Chapter 386: The Police in Italy
Seeing that Xie Zuohe opened a restaurant in Italy, although he was often inspected by the police and had to pay protection money, he still thought it was better than in China, Xia Yunjie was in a complicated mood, but he also knew that this was the truth, the domestic environment was like this, and it was impossible to change it in a moment, so he could only improve it step by step.
"There have been relatively big changes in China over the years, especially in big cities, where law enforcement has gradually become strict and formal." Xia Yunjie raised his glass and touched Xie Zuohe and said.
"Society is always improving, and I really feel a lot better when I return to China in the past two years." Xie Zuohe nodded.
In this way, the two chatted while drinking, and after a long time, Xia Yunjie was left as a customer in the restaurant. Xie Simeng is really quite sensible, when Xia Yunjie chatted and drank with Xie Zuohe, he was already in the kitchen and began to prepare for the restaurant's evening business, while Xie Simeng's mother supervised her daughter Xiaohui's homework, and occasionally came over to chatter.
A meal, chatting and drinking, but it took about an hour and a half. Xia Yunjie saw that the time was not early, so he was ready to talk to Xie Zuohe about Scola and then set off for Cinque Terre.
Just as he was about to speak, a police car stopped at the door, and then two policemen got out of the car, one of whom was a fat policeman with a big belly.
As soon as he saw the fat policeman coming, Xie Zuohe's expression changed significantly, and Xiaohui had already shouted: "Dad, Mom, that bad policeman is here again." ”
There was a hint of anger and fear in the childish voice.
"Why is this policeman here to find fault?" Xia Yunjie asked with a slight frown.
"This guy used to have a bit of a holiday with me, but recently he was transferred to La Spezia, and he couldn't stop coming to our store to check on him. You sit down first, I'll deal with it, rest assured, I'm doing business in a regular way, they can't do anything to us! Xie Zuohe stood up as he spoke, and then greeted him with a hint of a smile.
"Two police officers, do you want to eat Chinese food? Have a seat. Xie Zuohe pretended not to know the purpose of the two of them, and pointed to the location in the restaurant and said.
"China Xie, we meet again. Please show your passports first. The fat policeman said with a blank face.
"Didn't you just watch it the other day? Passports don't change. Xie Simeng's mother was obviously a woman with a more spicy personality, and she said in Italy with dissatisfaction.
The fat policeman shook the fat on his face when he heard this, and said dissatisfiedly: "We are enforcing the law, and we have the right to let you show your passport." ”
"Isn't he just a policeman? What's the big deal! Xie Simeng's mother muttered something in Chinese, then turned into the house and took out her passport.
The fat cop pretended to look through it a few times, then put the passport back on the countertop, and began to inspect the storefront. The Xie family restaurant is obviously doing a good job, the business license that should be hung on the wall, the ban on smoking, the business hours are posted in obvious places, and the hygiene is also in place, the fat policeman turned around the store and couldn't see anything famous, the young policeman who came with him muttered dissatisfiedly, and then went to the kitchen to check.
"Lao Xie, how can the Italian police manage so much, even the business license, hotel hygiene and so on?" Xia Yunjie asked very strangely. As for the police law enforcement, it is their job, as long as they don't go too far, Xia Yunjie will not interfere.
"Hehe, the local police here take care of almost everything, which is different from in China. Even the gendarmes here are said to be soldiers, but they do police work when they are idle. Xie Zuohe explained, but his eyes looked a little nervously in the direction of the kitchen.
Xie Simeng was in the kitchen, and Xie Simeng's mother had already followed in, so Xie Zuo and himself didn't follow up.
As he was talking, Xie Simeng's mother's dissatisfied voice came from the kitchen: "Officer, is your request too much?" We are preparing for the evening's business, and there will always be a splash when we prepare. ”
"It's your responsibility, I just believe what I see with my eyes, you have fish scales on your floor, food scraps on your workbenches, dirt on your refrigerators...... How can we trust you to provide safe meals to your customers? I'll report it in writing, and now you have to pay a fine of 516 euros. The fat policeman's emotionless voice followed.
Xie Zuohe heard that he would be fined more than 500 euros, his face turned dark, and he didn't bother to say hello to Xia Yunjie, and walked quickly towards the kitchen, and Xia Yunjie also followed when he saw this.
I saw that Xie Simeng was staring at the fat policeman in the kitchen, and Xie Simeng's mother was angry and negotiated with the fat policeman, but the fat policeman was obviously determined to punish the Xie family restaurant today.
"Officer Ricardo, I will improve in terms of hygiene, but can you please ......" Xie Zuohe's attitude was much more relaxed than that of his wife. After all, in a foreign country, Xie Zuohe, as the head of the family, has more concerns.
"China Xie, do you think I'm doing business? I'm enforcing the law. The fat man tore up the penalty sheet expressionlessly, threw it to Xie Zuohe and said, a happy and smug look flashed in his eyes as he spoke.
Although Xia Yunjie couldn't understand Italian, this did not prevent him from understanding what was going on, and when he saw the fat policeman throwing the fine slip with 516 euros written on it to Xie Zuohe, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and reached out and snatched the list directly.
Because Xia Yunjie had already glanced at the kitchen just now, it can be said that the sanitary condition of the kitchen is good enough, and it is okay to find fault and make some suggestions, but there is absolutely no need to be punished so heavily.
"Who are you? Who allowed you to enter the kitchen? When the fat policeman saw Xia Yunjie take the list in his hand, his face couldn't help but drop immediately, while Xie Zuohe and the others changed their faces when they saw this.
"Xiao Xia, don't mess around, give me the ticket quickly." Xie Zuohe thought that Xia Yunjie was young and vigorous, and he was not used to seeing foreigners bullying his Chinese, so he hurriedly said to Xia Yunjie.
"You don't care who I am, I'm not your Italian policeman anyway, but even so, I can see that the sanitary conditions here are very good, and I seriously suspect that you are proclaiming personal vendetta and racial discrimination." Xia Yunjie shook the ticket in his hand and said in a cold tone.
"You're obstructing our police enforcement!" Ricardo, that is, the fat policeman, saw a Chinese young man asking him "" questions, and immediately pointed at Xia Yunjie angrily and accused.
Xie Zuohe saw that Ricardo accused Xia Yunjie of obstructing his law enforcement, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly explained to Ricardo: "Officer Ricardo, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this is a customer who came to our restaurant to eat, he may have a misunderstanding about our affairs, please ......"
"Misunderstanding? Can't you see that he's getting in the way of our police? I need him to go with us to the police station. Ricardo said.
"Okay, Officer Ricardo, I'll pay the fine right away, can you stop the prosecution?" Xie Zuohe couldn't help but be completely anxious when he saw that Ricardo was going to take Xia Yunjie away.
"These are two different things, don't you think I'm using him to threaten you?" Ricardo said disdainfully, his eyes full of schadenfreude.
He thought that this matter would take a while, but he didn't expect that Xia Yunjie, a "stupid big man", would be killed halfway, but it hit Xie Zuohe again.
"Do you know it yourself?" Xia Yunjie sneered disdainfully, and then said to Xie Zuohe: "Old Xie, let me go to the police station with this Ricardo, to be honest, I have entered the police station several times in China, but I really haven't been in abroad." ”
"Xiao Xia, when is this, are you still in the mood to make this joke. This is Italy and not domestic, if you can more or less find acquaintances in China, who are you looking for here? Xie Zuohe saw that Xia Yunjie looked indifferent, and couldn't help but stomp his feet in a hurry.
"Don't worry, Lao Xie, do you think I look like a stupid person? Let me tell you, not to mention Italy, even the presidential office of the White House, I can come and go freely if I like. Xia Yunjie patted Xie Zuohe's shoulder and smiled lightly.
"Xiao Xia, I know that you are not a stupid person, but after all, this is Italy, there is really no need to be serious with them, you still have to be soft, let's ......" Xie Zuohe said with a wry smile. Of course he didn't believe Xia Yunjie's words, if he really wanted to be so awesome, wouldn't he be able to unify the whole world?
"You have to be more serious, or they won't have to come to you every now and then to make trouble. Okay, Lao Xie, don't worry, I'm an adult, and I really have to take care of things myself. By the way, I promised to give your son a personal costume designer in the car and help him design and make a set for free, and I guess he will be there in a few minutes, and then you can tell him that I was taken to the police station by this officer Ricardo, and I think he should know how to do it. Xia Yunjie didn't wait for Xie Zuohe to finish speaking, and waved his hand to interrupt.
After speaking, Xia Yunjie turned to Ricardo again and said in English: "Officer Ricardo, now I can go to the police station with you." ”
As he spoke, Xia Yunjie himself took the lead and strode towards the police car parked at the door.
Seeing that Xia Yunjie was so calm, and seemed to want to go to the police station with him, Ricardo became a little bottomless in his heart, but after all, this is his land, and he is a local policeman, naturally he is not willing to show his weak side in front of the Chinese, let alone such a young man. In the end, Ricardo reluctantly straightened his hat, scolded Xia Yunjie in Italy that Xia Yunjie couldn't understand, and followed out.
As for the fine or something, Ricardo didn't have the heart to dwell on it for the time being, because the fine was still in Xia Yunjie's hand.
The sudden change of things made Xie Zuo and his family's brains not turn around for a while, watching the police car roar away, after a while, Xiaohui suddenly burst into tears, Xie Zuo and his family came to their senses, you look at me, I look at you, half a day later, Xie Zuohe remembered what Xia Yunjie said before leaving, and asked his son Xie Simeng: "Simeng, what is Xiao Xia talking about as a private fashion designer?" ”