Chapter 276: Picked Up a Big Leak?
Ding Mu and Xu Hening wandered around the traditional market, the pace was slow, and it felt that the management of the place was okay, and there were no children with their hands asking for change, and there were no vendors selling fake goods. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info is basically a stall and shop where you can buy local clothing, spices, art, and a drink called "Agna".
The economy here is not developed, but the prices are not low. Xu Hening's language skills are very strong, and he can fully understand the Tianzhu accent English spoken by the stall owners, and can communicate normally. Ding Mu took more than ten minutes to slowly find the pronunciation characteristics of Tianzhu accent English, and he could stumble and barely communicate, blinding him by 30% of his brain development, and it is estimated that he has not developed much into the part of the brain responsible for language, just average.
After walking back and forth for a while, Ding Mu suddenly saw a stall selling woodware, the stall owner was a young face, and he had a face that definitely belonged to the standard Dahua. Ding Mu felt very kind, so he went up and asked, "Hello!"
The man was also very happy to see Ding Mu, and showed a friendly smile, but he spoke in English: "Hello, you are a big Chinese, my grandfather is also a big Chinese, he has been here for 100 years, and now he has settled here to do business, and he no longer speaks Chinese." ”
Ding Mu shook his head regretfully: "I thought you were a big Chinese, you can't speak a word of Chinese?"
The young man thought for a while and said, "I have a Chinese name, my name is Zhao Zilong. ”
Zhao Zilong barely pronounced the pronunciation "Zhao Zilong" in broken Chinese.
"Oh, really, your name is good, it's a general in the Three Kingdoms period, Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong. Ding Mu gave a thumbs up.
The young shopkeeper was very interested, took out a pen and paper from the stall, and said to Ding Mu: "Can you please help me write my Chinese name here?" ”
Ding Mu did not allow it, and the workers neatly wrote three words, Zhao Zilong. Then he read it word by word in standard Mandarin: "The name Zhao!Zi!Dragon!, which represents the martial god, the great general of loyalty and righteousness." Zhao Zilong of the Three Kingdoms fought hundreds of battles in his life, never tasted defeat, never was injured, and had the courage to be invincible. At the age of seventy-three, he can also kill four enemy generals in a row. ”
Zhao Zilong listened to another story of Zhao Zilong told by Ding Mu, and listened to it with relish, very energetically, and he also asked: "What kind of weapon is this Zhao Zilong using?"
Ding Mu thought about how to express it in English, and then said seriously: "It's a gun." The name of this gun is called the Yajiao Gun, and the cape has no right meaning, which means incomparable. ”
"What an incomparable gun!" Zhao Zilong listened with enthusiasm, looked at Ding Mu and then at Xu Hening, and said generously, "My dear Dahua friend, the things in my stall are all old objects collected from the tribe. You pick any one, count it as a gift from me, and you won't be charged for free. ”
As soon as Ding Mu wanted to refuse, Zhao Zilong said seriously: "I can still give it for 20 yuan." You have to pick one, the old things of the tribe are spiritual. I don't want money, so if you're embarrassed, just ask me for a drink. ”
Looking at Zhao Zilong's serious eyes, Ding Mu couldn't refuse, and said to Xu Hening: "You can help me pick one at random, I'll go buy a few cups of Agna." ”
Agna is a unique local drink that has a spicy and pungent sensation when drunk. Ding Mu bought three cups and tasted it, it tasted really good, and it felt like drinking Coke.
Back at Zhao Zilong's stall, Ding Mu handed him a cup of Agna, then handed Xu Hening a cup and said, "Try it." ”
Xu Hening took Yagna and took a sip, then handed Ding Mu a very small and delicate wood carving, and said with a smile: "I picked this, it feels good, how is it?
"It's ugly, where is it like me. When Ding Mu saw what Xu He had chosen, it was a wood carving of a Maori fertility cult, much uglier than Ding Mu.
"There. "Indeed, the only thing that resembles a tiny wood in the wood carvings is the indescribable thing they worship.
After taking the wood carving, Ding Mu knew that this girl must have missed it, this thing is definitely more expensive than a cup of Agna, I don't know how many times, not to mention anything else, just this small leaf of red sandalwood is worth a lot of money.
However, Zhao Zilong smiled and said, "This little thing is quite exquisite, I gave it to you, my Dahua friend." ”
Ding Mu felt that this was a bit cheap, but it was not appropriate to refuse, after all, the 20 yuan thing here was less than 70 yuan in Dahua dollars.
Zhao Zilong said with a bold look: "Take it." I originally only sold it for 20 yuan, which is nothing, and the largest Chinese restaurant in the city is opened by my family, just outside at the intersection. You can try it when you have time. ”
"Okay, I'll go. Ding Mu thought to himself that this guy is still quite good at business, send a wood carving, recommend his own Chinese restaurant, he must be embarrassed not to go.
"If you go, say that I introduced you, and give you a 5% discount. Zhao Zilong handed Ding Mu a business card, but the name on it was pinyin in a foreign language.
Ding Mu walked around with Xu Hening again and bought some special small things, but it didn't cost a lot of money in total. The two went out and found Guo Pingfan, who was also holding a cup of Agna and drinking in the shade.
When Guo Pingfan saw Ding Mu, he put down Yagna and asked, "What should we eat at noon?" Chinese food, Western food, or seaside barbecue?"
"I just met a Chinese guy and gave me a small gift, let's go to their Chinese restaurant and try it. Ding Mu took out the business card just now, which had the address of the restaurant on it.
Guo Pingfan nodded and said, "Okay, it's right in front, this restaurant is not bad, it's the largest Chinese restaurant here." I would have liked to recommend this place as well. ”
"Yo, I'm really lucky. The brother also said that he could get a 50% discount for reporting his name. Ding Mule said, "It seems that I have good luck and have met good people." ”
Guo Pingfan said: "Overseas, the Chinese are still relatively united. Because they are all considered ethnic minorities. There are less than three percent of the Chinese here. ”
"By the way, Uncle Pingfan, what kind of ethnic group are the natives here, and how much is the population?" Ding Mu said curiously.
"It's also a branch of the Maori. The number is not large, there are only more than 800,000 people in this country, about half of them are indigenous, 45% are Tianzhu people, and the rest are all ethnic minorities, a total of 5%. "Guo Pingfan is a part-time tour guide, and his explanation is also very competent.
I see, no wonder they all have the accent of Tianzhu Kingdom in English. T for D, R for L. Ding Mu smiled, the group came to this Chinese restaurant together, basically a wooden structure of the house, although the use of local wood, but the structure of the building is very antique, many decorations are wooden, all kinds of details are quite Republic of China style, the store is indeed not small, there must be dozens of table positions, but the plaque is not written in Chinese, Ding Mu pondered for a while: "This should be translated as Yuelai Inn." ”
Xu Hening shook his head and said, "No, no, no, this should be called an appointment hotel, a hotel used to make an appointment." ”
Ding Mu raised his thumb and said, "If you are talented, let's go to the restaurant for dinner." Take a look at the largest Chinese restaurant in the country of the plane, how to do it. ”