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8. The old man who eats ancient noodles

No. 586 of the Night Market is an old-fashioned shop selling ancient noodles. It has been open in the Night Market for 55 years.

The ancient noodles are old-fashioned, with a very strong noodles, a pleasant taste, and the meat quality of the ingredients is of top quality. All the ingredients are the freshest ingredients and are widely circulated in Guanghua City.

The diners come to visit and return with great pleasure. They can queue from 7 a.m. the first day to 2 a.m. the next night.

There was a long queue at the door, and after eating, a group of people came.

Cao Fan and Zhang Hua stood at the door, and Cao Fan greedily again and said to Zhang Hua: "I want to eat ancient noodles, do you eat them?"

Zhang Hua touched Gululu's stomach and seemed to refuse: "I have eaten so much barbecue, can you still eat it? Okay, I'll have something with you."

Cao Fan couldn't help but feel angry: "You obviously want to eat good food."

The two of them were tacitly aware of it and lined up to try this legendary ancient noodles.

Zhang Hua saw that there were twenty-one people in front of him, and there could only be three people sitting at each table. At this time, an old man in gray was standing behind Cao Fan, about 70 years old. Old Zhuo in gray had a firm look and followed Cao Fan quietly. Zhang Hua also saw the old man in gray and said to the old man behind Cao Fan: "Mr., please come with us." After that, he gave up his position and stood behind Cao Fan. The old man spoke out to express his gratitude.

"Thank you two young men. I didn't bring any money. Can you please treat me to a meal?" The old man in gray touched his butt pocket and said to Cao Fan.

Cao Fan felt that the old man must have forgotten to get the money when he went out, so he readily agreed: "It's okay to have a bowl of noodles, I'll treat you."

Cao Fan turned around and said to Zhang Hua: "I have invited this meal, you can't grab it with me."

Zhang Hua touched his head and responded: "Yes, please invite this meal, I will treat you next meal. I will eat you down this meal."

Cao Fan wanted to laugh: "Come on, it depends on how capable you are."

The old man in gray also turned around and said, "Thank you, the young man."

Cao Fan responded with a smile.

The ancient noodles shop only has ten tables, and each table can only sit three people, so soon came to Cao Fan and the others.

There are only four staff members in the shop, two noodles cookers and two female workers doing odd jobs.

"Uncle, what noodles do you want to eat?" Cao Fan asked the old man in gray for his opinion.

"I just want a bowl of ancient noodles and beef." The old man in gray responded.

"Uncle, do you have other requirements?" Cao Fan asked again.

"Let him add more coriander." The old man in gray remembered something and quickly added.

The three of them sat down, Cao Fan sat inside, Zhang Hua leaned to the right, and the old man in gray sat on the side of the curb.

A middle-aged sister in her forties came over and asked, "What do you two objectively want to eat?"

Zhang Hua did not say anything, Cao Fan quickly took over the conversation: "Three bowls of ancient noodles, two of them follow your most classic recipe, one of them with beef and some coriander."

The middle-aged elder sister was very puzzled. The two ordered three bowls of noodles. Is it so edible? The elder sister thought they could eat it, so she shouted to the chef: "Three bowls of ancient noodles, one of which is beef and some coriander."

The chef replied: "Haole."

Zhang Hua said in front of Cao Fan and the old man in gray: "The waiter's eyes are so bad, aren't we three?" Cao Fan smiled and said to Zhang Hua: "It's a big night, it's not normal to miss it." The old man in gray was insane when he looked at the middle-aged sister.

Zhang Hua looked at the packed barbecue and thought to himself: Heng Jing will definitely not be able to eat it tomorrow. He immediately took it out and continued to eat it, and said to the old man: "Master, can you come and have some barbecue?"

"Young man, eat it. The old man is old and can't eat barbecue anymore. You eat more." The old man in gray said, but his eyes looked into the shop of the ancient noodles.

Cao Fan asked, "Master, why are you still coming out to eat noodles so late? Where are the family members?"

The old man in gray was suddenly disappointed: "Yes, where is my family?" His eyes looked into the shop again.

At this moment, a young man came over and was about to say something to Cao Fan's table. Cao Fan stood up, pulled the young man aside, and said to the young man: "Brother, there is someone at this position, so I'll take it for a while." After that, he took out a hundred-dollar bill in his hand and gave it to him. The young man immediately said, "It's easy to say." After saying this, he walked away.

Zhang Hua looked at Cao Fan's method and said nothing, and continued to eat the barbecue in his hand.

The old man in gray just stared at the shop in a daze.

Three minutes later, three bowls of hot ancient noodles were served.

Zhang Hua has eaten so much barbecue and is always here to visit the ancient noodles.

Cao Fan smiled bitterly and said to himself, "Zhang Hua, you are so edible." After that, he picked up the chopsticks and ate a bite of the ancient noodles.

"Damn it! It's so delicious, it's a time-honored brand." Cao Fan couldn't help but scream.

The old man in gray also moved his chopsticks and started eating.

Zhang Hua quickly finished eating what he had in his bowl and looked at the noodles in Cao Fan and the old man in gray.

"Afan, let me give you another bowl, I didn't eat enough." Zhang Hua pulled the corner of Cao Fan's clothes.

Cao Fan said angrily: "Put your slavery, and if you do this, I will suppress you as my senior brother."

Zhang Hua continued to say shamelessly: "I will invite you to have a bowl of noodles, and everyone will listen to you." He was about to touch Cao Fan's face in his hand.

Cao Fan was convinced and didn't give him a bowl of noodles anymore, he was about to fight the sky. He quickly said to the store: "Give me another bowl of ancient noodles, a classic version."

The middle-aged elder sister walked over and looked at the table number. She saw a bowl on the corner and no one was eating. She was about to remind Cao Fan, but Cao Fan quickly stood up and said to her: "Another bowl, it's one hundred yuan, so you don't need to find it."

The middle-aged elder sister looked at the hundred-dollar bill and said quickly, "Thank you little brother, come soon."

Soon after the old man in gray finished eating the noodles, he stood up and said to Cao Fan, "Thank you for your reception, goodbye."

Cao Fan responded: "Goodbye, go slowly..."

The old man in gray also smiled at Zhang Hua, and Zhang Hua also responded with a smile. He looked at the shop of Gu Noodles and the people inside, especially the middle-aged sister.

The old man in gray walked towards a path next door and disappeared into the darkness.

"I like this old man." Zhang Hua said.

"So too." Cao Fan said, but said in his heart: "Good uncle, please leave."

Zhang Hua quickly finished eating the noodles, and Cao Fan called the middle-aged sister to settle the score.

The middle-aged elder sister walked to the table here and took a look. There was still a bowl of noodles that had not eaten. She was about to ask if the food was not good. "Brother, have you not eaten this bowl of beef noodles yet? Does it taste inappropriate?" She thought Cao Fan was going to refund the money for the bowl of noodles, but Cao Fan pulled her aside and said to her: "It's not that the noodles taste bad, but very good. I want to ask, how long has it been since you returned to your hometown?"

The middle-aged elder sister thought for a while, turned around and said to Cao Fan, "It's been six months."

Cao Fan said singly: "I haven't been back for so long. As the saying goes, my parents are not traveling far away. You should have a father at home. I think you should go home to see your father."

The middle-aged elder sister seemed to have thought of something, and was amazed that Cao Fan could meet. She said to Cao Fan: "Thank you little brother, little brother, can you see your face? I do have an old father at home. I will go back to my hometown in a few days." The middle-aged elder sister is Fan Qin, who is 45 years old this year, and there is an old father at home. She is 77 years old. She is a third child at home, with an older sister and an older brother. Usually her old father lives with her elder brother Fan Bing. Their hometown is more than 70 kilometers away from Guanghua City. Hejiaping Village, Dongxin Town, Dongxiang County, a suburb of Guanghua City. Fan Qin has been going back to her hometown to see her old father for half a year.

Cao Fan responded: "Please take good care of myself, sister."

"Thank you." Fan Qin replied. "Dare you ask your surname?" Fan Qin asked casually, and he just asked casually. After all, Cao Fan is so good at meeting each other, he must be extraordinary.

"Guanghua University junior, Cao Fan. We are going to go back, goodbye to my elder sister." Cao Fan told the truth, then pulled Zhang Hua, who had eaten and drunk enough, and left here, gradually disappeared from the crowd in the night market.

"goodbye."

Fan Qin stared at the table where they left, especially the untouched bowl of ancient noodles.

Beef noodles with coriander.

Father’s favorite taste.

At this time, Fan Qin's phone suddenly rang, and she answered the phone.

Before the phone was hung up, Fan Qinsheng knelt on the ground in tears, regardless of the strange eyes of everyone around her, and she was extremely sad in an instant. She looked at Cao Fan's leaving figure, and she burst into tears for a moment, and said sadly: "Dad, why did you leave like this? My daughter hasn't seen you for the last time."

Then she looked at the beef noodles and the extra coriander on the table, and seemed to understand something, and murmured to herself:

"Dad, you love eating the beef coriander noodles I made, and I can never make it for you again."

She sat in front of the bowl of untouched ancient noodles and started eating one by one.

Tears broke completely.

He started crying desperately.

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