"Shaw, it's time to get off work."

An English voice with a strong German accent was heard.

The person who kept typing on the keyboard in front of his notebook was a yellow-skinned and black-haired Chinese, and he replied without raising his head: "Okay, right away." ”

"Are you Chinese so diligent?"

"Of course, hard-working Chinese. Haha, actually, I just want to finish the project and return to China as soon as possible. ”

"Aren't we good in Germany?"

"It's good, it's just that my home isn't here."

One of the two sides of the conversation is a German and the other is Chinese, and this young Chinese young man is Xiao Yifei, the protagonist of this book.

Xiao Yifei is an employee of a magic company, and he has been in Stuttgart alone for two months for a software project in a German company.

The German lad was called Wilhelm. William's father is the owner of this company, and in the words of the magic capital, William is the little open of this company. His father sent William to take charge of the project with the Chinese company, firstly, to show the importance of this project, and secondly, to increase his son's experience so that he could take over the company in the future.

According to the current schedule, as long as there are three more days of finishing work, the project will be able to pass the acceptance of the German side. Xiao Yifei was very happy to finally see the dawn of the end of the project. This means that his stomach can finally enjoy Chinese food again after being abused for 2 months.

It's a pity that today is Friday, and these Germans will definitely not come to the company to work overtime on weekends as before, and Xiao Yifei, who lacks working conditions, can only take a vacation.

While waiting for Xiao Yifei to pack his things, William asked, "Xiao, how are you going to spend the weekend?" ”

"I want to buy souvenirs to take with my colleagues and family."

"Xiao, you are a good person, it must be a pleasure to be a colleague with you."

Yes, being given a good guy card by the Germans, Xiao Yifei felt funny when he thought about it.

"William, where are you selling souvenirs nearby?"

"Is it valuable or ......"

"Of course it's cheaper, I don't have a lot of euros."

"I know a place for you, I'll go with you tomorrow, your English is not very good, and many of the shopkeepers there don't know English."

When Xiao Yifei heard him say this, he almost turned his back in frustration. You're still laughing at my English, are you qualified? Thankyou can be said to be dankeyou, when Xiao Yifei heard him say this for the first time, he thought about it stupidly for a long time before he understood who he was. It was only later that he found out that many Germans in this office said so. Not only that, but they also refer to Microsoft as a microzoft.

Xiao Yifei couldn't complain about William's German pronunciation and English, but having a local snake with him would definitely make him suffer less, Xiao Yifei, who was worried about disrupting William's arrangement, still asked politely:

"Doesn't it prevent you from resting?"

"It's okay, my dad wants me to go fishing with him, I'm not interested."

William, who is in his 20s, as a young man, goes fishing with his father in his 50s, which is not leisure for William, but torture. No wonder he offered to lead Xiao Yifei so much.

The two men continued their conversation as they walked out of the company.

"Are you sure you don't get in the way?"

William must have had an excuse to turn down his father's offer, and just slapped his chest.

"Of course, that's it, I'll pick you up at the hotel tomorrow morning. But you don't have to drag a big box, just carry a backpack. ”

Here I have to explain that in order to facilitate his work, Xiao Yifei did not live in a star-rated hotel in the city, so he chose a small hotel next to the company. When he first came to Germany, Xiao Yifei was worried that it would not be safe to leave things in a small hotel, so he dragged a trolley suitcase to William's company according to his previous business travel habits.

Later, after getting acquainted with William, he was ridiculed by William for a long time because of this. William proudly told Xiao Yifei the fact that there had been no burglary in Stuttgart for more than a decade. When he first heard the news, Xiao Yifei was shocked.

In addition, the backpack that William just mentioned uses a bodybag. This thing originally means "body bag" in English, which is a large plastic bag with a zipper for a dead person that is common in American dramas. But in German English, the meaning of the body bag becomes a backpack.

"You're such a nice guy." Xiao Yi quickly returned the good guy card as it was.

Back at the small hotel where he had lived for almost 2 months, Xiao Yifei took a shower, changed into casual clothes and came downstairs.

The sturdy proprietress greeted Xiao Yifei warmly: "Hi, Chinese Xiao, do you want to go out for dinner?" ”

"Yes, hostess, I'll stop by for a walk, I guess I'll be back home next weekend."

When the proprietress heard the news, she immediately came out from behind the counter, and a bear hugged Xiao Yifei: "Ou, lovely child, I will miss you." ”

No way, because of racial differences, Xiao Yifei, who is 175 tall, is 5 cm shorter than the average height of adult men in Germany, and his stature is also thinner. Although Xiao Yifei is 26 years old, he was born with a baby face, and he is more tender than his peers in China. In addition, being yellow and younger than white people gives these Germans an illusion. They never believed that Yifei was 26 years old, and always felt that Xiao Yifei was just a student.

When William picked up Xiao Yifei at the Stuttgart train station, he almost called the Modu company to protest that they had sent a student to fool people. And the proprietress in front of her is even more so, plus she has no children, she always treats Xiao Yifei as a high school student doing odd jobs abroad, which makes Xiao Yifei cry and laugh.

Xiao Yifei breathed hard and replied hard: "Aunt Amori, I will miss you too." But today is not the day we say goodbye. ”

"Yes, lovely Shaw, I'll be sure to see you off when you go."

"Okay, Aunt Amori, I'll go out first."

Xiao Yifei came to a restaurant. Because he often comes, the boss knows him, and when he sees him walk in, he greets him warmly:

"Shaw, what's going on tonight?"

"Pork dumplings."

You heard it right, Xiao Yifei came to this German restaurant to order dumplings.

Don't think that only China has dumplings, in fact, many countries have something similar to dumplings, and some people have counted that there are basically dumplings-like foods in the world's wheat producing areas.

The dumplings he is ordering now, called Swabian dumplings, are a German delicacy. These dumplings are large and square, with a size of 8 to 12 centimeters. Nowadays, there are dozens of fillings for dumplings, from pure vegetables to pork and salmon. After the dough is filled, it is cut into squares with a knife.

When eating, you can put it in the soup pot after cooking, just like our dumplings, and scoop it with vegetable soup. You can also slice the cooked square dumplings, fry them in a pan of oil, and then stir-fry them with onions and eggs. The fried pot of food is browned and fragrant, and the vegetables and rice are combined, which is a convenient and quick delicacy.

"Cook or fry"

"Scrambled with onion eggs."

"Okay, you wait."

In fact, what Xiao Yifei said earlier about the destruction of the stomach is not correct, Xiao Yifei's daily food is still good. Breakfast bread cake milk not to mention, lunch because of the tight time, he generally chooses the locals to become ufka's Turkish meat rolls, this thing is cheap, the amount is sufficient, a ufka only costs 3.5 euros, if you are hungry 7 euros to buy two can make him eat.

After trying hamburgers and German sausages, Xiao Yifei finally found something similar to China, such as the dumplings he ordered today, and the similar carrot roast beef with short noodles.

After enjoying dinner, Xiao Yifei walked slowly down the street. Anyway, when I go back to the hotel now, I can only watch those TV that I don't understand, so I might as well see if there are any shops selling small things nearby.

The population of Stuttgart as a whole is only 580,000, which is not even as good as the third-tier cities in China. But don't underestimate the city of Stuttgart.

We know that there are 15 states in Germany, and this state is on a par with the domestic provinces. Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, is the sixth largest city in Germany, and if you want to compare with China, it is probably about the same status as Shudu or Hangzhou. Stuttgart and its surroundings are famous for their high-tech companies and are famous as the Motor City, where Mercedes-Benz and Porsche were born.

Stuttgart is also home to the U.S. European Command, which was established on August 1, 1952, and includes 92 countries under its jurisdiction. The command has 1,200 staff officers, with another 3,000 staff officers in branch commands in Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain, and manages all 120,000 U.S. troops in Europe. The Commander of the European Command is also the Supreme Commander of NATO's Allied Forces.

Xiao Yifei does not live in the city center, the commercial atmosphere is not strong, and many shops are closed at 7 o'clock in the evening, but fortunately, some small shops have not hung up the sign of closing, and they insist on opening with the lights on.

Pushing open the door of a small shop, the bell on the lintel reminds the owner that there is a customer. The owner, an old man in his 50s, was working on something and didn't raise his head and spoke a word of German to greet customers.

Xiao Yifei has been staying for 2 months, and he can still understand this simple greeting, but he is thinking about how to say it in German.

The old man, who did not get a response, raised his head and saw that it was a stranger with yellow skin and black hair, thinking of the news he had heard during this time, and guessing who the person was, he smiled and asked in English, "China Xiao?" ”

Thankfully, his English is pretty standard. "Yes, good evening, boss."

"Good evening, Shaw. You can call me old Hans. ”

The name Hans is so common in Germany that the owner is self-aware and adds a "old" prefix himself.

"Good evening, Uncle Hans."

"China Xiao, what can I do to help you? Can't find your way back to your hotel? ”

Khan, I don't have the attribute of a road idiot.

"No, I'm going to buy some souvenirs to take back home. So come to you and take a look. ”

"Then you've come to the right place, I've got everything here."