The Snail Noodle Shop That Bridges Past and Present: Wei Yidong's Rise

They say the bustle of everyday life is what soothes the human heart.

But my luosifen shop soothes lonely souls from across the river of history.

When Qin Liangyu, spear in hand, finds a moment of peace away from the battlefield here; when the free-spirited Tang Bohu paints the texture of pickled bamboo shoots with his brush; when Li Bai, who loves wine more than life, tastes a sorrow stretching back through the ages in a single mouthful of soup…

They trade me their achievements, poems, and peach-blossom paintings, and call me the “ferryman” connecting past and present.

But they don't know that all I want is to figure out which past this bowl of noodles can take me to, or… which future it might lead to.

Only later did I understand: with one bowl of noodles, I filled the stomachs of heroes and mended the life reality had torn apart.

This is a bowl of luosifen that leads to the past, and a remedy that heals the present.

I, Wei Yidong, an utterly ordinary luosifen shop owner, became the “client” spanning the ages, all thanks to one bowl of noodles.