Before he could calm down, he heard Zheng Chunhua's voice coming from far and near behind him: "Consul Sun, you will come on stage from here in a moment. This is your microphone. You can try your voice first."
"It's the vice consul." The other party corrected him, "You can just call me 'Sun Tao'."
Dong Qiangqiang was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously turned his head to look, just in time to see the other party's profile.
"Sun Tao?" Dong Qiangqiang blurted out, "Why are you here?"
The man heard someone calling his name and turned his head, just in time to see Dong Qiangqiang's surprised face.
"Dong Qiangqiang?" Sun Tao had already walked towards Dong Qiangqiang before he finished speaking, "I saw you just now, why are you here?"
"I came here to study after I graduated from the preparatory course." Dong Qiangqiang greeted him with a smile.
Meeting acquaintances is both unexpected and cordial.
Speaking of which, the two are old acquaintances. The first time they met was when Lu Wei's family reported that she had lost contact in Germany. Sun Tao asked Dong Qiangqiang to find out the situation while looking for Lu Wei. The second time was at Wanfu Restaurant in Hamburg. Dong Qiangqiang contacted Sun Tao in time and informed the Hamburg police of the search operation. The two parties became attached to each other. Although the relationship was not very close, Dong Qiangqiang would always send each other a greeting text message during holidays. Sun Tao would occasionally reply, but most of the time he would not reply. Dong Qiangqiang didn't care. He didn't follow the other person's thoughts in the first place. The greeting was just based on etiquette.
"Oh, then congratulations." Sun Tao congratulated him while looking him up and down, and at the same time, he did not forget to shake Dong Qiangqiang's hand twice. "When I saw you hosting just now, I thought this person looked so familiar, but the first time I didn’t even recognize you. Well, your hair has grown longer, you’ve lost weight, and you’re darker. How about it? Are you still used to study and life? Are there any bitter things you want to vomit? "
Dong Qiangqiang met Sun Tao several times before. Since the communication topics were very serious, the conversations between the two were also very serious. However, in today's environment, Sun Tao was obviously very relaxed and would actually take the initiative to joke. This was something Dong Qiangqiang did not expect. He quickly replied : "Thank you for your concern, the leader. I am very used to reporting to the leader, and there is no bitterness."
"Don't call me the leader, call me 'Sun Tao'." Sun Tao corrected him kindly.
"Okay, Brother Tao." Dong Qiangqiang has been working hard for a long time, but his skills are a bit rusty. "The student union arranged for me to host the party, so I can only catch up and make you laugh. By the way, aren't you in Hamburg? Why are you here with us today? Here?"
"I was transferred to the Consulate General in Frankfurt at the beginning of the year. We have a tradition. During the Chinese New Year, we will visit the student unions of various universities to bring some daily necessities to the international students and pay New Year greetings to everyone, so that overseas tourists can feel the care and family of the motherland. I would like to express my warmth and celebrate the Spring Festival with everyone and have a good Chinese New Year. The University of Trier is one of the important universities in Rhineland-Palatinate, so I came." Sun Tao paused and further explained, " I did the same thing in Hamburg before, but I was not in charge of the university in Lower Saxony, so we never met at that time.”
"In that moment, please invite Leader Sun...Vice Consul Sun to try the dumplings we made." Zheng Chunhua, who walked up behind the two of them at some point, suddenly invited them, "We have everything ready. It will be ready soon. No. Delay your time and your next trip.”
"Let's check the time then." Sun Tao glanced at his watch and responded happily, "It seems to be no problem at the moment, you can make arrangements."
Sun Tao and Zheng Chunhua learned about the work content and plans of the Trier University Student Union for a while. The previous program was over. Dong Qiangqiang walked out first, and then grandly invited Sun Tao onto the stage.
Zheng Chunhua, who was standing at the last door, looked at Sun Tao's back when he was speaking on the stage, and joked with Dong Qiangqiang behind him: "I didn't know you still knew him, why have I never heard you talk about him? He's so tight-lipped."
"I have dealt with him several times in Hamburg before. He is very easy-going, has no airs, and is very efficient. But I haven't seen him for a long time. I didn't know he was transferred to work in Frankfurt." Dong Qiangqiang explained.
"Anyway, I'll leave it to you to have him stay and eat dumplings later. In the past few years, the consuls who came to pay New Year greetings also agreed to eat together when they distributed things, but then left after speaking. I heard that they would On New Year's Eve, I have to travel to several universities to express condolences, which is also very hard."
"It's his job to work hard." Dong Qiangqiang was quite dissatisfied with Zheng Chunhua's enthusiasm, "If someone really has something to do and can't stay, just don't eat if you don't want to, and you don't have to force it."
"What you said is true, but I am sending you things and expressing my condolences. Is it okay for me not to be polite even if I catch up with you for dinner?" Zheng Chunhua asked, "If it were you, would you be okay?"
Dong Qiangqiang didn't want to discuss this kind of issue with Zheng Chunhua: "You just said that he came to deliver things. What did he give?"
"Mainly food for the Chinese New Year and some school supplies. They also often ask me if there are any students who have difficulties in life here. If so, they always try their best to help. So it's not my personal idea to treat them to dumplings. Establishing a relationship with him is a way for the students to express their gratitude to the consulate that cares about the international students. It is also a window for many students who have received help from the consulate to express their gratitude."
Hearing Zheng Chunhua bring the topic back to this, Dong Qiangqiang could only smile bitterly.
The party ended with laughter and laughter. Before the end, Zheng Chunhua once again reminded the students to pay special attention to safety, and Dong Qiangqiang announced two things as the Propaganda Minister of the Student Union.
First, the student union plans to organize a tour of seven European countries for students from February to March. Of course, the responsibility of the organizer falls on Le Bai.
Secondly, if there are students who are interested in learning to drive in Germany and getting a driver's license, they can sign up for Lebai's driver's license coaching class.
Because both incidents were related to Lebai, in order to avoid suspicion, Dong Qiangqiang explained his identity in Lebai and the charges for the two activities to Zheng Chunhua in advance.
To his surprise, Zheng Chunhua not only did not question these two activities, but welcomed them with both hands, because the quotation for the seven-country European tour given by Le Bai was indeed low enough, and it was very attractive even to poor students. force. Although the second driving learning activity was expensive, registration was voluntary, so she had no objections.
At first, Dong Qiangqiang thought that Lao Bai’s idea was to attract tourist groups at low prices, and then earn commission from the back-end consumption of luxury goods. He couldn’t help but remind him that the group participants were all poor students who could not afford luxury goods. Lao Bai But he told him with a smile: He had never thought about making any money from the seven-country European tour. The fact was that each person only received car rental, gas and accommodation fees. He didn’t even ask for tour guide money, just for the sake of being with Te. The Lille University Student Union has established good relationships and helped Lebai increase his popularity and build up brand credibility. This way, people may sign up to learn to drive with him in the future, and he will make money by learning to drive with him.
After the party, Sun Tao was about to leave immediately. He patted Dong Qiangqiang's shoulder encouragingly: "I have to go to Saarland University, so I won't eat. I appreciate your kindness. Cherish the opportunity to study, Trier University." Our Chinese, Economics and Psychology departments are all very strong. I look forward to the day when you graduate as soon as possible and serve the motherland."
Zheng Chunhua gave Dong Qiangqiang a look that meant "Look, am I right?"
Dong Qiangqiang didn't want to talk to Zheng Chunhua, so he hurriedly stepped forward to make some good remarks.
In the end, Sun Tao couldn't resist the kindness of him and Zheng Chunhua, so he had to agree to stay for an extra 15 minutes.
Zheng Chunhua had already arranged for people to make noodles and mix the fillings. Seeing that Sun Tao agreed to stay, she immediately organized skilled craftsmen to start work. Sun Tao and Dong Qiangqiang also rolled up their sleeves and joined the dumpling-making army.
With more people and greater strength, it didn’t take long for the dumplings, which looked like gold ingots, to be piled up in rows.
Watching the dumplings plop into the pot, Dong Qiangqiang, who had been busy all night, felt a little hungry.
His clothes and sleeves were stained with flour. Dong Qiangqiang was about to go to the bathroom to wash his hands and tidy up his clothes when he bumped into Sun Tao who was walking out of the bathroom.
Dong Qiangqiang said hello to the other party, and just as he was about to enter the bathroom, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. He immediately turned to Sun Tao's back and said, "Brother Tao."
"Um?"
"There were a lot of people just now, so I have a question that I'm embarrassed to ask because I don't know if it's appropriate to ask you."
Seeing Dong Qiangqiang's serious face, Sun Tao also became curious: "You can ask."
"At the beginning of this year, the German Ministry of Health advised German tourists not to travel to a certain city in our south because they believed that a certain disease broke out there. Do you know about this?"
(End of chapter)
