"These Italians like to eat out?" It's still a cool night in New York in October, and Hong Tao and Erin are still wearing the bells and whistles of denim. Originally, Hong Tao wanted to change his clothes and come out, but Erin didn't let her, she said that couples' clothes are worn by couples, and it doesn't matter what others think. In a city like New York, even if you come out bare-assed, everyone will look at you twice at most, and you have to be handsome or pretty, otherwise people won't even give you a second look.

"They like to be lively, they talk louder, they feel very noisy in the house, and it's much better to move outside, which is very similar to you Chinese." As she walked, Erin told Hong Tao about the history and signature dishes of these restaurants, and Hong Tao counted more than a dozen restaurants on both sides of the road that were in business, the least of which were more than 20 years old, and three of them were said to have been in business for more than half a century.

Walking out of the south exit of Mulberry Street, you will arrive at Kenny Street, which will also enter the scope of Chinatown. It's really different from Mulberry Street, there are more people, not only Chinese, but also many whites and blacks, who probably come to eat in Chinatown.

In addition, it is a little messy, although there are many tables on Mulberry Street, but no Italian restaurant will be set up at their own door, and it is very neat. There aren't many tables in Chinatown, but there are almost all kinds of signs, large and small, all over the wall, and sometimes there are more than a dozen signs hanging at the entrance of a building. And the stalls for buying food and vegetables are placed on the sidewalk, which is no different from the rest of the country.

"Can you understand them?" Erin and Hong Tao passed by a small shop where they bought meat dumplings, and there happened to be a few Chinese chatting at the door. Erin listened with her ears pricked up for a long time, as if she had achieved something, so she had to ask Hong Tao.

"I don't understand either." Hong Tao didn't even pay attention to it, knowing that he didn't understand.

"Don't you speak Cantonese? You've even sung me Cantonese songs. Erin suspected that Hong Tao was fooling her.

"Don't bother with that, they speak Fujian Hakka, Cantonese is slow, I can still make do with a few words, this dialect is spoken word by word, I dare to guarantee, I can't understand a word, when you go to China again, I will take you to Fujian to play around." See if you can learn Hakka. "Hong Tao has been harassed by Erin N many times on the issue of Chinese dialects. Every time she heard a different dialect from outside, she had to ask Hong Tao, which made Hong Tao very helpless, but she couldn't understand most of the words of her own country. Tell Erin about it, she still doesn't believe it.

"Do you know that the food here and that one is delicious?" Hong Tao was a little hungry. I don't want to go on like this anymore. I want to find a restaurant to eat first.

"Then let's go eat dumplings, the dishes here are not the same as what you make, only dumplings are the same." Erin's apartment is not far from here. It is estimated that she came to this area to walk around when she was fine, and took Hong Tao into an alley very quickly, and then found a dumpling shop with a very small face, and the name is also very Chinese, called "Second Sister".

"Eldest sister, first bring me half a catty of shrimp dumplings and half a catty of beef dumplings." There are only 2 tables in the shop, and the owner is very consistent with the roll call, a middle-aged woman, and a middle-aged man in the kitchen, presumably her husband, this is a mom-and-pop shop.

"Okay, half a catty of shrimp, half a catty of beef......" This eldest sister's voice is really loud, and it is estimated that her shouting can be heard in the store across the alley.

"Boy, you're new here, aren't you?" After the eldest sister shouted at the kitchen, she turned back to ask Hong Tao.

"Hey, do I have a look on my face? How do you know I'm just here? Hong Tao felt that he was already very American, dressed more American than Americans, and he was not the only one in Chinatown who could speak Beijing, how could this eldest sister be sure that she had just arrived?

"There are no dumplings by the catty here, they are all in turn, as soon as I heard you speak, I just came from China, this young lady I look familiar, I should have come to me too, I don't believe you ask her." The eldest sister looks like a person who likes to chat, and there are only two customers in the small shop, Hong Tao and Erin, who sat on the seat next to her by mistake, and it seems that she is planning to chat.

"And this exquisite? Is the eldest sister from Dalian or Qingdao? "Hong Tao is idle anyway, it's okay, playing tricks is his forte, taking advantage of the kung fu of cooking dumplings, chatting for a while.

"Dalian, the one inside is my younger brother, and another younger brother went out to deliver takeaways. Did the big brother come to school or work? When the eldest sister saw that Hong Tao was so upright, and he was also a master who was willing to talk, she immediately smiled and moved the stool to this side again.

"I'm here to see my daughter-in-law, oh, this is my daughter-in-law, so it's okay." Hong Tao didn't hide it, hugged Erin and gave the eldest sister a portrait.

"That's too improvised, this girl is more beautiful than you, you can pick it up!" The eldest sister's mouth is really straightforward.

"Hahahaha, what the eldest sister said is right, I'm much more handsome than him." Erin listened to the eldest sister's praise, and everyone was about to laugh under the table, stamping her feet and shouting.

"Oh, your daughter-in-law's Chinese is good enough, hey, why are you here again?" You get me out! As soon as the eldest sister said half a sentence, her eyebrows suddenly stood up, and she shouted at Hong Tao's back, which shook Hong Tao's ears and buzzed.

"Be quiet, you're not afraid of shattering the window! This is my house, why should I go out? Hong Tao looked back, and a middle-aged man in his 30s walked in, he was dressed neatly, with a small parted head, a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and a book in his hand.

"! Have you ever taken care of this home? If you don't go home once in half a month, you should be a hotel! Although the eldest sister said it was very powerful, her ass never left the stool, nor did she stop the man from going inside, it seemed that her mouth was wrong.

"What do you know, I'll go home, I'll go home, where does your brother live! There are guests here, don't just make noise, get me some dumplings, I'll take a few clothes and leave, and the bed won't be sold if it's late. The middle-aged man sat directly at the table next to him, then handed the eldest sister a leather bag in his hand, smiled slightly at Hong Tao's side, nodded, and said hello.

"I don't care! You look for it yourself, can't you sleep with the fourth child by taking a bunk bed, why do you have to sleep in the subway station, you are not home all day, I know if you are dead or alive, what if you let the police catch you! The eldest sister hugged the purse and cried as she spoke.

"Sister, don't be embarrassed for your brother-in-law, it's not easy for him to be outside alone, if you have something to say, what are you crying about, there are guests here." The younger brother in the kitchen came out with two plates of boiled dumplings, and while persuading his sister, he put the dumplings on the Hongtao table, and then brought small plates, vinegar, soy sauce and several spices.

"Find me a thicker dress!" The eldest sister listened to her brother's words, stopped crying, stood up and walked to a small door behind the kitchen with the leather bag in her arms, and the middle-aged man chased after her.

"I'm sorry to disturb you eating, it's okay, it's okay." The middle-aged man looked back and saw Hong Tao looking at him curiously, and quickly smiled.

"I said, big brother, what's wrong with you? It's not easy for this eldest sister to take care of this small shop, if you can accompany her more, you can accompany her more, women, it's okay to coax. Hong Tao didn't care about the dumplings on his plate, he felt that the conversation between the two people just now was quite content, and he couldn't help but have a little gossip in his heart.

"Hey, the difficulties of a family, it's okay, Xiaosan, cook me some dumplings again, do you still have wine?" The middle-aged man didn't seem to want to say more, and shouted at the young man in the kitchen.

"Brother-in-law, the wine is gone, or I'll buy you a bottle." The young man in the kitchen poked his head out in response, waiting for the middle-aged man's answer.

"Forget it, save if you can, I'll touch it myself tomorrow." The middle-aged man clicked his lips, as if he was quite hungry for alcohol, but finally gritted his teeth and stopped drinking.

"Hey, it's okay, it's okay, I've got wine here, big brother, you haven't eaten either, I just happened to be about to eat, come and let's get together at a table, I just came from China, and no one accompanies me to drink if I want to drink, just make up, come and come......" Hong Tao heard about drinking, and felt that he had found a breakthrough, and stood up and put the middle-aged man on his table, while giving Erin a look.

"It's not appropriate...... the middle-aged man was a little tempted, but he wasn't too embarrassed.

"What's wrong with this, when you're out of the house, you're a friend who speaks Chinese, come and come, just talk for a while, how long have you been here?" As soon as Hong Tao saw his strength, he knew that he didn't want to drink.

"It's been almost 10 years, and you've just arrived?" The middle-aged man borrowed Hong Tao's words, and no longer pushed, moved a stool to sit on the side of Hong Tao, took the cigarette handed over by Hong Tao, lit the fire and took a deep breath.

"I just got off the plane in the morning, and I happened to come here for dinner in the evening, my surname is Hong, Hong's Hong, that is my daughter-in-law just now, I stopped by to see her." Hong Tao also put on a cigarette and opened the chatterbox.

"Cheng, brother, married an American daughter-in-law, then you can be regarded as taking this status, have you got a temporary green card?" The middle-aged man seemed to be quite concerned about his identity, and as soon as he heard Hong Tao's words, he immediately talked about the issue of green cards.

"I took it, it took a lot of effort, and I spent more than 10,000 yuan on the air ticket alone." Hong Tao was very disdainful about what happened to the temporary green card he applied for.

"Contentment, are you still struggling? Compared to us, you are heaven......" The middle-aged man was a little unaccustomed to Hong Tao's performance, and was about to continue, when Erin walked in with a bottle of wine in one hand and a paper bag in the other. (To be continued......)

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