—— Selected from the first issue of Reading for Middle School Students 1984.

Mao Fu Bing

Big willow with deep roots and leafy leaves, cicada on the tree, fruit stand under the shade, red bayberry, green plum and golden banana in a laundry list. The fragrant fruity smell wafted with the wind.

The vendor is a middle-aged man in his thirties. He was wearing a semi-old undershirt, an old straw hat and a big cattail leaf fan, with his back against a big tree and his eyes beating with tons. Sitting next to him is an old lady with gray temples, who looks like his mother. At this time, a Warsaw car stopped in front of the booth and three foreigners got off. The big man hung a camera on his chest, the middle man held a net bag embroidered with pandas, and the little man held a briefcase under his arm, like a waiter. Three foreigners walked to the fruit stand. The big man picked up a bunch of bananas and asked in blunt Chinese, "How much is this?"

Hearing people asking for the price, the stall owner rubbed his eyes and stretched out two fingers in a figure of eight. Three foreigners nodded together, as if to say that this is fair; Then the big man put the banana in the weighing pan, and the stall owner said, "Three catties. 3824, two yuan and forty cents. " The little man took out a foreign exchange voucher for 10 yuan from his briefcase and handed it to the stall owner. The stall owner took the money, holding bananas in both hands and putting seven yuan and sixty cents in the small box. At this time, the big man put down the banana, picked up the camera hanging on his chest, pointed at the camera and pointed at the banana. I don't know what to say. The stall owner is a little confused. Is it too expensive or bananas are not good? Looking straight at the three foreigners waiting for a while.

"You cut it, I eat it, and the extra money is free." The little man acted as an interpreter. The stall owner realized the meaning of the other party and originally wanted to peel it for them to eat. No matter what foreigners don't understand, he said angrily and loudly, "I only sell bananas and don't peel them for others." I have to eat and peel it myself. " Say that finish and handed the change. The old lady on the side was in a hurry, touching the stall owner with her fist and stepping on the stall owner's foot with her foot, which means that if you peel them, you can get seven dollars and sixty cents. Such a rich customer can't be offended, besides, he is still a foreigner. But the stall owner was indifferent and stood upright. The old lady reached out to peel the banana, and the stall owner grabbed the old lady's hand and said, "You can't peel it. There is no such regulation in China. " The old lady was forced to retract her hand. Seeing this situation, the three foreigners stared at the stall owner and his mother coldly, without taking change or bananas. Without even looking up, the stall owner took back the change, gently put three kilograms of bananas into the laundry list, took the foreign exchange certificate out of the box with two fingers and returned it to the foreigner, then waved his hand, meaning to leave. He shook the cattail leaf fan again, leaned against the tree and closed his eyes carelessly.

The three foreigners looked at each other silently, shrugged their shoulders, got into the car helplessly and drove away from the banana stall.

As soon as three foreigners left, the old lady became angry. "You won't peel, also don't let me peel. What a good deal was ruined. What kind of fool can you catch! "

The vendor suddenly stood up, slapped the big fan and said angrily:

"Mom, they don't want me to peel bananas. They want me to peel China people's faces, you know?"

Under the scorching sun, on the willow tree, he got the answer of cicada singing "cicada, cicada".

Think about it and look it up.

1

This novel shows the hero's precious national pride. Where can I tell?

2

The ending of this novel is quite magical. Talk about its function in structure and the expression of central meaning.