"The last time I drank this, I hadn't graduated yet. Now..." Zheng Chunhua held the steaming wine glass with both hands and stared at the liquid inside. After being silent for a few seconds, she suddenly asked without any clue, "Why did you do it in the first place?" Will you come to Germany?"
Dong Qiangqiang stared at Lao Bai and Tong Lele not far away, unaware of her words. Due to the increasing number of tourists, the two have stopped arguing, but their unhappy mood cannot dissipate as quickly as the heat, especially Tong Lele, whose face is as ugly as the gloomy winter sky.
Tong Lele is known to have a good temper. After knowing her for so long, this is the first time Dong Qiangqiang has seen her get into an argument with someone, and that person was Lao Bai. He was both surprised and surprised: What on earth did the two people who were so good just now say that made this happen? Did Lao Bai say something that he shouldn't have said?
Both of them were good friends he met after coming to Germany, and they were hooked up by him, so he had a vague sense of responsibility and believed that he should be responsible for the good of the two of them.
He was a little restless, hesitating whether to go over and talk to Xini, although he knew very well that if he appeared in front of those two people at this time, it would actually be three people who would be embarrassed.
Just when he was thinking wildly, he heard someone calling his name and subconsciously responded "I'm fine", but even he wondered what he was answering.
"Did you hear what I just said?" Zheng Chunhua asked suspiciously, noticing that Dong Qiangqiang was a little absent-minded.
"Um...listen, I heard..." Although Dong Qiangqiang said this, in Zheng Chunhua's view, he didn't seem to hear the question she just asked.
Just as Dong Qiangqiang was looking at the two people not far away, a group of people wearing obviously traditional German costumes came into his sight, beating and dancing happily.
The four strong men walking at the front of the team worked together to carry a heavy-looking dark brown wine barrel. The wine barrel looked larger than the gasoline barrel. The strong men seemed to be struggling, as if the barrel was full. Got wine.
Behind the strong man is a group of musicians. Behind the musicians and almost in the middle of the group is a tall blonde woman with a golden crown on her head and a bright red cloak on her shoulders. She waves to the tourists around her with one hand and raises her hand frequently. Cup, he was still mumbling words, and the tourists on both sides of the team who had wine in their hands all raised their glasses high, shouting "Queen! Queen!", and then started singing again. For a while, people cheered and clinked glasses. The voices, chorus, music and howling wind mixed together enthusiastically. When the singing got excited, some people even raised their wine into the air, and made weird screams of gloating when the wine fell.
"She is this year's German mulled wine queen at the Trier Christmas Market, responsible for promoting Trier's wine-based hot drinks." Zheng Chunhua introduced beside Dong Qiangqiang, "This spokesperson is selected every year, and she has been elected for three consecutive years. An amazing girl is also studying at the University of Trier, and her family is in this business."
These people were busy for a few minutes before moving forward. When they passed completely, Lao Bai and Tong Lele were no longer where they were standing.
Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but get up and look around. After searching for about a minute, he finally saw her again in front of a stall filled with biscuits, jam, honey, cheese, sausages and spices. But the smile he had before had disappeared from her pretty face. Disappeared, the face looked extremely pale against the surrounding lights, looking worried, and Lao Bai was not by her side. …
"Hey, you two are here!" With an exclamation, a tall figure appeared in front of the two of them. Before Dong Qiangqiang could speak, Zheng Chunhua, who was sitting on the chair, had already stood up and raised her glass in response: "Ms. Yulia .Merry Christmas to you!”
It was Dong Qiangqiang’s landlord Yulia who came.
"It's a pity that I still have to work, otherwise I would drink with you." Yulia regretted for a few seconds and immediately thought of a solution, "Or you can come over tomorrow and have a few more drinks with me."
"No problem." Zheng Chunhua asked, "Tonight is Christmas Eve, do you still need to work? Or do you have a stall in the market? Then we will definitely go and support you."
"I don't have a stall here, only church work." Yulia's face showed a kind light, "Christmas is a festival of caring for each other. The church holds various grand activities during Christmas every year to help those who are less fortunate. and people in need, conveying to them God’s love for the world and Christian values. I also have to cooperate with other church members and different charitable organizations to coordinate and communicate charity activities, such as setting up exhibitions. In short, I am very, very busy.”
"I can imagine your hard work." Zheng Chunhua praised from the bottom of her heart, "Ms. Yulia, not everyone can do what you can do. You are a kind person."
Seeing Yulia and Zheng Chunhua chatting happily, Dong Qiangqiang suddenly realized that the other party was his savior. He said "Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom" and hurriedly left the two of them and went straight to Tong Lele.
If he were asked to choose one of the two people to ask, he would be more inclined to ask Tong Lele.
The queue for the Mulled Wine Queen was very long, and it was inconvenient for Dong Qiangqiang to walk through directly, so he had to patiently walk to the end of the queue. He finally passed the end of the queue, and when he looked up again, he saw that Tong Lele was no longer at the stall.
He tried to call Tong Lele's mobile phone, but the other party never picked up, so he had to continue searching in the sea of people.
The old town where the Christmas market is located shone under the warm Christmas lights. It seemed like there was a golden light everywhere, which made him curse: Are the Germans not afraid of light pollution now?
Just when he finally locked onto a girl who looked like Tong Lele's back again, someone tapped him on the shoulder from behind and shouted at him: "Merry Christmas!"
When Dong Qiangqiang turned his head, he realized that standing in front of him was a guy wrapped tightly in a hat, mask, scarf and down jacket.
"Merry Christmas." Dong Qiangqiang didn't recognize the other party for a moment, so he could only ask politely, "Who are you?"
The other person pulled the mask down to his chin, revealing his entire face. Only then did Dong Qiangqiang recognize that the other person was Feng Chong, who had been in contact with him before.
"Is it just you?" Feng Chong asked.
The surroundings were very noisy. Dong Qiangqiang could only see Feng Chong's mouth moving but could not hear what he said. He put his mouth next to the other party's ear and said loudly: "I can't hear clearly, please say it again."
"I said you're just going to wander here by yourself? Do you want to come with us?" Feng Chong followed the same pattern and shouted in Dong Qiangqiang's ear.
Only then did Dong Qiangqiang realize that Feng Chong was followed by several blond and blue-eyed foreigners.
"Are they all your friends?" Dong Qiangqiang asked.
"Yes, they are all my students and they all study Chinese. They all praise your forum for doing well."
After Feng Chong finished speaking, he turned around and said to the people behind him: "Everyone, please pay attention, this Chinese forum is run by this guy alone."
Foreigners rushed up together and praised Dong Qiangqiang in non-standard Chinese.
"It's a small effort, nothing worth mentioning." Dong Qiangqiang said politely.
"Come with us." Feng Chong invited again.
"Thank you. My friends are all over there. I'll go find them right away. You guys can have fun eating." Dong Qiangqiang declined politely.
After the two parties said goodbye, Dong Qiangqiang turned his head to look in the direction where he had just found Tong Lele, only to find that the figure disappeared again.
Just when he felt lost, Feng Chong jumped back to him: "The university may have two Chinese as a foreign language classes during the winter vacation. Can you teach Chinese in German?"
