The fact that a foreigner could actually speak Chinese shocked everyone present.
Don't say this is 1993, just put it in 2023. If a foreigner appears in a small county town, the locals will look at him curiously for a long time.
Little Fatty appeared at the food stall with his parents again today. He also noticed the foreign guests. He blinked his big cute eyes and walked up to the foreign guests with his short legs.
"Grandpa, why are your eyes blue?" Of course the Chinese foreign guest with a babyish voice couldn't understand.
Fortunately, Xiao Fang was not a freeloader, and immediately whispered in his ear to translate. The foreign guests looked at the cute little chubby man, and their faces turned into wrinkles with laughter.
"Because my father has blue eyes, I inherited it."
Wow!
The aunts were shocked again, "Oh, this gringo can only speak a little bit of Chinese."
Little Fatty had no time to ask more questions, and was squeezed out by the curious aunts. They dragged the table to the foreign guests, eating crayfish while looking at him and asking questions.
Xiao Fang wanted to say something, but was stopped by the foreign guests.
Why did he choose to invest in China? Because he once read novels and poems about China.
He knows that Chinese people are hospitable, honest and kind, and they are humble and kind to others.
In the whole world, only the Chinese can treat everyone in the world equally. They obviously have 56 ethnic groups, but they have no discrimination or prejudice against each other.
They made it true that a country is one family.
Therefore, such a country is worthy of his investment and more energy.
Although he couldn't fully understand what the aunts, uncles and young people around him were saying, he tried his best to understand.
An auntie twirled her fingers without caring about her appearance, "What's your name?"
The foreign guest's blue eyes lit up. He knew this Chinese sentence from the book, "My name is Matthew Matthews."
People around him suddenly realized, "It turns out that this foreigner's surname is Ma. He is no different from us."
They even called Matthews directly as Uncle Ma.
When Xiaofang heard the title Uncle Ma, his face turned green. He stretched out his hand and opened his mouth to say something, but when Matthew seemed satisfied with the title, he lowered his head and ate the crayfish fiercely.
Forget it, forget it, if Matthew doesn't invest in the county, he will... wu wu wu... he will just resign.
Mom! Xiaofang is sorry for you and betrayed your trust. He may not be able to keep this job.
Xiao Fang became so sad and angry that he ate two kilograms of crayfish with tears in his eyes. Finally, he was still in the crayfish queue again.
At this moment, Matthew was surrounded by onlookers.
Many people sat among them excitedly, holding on to their friends and saying, "Look, it's so beautiful to go out to eat. You can sip delicious crayfish, drink cold beer, and see foreigners. You Can you watch it on TV?"
It seems that people in the county treat Matthew as a peep show.
They surrounded him enthusiastically. It didn't matter if they didn't understand the language, but didn't they still have their hands to make gestures with? Just pretend that you are blind and deaf and you will understand after a few gestures.
No, the aunts directly asked the point, "Uncle Ma, what are you doing in our county?"
Matthew understood this. He held up the crayfish and said happily, "Come and eat Chinese food."
Hey, this foreigner knows a lot.
When the people around him heard what he said, their backs straightened up.
"Then Uncle Ma, why don't you bring your wife with you?"
Matthew was confused and didn't understand this sentence.
When the aunt saw that Matthew didn't understand, she explained in a arrogant manner, "Wife? She is your wife. Does your partner understand?"
Matthew really didn’t understand the first few words, but he seemed to understand the object, and his eyes were even brighter than the stars in the sky.
He gestured with his hands very excitedly, "I don't have a partner now, but I bought one in Thailand! My elephant is very beautiful!"
What you say to people in two countries is vastly different.
It was quiet now, and the aunt's mouth was so big that she could probably hold an elephant.
The crayfish in her hand fell to the ground, and she didn't have time to feel distressed. She became anxious and waved, "You can't buy the target! You can't buy it! If you buy it, aren't you an adult trafficker?"
What the hell, the foreigner in front of me is a human trafficker?
The crowd was a little restless.
But Matthew didn't understand. When he saw her waving, he thought she said his elephant was not good, so he replied very loudly, "My elephant was bought in Thailand. It's very beautiful!"
Very powerful!
"How come you, a foreigner, don't understand the law? You can't buy a partner anywhere!"
The young people present almost wanted to call the police station. They met a foreigner trafficker and came to arrest him.
The scene was even more chirping, like hundreds of ducks talking.
Fortunately, Mu Ning was by her side and listened to the whole process. She almost laughed so much that her stomach hurt, and she almost sat down on the ground. When she saw that everyone around her had misunderstood Matthew, she quickly stepped forward to explain.
This made everyone blush, and Matthew shouted angrily, "I married my wife, not bought her!"
He and his wife are in true love! It's love at first sight, love struck by Cupid's arrow, love sworn in front of the godfather!
Not bought.
The aunt smiled awkwardly, "Hahahahahahahaha, what the hell, why did this misunderstanding happen?"
She quickly gave her crayfish to Matthew, and also gave him the rice wine she brought.
"Wine, drink!" She gestured, "I made it myself."
Matthew is an old man who loves to drink. When the rice wine is poured into the cup, he knows that the wine is good and must taste good.
Why was he still angry at that moment? He picked up the wine glass and drank it in one breath.
As soon as the rice wine entered his throat, the sweet taste with the aroma of rice captured his heart instantly.
His blue eyes seemed to be more beautiful. He pointed at the wine glass and said, "gOOd!! gOOd! Good! Good!"
When the aunt was satisfied, she said that no one could refuse the rice wine she brewed, including foreigners.
"It tastes good. Just drink more."
By the time Xiaofang came back with another three kilograms of crayfish, Matthew had completely joined the locals.
Not only can you learn how to draw a wine punch, but you can even sing their folk songs along with the locals.
Xiao Fang looked at Matthew like a furry wild monkey, with a red face and a big tongue, speaking non-standard Chinese, "Drink, keep drinking!"
“A mouthful of crayfish will rival the gods, and a mouthful of rice wine will make your life worth it!”
Xiao Fang really wanted to fall down on the spot, he really wanted to fall asleep on the spot.
The leader's special instructions were still ringing in his ears.
"He is a VIP! Do you know? VIP! I heard that he is still a king. You must take him to a hotel or a big hotel for dinner, and the employer will reimburse him. You are not afraid of spending money."
Wow, now Matthew not only did not go to the hotel, but came to the food stall and mingled with the locals, he was also drunk.
Will he receive a notice of expulsion from his unit tomorrow?
All the food stalls in the square seemed to be coming alive.
Chinese people love to be lively, and they will find places where there are many people. Muning’s crayfish is always fragrant, and the more people attract, the more lively it becomes. Other food stalls can’t help but place themselves next to them.
For example, Jiang Ge, which sells beer, also sells a lot of soda.
After the cold noodles at Muning's stall were sold out, the sales of noodles and fried noodles at other food stalls also increased.
The bigger the smiles on Muning and Gu Lin's faces were, the more bitter they looked on Xiao Fang's face.
Because I was so sad, I accidentally finished two pounds of crayfish with tears in my eyes, and finally helped the drunk Matthew back to the hotel.
If this old man who loves cleanliness and has a weird temper wakes up tomorrow morning and thinks about how drunk he was tonight, he will probably call his boss right away and scold him.
Xiaofang felt wronged and wanted to cry.
He lay on the bed with a grimace, forget it, let's talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow.
The next morning, when he went to find Matthew with breakfast as usual, he saw that the old man was dressed very formally, and his blue eyes were full of joy and happiness.
"I felt the unique happiness of you Chinese people last night. I want to do business with your government. I shouldn't lose money."
Xiao Fang was dumbfounded. How come things were completely different from what he thought.
