'm coming back this time to let Xiaoliu have a good rest.

I have been in Tangwazi Village for so long and have met many villagers.

Most of the people who came to the bus tonight were familiar to me, and some of the fellows recognized me and greeted me.

The trip back and forth to the paper mill was relatively smooth, and at one o'clock in the middle of the night, I drove the No. 13 bus back to the company.

The moonlight was bright tonight, and I felt very energetic, and suddenly I felt very hungry and wanted to go for a supper.

Our company is located in Changxin Street, which is not a busy area in the city, so there are no restaurants operating at this time.

I took a taxi and told the master that I wanted to find a nearby place where I could eat, and the driver thought for a long time and wanted to take me to Nanjing Road Food Street.

Nanjing Road Food Street is forty or fifty minutes' drive from our company, and I looked through the car window at the empty street along the way, and there was no one left.

When the car arrived at the big east gate, I saw a restaurant with lights on in a narrow alley.

He hurriedly asked the driver to stop the car, and when the driver stepped on the accelerator, he had already passed the alley.

"Master, stop here, I see a restaurant in the back alley."

The driver tilted his head and said while giving me change:

"Is there a restaurant open nearby? I work the night shift every day, and I never see it."

"I see that restaurant is open in the alley, you don't usually notice."

The driver gave me change, but he still said with a question mark that he had never seen it.

I got out of the car and walked back fifty meters to the entrance of the restaurant.

The alley is sandwiched between two neighborhoods, with iron gates on both sides of the shops drawn.

Only in the depths of the alley is a restaurant whose LED lights keep flashing: Dadongmen Noodle Restaurant.

The façade of this restaurant is not large, and the walls are very old, so it should have been specially opened for business in the nearby community.

I pushed the door open and entered the house, which really struck me, the décor was very retro, with a large fan hanging from the ceiling and some old things all around.

I found a place to sit down, and out of the back kitchen came an old man wearing an old collar with short sleeves.

Uncle smiled at me and walked over with the menu.

I've always been curious about the style of the house, looking around.

"Uncle, this is a retro-themed restaurant in your house?"

The uncle didn't say anything, just looked at me and smiled.

"Don't say it, the decoration is really realistic, like the style of the era when I was a child, your small store is really wasteful"

The middle-aged uncle nodded and said softly:

"It should be, it should be"

Then he handed me a paper menu, and I took it and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yo, your menu is printed in the style of more than eight years, and this kind of paper is rare now."

The middle-aged uncle seemed to be very patient, nodded and asked me with a smile:

"Look, what do you want to eat?"

I glanced at the menu and ordered a bowl of noodles.

Although it was just a bowl of noodles, the uncle took a pencil and wrote it down on a piece of paper, then turned around and went into the kitchen.

The room was small, with only six small tables, each with a pot and a large teapot on top of it.

The outside of the kettle is a metal package. The leather old-fashioned kettle is similar in style and quality to the one I used at home when I was a child.

The big tea jar is the kind of iron jar with a wide mouth, and the outside is painted with a layer of yellow paint, and I remember that when I was a child, my neighbors used this to drink tea and water.

Seeing everything in this memory, I can't help but be very happy, I really didn't expect that in such an inconspicuous corner, there can be such a theme restaurant in the style of more than eight years.

I filled the teapot with water and drank it while waiting for the noodles.

Within a few minutes, the uncle came out of the kitchen with a bowl of noodles.

I was so hungry that I brought the noodles and quickly ate them.

I really didn't expect such an inconspicuous bowl of noodles, salty and delicious, and slippery, I gave a thumbs up and said:

"Well, uncle, you're not bad at this craft."

The uncle was so happy to see that I was eating, and simply sat down on the stool opposite me.

"What do you do?"

As I chewed in my mouth, I muttered:

"Changxin Street bus stop open bus"

"Oh, the big car, why are you eating so late?"

I took a sip of the noodle soup and replied with a smile:

"I drove the last train of No. 13 to the paper mill, and I was a little bit back in the station, and I was hungry."

Uncle seemed to hear me say that I was driving the last train, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Uncle, your neighborhood is an old community, and most of the people who should live there are old people, do anyone come to eat in your all-night shop?"

Uncle nodded and said:

"Well, the business is not bad, they are all taken care of by the old customers in the neighborhood, and you just left a few customers before you came in"

"Just left? It's such a small alley, and I didn't see anyone when I came."

Seeing that I had gobbled up the noodles in a few bites, the uncle smiled and said:

"Not full? I'll give you another bowl."

"Okay, uncle, really, not only does your home have a special decoration style, but this noodle also tastes really good."

Uncle got up and went back to the kitchen, and after a while, a bowl of noodles filled it for me.

A few minutes later, this second bowl of noodles also wiped me out.

I wiped my mouth and saw that it was half past two in the morning.

Then he got up and asked the boss to settle the bill.

Uncle smiled and said:

"Two cents in total"

I was holding my wallet and about to take the money.

"Two cents?"

The uncle didn't say anything and nodded.

"Uncle, just with the decoration of your house and your craftsmanship, you can't charge me twenty too much, don't mess with me, how much is it?"

"Two Cents"

Uncle didn't seem to be joking, stared at me and repeated.

I was stunned for a while, thinking that this uncle might have seen me come for the first time and wanted to give me a discount?

Then he smiled, took out fifteen dollars, slapped it on the table, and said:

"Thank you, uncle, I understand your kindness, it's the second half of the night, it's not easy for you, you really don't need a discount"

After I finished speaking, I was afraid that my uncle would excuse me and ask me for change, so I turned around and walked out of the restaurant.

After a night of refreshment, I will finally be a little sleepy.

I waited a long time on the side of the road to get a taxi.

The driver may have seen that I was burping and couldn't help asking:

"Dude, what are you eating at home?"

I leaned back in my seat, yawned and said:

"I didn't eat anything, I ate a bowl of noodles at a restaurant"

When the driver heard this, he glanced at me and said:

"Are there restaurants around here? Newly opened, I run the night shift every day, where is it? I'm hungry and I'm going to deal with it."

I whispered back:

"Just got in the alley where I got in the car"

The driver smiled when he heard this.

"Dude, how about you tell me ghost stories on the big night? Challenging my mental defenses? My sister's family lives in this community, and I often come to this alley, so how can there be any noodle restaurant"

I was just about to tell him the location when I couldn't help but burp again.

"Hiccup", and spray a section of noodles on the sleeve.

I lazily picked off the noodles and was about to throw them out the window, when I was suddenly scared and let go.

It's not noodles!

What I was holding in my hand was a long, white maggot!!!