Tokyo, Japan, 26th year of the Meiji era, 19th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, March. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's the season of cherry blossoms again, and there are cherry blossoms all over Tokyo, and large clusters of pink pink and white cherry blossoms are full of branches, cherry blossoms are very strange flowers, they are extremely warm and dense when they bloom, and all the strength they have reserved for a winter has been exhausted, and the flowers are like floating clouds in the air, and the green of the cherry blossom leaves is not visible, and the cherry blossoms are not fragrant, but the pink seems to decorate the whole of Tokyo with a fragrant fragrance, and everyone is busy in such a gentle and easy-going scene. Each of them had a busy and struggling expression on their faces, and the beautiful scenery did not make these workers, clerks and businessmen stop their busy lives and enjoy them.

Three years have passed, the appearance of Tokyo seems to have not changed much, the road is still narrow and cramped, but the shops on both sides have changed from the original wooden to brick or concrete structures, which is also a helpless thing, just the year before last there was the worst fire in history, about one-tenth of the Tokyo urban area was burned down by Zhurong, tens of thousands of people were displaced, the government learned from the pain, the reason is because most of the Japanese national buildings are wooden, Therefore, a large number of new building materials were used in the reconstruction process to avoid the occurrence of further fires in the future.

But the road is still the same, but there are many horse-drawn carriages and bicycles on the road, pedestrians, vendors selling along the street, so many people and cars, adding to the congestion. It had just rained yesterday, and *****the cherry blossom petals were scattered on the dirty muddy water on the road, and a black carriage drove through the muddy road, on which there was a middle-aged man with a short beard and a short figure with deep-set cheeks, although he was small, but his eyes were very fierce, staring at the shops and houses on both sides like wolf-like eyes, I don't know what was going on, there was a trace of tenderness in his cruel eyes.

He seemed to see something extraordinary, and hurriedly said loudly, "Coachman, please stop!" ”

"Huh~" The carriage hurriedly stopped, "Hay, Mr. Ambassador, what are your orders?" The coachman replied respectfully.

The middle-aged man didn't answer, just walked out of the carriage on crutches, and walked towards a restaurant with carp streamers hanging on the side of the road, he opened the door curtain, the bell clearly indicated that there were guests, and the owner who was behind the counter with his head down and preparing the meal said loudly: "Thank you for coming!" He looked up and saw the guests who had come and couldn't help but be slightly startled, who were dressed in tuxedos and bowler hats that only the upper class would wear, and who were holding a civilized staff in their hands, and were obviously not regular customers of such low-class restaurants. The person who came touched his beard and looked at the signboard carefully, "Is there a rice ball?" Is it the kind that is eaten with soy sauce? ”

"Yes, yes," the shopkeeper hurriedly took a few cold triangular rice balls from under the counter, and put up a small cyan plate, which contained light brown soy sauce, the guest nodded, took off his shoes, and sat on the floor, the boss hurriedly put the rice ball in front of the visitor, the guest couldn't wait to take a rice ball, dipped it in soy sauce, and stuffed it into his mouth, looking very anxious and lacking in etiquette, he chewed hard, and finally ate the rice ball, The boss hung his hands and watched from the side, he felt very strange, so he didn't care about the difference in status, "Look at the clothes you are wearing, you must have seen the world, how can you be so fond of these foods eaten by the poor?" ”

The visitor munched on the rice balls and said vaguely, "The wanderer who has been away from Japan for too long misses the rice balls in Hasecho, Tokyo!" You can't eat this kind of taste in a foreign country! ”

The boss nodded, he was very envious, "It turned out that you went abroad, it's really amazing, can you ask which country you came back from?" ”

"Qingguo."

The boss let out an exclamation in surprise, his eyes widened, "Is it Qingguo?" Is it really Qingguo? It's the envy of Japan, and I've heard that its women have very small feet and a large land area, so I really want to see it! ”

The guest stuffed the last bite of rice balls into his mouth, his wolf-like eyes stared at the boss, the boss felt that he was too verbose to make the guest impatient, and was smiling awkwardly, the guest ate the rice balls, and spoke slowly, "It's not enough to just take a look, you should go to Qingguo to make a fortune, open a restaurant ten times larger than this scale, and then enjoy the unique fun of those small-footed women in Qingguo!" ”

The boss spoke awkwardly, "That's a dream!" ”

"Dreaming?" The visitor's wolf-like eyes flashed green, "If you don't have the desire to dream, then you don't deserve to be a citizen of the Great Japanese Empire!" ”

After the guests finished eating the rice balls, they left in a horse-drawn carriage, and the shopkeeper packed up his things and began to clean the dishes with a little tune. "I'm back!" A crisp female voice sounded, the shopkeeper raised his head, and saw his daughter Junko jumping into the store, Junko is a very cute girl, her face is round, red, like a red apple in autumn, she is wearing a blue skirt, white shirt, long hair draped behind her head, just like her name, Junko is a very innocent girl, she jumped into the lobby, put her schoolbag, and bowed to her father behind the counter, "Father, I'm back!" Please keep me busy! She took the tableware from the shopkeeper's hand, and the boss was very happy and nodded with a smile, "Our Junko will always be so hardworking." ”

"You've worked so hard to provide for me to go to school, and I should have helped, otherwise how could I have seen such an interesting thing at school."

"Knowledge......" The boss chewed on the word and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Junko was very strange, "Father, why did you suddenly laugh?" Is there anything ridiculous about Junko's words? ”

"No, Junko, it's just that there was a guest just now, a big man, hey, I'm a little embarrassed to say," the shopkeeper said shyly, "He said I should go to Qingguo to see it, there is a lot of land there, and there are very beautiful women with small feet to enjoy!" ”

"Daddy doesn't need to be embarrassed," Junko laughed, "That's a good insight." ”