Chapter Fifty-Six: Asking for Hardship
Zhuang Rui's impression of these two big-nosed foreigners is very good, because when the translator asked them to lie just now, both of them refused in unison, and they should not be the kind of unreasonable people.
"Hello both, and welcome to China. ”
Zhuang Rui opened his mouth to speak fluent American English, when he was in college, in order to learn to speak well, he was looking for an English corner all over the sea, and some foreigners had more English corners, which needed to be consumed, so Zhuang Rui took the boss to go with him every time, and the boss paid a lot of money in those two years, but Zhuang Rui and his English listening ability were among the few in the class.
"Oh, you speak English so well, it's great, you can call me Smith, I guess there is some misunderstanding between us?"
The foreigner named Smith, wearing a big red cotton jacket rich in Chinese tradition, shouted happily after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, being brought to this kind of place, they also felt that something was wrong, the translator seemed to be hiding something from them.
"Smith? Dead or not......"
Zhuang Rui slandered in his heart, and when he was about to speak, he was interrupted again.
"This is Mr. Zhuang, you can tell me any questions, and I will explain to my client that today's incident is indeed a misunderstanding. ”
Xia Hou saw that the young man in front of him who was not amazing, his English was actually better than what he spoke, and he was immediately anxious, and hurriedly said to Zhuang Rui in Chinese, with a hint of pleading in his eyes.
"Misunderstanding? Is it a misunderstanding, you can smash my stall? You can help these two foreigners bully us Chinese?"
The stall owner happened to walk into the management office at this time, and suddenly became angry when he heard the words, he just found that when he cleaned up the stall, the ancestral carving works of the family were gone, presumably when the stall was smashed, he was fished in troubled waters by some people with low quality, this is a thing of thousands of dollars, he can't help but feel distressed.
"The foreigner is amazing, take out my root carving, I won't sell the things, and the money will be returned to you." ”
The young man was indeed angry, took out five hundred yuan from his pocket, slapped it on the table, and stared at the two foreigners with his eyes.
The two foreigners didn't know what was going on, and looked at Zhuang Rui with a confused expression, hoping that he could explain, and they now knew in their hearts that the translator they brought seemed to be a little unreliable when he spoke and did things.
"Two guests from afar, this gentleman is very dissatisfied with the credibility of your business, he says that you are a villain who has rebelled, and has smashed his stall, and now he demands that the business be terminated, that he will return your money to you, and that you need to return what you have bought from him. ”
Zhuang Rui processed the stall owner's words a little and translated them to the two foreigners.
"Oh, God, it's not like this, it was our Mr. Xia who told us that this thing is fake, it's not worth 500 yuan, we are all regular businessmen, we wouldn't do such a thing, and we didn't smash this gentleman's stall, Mr. Xia, can you explain to us, what is going on?"
After Smith heard Zhuang Rui's words, he waved his hand again and again, telling Zhuang Rui that this was not the case, they only returned to the market after hearing the translator's words, and they didn't smash the stall, it was all done by this translator.
Zhuang Rui had already roughly guessed the cat in the middle, and immediately translated the foreigner's words as they were, and several people in the management office who listened to them were suddenly furious, and their eyes looked at Xia Yiyi, who was pale.
"Damn, it turns out that you, the second devil, are bad in the middle, and Lao Tzu beat you to death. ”
The young stall owner couldn't hold back any longer, and rushed up to Xia Hou is face is punch, Zhuang Rui stood closer, and hurriedly hugged the stall owner, looked at the translator who was knocked to the ground, and said to the stall owner: "If you have something to say, don't do it, otherwise it will become unreasonable." ”
"How can I say it well, he smashed my stall just now, and many of my carvings have been taken away, and who am I going to pay for thousands of dollars." ”
The young man was hugged by Zhuang Rui with his arms, and tried to kick the Xiahou translator who had been knocked down by him with a punch.
Xiahou's oily hair that had been combed was also scattered, coupled with a cold sweat, strands of hair were on his forehead, and the white suit on his body was also covered with dust, looking extremely embarrassed, no longer had the previous arrogance, lying on the ground and throwing a look at the two foreigners for help, in his heart, he still felt that the foreigners were superior, if they spoke, they could solve this matter.
"Mr. Xia, I don't think this matter has anything to do with us, I hope you can handle it well, otherwise, I will truthfully reflect your situation to your company. ”
Smith's words made Xiahou completely desperate, no one could help him anymore in front of him, but in his words, there was also another meaning, that is, if you solve this matter, we will not complain to your boss.
Thinking of this, Xia Hou got up from the ground and said pitifully: "This matter is my fault, I am fully responsible, I will also compensate for the things lost by this eldest brother according to the original price, and I also hope that the eldest brothers, for the sake of the younger brother's young and ignorant sake, let me go." ”
Zhuang Rui doesn't care, he just went all the way to make soy sauce, he really couldn't see it, so he came out to meddle in his affairs, now the matter is very clear, as for how to solve it, it is a matter between the young stall owner and this unlucky translator.
"The two of you negotiate first, and then come to us if you don't discuss it. ”
Although Director Wang was also very dissatisfied with the translator, they were not administrative law enforcement agencies, and they had no right to punish the translator, so they could only let the two of them solve it first, and if the stall owner could not get a satisfactory answer, he would intervene to put pressure on the translator.
"I lost a total of seven root carvings handed down from my family, and five root carvings carved by myself, for a total of 4,000 yuan,"
The stall owner calculated in his heart, he was also an honest man, and he didn't offer the price indiscriminately, but when he saw the root carving in the foreigner's hand, he suddenly became angry, and then said: "I won't sell the things, the money will be returned to you, and the things will be returned to me." ”
Hearing the figure of four thousand yuan, Xia Hou's face changed, and he couldn't wait to slap him in the face again, this is his salary for more than a month, purely asking for hardship, but now it's too late to regret it, if this matter is spread to the company, I'm afraid that his sister's pillow wind won't be able to protect him.
At that moment, Xiahou could only nod his head and agree, but the stall owner's last request made him a little embarrassed, and he didn't know whether the two foreign masters he was serving were willing to return this root carving.
Zhuang Rui saw that the translator hesitated and refused to speak, so he pointed to the root carving in Smith's hand and said to the two foreigners: "Our gentleman is very dissatisfied with your behavior, he insists on returning the money you paid for the items, and asks you to return this thing to him." ”
"Oh, no, we like this craft very much, you tell him that I am willing to add another 500 yuan and ask him to sell it to me, okay?" Smith grabbed the root carving in his hand tightly and said loudly to Zhuang Rui.
Zhuang Rui translated the foreigner's words to the stall owner and asked him to make a decision, the young man shook his head very resolutely and said, "If you don't sell it, please return it to me." ”
Zhuang Rui shrugged his shoulders and shook his head at Smith, Smith also knew that today's incident, the fault was on their side, and he didn't insist at the moment, and reluctantly handed over the root carving in his hand to Zhuang Rui.
Zhuang Rui took the root carving, but his hand sank down sharply, almost falling the root carving to the ground, and couldn't help but be surprised, what kind of root carving is this, it is so heavy, looking down at the root carving in his hand.