Take a look before getting married, take a look before getting divorced (I was moved to tears...)

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That day, two guests arrived at Baiyun Restaurant – a man and a woman, both around forty years old. They were well-dressed, and the man was carrying a suitcase; it seemed they were a couple on a trip together. The waiter brought over the menu with a smile. The man took the menu and handed it to his wife, saying, “You decide what to order; order whatever you want.” The woman didn’t even glance at the menu; instead, she looked up at the waiter and said, “Just give us a bowl of wontons!” The waiter was surprised – who comes to Baiyun Restaurant just to eat wontons? Moreover, the restaurant didn’t serve wontons at all. Thinking she might not have heard clearly, the waiter looked at her anxiously. The woman repeated her request, and then the man next to her spoke up, “Why eat wontons? We certainly have enough money.” The woman shook her head and said, “I insist on eating wontons!” The man was stunned. Seeing the waiter’s surprised expression, he said awkwardly, “Okay. Please bring us two bowls of wontons.” “No!” the woman quickly added, “Just one bowl!” The man was puzzled again – how could one person eat one bowl? Seeing the man frown, the woman said, “Didn’t you agree to do as I say?” The man remained silent, resting his arms on the chair. The waiter beside him showed a disdainful smile, thinking to himself that this woman was extremely stingy. Not only did they want to eat wontons at a restaurant, but they also wanted only one bowl for two people. She smirked at the woman and said, “I’m sorry, but we don’t serve wontons here. If you really want to eat them, you’ll have to go to some other place.” The woman was surprised by this and said after thinking for a moment, “How is it possible that you don’t have wontons? Do you refuse to serve us because your business isn’t busy enough?” At that moment, the restaurant owner, Zhang Xianfeng, happened to pass by. Hearing what the woman said, he waved at the waiter. The waiter went over and complained, “Boss, look at these two people. They insist on eating wontons. It seems like they’re trying to cause trouble.” Zhang Xianfeng smiled slightly and waved his hand at her. He was also puzzled – judging from the couple’s attire, they didn’t seem like people who couldn’t afford food. There must be some other reason. Anyway, since customers came in, there was no reason to turn them away. 　　He whispered to the waiter: "You go out and buy a bowl of wontons. How much did you pay for it? You will be charged twice as much when you check out!" After that, he pulled up a chair and sat down, and began to observe this strange couple. After a while, the waiter took back a bowl of steaming wontons, put it in front of the woman, and said, "Please use it slowly." When she saw the wontons, the woman's eyes lit up. She put her face to the bowl, took a deep breath, and then gently stirred the wontons in the bowl with a spoon. She seemed reluctant to eat them, and they didn't come to her mouth for a long time. The man looked at the woman with wide eyes, and then turned around to look around. He felt that everyone was staring at them with strange eyes. He felt ashamed and said bitterly: "I really don't understand what you are doing. You come all the way here just to eat this bowl of wontons?" The woman raised her head and said, "I like it!" The man picked up the menu on the table and said, "You can eat what you like. I have been hungry all day and I need to replenish it." He waved the waiter over and ordered seven or eight expensive dishes at once. The woman was not in a hurry and waited for the man to finish ordering. Then she said to the waiter calmly: "You'd better ask him if he has money first, and be careful of him eating the King's meal." Before the waiter could react, the man blushed angrily: "Fart! I know how to eat King's meal? I don't have money?" As he spoke, he touched his arms and suddenly said "Hey": "Where is my wallet?" He simply stood up, patted and pinched his body, and then he discovered that his mobile phone was missing. The man stood stunned for a long time, and finally turned his eyes to the woman opposite. The woman said calmly, "Don't be fooling around. I threw my wallet and cell phone into the river last night." When the man heard this, he got angry and said, "You're crazy!" The woman seemed not to hear, and continued to slowly stir the wontons in the bowl. The man suddenly remembered something, opened his travel bag, reached out and dug inside. The woman said coldly: "Stop looking for your watch and my ring. I threw all the valuable things we brought out this time into the river. I still have five yuan with me, which is just enough to buy this bowl of wontons!" The man's face turned pale, and he sat down and glared at the woman angrily: "You are really crazy, you are really crazy! We have no money, how can we go back such a long way back?" But the woman looked calm and said calmly: "Why are you in a hurry? No matter what, we still have two legs, and we will be home in a short walk." The man snorted dullly. The woman continued: "Twenty years ago, we didn't have a penny on us, so didn't we still get home? The weather at that time was even colder than now!" After hearing this, the man couldn't help but stare: "Tell me, what did you say?" The woman asked: "You really don't remember?" The man shook his head blankly. The woman sighed: "It seems that after having gained a lot of money over the years, I have really forgotten everything. Twenty years ago, we went on a business trip for the first time, and we were cheated out of everything. We even lost our travel expenses home. When we passed by, you asked for a bowl of wontons for me. I know that you only had fifty cents left on you at that time..." When the man heard this, he was shocked and looked around: "Here, here..." The woman said: "Yes, this is it. I will never forget it. At that time, it was a small and shabby wonton shop." The man lowered his head silently, and the woman turned to the waiter who was standing aside in a daze and said, "Girl, please bring me another empty bowl." The waiter quickly brought an empty bowl. The woman picked up the wontons in front of her, put more than half of them into the empty bowl, and gently pushed them in front of the man: "Eat, let's walk home together after eating!" The man stared at the half-bowl of wontons in front of him for a long time before saying, "I'm not hungry." The woman's eyes flashed with tears and she murmured to herself, "Twenty years ago, you said the same thing!" After saying that, she stared at the bowl without moving the spoon, and just sat quietly. The man said: "Why don't you eat?" The woman choked again: "Twenty years ago, you asked me the same thing. I remember my answer to you at that time. If you want to eat, eat it together, if you don't want to eat it, don't eat it at all. This is still the same sentence now!" The man was silent and reached out to pick up the spoon. For some unknown reason, the hand holding the spoon shook violently. After scooping it out several times, the wontons fell down. Finally, he finally brought one wonton to his mouth and swallowed it hard. When he scooped up the second wonton, tears suddenly fell down. When the woman saw him eating, a smile appeared on her face, and she picked up the spoon and started eating. As soon as the wontons entered her mouth, tears fell into the bowl. The couple finished the bowl of wontons with tears in their eyes. Putting down the spoon, the man raised his head and asked the woman softly: "Are you full?" The woman shook her head. The man was very anxious. Suddenly he seemed to remember something. He bent down and took off one of his leather shoes, pulled out the insole, and reached inside. Unexpectedly, he found five dollars. He was stunned and stared at the money in his hand in disbelief. The woman smiled and said: "Twenty years ago, you lied to me and said you only had five yuan to buy a bowl of wontons. In fact, you still had five yuan, which was hidden in the sole of your shoe. I know you wanted to hide the five yuan and take it out when I was hungry. Later, you were forced to eat half of the wontons. Knowing that I must not be full, you took out the money and bought another bowl!" After a pause, she said again, "Fortunately, you remember what you did. I didn't hide these five yuan in vain!" The man handed the money to the waiter: "Give us another bowl of wontons." The waiter did not take the money and ran away quickly. After a while, he came back with a large bowl of wontons. The man poured more than half of the wontons into the woman's bowl: "Eat it while it's hot!" The woman didn't move and said, "After we finish eating, we have to walk home. Don't blame me. I just want to be hungry and miserable with you again before we break up!" The man remained silent, lowered his head and swallowed in large gulps, including the soup and water. He put down the bowl and urged the woman: "Eat quickly, let's walk home after eating!" The woman said: "Don't worry, I keep what I say. I'll sign it when I get back. I won't take any money. Which woman are you dating? If you marry ten or eight, I won't care about you..." The man suddenly shouted loudly: "I'll burn the divorce agreement when I get back. Isn't that okay?" After saying that, he actually burst into tears, "I was wrong, is that okay? My head is cramped, isn't that okay?" With a smile on her face, the woman calmly finished half a bowl of wontons, and then said to the waiter: "Girl, please pay." The boss Zhang Xianfeng, who had been watching, suddenly woke up, walked over quickly, blocked the woman's hand, took out two hundred-dollar bills from his body and handed them over: "Since you burned the divorce agreement when you went back, why do you still have to walk home?" The man and woman looked at Zhang Xianfeng hesitantly, and Zhang Xianfeng smiled and said: "We are all old acquaintances. I sold the wontons you ate twenty years ago, and my wife made those wontons!" After that, he forced the money into the man's hand and left without looking back... Zhang Xianfeng returned to the office, took out the divorce agreement that had been drawn up from the drawer, looked at it blankly for a long time, and murmured to himself: "It seems that my head is also cramped..." When you break up, think about the past, the person who has been with you through thick and thin along the way... In fact, your story is not short... As time passes slowly, those touches are sealed bit by bit... In fact, the person who loves you the most is not the person who makes you happy with sweet words. Maybe it is the person who hides 5 yuan in the sole of his shoe. At the end, he saves the last thing for you to eat, but says he is not hungry.