There is a noodle restaurant [Zhongyingmei]

"Today is my man's first seven."

In the dim movie theater, the girl sitting next to Xia Mian stared at the Marvel logo at the beginning of the movie and said something faintly.

Xia Mian couldn't hold back, spat out all the popcorn she had just stuffed into her mouth, and a white flower was still hanging on her hair, "You're off the list?! Want to die? We agreed to make money together until we grow old, including crispy bread." Where's the leather duck! You've changed, little girl."

Today is the seventh day of Avengers 3's release, and the theater is still full. As soon as Xia Mian got off the plane, Lu Qiqi called and asked to eat with her.

Lu Qiqi's temper is off-line. Usually, once Xia Mian starts to talk to her, she can chatter for 10 minutes without taking a breath, but today she is surprisingly quiet, with a vicissitudes of life on her face.

"I don't believe you haven't seen this movie in Laomei, I'm talking about my gay sister, Dongbaji, little leopard Dutch brother!!!"

Xia Mian took a sip of Coke calmly: "You have so many men."

"Isn't it? It's all turned into ashes."

As soon as Lu Qiqi finished speaking, the people next to her suddenly frowned, "Be a human being, big girl, I've been hiding from spoilers for a day! Can the second brush have a conscience!"

Xia Mian/Lu Qiqi: "..."

Xia Mian silently stuffed the popcorn into Lu Qiqi's mouth, and suddenly felt that she really had a conscience, she had watched Avengers 4 400 million times, what did she say, spoiler, no.

Lu Qiqi is still immersed in the tragedy of her men being turned into ashes. She would rather eat a knife than come to the second brush to find a foreshadowing, and then make up a bunch of details to comfort herself. alive.

The two quietly ate popcorn and watched a movie, and when Thanos was crying and throwing his daughter out, Lu Qiqi suddenly came over and covered her mouth and whispered: "If you have any gossip in Laomei, let me know." .”

Xia Mian wears 3D glasses, the oversized ones cover half of her face, her jaw line is small and beautiful, the light from the theater screen is printed on Xia Mian's cherry red lips, she moves slightly as if she can't help but say something, and then Just in time to shut up.

The corner of Lu Qiqi's mouth twitched.

"It's uncomfortable to have a secret. I understand. You may be cursed by a magician that cannot be revealed. I will never hate you."

Lu Qiqi took a sip of Coca-Cola and gritted her teeth.

Xia Mian pushed the glasses that had slid to the bridge of her nose, "Look, your man died again."

Lu Qiqi: "..."

At the end of the movie, all the couples and friends who entered the theater with a smile came out one by one. Lu Qiqi took out a small notebook to write down the foreshadowing, and then reasoned rigorously one by one.

Xia Mian couldn't see it, and said puzzledly: "Avengers 4 will always be released, what are they going to do if they are all dead, it's an obvious fact."

"You are optimistic, but I can't. I need evidence to support me."

Lu Qiqi got into the taxi relying on Xia Mian, wrote the small book for a while before she breathed a sigh of relief, collapsed on the seat, and started chatting with Xia Mian.

"Why did you return home suddenly this time?"

The scenery outside the car window flashed by quickly, and Xia Mian looked at it seriously. For Lu Qiqi, it was seen every day and there was nothing to see. However, Xia Mian hadn't come back for six or seven years.

"Grandpa sent me an email, asking me to revive the noodle shop in my hometown."

Lu Qiqi was overjoyed: "Hey, chef, it's a pity that I can't have dinner with you today. There are guests at home. I will get off at the Shancheng community later, master."

The driver in front responded.

Lu Qiqi was about to take out her mobile phone to check Weibo, when she suddenly thought of something, she turned her head and gave Xia Mian a strange look.

Xia Mian is an atypical little girl studying abroad. She doesn't have the slightest old-fashioned charm. She is still the same as Lu Qiqi remembered back then. She has pure natural black hair, simple but tasteful clothes, and the point is that she is expensive. Think of first love.

"I remember your school is top 10 in the world."

Xia Mian nodded casually.

Lu Qiqi yelled, "You're sick! Come back down here?! I'm not saying that our Greater China is not good, the main reason is that you are a top student, even if you don't work in a big Wall Street company, the top companies in China don't all follow you Choose, below?! Engage in feelings?!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Qiqi was stared at by a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Xia Mian leaned her elbows on the side of the car window and said with a smile, "Auntie is urging the marriage?"

Lu Qiqi became obedient in an instant: "It's fine down here."

Half a month ago, Xia Mian received a courier package, a letter and a key from her grandfather as soon as she got her graduation certificate.

He handed over the noodle restaurant in his hometown to Xia Mian, and he was going to travel around the world. There is nothing wrong with the old man wanting to go out to play, but he just gave Xia Mian a task.

In Xia Mian's memory, the noodle restaurant in his hometown has been a long time ago.

When I immigrated to the United States with my parents, my grandfather was worried about the noodle shop and didn’t go with him. He taught Xia Mian a lot of crafts when he was a child. Maybe he wanted to hand over the noodle shop to Xia Mian. Unfortunately, the development of the times was too fast, and his parents didn’t want Xia Mian to spend his whole life. In the kitchen, immigration to the United States is also part of the reason.

Until my parents divorced last year, the requirements for aestivation were not as strict as before.

They didn't even know that Xia Mian had returned to his hometown.

The driver put Lu Qiqi down in the Shancheng community, and the two waved goodbye, agreeing to keep in touch with each other by mobile phone.

The car restarted and drove towards the old town, which had become a scenic tourist spot. Xia Mian looked at it all the way in the car, and was quite surprised, it was completely different from what he remembered.

"Walking around, it's still comfortable in my hometown."

Xia Mian stood at the door of the noodle shop, threw her schoolbag on the steps, and sat down on the ground to rest.

The weather was a bit hot, so she combed her long hair, took a pen from her schoolbag and tied it up, leaning against the closed door of the noodle shop, looking around lazily.

I haven't been back for a few years, the surrounding area has developed, and the shops on both sides have been rented out. Rows of shops with antique decorations sell cosmetics, snacks, ceramics and clothing. In the early years, they were still behind the urban area.

The noodle restaurant is located in a wide and narrow alley on the East Street. quiet.

"Hey, isn't this the granddaughter of Old Man Xia's family?"

Seeing the strange aunt passing by the door of the noodle shop with a vegetable basket on her shoulders, she greeted Xia Mian.

Xia Mian: ... I don't know.

The little black-haired girl kept her face blank and didn't talk to her, and the aunt didn't mind Xia Mian's impoliteness.

"The last time I saw you was in junior high school. So many years have passed, it's common sense not to recognize you. Have you eaten yet? Have lunch at Aunt Lu's house?"

land……

Xia Mian suddenly realized that when she was a child, she always liked to peek at her little rascal's mother.

"Aunt Lu, I'm sorry that I'm a little confused. I just came back and the jet lag has not recovered from the plane. I want to pack up and sleep first!"

Xia Mian sat up from the steps, patted her buttocks, smiled at Aunt Lu, and took out the key from her pocket to open the door.

The noodle shop has not opened for a year, the door is covered with dust, and the door "squeaks" like the sound effect in an old horror movie.

Xia Mian stepped into the door calmly, and smiled apologetically at Aunt Lu before closing the door.

She won't go tomorrow.

I haven't seen each other for several years. It's okay to be courteous, but if I take it seriously, I won't be on the right track.

And the Lu family and Xia family were not such good neighbors back then.

Grandpa Xia Mian caught him and beat him up angrily because of that bastard boy who peeked at Xia Mian's bath while leaning against the wall. Aunt Lu brought the crying little boy over to reason and was severely reprimanded by grandpa. On the surface, Jia can get by, but secretly he doesn't know how to arrange it.

Xia Mian pinched the center of her eyebrows, she was really tired.

Today, as soon as I got off the plane, I was going to rest first, but Lu Qiqi enthusiastically invited me to eat with a knife, so Xia Mian had to sacrifice her life as a friend.

Finally able to sleep.

Xia Mian bypasses the lobby of the noodle shop. This is an old duplex house. The first floor is the noodle shop, and the second floor is the residence. There are three rooms and a utility room. There is a small backyard with a well in the backyard.

As soon as Xia Mian went up to the second floor, she turned her head and ran down holding her nose.

The smell of dust was so strong that she was suffocating!

Isn't this a year when no one lives there? ?

Isn't this an 800-year-old antique?

The kind that can get bonuses if you report to the country.

Running a bit hastily, the little high-heeled shoes staggered and were thrown out.

Xia Mian tiptoed to pick up her shoes distressedly, obviously it is not suitable to wear high heels here, Xia Mian unpacked her luggage, changed into a pair of casual ones, and stomped on the ground.

Xia Mian greeted the old man who didn't know where he was going with a blank face, and resigned to his fate, he rolled up his sleeves and went to the backyard to fetch a bucket of water.

Why don't you sleep, let's clean up first.

Seven o'clock in the evening.

Kuanzhai Alley was pitch-black, the moonlight reflected dimly on the bluestone slabs, the commercial street one street away was still very lively, and the hustle and bustle spread into the deep alley, which was indescribably lonely and gloomy.

The second floor of the noodle shop was lit up.

The candle, the only one in the drawer that wasn't damp.

Xia Mian never expected that the old man would not pay her the electricity bill.

Xia Mian turned on the faucet, the corners of her eyes twitched violently, there was still no water.

In the middle of the night, I have never tried summer sleep in a big pot of boiling water in a foreign country. On the first day back home, I experienced the rustic kitchen stay of the simple people.

A taste full of feelings.

Xia Mian: ... Tsk.

After boiling water and taking a shower, Xia Mian poured it into the tidy bed, covered the soft quilt, her eyelids were as heavy as if she had eaten a weight, and fell asleep in less than ten seconds.

A faint warm light glowed all over Xia Mian's body in deep sleep.

A large injured spider fell from the vortex on the roof, bumped into the light around Xia Mian, rebounded with a bang, and smashed into the bed, the viscous liquid covered Xia Mian's face.

The furry spider legs hugged him tremblingly, and the big spider, which was as tall as a person, huddled into a ball and hid in the corner of the wall, its big dark round eyes were dull and obviously unconscious.