Under the dazzling sun, Aoyagi, who was wet all over, relied on his memory to find Uncle Ichiraku's ramen stall.

Through the curtain, Aoyagi saw that there was only one person eating ramen at the ramen stall, and Uncle Ichiraku was standing behind the counter, working directly across the store. Fortunately, it was past lunchtime, and there was no shortage of empty seats. If it's rush, you may have to wait.

Uncle Yile saw the guests coming and greeted him: "Welcome!" ”

Pulling out the chair on the side, Aoyagi sat down at the counter. Uncle Yile, who squinted and smiled, put down the work in his hand and turned to look at Aoyagi: "Little guy, what do you want to eat?" ”

Sitting at the counter and smelling the rich aroma of the ramen soup base, Aoyagi's hunger was even stronger: "Uncle Trouble, let's have a bowl of barbecued pork ramen, can you hurry up?" The smell of this scent made me feel even hungrier. ”

Uncle Yile laughed even more happily when he heard this, "Of course you can, it just so happens that I just kneaded the dough, please wait a while." ”

Aoyagi glanced at it, and there was a piece of dough on the board inside, "Okay." Trouble uncle. ”

"Haha, it's the chef's job to make the diners eat delicious food."

Uncle Yile returned to the board, pulling the dough from side to side with both hands, and gradually shaking it to pull it into a long column of consistent thickness. After sprinkling flour on the dough and cutting board, the uncle grabbed both ends of the dough with both hands, and quickly lifted the dough with open arms, stretching the dough in mid-air. As the arms reach the end, both arms sink down at the same time, and the center of the dough hits the board with a dull slapping sound. With the dough bounced upwards after hitting the board, the uncle's hands lifted up, and at the same time moved closer to the top of his head, driving the dough to form a "U" shape.

When the left and right hands meet in mid-air, the left hand releases the dough and the right hand quickly grasps both ends of the dough in his hand, while the left hand quickly dips down to the bottom of the "U". After pulling the new ends of the dough, the arms are spread out and returned to the unified horizontal line, changing from one up to one left and one to the right. The dough is then pulled into two doughs.

When he was about to reach the limit of his reach, he sank again, and threw the dough on the cutting board, with a muffled crack. The muffled sound did not stop, and the uncle's left and right hands converged on the top of his head. I still pinch the ends with my right hand, and quickly take a stick with my left hand, and pull it carefully after reaching the bottom of the "U" so that the dough does not overlap.

The uncle kept repeating the above steps, and with the crackling sound of the dough hitting the board, the dough was gradually stretched and thinned, giving it the appearance of noodles. The noodles are pulled thinner and thinner, and the uncle's speed gradually slows down, and he shakes from time to time while pulling the noodles. Aoyagi felt that he was shaking the noodles apart so that they would not stick together.

All of this action is long and laborious to describe, but it is really only a few minutes. Uncle Yile's movements are smooth, natural and smooth, and full of a strange sense of rhythm. Aoyagi was so fascinated that he forgot that he was hungry.

Thorn la ——, noodles into the water.

The mist was steaming, and Uncle Yile picked up the long chopsticks and stirred and spread the noodles floating in the hot soup.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but in addition to the rich aroma of the soup base, Aoyagi also smells the fragrance of the noodles.

While Aoyagi was anxiously waiting, Uncle Ichiraku cooked the noodles, added flavor to the bowl, sandwiched the noodles, poured the soup base with a large soup spoon, and then used chopsticks to hold various side dishes and barbecued pork, carefully arranged them on the noodles one by one, and added a pair of chopsticks.

Holding the ramen in both hands and placing it in front of Aoyagi, Uncle Ichiraku smiled and said, "I've been waiting for a long time, please use it slowly." ”

Aoyagi couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks, learn the scene in his memory, put his palms together, and clamped the chopsticks with the tiger's mouth: "I'm moving!" ”

Holding chopsticks in his right hand and holding the bowl with both hands, Aoyagi tried the soup base first.

The first impression in the mouth is a rich aroma and a delicate and tender taste. If you feel it carefully, the fragrance is just right, if it is stronger, it will be greasy, and if it is lighter, the taste will not be enough. It seems that there is a fresh aroma of pork bones and chicken, as well as a faint and non-negligible salty taste, which mobilizes the taste buds of the whole mouth, and the existence of a rich fragrance is even more concave.

I just felt that this hot soup was in my stomach, and the exhaustion of my whole body dissipated, and there was a faint sense of pleasure and satisfaction. The satisfaction is followed by an even stronger hunger. This soup is appetizing.

I didn't expect it to be so delicious, the ramen I had eaten in my previous life was not as good as it in the soup base. Don't know how about noodles and ingredients?

Picking up the noodles, Aoyagi took a bite, and the noodles were strong and springy, with an excellent touch and a wheat fragrance. After sucking it up, I wanted to suck the noodles into my mouth in one go, but the noodles were so long that I couldn't stuff them in my mouth, so I had to bite them off.

Is there only one noodle in this bowl of noodles?

And the side dishes did not disappoint Aoyagi, the fat and lean ratio is appropriate, the taste is salty and fragrant, the fresh and sweet fish plate, the tender white and light yellow soft-boiled eggs, and the bright green onion segments .......

All of this adds up to a bowl of ramen that you can't stop eating.

Aoyagi felt that it was the right decision to come to Ichiraku Ramen for dinner. It's no wonder that Naruto's favorite ramen here is delicious.

Treat yourself to a bowl of Ichiraku ramen after your workout, and feel that the pain you have suffered in the morning is worth it.

Aoyagi ate quickly, and it didn't take long for most of the bowl of noodles to enter his stomach. But it feels like it's still far from filling your stomach. If you eat this large bowl of noodles, it is estimated that you will only be half full.

Would you like to eat an extra bowl? But in the past two months, because of high-intensity exercise, my food has increased greatly, even though I often cook to reduce my expenses, but now, the family's savings have also been spent a lot, and I have to save it. In addition to the relief money, it is difficult for me to have other financial resources before becoming a ninja, and this is still a few years away. If you don't save it, let alone buy ninja equipment, just eating can become a problem.

But what he learned taught him that to strengthen muscles is to constantly exert force and exert force on the muscles, and to use enough time and nutrients to repair the damaged muscle tissue after the muscle fibers are damaged. After repair, the muscles will become stronger. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain sufficient rest time and eat a lot of food, especially protein.

Well, although the money left is not a lot, relatively speaking, buying an extra bowl of ramen is nothing. I'm not full yet, so I'll have to have another bowl for the sake of the workout. Eating is the top priority, if you can't eat enough and your physical development is not good, how can you talk about becoming stronger? It's the right thing to spend money in such a serious place. When the time comes, the money will be insufficient, and then we will find a way.

Thinking of a strong reason (excuse) to convince himself, Aoyagi happily said to Uncle Ichiraku, "Uncle, please have another bowl." It was so delicious. A bowl can't fill your stomach at all. ”

"Okay." Uncle Yile replied with a smile, and finally when he was adding side dishes, he deliberately sandwiched a large piece of barbecued pork.

"Uncle, you're such a good person!"

"Haha, what's your name, little one, I haven't seen you come to the store."

"My name is Aoyagi Hayakawa."

"Hayakawa." Uncle Yile came closer and stared at Aoyagi carefully for a while, as if he was remembering something.

Yile's performance made Aoyagi a little puzzled: "Uncle, what's wrong?" ”

Uncle Yile didn't answer, but asked a question: "Is your house on Maple Street?" ”

"Yes." I even know where my family is, so I should know each other.

"That's what it should be. Your father, Hayakawayama, was a regular visitor here before he got married. After getting married, he would come over from time to time, and he always said that he liked to eat Ichiraku ramen the most. Uncle Yile clasped his hands to his chest and fell into memories.

"Do you know what kind of man he is? Is he a ninja? ”

"He's a strict man, and he's a great ninja, but it's a pity. Three years ago, probably at this time, he ate at my place at noon, and he hasn't been there since. Later, I heard about your parents from other ninjas. Uncle Yile sighed, "It's hard for you to have to live on your own at such a young age." ”

Aoyagi didn't know how to respond, so he had to say vaguely, "It's okay." ”

Uncle Yile touched Aoyagi's head, and seemed to feel that this topic was not good to continue talking: "Aoyagi, you eat slowly." With that, he turned around and continued his work.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, and Aoyagi buried his head in the bowl and ate noodles silently.

In early summer, after the meal, it is close to the hottest time, and it is very quiet. In the ramen stall, only the sound of eating noodles and the fragmentary sound of the kitchen are left.