Midnight noodle restaurant

There is a noodle restaurant in the alley west of the city, and the owner is called "Dough Zhang", which is actually the nickname given to him by everyone. "Dough Zhang", whose real name is Zhang Xiang, is in his forties, but he is still alone, living a living from this noodle shop.

There are many office workers around the alley, and occasionally they will come to him for some supper when they work overtime, so Zhang Xiang's shop usually opens late.

On this day, the sky was not beautiful, the rain was very heavy, Zhang Xiang's store had no business at all, he stayed up until more than ten o'clock, it is estimated that there will be no more customers, so he is simply ready to close.

But at this moment, two men dressed in black walked in. Their faces were very gloomy, so they casually found a table and sat down, and invited Zhang Xiang to serve two bowls of hot noodle soup to eat.

Zhang Xiang hadn't seen them, but it was normal for occasional passing guests to come, but Zhang Xiang felt that something was wrong when he saw them for the first time, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

He didn't care, and quickly finished the two bowls of noodles and went to the back to work by himself.

After a while, an old woman dressed in dirt walked in from outside the noodle shop. Her face was full of wrinkles carved by the hardships of life, and her triangular eyes were full of sadness and helplessness.

This old woman Zhang Xiang has seen it, she came to the neighborhood a few days ago, and I heard that her family has suffered a disaster, and she can only live on the streets and beg for a living. At this time, she was very wet from the rain, her hair was unkempt, and her already weak body looked very pitiful.

"Ugh." Zhang Xiang sighed, knowing that she wanted to take shelter from the rain in the store, and it stands to reason that letting the beggar enter the door would affect the other guests to eat, but Zhang Xiang saw that she was really pitiful, and he didn't drive her away, but let her sit at another table, and served her a bowl of hot noodle soup, "Old man, it's cold, eat a bowl of noodles and warm up." ”

It was already a surprise to let herself go into the house to shelter from the rain, but the old woman never expected that he would bring herself a bowl of noodles, and she immediately thanked her excitedly, with tears in her eyes.

Zhang Xiang stepped forward to help the old woman up, and hurriedly said, "They are all poor people, and it is not easy to live." ”

The old woman thanked her for a thousand thanks, and it took a long time to calm down, and then she picked up her chopsticks and began to eat noodles. Seeing that she was eating quickly, she was obviously hungry for a long time.

From just now, the two men in black had witnessed this scene, and one of them said something to the other, and the opinions of the two seemed to have conflicted.

Zhang Xiang continued to go back inside to pack his things, and the strange feeling in his heart was even more obvious, but he still couldn't remember what was wrong.

After a while, the rain finally stopped, and the old woman drank all the bowls full of noodle soup, and when she saw that the rain had stopped, she got up and said goodbye to the boss, "Thank you, you are a good person." ”

Zhang Xiang smiled and agreed, "It's just a bowl of noodles, and anyone will help you if you change it." ”

When the old woman heard this, she shook her head, Zhang Xiang also understood that this was a scene, and now in this society, there are fewer and fewer kind-hearted people.

"Anyway, thank you. When the rain stops, you can go home early and rest, there will be no more guests at such a late hour. ”

After saying goodbye, the old woman staggered and walked away.

Zhang Xiang felt so strange, obviously there were still two customers eating in the store, why did this old woman tell herself to close?

At this time, the two black-clothed men also walked out, and the leader nodded at Zhang Xiang, "Your face is good, and your person is not bad." The money is on the table, goodbye. After saying that, he also left with his companions.

But Zhang Xiang looked at their backs, and always felt that there seemed to be another deep meaning in his words, but he didn't understand what they meant. Zhang Xiang returned to the store and was about to pack his things, but he was suddenly stunned.

The two men in black did put the face money on the table, but ...... Zhang Xiang picked up the "money" on the table and said to himself, "Why is there still anyone using silver these days?" ”

At this time, Zhang Xiang's uneasy feeling became more and more obvious, looking at the piece of silver in his hand, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and finally understood that something was wrong.

"It's raining so hard, how come those two men in black didn't have any rain on them when they came in, like, like the rain wouldn't hit them." Zhang Xiang suddenly remembered what the old woman said when she left, as if he didn't know that there were these two men in black in the store at all, "Could it be that she can't see them at all?" ”

The more Zhang Xiang thought about it, the more scared he became, thinking that he had seen a ghost, so he hurriedly packed up his things, closed the store and left. From then on, I never dared to tell anyone what happened that night.

And at this moment, at the other end of the alley, two men in black are also talking.

"Big brother, that boss has arrived today, but we have to take his soul back to the errand, so I'm afraid it's ......"

"Brother Xian, when I was alive, my family was flooded, and then I begged everywhere to make a living. After his death, Lord Yama saw that I was pitiful, so he gave this ghost errand, and just now I saw him give the old woman hot noodles, and I was really moved. Well, let him live for a while longer, it's a pity that such a good man died. ”

"But Hades ...... there"

"Good deeds are rewarded, so let me intercede for him again."

The two ghosts returned to the underworld and told the king of Hades the truth, hoping to be able to get rid of it lightly. How do you know that Lord Yan not only did not punish them, but also praised him for being "affectionate and righteous", and promised Zhang Xiang twenty years of longevity as a show of kindness.

Do more good deeds, and don't ask about the future.

No one may know, but as long as you do, God will give you a blessing and favor you.

Good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, it's not that it is not reported, the time has not come, some people may say, why some wicked people have done bad things and are still alive and well, without any punishment, it may be that people have accumulated a lot of good karma and good fortune in the previous life, this life has not been defeated, and when the defeat is over, his retribution has come to an end.

[Good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, it's not that it is not reported, the time has not come, some people may say, why some wicked people have done bad things and are still alive and well, without any punishment, it may be that people have accumulated a lot of good karma and good fortune in their previous life, and this life has not been defeated, and when the defeat is over, his retribution has come to an end,]