The cold cold water rushed across his cheeks, rubbed it his face a few times, and his spirit suddenly cleared up a lot, his bulging head was much better, and his floating steps were much more stable at once.

"Where's the deliciousness?"

"Bob, you can't lie to us, if you dare to fool us, we won't spare you. ”

Muttering, the four drunks walked towards the door with slightly floating steps, with a look of expectation in their eyes.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw two large and one small three people in the courtyard downstairs, and a large cauldron surrounded by three people, and the tempting aroma suddenly reached the noses of the four people.

"Well, it's delicious, delicious oriental food, Bob, you didn't cheat on us. ”

"It's nice to be able to taste delicious oriental food again. ”

"Shepherd, you're a good man, it's amazing. ”

Zhao Mu raised his head and smiled at the four drunks who had finally woken up: "Friends, have you woken up?" ”

The four of them walked downstairs to the courtyard with expectant eyes, Johnson looked at the boiling cauldron, and the bright red color in the pot, and asked curiously:

"Mu, this must be the hot pot you said before, right? I regret that I didn't have the opportunity to taste it last time I went to Huaxia, thank you for giving us this opportunity today." ”

Zhao Mu smiled: "Yes, this is the hot pot I once said, believe me, you will definitely fall in love with this taste." ”

If you want to say the favorite food of Shu people, hot pot is definitely an indispensable one.

Gatherings of friends, entertaining guests, family reunions...... Hot pot can be seen on various occasions.

All kinds of favorite food are put into a big pot, with the spicy and fragrant bottom of the pot, a group of people sit around and eat, at this time there is no identity gap, no gender difference, the same Longmen array to eat sweating, this is called the atmosphere.

There's nothing a hot pot can't solve.

If there is, then two, three......

Alice jumped and ran to Bob's side and pulled Bob excitedly, "Daddy, come on, Alice is hungry." Brother Mu made it so fragrant, I really want to eat it. ”

The little girl's greed made the adults laugh, and Bob let the baby girl stride to her place.

"Daddy, here, you sit here. ”

Alice pulled Bob to Mommy Hannah and sat down, while she turned around and sat down on the small chair next to Bob, while Zhao Mu was on the other side.

Watching Alice's movements, Johnson smiled and said, "Alice, aren't you supposed to sit between Daddy and Mommy?"

Alice shook her head and said seriously, "No, I'm going to sit here." ”

"Why?"

The little girl looked at Zhao Mu, who began to add food to the pot, and a smug smile appeared on her little face, "Because Brother Mu will make delicious food." ”

Several adults burst into laughter, and even Bob and Hannah couldn't help but smile, Bob smiled and rubbed his baby daughter's little head, "You glutton." ”

The little girl smiled, her small body moved a little closer to Zhao Mu again, and she looked at the dishes that quickly exuded a charming aroma under Zhao Mu's hands, looking like a little gluttonous cat.

"Okay, are you ready to eat?"

"No, we'll have to wait. ”

"Not yet, how long will it take?"

"Don't worry, it's fast, it's right away. ”

……

After several questions and answers, Johnson asked Zhao Mu with a frustrated face: "How long is it fast? How long is it right away?" Mu, you have said "soon" and "immediately" several times. ”

Zhao Mu was stunned for a moment, looked at Johnson who was broken, and smiled.

Adjectives such as "soon" and "immediately" can be difficult for Westerners with a strong sense of time, especially for Germanic peoples, who are known for their rigorous style.

"Johnson, five more minutes, five minutes later. ”

"Really, five minutes?"

"Yes, I promise. ”

At this time, Johnson immediately understood what Zhao Mu wanted to express and relaxed.

Zhao Mu smiled, the cultural differences between different countries are not just talking, it is reflected in all aspects of ideology, lifestyle, language arts, etc., it is likely that the things we are accustomed to are so strange and even incredible in the eyes of other foreigners, and vice versa.

Bob noticed that Alice had been holding a gadget tightly in her hand, and asked curiously, "Alice, what are you holding in your hand?"

Alice showed Bob what she had been holding tightly in her hand like a treasure.

"Look, this is a toy made for me by Brother Mu, and Brother Mu said that it is called "Luban Lock". ”

"Luban lock?"

Hearing this new term, Bob showed a curious look, reached out to Alice and asked, "Can you let Daddy see it?"

Alice looked very reluctant, but after looking at Bob, she still handed it to Bob with a reluctant face, and at the same time looked cautious and said to Bob seriously:

"Daddy, this is a gift from Brother Mu. ”

Bob smiled dumbly and assured his daughter, "Alice, don't worry, Daddy will definitely give it back to you, and promise not to break it." ”

Taking over the small toy called "Luban Lock", Bob observed it and quickly discovered some mysteries, by twitching the wooden stick that formed the small toy, the small toy in his hand became bad into various shapes in his hand.

"Oh, that's a fun toy. ”

George noticed a detail and said in surprise, "Oh, how is this little toy fixed? I can see that there are no nails or glue on this little toy." ”

The others looked at the small toy in Bob's hand with amazement, and then passed the research and discussion to each other under the reluctant expression of the little girl Alice.

Bob looked at Zhao Mu in surprise, "Mu, is this your famous "mortise and tenon" structure in China?"

Zhao Mu replied proudly: "Yes, this is the mortise and tenon structure invented and created by our Chinese ancestors, which has a history of more than 7,000 years, and is even longer than the history of our writing. ”

"It's incredible, it's a great invention, it doesn't need nails, it doesn't need any adhesive, it just holds it together by the structure of the object itself, and it must be able to play an incomparably great role in engineering, which is a precious treasure left to you by your ancestors. ”

Bob and his colleagues all had expressions of amazement, and they had experienced many years of factory life and workers, and they understood the significance of such a structure, and how incredible it was that such a structure appeared in ancient times more than 7,000 years ago.

(End of chapter)