Chapter 43: A Different Chinese Restaurant
There are many Chinese students in Lille, and there are many Chinese people in the local area, so there is no shortage of Chinese restaurants. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, there are not many authentic ones, and there are even fewer of them with Reeves' tastes, and the familiar taste of Chinese cuisine is no longer available. French people can't live without cheese, but what is the taste of cheese in Chinese food?
Reeves came out a little early, for the laid-back French, 7 o'clock for dinner is considered early, not to mention that it is only 5 o'clock, but the lunch is a little less, and the stomach is really hungry.
However, Reeves is not worried about not being able to eat at all, and the opening hours of Chinese restaurants are relatively early, and there are already Chinese people entering the restaurant to eat at this point.
Walking through a street alley, Reeves came to a small restaurant with no billboard outside the door, and if it weren't for the business sign hanging on the doorknob, he would have thought it was an ordinary house.
This shop was introduced to him by Reeves' father, and the food tasted good, but the owner was not good at running it, and the business has been bleak, even so, the store has not closed down for decades, which is considered a miracle.
Pushing the door open, Reeves walked inside.
It's still early, there are no customers in the store, the store is not big, there are six square tables in the hall of more than 40 square meters, and the tables and chairs are all wooden Chinese furniture.
The boss sat in the hall with a purple sand teacup and watched TV, and the TV on the wall showed a replay of yesterday's Premier League game.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned around and saw that it was Reeves, and got up to greet him.
"Our big star is here! Yesterday's performance was fantastic! ”
Reeves often comes here, so he is very familiar with the boss, the boss is called Yu Jun, Reeves calls him Yu Bo, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, in his fifties, a good cook, and a fan, but he only watches the Premier League, and his attitude towards Ligue 1 is very disdainful, and he often encourages Reeves to play in the UK.
"Uncle Yu, don't you look at Jia?"
"Today's newspaper is full of your photos, I don't think it's hard to know, come, sign for me, maybe you can sell it at a good price in the future." Yu Bo casually picked up the napkin on the table and handed it over.
Seeing this insincere move, Reeves smiled and put the napkin on the table, "Uncle Yu, how can this signature compare to a group photo?" Take a group photo together, and hang the photo in the store to solicit business and ensure that the wealth is abundant. ”
"No, no, if you don't perform well one day, my little restaurant will suffer." Yu Bo replied solemnly.
Reeves listened to the black line at one end, which was too sad to say.
"Also, if you leave Lille one day, there will always be people who will be dissatisfied, and then I will definitely suffer here."
Reeves was speechless when he heard this, as if it made sense.
"I understand your kindness, in fact, you Uncle Yu and I have some savings, I don't care about the quality of the business in the store, the store is just me and my wife, the business is good, but tired, this is good, more than enough to make a living, and my kid has already started a family, I don't need to bother."
Yu Bo took a sip of the black tea in the cup, pulled Reeves to sit down, slowed down, and continued,
"I come every day as regular customers, I know my taste preferences, it's very easy to entertain, and I can chat, pass the time, and I can close early at night, watch movies with my wife, and catch up on TV series."
Reeves was very envious of the chic life of Uncle Yu and his wife, and was content and happy.
Aunt Yu is an unusual character, she was a lawyer when she was young, proficient in more than a dozen languages, and she has a temperament, but she has the name of a rouge tiger.
In the early years, the situation of Chinese in France was not very good, especially when opening a Chinese restaurant, there would naturally be no less trouble, the government departments were rude, and white young people often came to provoke, and even North African immigrants came to eat white food, but every time Aunt Yu went out, there was nothing that could not be solved, whether it was verbal or more truthful in hand, Aunt Yu had nothing that could not be solved, so she had the name of Rouge Tiger.
Of course, these old things were all told by Reeves from Wang Sanshi, an old gangster on the street, and I don't know if it's true or not.
Thinking of this, Reeves realized that Aunt Yu was not in the store today, "Uncle Yu, why are you the only one in the store today?" ”
"Hey, the old woman is a lot older and still learns from other little girls to chase stars, there is a little fresh meat group to Lille, she ran to ask for an autograph, this woman! Tell me, where is my old fresh meat not as good as those little guys? Pointing to the photo of his youth on the wall, Yu Bo said with a narcissistic expression.
"Hmm~~" Reeves looked back and forth between the photo and himself for a moment before he said leisurely: "Judging from the photo, you must have been more handsome than Andy Lau when you were young, and now, are you sure this photo is not PS?" ”
"You're looking for a fight? Be careful, I'll add some spice to your dish later! Yu Bo was annoyed and angry when he said this.
In fact, Uncle Yu is still very handsome, looks very much like Chen Daoming, and has a literati temperament, but he was too tired when he was young and looked a little old.
Reeves begged for mercy again and again, he didn't want to eat strange things in the dish, the last time he lost the bet with him, Yu Bo was very unhappy, but when Reeves came to eat the next day, Yu Bo chopped the sheep whip and put it into the haggis soup, and then Reeves finished eating it with relish before telling the truth, and it was also known as "Ten Perfect Tonic Soup".
"Why didn't your girlfriend come today?
"She's going to university in Paris, and I'll bring her over when she's on vacation."
"You have a better eye for choosing a girlfriend than me, the one in my family, hey, I can't control it!"
Reeves knew that Uncle Yu was just joking, although Uncle Yu was a strict wife and occasionally quarreled, but the couple was very affectionate, which can be seen from many details, such as the tenderness on Uncle Yu's face when he talked about his wife.
The same is true at this moment, although he is talking about his wife's various things, but there is no trace of dissatisfaction on Yu Bo's face, it is all a happy look.
"But no matter how good a woman is, she will change after marriage, your big brother I am deeply touched, I happen to be free today, teach you a few tricks, and use it after marriage."
Reeves just wanted to echo, but looked up and saw a familiar figure behind Uncle Yu, Aunt Yu! Aunt Yu, who was dressed very fashionably, was leaning over behind Uncle Yu to listen, and Reeves hurriedly glanced at Uncle Yu.
Yu Bo was talking energetically, and didn't notice Reeves's hint, "This first, you can't be too diligent, when you first got married, whoever is diligent first will have to work hard for a lifetime, don't want to get rid of this housework, I was too diligent back then, as a result, hey"
As soon as Reeves wanted to remind him, he was glared at by Aunt Wu, and swallowed what he wanted to say directly.
"Second, you must have to collect and release, you can't be too used to your wife, this woman, you can't control it after you are too used to it. The negative example is still your Uncle Yu. ”
Yu Bo sighed in a low voice, completely immersed in his own miserable experience, and didn't notice that Reeves was desperately making a face.
Reeves covered his face and buried his head, not daring to look at Aunt Yu's increasingly ugly face.
"The third, and most important, is that men must learn to hide their money,"
"Where to hide?" Aunt Wu said leisurely,
"For example, cooking" Uncle Yu realized that something was wrong when he was halfway through his words, and turned his head to look, "Ah! Wife, come back so early! ”
How can he be a little calm, Yu Bo hurriedly got up and picked up the water cup on the table, and walked to the back kitchen without looking back.
"Yu Jun! You dare to hide your money! Aunt Yu yelled and chased into the back kitchen, and then there was a sound of pots and pans.
Reeves could only pick up the teapot on the table and pour himself a cup of tea, and it seemed that dinner was not eaten for a while.
Reeves covered his somewhat deflated belly, watched the game screen on TV, and listened to Yu Bo's defense, is this a fire at the city gate and the fish in the pond?
After half an hour, Yu Bo walked out with a depressed face.
"Hey, all the belongings that have been saved up over the years are gone, and this last point, I didn't say it just now, that is, you can't say bad things about women behind your back in the future, and you have to hide everything in your heart."
Reeves looked at Yu Bo's frustration, held back a smile, didn't dare to talk, diverted the topic, and began to order.
"Uncle Yu, help get a few dishes, my stomach is dying."
"It's all your fault, kid, she didn't remind her when she came back, don't think about it, you deserve to be hungry."
Although he said so, Yu Bo watched the ball game and got up and went into the kitchen.