homecoming

Three years later, ghosts and evil spirits, the capital city of Charm.

At the end of the street facing the street, there is an inconspicuous small restaurant, which is also a restaurant with no name.Although the restaurant is small, it is clean and tidy. There are not many dishes but the taste is good. You can smell the aroma of the food from a long distance. The most famous dish here is roast chicken.The low price and delicious food make this small restaurant full of customers when it comes time to eat. Some of them are rich and famous. In order to taste the signature dishes here, they don’t mind their status. Sitting at the same table with common people in narrow restaurants.

The boss here is also strange. He is tall but extremely thin. He wears black clothes all day long and wears a black gauze hat on his head.Nobody knew what he looked like, where he came from, or who he was.All I know is that the boss's surname is Tang, and his voice is low and slightly hoarse, but surprisingly nice.On a certain day three years ago, he came here alone and settled in the simplest small courtyard in the residential area.Then I opened this small restaurant on the street overnight, invited two released prisoners, and brought back four homeless children from the street to serve as mistresses.Strange boss, strange clerk.At the beginning, the common people were very repulsed by this nameless small restaurant, even though the smell of rice wafting from it was indeed very attractive, no one patronized it.The owner and the waiters in the store will send the rest of the day's food to the beggars and homeless in the city. Gradually, many homeless people gather around the restaurant, so that no customers will patronize him .When people thought that the restaurant would close within a month, Boss Tang bought a dilapidated small yard not far from the restaurant, and sent all the people gathered at the entrance of the small restaurant there.Gradually, the small yard was tidied up, and it began to feel like home, with many people living in it.

In this way, this small restaurant has been supported on the street for half a year, and when the imperial examination comes every three years, it began to have its first customer.Because he was a poor and destitute scholar rushing for the exam, he spent all his money when he went to Beijing to rush for the exam.That day he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, so he spent the last two copper coins to buy a bowl of plain noodles.After eating plain noodles that night, the scholar actually shed tears, saying that he had never eaten such delicious noodles in his life.After seeing the desertedness of this restaurant, he even took the initiative to solicit customers for this restaurant, praising the food here for how delicious it is. People on the street were hungry and confused in front of scholars. At that time, even if they gave him a bowl of sour noodles, they thought it was The tastiest thing in the world.Facing the ridicule of the crowd, the scholar did not feel humiliated, but tried his best to persuade the guests to go in and have a taste.In the end, there was a customer who couldn't bear his entanglement and reluctantly agreed to give it a try.The customer saw that the price on the menu was really cheap, so he ordered a few small dishes with the idea that it would not be too bad to eat anyway.The customer was attracted when the dish was first served, and after trying to eat a chopstick, he almost swallowed his tongue!Later, the customer ordered several dishes in a row, and he almost licked every dish clean!

Seeing this guest's almost exaggerated eating appearance, several more people came in with half-believing attitudes, and then they all turned into the gluttonous and dissatisfied appearance of the first guest.

That day, because of the help of a poor scholar, the small restaurant was full all day.From that day on, there were almost no empty seats in the small restaurant.

Three years have passed, and that Boss Tang is still mysterious.Restaurants have not expanded their storefronts, and the prices of dishes have not become more expensive.The only thing that has changed is the four mistresses in the store, who have grown up a lot.

Today, the small restaurant is as crowded as ever.As soon as Tang Fei arrived at the small restaurant, he found that the atmosphere was not very right.Through the black veil in front of him, Tang Fei found the source of his uneasiness. There was a table of unkind guests who looked at him playfully when he came in.

A boy named Zijun from the primary school ran towards him, looked at the guests at the table timidly and whispered to Tang Fei: "Brother Tang, you have to be careful, the guests at that table are punks facing the street, they were right just now, and they were right." Little Tinger moves her hands and feet!"

find fault?Tang Fei was puzzled, he didn't seem to offend anyone, right? "Where's Xiaoting?" Tang Fei asked in a low voice.

"I took her to the kitchen. Uncle Hai and Uncle Wu are protecting her! They are bullies in this street, no one dares to mess with them!" Zi Jun said unhappily, thinking of Xiao Ting'er's humiliated appearance, He really wanted to kill someone!

Pat Zijun on the shoulder, signaling him not to worry, and said, "You guys are here to greet the guests first, and I'll go and see Xiaoting." After speaking, Tang Fei went straight to the kitchen.But before he took a few steps, one of the gangsters at the table came over and blocked Tang Fei's way.

Unable to see clearly Tang Fei's face under the black veil, the little gangster said with a smile on his face: "Boss Tang, my brothers are willing to come to your small place for a meal today, it's for your face! If you don't treat the little girl just now If you hand it over to have a glass of wine with us, be careful that you won't be able to eat it later!"

Tang Fei glanced at the man lightly, stretched out his hand to push him away, and said in a hoarse voice with disgust, "We don't welcome such people in restaurants, Zijun Ziqing Zimo, see off the guests!"

The three of them, Zijun, Ziqing and Zimo, were the little beggars Tang Fei brought back from the street three years ago. Hearing that Tang Fei personally issued the order to evict the guests, he was no longer afraid, and even used the energy he used to compete with those big beggars for food. Going in front of those little bastards, he shouted: "Did you hear that, our boss told you to get out! Remember to pay the bill when you get out, our restaurant is not a place for you to eat for nothing!"

The guests in the restaurant also began to point their fingers at the gangsters. Xiao Ting, who was only 14 years old when they started molesting, was all photographed by their usual actions, but now everyone responded. The situation strengthened their courage!

A few gangsters looked at the people in the restaurant with some trepidation, they had never seen such a battle before.The gangster who jumped out to stop Tang Fei first felt that he couldn't hold back, so he pushed Tang Fei violently and cursed: "Damn, if you don't hand over that woman today, I will tear down your shop!"

"You dare to touch our Brother Tang?! I'll fight you!" Seeing that they made a move, Zi Jun rolled up his sleeves and punched them!

There was chaos in the restaurant, Tang Fei frowned and told all the customers to go out before dispersing the crowd. In the kitchen, Uncle Hai and Wu Shu, who had thick arms and round backs, rushed out with two bone-chopping knives in turn. Shouting and yelling: "Whoever dares to tear down our boss's platform, we will hack him!" Even Xiao Ting, who had just been bullied, ran out with a spatula, tears still hanging from the corners of her eyes, and her lips trembling While drinking coquettishly: "I will fight with you too!"

Tang Fei, who wanted to make a big deal smaller, couldn't laugh or cry when he saw the situation in front of him. He hurried forward to stop Uncle Hai and Uncle Wu who were about to make a fuss, and then stopped Xiao Ting, who was not helping.Just as he turned around and wanted to scare the gangsters that he would report to the police if he didn't leave, Tang Fei was knocked off the black veil cap on his head by one of the gangsters.

"Ah!" The little gangster screamed, and his legs became weak in fright, and he sat down on the ground.

Under the black veil was a face as ugly as a ghost.The whole face seemed to have been burned by fire, the black and red texture was tangled and curled up, and no one part was intact.On the distorted face, there was only a pair of eagle eyes without a trace of emotion, cold and vast.

Except for Zijun and others who had seen Tang Fei like this for a long time, even the people watching the excitement outside were taken aback in shock!In the past three years, they have guessed countless times that Tang Fei, who speaks nicely but wears a veil all the time, hides what kind of face, handsome, beautiful, ordinary, and ugly.I also guessed why Tang Fei covered his entire face to avoid his enemies?Too beautiful?Too ugly?

But now, seeing Tang Fei's inhuman face, they couldn't think of anything except panic.Many aunts who used to enthusiastically want to introduce Tang Fei to a proprietress all stroked their chests and secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, they didn't make the matchmaker at the beginning, otherwise wouldn't this ruin their daughter? !

"Brother Tang!" Xiaoting quickly threw away the spatula in her hand in fright, and picked up the dropped curtain hat to put on for Tang Fei.She's not afraid, what's so scary about seeing this face three years ago?What she was afraid of was the mocking or disdainful gazes of those people, and she was afraid that Tang Fei would get hurt because of it.

Tang Fei took the veiled hat, glanced coldly at those punks, and shouted in a deep voice, "Get out!"

"Quick, run!" Helped up the little bastard who was so frightened that he couldn't stand up.A group of people ran away rolling and crawling.

"What are you looking at! What are you looking at!" Zijun and Zimo started to close the store, shouting, "The store will not be open today! What you ate just now is a free gift! Let's go!"

The neighbors who still wanted to stand at the door to watch the excitement smiled shyly, and left in twos and threes, whispering and discussing Tang Fei's appearance before leaving.

"I didn't expect Boss Tang to look like this, it really scared me to death!"

"That's right, I was shocked too! Tell me, why did his face become like that?"

"How do I know? Did I offend some enemy and be disfigured?"

"I don't think so. Although Boss Tang is a little cold, he doesn't seem to have enemies."

"That's right, I think Boss Tang is very kind and righteous. Is there anyone on the street who hasn't received favors from him? Didn't they never care about it? And the lonely old people and children in that yard are not all raised by him. Is it?"

"Hey, who can explain these things clearly? Who hasn't had a past!"

"Hey, it sounds like you have a past!"

As the discussion group moved further and further away, Zijun slammed the last door shut and said angrily, "Sooner or later, I'm going to pull out their tongues! Let them chew their tongues!"

After putting on his hat, Tang Fei stepped forward and tapped Zijun on the head, and said, "All the private tutors I hired for you were for nothing?"

Zi Jun covered his head and stuck out his tongue, and said with the characteristic rebellion of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy: "You hired me as an accountant, who doesn't teach poetry and etiquette to repay grievances with virtue! If they dare to say Brother Tang, you, I Just beat them up!" Ziqing Zimo and Xiaoting also nodded in agreement!

Tang Fei sighed helplessly, then turned to the 40-year-old Uncle Hai and Uncle Wu and said, "There are Uncle Hai and Uncle Wu, you still don't put down your knives!"

Uncle Hai and Uncle Wu looked at each other embarrassedly, and put down the knife.

"You have only been out of prison for a few years, and you want to go in again?" Tang Fei taught, "You have to change your temper. In the past, you were the imperial cook in the palace for eight years because of your hot temper. Prison meal! Now that you are out, live your life well and don’t act on impulse. The little ones don’t understand, and the big ones don’t understand either?”

The two old uncles who were five-year-old and three-year-old blushed when they were trained by Tang Fei's juniors. Knowing that Tang Fei was doing it for their own good, they said dully, "We know, and we won't do it anymore." Suddenly, he changed the subject and said viciously: " But if anyone dares to do anything to you, I will not let him go even if I risk my life!"

That's all right, let's all nod together...

Tang Fei slapped his forehead helplessly, and was coughed angrily by them for a long time.

Let them rest for half a day to take care of the elderly and children in the yard. Tang Fei took a roast chicken back to his home in a quiet and simple courtyard in the residential area. There were no servants, only himself and a modern-day chicken The Chinese Garden Dog is three years old.It was bought from a dog dealer in the vegetable market for 250 Wen a year ago. Tang Fei gave it a very commemorative name - Two Hundred Five.

Walking slowly on the road with a fragrant roast chicken, ignoring those pointing people and probing eyes.As he walked, Tang Fei felt as if someone was following him.

Could it be that group of punks came to take revenge on him?Do you want to report to the police?Tang Fei thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to look back.

Turning around, Tang Fei was stunned.A boy with messy clothes led a boy with equally messy clothes, each of them biting their fingers, and stopped behind him.

The boy looks ordinary, but his eyes are very beautiful, big, round and bright, as if he can talk.The little boy looked only six or seven years old, he was exquisite, cute and well-behaved, he belonged to the kind of child who wanted to be hugged in his arms as soon as he saw him.

However, what made Tang Fei feel weird was that the senior and junior didn't look at him at all, but stared at the roast chicken in his hand, sucking their noses and fingers, looking as if their saliva was about to flow down... ...

"Father, I think that roast chicken is smiling at me, and then said to me, 'Come and eat me, come and eat me!'" the younger one said with a saliva, staring at the roast chicken.

"So it's not my hallucination! I thought it was smiling at me just now!" said the older one, wiping the drool that had flowed to the corner of his mouth, and staring at the roast chicken intently.

Tang Fei, who was hidden under the black veil, twitched the corners of his mouth, wanting to ask why his roast chicken would smile at two suspicious people? !In the end, Tang Fei decided to speak up.

"You two, why have you been following me?"

The deep and slightly hoarse voice is like a wine that has been settled for many years, with a seductive and intoxicating charm.

A certain voice controller finally recovered from the roast chicken, and suddenly raised his head to see the handsome guy, but what he saw was a black veil, which made him flatten his mouth a little dissatisfied.With such a nice voice, why are you still covering your face?Is it too handsome? !

"We didn't follow you, we followed it!" The young man pointed to the roast chicken in Tang Fei's hand, and said with a confident look.

Tang Fei shook the corner of his mouth uncontrollably, and said patiently: "This roast chicken belongs to me. If you follow my roast chicken, you are following me, understand? You will trouble me if you follow me, understand Is it?" Although the big and small clothes are a bit dirty, it can be seen that the materials are high quality.Tang Fei guessed that it was probably some son who sneaked out to play and used up all the money to get to this point.

After listening to Tang Fei's words, the boy and the boy shook their heads at the same time, and suddenly nodded at the same time.

Tang Fei was a little overwhelmed, what kind of person did he meet...

"That..." The young man rubbed his feet on the bluestone road embarrassingly, looked up at Tang Fei and said, "I'm really sorry, my son and I are really hungry, and we smelled the smell of roast chicken." That's why I can't help but follow you..."

"Your son?" Tang Fei looked at the young man and the little boy in surprise. Would it be convincing to say that these two are brothers?

"That's right! Don't look at my father like that, he is actually 23 years old! My father gave birth to me when he was 16!" The boy explained in a sensible manner when he heard Tang Fei's puzzled and surprised tone.

This time, Tang Fei finally calmed down.Just when I was about to say that I could have a free meal by reporting my name at the restaurant at the end of the street, I realized that the restaurant closed early today.With complicated and delicate emotions, he looked at the two young father and son who were drooling at the roast chicken in his hand again, and said, "If you don't mind, take this and eat it." Pass them the roast chicken.

"No, no, no!" The boy waved his hands quickly, then remembered something, and said, "Well, you can just give my son a chicken leg, he hasn't eaten for two days, take the rest back and eat it yourself!"

Tang Fei was startled, seeing that the young man was not just pretending, so he stuffed the roast chicken into the young man's hand without saying a word, turned around and left.

"Hey..." The young man called out, but Tang Fei didn't stop.

Tonight, let's eat the leftovers from lunch with Two Hundred and Five.Tang Fei thought about it, but he didn't realize that the suspicious father and son were sneaking up behind him.I didn't expect that because of my momentary kindness, I brought back two big troubles...