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Liu Guohua's snack bar has been open in Guanyin Hutong for more than ten years.

The store is small enough to hold five or six tables. The second floor is where he lives by himself, and the layout has not changed for so long.

The store mainly sells stewed noodles. Later, the business got better and the business hours were extended. He set up a stall at the entrance of the alley and started selling old soup wontons and skewers.

Most of the people who come here are regular customers. Liu Guohua's craftsmanship is amazing. The shiitake mushroom meat is mixed with the strong noodles into the mouth, and the rich soup melts in one bite. It is simply enjoyable.

So are the wontons.

Especially in the winter, a bowl of hot soup, with some side dishes, beer, etc., don't mention how comfortable it is.

Shen Wei went there several times and tasted almost everything in his shop, the taste was really unforgettable.

Of course, he mainly wanted to see Liu Guohua.

I heard that he used to be a gangster. I heard that many people in this area are afraid of him, and they still buy his three-point thin noodles. I heard that he is quite righteous, so there are many repeat customers in the store.

These rumors, together with Liu Guohua's scar that almost hurt his eyelid, made him feel even more fierce.

When Shen Wei gave the money, his palms were sweating, but the boss didn't look at him, and said "six yuan and three" twice, Shen Wei was still stunned by the man thinking about his scar, he was short and hard Hair and a tall, thin nose.

Liu Guohua finally raised his head and glanced at Shen Wei.

"Six dollars and three." He repeated a third time.

"Huh? Oh oh."

Shen Wei was very embarrassed, grabbed a handful of tickets and stuffed them, panicked like a thief who was caught stealing something.

Liu Guohua counted and returned two yuan.

"Too much."

"Oh, good." Shen Wei went to pick up the change, and touched the man's dry and warm fingertips. The dry weather in the north in winter brought a wave of static electricity, which made him withdraw his hand suddenly, and the heat spread from the top of his head to his heels.

He secretly scolded himself for being worthless, stumbled and ran back to his seat, and finally forgot to take the flower note.

There was no one else in the store, and Liu Guohua didn't say much, so he took the money and turned to go downstairs.

Looking over from Shen Wei's seat, he could just see half of Liu Guohua working in the kitchen, silently hidden in the shadows, half a ray of sunlight came in, the steaming heat and halo softened the man's side face, the soup in the pot Gudong gudong boiling, adding a touch of warmth to this small shop in the early morning.

Shen Wei got up early for this bowl of noodles, now he was so sleepy that he dozed off, and gradually kowtowed on the table.Suddenly, a small cold object was pressed against his forehead, which made him tremble, and he woke up instantly.

"Ouch."

There were warm noodles on the table, Liu Guohua was standing next to him holding a candy, the cold candy wrapper was pressed against his forehead, and the two looked at each other.

"You didn't take the change."

Shen Wei took it eagerly, not knowing what he meant by the candy.

Liu Guohua pointed to the cash register: "There are all noodles here, so you can get them yourself."

"Oh." Shen Wei was discouraged.

Liu Guohua said again: "But the toffee is my own, there is no extra."

This was the first time that Shen Wei and Liu Guohua spoke seriously.

Shen Wei originally thought that this man couldn't remember him at all, but later Liu Guohua said that he knew him well within a few times, because Shen Wei's peeking every time was too blatant.

At first Liu Guohua thought that Shen Wei was sneaking around to seek revenge, but later found out that he was not, he was just a fool.

This idiot came to eat in his own restaurant twice every three days, he heard others call him "Brother Hua" and he also booed, and when he saw others making fun of him, he also had fun with him.

Liu Guohua had no choice but to get more and more familiar with this fool.

He reminded him of his younger brothers back then, and some of them were so naive even at a young age, not at all like showing off their might in the movies.

Liu Guohua squinted his eyes to look outside the door, the sun was setting, and it was time for these two idiots to come.

During this period of time, Shen Wei was also depressed, and his parents frequently urged marriage, asking various people to introduce him to a partner.

He was so disturbed that he wanted to simply move out of his home and rent a house in Guanyin Hutong.

He asked Liu Guohua if there was any place to live in this area, and it would be better if the rent was cheaper. After all, he had just worked for a short time, and he didn't know how to save money, so his savings were naturally not optimistic.

Liu Guohua didn't agree to him, and cooked the noodles by himself, and served them to others, then wiped his hands and sat down next to Shen Wei.

"what do you need?"

"There is no requirement, as long as it is clean enough to accommodate people."

Liu Guohua paused: "Is there really no other request?"

Shen Wei was unhappy, and turned his back with his mouth pouted: "What can I ask for? Do you think I'm just a thing in your eyes?"

Liu Guohua touched the bridge of his nose, not knowing how to answer it.

He didn't think it was a human thing, but the main reason was that every time Shen Wei came back, he had to dress up, dressed beautifully and smelling good all over, so he looked delicate.

But he doesn't know how to explain, he can't coax people.

The two sat there in a stalemate for a long time, and finally Shen Wei let go first: "Oh, forget it, you are really..."

It would be better to eat noodles than to be angry with him.

This time, before he finished speaking, Liu Guohua quickly picked up: "You can stay with me."

Shen Wei choked in his throat, coughing violently.

Liu Guohua's "here" did not really live with him.

When he was young, he had a good time. He had several houses in the local area. One was given to his wife when he divorced, and the other was sold by his worthless son for cash. The rest was closed in Guanyin Hutong. Well, in the past few years, he has been alone back and forth, so he simply lives on the second floor of this store. The original apartment has never been lived in.

Only then did Shen Wei breathe a sigh of relief, and took two sips of water to suppress his shock.

"Then the rent..."

"You look at it, it's closed if it's closed."

Shen Wei became happy, and brushed back his half-length hair: "That's fine, I'll move this weekend!"

On weekends, Liu Guohua closed the store for a day to help Shen Wei move.

People from the neighbors all came to watch the fun, and got together to whisper to each other.

Originally, Liu Guohua alone was enough to be a topic of conversation, but when Shen Wei came along, all kinds of suspicions arose, and those with dumb eyes thought that he was a woman, and that it was the old Liu Jinwu who came here.

Later, someone remembered the rumors of Liu Guohua's homosexuality, and finally discovered that Shen Wei had an Adam's apple.

Liu Guohua ignored them, turned around after moving things and closed the door.

He gave Shen Wei several new quilts.

A new department store opened two streets away. It sells unique handmade quilts in this city, which are thick and warm. In the first few days when the store opened, people lined up from the east end to the west end.Even now, you have to go early and wait for a long time to buy.

Shen Wei stroked the fabric back and forth and said, "Thank you."

"Ah."

"Then what, I will clean it up and not trouble you."

"Ah."

Liu Guohua really can't speak, as long as Shen Wei doesn't speak, it seems that there is only the sound of breathing in this room.

"Brother, let me ask you, don't you think I...is weird?"

He had kept this question in his heart for a long time, and today he finally had a chance to ask it.

Now Liu Guohua reacted: "What's so strange?"

"It's just..." Shen Wei tugged at his long hair, "Many people think I'm a woman when they see me for the first time and call me a girl. Sometimes I get scolded even when I go to the bathroom. Living here with you...will Wouldn't it be inconvenient?"

Liu Guohua listened to him silently, then turned around and helped him spread the quilt.

"No wonder, it's pretty nice."

He didn't look back, and he didn't see Shen Wei behind him with red eyes.

It was the winter of 1998, the law had just cleared hooliganism, and soon, homosexuality would officially shed the title of "homosexual patient".