Chen Ziqi came out with a bowl in hand, looked up and said, "2003? No, you remembered it wrong. I was born in 2004."

"You are so dramatic."

Chen Xu couldn't help laughing out loud and almost pasted the red paper crookedly.

"But I think you are really funny. How can anyone come to eat at a noodle shop on a barbecue street like this?"

Chen Ziqi said, taking a bite of noodles. "Although the taste is okay, it's late at night and everyone is out for supper. Who wants to eat noodles? Even if there's no barbecue, at least make some casserole porridge or something like that."

"No? Then you should know the century egg and lean meat porridge, fish fillet porridge, and fresh shrimp porridge."

"You still don't know how to do it? You should know how to make fried rice noodles, right?"

Chen Xu pasted the red paper to cover the original sign, came down from the ladder, tapped her on the forehead, and said, "This is a noodle shop, of course I only serve noodles."

"Chen Xu, if you touch my head again, I will turn against you." Chen Ziqi said angrily.

Chen Xu put away the ladder, returned to the store, and got himself something to eat.

Then, he sat at the door, waiting for the first customer to come in. He took out his mobile phone and opened the app of a certain novel. He had not read a novel for a while because he was too busy at work.

I went into the bookshelf and saw that the book I had been following, The Lord of Mysteries, had only been updated to seventeen chapters. I was very dissatisfied. It had been a few days, and only a few chapters had been updated. The author was really too lazy. No, I had to send him a box of razor blades.

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Time passed little by little. After nine o'clock, more people came to the street. People kept going into other barbecue stalls. Only Chen Xu's stall was empty.

Occasionally, someone came and saw that the sign had changed to a noodle shop. Some turned around and left, while others hesitated for a moment and left anyway. Only one person asked if there was any barbecue, and when he heard the negative answer, he also left.

Chen Ziqi gave Chen Xu a look that said, "I knew it would be like this a long time ago," with a bit of complacency.

Chen Xu ignored her, opened the bookshelf, and started reading the second novel he was following, "I Have a Different World".

Oh my god, why is it discontinued? Is it abandoned again? How many volumes has this been? Oh, forget it, maybe the author has some difficulties.

These days, it’s not easy for anyone, so please be understanding.

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Yan Qing held his girlfriend's cold hand and said with some distress, "Let's drive out. There are barbecue stalls everywhere. You have a bad stomach now, so you can't eat these things."

"I don't want to take the car, cough cough..." Liu Bing's voice was a little weak. As she spoke, a puff of smoke blew over from the barbecue stall next to her. The strong smell of chili pepper choked her and made her cough.

Yan Qing quickly pulled her along and walked quickly through the barbecue stalls, advising her, "These things are too irritating, your stomach can't take it."

Liu Bing pursed her lips, lowered her head and said nothing.

Yan Qing knew that she wanted to eat barbecue, but her current condition would only make things worse if she ate, so he had to harden his heart. Suddenly, he saw that there was no barbecue stand in front of the last store, and he saw the sign, "2003 Noodle House."

The name was strange and the conditions were very simple. But he seemed to have seen a savior and said, "There is a noodle shop over there, why don't we go there to eat."

Liu Bing hesitated for a moment, remembering that she felt sick when she smelled the barbecue just now, and she definitely couldn't eat it. After visiting so many stores along the way, she didn't want to walk any more, so she nodded.

Yan Qing was overjoyed, and fearing that she would go back on her word, he pulled her over.

In the store, the combination of two people is also strange, a man in his twenties, looking at his phone, and a teenage female high school student sitting on the other side. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem reliable.

Yanqing's expectations for this store suddenly dropped to freezing point.

However, he did not turn around and leave. When he was at home, his girlfriend said she wanted to go out to eat. She had been to so many restaurants along the way, but she was not satisfied with any of them. Now she was finally willing to go into the store and insisted on eating something before leaving.

Fortunately, the tables and chairs are quite clean, not greasy like other barbecue stalls.

After sitting down, he said, "Boss, please bring the menu over."

Seeing a customer coming in, Chen Xu personally went up to greet them, "Sorry, we just opened today and don't have a menu yet."

"Well, what's there to eat?"

Yan Qing glanced at his girlfriend and saw her looking down at her phone, so he asked again, "Do you have beef noodles?"

"No."

"..." Yan Qing began to feel that entering this restaurant might be a mistake. Out of basic courtesy, he didn't want to show this emotion, so he just said, "Then give me a bowl of what you just mentioned."

"I'll be right there."

After Chen Xu placed the order, he quickly put on a new apron and walked to the stove.

Yan Qing always felt uneasy and kept watching his movements. He saw that he was using the most common type of dough that came in a box of several kilograms, and he only put one piece in it.

He thought, since his girlfriend has a poor appetite, he could just give her a smaller portion.

Then he saw the boss take out a piece of meat and cut it into two slices.

Lettuce, also two leaves.

He thought to himself, MMP, I’ve never seen anyone so heartless. How can the noodles taste good if they put such a small amount of stuff in them?

After a while, the noodles were cooked and the boss came over with a bowl.

Yan Qing took a look and saw that the soup was as clear as boiled water, with only a little noodles at the bottom, two thin slices of meat, two green vegetables, and seven or eight chopped green onions floating on top. Yes, the number of chopped green onions could be counted at a glance.

“Is this fresh meat noodles?”

When he saw his boss was about to leave, he finally couldn't help it, and there was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

The boss turned around and explained, "It is indeed fresh meat. I bought it this morning. It's cold now, so I didn't even put it in the refrigerator."

Is this the point?

Yan Qing felt that he had been too tactful and was very dissatisfied. Just as he was about to say something, he saw that his girlfriend had already picked up the chopsticks and started eating. He thought that if his girlfriend spit it out after taking a bite, he would definitely scold the boss.

Liu Bing took a small bite, chewed it a few times, and then took another bite.

Yan Qing put aside his dissatisfaction when he saw that his girlfriend was willing to eat. He thought, it seems that she can eat something light, this can be considered an accident.

Liu Bing ate noodles faster and faster. At first, she just took a few bites perfunctorily, but as she ate more, she seemed to enjoy the taste. Before she knew it, she had finished the whole bowl of noodles, including the noodles and the soup.

Yan Qing couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking, it seems that she can't eat greasy food, so she has to eat this very vegetarian noodles.

When he was checking out, he heard the boss say fifteen yuan, which made him even more upset. It was really too rip-off. After paying with WeChat, he thought to himself, if I come here again next time, I would be a fool.

After returning home, my girlfriend had a rare good sleep, probably because she was full.

The next day, Yan Qing got up early and cooked a bowl of vegetarian noodles. When his girlfriend woke up, he handed it to her like a treasure and said, "Here, eat it while it's hot."

"What is this?" Liu Bing asked.

"Noodles. I saw you enjoying them yesterday, so I made one portion just like you did. Come, have a taste."

Liu Bing picked up the chopsticks and took a bite. Then, he suddenly ran to the cabinet beside the bed, pulled out a few tissues, and spit on them.

Yan Qing was a little shocked, "Why, it doesn't taste good?"

Liu Bing shook his head and said, "I want to eat what the restaurant made last night."

Yan Qing immediately shook his head. You must be joking. He said yesterday that anyone who goes to that store again is a fool. How could he go back on his word?

After a few seconds, he gave in to his girlfriend's gaze and said, "I'll be there right away."

Ten minutes later, he ran to the door of the store, panting, looked at the tightly closed shutter door, and blurted out, "Fuck."

(End of this chapter)