Chapter 0018: Liu Hanwu's Embarrassment
The Tang Dynasty was one of the most powerful and proud dynasties in Chinese history, so overseas Chinese and Chinese often regarded themselves as Tang people.
Chinatown, also known as Chinatown, Tang Street, and Chinatown.
Chinatown was formed when the early Chinese emigrated overseas and became a minority of disadvantaged ethnic groups in the local area, and they needed to work together in the face of the challenges of the new environment. Therefore, many Chinatowns around Shijie are a witness to the history of overseas Chinese.
As soon as you walk into Chinatown, you often immediately have a sense of confusion through time and space, as if you have come to Greater China from the United States in an instant.
People come and go, the mouth is Chinese, Beijing, Northeastern, Guangdong, Hunan, Sichuan, all the provinces and cities across the country have all kinds of tones, listen to the ear, especially make people feel cordial.
Looking at the dazzling array of signs, they may have different shapes, colors, or names, but one thing must be in common, and that is the square Chinese characters on them!
Of course, the biggest features of Chinatown are:
A variety of Chinese supermarkets, grocery stores, fish shops, butcher shops, chicken and duck shops, vegetable shops, cured taste shops, restaurants of major Chinese cuisines, specialty snack bars from all over China, branches of Chinese multinational groups, various Chinese clubs, Chinese service cooperatives, gift shops with Chinese characteristics, souvenir shops, antique shops, Chinese schools, and so on.
Oh, by the way, there are also Chinese medicine shops, Chinese medicine halls.
However, what makes the Chinese people somewhat ashamed is that traditional Chinese medicine, which has thousands of years of Chinese history and is regarded as the quintessence of the country by the people of the country, is an evil outsider in the eyes of the vast majority of foreigners, especially Americans, a clown who jumps off the beam and jumps into the stream, and even simply a tricked and deceived charlatan!
There have been several such incidents, Chinese bring Chinese patent medicine into foreign countries, and when passing through customs security, those customs officers abroad actually treat Chinese patent medicine as drugs!
It is indeed an indisputable fact that traditional Chinese medicine has declined, lost to Western medicine, and is in a difficult and embarrassing situation.
Speaking of Chinatown, in the United States, San Francisco, New York, Washington, Chicago, and other international metropolises are very famous, and the number of Chinese residents is also the largest.
Reno's Chinatown is not that big, but although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs, and what Chinatowns in other places have, there are basically all here.
Xu Xiaoyu has been in Nevada for more than a year, in addition to school, the most visited is this Chinatown, looking at familiar words, familiar voices, familiar faces, familiar shops, familiar everything, suddenly has a feeling of returning home to China, very warm, a warm current flowing in the heart.
Liu Hanwu's Dahan Dumpling Restaurant is located on the second floor of a Chinese-style building, with an area of two or three hundred square meters.
Although it is more delicious than dumplings, because there are not many characteristics, the business is not very hot, and of course it is not deserted, it can be regarded as decent.
At this time, it was morning, and there were not many people eating dumplings in the dumpling restaurant, so Liu Hanwu, who was extremely enthusiastic, asked Xu Xiaoyu to sit down at a table of eight immortals in a quiet corner.
"Liu Qi, your guest comes to the door, the kind of dumplings you made this morning, come to a big bowl!"
Liu Hanwu shouted at the counter.
"Hey Uncle Han, that kind of hinge is it, it's coming right away!"
A young man in a white coat replied.
"Xiaoyu, which school of kung fu did you study?"
In the process of waiting for the dumplings, Liu Hanwu's eyes were blazing, and he asked with interest.
"Dragon Pie." Xu Xiaoyu said with a smile.
"Dragon Pie?" Liu Hanwu was stunned: "Is there such a school of kung fu in our China?" Oh, you're learning Dragon Fist! ”
"Definitely." Xu Xiaoyu shook his head.
"Then you dragon ......" Liu Hanwu tilted his head and thought about it, and said in an epiphany: "I understand, the dragon faction and the dragon faction are not the Chinese faction, all Chinese kung fu is the Chinese faction." ”
"Sort of." Xu Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Kung Fu in the world, different paths lead to the same end, theory and practice are actually the same." The so-called faction is actually just a cocoon of self-restraint, or it is not wrong to be arrogant. ”
"Xiaoyu, what you said makes sense, but it's a bit extreme." Liu Hanwu said with a smile: "Any school of kung fu has its characteristics, and ...... outstanding."
Liu Hanwu talked endlessly, and although Xu Xiaoyu didn't agree with many of his views, he didn't refute him, just listened quietly.
When Liu Hanwu said about the excitement, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and said enthusiastically: "Xiaoyu, there is our Chinese martial arts association here in Chinatown, are you interested in going to see it later?" ”
"Let's forget it."
Xu Xiaoyu shook his head and refused, when he first came to Nevada, he knew about this martial arts association, and even went in to see it, to be honest, Xu Xiaoyu really didn't feel cold, because the core and main members of the association are all older generations who practice traditional martial arts.
Xu Xiaoyu has been practicing kung fu for more than ten years, and he has come into contact with a lot of martial arts people, he knows that these traditional martial arts older generation are very strong, and the most important thing is that their concepts are somewhat feudal and conservative, especially some of them, for modern kung fu, for Bruce Lee, who promoted Chinese kung fu to the whole world and wrote the English word 'KungFu' into the English dictionary, even a kind of disdain.
This is the reason why Xu Xiaoyu doesn't want to go to the martial arts association again, he doesn't want to argue with those older generations, let alone conflict.
"Then let's go back when we have a chance." Although Liu Hanwu is rough and heroic, his heart is very fine, and he can see that Xu Xiaoyu really doesn't want to go, so he doesn't say anything more about it.
At this time, Liu Qi brought up the steaming dumplings, gently put them in front of Xu Xiaoyu, and said proudly: "Brother, this is the latest dumpling prepared by our Dahan Dumpling Restaurant, and I use one word to describe the taste - praise!" In two words - fabulous! In three words - superb! ”
After that, Liu Qi also gave a smug thumbs up.
"Hehe......" Xu Xiaoyu was amused by this humorous Liu Qi, and couldn't help but smile.
"Huang Po sells melons, sells herself and boasts! I'm sorry to lose you. Liu Hanwu blushed and glared at Liu Qi: "Hurry up and hurry up!" ”
Liu Qi was not convinced: "Uncle Han, why am I boasting about myself, our dumplings are very, very delicious!" This is unanimously recognized...... When you made it yesterday, you didn't eat fifty in one go! ”
"Get out!" Liu Hanwu's face turned even redder, and he lifted his foot with some tears and laughter, and kicked Liu Qi's ass with a kick.
Liu Qi hurriedly avoided Liu Hanwu's fat legs, not only did he not roll, but he was even more unconvinced, and said to Xu Xiaoyu depressedly: "Brother, you taste our dumplings, see if I, Liu Qi, is like Uncle Han said, I am selling melons in Huang Po, selling and boasting!" ”
"Smell the scent and I know you're not bragging."
Dumplings Xu Xiaoyu can also make, can adjust a variety of fillings, and they are all done well, now the dumplings in this bowl are very fragrant, which makes people very appetizing, Xu Xiaoyu only smelled it, and knew that it was better than what he came here to eat before, but it was ...... There's a smell in it, how does it feel so familiar?
"Uncle Han heard it, just by smelling it, this brother knows that I'm not bragging!" got Xu Xiaoyu's affirmation, and Liu Qi got up.
Liu Hanwu's chubby face was red to the base of his neck, and with an embarrassed face, he pushed Liu Qi straight over there: "Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing, you hurry up, hurry up, hurry up." ”
"Don't worry, Uncle Han, the brothers haven't tasted it yet." Liu Qi didn't leave, and said stubbornly: "I have to wait for him to taste it before leaving!" ”
"If you don't go, I'll go, let's go down!" Liu Hanwu stomped his feet angrily, turned around and was about to leave.
"Uncle Han, don't be angry, I'll go, I'll go." Liu Qi saw that Liu Hanwu was angry, and grabbed him, although he was inexplicably confused by Liu Hanwu's behavior, although he wanted to see Xu Xiaoyu's surprised look after tasting the dumplings, and listen to his various words of praise that he couldn't help but ......
Liu Qi said to Xu Xiaoyu with a wry smile: "Brother, you eat slowly, I'll be busy first." ”
"I've worked hard for you, you can get busy." Xu Xiaoyu smiled at Liu Qi, took a dumpling with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, he was also very curious, the smell was so familiar, what was the reason? Liu Hanwu, who is obviously not thin-skinned, is actually abnormal, embarrassed, and shouting 'get out' and 'go', why?