As soon as he left, Su Xueli said, "Hey, sister-in-law, this trip wasn't in vain, we even met a fellow villager."
Du Mei smiled and said, "It's really rare to meet someone from my hometown. I don't know how they managed to open a restaurant so far away. Our place is over a thousand miles away from our county."
Su Xueli said, "Outsiders are better at chanting sutras. Some people don't have the opportunity at home, but they make money after leaving their hometown."
Du Mei nodded: "That's true, that's true."
Su Xueli turned her head and saw that Xiao Zhaodi and Xiao Pandi were staring wide-eyed at the plate of celery and pork on the table, their eyes practically bulging with desire.
Su Xueli put some food on their plates and said, "Zhaozhao, Panpan, eat your food."
Wei Mingshen also said kindly, "Eat up, there will be more meat later, eat as much as you like."
Du Mei said emotionally, "Eat up, look how much your uncle and aunt love you. Even your own father has never loved you like that."
Wei Mingshen whispered to Du Mei, "Don't talk about this with the child."
Du Mei lowered her head and remained silent, while Su Xueli urged her to eat.
Fortunately, the two children ate well at Wei Mingshen's house these past two days, otherwise they would have been stuffed to death seeing so much meat.
Before Wei Mingshen could ask for it, Li Jinbu's wife handed over four bowls of noodles with minced meat sauce, and said with a smile, "Which one of you is from our hometown? My husband will let you have a few more bowls of our hometown noodles."
Du Mei quickly stood up, looked at the long-awaited noodles, and said excitedly, "It's me, it's me! Thank you so much, sister! These noodles are so touching..."
Li Jinbu's wife looked at Du Mei and said, "It's alright, it's alright. It's so nice to meet someone from our hometown here, thousands of miles away from home. But I don't have time to talk right now, you guys enjoy your meal while I get busy."
"Go ahead, eldest sister."
After she left, Du Mei's eyes welled up with tears. "Whenever I miss home, I'll come here for a bowl of noodles with minced meat sauce."
Su Xueli said, "Yes, now my sister-in-law will have fellow villagers here, so we can visit each other. If they go home, it will be easier to ask them to send a message or something."
"Yes, yes, yes."
She suddenly wiped away her tears and said to Wei Mingshen and Su Xueli, "Brother Mingshen, sister-in-law Xueli, please try some of our hometown's specialties."
As she spoke, she took a small bowl and scooped some food from her own bowl for her youngest daughter to eat by herself.
She hurriedly picked up a noodle and took a bite, her eyes instantly welling up with tears: "It's the same taste, the same taste we've eaten since we were little. But we couldn't afford it usually, my mother and grandmother only made it for holidays. We usually ate noodles with meat sauce to improve our lives..."
Su Xueli and Wei Mingshen both took a bite and said it was delicious.
Du Mei lowered her head, held the bowl, and finished the bowl of noodles in one go. After wiping her mouth, she said, "After finishing this bowl of noodles, it really feels like I've come home."
Su Xueli smiled and said, "Then your soul will have a place to rest from now on."
Du Mei smiled sheepishly.
When Su Xueli went to pay the bill, the couple refused to accept it no matter what.
Su Xueli had no choice but to say, "Brother and sister, this meal was on my behalf for your fellow villager, so I can't accept your gift. Please treat her to a free meal next time she has a similar situation."
After saying that, he slammed the money onto the counter.
As the group was leaving the restaurant, Du Mei came over to say goodbye to the couple, saying that she would come over for a while whenever she missed home, have a bowl of noodles with minced meat sauce, and that she would also trouble them to pass on a message to her family when they went home.
The couple said it was no big deal. They were happy to see their fellow villager and welcomed her to bring her children to eat the noodles with minced meat sauce in the future.
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