"Master, this is your first time in the United States for you and Brother Li, right? I'm telling you, you must be careful with the things you carry with you, and don't lose them. How about this, you leave all the important things with me, such as your wallet and various cards, and I'll keep them."
After coming out of the airport, Han Yuyan immediately played up her identity as an acquaintance in the United States and confidently told Ye Chui and Li Xiuyun that she had followed Mr. Han around and had been to the United States many times.
Hearing her words, Li Xiuyun immediately felt that this sister was very reliable, and subconsciously planned to hand over his valuable wallet and documents to her.
But Ye Chui simply refused: "No need, let's just take it ourselves."
—Just kidding, this sister used the same tone during the last trip to Hainan, and ended up stealing all their wallets, bank cards, etc…
I still remember this Ye Chui clearly.
Han Yuyan probably also thought of Hainan's incident, her face flushed, and she muttered unhappily: "Master..."
"Okay, it's almost noon, let's get a taxi to Chinatown." Ye Chui changed the subject and walked out of the airport first with his luggage.
Han Yuyan followed with a complaining look on his face, while Li Xiuyun followed closely behind with a strange look on his face.
It was not difficult to get a taxi at the airport. After Ye Chui, Han Yuyan and Li Xiuyun got into the taxi, Han Yuyan told the driver the name of Chinatown, and the car started driving. Along the way, Ye Chui looked out the window at the scenery that was completely different from that of China. The United States was still a powerful country in the world, but not as strong as in the previous life. Although China's food culture was a bit backward, it was not much worse than the United States in terms of economy and military. The prosperous scene of the city was not so amazing to Ye Chui at this moment. Compared with the big cities in China, there was not much difference.
However, compared with Ye Chui's calmness, Li Xiuyun was much more excited. It was his first time going abroad, and he kept exclaiming in surprise along the way.
Li Xiuyun is a rare ethical media reporter Ye Chui has ever met. Of course, he is also a media reporter Ye Chui can trust.
Li Xiuyun is now well-known in the journalist circle. When Ye Chui's Man Han Lou just opened, Li Xiuyun was responsible for the special reports. After that, he was also responsible for a series of special reports. As the fame of Man Han Lou grew, Li Xiuyun's fame also continued to grow. Not long ago, he was appointed as the leader of a special reporting team of Food Weekly.
As a newcomer who has only been in the industry for more than half a year, this is a remarkable promotion.
On the other hand, his senior brother Wei Cheng, who missed the opportunity to interview Manhanlou, was severely criticized by the magazine because of his involvement with Shenghuayuan. He was almost fired because of this incident. He suffered a lot...
After driving for more than half an hour, the taxi finally stopped in front of a street that looked full of Chinese characteristics.
This is the famous Chinatown in San Francisco.
At the intersection of the street there is a huge archway with the three big Chinese characters "Chinatown" inscribed on it. Before coming here, Ye Cui already had some understanding of San Francisco's Chinatown.
This started in the late 1980s, when Chinese workers who came to the United States to develop the West Coast were unfamiliar with the place, so they gathered together and built a large Chinese community. When the vegetarian movement came, many more people fled to the United States, making Chinatown even bigger. It was during that period that countless Chinese recipes spread to this place.
Today, San Francisco's Chinatown has become a large community with hundreds of thousands of Chinese people.
Ye Chui, Han Yuyan and Li Xiuyun walked into the street, looking around along the way.
The architectural style here is more Chinese, but it also has some American characteristics. Chinese characters are hung on the signs at the door of each store, various Chinese restaurants, and shops selling traditional Chinese craft products can be seen everywhere. Most of the people you meet on the street are Chinese, and the conversations you hear are mainly in Chinese - of course, although they speak Mandarin, they are mainly Cantonese and Taishan dialect. If you don't listen carefully, you can't understand what they are saying at all.
In his previous life, Ye Chui had been to Chinatown several times, and it was not much different from here, so he was able to appear calm enough.
But it was the first time for Han Yuyan to come here, not to mention Li Xiuyun. The two of them looked around like curious babies. This place was full of Chinese characteristics, making them feel as if they had no idea where they were.
"Master, what should we do next? Which restaurant should we go to first?" Han Yuyan didn't know if she was afraid of getting lost. She had been holding Ye Chui's arm with one hand since she entered here. Of course, in her words, she was afraid that Ye Chui would get lost...
"Let's go to Chen's Restaurant first." Ye Chui said after thinking about it.
Chen's Restaurant is one of the seven major restaurants in Chinatown. It also has a signature dish, Chen's Tofu, which is also the Chinatown signature dish that Ye Chu is most familiar with. When he comes to challenge the restaurant, he naturally has to choose a familiar dish to warm up the atmosphere.
He looked around the busy and even noisy street and said, "I just don't know where Chen's Restaurant is. I'll ask someone."
When Han Yuyan heard Ye Chui say this, he immediately volunteered and stopped a passing auntie and asked her questions in English. As a result, the auntie shook her head in confusion and said a lot of nonsense. It can be heard that she spoke Chinese, but her accent was too heavy, a bit like Cantonese. Unfortunately, Han Yuyan, Ye Chui and Li Xiuyun could not understand her.
"Auntie, what did you say?"
“!@#￥￥%#%”
"… "
Ye Chui patted Han Yuyan on the shoulder: "It seems that she doesn't know English. There are many people in Chinatown who have been communicating in Cantonese or Taishan dialect since childhood, and they don't even know English."
"Oh..." Han Yuyan had to give up and went to ask other people. He found three or four people in a row, but none of them could communicate fluently. It was only then that they realized what they had not considered during this trip to Chinatown: Why didn't they find a tour guide who was familiar with the place in advance
Ye Chui rubbed his forehead helplessly. He actually knew this place well, but he didn't expect to be completely in the dark after arriving here...
Just as the three were about to go to a store to ask the owner, a cheerful girl's voice suddenly spoke up beside them: "Hello, are you foreign visitors visiting Chinatown?"
This person speaks Mandarin, which is a bit stiff but still understandable.
The three looked at the person who spoke in surprise.
This is a girl in her twenties, wearing a simple and fashionable denim T-shirt and her hair tied into a ponytail. She is a beautiful girl, giving people a feeling of youthful vitality. She swept her eyes across the faces of the three people with a look of expectation.
"Yes." Ye Chui smiled and nodded, looking at the girl, "Excuse me, who are you?"
"My name is Tang Shanshan, you can just call me Shanshan." The girl named Tang Shanshan was very familiar with others and took the initiative to extend her hand to Ye Chui. "I grew up in Chinatown. If you want to visit here, I can be your tour guide. I know this place very well, and I can speak authentic Mandarin, so there will be no problem communicating with you."
Tang Shanshan was busy promoting herself.
"That's great." Ye Chui said with a smile. Tang Shanshan took the initiative to approach Ye Chui and he knew her background. Although her Mandarin was stiff, she had no problem communicating. She was the most suitable person to be a tour guide. He continued, "We want to go to a place. Can you take us there? Of course, if possible, I hope you can be our tour guide and translator for the next few days. How about I give you 500 yuan a day?"
"Five hundred a day?" Tang Shanshan's eyes lit up immediately - this girl, like Dong Youyou, seemed to be greedy for money... She nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay, I'll take the job. Don't worry about it these few days. I can take you wherever you want to go."
"Master, isn't this a bad idea?" Han Yuyan suddenly thought of something and whispered to Ye Chui.
"Too expensive?" Ye Cui thought she had some complaints about the price he paid.
"Is it too low?" The wealthy woman with a net worth of 18 billion thinks differently. She whispered, "We are here to challenge someone. This is Chinatown. If people knew that she brought us here, she would definitely be criticized by the people around her. She might not be able to survive in Chinatown anymore."
"… That's true. Let's make it clear to her. It's up to her whether she wants to take the job or not." Ye Chui thought for a moment and turned to Tang Shanshan and said, "Miss Tang, I have something to make clear to you first. The main purpose of our visit this time is to challenge you. You should consider whether you still want to take the job from us."
"Challenge?" Tang Shanshan repeated the word. She was very confused. What does "challenge" mean
-She is not fluent in Chinese, so she has no way to directly understand the meaning of "kicking the hall". However, Tang Shanshan is obviously a funny person. After thinking about it for a while, she thought that the meaning of "kicking the hall" should be similar to sightseeing, right
So she nodded happily: "You want to challenge the club, right? I will accompany you to challenge the club. Wherever you want to challenge the club, I will accompany you... So where do you want to go first?"
Looks like it's ok...
Ye Chui and Han Yuyan exchanged glances, and then Ye Chui said to Tang Shanshan: "We want to go to Chen's Restaurant, please lead the way for us."
"Chen's Restaurant?" Tang Shanshan was very familiar with the place and immediately said with a smile, "The proprietress of Chen's Restaurant is a very beautiful lady. Tsk tsk, you guys are obviously here to take advantage of her, right?"
Ye Chui: “…”
Han Yuyan: “…”
Li Xiuyun: “… ”(~^~)