The "Shenzhou 12" manned spacecraft returned to Earth safely as planned. Astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo have ended their three-month "space business trip" and they are back home! In the hometown of the three astronauts, relatives and friends gathered in front of the screen to watch the live broadcast on time to welcome the aerospace heroes in triumph.

In Zaoyang, Hubei, Nie Haisheng’s younger brother Nie Xinsheng specially learned an authentic Xiangyang beef noodle dish from a cooking master. “My brother said that when he returns to Earth, he wants to eat our Xiangyang beef noodle. Wait until he comes home. , I want to make it for him with my own hands.”

From the selection of beef and beef offal to the ratio of various spices, and from the boiling of the stock to the boiling of the noodles, the teachers explained everything clearly. , Nie Xinsheng learned it with gusto. After nearly two hours of stir-frying, boiling, and blanching, a steaming bowl of authentic Xiangyang beef noodles was completed under Nie Xinsheng's preparation.

At a restaurant called Xiangxiaozi Beef Offal Noodles on Dingzhong Street, Fancheng District, Xiangyang City, store manager Zhang Hu said that the store not only sells beef (offal) noodles, but is also responsible for training relevant chefs. In the past five years, thousands of students from other places have come to learn production techniques every year. Especially after astronaut Nie Haisheng "said" that he wanted to eat beef noodles from his hometown in space, more and more people from other places came to learn and train.

The reporter saw at the scene that more than ten students from Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Shandong were learning Xiangyang beef noodle making techniques in the store. Zhang Yu, a female apprentice from Nanyang, Henan, told reporters that she had long wanted to open a local beef noodle restaurant. After seeing the "endorsement" of astronaut Nie Haisheng, she became more determined to come to Xiangyang to study.

Not only Nie Haisheng’s family has prepared beef noodle noodles, but also the major beef noodle restaurants in Xiangyang City. Hundreds of beef noodle restaurants in Xiangyang city have posted slogans such as "Salute to Chinese astronauts, eat Xiangyang beef noodles for the first time" and posters and banners saying "The Xiangyang beef noodle that Nie Haisheng wants to eat is here" to welcome the return of heroic astronaut Nie Haisheng. Earth invites citizens and tourists to “eat a bowl of noodles together”.

A bowl of beef noodles and a bowl of sweet rice wine are the standard breakfast for Xiangyang people. Its characteristics are one spicy, two hemp and three fresh, with a long aftertaste that you won’t tire of after eating it for a long time. Walking in the streets of Xiangyang, you can see beef noodle restaurants of all sizes everywhere. As soon as the morning peak arrives, there will be a "long queue" in front of most noodle restaurants, and many of them are open 24 hours a day.

Heroic astronaut Nie Haisheng is performing a flight mission to the China Space Station. He has become my country's first astronaut who has been in orbit for more than 100 days. In an interview with CCTV's "First Lesson of School" Tiandi Connection, he said, "After returning to Earth, what I want to eat most is the beef noodle from Xiangyang, my hometown."

The relevant person in charge of the Xiangyang Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau According to reports, after the Shenzhou 12 astronauts landed safely, the city immediately purchased 400 boxes of Xiangyang beef noodle products produced by the city’s four most representative companies and sent them via express companies. Nie Haisheng's unit hopes to allow Nie Haisheng and other astronauts to taste Xiangyang food for the first time to express the respect of the people in his hometown for the heroic astronauts.

Xiangyang beef noodle is a local specialty snack. Walking in the streets and alleys of Xiangyang, you can see beef noodle restaurants, large and small, everywhere. On that day, many noodle restaurants in Xiangyang City hung up congratulatory banners to welcome the heroes home in a unique way for people in their hometown.