Take Ellie to the hospital gate.

Ye Mo came to Chinatown again, and in the past, he used to use the perspective of a tourist, and when he came here, it was like cutting a cake. Come and feel the atmosphere of the Chinese when you are shopping, sightseeing, or just missing your hometown. Now, he wants to learn more about the life and activities of the Chinese.

Ye Mo is Chinese, but to be honest, he doesn't know anything about Chinese society and culture. I lived with my parents before I was 7 years old, and my memories at that time were too hazy and too vague. From the age of 7 to 21, he lived in the mountains with the old Taoist, and the old Taoist's personality was even more withdrawn than Ye Mo, and he was a weirdo. In addition to teaching him to read and write, practice martial arts, and learn medical skills, he hardly communicated with him.

The old Taoist priest adheres to the educational concept of 'strict teachers produce high apprentices', and he is waiting for rattan at every turn. For a 7-year-old child, what he wants most is to stay with his parents, but except for buying wine for the old Taoist priest, he basically has no chance to go down the mountain. Every time I go down the mountain, I see that everyone else is free, but I have to be controlled by the old Taoist, and there is basically no freedom at all.

It is in everyone's nature to yearn for freedom. Perhaps, because of this, Ye Mo slowly resented the old Taoist.

During the time on the mountain, I practiced martial arts, wrote, memorized medical books, and the happiest thing was to go down the mountain to drink wine for the old Taoist priest and catch wild game once a month. The old Taoist priest in his memory always had a dead man, and the most impressive thing was that he waved or was about to wave the rattan. Fear more than closeness......

At the age of 21, taking advantage of the absence of the old Taoist priest, he ran down the mountain. He was determined to hide far away and went to Beijing. However, the outside world is not as wonderful and beautiful as imagined. Skills learned in the mountains are of little use outside. treated people, did not have a medical license, and was chased everywhere by the city management. I went to work on the construction site, and I didn't get a penny of salary for most of the year......

I didn't read a book, and I had little contact with the outside, and Ye Mo's spiritual world at that time was almost closed, and I was at a loss. Then he was introduced to the United States with a tourist passport and became a black vine farmer. The United States is not as good as it is rumored in China, and after two years of doing it, I saved some money and wanted to return to China for development. At that time, he also experienced the warmth and coldness of the outside world, and understood a truth, 'Not everyone in this world has to be centered on you.'" ’

The old Taoist priest has his habit of doing things, although he beats and scolds, he loves himself.

Back in his hometown, Ye Mo went directly to the mountain, perhaps, he was waiting for his greetings. Full of anticipation, he was faced with the old Taoist rattan serving and beating him severely.

The old Taoist priest, as the former owner of the mythical engineering space. But he doesn't seem to have much space to get permissions. But it's still powerful......

The old guy is used to talking with his fists, and he definitely doesn't BB if he can do it.

That time, Ye Moke was beaten badly, and he returned to the United States again. In addition to being strong and wanting to save face, the main thing is to be afraid of the old Taoist priest's obscenity. From then on, until the death of the old Taoist, Ye Mo never saw him again. And now, he has become accustomed to life in the United States.

In the morning at Ellie's mother's house, Ye Mo just glanced at the cleaner in a hurry, but it touched his heart. From his eyes, Ye Mo seemed to see his closed world. This is the peculiar look of most banana people, the loneliness of not finding a home.

Ye Mo was born in China, but he never really integrated into that society. In the United States, he has only learned his own set of rules for dealing with the world, but it is not very good.

Just like banana people, as they get older, their circle will become smaller and smaller, they will feel lonely, and they will yearn for cultural recognition more and more. Ye Mo is the same, the set of principles he learned for dealing with the world is basically self-centered. I don't have many friends around......

Originally, he thought that he didn't need friends, just to live happily. If you have money, so much the better......

Now, he has money. Inherited the treasure of the old Taoist priest, sold it, and became a billionaire overnight. Happy? Perhaps......

What Ye Mo used to think about was making a lot of money. Now that I'm rich, I have no pursuit at all. Making fine wine? Live your own rich life? However, I suddenly found that this qiē was too empty. This made him feel frightened, especially when he remembered that the old Taoist priest was lonely on the mountain, which could really be described as a person or a ghost.

Ye Mo drove to Chinatown as one of his own. Starting from the Dragon Gate, this is a traditional Chinese classical building, entering is Duban Street, and on both sides are some historical Western-style buildings. But you can still see Chinese elements clearly on the street......

The street lamps on both sides of the street are full of red lanterns, the old ones are red and white, and there are many new lanterns. Ye Mo knows the Western Christmas culture, but for the lanterns, he doesn't even know what holiday customs are and what kind of meaning they have. When he was in his hometown, the old Taoist priest would prepare very rich food for every festival, but he never explained to him the origin of these festivals. When he came to the United States, he was basically no longer a person. That is, during the Spring Festival, he will go home to reunite with his family.

Ye Mo's eyes were a little dazed, and he went all the way to the Garden Corner Square.

Ye Mo parked the car next to him and walked in.

The temperature cooled down, and many elderly Chinese gathered in the square, playing chess and poker. There are many people watching and supporting each battle. Everyone is happy......

Such an atmosphere is hard to see anywhere else. I can't see it in the Central Valley, I can't see it in the Napa Valley, I only see it on the construction site in Beijing, and I see it when I go back to my hometown for the Chinese New Year......

The corner next to it was singing, and there were many people watching.

Ye Mo has watched singing on TV, but he doesn't think it's good-looking, mainly because of the unique singing voice of opera, he can't understand it, and he doesn't know what it means. But the older Chinese around Ye Mo applauded when the song ended. There are not only Chinese here, but also many foreigners, who all watch it with relish. Perhaps, these foreigners can't understand it!

However, Ye Mo soon found out that he was wrong.

One song ends, and then another. The singing horns here are all without makeup, and among the people who came up, he found two foreign girls.

Destroy the three views.

Ye Mo watched here for more than an hour, and finally found some feelings. Perhaps, the charm of this art can only be felt when you put your heart into it.

Offstage, you may not understand what he is singing, but just look at the movements, listen to the melody of the singing, the emotions used, sadness or generosity, and some pictures will naturally appear in your mind, strange and looming......

Let's go to another corner. The people who practice martial arts here are Qigong, Wing Chun, Tai Chi......

There are many people who practice Tai Chi, not to mention Tai Chi, it's not all old grandfathers and old ladies, and the main purpose of practicing Tai Chi is to strengthen the body. Qigong is also like in legends and films, Ye Mo will also, and it is even more advanced than them, that is, a method of exercising the body and mind......

Tai Chi masters are looser. Qigong masters and Wing Chun masters are more strict, holding rattan whips in their hands, instructing their disciples to study, and correcting the slightest mistake with a rattan whip. Of course, it won't really fight, it's just a symbol to correct the mistakes of the disciples.

But from here, it can also be imagined that in traditional Chinese education, it should be a matter of course for a master to beat a disciple.

Seeing the close relationship between their master and apprentice, Ye Mo smiled bitterly. If the old Taoist priest can teach himself a little more lightly, the relationship between master and apprentice will not be so alienated.