Chapter 30: Nord's Chinese New Year's Eve
On the evening of February 15, 1981, the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve in the Chinese lunar calendar.
ps: Thank you for the tip, it's a little late today, sorry!
For the Chinese workers living in the Nord Principality, they are happy with longing, happiness is because they are very satisfied with their life at this time, even if it is not as good as the real Nord citizens, but it is much better than before, and the longing is undoubtedly homesickness.
Fortunately, these people are all villagers, and there is no ethnic discrimination here, on the contrary, the citizens of Nord are very fond of these Chinese workers, so they are not alone.
Joseph was wearing a casual gray sweatshirt, and only one Joanna was walking down the street, of course, this was not the case, and there were no less than thirty guards in the Secret Security Bureau.
"Your Highness, what is this?"
The little girl's crisp voice made Joseph very comfortable, and he looked at the white fingers and saw the familiar red fruit in front of him, and smiled slightly and walked towards the vendor holding the fruit.
"Sell sugar gourds! A sweet and sour sugar gourd. ”
As he approached, the hawker's cry reached Joseph's ear, and looking at Joanna's puzzled gaze, Joseph translated the hawker's cry to her, but who wanted to hear it became more and more confused.
"What is a sugar gourd? And he's not right, what can be sweet and sour, aren't they two tastes? ”
Joanna's inquiry Joseph did not answer, but walked up to the sugar gourd vendor and said, "Boss, two strings!" ”
The other party obviously doesn't know Joseph, but this is normal, the Duchy of Nord at this time is not a small country with a population of 2,000 before, although the population is still not much, but the number of close to 30,000 is enough to ensure that not everyone knows Joseph, the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Nord. Of course, there is another reason, that is, in the eyes of the Easterners, the faces of the West are not much different, even if Joseph is of mixed Chinese and Western descent.
The peddler's fluency in Chinese obviously stunned him, but he quickly reacted and picked up two strings of sugar gourds and handed them to Joseph, while saying, "This little brother's Chinese is authentic, and you also have Chinese ancestry!" ”
It was obvious that the other party saw Joseph's dark eyes, nodded and did not speak as acknowledging the hawker's words, and then left with Joanna, there were many people on the street, dragon dances, lion dances, and the streets were lively.
"Yikes! Sure enough, it's sour and sweet, it's hawthorn! ”
Joanna's sluggishness made Joseph smile helplessly, and continued to walk deeper into the street, while Joanna kept muttering in Joseph's ear as she ate.
"This industrial area is actually more lively than Beicheng District, I knew that I would come to Beicheng District to play when I was resting, Your Highness, look over there, look over there, someone is spitting fire!"
The Chinese workers in the Duchy of Nord came from the countryside because they retained a large number of traditional customs, such as dragon dances, lion dances, and juggling and drumming during the Chinese New Year, which made Joanna, who had never seen the world, constantly shout.
Looking closely at Joseph, he found that there were many Westerners here, and they also looked at the jugglers in the center of the field with great interest, the Chinese workers were treated equally, and the relationship between the two sides was very good, Joseph was very satisfied with this scene, after all, nothing is more important than the stability of a country.
With the increasing number of Chinese workers, Nancheng District (industrial area) has begun to be unable to accommodate, but at this time, the central area has not yet been built, and many Chinese workers are living in workshops or tents, which is not a long-term solution after all, and a trace of sorrow can not help but appear on Joseph's brows.
"Your Highness, Your Highness? You, what's wrong with you! Isn't it uncomfortable? ”
"It's okay, keep walking!"
Seeing that Joseph had no intention of leaving, Joanna secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally came out to play, she didn't want to go back so early.
Fuxiang Building, take a look at the shops on one side, and scan the terrain at will, Joseph felt that he could have an overview of the entire street of the Chinese workers' living quarters, so he walked inside.
Compared with the Chinese restaurants in Beicheng District, the restaurants here are really formal, and as soon as he entered the door and smelled the aroma of stir-fried food, Joseph knew that even if the Chinese restaurant had the addition of architecture, it could not fry such a delicious meal.
“monsieur,s‘ilvouspla?t!” (Sir, inside please!) )
Perhaps because most of the citizens of the Duchy of Nord spoke French, these newly arrived Chinese workers could actually speak a few words, at least the waiters in the restaurant were fluent in saying this.
The arrival of Huaxia is not only workers, but also some of them have become Nord citizens through morality, such as this restaurant must be a member of Nord citizens.
"French is good, but the Chinese will be the mainstream in the future of the Nord Principality, and you should let them learn how to adapt to you."
Half of Joseph's blood is of Chinese descent, so even if the official language is set to Chinese in the future, it is completely reasonable, of course, Joseph will not do this, because this is Europe, and there is no need for him to offend European countries because of the official language. However, in the future, it is inevitable that the Chinese language will be the core among the common people.
Joseph's words made the waiter stunned, and before he could react, Joseph had already entered the door, and the owner of the counter saw Joseph hurriedly walking out, and the fact that others didn't know Joseph didn't mean that he didn't know him.
As soon as he saw the boss's movements, Joseph understood that the other party recognized him, although he didn't know the middle-aged Chinese boss, it didn't prevent Joseph from guessing.
"No need to be polite, business isn't very good today?" Looking around, all of them were Western guests, and there were almost no Chinese workers, which is why Joseph said this.
"Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve! Most people eat dumplings at home, what do you want to eat, Your Highness? ”
After all, the owner of the restaurant had never seen Joseph's serious side, and he was so gentle when he entered the door, plus he was just a nine-year-old child, so the boss naturally dared to speak casually without awe.
"Let's eat dumplings too! Joanna, what do you eat? ”
"What are dumplings and are they delicious?"
"Two plates of dumplings!"
Too lazy to answer this kind of question, Joseph directly helped Joanna order her food, which made Joanna very unhappy, and muttered in her heart that His Royal Highness has no gentlemanly demeanor at all, and he knew that it would be better to look at the menu!
Joseph didn't know the little girl's inner complaints, after going up to the second floor, dozens of guards blocked various crossings, and one guard even came to the kitchen to monitor the chef cooking dumplings, where has the chef seen such a situation? When he put the dumplings, he almost burned himself, and at the same time he was thinking about the stories of the imperial chefs he had heard throughout the ages.
Naturally, he didn't know that the tradition of the West was different from that of the East, and that even if the cook did something wrong, he would not be killed, at most he would be driven away, and of course poisoning would not count.
The second floor overlooking the street is naturally much better than watching from the street, at least Joanna only cares about watching the excitement after going upstairs and forgets the inner complaint just now.
Soon two plates of dumplings and a small plate of vinegar were served, in addition to two nights of dumpling soup, before the boss could tell the effect of the dumpling soup, Joseph had already opened his mouth and explained it to Joanna for him with a smile.
"It also has the effect of digesting the stomach and intestines?"
Pointing to the dumpling soup Joanna asked Joseph a little incredulously, after all, this is what is left over from cooking dumplings in her eyes! How could it still have this effect.
"There is a saying in the East, the original soup turns into the original food, and this dumpling soup is the truth."
"Doesn't that mean that it can only help the dumplings digest, and other things don't work?"
Joseph also knew that his words were not very credible, but he still reluctantly explained: "In theory, this is the case. I thought Joanna would continue to ask, but who thought, "God! So magical! ”