Chapter 18: Chinatown
On the train platform, Xiahou saw Fesley Bryant waiting on the platform when he got off the train, and he didn't see Haili and Emma, presumably because he was afraid of crowds, so the two ladies stayed at home. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Uncle Fisley, I'm here. Xiahou beckoned to him and dragged his suitcase over.
"The little man has grown taller again, are you looking for a little girlfriend at school?" Fisley patted Xiahou Zheng's head and asked with a smile.
"Nope. "Xiahou is embarrassed, I asked when I went back at Christmas, why do you still ask, is this to encourage yourself to fall in love?
"Let's go, go home, your Aunt Haili has learned to cook Chinese food, the last time you went back, she said she didn't cook it for you before she learned well, but today she made a big table, just waiting for you to go back." Fesley helped Xiahou pick up the box and led him to the parking place.
Along the way, Fesley talked about what happened at home, such as Emma soiling her love books, buying a large fish tank at home, and rebuilding a large bookshelf by herself.
When they got home, the two ladies came out when they heard the sound of the car, Haili gave Xiahou Zheng a big hug and rubbed his face, "The little baby is finally back, I miss you." ”
"I want it too, I want it too. Emma next to her shouted.
"What do you want?" Xiahou Zheng and Haili both looked at her suspiciously, Emma directly squeezed her mother, grabbed Xiahou Zheng's face and rubbed it, Xiahou was grabbing her hand and was about to rub it back, but Emma directly broke away from his hand and ran into the house with a smile.
Fesley took his luggage and everyone hurried into the house. As soon as he came in, Xia Houzheng saw that the table was full of Chinese food, and Xia Hou was dumbfounded, "So much, can you finish eating?"
"Yes, come, try it and see if this dish is delicious. Haili said expectantly.
"It's delicious, it's delicious. Xiahou was tasting it with a knife and fork, and said very face-savingly.
So, everyone was very happy to eat this meal, especially Haili, who hummed a little song when it came to washing the dishes.
In the days that followed, Xiahou was living a very leisurely life, reading books every day, playing with Emma, or going to the bookstore to help Fisley, and occasionally writing letters to Terry and them, until this day······
"Hey, Zheng, how are you doing?" Xiahou was just entering the door when he found Hermione sitting on the sofa greeting him, and Haili was sitting on the other side, talking to Hermione, and when she saw that Xiahou was coming back, she asked him to come and sit.
"I'm alright, Hermione, what are you doing on vacation, how did you think of coming to me?"
"You said I was asked to come and play when I was free, what, you're not welcome? Hermione puffed out, but her feet didn't move.
"Uh~, no, it's too late for me to be happy that you can come, how can you not welcome it?"
"Oh, yes, let's go to Chinatown together, my dad said there are a lot of Chinese there. Hermione waited at her house for more than ten days, and she didn't see Xiahou coming to look for her, so she decided to take the initiative to invite him out to play.
"Chinatown, what is it?" Xia Houzheng was a little confused, he hadn't heard of it.
"It's the street where a lot of Chinese live, and that's where I learned my cooking. Haili helped explain.
Xiahou Zheng realized that what Hermione was talking about was Chinatown, and he had been here for more than a year, but he never thought of going to this place to visit, and when he came to a foreign country, he should go and see it.
"Okay, then go and have a look!" So Xiahou Zheng happily agreed.
Xiahou is a person who doesn't like to drag mud and water, and Hermione is also a person who does things neatly, since they decided to go and see, the two of them went out immediately, and they didn't need to prepare anything, just go shopping.
As soon as he entered Chinatown, a familiar atmosphere came to his face, familiar text signs, familiar language in the streets and alleys, all gave Xiahou Zheng a sense of intimacy.
Xiahou was taking Hermione to eat a few buns, and then took her into an antique shop, because the sign of this antique store said "Xiahou antique shop", both in Chinese and English.
There are many types of antiques in the store, including calligraphy and painting, gold and silverware, jade, etc., both Chinese and Western antiques.
There was a man about forty years old in the store, dressed in a white Tang suit, who was wiping antiques, and when he saw two children coming in, he glanced at it and didn't come over to talk.
After Xiahou came in, he realized that he didn't know how to talk, so he looked at the antiques that were put on display.
"Hmm!" Xiahou Zheng found that among those antiques, there was a jade pendant, and Xiahou was feeling a huge amount of energy from it.
Feeling how much energy other things contained, this is a special ability that Xiahou has acquired not long after practicing the key of time and space with his spirit.
In Xiahou Zheng's eyes, that piece of jade pendant contained more energy than the energy of all the things around it combined, just like the bright moon in the night sky.
"Boss, how to sell this piece of jade pei?" Xia Hou asked in Chinese.
"What kind of child are you, why haven't I seen you? You can't afford this thing, so if you want to buy it, call your adults over." The man didn't say the price, but the child was just curious.
"Boss, my name is Xiahou Zheng, you tell me the price, so I can go home and discuss with my family!"
"Hmph, at a young age, I learned to lie, get out, get out. After listening to Xiahouzheng, the man's face sank, and he said impatiently.
"Boss, you make it clear, why did I lie?" Xia Hou was confused.
"Hmph, my family is the only one here whose surname is Xiahou, but you say that your surname is Xiahou, isn't it a lie?"
"I'm not lying, my name is really Xiahou Zheng. ”
"Don't repent yet!"
"Yes, what's the matter, why did that guy kick us out?" Hermione couldn't understand the conversation between the two, and still didn't understand why he was kicked out.
"I said that my name was Xiahou Zheng, but the man didn't believe it, so he didn't say that I lied to him. ”
"But why didn't that person believe you, when you had that name?" Hermione wondered, not understanding why.
"He said that he is the only family surnamed Xiahou here, forget it, leave him alone, go back!"
Hermione went back to her house in the evening, and Fesley drove her.
The next day, Xiahou was bringing his identity identification, went to Chinatown again, and handed him the certificate before the antique shop owner could say anything.
"Now can you tell me how much that jade pendant costs!"
"I'm sorry, little friend, it was my uncle who misunderstood you yesterday, but you really can't afford that jade pendant, so call your parents!" The boss was a little apologetic after reading the certificate, but still felt that he should call Xiahouzheng's parents to buy it.
"No, I'm going to buy it myself. ”
"A hundred, no, twenty pounds, you can sell it to you for twenty pounds. "The boss originally wanted to say 100 pounds, but he thought that he had misunderstood the other party yesterday, and that the other party was still a child, and he was still adopted by his own family, so he decided to sell it to him at the purchase price.
"Well, it's money, count!"
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