For someone who lived in the 21st century in my previous life, 11 years was barely enough for me to adapt to Kanagawa, a port city, if I wanted to reintegrate into this unfamiliar society.
A change in the environment can make people feel at a loss, even for someone like me who had matured in my previous life.
Concepts, values, customs…To me, my world has changed.
The popular cartoon now was Saint Seiya, not One Piece…
At that time, the streets were filled with KFC and M-stores. Now, there were more mobile stalls than ants…
At that time, the streets were filled with cars and motorcycles that emitted exhaust gas. Now, the streets and alleys were filled with the sound of bicycle bells every day.
The current underworld was still known as " Thieves also have morals " in people's hearts. They were responsible for enforcing justice on behalf of the heavens. At that time, the underworld only knew how to sell fans.
Middle school students nowadays didn't know what it meant to be a fat pig. At most, they would wear masks and pretend to be cool…
At that time, students were all over the place with fancy cars, but now, students were all focused on sports…
Although I was busy at the ramen restaurant every day, I was not completely out of touch with information. In order to survive better, I had also done some observation. The television in the shop and the conversations of the customers are all channels for me to obtain information from the outside world. I know that when I was born, every Japanese felt that they had money in their pockets and were full of confidence. However, in the next ten years, the Bank of Japan kept raising interest rates and continuously issued bills to curb the financing of related industries. The panic of consumers began to spread, and market confidence plummeted.
As a result, Japan's bubble economy officially began to burst.
The company continued to cut salaries and lay off employees, and the slow decline in land prices and stock prices made consumers more and more panic.
The business of the ramen shop was getting harder and harder.
As the person with the highest education, the best academic performance, and the highest IQ in the shop, he had been responsible for the monthly turnover statistics of the shop. The ramen restaurant had been running a monthly surplus for the past few years, but now it was close to a deficit.
Uncle Yusuke's white hair had turned white because of this.
There were still so many Bone Melting Dragons at home. Although the shop did not need to pay rent because it was left behind by their ancestors, the monthly expenses for ingredients, labor, and everything in the shop...
I suddenly felt like I should do something.
"I'm back."
Because it was dusk, there was no one in the shop. Uncle Xiong Jie glanced at me.
"He went to play basketball again."
"Yes."
"Hurry up and take a shower. The guests will be here soon.”
"I understand." The goblin's reaction surprised me. Normally, he wouldn't kill an alien if he didn't scold me.
"Is business good today?" I asked casually.
"Good? Humph." Who knew that the Goblin would become excited when he heard my question? He started to spew out a string of dirty words."There's a damn western restaurant diagonally across from our restaurant, and they even have the right to be struck. They just opened today, and more than half of the customers went there. I don't understand, what's so good about the raw beef?”
After Yusuke finished scolding, he lit up his cigarette and turned around to sulk.
I've heard of the " Venice Boat Paddles " before. It was almost completed half a year ago. I guess the staff in the shop wasn't neat enough, so it didn't officially open. At the beginning, when he was talking to Fatty, he even made a big speech saying," How can this foreign devil's thing defeat us?" and so on. Unexpectedly, he had snatched half of the customers in the shop just after opening for business today.
Although Kanagawa was a second-tier city, the citizens here probably had not seen these things before. Wasn't it painted with the word "fresh"?
However, with my previous life's experience, I knew that these foreign restaurants were as powerful as infectious diseases. Many of the local izakaya, ramen restaurants, barbecue restaurants, and some of those sushi bars would probably close down.
" Don't worry, Fatty. That Venice Boat Paddles has made the VIP status the same as those golf clubs. It's a membership system. It's a classic example of " no one comes for free." When the customers figured it out, they would naturally come back.”
"…Really?"
"I wouldn't lie to you. That VIP thing is a business method in economics. Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you. In short, this restaurant earns money from rich people.”I patted my chest and said it was okay.
But there was something else I didn't say. I didn't want to hurt the Goblins. This high-class western restaurant was targeted at rich people, but soon, when a western restaurant that was targeted at ordinary consumers appeared, the local restaurant business would undoubtedly suffer a serious blow.
"That's good, that's good." The Goblin heaved a sigh of relief.
"Oh, right." He stopped me from changing my clothes.
"Kenta is almost six years old this year. He can start learning from you. I'll let him follow you from tomorrow onwards.”
"Isn't this a little too fast?”I frowned. Although I was younger than Kenta when I started learning ramen, I was different from Kenta. Although I am not an outstanding talent after two lifetimes, it is normal for my age and experience to be better than other children.
Uncle's sudden decision made me suspicious. I had a bad feeling. Did something bad happen?
My lips moved a few times and I was about to speak.
"You're already in the sixth grade. I've asked your school teacher, and he said that with your grades, you can go to those famous private high schools. You don't have to come to the shop to help after a while. That guy, Hasegawa, keeps saying that his son went to Northland High School.”
"Remember to get a better one!" In the smoke, the goblins 'faces were ferocious, and they roared angrily, as if they were Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals throwing a tantrum. He was only in his thirties, but he was very old. There were two streaks of gray at the temples, and the fierce eyes of his childhood had slowly become cloudy.
"I was thinking about the recent Wakuo High School.”I ignored him when I saw him choking on his cigarette.
"You brat, what are you talking about?”He was furious and raised his cigarette to throw it at me.
" Your grades could have gotten you into those excellent middle schools, but you idiot actually wanted to go to that trashy middle school. Do you know how many good-for-nothings and delinquents there are? You..."
"It's closer to home." I snatched the cigarette case from his hand. Ever since Goblin's smoking addiction rose to two packs a day, Kyoko Aunty immediately forced him to stop. However, for an old smoking pipe, seven cigarettes a day was undoubtedly a form of torture.
I also took out a cigarette and took a deep breath. The familiar yet unfamiliar taste of the cigarette entered my throat and almost made me cough. This damn fatty, the cigarette he smoked was actually so spicy!
Uncle Xiong Jie didn't notice my actions. He was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something.
"Ah Jian."
"It's alright. Junior high school is not very important. Even if I go to Haguang High School, it is no different from other high schools.”I patted Fatty's shoulder. Unknowingly, I had grown so much taller than him. From looking up at me when I was a child to looking down at me now, I didn't feel any joy.
Because this proved that the man who shielded Xiaoxi and me from the wind and rain was already old.
Old.
"Hey, Jian, you actually smoke!”Just as I was deep in thought, a familiar voice entered my ears.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, Mito Yohei, Onan Yuji, Noma Tadaichiro, Nozomi Takamiya. They were a group of people who often came to the shop to freeload food and drink. At the same time, they were also a few unruly people who made people uneasy.
"Uncle, you can't let Ah Jian smoke at such a young age. Smoke is evidence of a man of steel. Only a man like me has the right to smoke.”The tall red-haired youth hugged the Goblin, and his strong arm strength almost made the Goblin's face turn red.
It seemed that these guys had recently learned to smoke or something. Instead of playing their beloved marbles, they had gone somewhere to fool around.
"Oh right, let's not talk so much. We just fought and are starving to death. Boss, give me seven bowls of ramen! The extra-large kind!" The energetic youth remembered his purpose for coming here and instantly let go of Uncle Xiong Jie. The latter almost fell to the ground.
"Hua Dao, do you have money?" I glanced at him coldly and blew out a mouthful of smoke. No credit today.
The red-haired monkey's face darkened, and he was about to flare up, but he held back after hearing the second half of the sentence. Humans were really strange creatures. Their faces were clearly a mass of wriggling flesh, yet they could produce expressions of happiness, anger, and jealousy.
Especially Sakuragi's face.
"Yuji!" He used his vision to shoot at the bullets called threat.
"I don't have any here." The golden-haired Big Nan curled his lips and patted his shriveled trouser pocket. He looked like he was short of money.
"I don't have any more here either." Chuichiro, who didn't look like a primary school student at all, quickly expressed his stance.
"Just a little." The one who spoke was Yohei, who was the most handsome among them. He touched it left and right and finally took out a few crumpled notes.
"Takamiya ~" Sakuragi's voice rang out.
"Let me tell you, Flower Priest, this is my bottom line.”The fat youth clutched his crotch tightly. Oh no, his pants pocket and crotch. His face was more bitter than a bitter gourd."If I use it again, I won't be able to play my beloved marbles anymore.”
The red-haired monkey's face turned pale and finally turned into an inexplicable roar.
"A bunch of bastards, why did you come here to eat ramen if you don't have money!”
"It's clearly the Ikebana who asks us to do it every time.”Mustache.
"And you said that we don't have money." The blonde delinquent.
"His appetite is even greater than Gao Gong's. I don't know what he's doing growing so big.”Yohei.
"What a good-for-nothing." Gao Gong nodded emotionally.
"You guys…"
Bang! Bang!
I couldn't help but sigh as I watched these clowns perform their daily routine every time.
For some reason, he suddenly felt a little jealous.
Do you know about the Flower Path? I really envy you bastards now. She was so free and undisciplined every day, as if she did not have any worries at all. She was so free every day. F * ck! And I became the chef of a ramen shop.
Xiao Xin, Kenta, Yoto…family.
What I need to face is the cold reality.
I know that feeling. But this was the reality of life.
Therefore, I won't have any complaints. Being born in this world is already my greatest wealth.
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