"Now it's four hundred dollars out, and we only have more than 1,900 dollars left; It costs money to eat, it costs money to pay rent, and this money will not be available for long, so why don't you wait? When it came to money, Guo Yan became cautious again.

"Do you see if this is where people live? I can't even see the sun all day long, it's cold and damp, if you live for a long time, you have to get arthritis! Besides, who's all the people here? If something happens that day, it won't be about money! Let's move out early! Shen Long persuaded, "Isn't it just money, let's earn it again after spending it." ”

"But...... But ......" Guo Yan was entangled, of course she wanted a better life, otherwise she would not have given up her work in the symphony orchestra and traveled thousands of miles to the United States.

"It's nothing, let's not go to Lincoln Art Center today, you pack up and change your clothes, let's go to Xiangyuan Building to eat some fritters and drink some soy milk, and then go to find a house!" Shen Long made the final decision.

Half an hour later, the two of them appeared in the Xiangyuan Building, and Ah Chun greeted them warmly, "Mr. Wang, Mrs. Wang, you haven't been here for a long time, what do you want to eat today?" ”

"Let's get some soy milk fritters, it's okay to have buns, these days I'm always nibbling on chicken wings and eating hamburgers, but I can't eat these if I want to." Shen Long took Guo Yan to the window and sat down, and after a while, he brought a basket of steamed buns, two bowls of soy milk, and a few fried sticks, and Ah Chun specially asked someone to send them some pickles.

"Yo, listen to the accent from Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" Waiting for the waiter to bring the breakfast, after listening to his accent, Shen Long asked, they came a little late, and now the guests who eat breakfast in the store are almost dispersed, so Shen Long simply invited him to sit down and chat for a while, these days the contact is all foreigners, and he really wants to say a few words with the Chinese.

After obtaining Ah Chun's consent, the waiter Xiao Li sat down, and as soon as he reported his identity and origin, Guo Yan was startled, Xiao Li still studied marine biology for a master's degree, and studied hard for five years to get a diploma, but he could only serve dishes and wash dishes here.

"Hey, what am I doing, the boss lady is still a top student at Columbia University! I can't stand the anger of foreigners, so I changed my career to business, I can understand that no matter how good this United States is, he is also American, but not us Chinese, we want to mix well in the United States, but it is not easy. Xiao Li's face was full of vicissitudes and emotion.

"Then why don't you go back to China? With your master's degree in the United States, you have to be offered up to that school? "After a decade or two, you will be the leader of the academic valve in this field, why not?

"The day I went out, I swore that I would never go back! You want to say that you have mixed up in the United States, and you will go back to your hometown to see if it is okay, but look at my current appearance, are you embarrassed to go back? Xiao Li spread his hands, "My family doesn't know that I wash dishes in the United States, they all think I'm enjoying happiness here, how can I tell them if I go back?" ”

This is also the truth, in this era, no one can imagine that China will develop so fast in the future, those who are far inferior to them at the beginning, stayed in China, many of them have taken advantage of this east wind, to a position they dare not imagine; It's just that at the moment, the difference between China and the United States is too far, so Xiao Li is reluctant to return to China even if he is nesting in the Xiangyuan Building to brush dishes, because even if he washes dishes, he will earn more than being a university professor in China.

"Brother Wang, you have made a good start, in my opinion, you have to hurry up and get your green card first, and then find a way to become a naturalized citizen, if you can become an American in the future, it will be a glorious ancestor!" Xiao Li turned around and began to persuade them.

"Well, you have to get a green card, otherwise many things will not be easy to do, but forget about American citizenship, I still want to go back in the future." Shen Long had a plan for a long time, and for him, who was familiar with the development of later generations, the United States was not so attractive.

"Qiming?" Guo Yan was stunned, we worked so hard to come out, why do we want to go back? Xiao Li also looked incredible, he even wanted to go back to the United States?

"I'll just say that, green cards and U.S. citizenship are so easy to get." Shen Long didn't explain, this matter is too troublesome to say, let's wait for the future to speak with facts.

"Xiao Li, I think ah, even if you brush the dishes now, don't put down what you learned before, it will be useful in the future." This kung fu, Shen Long and Guo Yan also finished eating, and when he got up to leave, he patted Xiao Li's shoulder, but he didn't seem to listen to Xiao Li's appearance.

“Taxi！” Coming out of the Xiangyuan Building, Shen Long stopped a taxi and reported the address he wanted to go, "Go to McDoug Street in Greenwich Village!" ”

"Qiming, what kind of place is that? Didn't we come out to look for a house? I look at the Xiangyuan Building, isn't there a house for rent on this street? Isn't it good for us to rent here? There are Chinese all around, and they usually don't worry about no one talking, and it is convenient to eat. Guo Yan was a little puzzled, obviously there is such a good place, why not look for a house here?

"Things gather by like, people by groups, since we want to be famous in the music industry, we have to go to the place where musicians gather; The usual days here are comfortable, but it is not helpful for future development, and even affects us to learn English, there are people chatting with you in Chinese every day, so there is an opportunity to exercise? ”

"This Greenwich Village is a concentration of New York artists, where Henry James, Ellen Poe, Eugene, and O'Neill all wrote their famous books; Rock singers like Bob Dylan and John Lennon have also lived here; Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, who played "The Godfather", also performed in the small theater that year...... "Shen Long popularized the origin of Greenwich Village to Guo Yan.

In fact, there is no shortage of Chinese in Greenwich Village, Ai Weiwei and Chen Kaige from the capital, Li An from Baodao, Chen Danqing and Chen Yifei from the magic capital, and of course Tan Dun from Shonan.

Tan Dun has lived here for ten years, and he also makes a living by performing arts like Shen Long, and has also chosen the same path as Shen Long, using some oriental music to attract passers-by.

Tan Dun also met love here, he and his wife met on the street in a foreign country, then fell in love for a second, proposed two hours later, and lived together ten hours later.

All the way to Guo Yan told Guo Yan about the legends of Greenwich Village, until the voice of the taxi driver interrupted them, "Sir, Greenwich Village has arrived." ”

Getting out of the car, they were greeted by a community of red brick buildings: Greenwich Village, the center of New York's artists.