"Uncle Ahua, look, there are rock sugar gourds and candy blowers."

Lou Xiaobaola held Zhang Zhonghua with one hand, and pointed to the stall on the side of the road with the other hand and said excitedly.

"Boss, how do you sell this sugar gourd and the candy man?"

Zhang Zhonghua asked, there is really everything in foreign Chinatowns, and later many domestic ones are gone, and foreign Chinatowns naturally have.

"Hello sir, these sugar gourds were just made this morning, 20 cents each."

When the boss heard the voice, he immediately turned his head to look at Zhang Zhonghua, and he saw a group of people behind Zhang Zhonghua looking very excited, big customer.

"Everyone who comes, everyone has a share, and buy another for each of the rest."

Zhang Zhonghua waved his hand and said.

"Okay."

Hearing that Zhang Zhonghua asked for so much, the boss immediately took off the sugar gourd and handed it to everyone, and then handed it to the security guard next to Zhang Zhonghua with one of each.

"Thank you, boss."

Zhang Long said with a smile, picked up a sugar gourd and happily nibbled on it.

"Well, yes, there's a lot of stuff in Chinatown."

Zhang Zhonghua looked at the various Chinese restaurants, Chinese medicine halls, herbal medicine shops, pawnshops, fruit shops, and tea restaurants on the street, which were really lively, not much different from on Hong Kong Island.

When everyone walked in front of a bookstore, there were not only various newspapers from Europe and the United States, but also various Southeast Asian newspapers and books, including those from Hong Kong and Macao.

Zhang Zhonghua even saw his own, but it was pirated, looking at the inferior paper and poor printing level, Zhang Zhonghua couldn't help but complain, you pirated it, forget it, we are not bad at that tax return, but can you use dim sum for pirated versions.

"There's someone selling words in front of you."

Everyone came to a stall, and the booth was crowded with a lot of Yanxia people, Lou Zhenhua looked at it, and then said.

The security personnel separated the crowd, and Zhang Zhonghua took a closer look, it was an old man in a Tang costume.

"This word is very good, the pen walks the dragon and snake, the iron draws the silver hook, it can be called everyone!"

Lou Xiao'e praised that although she is a little simpler, she knows a little bit of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her appreciation level is also very high.

"That's for sure, our old Zhang is the president of the New York Calligraphy Association."

A middle-aged man next to Zhang Zhonghua introduced.

"Calligraphy Society? What other associations are there? ”

Lou Xiao'e asked.

"There are many associations, but the biggest one is naturally the Yanxia People Planning Association, located at No. 165 Ellichs Street in Chinatown, which mainly provides free services for our Yanxia people."

The middle-aged man introduced.

"That's good."

Zhang Zhonghua couldn't help but praise.

"It's almost the New Year, President Zhang will also write me a Spring Festival couplet!"

Lou Zhenhua said to Chairman Zhang.

"What does this gentleman want to write?"

Chairman Zhang asked.

"Just write that every year is prosperous, the wealth is wide, the years are safe and prosperous, and the horizontal connection is the good fortune of the New Year."

Lou Zhenhua thought for a while and said.

"Ah Hua, you also have a couplet."

After Lou Zhenhua finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Zhang Zhonghua

"Every year is new every year, every year is new, every year is blessed, and the horizontal connection will be updated in Vientiane."

"Okay, this couplet is good for young people, 'every year is new every year, every year is new, every year is blessed' and then with the 'dragon horse spirit', not bad."

Chairman Zhang couldn't help but praise Zhang Zhonghua, and his eyes were full of appreciation.

With the written couplets, everyone left the stall and continued to walk around Chinatown, buying a lot of things, as well as a lot of spices and food unique to the hot summer.

"Ah Hua, look at them, they are obviously all Yanxia people overseas in Chinatown, and they do speak English and speak English, as if no one knows how to do it."

Lou Xiao'e whispered to Zhang Zhonghua.

"These people are all ABCs, and their ancestors have been in the ugly country for several generations, and they have been here for more than a hundred years. The descendants of the earliest Yanxia immigrants do not speak Yanxia anymore. ”

Zhang Zhonghua shrugged helplessly and explained to Lou Xiao'e, he didn't think there was anything about it, if a European family had been in China for hundreds of years and passed down for several generations, it was normal for him to speak pure Yanxia language in his mouth, but not speak his own national language.

In his previous life, many people on the Internet scolded the ugly country Yanxia for forgetting their ancestors, and they didn't like the children born in the hot summer, Zhang Zhonghua felt that it was completely unnecessary, and at the same time, there were some double standards.

Several generations of people have been born and raised in the ugly country, and they have been exposed to the culture of the ugly country since childhood.

Of course, it is naturally better to maintain the tradition of the Yanxia people.

“abc？”

Lou Xiao'e asked in surprise when she heard an inexplicable title.

"'ABC is Ameri ESE', referring to the Yanxia people born in the ugly country, and it can also be called the banana people who are yellow on the outside and white on the inside.

These people have the faces of Yanxia people, people whose central ideas and cultural inheritance are completely Westernized, and even some people can't read, write, or speak Chinese, don't know Chinese culture, and some haven't even eaten much Chinese food.

Since they were born, their parents have hoped that their children will grow up to integrate smoothly into the mainstream society of the ugly country, instead of being excluded by the mainstream society of the ugly country, and even hope that they will have a place in the middle and upper classes of the ugly country

For this purpose, these children have been influenced by the culture and education of the ugly country since they were young, and their way of thinking and values are also completely ugly, which is different from the elders who immigrated to the United States.

Some have even lived in the ugly country for a hundred years, inheriting four or five generations, and it is normal for some hot summer immigrants to be completely westernized. ”

Zhang Zhonghua explained to Lou Xiao'e.

“abc？ Banana people? That's a fitting description. ”

Lou Xiao'e nodded thoughtfully

"There is nothing wrong with learning ugly culture, the world will still be the world of woolly bears and ugly countries in the next few decades, and it is really necessary to make money from ugly people and Europeans to learn English, but Chinese cannot be abandoned, and many traditional cultures still need to be learned." You can't let Xiaobao learn badly. ”

Zhang Zhonghua said to Lou Xiao'e and Lou Xiao'e's sister-in-law Liu Xiaoli.

"Ah Hua is right, Yanxia is our root, although the ugly country is good, it is not our home after all."

This is Lou Zhenhua, who has not spoken, also agreed.

"Got it."

Lou Xiao'e and Liu Xiaoli said in unison, and continued to shop after finishing speaking.

"This Chinatown has everything, and it is also very lively, the only pity is that there are no fireworks."

Lou Xiao'e said a little depressed, she likes fireworks very much.

"Hahaha, how can it be possible for fireworks to be set off here in the ugly country, whether it is fireworks or firecrackers here, it is prohibited, unless it is a centralized firefight. You must know that freedom and ugliness are not blown out every day.

The sound of fireworks and firecrackers should not scare the local residents to death, you must know that the shootout is not fun, and if you meet the faint of heart, you may think that the woolly bear is coming. ”

When Zhang Zhonghua heard Lou Xiao'e's words, he immediately said to her with a smile.

"There are a lot of things here, they can all be dead and not so fresh, or freshly killed."

Zhang Long said depressedly.

"Don't think about it, the ugly country has formulated the "Anti-Animal Cruelty Law", and also specially formulated the "Animal Welfare Law", you must know that in the ugly country, pet abuse will be punished financially and even sentenced.

If a foreigner kills a dog to sell or eat, it will not only be fined and imprisoned, but also permanently deported.

Even if it is slaughtered in captivity for special consumption, it is necessary to use electric shocks and other methods to make the animal unconscious, and then it is more painful than slaughtering, and it also requires a license issued by the relevant department, and private individuals can't even kill a chicken at home, so you can't buy live animals on the market. ”

Zhang Zhonghua shrugged and said helplessly.

"The government of this ugly country is really full of food, and it hurts to be idle. Take care of everything, you can't slaughter it directly, it's sick. ”

Zhang Long said with some disdain.

After a little more strolling, they returned to the villa.

Early the next morning, Zhang Long returned to the villa with several black plastic bags, which were still shaking.

Zhang Zhonghua looked at Zhang Long a little speechless, a little funny.

"Boss, Boston lobster, king crab, chickens, ducks, and fish, all live, I went to Chinatown in the morning to buy them, and Chinatown was lively in the morning."

Zhang Long said with a smile.

What kind of bullshit animal protection law, it's still easy to eat it, it's just a little more expensive, as long as you have money, you can't buy anything?

The so-called animal protection organization of the ugly country will not be idle and come to the Chinatown morning market to find trouble, and it is easy to be beaten half to death.

"Okay, you put the Boston lobster and king crab in the fish tank first, and put the fish in the basin, don't forget to change the water for the fish."

Zhang Zhonghua pointed to the empty big fish tank in the living room and said to Zhang Long.

"Also, the burgers in this ugly country are far worse than our CFC, the types of burgers are few and unpalatable, and the birthplace of the burgers, QM County."

Zhang Long complained disdainfully.

"It's not unpalatable, it's just that the taste of the East and the West is different."

In addition to hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, steaks, well, pasta.

Hong Kong Island.

Zheng Juan returned to the Jade Emperor Community from her parents' house, and when she entered the door, she saw her husband watching TV with her son, which seemed very rare and warm.

"It's almost the Chinese New Year, is your group's CFC restaurant still open for the Chinese New Year this year?"

Wang Liang asked Zheng Juan.

"There is also the Ocean Terminal in Central that is open normally, as for the other stores, they are all on holiday for three days, and the staff of the group headquarters have also worked hard abroad for half a year, Zhang Sheng wants everyone to have a good year."

Zheng Juan said with a smile.

"Your CFC restaurant is very popular, and this Chinese New Year closure will leave many people without a place to go."

Wang Liang put his son in one hand and Zheng Juan in the other and said.

"It's okay, Zhang Sheng just wants everyone to have a good rest, and the store employees who go to work are also three times the overtime salary, and they work in three shifts."

Zheng Juan said.

"Well, Zhang Sheng is a good person, he will take the initiative to consider the position of employees, and Zhang Sheng is not bad at this profit. And now there are a few people in our community, and now there are only more than 100 households. ”

"The houses in the Jade Emperor Community were specially given by Zhang Sheng to the senior management of various companies, and the rest was kept for the future management. And I can't find a few safer places on Hong Kong Island, how wonderful! ”

Zheng Juan quipped.

"Zhang Sheng is Zhang Sheng, and he is really generous."

Wang Liang said enviously.

"There are senior executives of the group and general managers of various companies, and the house in Causeway Bay is not as convenient as working here, but the house is larger.

My dear, if you don't come to work in our group, just go to the group's finance department. ”

Zheng Juan said.

"This ...... Forget it, the two of us don't have a good influence in a company after all, not to mention that you are still the top level of the Jade Emperor Group, if I enter the finance department, Zhang Sheng doesn't think much about it, and I can't stand the gossip of others, and I am not bad in the company of the charter ship king. ”

Wang Liang was very moved when he listened to Zheng Juan's suggestion, but after thinking about it carefully, he still refused.

"Okay, it's good if you're happy, but you've worked hard for the past two years."

Zheng Juan said with some excitement.

"It's not hard work, it's also your chance to meet Zhang Sheng, otherwise we probably can't afford to buy a house now."

Wang Liang said indifferently.

But he knows himself, Wang Liang's pressure is also quite great, his daughter-in-law's salary is too high, and he can't hold his head up, and the status of the strong woman and the weak man is affected.

……

Xu Youmei is very happy to see her new house, she can finally buy a thousand-foot mansion in Kowloon.

"This new house is spacious, three bedrooms and one living room is really big."

Li Qiang said with praise.

"Of course, this is a thousand-foot mansion, we used to live in a small house of 400 feet, can this be compared."

Mother Li said with a smile.

"Yes, I really didn't expect that the two of us would go to work in the British branch for half a year and buy a house when we come back."

Xu Youmei quipped that it would be nice to continue working in the UK, but the consumption there is too high.

She and her husband Li Qiang also saved a sum of money by saving money and bought a house when they came back.

"That is, Zhang Sheng took care of us, took care of food and housing, and the company issued a lot of year-end bonuses before I could barely buy it, otherwise I could consume most of my salary just by eating and drinking, and it would be good to save 100 pounds when I came back."

Li Qiang said.

After I first came to work in the company, I was told by my superiors that there was a suitable person who could be pulled to the company. He didn't hesitate to bring his daughter-in-law here, and now that he thinks about it, he is really glad that he also pulled his daughter-in-law to work in the Jade Emperor, otherwise the family is still squeezing in the previous room.

"I estimate that those who chose not to go abroad in the first half of the year regretted their deaths this time, especially those who were persuaded to stay. Sister Hu in our department now wants to die, it was he and his husband who strongly opposed her going out, I guess now the two of them have to quarrel every day.

The two of us are also thanks to our parents to help us watch the children, otherwise the two of us would only have to go out one, so we would have to go to the Jade Emperor Bank for a loan to buy this house. ”

Xu Youmei looked at her husband and parents and said very gratefully.

"As long as the two of you are doing well, make more money while you are young, and remember Zhang Sheng's goodness, if it weren't for him, our family wouldn't be where it is today."

Mother Li said with a smile, this daughter-in-law is really good, she is a real person who is hard-working, and Zhang Sheng is really a good person, and there are few companies in Hong Kong Island that have a higher salary than the Jade Emperor Group.

"Understand, we must not be generous and virtuous, and follow Zhang Sheng with all our hearts."

Li Qiang and Xu Youmei looked at each other and smiled, and assured in unison.