He went to the hawker center and ordered from one of the few stalls that sell this item.
The owner, an imposing man, told the boy the minimum price is now $2.
On seeing that the boy had only $1.50 with him, he sold him a packet at that price.
Yesterday, the teenage boy passed by this noodle stall again after many years.
The stall owner is still selling fish ball noodle all by himself.
The teenage boy was me.