Salted coffee

He met her at a party, when she was young and beautiful, with many suitors around her, but he was a very ordinary person. So when the party was over and he invited her to have coffee with her, she was surprised. However, out of courtesy, she agreed.

Sitting in the cafe, the atmosphere between the two people is very awkward, there is no topic, when the young lady brought up the coffee, he suddenly said: "Please bring some salt, I drink coffee used to put some salt." At that time, she was stupefied, so did the young lady, and everyone's eyes were focused on him, so that his face turned red.

The young lady brought the salt, and he put some in and drank it slowly. She was a curious woman, so she asked him, "Why do you add salt?" He was silent for a moment, almost word by word, said: "when I was a child, my family lived by the sea. I was always soaking in the sea. The waves came and the sea poured into my mouth, bitter and salty." Now, I haven't been home for a long time. Adding salt to my coffee is a sign of homesickness. Bring it closer. " She was suddenly moved, because this was the first time she had heard a man say homesick in front of her. She thought that a homesick man must be a family man, and a family man must be a family man. She suddenly had a desire to talk to him about her hometown thousands of miles away, the cold atmosphere gradually became harmonious, the two talked for a long time, and she did not refuse him to take her home.

After that, the two dated frequently, and she found that he was actually a very good man, magnanimous, careful and considerate, in line with the characteristics that all the good men she admired should have. She secretly rejoiced that thanks to her politeness at that time, she did not pass him by. She took him to every cafe in the city, and every time she said, "could you bring me some salt, please?" My friend likes salt in his coffee. " Later, as written in the fairy tale, "the prince and the princess got married and lived happily ever after." They were indeed very happy, and for more than forty years, until he died of illness not long ago.

The story seems to be coming to an end, if not for the letter.

The letter was written to her on his deathbed: "forgive me for lying to you all the time. Do you remember the first time I bought you a cup of coffee?" At that time, the atmosphere was very bad. I was very uncomfortable and nervous. I didn't know how to tell the young lady to bring some salt. In fact, I didn't add salt. Since I said it at that time, I had to make a mistake. Unexpectedly, it aroused your curiosity, which made me drink coffee with salt for half my life. There are many times, I want to tell you, but I am afraid that you will be angry, more afraid that you will leave me. Now I am finally not afraid, because I am going to die, the dead are always easy to forgive, right? Getting you in this life is my greatest happiness, if there is an afterlife, I also hope to marry you, but, I do not want to drink coffee with salt, coffee with salt, that taste, how bad. Add salt to the coffee. How did I come up with it? " The content of the letter surprised her and felt cheated at the same time. However, he didn't know how much she wanted to tell him how happy she was that someone could cheat for the rest of her life.