Three thousand congratulations

【1】

At the ramen shop at three o'clock in the afternoon, there is only one customer at Yinshi.

He closed the manga he just got, touched his stomach that was growling louder because he hadn't eaten lunch, and looked at the bland soup and noodles with uneven thickness, without frowning, he added a big spoonful of it Sugar, eat it up.

"I'm sorry to bother you to cook noodles during the lunch break, boss." Yin Shi said vaguely.

"Hey, are you doing business? It's a lunch break and you just go out to buy some seasonings. It's not what the owner of a ramen shop should do to let the customers who are grumbling at the door go back." The chef who looks like a mafia laughed , appearing more hideous.

"Having said that, there is no noodle shop in Edo that can make noodles that are perfectly blended with sugar."

"It's overrated, it's just an exclusive secret recipe."

"Ah, the exclusive secret recipe," Yinshi said with some longing, "every old store has such a thing."

After eating the noodles in the bowl, Yinshi put his chopsticks away and said "Thank you for your hospitality."

"No, it's me who should say thank you," the boss smiled, "My noodles are actually not delicious at all, right?"

"Well," Yinshi scratched his head, "Actually, it's not that bad together with sugar." He paused, "Wait, the noodles taste like this...you know?!"

"My sense of taste is fine." The boss said blankly, "I will taste the noodles I made myself."

"Eh?! You know the taste of noodles and still sell them?!" Yin Shi was a little confused.

"This is a noodle made strictly according to the secret recipe."

"But why should we also consider the feelings of the guests?"

"I have thought about it, so the price has been reduced."

"There are still such businessmen," Yin Shi laughed, "but I don't do business to make money. By the way, I run a master house."

"Is it the kind of house where you can ask for everything?"

"right."

"That's not a money-making business."

"Then boss, why on earth are you opening the shop? It's not for money, nor for customers." Yinshi asked.

"dream."

"Dream of opening a ramen shop?"

"Yes."

【2】

Yinshi saw that the boss looked unwilling to say more, and he didn't intend to ask more. Just about to leave, he suddenly said to the boss as if thinking of something: "Well, boss, are you having a barbecue?"

"barbecue?"

Yinshi sniffed and frowned, "I asked about a burnt smell after eating just now. I thought it was the boss who farted, so I didn't feel like mentioning it...but now the smell is getting stronger and stronger. ···”

"Huh?! Really?"

"Boss, can't you smell it?"

"I have rhinitis, nasal congestion all the year round..."

"It's very strong, and..." Yinshi staggered, "a little dizzy..." He looked up at the upstairs, "The smell seems to come from that place."

"Could it be?" The boss became nervous.

"What's upstairs?"

"Where our family lives..." The boss left this sentence and ran upstairs, Yinshi noticed that the boss's feet were a little limp.

Yin Shi also went upstairs.

In order to prevent the sound of people walking upstairs from affecting the customers downstairs, the ramen shop has a thick wooden floor upstairs. When the silver hour arrived, the upstairs was already full of smoke because the floor was too thick. Because only part of the smoke leaked downstairs.

"It looks like it's been burning for quite a while." Yinshi said while holding his nose, he looked into the bedroom, and the inside had been completely burned, "It seems that there is no one there."

"La Taro!!" The boss knocked desperately on a closed door, "Open the door!! Are you inside?"

Without getting any response, the boss said anxiously to Yin: "My son has severe asthma, maybe he has fainted in it now!"

"La Taro? It's really like the owner of a ramen shop giving his son a name..." Gintoki was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward to help the boss open the door together.

There was no one in the room after the door slammed open.The room is filled with hand-painted sketches and comic books.

"La Taro? Where are you going?" the boss asked in a daze.

"Hey, the fire is coming here, get down!" Yinshi dissuaded, and at the same time he pointed to the open window, "The child may have escaped."

"La Taro, you must be careful, otherwise how can I explain to your dead mother!" The boss was concerned about his son and hurried downstairs.

"Be careful!" Yinshi shouted, but it was too late, a section of the stairs had already been softened by the high temperature, and the huge boss stepped on it and collapsed a piece of the stairs, and the boss himself rolled down , His face was covered in blood.

【3】

"Are you all right?" Yin Shi dragged the burly boss out of the shop with great effort.

"I'm not that fragile." The boss smiled bravely, and suddenly his eyes stared straight at somewhere, "Ah, Rataro."

Seeing his son standing in the corner, the boss dragged his injured body and walked over.

"Father." Unlike the strong boss, Lataro is a thin and gloomy boy.

"As long as you are fine, shop... shop! That thing is still upstairs! My secret recipe!!" The boss was finally relieved to see that his son was safe and sound, but suddenly he remembered that the box with the recipes was still upstairs. superior.

"Hey, the stairs are broken, it will be dangerous to go up again!" Yin Shi stopped him, "Are you really going to let your son watch you take risks so cruelly?"

"I had to! That recipe is bigger than my life!"

"How can there be any recipe in this world that is more important than life! Anyway, let's forget about the bad taste!"

"Dad...I'm afraid...don't go..." the child also said so pitifully.

"No, the recipe must be taken out, even if I die inside, I will die with the recipe."

"What are you talking about!" Yinshi pulled the boss desperately, at this moment, the child standing beside him suddenly threw out a sentence that shocked the two of them.

"If he wants to go, let him go. Anyway, no one will feel sorry for this kind of shop if it disappears with its owner."

"You kid, what are you talking about! This is your father! That's your store!"

"My father? You became my father because my mother gave birth to me. As for that shop, it should have been burned down long ago for making such unpalatable noodles! "

"La Taro!! Could it be you?!" The boss said in surprise.

"Yes, I set the fire on fire." Lataro said calmly.

【4】

"Why? Why did you do this?" The boss looked in disbelief at his son, who used to be so heartbroken that he would only hide in the room and draw pictures.

"I said it earlier, this restaurant shouldn't exist. Dad, you don't have the talent to make ramen at all. The recipe on that recipe is also extremely ridiculous. Why do you want this restaurant to exist?"

"Shut up! You don't understand anything!" Hearing his son mentioning the menu, the boss became excited and slapped his son to the ground.

"I know how to make unpalatable noodles all day long, and give up stupid recipes..." The son shed tears, "Have you ever cared about me? What you care about most is your shop!!"

"Bastard, I'm going to beat you to death!!" The boss was furious, but Yin Shi held his shoulder and couldn't move. The boss looked at this thin but strong young man in surprise.

But it wasn't him that Gintoki was looking at, but his stubborn son despite the tears streaming down his face.

"Is it because of the rejection letter?" Yinshi asked calmly.

"What?" The boss was puzzled.

But the son suddenly broke down and cried.

"When I came to your room, I saw some torn manga and an envelope." Gintoki took out the "JUMP" in his arms, "That envelope is the light yellow envelope that Shueisha uses to reject manuscripts. Known as 'Death's Yellowish' by manga newbies."

"The most cherished thing for a manga artist is his own manga. Even if it is rejected, it will not be destroyed, but you did this." Yinshi looked at him calmly, "It's because you want to commit suicide, right? Being rejected After drafting it, I wanted to end my life, so I set it on fire."

"Suicide?" The boss looked at his son, "Lataro...why do you think so..."

"I remember you have asthma, right? Your dad said," Yinshi continued to narrate calmly, "You had an asthma attack when the smoke just started. It must have been a very uncomfortable feeling, right? You could have died like this. , It should be a happy thing, but because of something, you had the idea of ​​wanting to live, and then you jumped out of the window, am I right?"

"You... who the hell are you... how do you know?" His mind was caught in the exact words, and Lataro looked at the silver-haired man in horror.

"I'm just a guest who came to eat ramen." Gintoki shook his head, "What the hell is it? It changed your mind when you wanted to die with the manga."

When Rataro stared blankly at Gin, tears rolled down his cheeks blackened by the smoke, making him look extremely pitiful.He pulled out a brand new asthma inhaler from his pocket that said Get well soon.

"Isn't that what I just bought for you this morning..." the boss said in surprise.

"Sure enough," Yin Shi laughed, "No matter how fierce the words are, I still love my father."

"Love your head! A son wants to burn down his father and his shop. Is this called love?!" The boss was furious.

"You made a mistake, boss." Yinshi turned to him and said.

"Eh?"

"Rataro didn't want you to get hurt from the beginning." Gintoki looked at Rataro, who nodded crying, "So even if you want to commit suicide, you choose the lunch break when you go out to buy spices, and He didn't intend to fuck or anything. He has severe asthma. If he smokes some cigarettes and goes in without a respirator, he will probably die soon. When you come back from shopping and find something wrong and go upstairs, he is already dead, but It's not going to be that big of a fire."

"Then why..."

"But an asthma attack is really painful, more painful than death, right? Especially with the respirator in his pocket, he couldn't use it. It was even more painful. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and took out the respirator, but he was still a little hesitant, right? ? Until I saw the words of encouragement written by you, the boss, and realized that I still had nostalgia for this world, so I ran out of the window directly.”

【5】

"Boss, you actually love your son, right?" Yinshi said with a smile, "Although I said that recipes are more important than life, the first thing I did when I went upstairs was to confirm my son's safety."

"After all, he is my son. The child's mother left early. I opened a shop to raise him. Of course I like it very much..." The boss said sadly, "But, this shop, this recipe , I can't give up..."

"Father and son, they are just stubborn and unwilling to tell each other the truth," Yinshi said helplessly, "Why don't you explain why this store is so important to you? If you tell Lataro, he will understand Right? Knowing your mind, I won’t do such a stupid thing.”

"Because..." The boss obviously hesitated.

"Tell me! Dad! I want to know why Dad loves this store. I think...I want to know Dad better...I also want to know what Dad is obsessed with..." La Taro Pulling the corner of his father's clothes.

Looking at his son's begging eyes, the boss finally told the story of the man who had hidden his heart for more than ten years, about the recipe for making unpalatable ramen and the man who was suitable to be a robber instead of a ramen master.

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