Dong Qiangqiang was worried that if he gave her money before eating, he would be pushed aside, and he didn't like the behavior of rushing to pay for the meal in public. I made up my mind immediately and gave her the money immediately after the meal. If Wang Shunan refused, he would put the money into her pocket and run away.
He picked a large chicken leg, ordered a bowl of cold salad and a portion of mushroom soup, and finally walked to the main course.
Wang Shunan ordered a portion of pork chop rice with sauce and a bowl of tomato and egg soup, but Dong Qiangqiang had no appetite for the rice bowl. He saw plates of spaghetti Bolognese being placed quietly at another dining area. Each plate of spaghetti seemed to be only about two taels but less than three taels. If he wanted a portion of spaghetti, it might be a little less. But if there were two portions, he would definitely not be able to finish it.
A sturdy man with tattoos on his arms was slowly pouring tomato meat sauce onto a pile of white noodles in the workroom behind the dining area. Dong Qiangqiang asked politely: "Excuse me, is this Can I add more noodles to the plate?"
"There's only so much noodles in one portion." The big man didn't even raise his head and continued to move his hands, "If one portion is not enough, just eat two portions."
But Dong Qiangqiang was unwilling to waste food, so in the end he had to pick out a portion that looked a little larger from a pile of noodles and put it on the tray. He was about to turn around to find Wang Shunan, but unexpectedly, Wang Shunan had already walked to him quietly. Next to him, he said to the big man: "Uri, he is my friend. Can you do me a favor?"
The big man named Uli turned his head and glanced at Dong Qiangqiang, pointed at him, and asked Wang Shunan with a wicked smile: "Is he your boyfriend?"
"No, ordinary friends." Wang Shunan explained with a blushing face. Dong Qiangqiang smiled awkwardly, thinking that this person was really a gossip.
Uri looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him. He waved to Dong Qiangqiang and motioned him to put the plate on the window. As soon as Dong Qiangqiang put the plate down according to his instructions, Uli moved a chopstick with lightning speed. The noodles were thrown onto Dong Qiangqiang's plate.
In Dong Qiangqiang's shocked eyes, another spoonful of tomato sauce was poured steadily on the noodles.
Dong Qiangqiang had never seen a foreigner use chopsticks so smoothly, and he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.
Uri looked at Wang Shunan proudly and asked in broken Chinese: "How is my skill?"
Wang Shunan raised his thumb and replied in Chinese: "Progress is rapid."
"Hehe," Uri smiled proudly and continued to show off his poor Chinese, "you are the best teacher."
There were about thirty or forty people in the entire dining area. Although there were many people, it was very quiet. There were only occasional whispers and not a single loud noise was heard.
Dong Qiangqiang and Wang Shunan specially chose a corner with few people to chat.
"I was in such a hurry yesterday that I didn't have time to introduce myself." Wang Shunan straightened his clothes, smiled and stretched out his hand, "Wang Shunan, I'm from Sichuan, nice to meet you."
"Dong Qiangqiang is originally from Shanxi. He followed his parents to Beijing when he was very young." Dong Qiangqiang picked up a fries and dipped it in the ketchup on the plate. "I guess he is a veteran of Beipiao."
"Are you from Beijing?" Wang Shunan asked curiously, "But when you speak, you don't seem to have any erhuayin? I know a few Beijingers here, and you can hear erhuayin at a glance."
"Maybe it has something to do with speaking German. There are a lot of consonants in German pronunciation, and the sound of "er" is gradually lost." Dong Qiangqiang changed the subject, "What happened to that Uri just now? I heard him call you teacher. What's going on? thing?"
"Hey, guess what Uri did before?" Wang Shunan slowly picked up a small piece of pork chop.
"Looking at how young he is, he must be a student, right?" Dong Qiangqiang turned his head and looked at the window where Uli was from a distance, and saw him carefully stacking the plates of noodles.
"When he was young, he served two years in prison for breaking the law." Wang Shunan said calmly. "He was paroled because of his good behavior, but he had to work as a volunteer here for a year. Later, he felt that the environment here was good. Although the work was tiring, it was a good place after all. It was a serious career, and I finally stayed in it.”
"Then why did he call you teacher?" Dong Qiangqiang was even more curious, how could Wang Shunan have a teacher-student relationship with a former criminal, "You taught him Chinese?"
"He had injured his leg before and it hurt on rainy days. I treated him with acupuncture. Since then, he has been learning Chinese culture from me."
"Do you know how to acupuncture?" Dong Qiangqiang felt that since entering the cafeteria, Wang Shunan had been constantly refreshing his knowledge.
"Well, I learned it from my grandfather when I was a kid." Wang Shunan smiled ashamedly, "It's just some superficial knowledge."
"Are you a Chinese medicine practitioner?" Dong Qiangqiang asked, "Are you studying medical school in Hannover?"
Dong Qiangqiang knew that Hannover, as the capital of Lower Saxony, not only has a comprehensive university, but also a university of applied sciences, a conservatory of music and Hannover Medical School, so he took it for granted that Wang Shunan also came here to study.
"Oh, no, I'm not here to study." Wang Shunan continued to cut the pork chops, "I studied nursing in China and became a nurse after graduation. I have been working for more than five years now."
"Nursing major?" Dong Qiangqiang asked curiously, "You were born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, why don't you study traditional Chinese medicine?"
"Although my grandfather knows medical skills, the conditions at home are... average." Wang Shunan showed a hesitant expression.
Dong Qiangqiang knew that everyone had some things that were inconvenient to tell others, so he quickly pushed the bowl of fries on his tray in front of Wang Shunan, and changed the subject: "These fries are fried to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. They are very good. Try them." taste."
Wang Shunan gently pushed the fries back: "I originally wanted to study Chinese medicine, but after looking at the employment environment, it was really not ideal, so I changed my major to nursing. After graduation, I want to find a job in a public hospital. But it’s difficult for me to get into a public hospital with my academic qualifications. Not to mention municipal (hospitals), even prefecture-level hospitals only require full-time college students or above.”
"Haven't you tried taking a self-study undergraduate degree?" Dong Qiangqiang took a sip of noodles.
"Well, that's what I planned when I first graduated. But before I took the exam, I went to the hospital to ask around. Many public hospitals didn't even consider self-study undergraduate exams. So I gave up the idea."
“Many industries in China do value the first degree,” Dong Qiangqiang echoed, “but you are not the only one who encounters this kind of thing.”
Wang Shunan spoke very slowly, with a faint expression on his face: "Later, when I was working in a county-level hospital, I met several fellow villagers. They said that they could work in Germany through an agency and earn a lot of money a year. , I came here with them."
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