I have always been a person who is afraid of loneliness. I'm afraid of going shopping alone, going to the supermarket alone and eating alone.

Now, I would rather not eat than go out to eat alone, so take-out has become my frequent visitor. I often order this dish in the middle of the night for a change, but I can't eat the taste of seafood noodles hidden in those years anymore.

I was a day student in high school. For a time, I often walked a long way back to a person's rental house after school. Eating has become my biggest problem because I don't want to wait and eat alone. During that time, I carried a box of instant noodles home in the canteen downstairs and ate it for a whole month. My stomach really hurt badly.

One day, on my way home from school, I saw a newly opened store with no name. There are two children playing at the door, laughing like flowers and calling out for their sister. My sister, who was called by a strange child for a long time on the lonely road, suddenly made me feel very warm. I stopped and smiled back. I turned and followed them into the store, and there were no guests in the store.

The little girl held my hand and wouldn't let go. The proprietress in the shop, that is, the little girl's mother, probably thinks that the little girl will scare me away if she makes too much noise. Say to the little girl, baby, let go of your sister's hand and go outside to play with your brother.

I said slightly embarrassed, it doesn't matter, the little girl is quite cute. Then, looking at the menu on the wall, I said, give me a bowl of seafood noodles.

When I sat down, the proprietress said, it's a good thing you ordered seafood noodles. There's nothing else today. I turned to ask the proprietress why, and she explained that genius opened the door. I didn't invite guests today, so I ordered seafood noodles alone and made them for me. The proprietress also said that she must come and join us tomorrow. I said, okay.

There is no one in the shop. I watched the proprietress cook noodles and chatted with her one build what did not build. I know that this shop was just opened by her and her husband, in order to facilitate the children in this town to go to school. Her husband, the boss, is now going to the market with the children's grandparents to buy tomorrow's ingredients, and she is the only one in the shop. She said she was here to help her husband's boy. His cooking is delicious. I must eat her husband's cooking once. She said that in fact, she can't cook seafood noodles, but she usually watches her husband cook seafood noodles and eats too much, so it shouldn't taste bad. .....

I'm like a good friend I haven't seen for years, listening to her endless stories. It was not until the seafood noodles in the pot bubbled loudly that she came to her senses and brought me a big bowl of seafood noodles.

Maybe it's instant noodles eaten for a month, maybe it's the taste of home, maybe it's an emotional cooking method, and it's always said to be delicious. Seeing my exaggerated expression, the proprietress probably thought I was comforting her because I had half a bowl left. There is more than half a bowl left. First, the seafood noodles in the boss's house are really too big. Second, because I eat less, especially less.

I got up to pay, and pushed and shoved with the proprietress for a while. The proprietress said, it's definitely not delicious. I didn't even eat. I won't charge you today. I'll eat tomorrow.

I said, it's really delicious, but I have a small appetite and can't eat too much. If I don't accept, I won't come tomorrow.

I put the money in the boss's hand and left the shop in a hurry. The proprietress couldn't help saying that she must come tomorrow.

On my way home, I felt unprecedented happiness, and this happiness actually came from a stranger I just met.

It opened the next day, and I really went. The shop is very busy and crowded with people. The proprietress recognized me at a glance and said that she could not greet me today. Let me find a seat and turn around and let her husband cook me a bowl of seafood noodles.

I said, don't worry, I'll just sit and wait.

I can't tell you how I feel. Looking at the customers coming and going, I don't feel like an outsider at all. As soon as a strange guest comes in, I get up and give up my seat. When the guests have finished eating, I will clean up and sit down. It makes me feel at home. Suddenly, it makes sense to wait alone at that time.

Later, their shop became my exclusive, and eating alone became my happiest time.

Later, I tasted every dish in their shop. The boss did it. It's really delicious, but it's not as good as the boss's gentle seafood noodles

I remember one exam, I missed my meal and went to their shop. At that time, no guests came to dinner. Their family ate around the big round table and watched me go in. The boss said they just ate it, too, and asked me to eat it with their family. Their family ate more nutritious food.

I was deeply moved, but I still said no. I really want to eat seafood noodles today

Then the boss brought me a small bowl of seafood noodles and said, I always have a lot left, so this time I will cook a small bowl, which is my patent in this store.

I listened with tears in my eyes I was touched, warm and soft, and my heart trembled slightly. I took a few mouthfuls and left. The boss said, is today's seafood noodles not delicious, too hard or too salty? You eat less than usual.

I said, no, it's delicious, but I'm not very hungry, but I have an exam this afternoon, so I'll just grab something to eat.

Another time, because I didn't do well in the monthly exam, I was lost in thought while walking on the road. Arriving at the door of their shop, the boss shouted twice and said, What's the girl thinking? You haven't eaten, have you? Come in and eat.

I went in and ordered a bowl of seafood noodles. After a while, the proprietress brought a bowl of soup, and I didn't say I didn't order it. The proprietress said that I still have a bad appetite because I have a small appetite and am so thin. I just made an appetizing soup today and gave me a bowl.

Tears filled my eyes.

My mother always said that society is cruel and dark, and a girl should be more careful outside and beware of strangers. And I am unprepared for society, maybe I met too many good people.

On the last day of the college entrance examination, I went to their store again, because there was no business during the holiday, and they were also going to pack up and go back to their hometown for the summer vacation.

I said, just look, look at this store; Look at those two little kids named my sister, which made me have an indissoluble bond with them; Look at this boss and proprietress who make me feel as warm and loving as a family; Look at this place where you didn't like to leave at first but didn't give up.

The boss said that I can't eat my seafood noodles after I go to college. I'd better cook you another bowl. If you want to eat again later, remember to come back. We've been here.

This time, I watched the boss cook. The boss first grabbed a handful of shrimp, cut off the head and tail, fried onions and lean meat. After cooking in water, he put down the noodles. The noodles are almost cooked. He put the vegetables and ham together, seasoned them with salt and pepper, and added an egg after cooking.

In fact, every time my boss gave me a lot of shrimp and lean meat, but this time it was more. He said that he was afraid that I would never eat it again, and that I would never meet a girl who likes seafood noodles like me again.

I looked at the steaming seafood noodles in front of me, and my eyes were foggy. I seem to have a special smell-the smell cooked by the boss. Besides delicious food, there is love, emotion and warmth.

Later, I left that small town and came to a bigger city. I've been to a store ten times better than that one, eaten seafood noodles ten times more expensive than that bowl of seafood noodles, and tasted many seafood noodles, but it's not that taste anymore.

Later, I found the unforgettable bowl of seafood noodles, not because its delicacy touched your taste buds, not because of its delicacy, but because it touched me, warmed me, cured me, and made me feel at home and have love.

So memories and stories are the soul of the midnight food store.

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