Chapter 381: Their own small circles
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More than a month has passed, and I realized that in this Chinese community, there are many factions.
It is hard to imagine that the Chinese have come out and can still retain this traditional local concept, if it is to carry forward the traditional Chinese culture, it is fine, but this kind of regional discrimination can often be seen here.
To put it simply, Cantonese speakers and Mandarin speakers, especially those with northern accents, basically don't play together.
Shanghainese belong to a special group, some of them have joined the circle of Guangdong, some have joined the circle of Fujian, and even the circle of Taiwanese.
Cantonese is also subdivided into Guangdong and Hong Kong, which is a bit strange to me.
The group I joined was a Cantonese speaking group, which was basically Cantonese and Hong Kong, and then there were a small number of Shanghainese.
I asked Xie Yuxin why she likes to play with them, and Xie Yuxin said that it was because she thought these people were more talkative, and their eating habits were relatively close.
I admit that there are quite a big differences between the diet of the South and the North, and it is true that there are some unnecessary misunderstandings due to the differences in language and living habits, but I don't have too subjective personal inclinations because I am from the central region.
I don't like to talk to northerners, because chatting with them ends up listening to their solo show, chatting into listening, and I think it's quite boring.
I really like to listen to the northerners themselves, and if I want to be a listener, it will be a more pleasant thing, because the northerners are quite interesting to talk about.
Xie Yuxin helped me choose a group, so I didn't resist and directly chose to integrate into that group.
At least there is someone I know and are familiar with, and that person is Sister Wen.
There were a few times when Xie Yuxin couldn't go over with me to play cards because of something, but Sister Wen personally drove over to pick me up.
I once asked Sister Wen about Sister Dan, but it seems that Sister Wen has not contacted Sister Dan again after she left Hong Kong, so she doesn't know about Sister Dan's recent situation.
Sometimes when I'm alone with Sister Wen, I'm actually a little embarrassed, after all, I've been with Sister Wen in private and had a lot of intimate contact, so when I think of those things in the past, I don't know how to get along with Sister Wen.
Sister Wen generously talked to me about my coming to Australia.
"Mr. Fang, is this time okay? How does it feel to be here? ”
"It's good, the environment is good, and there are a lot of Chinese, so there is no special trouble."
"I have a boyfriend now, although he is a ghost, but he is also the kind of man I like, but he is not registered. By the way, you seem to have seen it, what do you think of that person? ”
"He is very good, and he is also very nice to people, Sister Wen, why do you still call him a ghost? Also, when are you going to get married? ”
"It's a ghost, do I want to say he's Australian? In fact, he is not a native of Australia, he should be Canadian. The reason why I didn't register was because I didn't want to register. Marriage is just a name, how good it is now, one day I get tired of it, and I can separate at any time. ”
"Sister Wen, are you saying this to remind me of something?"
"No, just a casual conversation, I thought I wouldn't see you again after I left Hong Kong. Mr. Fang, is your disease cured now? ”
"Thank you Sister Wen for your concern, it's already fine."
"That's good, otherwise you and your wife can't do that, it's also a very unfortunate thing."
"Sister Wen, this time I came to Australia, in fact, I also want to forget the past, I met Mr. Xie, and I also talked about divorce with my wife, but I also want to see us all live a new happy life."
"Hehe, of course I understand what you mean when you say that, but there are some things that don't really need to be thought about too much, the relationship between the two of us, are you worried that someone will know?"
"Sister Wen, what do you know? My wife lives with other men, and as for Mr. Xie, she really doesn't mind my own private life. ”
"Mr. Fang, you're ready to change, right? Divorced, and then with Mr. Xie? ”
"Well, if I could, I would really like to be a good husband and father again."
"I almost forgot that you are the father of a child, well, you do want to be a good father, for your children. Your son is cute, and I like your son, smart, kind of like you. ”
"Sister Wen, why don't you want children?"
"How old am I? Advanced maternal age is dangerous, and I've figured it out a long time ago, isn't it good to be like this now? ”
"Do you think your husband will agree with you then?"
"He has no right to influence my thoughts, and in the future, in our family, I must have the final say."
"Is this the Dink family?"
"No, at least in case my husband wants to have a baby, but I don't agree."
"What will I do next?"
"Later? What's next? ”
"In the future, will it be like this for the rest of your life? Sister Wen, do you have anything else to do besides playing cards and doing yoga now? ”
"Family life, and then social life. The reason why I immigrated here was that I didn't want to mingle with some of the people who had come before, I needed a whole new environment, you know? ”
"Is it just the environment? Don't you feel bored if you don't do things? Sister Wen, aren't you worried that if you don't have a source of income, the money will run out one day? ”
"This is a place with high welfare, I have insurance, and I also have an old-age security plan, and I have to tell you one thing, my ex-husband has to pay me a sum of alimony every month, this is the law of Hong Kong, to protect us divorced women."
"So you can't register to get married to that ghost guy now, can you?"
"It's one of the reasons, anyway, as long as I don't get married, he has to continue to pay alimony every month, which is a little less than before, but it's almost 20,000 Hong Kong dollars a month, and my monthly pocket money is definitely enough."
"20,000 Hong Kong dollars is more than 3,000 Australian dollars, and the pocket money is just that, is it really enough?"
"Mr. Fang, you forgot that I play cards almost every day, and if you calculate carefully, you will know that the money I win by playing cards every month will not be less than two thousand Australian dollars."
"Are you sure you're going to win?"
"Anyway, playing cards with them, basically I win more and lose less, which can be regarded as my hobby and strength."
"By the way, Sister Wen, your ancestral home is Sichuan, right?"
"yes, we are very good at mahjong there, you should know, right?"
"Is there a trick to winning mahjong?"
"There's no surefire trick to win, but if you can keep your mind and get a little trick up your sleeve, you're good enough to be invincible."
"In this way, Xie Yuxin almost loses more and wins less when playing cards, and she told me that she basically loses more than 2,000 Australian dollars a month when she plays cards."
"Mr. Xie basically doesn't win much when he plays cards, which is a fact, because she doesn't pay much attention to winning or losing, so she just plays cards to pass the time and chats with a few of us women."