Those who work in the coffin shop

The man was a little surprised, and seemed to want to ask how he knew he was hungry, but when he smelled the noodles, he really felt hungry, and he didn't care about the sorrow in his heart, so let's talk about filling his stomach first.

"Give me a bowl."

The man asked for a bowl of noodles, just like Gu Yi, but he ate with gusto in a clear soup with little water. There was a table, an oil lamp, and a few flies flying around tirelessly. After Gu Yi finished eating the noodles, he sat with Granny Shou, The man ate the noodles slowly by himself, and as he ate, tears fell from his eyes.

The tears hit the lens, and fog appeared in the man's eyes.

For some reason, when Gu saw the man at first sight, he had a very cold feeling.

He, like Aunt Li's daughter, has... no breath of a living person on him.

Gu Yi thought about it, but didn't say it out loud. Seeing the man crying, Grandma Shou gently handed over the tissue, her eyes full of kindness: "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

The man took off his glasses, wiped his eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, but this noodles are so delicious. They are exactly the same as what my mother made for me when I was a child, but now she..."

"What's wrong with her now?"

Grandma Shou asked.

The man said painfully: "She is seriously ill in bed now, I am anxious to rush home to see her for the last time... But, I got lost on the way home, my phone was broken, I couldn't contact anyone, and I was in a hurry. I just came here after walking, I was really anxious, I was afraid that my mother would not be able to wait for me, we haven't seen each other for almost ten years..."

Hearing this, Gu Yi was surprised: "Ten years? Haven't you been home for ten years?"

The man sighed, a little guilty, a little helpless: "Sometimes people have no choice but to leave their hometowns in order to fight for their careers. I lived in the countryside with my mother since I was a child. At that time, I yearned for a big city. My biggest dream was that one day I would become famous and stay away from our country. Small mountain village, later, I did it. I opened an advertising company in the city, and it was very successful. I was the largest shareholder and shouldered the most responsibilities. Over the years, I was working when others were resting, and I was working when others were traveling. , During the holidays, when others go home to reunite with their families, I am also working. Occasionally, I call my mother to report good news but not bad news. In fact, I am very tired. I have lived in the city for so many years. , I didn’t go home once, and I feel very sorry for my mother. In the eyes of others, I am a successful businessman, but in fact, I am really, a very unfilial son, really, very unfilial.”

As he spoke, the man's eyes turned red again.

Gu Yi looked at him and said, "You came home this time because your mother was sick?"

The man nodded heavily, and said: "Yes, it's a serious illness. The doctor said that if I don't come back, I may not see you for the last time. I regret it. If I knew this, I should go home often, and it wouldn't make me feel sick. My mother has waited until now. In fact, I really miss her, and the noodles she cooks are the same, with a poached egg in it. At that time, the family was poor, and there was only one egg a day. My mother let me eat it, but she didn’t have anything Eat, but what about me, now that I have earned so much money, I can't give her anything, I'm sorry for her."

"Woooooooooo...I understand, I understand..."

Zhangzhang appeared between the two of them biting a small handkerchief. Tears filled her eyes and sobbed and said, "I really understand how you feel... At the beginning, my mother and I were very close, but because I fell in love with Boss Boss , refused to marry the male cockroach that my mother arranged for me, so I ran away from home and lost contact with the cockroach family... But in fact, I also regret it very much. I think my mother and father... Boss Bo doesn't want it. Me, drove me out of the house, now that I think about it, men are really big pigs, as expected, only my family is the best for me, only my mother is good in the world, woo woo woo..."

Gu Yi: "... Zhang Zhang, why are you here?"

Zhang Zhang cried and said, "I was kicked out by Boss Boss. Is it not surprising anywhere? Don't you want to see me, and still blame me for getting on you before?"

"...That kind of thing is hard to blame..."

Grandma Shou waved her hand: "You're digressing!"

Forcibly changing the subject, Grandma Shou looked sideways at the man with tears in her eyes and said, "You can come here, it shows that you still have a little bit of filial piety."

The man looked at her puzzled.

Grandma Shou spoke quietly.

"You don't know, you're already dead, right?"

The man was shocked.

Gu Yi and Zhang Zhang were equally shocked.

At this time, bright red cuts appeared on the man's face, as if pierced by glass shards, some skin peeled off, and the wounds were bloody.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air, overshadowing the noodle fragrance.

The man felt the pain, his eyes widened in disbelief, his hands wanted to scratch his cheeks, but the pain was swallowed up before he touched them, he opened his mouth and screamed in pain, his skin was torn off by glass shards, like a wall with paint peeling off, a piece One piece, some even curled up, every inch of flesh is unbearable to look at.

"Why...why is this..."

The man's voice was unbearably hoarse, his eyes were bloodshot, and Grandma Shou just looked at him indifferently and said, "You were in a hurry to go home, so you drove too fast, and there was an accident on the road, and you became what you are now."

"No, it's impossible...it's impossible..."

The man was extremely sad, tears fell from his eyes, and mixed with the blood on his face, "My mother is still waiting for me at home, I haven't had time to show filial piety to her old man...I can't even see her for the last time... I can not……"

"Hey, if I knew this earlier, why bother?"

Grandma Shou sighed deeply, and waved lightly at the man, "Even though there are many things you want in this world, the most painful thing is that you want to support your child and refuse to be loved."

Because the mother-in-law cooked noodles for many years, she waved her hands with the fragrance of noodles, and the man who smelled the fragrance of noodles unexpectedly calmed down, and even the wound on his face healed, returning to his previous appearance.

The pain disappeared, and the man touched himself in surprise. He put his glasses back on, and looked at Granny Shou gratefully. Before he could say anything, Granny Shou said: "The noodles are finished, you should go, go see your mother , she is still waiting for you."

Realizing that his mother-in-law is not an ordinary person, the man asked a little excitedly: "Grandma, are you... a ghost messenger from the underworld or a fairy from the sky?"

Grandma Shou laughed loudly: "I'm neither a ghost nor a god, I'm just an old lady who sells noodles, well, don't waste your time, hurry up and find your mother."

"Okay, I'll be leaving right away."

The man took out his wallet and asked, "How much is this bowl of noodles?"

Grandma Shou shook her head and said, "I have already collected the money."

The man was stunned: "Accepted? When?"

"stupid!"

Zhangzhang poked the man's head and said: "Grandma is referring to your filial piety. Granny has opened a noodle restaurant for so many years. Only filial people can come here and eat the noodles cooked by her own hands. Now you have eaten it." Now, your life span has been extended, why don't you hurry up and go home to visit your mother, so as not to leave great regrets in your life!"

Hearing this, the man nodded half-understood. Although he still had a lot of things he didn't understand, the top priority was to go home quickly. He thanked Granny Shou several times, picked up his briefcase and got up in a hurry. left Long Street.

After the man left, Zhang Zhang looked at his back and said with emotion: "I hope this man can see his mother soon, hey, what a tragedy."

Gu Yi looked at Zhang Zhang and asked, "How can it be a tragedy?"

Zhang Zhang said: "Neither this man nor his mother will live long. Although his mother's wish to see him in the end may come true, his mother certainly does not want him to pay such a high price to come back to see her, even risking his own life." Got on."

Gu Yi was a little surprised: "Didn't you say that if he ate the noodles from Grandma Shou, his life span would be prolonged?"

"It's an extension, otherwise he would have died long ago."

Zhang Zhang looked at Gu Yi and said, "Little boy, you have been with Boss Boss for so long, and you still don't know what Granny Shou does? Opened by people with filial piety, one person can only come here to eat a bowl of noodles in a lifetime, and most of those people are about to die, or have already died, they all have very strong desires, and they all have obsessions Only then did they come to Granny Shou, and Granny Shou’s face can prolong their lives, so that they can have time to do what they want to do, just like the man just now, he didn’t see his mother, so he regretted it very much , and Grandma Shou gave him a chance to make up for it. When he fulfills his wish and obsession, he can leave this world with peace of mind, so this period of life is actually very short, not to say that he can I have been living like this for a long time, but it is only this short lifespan, which is also very, very precious. It can be met but not sought after. Isn’t there a saying in the world that time is hard to buy, that’s the reason, if that man It wasn't because of his filial piety to his mother, he couldn't have come to Shou's mother-in-law."

Gu Yi opened his eyes wide and looked at Granny Shou: "Is that so, Granny?"

"Yes."

Grandma Shou replied, "During countless years on this long street, I have met countless men, women and children, but in recent years, fewer and fewer people come to my store, and more and more people are filial to their parents." There are only a handful of them. If one day, there are no more filial people in this world, then my existence will be meaningless, and I will completely disappear from this world. This is also the reason why my health is getting worse recently. Well, the appearance of this man tonight, and the girl from last time, they are all very filial and have strong obsessions, they ate my noodles, and I accepted their obsessions, this obsession, It will keep me alive for a while, I think, my body will probably be better tomorrow."

Gu Yi heard about the girl twice from Grandma Shou, and his intuition told him that he might already know who the girl was, because the girl had the same aura as the man who just finished eating noodles. He asked Shou Mother-in-law: "Grandma, did the girl you mentioned die in the fire in her teens? At that time, she was wearing a school uniform and had long hair."

Grandma Shou nodded: "That's right, it was her, a girl who died in the fire. She also came to my noodle shop at that time. I cooked noodles for her. She cried and said that it doesn't matter if she dies, but her mother is still making noodles for her." She called and urged her to go home. Her mother had a heart attack and was in very poor health. If she found out later that her two sons and daughters had died in the fire, she would definitely die of despair. She wanted to survive, even if it was just to accompany her My mother went through the most painful time of losing her son, and I was moved by the child's filial piety, so I gave her a short life and let her survive the fire."

"Grandma, are you sure what you gave them is real life?"

Gu Yi looked at her and suddenly asked in a low voice.