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"One or two sips of wine country wine, three or four Qia Qia peanuts. (The text was first published in the reading cabinet biquge.info five or six people gathered in a small building, and it was difficult to give up the truth for seven or eight years. ”

The next day, after tasting the authentic Chinese breakfast: soy milk fritters, Situ Nan was in a rare mood and went out to visit San Francisco's Chinatown.

Chinatown is a place where overseas Chinese gather, and Chinese who have crossed the ocean have left their hometowns to work hard in a foreign land, and they are unfamiliar with the place and cannot understand the language, so they can only live together and take care of each other.

With the growth of population, mainly the increasing number of new immigrants in China, the villages inhabited by Chinese gradually developed into small towns, and the small Chinese towns were surrounded by big cities and became a city within a city, which is a special product left over from history.

The number of Chinese in San Francisco is said to be tens of thousands, Situ Nan did not count, but after walking several blocks, the people who came and went were yellow-skinned and black-haired Chinese, and their clothing and customs were similar to those in China.

Some of the buildings in Chinatown are more fashionable, built of cement and concrete, and many are made of wood, and the buildings are generally not high, all of them are two or three storeys.

The blue-gray or brown-red tiled roof, the upturned eaves, and the stone pavement on the ground look quite nostalgic.

Situ Nan has not returned to China to see the architecture of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, he grew up in Guangzhou in his previous life, and then went to the United States to study, except for remembering the Xiguan Mansion that is not very impressive, it seems that he has not really appreciated the Chinese antique architecture, and now in this Chinatown finally saw these shadows of traditional Chinese culture, so he was full of interest.

"Han Gang, do you feel kind?" Situ Nan asked the entourage who was following behind.

"Yes! I haven't been here in years, I used to grow up here, and I went to Los Angeles when my dad died as a teenager. Han Gang said with emotion.

His uncle, a native of Mexico, ran a small farm in Los Angeles where Mr. Hang had worked for several years until he met Mr. Situ.

Han Gang sometimes helps his uncle with some business transactions and can speak English, so he has a lot more knowledge than those who live in Chinatown all year round. Now I revisit the old place, and there is a different taste.

There are some people in Chinatown who have never stepped out of Chinatown in their lives, and for them, walking a few streets is suddenly another world. In the face of strangeness, it is human nature that some people would rather nest in familiar corners.

What makes Situ Nan talk about are the signboards with Chinese characters hanging all over the street, such as Wang Po Tofu Shop, Lao Zhang Pork Stall, Guangzhou Beef Miscellaneous Shop, Defeng Rice Shop, etc., and there are also some signboards with Chinese and English characters written on them, such as restaurants, companies and so on.

Eating snacks with Chinese characteristics, speaking dialects from all over China, and the streets are often bustling with compatriots with yellow skin and black heads in clothes, Situ Nan seems to be in a small city in China!

After walking around, Situ Nan's homesickness was satisfied, and he walked into an inn, on which the plaque read "Guangzhou Restaurant", with silver hooks and iron paintings, vigorous and powerful.

Although Situ Nan was not very comfortable with these traditional characters at first, in recent years, he has learned to follow the local customs, occasionally practice calligraphy, and sometimes miss strokes in writing, but he has no problem reading at all.

Writing is the carrier of knowledge and culture, if a person does not understand the writing of his own nation is sad, if a nation does not have its own writing to pass on, then the tradition of this nation has been broken, in addition to being eliminated by others, it is assimilated by other nations.

So if when he was at home, Situ Nan insisted on speaking Chinese more often, and under his influence, Mary and Little Tom more or less knew a few words of Chinese. At the same time, in the security company with a large number of Chinese, in addition to English, Chinese is also the second main language of communication, and the attendants who followed Situ Nan all knew some Chinese.

This restaurant is quite big here in Chinatown, and the first floor is an open lobby, with square wooden tables that are rarely seen in Situ Nan, and many people are sitting in twos and threes. That's why there are "one or two sips of wine country wine, three or four Qiaqia peanuts." Five or six people gather in a small building, and it is difficult to give up the truth for seven or eight years. "One said.

If you set up a chair in the middle, find a gentleman in a long robe to sit there, hold a fan in his hand, and open his mouth to say Duan Shuibo Liangshan or some Sui and Tang Romance or something, maybe there is really a bit of Tang and Song Dynasty legacy. However, Situ Nan didn't see it, and saw that there were many people below, so Situ Nan went to the box seat on the second floor to eat.

I saw that Situ Nan and his entourage had a foreign "joint **", Xiao'er (I don't know why I thought of this word!) Don't dare to slack off, and hurriedly came up to greet, "Canihelpyou, sir?"

This little two actually knows how to greet his gang in English? It's the first time Situ Nan has encountered this, this is a Chinese restaurant, not a Western restaurant!

Interesting!

Situ Nan looked at him cleanly, his eyes were clear, and there were some bookish breaths between his eyebrows, and his fingers were clean, not like Xiao Er, right? Situ Nan couldn't help but be curious.

So he continued to ask in English if there were any special dishes, such as sweet and sour pork ribs, plum cabbage button pork, white-cut chicken, roast duck or something, but I didn't expect this little er to really answer in fluent English.

Some of the dishes Situ Nan just asked can be provided, some are not, and if there are none, he can also recommend other dishes, and his attitude seems to be very polite, neither humble nor arrogant, which is not quite the same as the little two who are smooth in Situ Nan's impression.

Can't really see it? This little two is different!

Situ Nan was interested, and finally deliberately asked the names of a few Western dishes, he wanted to see how this young man of his age would answer.

Xiao Er, the level of this word is a bit low, and the word two doesn't sound particularly good, so Situ Nan changed his honorific title in his heart.

Xu Zhouyang can now see that the young man who looked to be a half-foreign person talking to him is the head of these people.

Because of Situ Nan's speech, the others didn't make a sound, sitting around Situ Nan, looking a little guarded, as if they were protecting the big man.

Looking at Situ Nan's smiling appearance, Xu Zhouyang realized that this person seemed to be playing tricks on himself, this is obviously a Chinese restaurant, you still order Western food, and you also order caviar, this kind of thing should be high-end Western food!

"No, sir, the dishes you ordered just now are all Western food, this is a Chinese restaurant, if you want to eat caviar, go straight out and turn right out of Chinatown and there will be the San Francisco Hotel." Xu Zhouyang said.

"It doesn't matter if I don't, I don't want to eat Western food anyway. Just made a little joke, and took the liberty to ask, with my brother's fluent English, it is more than enough to be a comprador translator or something, how can I ·······?" Situ Nan smiled gently, and brushed aside what he had just done, this time he said in Chinese.

At the beginning, Xu Zhouyang thought that Thomas, who was following Situ Nan, was the head of these people, so he greeted them in English, but he didn't expect to cause a small joke from Situ Nan.

It was the first time Xu Zhouyang had seen a person like Situ Nan, white and Chinese were still distinct, he hadn't seen mixed-race children, but in general there were not many, but there were even fewer Chinese who could bring white entourage and make them obedient.

Situ Nan is young, well-behaved, has good cultivation, and looks gentle and elegant, but also has an unquestionable momentum, like a person who is used to giving orders.

Xu Zhouyang thought about his own thoughts, and did not answer Situ Nan's words for a while.

At this time, a man in a long robe with a kind face suddenly came out and said, "I am the boss here, if this guest needs anything, just give orders, and bear with me if there is anything inconsiderate." ”

Ma Decai saw that his nephew Xu Zhouyang had been gone for so long, Situ Nan and these people were white and yellow, and there was a faint fierce aura on his body, he opened the door to do business, and naturally he would observe what he said, he thought that Xu Zhouyang had something to do with it, so he hurried out of the round to make Situ Nan a little baffled.

"No, the boss was polite. I just want to try your specialty. What's your boss's surname? How does your accent look like a Cantonese person? Situ Nan asked.

In the previous life, the Mandarin popularized in China originated from the official dialect of the Zhizhili area, which seemed to be brought into the customs by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Shenyang, while Cantonese people generally speak Mandarin with an accent, and others can hear it as soon as they hear it, especially the pronunciation of the tongue, which is almost zhi and zi.

The older generation of Cantonese people speak the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao version of Mandarin, and what this kind boss said was almost the same as what Situ Nan's father said in his previous life, so he asked.

"Yes! I'm here from Guangzhou! It's better than Uncle selling piglets, and it's been over for decades! Ma Decai said with emotion, "Brother Housheng, are you a border person again?" ”

"My old Doujiangmen Guobianga, before I went to Zuo Yingying to marry the left ghost woman, I gave birth to Zuo me." Situ Nan said in a long-lost native voice. (ps: Although I can speak Cantonese, I really can't type, it's awkward to death, just drag two sentences!) ）

When the fellow saw the fellow, his eyes were full of tears.

It's not tearful yet, but Situ Nan is still happy to talk to this smiling boss. Before the food came up, they sat down to make a cup of tea and poured it slowly!

Ma Decai also has nothing to say, selling piglets to the United States, working hard for a few years, earning savings, opening a small restaurant, painstakingly operated, and expanded the small restaurant a lot, with the diligence and hard work of the Chinese, Ma Decai took care of this restaurant quite well.

Ma Decai seems to be quite talkative, he told Situ Nan that after his life settled down, he originally wanted to go back to China to see, but the country was so chaotic, and there was no one in the family, after his sister died, he took his nephew Xu Zhouyang over, and a few years passed.

It turns out that his name is Xu Zhouyang! Situ Nan nodded.

Ma Decai's next words surprised Situ Nan, "Speaking of my nephew, it's really speechless, the Chinese education here is not good, and I don't understand what those foreigners say, but I know that I have to go to a foreigner's school to study, so I sent him to school."

Originally, I wanted him to learn for three or five years to be a translator, comprador or something, this he knows English, and if he can't do it, he will come back to help me open a restaurant, but I didn't expect him to read as much as possible, and he was admitted to Aishang Novel Network, what is the name of Boke to come to California Aishang Novel Network, the school is not far from San Francisco, sometimes this child will also help in the restaurant during the holidays, really sensible! You won't have to open a restaurant with me in the future. ”

Ma Decai said proudly, a little ostentatious, I don't know why, he felt that Situ Nan was quite in love, and said so much at once.

Situ Nan told him that he was doing business in Los Angeles, and this time he came to cooperate with the company here, preparing to ship some American goods to China to buy.

"The virtuous nephew is really capable of transporting American goods to China to sell. This is what foreign companies do! Ma Decai said.

"When I come to Los Angeles in the future, Uncle Ma can come to me if there is anything, and I have met a lot of people." Reciprocated the favor, Situ Nan didn't mind giving him a small promise.

Ma Decai met Situ Nan for the first time, and he didn't know Situ Nan very well, so he listened to the scene and didn't pay attention to it.

After a while, the dish came up. Authentic Chinese food, full of color, flavor and flavor, makes people's appetite move. It was Xu Zhouyang who served the food, but I didn't expect this Berkeley California Aishang Novel Network student to serve the plate well! Situ Nan smiled in his heart.

Ma Decai didn't say it too accurately, but how could Situ Nan not know about the UC Berkeley of California Aishang Novel Network! In fact, this California Aishang Novel Network has a branch, Los Angeles, San Francisco has branches, Situ Nan's previous life, most of the reputation of the California Aishang Novel Network was earned back by this Berkeley campus, and his strength is not inferior to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at all.

However, it is not certain whether the strength of Berkeley's California Aishang Novel Network is as powerful as that of Massachusetts, but even if it is not bad, it is not far off.

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