In America, one would find that McDonald's and KFC's burgers and fries covered half of American cuisine. The other half was sandwiches and salads. However, there was no fear of monotony as there were dishes from other countries. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Mexican, French, and Italian.
Although they were not authentic, they had greatly enriched the American people's food basket. There was something remarkable about it.
As soon as Li He and the others found a place to sit down, Ivanov and the others followed them in and sat down next to them.
Ivanov and the others attracted Zhao Meixin's attention again. She looked at Li He and felt that they did not know each other.
Chen Shuo pulled his son to a chair and stopped him from running around. He took the menu from the waiter and passed it to Li He. "See what you want to eat."
There were no pictures on the menu, but the ingredients and preparation method were clearly written at the back of each dish.
Li He flipped to the first page and waved his hands like a rattle drum. "Don't make things difficult for a country bumpkin like me."
Sadly, he did not know how to order Western food. Just looking at the menu was enough to confuse him. It involved specialized words, just like some technical words. Even a fluent English person like him had to look it up in the dictionary.
Ham？
He knew it was sausage at a glance, but then there was a salami. Weren't they all sausages?
jalapenos？
He did not know.
What the hell was that?
There were only a few thousand commonly used words in Chinese. Moreover, the Chinese character database had been fixed by the national standards. Citizens could not create new words. At most, they could create new meanings for old words. For example, the new meaning of the word "Yu".
When something new appeared, Chinese characters could be expressed with appropriate phrases. They could be understood even when they were linked together, and the meaning could be understood just by looking at the words.
But English was different. Most of the time, a new word had to be created. This was the biggest problem with English. It was also where this language was' stupid '. The amount of vocabulary needed to be memorized was too much.
Of course, there were no advantages or disadvantages.
Chen Shuo passed the menu to Wu Bo. Wu Bo randomly ordered a cold pork skin and a roast chicken wing. He then passed it to Meixin. "Sister-in-law, you order. We don't know how to order." “
Zhao Meixin took the menu and flipped through it. She ordered three or four dishes.
Chen Shuo asked, "What do you want to drink? “
Zhao Meixin frowned and said, "Don't drink. You have to drive. Don't play with the lives of me and the child."
Chen Shuo said, "Just drive, I'll drink a little less."
"Yes, Old Chen, don't drink. You really can't drink while driving." For the sake of the stability and unity of other people's families, Li He could only go along with it. As the old saying goes, it's better to tear down ten temples than to ruin a marriage. Whether Li He was happy or not would only last for a moment. As long as Chen Shuo was happy, it was fine.
Most importantly, in essence, they thought that monks were easy to bully because they were vegetarian.
"We'll have eggnog. "Chen Shuo didn't care about Zhao Meixin's silver and insisted on ordering the wine. It was only ten degrees, so he wouldn't feel dizzy. “
Wu Bo raised his cup and said, "Cheers to our first reunion in ten years. “
The three of them raised their cups at the same time.
Li He picked it up. It was white and very sticky. It felt like milk, and the taste of alcohol was not strong.
Chen Shuo pointed at Wu Bo and said, "You brat, you still have the cheek to say that? You've been in America for so long without telling me?"
"It's mainly because I'm too busy. I come and go in a hurry every time. Look, I wanted your number a long time ago, but I didn't have time to call." Wu Bo was glad that he hadn't contacted Chen Shuo so early. Otherwise, his wife would have rolled her eyes at him.
"You're together with Zhao Qing?" Chen Shuo took the fruit cup from the waiter for his wife and child.
Wu Bo asked curiously, "How did you know?"
Chen Shuo said uncuriously, "Where did you get my contact information from?"
Wu Bo blurted out, "Aiguo Jiang."
Chen Shuo smiled and said, "That's it then."
Wu Bo said in annoyance, "You're such a big mouth."
Chen Shuo said disdainfully, "I already knew about your lousy thoughts back in school. Who do you think you can hide it from?"
"Go, go, go … Back then …"
"I know that … He was always thinking about becoming a writer. But, dreams are good, but reality is cruel." Fortunately, Li He reacted quickly and interrupted in a hurry. Otherwise, the two of them would have started fighting.
Could he say that Chen Shuo pretended to be an artsy young man all day just to chase after a girl from the Chinese Faculty?
He even liked to hang out in the girl's dormitory when he had nothing better to do.
After pretending, he really became an artsy young man, writing tofu whenever he had nothing better to do.
Chen Shuo heaved a sigh of relief and glared at Wu Bo. He raised his glass to Li He and said with a smile, "Ah, Little Li, you understand me so well. I won't say anything. Everything is said without words." “
Zhao Meixin's sharp senses sensed something. She suddenly acted out of character and put a small roll in Wu Bo's bowl. She asked with a smile, "Mr Wu, our Old Chen is a playboy. You probably flirted with a lot of girls in school, right? “
Chen Shuo was anxious to speak, but Zhao Meixin shot him a stern look, and he didn't dare to speak.
Wu Bo wasn't stupid. He was just anxious earlier. Now that he realized it, he smiled and said, "That's not possible. Not just him, there aren't many people in our class who are in love. The pressure from school is too great." “
Zhao Meixin was about to speak when Dong Hao appeared behind her.
Li He asked, "What's the matter? “
Dong Hao handed the phone to Li He. "It's Miss Five." “
"Hello?" Li He could hear Five's crying voice.
"Brother, my motorcycle broke down." “
"Who?" “
"Bro, it's me. Can't you recognize my voice? How many sisters do you have? "
"Who are you?" Li He was angry.
"Brother!" Five's crying voice intensified.
"You want to cheat me of my money?"
No way!
Li He hung up immediately.
He had been soft-hearted last time and agreed to let Five play with the motorcycle, but now he was a little regretful. The motorcycle was broken, which was more in line with his wishes. He might as well cut off Five's idea.
Just as he handed the phone to Dong Hao, it rang again. Li He thought it was Five again, so he waved his hand and said, "I'll hang up now."
But just as Dong Hao hung up, the phone rang again. He dialed again and again. After five or six times, he had no choice but to answer. But it was obviously not Five. Although the other party was a girl, she spoke English, so he had to hand it to Jiang Baojian.
After a while, Jiang Baojian walked up to Li He and said, "The secretary of Mr. Kane, the chairman of Bear Stearns, called. He asked you to go fishing."
"Kane?" "The chairman of Bear Stearns, Kane. Li He had only met him once at Barclays' chairman Diesel's banquet. They didn't have much interaction. But he thought about it and nodded. "Tomorrow." “
After all, he was the head of America's fifth-largest investment bank. He had to give him face.
Zhao Meixin was dubious as she listened.
The chairman of Bear Stearns asked a young man out for a meal?
And a Chinese at that?
Other than a business tycoon like Wang An, who else among the Chinese could do this?
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