With the soft sound of crisp high heels, a nearly middle-aged Chinese woman walked out, she was dressed up in a thick dress, and when she saw Shen Long and Guo Yan, she said in English, "Good afternoon, What i do for you?" ”

"We want to eat something, don't get into those fooling foreign devils, just follow our taste." Shen Long directly used Chinese advice, you must know that most of the Chinese restaurants in the United States have been improved in order to conform to the eating habits of the Yankees, and a bunch of things like Zuo Zongtang chicken have been made, which is in line with the taste of Americans, but Chinese are not used to it.

"No problem, just look at it! Craving something? The proprietress Ah Chun led Shen Long and Guo Yan to their seats and sat down, and then handed over the menu and took out the order book to prepare the record, which is also a request for Chinese restaurants, after all, they also want to do Chinese business.

Shen Long flipped through the menu, although Ah Chun's restaurant is called Xiangyuan Building, it is not only Hunan cuisine, but also some common dishes, if Shen Long and Guo Yan ordered a few Beijing dishes such as Beijing sauce shredded pork.

"Wait, I'll be right away." Ah Chun took the list and sent it to the kitchen, and when she came back, she had an extra pot of tea in her hand, and after pouring it for the two of them, Ah Chun didn't leave in a hurry, "The two of you look a little unprepared, haven't you been to us before?" Did you just come from China? But it doesn't seem like it? ”

This is her habit of doing business, but not only the guests who come to the store as guests, often like to chat with them, and become friends with these guests when they come and go, they want to eat out will come to Xiangyuan Building, this is Ah Chun's way of doing business; So as soon as I saw a new person coming in, I came over to chat.

"We came from Beijing and have just been in New York for half a month; Speaking of which, we don't know each other completely, my surname is Wang, my name is Wang Qiming, this is my lover Guo Yan; In the early end of the time, my uncle-in-law, Mr. Sun, recommended me to come to work with you, and then some things were delayed, and I finally had time today, so I came to say hello to you, thank you for your willingness to give me this opportunity. Shen Long Kankan arrived and told him his identity and origin.

"Oh, it's Mr. Sun's relatives, there is such a thing, but you don't need to be polite, they are all Chinese, and it is also appropriate to hold hands with each other when they go out; I'm the proprietress here, just call me Ah Chun. Ah Chun nodded, looking at the two of them with more curiosity, since Lao Sun will introduce him to me, it means that they have nothing to do with each other in New York, but looking at their current appearance, it doesn't look like they are coming to me to work?

Ah Chun has opened a hotel for many years, his eyes are very poisonous, and it can be seen from when Shen Long and Guo Yan first came in that they are different from other Chinese who have just come to the United States, they are not uneasy when they have just arrived in a strange environment, but they are full of confidence, and it seems that they have mixed well during this time.

"What did you two do in China before? Since Mr. Wang didn't come to me, he must have found a suitable job, right? Ah Chun asked as he helped them fill their teacups.

"We used to work in symphony orchestras, I played the cello, she played the violin, and it was a good craft, and we have been street performers these days, but Americans are quite generous, and our lives are quite passable." Shen Long said generously.

"It's not that Chinese who have not worked in music have come to the United States in recent years, but it's really rare to see people like you." Now Ah Chun was even more surprised, many of the waiters and dishwashers in her restaurant were senior technical talents, but they didn't dare to go outside by themselves, these two were not false at all, and they figured out the doorway of New York so quickly.

"It's just an expedient measure, let's save some money first, during this time, we are also learning English every day, and when the language is passed, we will think about other ways out." Shen Long's goal is to perform at Carnegie Hall.

At this time, the dishes also came up, and Ah Chun immediately got up, "Don't delay the two of you to eat, the two of you have a good meal." Then he greeted the guests with brisk steps, "Long time no see, Mr. John!" How you do—ing…… Oh，you look dieeerent today Janhis way。 ”

Guo Yan kept staring at Ah Chun's figure, and only turned around for a long time and whispered, "This woman is quite powerful, how can I look a little like Ah Qing's sister-in-law?" ”

"The copper kettle boils three rivers, welcomes guests from all over the world with a smile, and you have to have this kind of character to open a restaurant, and the guests eat comfortably, and they will continue to come in the future." In Shen Long's mind, another sister-in-law A Qing appeared.

"Well, it's really comfortable, it's much more comfortable than we went to the state-run canteen to eat in the capital, and the waiter there drooped her face, as if we owed her money." From this point of view, the United States is indeed much better than at home.

But when it was time to pay, Guo Yan retracted what she said just now, this is too expensive, one meal ate her two months' salary when she was in China, and Ah Chun changed from A Qing's sister-in-law to a black-hearted proprietress in her mouth.

"Her dishwasher earns $800 a month, plus rent, taxes, groceries, etc., which is not an exaggeration." Shen Long explained, waved to Ah Chun, who was sent out, and took Guo Yan back.

The next day, I continued to rest, and after resting, I went back to work at the Lincoln Art Center, and after the performance, I either went to the bar with Robert and Boris to have a drink, or went back to the basement to learn English, and before I knew it, half a month had passed.

On this day, Shen Long and Guo Yan did not go to Lincoln Center to perform, but took stock of their earnings during this period in the basement, and Guo Yan sorted out the large and small banknotes they received these days and counted them one by one.

"Qiming, guess how much we earned?" In their clammy basement, money brought a burst of smug laughter, and Guo Yan shook the bag containing the money, "Two thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars and thirty cents!" Haha, we're rich! ”

She hugged Shen Long excitedly and hugged him tightly, "Counting the money returned to my aunt, as well as this month's rent, and the money we have to eat out, we have earned at least more than three thousand dollars this month; You say, why is the money of Americans so easy to make! ”

After the excitement, Guo Yan began to think about what to do with the money, "These two hundred, pay the rent, and one hundred, send it to Ning Ning, do you want to send one hundred more?" Give Ning Ning two hundred? ”

"It's not necessarily a good thing to give her too much money, but my brother and your relatives have helped a lot when we go abroad, so let's give an extra three hundred, and let Ning Ning take my brother to the friendship store to buy something and send them over."

"Forget the rent, let's not live here, let's move!"

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