Fast forward to the Chinese New Year's Eve of the third year, and the husband and wife who run the noodle restaurant saw off the last customer as usual.

Looking at the deep alley in the east, his wife muttered:

"Will they still come?"

"Oops! I almost forgot! ”

The boss suddenly thought of something, stood at the door, patted the door of his head, and then hurriedly ran back to the store, took down the price card hanging on the wall, and then changed the "8 yuan" on it to the previous "5 yuan".

"If it's not them, it's other customers who come later, how do you explain?"

Although the proprietress said so, after taking the price card from her husband's hand, she did not change it, but quietly hung it in a not very conspicuous corner.

"Strange to say! Since they came to eat noodles on Chinese New Year's Eve the year before last, our family's business has become more and more popular. I feel that they are the God of Wealth who came down to earth to send ingots to our family! Hahaha! ”

Inside the store, the husband and wife are joking with each other.

The woman came again with the child and the old man.

"Boss, let's have two bowls of noodles!"

This year, my mother's appearance seems to be much better, and she even asked for two bowls of noodles at once.

"Okay!"

The proprietress answered and came to the back kitchen.

As in previous years, the boss added an extra noodle to each bowl, and even added delicious shrimp roe and shrimp brains to the original shrimp.

......

The woman's child grows up.

This time, when the noodles were brought to the table, he didn't move the chopsticks first, but pushed the noodle bowl directly in front of his mother.

"Mom, you eat first!"

"Eat, mom isn't hungry!"

"If you don't eat it, I won't eat it!"

I really can't resist the child, and the woman has no choice but to compromise, thinking that she will only drink a mouthful of noodle soup like she did last year.

However, when she took over the noodle bowl, she found that what the boss brought over this year turned out to be a bowl of mixed noodles without soup.

During the Chinese New Year, in order to live up to the child's wishes, in three years, the woman ate noodles here for the first time.

.......

When Jiang Weiming's story came to this, Jiang Wei, who could listen attentively, suddenly frowned: "Dad, you said that this bowl of noodles makes you think of regrets in your life." Let me ask, who is your role in this story? Boss? ”

"It's not! It's the boy! ”

"Huh? That woman is my grandmother! ”

Jiang Wei let out a ghostly howl, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"That's right, that demented old man, that is, Ling's grandmother who has passed away!"

Because Jiang Wei has not seen the so-called grandmother since he was born, he has no feelings for her, if Jiang Weiming doesn't mention it today, even Jiang Wei didn't know that there was such a number one person.

Without focusing on the demented grandmother, Jiang Wei continued to ask:

"The noodle shop owner and lady in this story cook noodles for you every Chinese New Year's Eve, which feels very good, and there is nothing to regret!" Could it be that it was the death of your grandmother that made you regret it for the rest of your life? ”

"It's not!"

Jiang Weiming shook his head deeply: "It's the couple in the noodle restaurant!" ”

"The couple?"

Jiang Wei became more and more curious.

At this time, Qi Hao, who was busy in the back kitchen, was also listening to Jiang Weiming just now, talking about the past, and originally felt quite warm.

But now, he suddenly pulled the regret of his life to the couple who sold noodles, and Qi Hao couldn't help but feel a trace of curiosity like Jiang Wei in his heart.

So, under the pretense of cleaning, I came to the living room, took a rag, and wiped it repeatedly on a very clean table...

.......

It turned out that four years ago, Jiang Weiming's father died in a car accident, and overnight, the family was burdened with hundreds of thousands of yuan in debt.

Although the mother sold the family property, in the end, she still owed tens of thousands.

So, she took Jiang Weiming and her mother-in-law, who became dementia because of her son's death, and squeezed into a small dilapidated house.

At that time, there were only five dollars left on the three of them.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, hungry, they walked the streets desperately and finally came to the noodle restaurant.

After feeling the warmth of the husband and wife, the dusty hearts of this family also quickly burned...

In order to pay off their debts, women insisted on working several jobs;

And Jiang Weiming, who is still in school, also wants to contribute to his family.

So, every day after school, he would go out to deliver newspapers, deliver milk, and also take on the job of taking care of his grandmother.

He was still young and supported half of his family.

After four years, the debt that had accumulated on them was finally paid off.

Because of Jiang Weiming's study, this year, his mother left this city of memories with his family!

On Chinese New Year's Eve of the same year, the couple of the town's noodle restaurant, after sending off the last wave of guests, waited for Jiang Weiming's family to eat noodles as always.

The husband laughed even more: "The new flavor I developed this year, if I don't let them try it, I really feel a little empty in my heart!" ”

It's just that until the sound of firecrackers in the town disappeared, the husband and wife didn't see the three of them come again.

"It seems that you can't give away your carefully prepared special noodles!"

"Maybe it's a good life!"

Late at night, the boss put the last wooden board of the board on the door...

The following year, the owner developed this new noodle that made his noodle restaurant's business a big hit.

The small noodle shop has been expanded and renovated to become much more spacious than before, the retro panel door has been replaced with a high-end glass door, and the noodle shop is even equipped with air conditioning.

In this way, on Chinese New Year's Eve in the future, there is no need to rub your hands next to the brazier to keep warm.

And this small noodle restaurant also has its own name: Yongkang!

Meaning, always healthy and healthy!

On Chinese New Year's Eve this year, the boss closed the glass door and did not forget to look into the deep alleys in the east.

"I'm afraid you're not going crazy! It's been so many years, and I'm still waiting for them to come! ”

The wife smiled, but she couldn't help it, and looked in the direction where the three of them came each time.

It's just that in the secluded alley, there are only a few small children, who are squatting on the side of the road at the moment, lighting firecrackers and having fun.

This year's New Year's flavor is more than in previous years, but in the hazy depths, there is no woman dragging her family after all.

The wife also became sentimental and sighed deeply: "Our noodle shop has been renovated, what if they come and think we have moved away?" ”

......

In the third year, too...

Year 4...

The fifth year...

......

Every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, sending off the last wave of customers, the couple always looks out into the eastern alley when they close the store.

This has also become their long-standing custom, as if it is a must-have repertoire for the Spring Festival Gala every year - unforgettable tonight.

Until Chinese New Year's Eve of the 15th year...

"Boss, let's have two bowls of shrimp noodles!"

The couple sitting in the store suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice outside the door.

When I looked up, I saw a handsome young man in a straight suit standing at the door with a smile on his face.

And beside him, was the familiar woman.

Although she was already haggard, and her weather-beaten face was also imprinted with the traces of various years, her firm eyes were recognized by the proprietress at a glance.

"You... Finally... Come on! ”

However, when the husband and wife stepped forward to greet them, they found that the three people who were once have now become two.

"Where's the old man?"

"I died ten years ago!"

Jiang Weiming explained.

The husband and wife were silent, but after a while, they still greeted them warmly, walked into the noodle shop that had already been warmed by the air conditioning, and led them to the table by the door to sit down.

In the past ten years, even though the noodle restaurant has been renovated many times, this old elm table with mottled memories is still placed there and wiped every day.

Before Jiang Weiming's mother and son ordered, the boss brought out the bowl of noodles that he wanted them to taste more than ten years ago.

A bowl of noodles made from shrimp powder and shrimp broth, mixed with shrimp roe, shrimp brains and shrimp kernels, wrapped in shrimp oil, and eaten in the mouth, it is delicious like never before.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, this fresh taste that hits the soul makes people intoxicated, unburdened, and instantly feels that all the efforts in the past year are so worthwhile.

And this feeling has expanded countless times for Jiang Weiming's mother and son, who have personally experienced the repayment of huge debts.

Comfortable...

Comfortable...

Move...

With the six flavors in this bowl of noodles, go deep into the heart.

After more than ten years of goodbye, these four people, on Chinese New Year's Eve, told each other their hearts, each told their experiences over the years, and the interesting things they encountered, and everyone's mood was like fireworks blooming in the air.

However, the following year, the town ushered in a grand development plan, a large number of buildings were demolished, and in the cold winter, the Yongkang noodle restaurant, which was waiting for Jiang Weiming's mother to come to eat noodles, was also reduced to a ruin, and has never existed since.

And the generous couple, like evaporation from the world, never seen again...