As the two children spoke, they threw themselves into the arms of the boss and the boss's wife like a swallow in the forest.
The boss smiled and opened his arms to catch the child. He did not feel that the child was unruly in doing so.
The landlady even took out a handkerchief from her apron pocket, wiped the sweat from the little girl's face, and asked in a warm voice: "Is it hot? Do you want to take off your coat and have a rest?"
Seeing the harmonious scene of this family, Wang Qing was a little moved.
After all, this is the warmth of home that she has never had in her memory.
but……
Wang Qing frowned slightly, looked at the two children carefully, and then looked at the boss and his wife.
These two children looked to be only six or seven years old. Judging from the schoolbags they carried, they were obviously still in elementary school.
But both the boss and the boss's wife have gray hair, and the deep wrinkles on their faces also indicate that these two people are no longer young.
A couple over fifty years old actually have such a young son and daughter?
If the two children hadn't shouted loudly, Wang Qing would have thought they were the grandchildren of the boss and his wife.
"Hey, the two younger ones are back. Why haven't you seen your eldest son?" The aunt at the table next to her suddenly asked.
The landlady replied with a smile: "I took my brothers out to sea early in the morning to go fishing. I asked them to bring back some more fish roe and crab roe. There are too many tourists in the town, so I'm afraid there won't be enough noodles."
After listening to the words of the landlady, the confusion in Wang Qing's heart subsided a lot.
It turns out that they also have an adult son. The two little ones were probably born later in response to the three-child policy.
Wang Qing looked at the landlady again, in awe.
I have to say, the boss lady is in really good shape.
Judging from the ages of these two children, it is estimated that the proprietress was already overage when she gave birth to the baby.
At this time, several more babies' cries were heard from upstairs.
A child raised his head from the boss's arms and looked towards the stairs, "Mom, my sister is crying again."
"I guess I woke up and didn't see anyone, so I was scared." The proprietress smiled and patted the child on the head, "You go upstairs to coax my sister. Mom will make some noodles and serve them to you."
This restaurant is clearly a family operation.
The first floor is for dining and the kitchen. Next to the kitchen there is a narrow and steep staircase leading to the upstairs that is out of reach.
Upstairs is probably where the boss and his family usually live.
While the landlady was talking to the child for a while, the baby upstairs started crying louder and louder.
Wang Qing didn't know if it was his imagination, but it sounded like there were more than one cry.
It was like many babies crying together, making it very noisy.
But around him, the faces of other diners eating in the store looked the same.
Even, he smiled even more happily.
"Oh, I'm crying so much. Let my brothers and sisters go up and comfort me." The aunt said with a smile.
The two children came out of their parents' arms, walked hand in hand up the stairs, and ran upstairs.
After a while, Wang Qing heard that the noisy baby crying upstairs had weakened a lot.
At this time, Wang Qing heard the aunt speak again and chatted with the landlady:
"Azhen, when you married into our town, I was worried that you were an outsider and wouldn't be able to adapt here. I didn't expect you to be in such good health. It's only been a few years since you've had one litter after another. "
The uncle on the side also said:
"Yes, when you came to our town for a trip, no one expected that you and Aqiang would see eye-to-eye. I really don't know where Aqiang got such good luck."
The landlady listened to everyone's discussion and blushed a little shyly.
"You just know how to make fun of me, don't say it anymore, I'll go cook noodles for the kids."
After that, he turned around and got into the kitchen.
Seeing that the proprietress had left, the diners also smiled and stopped joking.
Wang Qing looked at the two bowls of noodles that were served. They had just been chatting for a while, and the hot noodles had been left to cool to the right temperature without burning their mouths.
She pushed one of the bowls to the butler and placed another bowl in front of her.
He took out his chopsticks and started eating.
The snow-white noodles have distinct roots and sink in the clear soup. There are a few oily spots floating on the surface of the soup, and green chives float on it. Together with a large spoonful of yellow-orange crab roe poured on the surface, it is tempting. appetite.
After taking a sip, Wang Qing's eyes lit up.
As expected of a local specialty, the noodles look very ordinary but taste extremely delicious, not inferior to the third aunt’s craftsmanship at all.
Wang Qing couldn't help but praise: "Boss, the craftsmanship of the landlady is so good. I don't know where else I can get such good noodles away from here."
The boss looked proud when he heard Wang Qing's praise.
"Little girl, you are right. Our noodles cannot be eaten elsewhere. When we make them, we add fish and crab meat to them, which makes them so delicious."
"It's also thanks to our place that we can catch endless amounts of fish and crabs every year, and there's also plenty of fish roe and crab roe. That's why we're willing to buy so much food. It wouldn't be possible in other places."
"Little girl, if you like to eat, you might as well marry us and come to our town, so that you can eat it every day." The boss said half-jokingly.
After hearing this, the butler, who had been keeping his head down and silent, finally raised his head.
Those dark and deep eyes glanced at the boss.
The boss suddenly became alert, and for some reason, he felt a chill.
Wang Qing smiled and said, "This kind of thing all depends on fate."
He looked up at the butler again and saw that the noodles in front of him had not moved. He urged: "You eat, why don't you eat?"
The butler said to the boss: "Please bring another bowl."
When the boss brought the small bowl, the housekeeper picked some noodles from his own bowl, put it in the small bowl, and pushed it to Wang Qing's hand.
"The taste of the two noodles should be different, so you can try both." The butler's tone was soft and his attitude was so considerate that there was no trace of dissatisfaction.
Wang Qing didn't expect him to be so considerate. He happily took the bowl and thanked the butler.
The two of them had noodles in the store and walked around the town together in the afternoon. They didn't go far, they just looked around the hotel.
Towards evening, seeing that it was getting late, we went back to the hotel together.
Throughout the afternoon, none of the investigators and his party who stayed in the hotel came out of the room.
The abalone man huddled in the room.
Ever since he opened the door for the first time and bumped into Wang Qing, he had never dared to open the door again.
Until, the door opened in the corridor.
The guest room was very quiet, and Abalone clearly heard the sound of someone walking in the corridor.
He didn't know who was out the door.
Because he opened the door and bumped into Wang Qing before, he didn't even dare to open the door now.
But soon, the footsteps on the corridor stopped in front of his door.
"Dong dong dong." The door was knocked.
