Chapter 36 Foreigners and Foreign Languages
Chen Lai mentioned foreign languages to Qinyin, which made Qinyin never forget foreign languages. When she was studying, she was also exposed to foreign languages and learned some simple words and sentences. At that time, it was just to prepare for the exam, and a lot of foreign language knowledge was forgotten later. But she remembers the simple letters from a, b, c, and d to x, y, and z. Qin Yin never imagined that one day, her future and destiny would be linked to foreign languages.
Lailai Restaurant is not far from the provincial bus station, and next to the main road, the geographical location is a lively place in the provincial capital. Whenever the commute is rusher, the big wave bicycle flow is round by round. Soon, some foreigners occasionally passed by in front of the restaurant. Those carrying packages, those holding cameras, those holding hands in three or two, walking alone, and so on. After all, the appearance of foreigners and Chinese is slightly different, and whenever a foreigner passes by the door of the restaurant, Qin Yin will stop and watch for a while.
Chen Lai told Qinyin that in the past, foreigners were rarely seen in the provincial capital, but now that the country has begun to reform and open up, there seem to be more and more foreigners coming to the provincial capital. Sometimes, Kotone secretly wonders if foreigners will come to the restaurant to eat, and what if they do?
I was really thinking about something, and at noon that day, a middle-aged foreigner entered the restaurant and said something "Hello, Hello". Qin Yin didn't speak a foreign language, and suddenly a foreigner came in, and he seemed at a loss for a while.
Chen Lai walked out of the kitchen, smiling all over his face, greeting the foreigner with "Hello, Hello", and then stretched out his right palm and motioned for the foreigner to sit on one of the stools. The foreigner sat down, and Chen Lai motioned for Qin Yin to come and wipe the table clean. Qin Yin had no choice but to come over with a rag and wipe the table clean. Qin Yin's heart was about to jump out, because he was used to the life of a small mountain village, and people who wanted to see more people in the city in the past, suddenly appeared in front of him a foreigner who had never seen it before, and completely strangers, made Qin Yin remember this moment unforgettable.
Qin Yin wiped the table and was about to leave, when the foreigner spoke: "What delicious food do you have here?" I couldn't understand the sound of the piano, so I had to blush, shake my head, and say with a smile, "I don't understand." Unexpectedly, foreigners understand Chinese, so they switched to Chinese and said, "Excuse me, what are you doing here?"
Qin Yin learned from Chen Lai's appearance and said with a smile on his face: "I have food to eat." Then he turned around and served the food. The foreigner gave a thumbs up to the sound and said something in a foreign language.
Kotone smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I don't understand you." ”
The foreigner gave another thumbs up to Qin Yin and said in Chinese: "You know foreign languages, your foreign languages are the best!"
Kotone said, "Don't laugh at me." I really don't know a foreign language. ”
"Your smile is the most beautiful and fluent language in the world. The foreigner said in Chinese, which he was not proficient in.
Smile is the language of the world. Koto quietly memorized the words of foreigners.
When night fell and the restaurant was quiet, Chen Lai and Qinyin talked about foreigners during the day. Chen said that when dealing with foreigners, if you don't know any foreign language, you can only communicate with smiles and gestures.
Through her dealings with foreigners, Kotone felt that a smile was a symbol of friendliness and that a smile was the best way to communicate, as if she had learned the most advanced knowledge in the world in one day. Isn't it possible for everyone to smile? Qin Yin was full of confidence, and when there was no one in the restaurant, she tried to smile, feeling as if a string was pulling in the depths of her soul, and the whole person became smart.
Since then, a number of foreigners have been coming to the restaurant one after another. Although Kotone does not know a foreign language, she uses a smile and gestures to communicate well with foreigners.
Foreigners are also the same as Chinese, and some foreigners are particularly talkative. It's like all over the world, astronomy and geography, knowing everything, knowing everything. Later, there was a foreigner who knew that Qin Yin did not understand foreign languages, so he asked Qin Yin what books he had read and what kind of education he had received. Qin Yin shook her head and said that she had studied in middle school, and the foreigner shook her head and said that this is not good, at your age, you should not sell food here, you should read more books.
Seeing that the sound of the qin seemed to understand but did not understand, the foreigner also said in Chinese seriously: "The world is changing, and your country is also changing. ”
The piano reciprocated with a bright smile. She silently remembered the foreigner's words in her heart.
Through contact with foreigners, and Chen said that his sister needed a helper who knew foreign languages, Qin Yin gradually remembered to learn foreign languages. She told Chen Lai about her plan, but she didn't expect Chen Lai to strongly approve of it, and she didn't know where to buy some foreign language books.
In their spare time running a restaurant, Qin Yin and Chen Lai devote themselves to learning foreign languages. They can't read books in foreign languages, and whenever a foreigner comes to a restaurant to eat, they are like a treasure, and they seize the time to ask for foreign language advice through various means.
That night, a foreigner who knew some Chinese came to the restaurant for dinner. After greeting the guests, Kotone leaned over to talk to the foreigners. The outsider gave her a thumbs up: "Very good." Qinyin took a notebook and asked the foreigner to write the very good in the foreign language just now, and then marked it in Chinese next to it: "Very good, stomach bone, very good." ”
Foreigners say, "Please give me a cup of tea." The sound of the piano is also written: tea, pronounced "ladder", which means "tea". Please give me a cup of tea. ”
Over time, Qin Yin really learned some foreign languages. For example, when a foreigner comes, when it comes to wate, she knows that it is water, and when it comes to eat, she knows that it is food.
Chen Lai told Qinyin that there are really a lot of people learning foreign languages in the provincial capital, and some of his classmates and friends are also learning, not only students and children, but also self-employed people like him, middle-aged people also learn. Listening to the sound of the piano, I felt that I should learn a foreign language even more.
One day, a girl with braided hair and clothes like her went to a restaurant to eat and ordered the cheapest meal. The girl was also carrying a small package, as if she had just come to the provincial capital, and her dark face revealed the simplicity of the farmer's family. Qin Yin saw that this girl was like herself, probably from a mountainous village, and she also came to the provincial capital to pursue her dreams. Kotone secretly added the amount of food to the girl. I thought about waiting for the girl to eat well, and then chatting with her.
Who knows, when the piano sound is busy, the girl has disappeared. Qin Yin couldn't help but run out of the restaurant, looking around, but there was no sign of the girl. This girl, who looked like an old friend, only appeared in front of the piano for a few minutes, but left the most glorious memory in her heart, because this girl was like herself in her imagination.
It's the dead of night again, but the sound of the piano can't forget the girl's appearance. "The same is the end of the world, why do you have to know each other when you meet?" Qin Yin silently read this ancient poem, thinking about the girl, in this big provincial city, the girl is the same as when she first came, can she gain a foothold? Can she find the job she wants to find as she wishes? Thinking about the girl, the corners of Qin Yin's eyes were filled with tears for a while.
Qin Yin came to the provincial capital for more than half a month, and felt that half of life was in reality and half in dreams. Some people, some roads, seem to be very close, not far, such as they used to be almost close to foreigners, very close, and for example, they took a day's car to the provincial capital, not far, but the soul distance between people, and the distance between the mountain people into the provincial capital, is so far away, if you lack patience, lack of luck, you will never go to the end. Koto secretly congratulated herself on being a lucky person, but what about the girl who passed by in a hurry?
Qin Yin didn't know why she was so worried about a stranger for no reason.