Chapter 66: San Francisco

Zhou Xuan put away the dishes, put the leftover vegetables and rice in the refrigerator, and the two chatted for a while, and the time was close to 9 o'clock in the evening before he drove Nie Yuyan back to school.

Indicating his identity, Zhou Xuan couldn't sleep all night with inexplicable excitement, lying on the bed tossing and turning. He suddenly wanted to find someone to talk about and share his joy, but he couldn't find the right listener. There are too few friends of the same age, and my teammates are not familiar with each other, so it feels strange to say that this kind of thing is going on.

Tell Mitchell? Butler? He's more interested in food, money, and maybe calls him an idiot.

He also didn't want to tell the Olsen sisters, he knew that the relationship with the sisters was a bit ambiguous, and how would they react when he met a classmate in elementary school who was still a beautiful woman? Surprised, depressed, or happy for him?

Maybe only for Colo? Moretz called to talk about it, but talking to an 11-year-old Lori about this, is there a brain disease?

Nie Yuyan couldn't sleep all night, her mind was full of Zhou Xuan, and the little fat man who was in the same class as an hour, and the two images couldn't overlap together anyway. Thinking that she said that she learned to cook because of him, she felt that her face was hot. She couldn't like Zhou Yu at that time, but now Zhou Xuan ...... She didn't know if she liked it, but she wanted to see him, she wanted to talk to him, and she had a little worship. She didn't like studying abroad or the United States, but now she likes it a little because he's here.

Because she didn't sleep well, the next day Nie Yuyan missed her morning class and stayed in the apartment, checking the phone from time to time.

It was almost noon when Zhou Xuan called. She took a deep breath, picked up the phone and pretended to be lazy and said, "Hey, who's it?" ”

"It's me, is class over?"

"Well, class is over, did you sleep well yesterday?" After Nie Yuyan asked, she wanted to cover up and said, "I mean, you have eaten a lot, maybe you have indigestion......"

With that, she tapped her head with her free hand.

Zhou Xuan heard that there was a problem, but he didn't break it, and said with a smile: "I didn't fall asleep until midnight, probably because I was too full." Would you like to accompany me out for a walk and have something to eat? Don't worry, I know that you attach great importance to your figure, mainly because I eat it, and you look at it. ”

"Do you want to eat fat again?" Nie Yuyan sneered, and seeing that he didn't speak properly, she immediately relaxed a lot, and proposed: "I heard that you haven't visited San Francisco since you came here, how about I be your tour guide today?" ”

Of course, she listened to what Liu Yang said, and Zhou Xuan's number one fan of hard training was very clear.

"Okay, please."

The two men got dressed and drove aboard the Bay Bridge, which connects San Francisco and Oakland, part of Interstate 80, which traverses the entire United States, and about 270,000 cars pass through the bridge's double-deck deck every day, making it one of the largest spans in the world.

After driving for half an hour, Nie Yuyan took Zhou Xuan to Fisherman's Wharf first. Aside from the hundreds of sea lions, it's just a very vulgar business district. Of course, the number of sea lions is still breathtaking. The main reason they came here was to have lunch and taste the special crab burger, which was good and cheap.

Just a short walk from Fisherman's Wharf, the Coit Tower is a famous attraction, a vantage point with two sections of what is said to be a very old wooden staircase, hidden in the greenery, allowing only two or three people to walk side by side. It stands to reason that the residents here should be very rich, but when Zhou Xuan asked about parking when talking to a resident, she said that she did not have a car.

"In San Francisco, there are a lot of lanes for buses, and many people don't buy cars, and you can still see old-fashioned buses here," Nie explained. ”

After entering the city, Zhou Xuan really saw the kind of two-car buses that could only be seen in China in the eighties and nineties, and also saw the countless bicycle paths that can be seen in China, although this mountain city has a lot of uphill and downhill slopes, and it is also very steep. A road is divided into three, the largest in the middle is for buses, the smaller one on both sides is for bicycles, and the other is for private cars. It is unknown why it would be so nostalgic.

Then they went to a place called Seal Rock, a beach northwest of San Francisco, with a stunning, off-the-beaten-track beach, and an abandoned beach on the beach down the slope, where you could listen to the sea and watch the sea from the ruins of the broken walls. There's a cave there. Entering the hole, exiting the hole, I hit the stormy Pacific Ocean head-on.

Inhaling the fresh sea breeze, Zhou Xuan smiled: "This is a good place, I like it here." ”

"Me too."

Zhou Xuan likes it but can't come often, in order to become a star, his favorite place is still the stadium. There is no shortcut to improve your skills, that is, you have to practice, keep practicing. These are the last few days of relaxation before the start of the season.

Leaving the beach, they arrived at the oldest and largest Chinatown in the world. It was dusk, the sky was getting dark, there were few pedestrians, and after passing an ancient building, probably a Cantonese opera theater school, there was a sound of bangzi, giving Zhou Xuan a feeling of being in a different world. The theater school is on the third floor of a house, the second floor is a Buddhist research club, and the first floor is a shop. Such a pattern is said to be common in Chinatown, and the famous Tin Hau Temple is also on the third floor of a building. Nie Yuyan took Zhou Xuan to find the Golden Gate biscuit shop located in a small alley.

She said the store was famous, but it was hard to find. Indeed, standing at the door, I met a few people who came specially for this but did not enter the door, because the signboard is in Chinese, many Americans cannot understand it. The deep alleys are always filled with the smell of oil, and they are said to be the most exciting places in Chinatown. There are many kinds of biscuits, and the taste is also very distinctive, Zhou Xuan bought some and prepared to take them back and taste them slowly.

In the famous Portsmouth Square in Chinatown, Zhou Xuan saw a lot of chatting Chinese old people, dressed very quaintly, playing chess and drinking tea. In front of the two big stone lions, he thought of martial arts films and Hua Heroes again, and felt that there was a sword hidden in the stone lions.

In fact, the origin of Chinatown, one of San Francisco's most prosperous areas, is very disgraceful. At the end of the 19th century, Chinese immigrants were transported to California like "pig sellers" to build the Pacific Railroad and pan for gold, contributing greatly to the local economy, but they were treated as "inferior citizens" by the government at the time, along with blacks, poor whites, and sailors, and stipulated that they live in certain areas so as not to "pollute" other places, which led to the creation of Chinatown.

This state of being transported is no different from the sale of black slaves. And the practice of requiring them to live in certain areas so as not to "pollute" other places is no different from the creation of black neighborhoods. The difference is that Chinatown has become the most prosperous and distinctive place, and has become a symbol of a city, while the black areas of most cities have always been places that make other races shudder, and the law and order is very poor. Is this the result of 2,000 years of education?

They walked around some places, watched the scenery and chatted, and before they knew it, Zhou Xuan asked, "Is there any special food in San Francisco?" We can go and taste it. ”

"Of course, I find you to be a real foodie. In addition to playing, you know how to eat, right? Nie Yuyan gradually couldn't feel Zhou Xuan's high-minded star temperament, he was a layman in private, and this vulgarity made her feel more relaxed.

Chinatown has two famous restaurants, one is the Lingnan Restaurant, where US President George W. Bush dined. One is the Imperial Food Garden, which makes Sichuan cuisine, and many people are queuing up when passing by, and it is said that it will take a long time to queue.

When passing by, Zhou Xuan asked, "Do you want to be here?" ”

"No, you will be disappointed if you go to eat, the Chinese food here is very ordinary, because there are many people, and the chef will not be too careful about it." Nie Yuyan pulled Lu Xuan forward, and said with a smile: "This Lingnan restaurant is on the basement floor, and the air smells very bad. Well, the boss generally recommends three dishes, only the radish roast beef is delicious, and the fish cake and mutton are better than them in any domestic family. $70 for three dishes, and the waiter will guide you to tip more than 18%, and if you give it, you will be fooled. Believe me, when we first arrived in San Francisco, we stayed on the train for more than 20 hours, and we were eating burgers in the dining car, and I dreamed of eating Chinese food, and in this case, I didn't even think it was delicious, which shows how bad they are, ha. ”

"So where are we going?"

"Eat Mexican food, you haven't eaten it before."

Mexican food is a major feature of San Francisco, and you have to queue up at any place to ensure that there is nothing wrong with it. After waiting for half an hour, Zhou Xuan gave the waiter a tip in advance, and the two of them had a seat.

Mexican cuisine is divided into appetizers, soups, main courses and desserts, among which the soup is lighter to highlight the sour and hot characteristics of the main dish; It is not confined to table manners, and can only use hands when eating, which fully reflects the hearty and heroic characteristics of its nation. Chili peppers are the national food of Mexico, and Nie Yuyan, who likes spicy food, certainly likes it. They ordered beef with onions and black peppers, sautéed green and red peppers with cactus, flavored snails, roast beef, nachos, and an egg soup. These are all practices that Zhou Xuan has never eaten, and it turns out that the Chinese are not the only people in the world who can cook.

After eating for a while, Zhou Xuan said lightly: "I'm going to start busy next, are you willing to go to the home stadium to watch me play in the new season?" ”

"Liu Yang and I both bought season tickets for the Warriors, and when you go to China, of course we will."

'I'm sure I won't play just a few minutes like I did in pre-season, and when the season is over, I'm going to try to be a star.' Because of the optimism of his teammates and coaching staff, Zhou Xuan believes that he will succeed.

"You know a lot of Hollywood stars, can you take me to Hollywood in the future? When I arrived in the United States, I hadn't been to Hollywood, so I was always curious. Nie Yuyan asked.

"Of course you can, when we're all on vacation." Zhou Xuan immediately promised.

He thought to himself that he would go back and check more information and get to know a few movie celebrities. I met a few people at the previous party, and he didn't even watch each other's movies. Nie Yuyan is very beautiful, if you take her to meet the director, I wonder if there is a chance to enter the entertainment industry?