Chapter 12: Wang Laohu
After saying goodbye to the Quinn family, the family got in the car again and headed for the city.
The Li family had already discussed it, and drove directly to Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles, where they found a Chinese restaurant for dinner, and by the way, asked if there was a better Chinese medicine clinic.
Li Zhoufangmei is relatively old-fashioned, and she still believes in traditional Chinese medicine more in her bones.
Soon, the car drove to the Chinatown and stopped in front of a restaurant called Chaoyue Pavilion.
Entering the hotel, a Chinese ran up to greet him and said, "Are you sitting in a private room or in the lobby?" ”
Li Chenghua directly instructed in Cantonese: "Come to a private room, and by the way, introduce your signature dishes here." ”
When he heard the accent, he frowned and replied, "This guest, can you say it again in Mandarin?" I didn't understand what you mean. ”
Li Yigang smiled when he heard this, and said: "The name of your restaurant is Chaoyue Restaurant, why can't you even understand Cantonese?" Just now my son said that he wants a private room, so you can take us to the private room first. "It's in Chinese.
This time, he understood and immediately led people inside, and said with a smile as he walked: "Our boss is from Chaoshan, I am from Tianjin, and I have just been here for a few days, let alone Cantonese, my English is stumbling." ”
"Yo, I'm here to make dollars in the United States." Li Yigang teased.
Running the hall welcomed a group of people to the second floor and opened the door of a private room, "Yes, I used a tourist visa when I came, and I got a work visa later, how do you see this box?" ”
"That's it!" Li Yi just made a decision, went in and found a seat to sit down first.
Li Chenghua first pulled out a chair for his wife, helped Qin Wanyu sit down, pulled out a chair, and served his mother to sit down. Looking at his son and daughter's small stature, he looked up and said to the running hall: "Do you have children's dining chairs in your restaurant, bring two for you." ”
Running Hall put a menu in front of Li Yigang and said, "Guest, you look at what you want first, and I'll move the chairs." "I got out of the box and closed the door.
Xiao Zhi consciously leaned on his grandmother's lap, and Li Zhou Fangmei picked up her grandson and asked him to sit on her. Li Peipei wisely opened her hands to her grandfather, and the old man hugged her very brightly.
"Ah Hua, you can just order a few dishes, the key is to serve the dishes quickly." The old man pushed the menu in front of him to his son.
Li Chenghua took the menu and looked through it, and put his head in front of his wife, and the two had a discussion.
After a while, the running hall moved the children's dining chair into the box, followed by a glorious middle-aged Chinese, who looked less than fifty years old and held a children's dining chair in his hand.
As soon as he entered the door, the middle-aged man greeted him with a smile in Cantonese: "I heard that a few fellows came here, so I came up to greet a few of them." I am the owner of this shop, my surname is Wang, my name is Wang Lihu, and several people can call me Lao Wang or Wang Laohu, and regular customers call me so. ”
As soon as Li Chenghua saw that the children's dining chair he wanted was coming, he immediately got up, took a chair from the running hall, placed it beside his mother, picked up his son from his mother's arms, and settled his son well.
"I'm going to sit next to my grandfather." Li Peipei hurriedly interjected.
Running Tang took another children's dining chair from the boss Wang Laohu, and placed it on the edge of Li Yigang's seat, Li Yigang picked up his granddaughter and placed her away. Then he shook hands with Wang Laohu, and Zhang Luo sat down. "The boss recommends a few of your store's signature dishes, the key is to serve the dishes quickly, a few of us are hungry and fine, but the two small ones are not good."
"Okay! If a few people can trust me, I will help a few recommend them. Boss Wang beckoned to the guy, and gave a few names of dishes, all of which were traditional Cantonese cuisine. Li Chenghua's family nodded in confirmation.
"Add another soup, there is pork belly chicken in the kitchen, and it has been stewed for an afternoon, how do you feel?" Boss Wang asked.
"Okay, listen to the boss." Li Yigang replied with a smile.
Wang Laohu sent the man away, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and handed it to Li Yigang.
Li Yigang smiled and waved his hand to refuse, "Since I became a grandfather, I don't smoke in front of my children." ”
Wang Laohu took back the cigarette in a dacker, "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention for a while!" My son is still in college, and I don't know if he has a girlfriend, and I don't know when he will be a grandfather. ”
"What college did your son attend?" Li Yigang asked casually.
Wang Laohu's expression immediately became proud, and he raised his thumb and said: "This is what our Chinese children are studying in the United States!" My son was admitted to Princeton University, an Ivy League school! I studied international economics. ”
"Congratulations, congratulations. In the future, when the child graduates, you will be blessed, Boss Wang. Li Yigang praised.
Ran Tang just knocked on the door at this time, and six cold dishes were served. After setting it up, it quietly retreated.
Wang Laohu stopped with a smile, "Don't talk about me, let's talk about something else, these cold dishes are counted as my hospitality to my fellow villagers, and a few of them seem to have just immigrated, right?" Coming from Hong Kong? ”
Li Yigang took the wet wipes from his daughter-in-law, wiped his granddaughter's hands first, and then scooped a spoonful of vegetables into his granddaughter's bowl, "Then thank you Boss Wang, our family just came from Hong Kong, how can Boss Wang see it?" ”
"Recently, people who have emigrated from Hong Kong have been in a frenzy, basically they are afraid that after the handover of Hong Kong, the mainland will equalize the wealth and poverty, and my restaurant has been open in Chinatown for almost 20 years. Basically, if you immigrate to the United States, your family is not bad for money. The distinguished guest looked like he was the boss, and he spoke Cantonese, and as soon as I came in, I knew that several of them had come to the United States from Hong Kong to make a fortune. ”
Li Yigang smiled, picked up the teapot and refilled a cup of tea for Wang Laohu, "Don't be a distinguished guest, my surname is Li, my name is Yigang, I will come to your restaurant often in the future, I will call you Lao Wang, you will call me Lao Li, that is my son, Chenghua, you call him Ahua." Then, he said to his son, "Ah Hua, call Uncle Wang." Li Chenghua immediately spoke and politely called Uncle Wang.
Li Peipei ate the side dishes in the bowl, and interjected: "Grandpa Wang, our family used to open a big restaurant. ”
The younger brother Xiaozhi liked to follow his sister's words the most, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, our restaurant is big." ”
When Wang Laohu heard this, he said teasingly: "Then Lao Li, your family came to eat to inspect the market, right?" ”
Li Yigang hurriedly stopped with a smile and said: "You can misunderstand this, the restaurant in Hong Kong has long been out of business, and now the family is doing some business in import and export trade." Buy and sell to make the difference. There are a lot of Chinese in Chinatown, come to recognize the way, but it's not to steal business with you. By the way, Lao Wang, I would like to ask you something, are there any good TCM clinics in Chinatown that you can introduce? ”
"Chinese medicine? Is there anyone in the house who is uncomfortable? Wang Laohu asked suspiciously. Lao Mei doesn't believe in traditional Chinese medicine, and thinks that the medical skills passed down by our ancestors are witchcraft, and Chinese medicine is an unlicensed black doctor in the United States, so the old Chinese medicine doctors who are generally a little capable have got an acupuncturist's license, who let Lao Mei only recognize acupuncture. If you want to find a Chinese medicine doctor, I can recommend someone to you, he opened an acupuncture hall, the restaurant is not far from me, if you walk there, it will take less than ten minutes, and after a while, I will take you there. ”