Chapter 34 Chinese Restaurant
If you have three or four children, you can get thousands of dollars in relief money by lying at home and get a lot of baby shopping vouchers, why do parents still have to work hard?
There is a large group of borers in the United States that embezzle hundreds of billions of dollars in various relief funds every year. Ye Dongqing, Laura and others who really need help are worried because they have no money to go to school. If they received the full scholarship that year, even if they only approved the student loan application, Ye Dongqing might not have gone wrong.
The United States has never been as good as people think. There are illegal and criminal incidents everywhere, social security is chaotic, and personal quality is uneven. Overall, it is not high. When it comes to welfare, education, and social environment, many European countries can rank ahead of the United States, which is probably the reason why Europeans like to be the best in the United States.
When Ye Dongqing entered the Chinese restaurant, she happened to see a Latino mother holding a child in her arms, one in the cart, and one standing next to her, trying to pay the bill with baby shopping vouchers.
Store owners like to collect official welfare notes. Not only can they exchange them for infant supplies, but they can buy cigarettes and alcohol, but most merchants will turn a blind eye and no one is idle to investigate this kind of thing. So the Chinese owner of the restaurant accepted it, stuffed the shopping voucher into his apron pocket, and waved his hand to signal her to take her child away.
I glanced at the Mercedes-Benz G at the door. The boss who looked over 40 years old, raised his chin and reminded him: "Drive such a good car here for dinner, aren't you afraid that the new car will be snatched later? They just dismantle and sell parts, and no one can find out where it will be sold in the end. Next time, it's better to take a taxi, which is safer."
"Well, thank you for your reminder. It's still early now. If it were nine o'clock in the evening, I wouldn't dare drive here. What's going on in your store? I broke so many bowls and chopsticks?"
Neither Ye nor Laura thought there was anything wrong with the reminder of the Chinese restaurant owner. The order in New York was better than that in the early 1990s, but it was not as good as it could be assured.
It is a high probability that you will be robbed after being exposed at night. There are too many shootings, so many that the media is too lazy to report. If there is no one day, it is rare. Even if you have to go out at night, it is best to go from the bustling main road. It is absolutely right to be careful.
"Don't mention it, it was only half an hour ago that someone snatched the money in my drawer. It was all small and small notes, totaling more than 100, and the rest were placed elsewhere." The restaurant owner picked up a cigarette, lit it, and turned on the range hood to smoke, with a calm expression.
Judging from his words, it seems that this kind of thing often happens, and has already gained experience and knows to divide money into two places.
Ye Dongqing smiled, picked a seat and sat down, and said:
"More than one hundred knives, this number is just right. You won't feel the pain, and the other party won't feel that it's too little. I'll finish the meal and leave quickly and park this car at the door of your store. It's always like I'm telling them to come and rob me quickly, maybe I've been targeted."
"I just said, don't take it seriously. Those little thieves have the courage to steal us because the police are too lazy to care. I reported the case three times before, but I have never caught a prisoner. Now I am too lazy to continue calling 911. Those policemen just register but don't do anything, which has delayed my business time.
But it’s different for you rich people. You may check carefully. If you don’t know, you will think there are only 300 people. When I talk about them, I will be angry. At least there are more than 100 dollars, and the business is in vain today. If it weren’t for the many old customers, I really want to open a store in another place!”
Putting the menu on the table, the restaurant owner held a pen and asked, "If you want to eat that dish, tell me, except for chopped pepper fish heads, I have never seen you before, otherwise try this chicken stewed mushrooms? My specialty dish is delicious as long as you are Chinese."
"Then let's have one, Kung Pao Chicken Dice and Mapo Tofu. My friend has never eaten authentic Chinese food. Add less spicy food, and add a bowl of mutton soup..."
In this era, the restaurant owner had never seen Ye Dongqing, but Ye Dongqing knew about him. He used to come and eat it often, and not to mention other dishes, the taste of mutton soup is really unique.
It's quite hard to do a restaurant business, but the boss's daughter is successful and later successfully admitted to the Yale Law Department. Unfortunately, she is a yellow person and a girl. Even if she gets a lawyer, she will be restricted in the future development.
It is the same principle as not seeing a few black lawyers in a senior law firm. It is not appropriate to use the word "reason" and it is more appropriate to change it to "prejudice". This is how society is, and it is not easy to change it.
However, even if you just become a small lawyer, it is more promising than doing a restaurant business.
Life is hard to survive in the United States. In recent years, there are many rich Chinese people among the immigrants. Most of the old Chinese can only open Chinese restaurants, laundry shops, print shops and other businesses, otherwise they will set up a fruit stall and sell clothes. There is no good life, so they can only say they are just doing it.
If someone has a lawyer, neighbors and neighbors will envy her. American lawyers belong to a high-income group. When Ye Dongqing was sued, she spent more than two million US dollars just to hire a lawyer, and successfully shortened her sentence from about four years to just a few months.
Later, there were also prisons outside, playing golf, watching movies and TV series, and they could still play cards with former governors, celebrities and others without any trouble. After a few months, they won a yacht. In addition to restricting freedom, they did not suffer much crime. This is a special benefit for the rich.
Just order three dishes and one soup, and two more people can’t finish it.
Before entering the kitchen, the restaurant owner pointed to Laura's back and made a thumbs-up gesture, and his expression of admiration was written on his face.
In the Chinese American circle, many girls were taken away by white people, but it is not easy for Chinese to go to white girls, especially such beautiful young girls, which are rare to walk on the streets.
Knowing what the other party misunderstood, Ye Dongqing raised her mouth and didn't explain it specifically.
Laura couldn't get into her mouth just now, and then asked curiously: "How to use chopsticks? I used to eat Chinese food with forks, and those dishes. I have only heard of Kung Pao Chicken Dice. Isn't the others strange dishes?"
"Don't worry, you will definitely not be poisoned. The things you ate before are not authentic, and what you made in this restaurant is the real Chinese food. You may feel that the taste is a bit strange and you will get used to it.
When you can accept their taste, you will understand how huge and rich Chinese food culture system is, and it is more like an art. For example, these two types of food on the table, vinegar and soy sauce, must be fermented with grain for a long time. I don’t know how long it will take, it will not be short anyway.”
"I like oriental culture. If this restaurant is decorated better and full of cultural atmosphere like the Japanese restaurant I ate last night, it would be even better. Not only taste but also visual enjoyment."
After Laura finished speaking, she added: "But that would cost a lot of money, so this affordable small restaurant is more suitable for me."
Ye Dongqing held a pair of chopsticks in her hand and showed it to Laura. She asked casually: "It seems that you injured your wallet yesterday. How much does that barbecue cost?"
“…more than seven hundred dollars, don’t mention such sad things.
I can only comfort myself that Kobe and beef are beautiful. The first time I saw beef sold at gram in my life, what is even more annoying is that it is not gentlemanly at all. After I baked it, you ate it 90%!"
"Ha! Laura, you can eat whatever you want tonight, even if you order a whole menu, I won't say anything."
"It's too stupid, but you should really save money, Leo."
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Chapter completed!