Chapter 7 Nianying, are your eyes uncomfortable?
Chapter 7 Nianying, are your eyes uncomfortable?
"Hello, please sit down." Zhuzhu said.
However, Tan Wenjie did not sit down directly, but took out two gifts.
Put it in front of the two of them: "Nice to meet you."
"what is this?"
“Flower cakes,” Tan Wenjie said, “are a specialty of Yunnan.”
He prepared specialties from other places when they met for the first time, which made a good impression on the two girls. Moreover, the gifts were not expensive or tacky so people would not feel any psychological burden when they took them.
Zhuzhu didn't expect that she had a share in it, and she had a better impression of Tan Wenjie.
Tan Wenjie asked, "May I ask which one is Miss Nian Ying?"
"She is Nianying, and I am Zhuzhu," Zhuzhu took the initiative to introduce them, but did not give the two a chance to communicate. Instead, she asked directly, "What job does Mr. Tan do now?"
A very standard blind date pairing, the protagonist doesn't speak and the supporting character keeps asking questions.
But considering that Nianying's brother-in-law is a general, he feels that this privilege can be given to him.
"I'm helping with the business at home," Tan Wenjie answered, then suddenly changed the subject, "These are just what I say to the public. In fact, I'm just a second-generation rich kid who does nothing."
He said this in a gentle and refined manner with a hint of self-mockery. Instead of being annoying, it was amusing. However, the main reason why it was amusing was that he was handsome.
As long as you are handsome, any joke will be funny.
"You are a really interesting person." Zhuzhu said.
"I'm just telling the truth." Tan Wenjie said, and then he asked, "Where are you two studying?"
"Nianying is studying in the provincial capital, and I am in San Francisco."
"San Francisco?" Tan Wenjie was surprised. In this era, there are only two types of people who go abroad: one is the superior one, and the other is not treated as a human being.
He continued: "It's a long journey."
Zhuzhu nodded: "Yes, we took a cruise from Shanghai, then went to Kobe and Yokohama, then turned to Honolulu, and then went to the Pacific Ocean. It's a long way to get there, and it takes more than 20 days."
"Want to go again?"
"Yes, but after I come back next year, I should not leave again."
"..." The two of them were chatting quite happily, while Nian Ying just stared blankly at the side.
Zhuzhu was curious: "Have you ever been abroad?"
"No." Tan Wenjie shook his head.
"But I feel that chatting with you is nothing like chatting with my brothers and sisters at home." Zhuzhu sighed. When she mentioned lights, telephones, elevators, cameras, etc., Tan Wenjie could understand them all. There was no problem with things like cars and airplanes as well.
She really couldn't imagine that the rich young man in front of her would be so interested in technological products, especially when he mentioned that there was no electricity in Tanjia Town, which was even more regrettable.
As for those young men who talked a lot about technological products when she accompanied Nianying on a blind date before... Zhuzhu had no interest at all at the time. She lost interest as soon as she saw their faces.
Then we took our order and the waiter brought us an English menu.
After asking the two people, Tan Wenjie helped them order food, but after the waiter left, he couldn't help shaking his head.
The first time he was treated with disdain was because he did not use English when ordering.
"What's wrong?" Zhuzhu asked. Nianying beside her also looked up. The fact that Tan Wenjie could order food directly from the English menu just now made her have a better impression of him.
In this era, knowing English means being superior, and foreigners are superior to everyone.
“This is the first time I’ve seen a business turn away customers because they don’t speak English.”
It has always been the customers who choose the shops, I have never heard of the shops choosing the customers.
Money that can speak English smells good, while money that can’t speak English smells bad.
"Haha." The two laughed out loud, but they did not understand the contempt and disgust for worshipping foreigners in Tan Wenjie's words. They just thought he was complaining about the waiter's attitude.
If you can understand the English menu, you can definitely speak English.
Even these two people, living in this era, think that knowing English is a plus.
Some of the people she had been dating before could speak English, but she had deliberately ignored them.
The reason was still his face. As long as he had a face like Tan Wenjie, even if he couldn't speak English, Nianying would find a good reason to explain it in her heart. Zhuzhu looked at Tan Wenjie with sparkling eyes, and the two chatted happily. Only Nianying felt something was wrong. It was her blind date today.
Nianying blinked at Zhuzhu, but there was no response.
"Cough cough!" Nianying cleared her throat and continued blinking.
Zhuzhu was puzzled: "Nianying, are your eyes uncomfortable? Why don't you go back and rest first?"
Nianying:? ?
Zhuzhu seemed to realize that it was not her blind date today and felt a little embarrassed.
But she felt that Tan Wenjie was indeed a very interesting person she had ever met.
Nianying finally joined the conversation and started talking with her little mouth open.
Unlike Zhuzhu, Nianying should always be with adults and speak in a more childish tone. It would be better to fall in love with someone like Nianying, as you can get the purest emotional response without having to worry about being treated like a spoiled brat.
Because she doesn't like you and ignores you at all.
Tan Wenjie was fighting one against two, and he stumbled a bit during the conversation because the things mentioned in the chat were too "old-fashioned". For example, the telephone mentioned by Zhuzhu and Nianying required a manual operator. Everyone had to have their own phone number, dial the number through a hand-cranked magnetic phone, and then tell the operator which number to pick up before the call could be made.
He really had never seen these things from his ancestors.
After the meal, Tan Wenjie commented that it was not worth it.
The food was not tasty. A piece of steak that was not cooked very well was charged 3 yuan. There was also tea fee, milk tea, coffee, and small dessert after the meal, etc., a total of 10 yuan was spent on Tan Wenjie.
In Tanjia Town, if you want to eat a table full of delicious food such as chicken, duck, fish and meat, you will need more than one dollar. Nowadays, dollars and silver are exchanged at a 1:1 ratio.
According to his understanding of the current market conditions at major rice shops, one dollar can buy thirty to fifty kilograms of rice, which means that three people eat three to five hundred kilograms of food.
Most importantly, he wasn't full.
It's not that I don't want to eat, but I spent money but didn't get any good food. The waiter's attitude was also arrogant, which was really hard to like. It turned out that this restaurant still uses English menus to rip off those who know foreign languages. I won't come here again.
Leave the western restaurant.
There were three people, one man and two women, all of whom were good-looking. They attracted a lot of attention when they walked on the street.
"I've always wanted to ask, why is there a patch here on your clothes?" Nianying walked beside Tan Wenjie.
It was too late for Zhuzhu to stop it.
Judging from his spending, Tan Wenjie should not be short of money, but the patches on his clothes are indeed very eye-catching.
Even after being beautified and redesigned, it's still pudding.
"I've had my fortune told, and I know I'll never be able to wear nice clothes in my life, only tattered clothes," Tan Wenjie replied.
"My sister also believes in fortune-telling!" Nianying immediately found common ground with Tan Wenjie. When they chatted, she either talked about her sister or her brother-in-law. It's not that she likes to show off, but she has a bit of childish thoughts, just like always saying "my mom said" when you go out. Such people are happy, because there are people who care about them, and there are also people who care about them.
Like Tan Wenjie, he would never say "my uncle said", he would only say "after my uncle dies".
Instead, Zhuzhu frowned slightly. The world and knowledge she had been exposed to made her very resistant to feudal superstition.
Seeing Tan Wenjie and Nianying chatting happily, Zhuzhu didn't know what she felt, but she spoke less.
Suddenly, I heard Tan Wenjie say, "Oh, by the way, there is one thing I need to tell you first. Flower cakes are a specialty of Yunnan, but I didn't buy them in Yunnan."
"Ah?" Nian Ying was puzzled, not understanding why he suddenly said this.
Tan Wenjie pointed ahead and said, "It's the store in front. I didn't expect you to come back here. I'm afraid if I don't tell anyone, I'll be exposed."
His "open and aboveboard" statement made Zhuzhu suddenly laugh out loud.
When I looked at Tan Wenjie again, I found that he was looking at me with a smile.
Zhuzhu's mood suddenly changed from cloudy to sunny.
After sending the two to the place, Tan Wenjie said, "Ladies, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Avoid licking when picking up girls.
Tan Wenjie, carrying the box, quickly disappeared from the two people's sight. He still had important things to do.
Thank you for the 100 reward from Molu Piaoliu
(End of this chapter)