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Chapter 6 Chinatown
Chapter 6 Chinatown
After more than half an hour of rushing, I finally arrived in Chinatown in Queens!
Dawn was frightened along the way, for fear that some black people would come out of the small dark alley and block the road and rob him!
After all, among the Marvel fans he had seen in his previous life, it was really the protagonist who met a money-giver in three steps!
Originally, Dawn himself, the protagonist, was looking forward to this kind of thing, but after thinking about it, he didn't even enter the Novice Village, so forget it, hang on, let's develop first!
Dawn walked into Chinatown through the gate of the archway at the entrance of Chinatown. According to what Dawn learned in his previous life, this kind of gate is relatively rare in big cities in China. It may also be because Dawn is an otaku, and he has rarely seen it. Well, so Dawn took a few more glances!
Because it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, so the inside of Chinatown is filled with lights and festoons, it looks unusually prosperous, and it doesn't fit in with the surroundings. Dawn is amazed to see it!
After turning around for a while, Dawn saw a seasoning and aquatic products point in front of him, and walked in!
"Hi boss, I want some seasoning!" Dawn said this in English after entering the door!
"Hello, what seasoning do you want?" The proprietress in the store greeted Dawn enthusiastically when she saw Dawn coming in!
To be honest, if you open a seasoning store in a foreign country, no one will come to buy seasonings except the Chinese, so the proprietress is very enthusiastic when she sees this foreigner coming in!
"Light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, a bottle of bean paste, peppercorns, dried chili, pepper powder, ginger powder, big spice powder..." Dawn said a lot when he saw the seasoning in front of him!
"I didn't expect this foreigner to be quite knowledgeable!" The proprietress heard him say so much, and the smile on her face became even more enthusiastic!
"Oh, by the way, if you have any hot pot ingredients, I'll bring two packs too!"
"Okay, that's all!"
Dawn brought a large plastic bag after shopping!
"Okay, lady boss, let's count the money!"
"That's $132 in total!"
The proprietress looked at Dawn with a smile on her face, and Dawn also looked at him expressionlessly!
"Did me, did you cheat me!" Dawn suddenly popped out a Northeast dialect after watching it for a while!
"Miss Boss, look at my dark eyeballs, look at my delicate skin, look at my fluent Mandarin, which is better than yours, do you think I'm a foreigner, huh?"
The proprietress was dumbfounded at the sudden operation!
"Boss, I work in a Chinese restaurant not far away. My boss buys seasonings from you every day. He is busy today, so let me come over. He said that there is a full $50, and you want me $132. Are you cheating?" Me? Shouldn't you recalculate?"
Dawn moved his body while talking, looking very angry, and pointed in the direction while talking!
The proprietress came to her senses and looked at him with a strange face!
"Are you an employee of Old Litou?" the proprietress asked tentatively!
"What do you think?" Dawn replied angrily on the surface, but he was also a little confused in his heart. He didn't expect to point his finger in a direction, and he was really wrong!
"Alright then, I'll recalculate for you!"
The proprietress didn't doubt it either, but she was a little surprised!
"Forget it, my own, I won't cheat you, Chenghui 53 dollars!"
Upon hearing this, Dawn handed over five 5-dollar bills, and said:
"Oh, just wipe it off for 3 yuan. We are all Chinese. We are in a foreign country, so we should help each other. Let's work together. Do you think I'm right?"
"All right, all right, wipe it off for you!" The proprietress looked helpless when she heard this. It was enough for a person with foreign appearance to say that he was Chinese in fluent Mandarin!
"Okay then, lady boss, you're busy, so I'll leave first!"
Dawn walked towards the door while talking, suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked:
"By the way, proprietress, do you know where I can buy brushes and rice paper? I haven't practiced calligraphy for a long time, and the ones at home are used up. I'll buy some!"
"Oh, go out and turn right, there will be a grocery store after a while, and there it is inside!"
"Okay, sorry to trouble you!"
"It's okay, you go slowly!"
"Okay, don't send it away, just do your work!"
Dawn was a little complacent after he left the house!
"Hmph, you still want to cheat me. You can make a lot of money by buying these things for 50 dollars, and you still want 132 dollars from me!"
"It's the new year in the first month, the first day of the new year..."
Dawn was thinking while humming a ditty and walked to the grocery store in front!
After a while, I arrived at the door of the grocery store. After entering, I found an old man on the counter inside. This time Dawn didn't speak English, but directly spoke Mandarin!
"Master, do you have brushes, rice paper, and that kind of water writing cloth here?"
"Yes, yes, the young man speaks Mandarin well, did he learn it specially or is there a Chinese person at home?" The uncle looked at Dawn in surprise when he heard this!
"Hey, I learned it specially. I like our Chinese culture better!" Dawn smiled shyly when he heard this!
"I'm not lying to him, I did learn it in my previous life!" Dawn thought to himself!
"Haha, that's right. Our Chinese culture is very attractive. It's good to learn it. Look at the writing brush. You want that kind, and rice paper!"
The uncle in the store looked at Dawn with a smile on his face, and he had a good impression of this young man!
Dawn looked at the several kinds of brushes in front of him, and pointed to one that was about the size of a Zhen brush!
"Boss, that's it. I want five, and I want the cheapest one. I don't have much money, hehe!"
Speaking of which, Dawn is a little embarrassed!
"I also want the cheapest kind of rice paper. I want 2 knives (100 sheets). It's used for calligraphy practice. It's not very good, it's a waste!"
Dawn thought about it!
"Oh, by the way, do you have water writing cloth here? I want 10 sheets, that's all, sir, how much?"
Dawn showed a cute expression and looked at the uncle expectantly!
"Okay, let me do the math for you, five writing brushes, one is 3 dollars, the cheapest paper is 10 dollars, 10 sheets of water writing cloth are 10 dollars, a total of 45 dollars!"
"You can give me 40 dollars, and I will give you five dollars cheaper. If I can earn five dollars, I will support you in learning Chinese culture!"
The uncle looked at the child in front of him kindly with a smile on his face!
"Okay, thank you sir, here it is, $40!"
Dawn took out five $5s from his pocket and handed four to the uncle!
"Okay, I'll pack it up for you, so you can take some!"
After finishing speaking, the uncle found a cardboard box from behind the counter, put the things in it and handed it to Dawn!
After Dawn took it, he tied up the plastic bag containing the seasoning and put it in the cardboard box, holding it with both hands!
"Then uncle, you are busy first, and I will leave first!"
"Okay, be careful on the road!"
"What a good boy!"
Dawn walked towards the door with the cardboard box in his arms. When he reached the door, Dawn was about to open the door. Unexpectedly, the door just opened. A man with a high hairline and a polite smile walked in from the door. He looked like a good old man. middle-aged white man!
ps: This person must not even need to guess, right? (●°u°●)
Adding a new chapter for book friends half a circle away, the first comment in life, to be honest, a little moved (_)!
(End of this chapter)
After more than half an hour of rushing, I finally arrived in Chinatown in Queens!
Dawn was frightened along the way, for fear that some black people would come out of the small dark alley and block the road and rob him!
After all, among the Marvel fans he had seen in his previous life, it was really the protagonist who met a money-giver in three steps!
Originally, Dawn himself, the protagonist, was looking forward to this kind of thing, but after thinking about it, he didn't even enter the Novice Village, so forget it, hang on, let's develop first!
Dawn walked into Chinatown through the gate of the archway at the entrance of Chinatown. According to what Dawn learned in his previous life, this kind of gate is relatively rare in big cities in China. It may also be because Dawn is an otaku, and he has rarely seen it. Well, so Dawn took a few more glances!
Because it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, so the inside of Chinatown is filled with lights and festoons, it looks unusually prosperous, and it doesn't fit in with the surroundings. Dawn is amazed to see it!
After turning around for a while, Dawn saw a seasoning and aquatic products point in front of him, and walked in!
"Hi boss, I want some seasoning!" Dawn said this in English after entering the door!
"Hello, what seasoning do you want?" The proprietress in the store greeted Dawn enthusiastically when she saw Dawn coming in!
To be honest, if you open a seasoning store in a foreign country, no one will come to buy seasonings except the Chinese, so the proprietress is very enthusiastic when she sees this foreigner coming in!
"Light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, a bottle of bean paste, peppercorns, dried chili, pepper powder, ginger powder, big spice powder..." Dawn said a lot when he saw the seasoning in front of him!
"I didn't expect this foreigner to be quite knowledgeable!" The proprietress heard him say so much, and the smile on her face became even more enthusiastic!
"Oh, by the way, if you have any hot pot ingredients, I'll bring two packs too!"
"Okay, that's all!"
Dawn brought a large plastic bag after shopping!
"Okay, lady boss, let's count the money!"
"That's $132 in total!"
The proprietress looked at Dawn with a smile on her face, and Dawn also looked at him expressionlessly!
"Did me, did you cheat me!" Dawn suddenly popped out a Northeast dialect after watching it for a while!
"Miss Boss, look at my dark eyeballs, look at my delicate skin, look at my fluent Mandarin, which is better than yours, do you think I'm a foreigner, huh?"
The proprietress was dumbfounded at the sudden operation!
"Boss, I work in a Chinese restaurant not far away. My boss buys seasonings from you every day. He is busy today, so let me come over. He said that there is a full $50, and you want me $132. Are you cheating?" Me? Shouldn't you recalculate?"
Dawn moved his body while talking, looking very angry, and pointed in the direction while talking!
The proprietress came to her senses and looked at him with a strange face!
"Are you an employee of Old Litou?" the proprietress asked tentatively!
"What do you think?" Dawn replied angrily on the surface, but he was also a little confused in his heart. He didn't expect to point his finger in a direction, and he was really wrong!
"Alright then, I'll recalculate for you!"
The proprietress didn't doubt it either, but she was a little surprised!
"Forget it, my own, I won't cheat you, Chenghui 53 dollars!"
Upon hearing this, Dawn handed over five 5-dollar bills, and said:
"Oh, just wipe it off for 3 yuan. We are all Chinese. We are in a foreign country, so we should help each other. Let's work together. Do you think I'm right?"
"All right, all right, wipe it off for you!" The proprietress looked helpless when she heard this. It was enough for a person with foreign appearance to say that he was Chinese in fluent Mandarin!
"Okay then, lady boss, you're busy, so I'll leave first!"
Dawn walked towards the door while talking, suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked:
"By the way, proprietress, do you know where I can buy brushes and rice paper? I haven't practiced calligraphy for a long time, and the ones at home are used up. I'll buy some!"
"Oh, go out and turn right, there will be a grocery store after a while, and there it is inside!"
"Okay, sorry to trouble you!"
"It's okay, you go slowly!"
"Okay, don't send it away, just do your work!"
Dawn was a little complacent after he left the house!
"Hmph, you still want to cheat me. You can make a lot of money by buying these things for 50 dollars, and you still want 132 dollars from me!"
"It's the new year in the first month, the first day of the new year..."
Dawn was thinking while humming a ditty and walked to the grocery store in front!
After a while, I arrived at the door of the grocery store. After entering, I found an old man on the counter inside. This time Dawn didn't speak English, but directly spoke Mandarin!
"Master, do you have brushes, rice paper, and that kind of water writing cloth here?"
"Yes, yes, the young man speaks Mandarin well, did he learn it specially or is there a Chinese person at home?" The uncle looked at Dawn in surprise when he heard this!
"Hey, I learned it specially. I like our Chinese culture better!" Dawn smiled shyly when he heard this!
"I'm not lying to him, I did learn it in my previous life!" Dawn thought to himself!
"Haha, that's right. Our Chinese culture is very attractive. It's good to learn it. Look at the writing brush. You want that kind, and rice paper!"
The uncle in the store looked at Dawn with a smile on his face, and he had a good impression of this young man!
Dawn looked at the several kinds of brushes in front of him, and pointed to one that was about the size of a Zhen brush!
"Boss, that's it. I want five, and I want the cheapest one. I don't have much money, hehe!"
Speaking of which, Dawn is a little embarrassed!
"I also want the cheapest kind of rice paper. I want 2 knives (100 sheets). It's used for calligraphy practice. It's not very good, it's a waste!"
Dawn thought about it!
"Oh, by the way, do you have water writing cloth here? I want 10 sheets, that's all, sir, how much?"
Dawn showed a cute expression and looked at the uncle expectantly!
"Okay, let me do the math for you, five writing brushes, one is 3 dollars, the cheapest paper is 10 dollars, 10 sheets of water writing cloth are 10 dollars, a total of 45 dollars!"
"You can give me 40 dollars, and I will give you five dollars cheaper. If I can earn five dollars, I will support you in learning Chinese culture!"
The uncle looked at the child in front of him kindly with a smile on his face!
"Okay, thank you sir, here it is, $40!"
Dawn took out five $5s from his pocket and handed four to the uncle!
"Okay, I'll pack it up for you, so you can take some!"
After finishing speaking, the uncle found a cardboard box from behind the counter, put the things in it and handed it to Dawn!
After Dawn took it, he tied up the plastic bag containing the seasoning and put it in the cardboard box, holding it with both hands!
"Then uncle, you are busy first, and I will leave first!"
"Okay, be careful on the road!"
"What a good boy!"
Dawn walked towards the door with the cardboard box in his arms. When he reached the door, Dawn was about to open the door. Unexpectedly, the door just opened. A man with a high hairline and a polite smile walked in from the door. He looked like a good old man. middle-aged white man!
ps: This person must not even need to guess, right? (●°u°●)
Adding a new chapter for book friends half a circle away, the first comment in life, to be honest, a little moved (_)!
(End of this chapter)
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