"Sister Mei. ”

"Xiaomei. ”

Big Wave and Niu Baiye called out the woman's name almost at the same time.

It seems that the customer who came today is not a ghost, but a living, flesh-and-blood person.

The woman, named Xiaomei, picked up a table by the door and sat down.

"Oops! I just got off the night shift, and I'm dying of hunger. The whole shopping street is back in our store, and the lights are still on in your store. ”

When I heard this, I immediately knew what this woman was doing.

The commercial street of the downtown hospital is still lit up after 12:00 in the middle of the night. In addition to our Huangquan Dumpling Restaurant, which is a "Meimei Foot Massage Shop" in the east.

It seems that my vision is not wrong, although this Xiaomei is not a little girl who washes her hair, she is an out-and-out little girl who washes her feet.

Niu Baiye saw Xiaomei, and his eyes flashed with a different light. That demeanor and expression exposed the true nature of the man.

"Mei'er, what do you want to eat? I'll make it for you. ”

The woman named Xiaomei ruffled her hair and looked at Niu Baiye with a smile in her eyes.

"Whatever. Brother Niu has good craftsmanship and is delicious in everything he does. ”

With my strong sixth sense, I could see it at a glance. There is definitely some kind of ambiguous relationship between this woman named Xiaomei and Niu Baiye.

Niu Baiye scratched the back of his head, looked at Xiaomei and turned around to return to the kitchen.

I looked at the big waves, gave her a look, glanced at the small door, and then glanced at the back kitchen. The thumbs of both hands are bent opposite each other.

The big waves hooked my hand at her, bringing me closer.

I leaned over and heard her speak harshly to me.

"An old man, what are you doing gossiping? Sister Mei is an old customer in the store, and Niu Baiye is a family. Less gossip. ”

After about ten minutes, I saw the big waves looking at the watch repeatedly.

"What's the matter?

Big waves, nodding casually. "Dead, it's not yet. Forget it, I'll take a ride myself. ”

I really admire the heart of the big waves, no matter what big things happen around her, she still fishes Kaizi in the middle of the night every day rain or shine.

I saw that she had just taken out her donkey handbag from the counter and waved at Sister Mei. Twisting the catwalk, he walked out the door with a click.

Less pouring, Niu Baiye served a bowl of fragrant shredded chicken and meat soup noodles from the back kitchen. I'm just going to make waxy dumplings for the dead when I'm just an old cow.

I didn't expect his cooking skills to be so good.

The big bowl full of shredded chicken noodle soup can smell the rich aroma of chicken soup from a meter away. I saw that there was a layer of pale yellow grease floating on the white and thin dragon whisker surface, and the fat was full of shredded chicken breasts. There are also a few green onion leaves.

Niu Baiye personally brought the noodles to Xiaomei, groping for the apron in front of him with both hands.

"It's cold at night, so warm up with a bowl of hot noodle soup. I know that you don't eat chicken skin, it's all chicken breast cross-cut shreds, thin but not firewood, hurry up while it's hot!"

Xiaomei lowered her head gently, hugged the noodle bowl and gently took a sip of the noodle soup.

"It's still the same as before, Brother Niu's noodles are really a must-have in Penang. ”

This night, the dumpling restaurant was deserted, only Niu Baiye and Xiaomei were sitting at the table and gossiping.

Listening to the two chatting, they have known each other for more than half a year. Niu Baiye was quite decent, except for picking up a napkin to wipe Xiaomei's mouth halfway, he didn't have excessive physical contact with this woman.

Four hours passed in a blink of an eye, and with a strong smell of alcohol, I took a taxi back to the dumpling restaurant with big waves and dizziness.

She lay silently on the counter, her body snorting and burping. Shaking his phone at me, he told me that I could leave work for a while and wait for the day to call me when there was a situation.

I went to the city hospital and the dumpling restaurant every day. Although there is only a short road of a few tens of meters in the middle, a single figure of a human figure is only significantly depressed.

I went to the hospital cafeteria to get a few meat buns, and at more than 4:00 in the morning every day, I was just in time for the first drawer of big meat buns to come out of the pot. The buns in the Northeast are very large, and the dough is thicker, and the dough is a faint yellow.

I went to university in Shanghai for four years, and the taste was used to the light and sweet taste of the south.

In fact, I still miss the soup dumplings at the school gate. A xiaolongbao is delicate and small, just like a southern woman, beautiful and exquisite. The thin skin is full of jelly soup with a sip, and the soup has a faint sweetness, and it still has an endless aftertaste when I think about it.

Unfortunately, I don't think I will have much chance to go back to Shanghai in my life. Shanghai's food, beautiful scenery, beautiful people. When I was alone, I silently thought about my memories.

The smoky city god temple, the pearl tower in the modern majesty, the graceful girl wearing a cheongsam and drinking tea, and the Kunqu opera actor walking in the alley with an oil-paper umbrella.

However, I was destined to stay in this small Penang town. This is my hometown, I was born here, I grew up here. It's just that if I lock up my whole life here, I'm really unwilling.

People choking on the disinfectant water in the hospital have a headache, and the respiratory department has a continuous coughing sound from morning to night. My father was lying in the respiratory intensive care unit like that, my parents gave me life, and for their sake I had to confine my life to the hospital.

My mother and I had breakfast, and the big wave of phone calls came as promised. I heard that Old Man Su struggled all night, and today he decided to meet this female disciple who he had not seen for many years and his favorite female disciple.

Recently, the temperature has cooled, and I have changed into a heavy leather jacket. When I came to the dumpling restaurant as a child, Mr. Su and Da Lang were ready to go.

Mr. Su was dressed up in a particularly energetic manner today, wearing a solemn blue woolen long trench coat, navy blue trousers on the lower body, and polished oily Belgian Frank leather shoes. His thick white hair was combed back, like an elderly godfather in a large movie.

Big Wave is still a tight-fitting revealing dress, but a pure white cardigan sweater is put on the outside, and some of them look like the female secretary next to the chairman of the workplace drama.

The three of us drove to the outskirts of Penang, and before we got out of the car, Mr. Su was already frowning.

"Iniquity!" he sighed plaintively. His face was like today's weather, dark clouds covered the sun, and there was no light to be seen.

When he arrived at the door of the small paper shop, Old Man Su straightened his collar and commanded the big waves in a low voice. "Danhong, knock on the door. ”

The big wave gently slammed on the door twice. A familiar voice came from inside the room. "The door is unlocked, just come in. ”

Old Man Su listened to this voice and took a difficult breath. He and Qin Rujin have not seen each other for more than 20 years, and now they have not seen him, so he heard his voice first. The heart is inevitably magnificent.

With a squeak. I silently pushed open the door, leaned against the door, and asked the old man and the big wave to go first.

This small paper shop is still smoky, and the atmosphere seems to be even more eerie and eerie than the last time I visited.

Old Man Su walked straight into the house, almost dismissing the furnishings in the room. Only when I walked in front of the pair of boys and girls who were pierced by paper, I suddenly saw his footsteps, and his whole body began to tremble, even the neat and shiny hair was not spared.

"Rujin, you are living a good life now. ”

Old Man Su paused word by word, I don't know if it was sarcasm or something in his words.

That Qin Rujin was sitting on the incense table in front of the white porcelain eight-armed Arhat stacking ingots. She had never liked to look up at the guests, but when she heard this familiar voice, she suddenly raised her head, and her face was full of surprise.

There was an unprecedented silence in the paper shop, as if someone had secretly pressed the still button. Qin Rujin sat there and looked at Old Man Su blankly. Old Man Su also stood upright, looking at his former female apprentice and sighing.

Da Lang looked in the dark paper shop, and then asked Qin Rujin.

"Aunt Qin, do you have any extra chairs here? ”

Qin Rujin was a little flustered, hurriedly got up, patted the ingot confetti on his body, and found three plastic chairs that were set together from the messy pile of incense candle paper wax on his side.

"Division, division...... Mr. Su, you are seated. ”

Qin Rujin lowered his head and arranged the chairs in a row, only putting his remaining sofa stool in the middle, and motioned for Old Man Su to sit on the sofa.