National Tide 1980.

Chapter 868 Resonance
Two bags of dumplings won the favor of the Japanese, which should be extremely unbelievable in the eyes of Chinese people.

But this illustrates a very important practical issue. A truly good gift must have the following characteristics.

One, it is to give something that the recipient knows how to appreciate and really needs.

Second, it is to send something that is reasonable but unexpected.

Third, the gift sent can represent the sincerity and friendliness of the giver, as well as noble thoughts and tastes.

Fourth, it is best to give a gift that also reveals a sense of humor.

Fifth, the gift given will never exceed the reasonable budget of the individual.

In fact, the Japanese are very concerned about the form of gift-giving, and need to carefully wrap gifts and blessings.

Of course, it is to fully express your sincerity when giving gifts.

But it's not all about the content.

It's almost meaningless to put only a towel in the exquisite packaging.

Although Ning Weimin didn't have an exquisite package, he was able to seize the opportunity to give the gift and sent the most suitable gift.

And express your sincerity by doing it yourself and making it yourself. This kind of blessing is what the host wants most.

The natural effect is bursting, directly attracting good popularity.

There is nothing surprising about this, except that it shows that Chinese food is so attractive, and it is a dimensionality reduction blow to any foreigner.

It can only show that Ning Weimin has a lot of eyes, knows how to match what he likes, and is too proficient in gift giving.

In comparison, at this time some domestic enterprises and institutions are entertaining European and American guests, and what they give away is a good tea without a foreign letter, but it is worth a lot of money, which is a foolish thing.

It has completely achieved the opposite effect of "emphasizing etiquette and despising affection".

In short, simple Japanese people don't understand how much twists and turns Ning Weimin has in his heart.

All the people present were overwhelmed by his opportunistic "dumpling diplomacy".

So at this point, the family banquet held at Taniguchi's house officially entered a virtuous circle.

In addition, it must be admitted that full language communication between people is essential, otherwise, the more misunderstandings exist, the more they will deepen.

However, as long as there is a desire to communicate with each other, even complete strangers can sit down and chat calmly, and many things will be easier to handle.

For example, Sakai Yujiro who attended the party very recklessly today, although he himself was rejected by the host because he came uninvited.

Moreover, his motive for coming this time was also a bit philistine, obviously he was thinking about Ning Weimin's pocketbook.

Not only do they want Ning Weimin to buy the property recommended by Kagawa Miyo's subsidiary, but they also want him to buy insurance from his own company.

But he and Miyoko Kagawa are both strangers who came to Tokyo from other places to find happiness, worked hard but had no fixed place to live.

They met in Tokyo and have been dating for a year.

The families of both parties have also approved their marriage, basically to the point where they are talking about marriage.

But only because of poor economic conditions, it is still far away from saving money to buy a house and get married in Tokyo.

Then naturally, the two of them would be very envious of the private house owned by the Taniguchi family.

And in the process of chatting, this emotion of longing and envy was also fully expressed.

All of a sudden, the Taniguchi couple, especially Taniguchi Kayo as his wife, gained a great sense of psychological comfort.

Then, in turn, Taniguchi Kayo's disgust towards Sakai Yujiro was correspondingly reduced.

Why is this happening?

In fact, the main reason is that there are too few sources of happiness for a Japanese housewife, and it is too simple.

It is not difficult to imagine that Mrs. Taniguchi's daily life, apart from taking care of her family's daily life and watching TV programs, the most important thing is to compare her own life with her neighbors and relatives.

It's a pity that Director Taniguchi belongs to a disadvantaged group in the workplace. Except for being lucky enough to join a foreign company and show his face once, he has been at the bottom of his career for so many years.

Regarding his future, Mrs. Taniguchi has long been ashamed, and no longer expresses any hope.

Every time he goes to a gathering of relatives in the company, Kayo Taniguchi feels inferior, but he is full of envy to those young wives.

Because at least the husband of the family still has the possibility of promotion.

Coupled with the fact that her son and daughter are not outstanding in their studies, Mrs. Taniguchi is also worried about the future of her children.

It is true that I have not enjoyed the comfort brought by psychological advantages for a long time, and I am even less fond of communicating with others.

Only today, being praised by two young people, this housewife who has long been tired of mediocre life feels a little spiritual relief.

Suddenly, I realized that my little life was not useless, at least it was much better than those foreigners who struggled in Tokyo with bare hands.

I can't help but feel lucky that my family made the decision to buy a house as early as 1969.

Indeed, their family's luck can be measured by money.

When they bought the house, the total price of the house was less than 800 million yen.

A loan of 700 million from the bank will be paid off in 20 years, and it will take a few years to fully survive.

But now, the price of this suite has risen to almost 2000 million.

If measured by the average salary of 18 yuan for freshly graduated college students in Tokyo, it may take ten years without eating or drinking.

If you get a loan from a bank, regardless of job promotion factors, young people today are much harder than they used to be.

Doesn't this mean that they made more than 1000 million yen out of thin air?

Of course, having said that, after all, today there is Ning Weimin, a local tycoon who spends [-] million yen to buy property, to compare with.

And the Japanese have a soft spot for single-family houses.

It is the common wish of all Japanese to have a house with a garden.

So when Mrs. Taniguchi faced the praise, although she was happy at the beginning, she was not too complacent about her own apartment house provided by the government for low- and middle-income people.

On the contrary, he said very modestly that his home is a humble house, and he has nothing to boast about.

I believe that as long as the young people are willing to work hard, the living conditions in the future will be better than this kind of house.

But don't forget that Ning Weimin can make fun of him, and he has the ability to talk like a lotus flower, so he only picks up nice things to say.

Seeing what Mrs. Taniguchi said, the boy compared it with the situation in the Republic.

I would like to tell you that the system of the Republic is public ownership of land, housing is mainly allocated housing, and there is almost no commercial housing market.

Even the 3LDK house with an interior area of ​​[-] square meters like the one bought by the Taniguchi couple is a high-end residence that can only be enjoyed by bureau-level cadres, or top-notch scientists and celebrities in the Republic of China.

Coupled with the fact that he knows what Japan will look like in the future, Ning Weimin then stated very firmly that his primary consideration in buying real estate is not the property and structure of the property, but the geographical location.

Because the closer to the city center, the higher the price, which is a general rule.

He believes that although the Taniguchi family bought an ordinary apartment, the Sumida district where it is now has become the sub-center of Tokyo.

This real estate will definitely appreciate greatly in the future, and the increase and price will definitely exceed the new houses in the suburbs.

He boldly predicts that when Director Taniguchi retires, as long as he sells the house here, it will be enough to buy two one-family houses in the suburbs.

At this moment, Mrs. Taniguchi was a little overwhelmed by the praise, and felt that her house was really worthy of serious pride.

Regardless of whether this is true or not, believe it or not, Taniguchi and his wife will definitely love to hear such words on this occasion.

In addition, Zuo Kaiyujiro and Kagawa Miyoko also echoed their voices repeatedly, and the two couples became more and more radiant due to the flattery.

But it's not over here.

Immediately afterwards, Ning Weimin also exposed the life experience of an orphan whose parents died early, saying that he himself grew up in a large courtyard in the capital.

Even though he made a lot of money in the country, until he went abroad, the place he lived in the capital was only a small bungalow of [-] square meters.

Going to the toilet, bathing, and domestic water all go to public places.

If he wants to live comfortably in winter and summer in China, he can only go to a foreign-related hotel and spend a lot of money on a room.

It is even more unbelievable that these things fall in the ears of the Japanese.

And needless to say, this disparity in contrast makes the Taniguchi couple feel more fully how lucky they are to live in Tokyo.

Who said their home was a rabbit's nest?
The rich people in China live in a worse place, and their life trajectory is even more bleak.

Therefore, the happiness of a person is a kind of spirit, and it doesn't care how much you have, the key is to compare with whom.

As long as you are better than others, you are happy.

How else would there be so many fans of horror and disaster movies?

To be honest, it was not for sensory stimulation, but for finding psychological balance from other people's misfortunes.

The most amazing thing is that when Ning Weimin talked about his own hard life, there was an additional superimposed magical effect.

He actually aroused the emotional resonance of everyone present, and brought the rhythm to the route of remembering bitterness and thinking sweetness.

To be honest, even though Japan has become a first-class developed country during this period, the good days of the Japanese are indeed hard-won.

It was paid for by paying a huge price for sovereignty after the war and catching up with the right time and place when the Korean War broke out.

The point is that the Japanese, who serve as cows and horses for the Americans, did not take long to live a wealthy life like the Americans through hard work.

Since 1960, the then Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda announced the "National Economic Income Doubling Plan", which made the Japanese people have the awareness of "[-] million total middle-class people".

Until the end of the 50s, small scenes of life before modernization could still be seen everywhere in Tokyo.

Such as water wells, bath tubs, mosquito coils, wind chimes, coal stoves, kimonos, tatami mats...

And all this ancient things were almost gone until Tokyo held the Olympic Games in 1964.

Tokyo completed the upgrading of urban roads, and the Japanese people in large and medium-sized cities popularized the three major artifacts, washing machines, televisions, and refrigerators, almost all during this period.

However, in 1973, due to the Middle East oil crisis, Japan once again encountered economic turmoil.

At that time, goods were looted in the Tokyo market, and even toilet paper could not be bought.

For a long time, the Japanese who changed their appearance in suits still had to wipe their asses with newspapers full of typefaces just like the disgraced common people in the Republic.

The Taniguchi couple have deep memories of the poor Japan in the past.

Even Yujiro Sakai and the Kagawa sisters, the younger generation of Japanese who were born in a prosperous age, are not unrelated to poverty.

Because of the gap between urban and rural areas and the gap between the rich and the poor in social classes, it is difficult to smooth it out all at once.

Take the Kagawa sisters as an example. The reason why their surname is Kagawa is because they come from the seaside of Kagawa Prefecture, the smallest county in Japan.

Their hometowns are far away from the bustling countryside, without modern prosperity, scenic spots and tourist resources.

The standard of living and the level of economic development are simply incomparable with big cities like Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are 20 years behind.

Especially since their father died young, they were raised by their mothers.

The two sisters had a very poor childhood, and they often went hungry.

Even if they grow up and come to Tokyo to look for opportunities, they will suffer as much as those young people from small cities or villages in the "North, Shanghai and Guangzhou" of the Republic.

Sexism, making ends meet, and trying to save as much money as possible to send to my frail mother who is still at home.

Zuo Kaiyoujiro's life experience is even more unbelievably miserable.

His hometown is in Akita Prefecture, a cold village deep in the mountains far from the coast. In the valley where Mount Chokai can be seen from a distance, there are only a dozen or so families scattered here and there.

There is a suspension bridge at the entrance of the village, which is the only channel for the village to communicate with the outside world. Only after crossing the bridge can one enter the village.

When Sakai Yujiro was in elementary school, the village didn’t even have buses, and only the elementary school had a telephone in the whole village.
If you don't walk more than ten kilometers of mountain roads to the neighboring villages, you don't even have a decent shop.

Most of the residents in the village make a living by burning charcoal. Yujiro's father is also one of the charcoal burners in the village.

Although Japan has entered a period of rapid economic growth as early as 1958.

But when Zuo Hai was a child, the village lived in the days just after the Second World War, and the level of poverty and backwardness was almost the same as that of remote mountain villages in China.

The villagers can't even eat rice, and the staple food is potatoes.

Bring a lunch box for the children, and the side dishes inside are pickles made from coltsfoot picked from the wild.

Not to mention meat, even fish and eggs can't be eaten...

There are seven brothers in Zuo Hai's family, and only he has had good grades since primary school.

He was a high school student who worked part-time during the day and went to night school at night.

But he was already the most educated person ever in the village.

Although this degree is not as useful as a university degree, the knowledge prompted him to want to see a wider world.

Only then did I use some of the money I saved from doing farm work to realize the Tokyo dream.

In short, as the old saying goes, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite.

In fact, who in this world has an easy life?Life is not easy for everyone.

And after saying this, everyone knows that the so-called modernized countries still have embarrassing corners of poverty.

Among the people here, Yujiro Sakai is actually the real bitter child.

He has suffered so much that even Ning Weimin, who grew up in Huaxia, was compared to him.

As a result, it was this sympathy for each other, and the sympathy that is most likely to breed between ordinary people, that gave this meal a heart-warming temperature.

When it's time to eat, Mrs. Taniguchi's home-cooked dishes will of course look more delicious.

Everyone is either immersed in the comparison between today's sumptuous meal and the old bitter memories, or feels the atmosphere of the long-lost family meal. These factors greatly enhance the taste enjoyment of this meal.

As for Ning Weimin's favorite dish, Mrs. Taniguchi's Japanese-style "chawanmushi" with grilled corn and shellfish jelly is the most recommended.

Simple and easy to make, delicious ingredients, amazing.

Especially when eating this dish in midsummer, it is extremely refreshing and delicious.

Ning Weimin unceremoniously asked Mrs. Taniguchi how to do it, and carefully wrote it down.

I have decided to look for an opportunity to try it out, so that I can "graft and improve" it to the "Tan Gong Restaurant" in Beijing, and add it to the summer menu.

Secondly, what attracted Ning Weimin more on the table was Japanese-style grilled mackerel paired with greasy white radish puree.

This is baked on a home grill. The seasoning used by the Japanese is simple. It is super easy to bake directly from the supermarket.

For the Japanese, this dish is probably similar to the Chinese people's demand for kebabs.

Although it looks simple, but if the raw materials are fresh, it will be delicious in any way.

It's a pity that the Japanese don't have any extra treats, and there is only one grilled fish per person, which is not enough for Ning Weimin.

In addition, there was a fried potato pancake which surprised Ning Weimin.

The appearance looks very simple, just ordinary fried food, like fried cakes.

But the stuffing inside is beef, and the sauce can be poured and eaten.

Ning Weimin's most direct impression of this dish is that it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the meat is rich in aroma. It is much more delicious than Tang Yang chicken nuggets.

It's a bit of what Kang Shude said, the meaning of Chinese people creating German meatloaf during the Republic of China.

In fact, it is similar to domestic fried lotus root and fried eggplant box, but the taste is better, and it is very suitable for fast food.

I have to admit that Japanese dishes are more in line with the appetite of Chinese people than those in Europe and America.

Presumably, if this dish is put into the fast food market in the future, it will definitely be more popular among Chinese people than Swedish meatballs or gourmet onion rings.

However, after all, he is in a foreign land, so not all dishes can be appreciated by Ning Weimin.

Needless to say, stir-fried dishes, Japanese stir-fried dishes are weaker than those of Chinese people, and there is no comparison at all.

Although they also like to stir-fry miscellaneous vegetables, they can't control the heat, oil temperature or even seasoning well.

Ning Weimin could feel that Mrs. Taniguchi had prepared this dish to please him, so no matter how unpalatable it was, he had to bring a few more chopsticks, and he had to praise it.

The key point is that there is another dish that can hardly be called a dish—Ms. Taniguchi actually served a dish for everyone, which was rice balls soaked in water.

This really broke Ning Weimin's sober perception of Japanese food.

"This... Mrs. Taniguchi, what kind of dish is this, and how do I eat it?" After observing for a long time, Ning Weimin didn't know what to say, so he couldn't help asking weakly at the dinner table.

In the end, the answer he got was, "This is called a bowl of porridge. You just need to smash the rice balls and stir them to eat. If you like it, it is easy to eat. Many izakayas in Tokyo will sell this dish."

A bowl of porridge?Then why don't you just serve me a bowl of porridge?

Ning Weimin really wanted to ask this question, but he didn't feel embarrassed after all.

I could only say something in my heart, and then took a sip with great doubts.

Then he found out that the rice was mixed with some broken eggs and sprinkled with seaweed, and his doubts became even worse.

My heart said, fuck, just... just this thing... what's there to eat!

Can you really get the restaurant to sell it?

Wouldn't a chef who did this be scolded by the guests?

While he was puzzled, Mrs. Taniguchi fried dozens of dumplings brought by Ning Weimin according to the Japanese custom, and served them.

Watching the few people present take a sip, and then ask questions with surprised faces, Ning Weimin suddenly felt a little sour for them.

"What's the matter? The dumplings made by the deputy minister also have leeks and shrimps? Are these the real Huaxia dumplings?"

"Deputy Minister, your dumplings are a little smaller, but they are much more delicious than those in izakaya."

"Yeah, it's really powerful, and the taste is so touching. Is it Zuo Hai?"

"Yes, yes, Miyoko, this is the most delicious dumpling I've ever eaten. That... madam, can I have a bowl of rice..."

"That's right, how can such a good dumpling have no rice? I was negligent, Zuo Haisang, please wait..."

It's really not that Ning Weimin is arrogant, the key is that he didn't expect these Japanese people to have never eaten dumplings filled with three delicacies?

Even though it is such a rich country, its monthly income is dozens of times that of ordinary people in the Republic, and it will soon be hundreds of times.

After eating so many dumplings, they gobbled them up, impatiently, how could people not feel panic about their tongues when they were so beautiful?
What's the use of earning so much!
Better to be born in China!

(End of this chapter)