Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Regarding instant noodles, many people think they are unhealthy and junk food.

But Zeng Wangcai believes that instant noodles are delicious, cheap and convenient. In an age when living is hard, a takeout meal can easily cost more than ten or twenty noodles, so the unhealthy side of it can be ignored.

This is like discussing which material of urn is more environmentally friendly to use to hold the ashes after a person dies.

I'm already dead, why do I still care about these things?

He vaguely remembered eating instant noodles when he was a child. At that time, instant noodles were not packaged in barrels. They were packed in rectangular plastic lunch boxes. They were very delicious in one bite.

The brand of instant noodles seemed to be Fumanduo, but it disappeared later because it was killed by capital. Among the old domestic brands, only White Elephant is still struggling.

He didn't have to go to the space to eat instant noodles. There was a convenience store behind the booth where he used to work. He took a quick look and took out a box of large noodles. At the same time, he unexpectedly discovered crisp noodles.

Okay, let's have it all together. There's also ham sausage, beef noodles in a big pancake with ham, and a country braised egg, and we'll be done.

When opening the package of braised eggs, Zeng Wangcai suddenly remembered that in his previous life, he went to the south and saw people selling braised eggs all over the street. There was a loudspeaker next to the stall, playing a looping song: So-and-so's braised eggs, two for one dollar, tastes great~~~

That one, the sound must be prolonged, otherwise it will have no flavor.

Later, braised eggs became a standard item at various breakfast stalls. The price rose to two yuan, and the taste also deteriorated, so he rarely ate them.

Zeng Wangcai found some boiling water and secretly made some instant noodles. He took them to the stairwell and sat on the steps. He smelled the faint fragrance of the instant noodles and subconsciously crushed the noodles in his hands and shook them.

While waiting for the instant noodles, Zeng Wangcai ate them bit by bit, and started thinking about what happened today.

What if the three old men insist on going fishing by themselves?

Then go fishing, fish normally, at most you will catch materials for making nests, don’t worry about anything else.

After making this decision in his heart, Zeng Wangcai completely let the matter go and shook the bag of instant noodles to make the seasoning more evenly distributed.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Xiuzhi suddenly appeared behind Zeng Wangcai. She was a little worried that Zeng Wangcai was worried. She just noticed that Zeng Wangcai was looking for hot water furtively and stared at him. "What are you eating?"

Got caught?

When Zeng Wangcai heard Zhang Xiuzhi's voice, his body stiffened and the instant noodles in his mouth instantly lost their taste. He felt like he was caught by his girlfriend while smoking in the toilet.

What to say now?

Suddenly it was collected into the space?

No, the instant noodles in his hand could be explained, but the instant noodles on the steps were difficult to deal with. He had to touch them to put them in, and he didn't have a tool bag on his back at the moment...

"Want a bite of instant noodles?" Zeng Wangcai shook the bag in his hand.

Why not just come clean?

Your future husband has endless things to eat, drink and wear?

We're almost a family anyway, right?

Just when Zeng Wangcai was having a great time thinking about himself, Zhang Xiuzhi calmly sat down one foot away from him, reached out for the bag of instant noodles, and without saying anything, she grabbed a handful of the noodles and put them into her mouth.

After two bites, Zhang Xiuzhi's eyes lit up: "Added chili?"

"Yeah, yeah, you haven't eaten much chili in such a long time since you came to Sijiu City. People in Sichuan and Chongqing eat a lot of spicy food. I'm afraid you're not used to it?"

"I am satisfied just by eating enough. Actually, I eat spicy food because I eat too much spicy food and want to drink water. I feel full after drinking water..."

At this point, Zhang Xiuzhi returned the bag to Zeng Wangcai with a blank look in her eyes. It was unknown what she was thinking. She still didn't ask anything, as if the crisp noodles Zeng Wangcai took out and the instant noodles on the side didn't exist, or were just natural things.

Zeng Wangcai suddenly felt that Zhang Xiuzhi was very pitiful at this moment. She came to the old city alone and helpless, her family didn't care about her, and without a household registration, she had to think of ways to make money to support herself day and night.

He heard from Xiaohu and Xiaobao that although Zhang Xiuzhi did not go to work, she was the one who did the most work at home. She got up before dawn to clean the house and then went out. She would come back early when the harvest was good, otherwise she would come back after dark. She usually had breakfast and lunch outside and only had dinner at home, and she would not eat much and would not listen to anyone.

Over the past month, everyone in Zeng Youhuo's family has grown better because of Zeng Wangcai's changes, except Zhang Xiuzhi who is getting thinner.

Zeng Wangcai clearly felt that this girl was very smart, strong-willed and sensible.

Just like now, anyone else would definitely ask where the things came from, but Zhang Xiuzhi didn't, and didn't even look at the instant noodles for a second glance.

This saved Zeng Wangcai a lot of trouble, and all his inner drama just now was in vain.

After less than a minute of silence, Zeng Wangcai and Zhang Xiuzhi suddenly spoke at the same time: "Are you worried about something?"

"Haha, you idiot, you cooperated well." Zhang Xiuzhi smiled brightly, putting away all her sadness. "Did something happen when you visited Uncle Liu today?"

He doesn't talk about his own troubles, but cares about others!

"It's nothing serious. The old man wanted me to transfer to another job, but I refused!" Zeng Wangcai said calmly. He didn't say anything else and picked up the instant noodles. "This is a bit too much. I can't finish it. Help me eat some. It's spicy. You should like it. If you think it tastes good, I'll make another bowl."

"Well, I'm Ha Zi!" Zhang Xiuzhi picked up the bowl and picked up a few noodles with a plastic fork and ate them. "It's delicious, not spicy enough, but it tastes good."

"I'm glad you like it. Wait, I'll get another bowl!" Zeng Wangcai stood up and patted his butt.

That’s great, everything is self-explanatory!

Zeng Wangcai guessed that with Zhang Xiuzhi's intelligence, she would definitely be able to see the problem, but she chose not to dig deeper. Then she might as well stop hiding it. It would be boring. She would have to trust a few people.

In addition to his parents and grandmother, Zhang Xiuzhi's name was added to his trusted list.

After a while, Zeng Wangcai brought back another bowl of instant noodles. He found that Zhang Xiuzhi didn't eat much, but just ate the noodles in small bites.

"Eat, there's plenty!" Zeng Wangcai said as he put down the instant noodles.

"I'll wait for you to come and talk!" Zhang Xiuzhi also put down the instant noodles, rested her chin on her knees, and looked at the dimly lit stairwell.

Although Zhang Xiuzhi said she wanted to talk, she didn't open her mouth. Zeng Wangcai didn't urge her, and the two of them just sat in the stairwell.

After waiting for a few minutes, the instant noodles were ready. Zeng Wangcai picked up the noodles and handed them to Zhang Xiuzhi, then picked up his own bowl.

There were two bowls of noodles, and the aroma filled the air. No one spoke while they were eating. The silent stairwell was filled with the sound of people eating noodles.

Both of them ate very quickly and finished everything in less than ten minutes, even drinking the soup.

"Give me the bowl!" Zeng Wangcai took Zhang Xiuzhi's bowl. This thing cannot be thrown away casually.

He calmly placed the bowls beside him in front of Zhang Xiuzhi, without deliberately avoiding her. He put the two bowls into the space and threw them into the trash can, then like a magic trick he took out two bags of spicy strips, the extra spicy kind.

While he was doing all this, Zhang Xiuzhi didn't look at him and even turned her head away on purpose.

Seeing Zeng Wangcai taking out the spicy strips, Zhang Xiuzhi looked at him with clear eyes and suddenly asked, "Do you really want to marry me?"