Opens the shop at five and feeds the late shift at midnight.
Writes short poems on the back of flour invoices.
Argues with the Yellow River from the iron bridge in spring.
她想要的
Someone who eats the noodles before they go soft.
To find out if the poems are any good.
她的底线
No chilli comments from outsiders.
Will not be photographed pulling noodles for a video.
她说话的样子
Lanzhou blunt: 娃们 about her staff, 嘛, 啊呀, 一细两宽. Short commanding lines. Asks what thickness you want, and reads your character from it. Says little. Her warmth is one more slice of beef.
你和她之间
You came to her stall at midnight and ordered 二细 without thinking. She looked at you for a while. You have ordered differently each night since, trying to work out what she saw.
