Do You Love Me (novel) Zhang Baotong 2016.8.9

5. Move to the United States

After more than a year of working as a royal chef in Luxembourg, Leon still didn't get any news about Princess Bazaar. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he thought that she had been married and left for more than a year, and it was time to come back to visit his relatives, or send him a letter. But nothing happened. He thought that maybe Basha had forgotten about him, maybe she had something to worry about and couldn't come back to see him. Desperate and unable to endure the torment of lovesickness, Leon decides to leave this place that makes him sad.

He had heard that the United States was a dream country, a place where you could make a fortune and live a prosperous life if you were diligent or willing to use your brains. So, he decided to go to the United States.

So, he came to New York, the largest city in the United States. It's one of the busiest places in the world. In particular, there are very, very many people here, many times more than the whole country of Luxembourg. And most of them are immigrants from Europe. So, Leon feels that life here is similar to that of him in Luxembourg, and Leon can speak French and German, as well as some English, and there is no big language barrier. The day after he arrived in New York, he began to look for a job for himself. With a job, he was able to settle down in this place.

There are many European-style hotels and hotels in the New York City, including French, German, English and Russian. This is very beneficial for him to find a job. In the past, he was the royal chef of the Luxembourg royal family, specializing in French cuisine and Western pastries, as well as a unique knack for ice cream. Therefore, Leon felt that it was not difficult for him to find a job, and he decided to find a more exclusive hotel. He went to several hotels, and the owners, hearing that he was the royal chef of the Luxembourg royal family, were eager for him to come and work in their hotels. However, Leon chose the Grand Hotel Nuremberg, a block not far from Wall Street. This hotel is the largest hotel in the vicinity, with 12 floors, very luxurious and magnificent, with a strong European style.

Leon was assigned to the kitchen to specialize in making Western pastries. At that time, ice cream was scarce, but a small amount of ice cream was made every day for the hotel's valued guests. However, Leon didn't want to make ice cream anymore, because ice cream had already broken his heart, and as soon as he saw ice cream, he would think of Bazaar, and he would be sad, so he had to avoid ice cream as much as possible, and he didn't want to let the past things break his heart again.

Western-style pastries are mainly made of flour, sugar, butter, milk, vanilla powder, shredded coconut, etc., and are divided into five categories: small snacks, cakes, puff pastry, mixed pastry and qigu. Western-style confectionery is popular with customers because of its high fat and protein content, sweet but not greasy taste, and beautiful style. Leon, on the other hand, mainly makes cakes in Western pastries, with cream cakes and fruit cakes.

However, the pastry making at the Grand Hotel Nuremberg is hardly comparable to that of the Luxembourg royal chef in terms of sophistication and quality. Because the royal kitchen of Luxembourg has been around for hundreds of years, and the Grand Hotel Nuremberg has been around for less than a decade or two. And the chef inside can't be compared to the royal kitchen. It stands to reason that Leon mainly makes ice cream in the royal kitchen of Luxembourg and is not very familiar with making pastries, but after Leon came to the hotel, the pastries made were significantly higher than the chefs in the original hotel in terms of style and quality.

The pastries he made were very popular and sold very well. So, after he arrived at the hotel, Western pastry became a brand in the restaurant of the Grand Hotel Nuremberg. Many people come here to taste the exquisite pastries of the royal chef of Luxembourg. And many people also give the cakes he made as birthday gifts. As a result, the cakes he made were in short supply and had to be ordered a week in advance.

The kitchen was very busy, and he had to work overtime a lot, so he had very little time to rest. However, whenever he returned to his rented apartment after work, it was easy for his mind to recall the past experience, the stories Bazaar had told him and the words she had said to him. Especially the last words she said to him, asking him to learn English well, so that he could go all over the world. Now that I think about it, Bazaar is really amazing, and he could have thought so early that learning English would be so important to his future. yes, if he hadn't met Bazaar, he really didn't know what his fate would have been. But what he thought about most was how she was doing, whether she was happy? I don't know if she was happy, but he wasn't happy at all. In his life, only Basha was so kind to him. He wanted to get rid of Bazaar, and no one would be so kind to him.

Originally, he thought that as soon as he left that sad place, he would forget about her. However, he didn't want to, after leaving his hometown, he not only missed his hometown very much, but also missed Bazaar even more. It turns out that nostalgia and nostalgia can't be erased. It will occupy your heart and mind throughout your life.

That day, as he walked through Times Square, he saw a woman who looked very much like Bazaar. Whether it is the figure, or the appearance, even the skirt she wears is very similar. He wondered if Bazaar had also come to the United States and lived in New York, because it was already a little dark, and the neon lights were already flashing around, so it was a little difficult to see. He chased after her to see what was going on. However, the woman walked in such a hurry that she seemed to be deliberately avoiding him. This made him think that Basha was deliberately avoiding him, so he ran over and chased after her with a quick pace. However, the woman suddenly got into a bus. Luckily, he came over and got into the car. There weren't many people in the car, so he quickly found the woman and walked up to her, and after a closer look, he realized that he had recognized the wrong person. This made him very annoyed and frustrated.

He got off the bus, changed buses again, and began to walk back, and when he returned to Times Square again, he heard the song "The Good Old Times" playing on the radio:

How can you forget your old friends

I can't think about it in my heart

How can old friends forget?

Friendship lasts forever

We used to wander all day long

On the green hills of my hometown

We've had a lot of hard work

Wandering around

We've been on the loose all the time

Paddle on the green waves

But now it is gone

Far from the sea......

Listening to this song, he couldn't help but burst into tears. Yes, how can the good times be so short and easy to lose, but they can't relive the old feelings.