Just after ten o'clock on Chinese New Year's Eve this year, sending away the last customer and employee in the store, the proprietress of the Beihai Pavilion Noodle Restaurant quickly turned over the price cards on the wall, and specially changed the price of Yangchun noodles to 150 yen a bowl, but just when she was modifying, suddenly the door of the store rang, and a beautiful ** official walked in. ◢ with * dream ◢ small *.lā

It was a very embarrassing thing to be found to modify the price, not to mention that it was discovered by the current Japanese Emperor Mei**, so the proprietress was very embarrassed and hurriedly bowed and explained: "Your Excellency, don't get me wrong, I, I'm not raising the price, it's, in fact, I'm lowering the price." ”

It may be that it is really difficult to win the trust of this statement, after all, Japan at this time is the time when materials are most scarce, especially food, only the price increases, how can there be a price reduction? So as a last resort, she had to tell the truth: "Actually, I did this for an old customer, they are a mother and son, although it seems that life seems to be very embarrassing, but I think they are very strong and are living very hard."

Every year after ten o'clock on Chinese New Year's Eve, they will come to eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles, although they are three people eating a bowl, I can feel their strong family affection and love for each other, so within the scope of my ability, I want to do my best to help them. In fact, since this summer, the price of Yangchun noodles has risen to 200 yen per bowl, so I wanted to adjust the price back to the original 150 yen per bowl while they didn't arrive. ”

Originally, the proprietress thought that it would be difficult for the beautiful ** official to believe her explanation, but he nodded and said: "I have heard the story of this mother and son, and I actually came to Beihai Pavilion this time to meet the mother and son." If that's the case, I'll be of some help. ”

"You're here to help them?" The proprietress asked in surprise. Because the U.S. military has hardly done much good in Japan in the past two years, the proprietress almost couldn't believe her ears when she heard that this young U.S. ** officer was actually here to help the poor mother and son.

Tang Ning nodded and replied, "That's right, I'm here to help them." By the way, I forgot to introduce myself, I am Tony Downing, a captain officer from the Propaganda Department, and the reason why I want to help this mother and son trio is not only my personal sympathy and respect for them, but also because the deeds of this mother and son are very worthy of publicity and encouragement, and we should call on all Japanese people to learn from their spirit to tide over the difficulties together, and at the same time to reflect the friendship between the United States and Japan. ”

In fact, Tang Ning is not completely fooling the boss, because as an officer in charge of publicity, this is indeed one of his job contents, but normally there will be no American ** official willing to run such a long way for work.

Hearing this reason, the proprietress felt that it was acceptable, so she bowed and thanked Tang Ning: "Thank you so much, you came all the way in this weather." ”

Tang Ning waved his hand and replied hypocritically: "It's okay, it's okay, it's all for the sake of US-Japan friendship." Then he added: "By the way, when they come later, don't reveal my identity, so that I can hear and see the real situation, understand?" ”

The proprietress nodded again and again in agreement: "Understand, understand, don't worry, Lord Officer, we will definitely not do anything bad, and we can guarantee that this mother and son are definitely worthy of respect and publicity." ”

"Well, if you are willing to cooperate, then give me some of your specialty dishes now, by the way, I also want a bowl of Yangchun noodles." Tang Ning commanded casually.

"Okay, okay, you wait, I'll send it to you right away." The proprietress hunched over and stepped back.

After a while, the hot Yangchun noodles were served, but after Tangning ate two bites, he felt that the taste was very ordinary, at least it was definitely not as fragrant and delicious as written, but thinking that the boss lady did not dare to fool herself as a beautiful ** official, the only explanation was that the things that the mother and son usually ate were so bad that such ordinary food could be used as a Chinese New Year's Eve meal to treat the family.

Just when Tang Ning sighed, suddenly the door of the store was gently opened from the outside, and a middle-aged woman in a somewhat faded short coat and two big boys in school uniforms walked in, obviously, these are the three protagonists.

Seeing them come in, the proprietress greeted them warmly: "Welcome!" ", and led them to the "No. 2 table" that had been prepared a long time ago, and at the same time quietly gave Tang Ning a look, indicating that this was the mother and son he was looking for.

may be because Tang Ning, a beautiful ** official, was present, so the middle-aged woman looked a little restrained, and asked in a low voice: "Eh, is it okay to have two bowls of Yangchun noodles?" ”

Hearing the number of two bowls, the proprietress and Tang Ning couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but they were quite happy in their hearts, because this showed that the life of the mother and son began to improve.

Sure enough, when the mother and son were eating noodles, the middle-aged woman suddenly thanked her two sons, because the eldest son helped deliver newspapers after school every day, and the younger son was buying vegetables and cooking at home, so the mother was able to work with peace of mind and pay off the arrears caused by her husband's traffic accident in advance, so today she had the luxury of asking for two bowls of Yangchun noodles as a celebration. (Please see the original text for details)

The eldest son even talked about his younger brother writing "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" at school and reading it aloud on stage in public, when the child said in a childish voice: "You have to work hard, you have to work hard, you have to live well, and when you grow up, you will open a No. 1 noodle restaurant in Japan, and you must also say to the guests to work hard and wish you happiness!" At this time, not to mention the boss and proprietress hiding at the counter at the moment, even Tang Ning, a guy who has long been familiar with this plot, can almost hold back tears from his eyes.

After eating two bowls of Yangchun noodles and paying three hundred yuan, the middle-aged woman was just about to leave, and Tang Ning couldn't help but shout in the back: "This lady, please wait a minute!" ”

PS: Although many people speculate that the background of the creation of "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" should be the year 197, when the first oil crisis occurred, the Japanese economy during this period was indeed very sluggish, and it was in urgent need of chicken soup for comfort, and the author Su Liangping seems to be the right age.

But the problem is that the original text does not specifically say what year it is, so the year 1946, which had just been defeated, also met the requirements of the text, and this could stuff some things that I am good at, so I forced the background, I hope you can understand.