Chapter 40: Miss Ah Fen's gold-rimmed glasses
What the intersection I was caught at, I don't know.
In other words, I don't know where the place where my dilapidated bike and license plate were confiscated.
My bike and license plate were confiscated, and I had to walk.
I walked awkwardly, thinking about what to do.
How to explain to Shen Xiaochuan? People are righteous and lend me a bicycle, but I am "Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou and did he repay it"? Although the bicycle is dilapidated and may not be worth a few dollars, it is also a bicycle after all! He may not necessarily care, but after all, he got it out of my hands! What am I going to do?
Walking on the sidewalks of Guangzhou Street, these questions haunted me and made me lose interest in any scenery on either side of the street.
It's strange to say, there are a lot of problems in my heart, I am flustered, I don't have to work so hard to walk, and I unconsciously arrived at the lower road of agriculture and forestry.
Walking further, I saw the "Golden Eagle Building" on the top of the building.
I knew I was going to work here.
Downstairs in the building is a small street, and the street is gradually becoming more and more pedestrians.
There are a few breakfast stalls on the street, and business is very lively.
The heat wafted from the stalls, and the smell of rice wafted out......
I felt a little hungry and my appetite was ignited......
However, I have already learned a little bit about the world, and I know that there is a payment for food, and everything needs to be paid.
I don't have any money, and the bicycle and license plate of the borrower Shen Xiaochuan were confiscated because I didn't have the money to pay a fine of five yuan, so what qualifications do I have to go to breakfast?
So, I didn't plan to eat breakfast, so I had to swallow my saliva.
I'm going to go to work first.
I walked past two breakfast spots and continued on my way.
"Mr. Da, Mr. Da!"
Suddenly, I heard a female voice calling me, her voice was very sharp and familiar. Looking back, I saw a young woman with gold-rimmed glasses waving to me.
"Mr. Da, you won't know me so soon, I'm Ah Fen."
I remembered that she was the Ah Fen who said Du Fu's poems as tofu poems at last night's banquet.
I said, "Ah, it's you!" ”
"Morning!" She said to me with a smile.
"Ah, yes, it's morning." I say.
"It seems that Mr. Da is really the first time to come back to our Nanyue, and he can't understand our Cantonese. Morning means good morning. ”
"Looks like I'm going to have to learn Cantonese. Morning, morning. ”
"Has Mr. Da had breakfast?" She asked, tilting her head.
"I didn't ...... No, I'm afraid I'll be late for work, so I won't eat. I said.
Ah Fen looked at the watch on his wrist and said, "It's still early, it's only eight twenty, enough time, I'll invite you to have breakfast together." ”
I said, "I'm afraid it's too late, so don't eat it." ”
"It's too late, I said I went to work at half past eight, but in fact, nine o'clock is not late, we are used to it. Come on, come on, I please. As he spoke, Ah Fen pulled him to a small stall on the side of the street and sat down at a small square table.
"Mr. Da, what would you like to eat? Cheong Fun? Bun? Fried dumplings? Soy milk? Milk? Just order whatever you want, I'm in for a treat! She said.
"This ...... How embarrassing is that? "I wanted to eat it, but I hesitated.
"It's okay, it's my pleasure to have the opportunity to treat you to breakfast! You can order whatever you want. She said generously.
I said, "Then cheong fun and soy milk." ”
Ah Fen shouted in Cantonese to the proprietress who was busy working, I don't understand what it is called, I guess it is rice rolls and soy milk.
We're waiting.
Ah Fen said: "When you come to Nanyue, you can't learn Cantonese. I'll teach you Cantonese in the future. I'm a local, so it's not hard to teach you. ”
"Thank you in advance. Let me ask you first, what do you mean by 'lack of thunder and shepherd' in Cantonese? ”
"What? You repeat? "She didn't seem to understand me.
"Lack of thunder, your Cantonese?"
"Cantonese? Is there such a phrase in our Cantonese? No? ”
I said, "For example, if you are fined five dollars, how do you speak Cantonese?" ”
She hesitated for a moment, then suddenly leaned back with a smile and said, "So you were fined five yuan?" That's not what we say in Cantonese, it's ......," she smiled and said in standard Cantonese.
I said, "It's still the same, it's still 'Lack of Thunder and Slow'!" ”
She smiled again and said, "Our Cantonese is not very easy to learn, it is different from Mandarin pronunciation, so we have to take our time." What's wrong? Who fined you five dollars? ”
"No, I'm just curious, so I just ask, I want to learn your Cantonese."
"It's fine if you don't, I thought you were fined. This early in the morning, who will fine you money! I wanted to learn Cantonese, which shows that you are a very good learner, which is so interesting. Well, I'll be your Cantonese teacher from now on. ”
As she spoke, she began to teach me.
Cantonese – "Cantonese baby".
Hello - "Thunder Monkey".
Thank you - "Wood Monster"
Thank you - "Knife Slaughter".
Sorry - "to the eye".
Eating – "stuffed rice".
Drink water – "raise water".
Go first – "go first".
Coming Back – "Coming Back"
Go home - go back to the house.
Wait a minute.
I repeated what she taught.
She complimented me in surprise: "You're so good! I've only taught it once, and you've memorized so much of it, it's really a genius! ”
I don't understand what she means by "cow fork"?
"Cow fork? How to understand? ”
She smiled and said, "That's it...... That's what you northerners often say......" She suddenly leaned close to me and lowered her voice and said, "Niu A! "A strong smell of feminine perfume came to my nose.
Ah, I'm a cow like this?
She gave a thumbs up.
Soon, an aunt brought us the rice rolls and soy milk we ordered.
I said to my aunt, "Wood monster! ”
Ah Fen looked at me in surprise: "I just learned Cantonese dialect, and I used it immediately, it's really a bull fork!" It's so awesome! ”
Aha, this is a cow A?
I wondered if it was a cow A and began to eat.
Ah Fen was not in a hurry to eat, but took off her gold-rimmed glasses, carefully put them aside, and said to me with a smile: "My glasses need to be protected, almost two thousand yuan." ”
I asked her, "What glasses, so expensive?" ”
"High-end glasses, trimmed with gold trim." She said, very proud.
"Is it myopic glasses?"
"It's not."
"It's not myopia, why do you need glasses?"
"Mr. Da, you don't understand this, girls wear glasses and look quiet. Besides, gold-rimmed glasses, that is a symbol of status, both status and quiet, how good. She said, put her glasses on, and asked me, "How's it going?" Do I have an identity? Is it quiet? ”
I suddenly remembered her screams last night, and the thing about saying Du Fu as tofu, and I couldn't associate her with identity and quietness.
But I didn't dare to tell the truth, for fear of undermining people's self-confidence. Especially, when people kindly invited me to breakfast, I shouldn't let the family be disappointed, so I said, "Well, yes." ”