There is such a "bowl of noodles", it has been popular all over the country and even at home and abroad, touched and cried countless people, was written into textbooks, was compiled into a drama by many children into a drama and interpreted affectionately, and even by some well-known enterprises as corporate culture. What kind of magical bowl of noodles is this?
Remember "A Bowl of YangChun Noodles"?
It is "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" by Japanese writer Ryohei Kuri. In 1989, it was published by the abbreviated "Reader" and brought it to everyone's attention. The novel embodies the beauty of family affection and human nature, and has a kind of upward power. Whether it is the indomitable spirit of unity and struggle of the family, or the warm business style of the noodle shop owner and wife, it is hidden in this bowl of hot Yangchun noodles.
The story is about —
A couple opened a "Beihai Pavilion" noodle restaurant. The eldest Chinese New Year's Eve, and when the noodle shop was about to close, there were three mothers and sons, the mother was wearing an old plaid coat, and the two boys, one about six years old and one about ten years old. The mother timidly asked if she could just have a bowl of Yangchun noodles? The lady greeted them warmly, and when the boss saw the three of them eating a bowl of noodles, he saw their embarrassment and silently added half an extra portion of the amount of noodles. The mother and son three happily ate a bowl of noodles. Before leaving, the noodle shop couple sent new blessings.
The next year, the big Chinese New Year's Eve, the mother and son three came again, still ordered a bowl of Yangchun noodles. The hostess still warmly invited them to sit at the second table they had sat at last year. The boss still silently made a half of the dough. Before leaving, send New Year's wishes.
In the third year, Chinese New Year's Eve, the mother and son came again. This time they asked for two bowls of noodles, and the boss ordered the amount of three bowls of noodles. From the chat between mother and son, the noodle shop couple learned that the boy's father died in a car accident and had a lot of debts before his death. The boy's mother worked hard to save money and pay off debts. This year I was finally able to pay it off, so the big Chinese New Year's Eve ordered an extra bowl of noodles to celebrate. Before leaving, send New Year's wishes.
In the Chinese New Year's Eve of the fourth year, the hostess put a sign of "Reservation Seat" on the second table for the mother and son. But they didn't come. Later, many big Chinese New Year's Eve, and the boss lady left them a seat, but never came. During this period, the noodle shop was renovated, but the second table still retained its original appearance. Some customers were curious, and the shop owner told the story of "a bowl of Yangchun noodles at the second table". The story spread, and everyone was touched and came to the second table to eat a bowl of warm Yangchun noodles. Beihai Pavilion Noodle Restaurant has also gained its reputation.
More than ten years later, a big Chinese New Year's Eve, the second table with the "reservation seat", finally waited for the deceased mother and son again. At that time, the two boys had grown into young men in suits and shoes, one of them became a doctor and a bank employee. My mother also changed into a beautiful kimono. This time they ordered three bowls of Yangchun noodles. The deceased were reunited, the noodle shop couple welcomed them warmly, and all the diners in the shop applauded and cheered for their arrival.
The story is over, but the touch and impact it brings to everyone continues. This story was also selected into high school textbooks, and some readers read it that year, and then they found out children to read to their own children, which warmed two generations.
We were not only touched by the strength of the mother who pulled two children alone and actively paid off her husband's debts; we were also touched by the noodle shop couple's act of quietly adding more noodles to mother and son. Be kind to people, but not let people know. True kindness is how it is silent.
"There is no trace of good deeds!" Doing good without leaving a trace is truly a good deed. As someone said, "True goodness is the practice of doing good without raising the banner of goodness; it is the accumulation of virtue that does not need to be seen, and the goodwill is as clear as it is." ”
A bowl of noodles, carrying two feelings and feelings
"A Bowl of YangChun Noodles" has not only touched many of us, but has also been widely praised even within Japanese companies and government departments. "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" is not only a bowl of noodles, but also writes two kinds of deep feelings of righteousness.
◎ Strong and warm motherly love
Her husband was suddenly killed in a car accident, and the mother had to shoulder the burden of raising two young children alone. Not only that, she also took the initiative to pay off the debts owed to eight people by her husband. Just bitter himself but not willing to suffer the child, the eldest Chinese New Year's Eve he still takes the child to eat noodles according to the Japanese New Year noodle custom. Although only one bowl was ordered, most of it was reserved for the child to eat, and he only ate a little symbolically.
And the mother is the best teacher of the child, what kind of mother raises what kind of child. This strong, optimistic and kind mother has also raised a sensible, filial and positive child. The brothers usually help their mother deliver newspapers, and the other helps her mother do housework. The brother also went to the brother's parent-teacher conference on behalf of his mother.
Stills from the movie "A Bowl of Yang Chun Noodles"
In the end, the mother and son three who suffered a serious mental and economic blow, starting from eating the same bowl of Yangchun noodles "head to head", carried out a tenacious and unyielding struggle with a difficult life for more than ten years, and finally overcame bad luck and moved from darkness to light. The two children became adults, and the mother and son worked hard.
This maternal love warmed her two children and also let us see the most beautiful and moving appearance of maternal love in the world.
◎ The wordless kindness of the noodle shop couple
The couple opened a noodle shop and read countless people. When they saw the mother and son in the big Chinese New Year's Eve only ordered a bowl of noodles, they guessed that their lives were embarrassing. I wanted to help them, but I was afraid of hurting their self-esteem and face, so I quietly increased the amount of noodles. They order a bowl of noodles, and he orders a bowl and a half of noodles; they order two bowls of noodles, and he orders three bowls of noodles.
Just like when they came to eat noodles for the second year, the boss lady wanted to ask her husband to give them three bowls of noodles directly, but the boss thoughtfully said: "No, if this is the case, they may be embarrassed." The boss said and grabbed a person and a half of the noodles and got out of the pot.
Taking care of the three people without embarrassing them shows his respect for the mother and son trio, and the boss is thoughtful and makes us awe-inspired.
It is not ostentatious, not noisy, not even a trace of almsgiving and mercy, but giving others the most ironing, comfortable and comfortable care and warmth.
There is a saying that "good is rewarded with kindness." Although those who truly do good do not ask for anything in return, the blessings are never absent. Later, the "Second Table" became popular, and the "Beihai Pavilion" noodle restaurant also exploded.
Kindness is not only a kind of feeling of being a person, but also a way of doing things and doing business.
It is said that Samsung Group was hit hard by the Asian financial turmoil that year. At the moment of crisis, Samsung Group President Lee Kin Hee asked Vice President Yin Zhonglong to read "A Bowl of YangChun Noodles" to 45,000 employees, calling on employees to learn from the indomitable spirit of mother and son in the face of adversity, and unite to overcome difficulties.
Everyone got inspiration and strength from this story, and Samsung stabilized the situation and was able to squeeze into the world's top 100 brands. Later, at the peak of Samsung's prosperity, Chairman Lee Kin Hee once again organized all employees to revisit "A Bowl of YangChun Noodles" and called on employees to learn the kind and humane way of doing business of noodle shop couples. "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" has risen to the status of corporate culture.
A bowl of noodles tells the truth, goodness and beauty of the world. For goodness, the French philosopher Rousseau explained it this way:
Kindness is —)
Love for the weak and small;
Have a passion for what happens to others;
Tolerance for the humble;
Have a commitment to those who come after!
Kindness is actually compassion for all things, all things, all people.
If the heart is good, the heart is soft, and the action is warm. Good deeds are both the way of being human and the norm of doing things.
True kindness is to silently give people dignity
Kindness is originally out of good intentions, but if the act of kindness is too ostentatious, it will hurt the face and self-esteem of the person who is being treated well, and it will become a kind of harm.
I had seen a photographic work "Holding Hands" before, which showed a girl from a wealthy family donating school bags and other school supplies to another poor girl, and the two held hands for a group photo.
However, this work has aroused heated discussion and made people extremely uncomfortable to watch. From the photo, it can be seen that the donated girl stands tall, full of smiles, one hand in the pocket, a happy and proud look; the donated girl bows her head deeply, only barely extending an index finger for the other party to hold, a look of embarrassment and inferiority, which is extremely painful.
This photograph gave me a deep understanding of the writer Valery's words, "There is nothing in the world that hurts more than kindness." "If kindness is too ostentatious, it invisibly hurts those who receive good deeds."
True kindness, mostly silent, is silent, just to give people enough dignity, to save each other's face, to care for each other's self-esteem.
It is also a good deed, but a Norwegian public service advertisement "Lunch box" is even more touching. The story is about —.
When it was time for lunch, the students all pulled out bento boxes filled with sumptuous lunches, and only one boy's bento box was empty. When others were eating, he had to go outside to drink water to fill his hunger.
When he returned to his seat in frustration and was ready to put the empty lunch box back, he pulled out that there was something in the lunch box. He opened it doubtfully and was surprised to find that it was stuffed with food, fruit, vegetables, bread.
He looked around, and everyone ate as if nothing had happened. He smiled and ate this box of love lunches without hesitation. The students also laughed quietly.
Silent kindness makes the recipient of the good feel comfortable, and will not produce too much psychological burden and face to face.
As Liang Xiaosheng once said, "Kindness is not a deliberate thing for others to see." It is a pleasant and natural thing, just as sometimes kindness is for peace of mind. ”
Kindness makes good people feel at ease for themselves to do good deeds, and at the same time makes people who receive goodness feel a little at ease.
Whether it is the bowl of Yangchun noodles of the noodle shop owner or the love lunch put together by this group of kind children, it is such a comfortable and warm kindness.
The house of good deeds will have a surplus celebration, and will not do nothing with small kindnesses
The Qing Dynasty literary scholar Wang Yongbin wrote in the "Night Talk of the Hearth", "The house of accumulation of goodness will have Yuqing; the house of jishan will have residual disasters." "The house of accumulation of goodness can raise kind children even more." Let kindness become a family style, and it will become a blessing to guard children.
Being kind to people does not necessarily mean that you have to do something great, but you can also be kind to people everywhere in your daily life.
Yi Zhongtian once talked about what is the true kindness of daily life in an interview. He mentioned that --
Kindness is not to go to the street every day to learn Lei Feng, not to run to the intersection to help the elderly cross the road on Lei Feng Day. Kindness is not the meaning of this, kindness is a bottom line, called compassion. It's that you don't hurt people for no reason. If you can complete the family with a show of hands, you will complete the family...
He gave a common example, such as the spring door of a hotel, after you enter, you should pay attention to see if there is anyone behind you, and don't suddenly let go of your hand and touch the people behind you. This is the daily good deed, not a small good deed.
It is a kind of kindness to see someone fall on the road and go forward to lift up; to see him get up in a panic, look around for fear of being seen and embarrassed, then you will look away and pretend not to see his embarrassment, which is also a kind of kindness.
For example, Ma Zongxian, the owner of a snack bar in Beijing, who was praised by the People's Daily the other day, provided dinner for those who encountered difficulties for free. In order to maintain the face of these special customers, the secret code "Package A" is specially designed. If you say "Package A", you can eat a large bowl of hot beef noodles for free.
There is an old Chinese saying: "Evil, fear of knowing, is great evil; good, wanting others to know, is not true and good." ”
True kindness, mostly silent and silent, warms you and me, warms the cold winter, and warms this world.
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Author | Hu Butterfly
Editor-in-charge | Duncy
Edited by | Mao Xinwen
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