Chapter 436, Family Banquet
Ren Li Meili thought about 10,000 scenes of seeing her daughter-in-law, but she never predicted the current scene.
Originally, she had a lot of questions, but now she felt that she couldn't ask them at all - how to ask a foreigner who is not good at Chinese?
Listening to what this woman said before, Li Meili thought that she could speak Chinese, but she didn't expect that she couldn't understand such a simple sentence, alas, how to communicate in the future.
Saoirse sat on the sofa and was nervous, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said to Li Meili: "Auntie, I brought a little gift from my hometown to you and your uncle......
She stood up to take what she had brought in, took out a sweater wrapped in a white box from inside, and handed it to Li Meimei.
"It's an Irish handmade sweater that's warm and fit to wear right now...... And this bottle of wine, known in Ireland as the King of Wine, was given to my uncle. ”
I don't know how long Saoirse has been practicing, but in short, she has the two sentences that she knows best.
It takes a year to practice Chinese, and Saoirse does not have time to learn Chinese, Ye Kai is already shocked to be able to say this, after all, not everyone has their own plug-in.
It is usually praised that a person knows a lot of foreign languages, and it is said that the person is proficient in eight Chinese languages.
And Ye Kai is not only proficient in multiple Chinese, but also at the mother tongue level, the kind of proficiency that can be used to write books, if Ye Kai is willing to spend a few days traveling around the world by plane, specifically looking for a transfer in a country he has never been.
When he returns to Huaxia again, Ye Kai will probably be the person who is the most proficient in languages in the world.
Hearing Saoirse's words, Li Meili was stunned again.
Are you going to Chinese or not Chinese? Say you can't, you're pretty clear, say you will...... You can't understand if you can eat Sichuan food, what can you do?
"Thank you, thank you...... Oh, this sweater is very good, I knitted such clothes for him when Ye Kai was young, and I still keep it at home. ”
"Do I still have this kind of clothes?" Ye Kai asked.
"Why not!"
Li Meili frowned and said: "I knitted the clothes for a long time, and you said that it was itchy to wear, and you also said that you would give it to others...... I worked hard to weave it for you, and I was reluctant to give it away, so I kept it at home. ”
“......”
Come to think of it.
Mom did knit a sweater for herself, but the yarn she used was ...... Don't mention it.
In fact, such sweaters are almost the same, Ye Kai's several Icelandic sweaters also have to be lined inside, and the sweaters are worn inside, what will others feel Ye Kai doesn't know, but he himself will really itch.
Seeing that Saoirse had taken out all her things, Ye Kai also opened her travel bag.
These are all gifts sent back from Iceland, which were originally bought for relatives during their travels, and now they are sent together when they go home during the Chinese New Year.
I also want to bring a gift home for the New Year.
Iceland's famous sweater Ye Kai also brought it, but I didn't bring it back to my mother, and I can send it back to my mother by courier if I have the opportunity in the future. After all, Saoirse has given sweaters to her mother, and she will give this one to her father first.
Ye Kai took out a red jewelry box containing a string of pearl necklaces.
"This is for you, I brought it back from Iceland, and I heard that this thing will always be warm and not cold with you. ”
Li Meili didn't know where Iceland was, but she knew that Ye Kai had lived in this place for several months, so she hurriedly took it and said, "Oh, my son will buy me a gift, it's good." ”
“......”
What do you say...... Didn't I come home and bring you a gift before?
Seeing the loving interaction between Ye Kai and Li Meili, Saoirse's nervousness was let go little by little, the expression on her face also looked better, and she stroked her half-length blonde hair.
Saoirse asked Ye Kai in a low voice, "Why can't I understand what your parents are saying?" Is this your Chinese dialect?"
Irish English is actually a dialect, and many Britons can't understand the language of the Irish region, so Saoirse guesses that Ye Kai's parents also speak a Chinese dialect.
When she first communicated with Zhou Sihui, she had heard Zhou Sihui speak a similar language, but most of the time Ye Kai's friends spoke Mandarin.
This is the local dialect of Sichuan Province. ”
Speaking of this, Ye Kaicai said to his mother: "Saoirse can't understand our Sichuan Province, she can only speak a little Mandarin." ”
"Oh, that's it, it's okay, we speak Mandarin very well. ”
Standard Trump.
However, Saoirse sounded much better than listening to the Sichuan dialect directly, and after understanding this sentence, Saoirse's heart was much more relaxed, and she wanted to pat her little heart to release her previous nervousness.
"Saoir?"
"Yes, my name is Saoirsa, Catherine Saoirse. ”
"How did you and Ye Kai meet?"
"We are...... In the ......, she scratched her head, and Chinese potato festival was used to say it?
Ye Kai said: "It was an Irish festival, Saoirse was Irish, and she was invited to play songs at the festival, and it was at this festival that we met. ”
"Yes, festivals, potato festivals. ”
"Oh, so where are you going to live?"
"In the country. Ye Kai said.
Although they have not considered when they will get married, the two have already discussed Saoirse's life after graduation, and she will learn Chinese in the past few years, and by the way, see if she can come to China as an exchange student.
After graduation, Saoirse will start her music career in China.
Saoirse has always had a desire to become a violinist in her heart, and so far she has released her first pure music album, which is well-known in Europe and the United States.
But it can't be compared with Ye Kai.
Even in Ireland, there are more people who know Ye Kai than Saoirse, and the charm of Harry Potter is much greater than a few simple songs, and Ye Kai is now an international writer.
Ye Xiuqiang walked out with a dish, saw a few people still sitting on the sofa and chatting, and said:
"What are you talking about? I'm ready to eat with my chopsticks...... Saoirse, come and sit down and try your uncle's cooking. ”
The latter sentence is in Mandarin, don't look at him stir-frying in the kitchen, but his ears have been listening to the chat outside, and he knows that Saoirse can't understand the dialect.
Ye Xiuqiang's Mandarin is very standard, no matter before or now, he is an entrepreneur, often travels to other provinces, and a Mandarin can add a lot of points to his own business.
Since it was raining, it was a little dark even at noon, and Ye Kai turned on the light in the dining room.
Under the soft light, the rectangular table can finally seat four people, and Li Meimei's face is satisfied, as if she thinks of the days when she will bring her grandson and granddaughter in the future......
It's too boring to be at home, I don't really want to go to play cards, and it's not interesting to square dance.
She took a piece of pork ribs and put it in Saoirse's bowl, and said, "Come, try this piece of pork ribs, Auntie went to the market early in the morning to choose, it is fresh, see if it suits your taste." ”
"Thank you, Auntie. ”
Saoirse pinched it, and the ribs slipped from the chopsticks and fell into the bowl. She can use chopsticks, but she is not as skilled with a knife and fork, and she will eat slowly with chopsticks.