Short novel Haodao
Qiangzi from Xu Erye’s house in the east end of the village came back from a trip to Japan and brought a good knife to his father: "Don’t you always say that the knife at home is not good to chop bones? Try this. Those brought back from Japan say that the knife over there is good."
Xu Erye just bought a bunch of big sticks from the market. His son was surprised when he was a child. He doesn’t like to eat meat in big mouthfuls, but he likes to chew these big bones. After my son went home two weeks after working, Mr. Xu stewed a large pot for two weeks. After three years, he broke several pieces of knife.
Hearing his son say that the knife is good, Mr. Xu immediately took it to the kitchen to cut the bones. He raised his knife with his hand and broke two pieces of the big stick. Mr. Xu raised his finger at his son: "What a good knife!"
The news of Mr. Xu's good knife gradually spread. Slowly, neighbors came to his house to borrow the knife when they encountered difficult bones. Anyone who had used it said that the knife was good.
"Hey, this little Japanese's things are good. The bones are broken with one knife."
"No, every time I chop my bones, I feel so tired that my arms hurt. Now I have to save energy."
"If you want to say that this little Japanese is not simple, how can you make such a good thing?"
"Listen to my old daughter, they are much more advanced than ours, and everything is good."
"Yes, I also heard that many people even bring toilets back from there when they go out for a trip."
Someone questioned: "Don't talk nonsense! What's the difference between that thing? Can it still pull flowers?"
At first, everyone praised their own knife, and Mr. Xu was very happy, and gradually there was less smile on his face.
Later, I took out the kitchen knife at home and used it, and the good Japanese knife was put away.
Qiangzi returned to his hometown and found that his father used an old knife again. He asked in confusion: "Dad, don't use a good knife, let's use this again."
Master Xu Er's face was as deep as water: "Son, remember, the Chinese who didn't have a good knife decades ago will defeat them with good knife! One day we can also make better good knife!"
