234. Liangyuan is good (2)
Walking on the road, everything is novel to Mr. Li.
The shirtless bodybuilder reveals his strong muscles, the teenager slapping basketball, the snake-playing man in the speedo swimsuit and the Sikh bard roller skating. The beachfront avenue is very lively.
As we move forward, we gradually move away from the coast, and we get away from the hustle and bustle, and the environment begins to become quieter.
The small city imitates a water city, and there is a Venetian canal with complex river channels in its territory.
Unlike water cities, the waterways in the small town are artificially developed. As the saying goes, "Venice cannot be achieved without water." In order to recreate the Italian water city, the small town made great efforts to attract sea water to the artificial canals injected into the city.
Li Du walked leisurely on the gravel road, next to it was the canal. It also preserved the Moyang of Venice in the early years. A boatman swayed the boat Gonrola and carried tourists quietly on the artificial waterway.
The United States is a melting pot of immigration, and most of the people working here are Italian residents, so listening to fluent Italian, it is easy for people to inadvertently misunderstand that they are in the Water City.
The river bank is lined with palm trees, hidden among the palm trees, with boutique hotels, cafes, yoga halls and art corridors, as well as antique shops and pawn shops.
This kind of store has the logo of the Warehouse Treasure Picking Association, which means that workers from this industry are welcome to enter.
Li Du resisted his curiosity and did not go in. He now wanted to take a vacation and did not want to get in touch with work-related matters.
Some seagulls and water birds stay in the river channel, and some people sit in nearby rows of chairs to throw fragments of bread to feed the birds.
Li Du also sat in the row of chairs. He called his parents first and told them that he was good now, and then called them 50,000 yuan.
Li’s father and Li’s mother were very happy that their son could make money in a foreign country, and they also made a lot of money.
However, Li's mother felt sorry for her son and said, "Xiao Du, don't report good news or bad news. Tell the truth to your parents. If you have something unpleasant in the United States, just tell them to your parents."
Li Du smiled and said, "I'm really good here. I also raised a cat and a raccoon as a pet. Just live a good life with my dad at home."
As he was about to hang up the phone, Li's mother thought for a while and said, "Well, Xiao Du, will you go home during the Chinese New Year this year?"
During the Chinese New Year last year, he happened to encounter the school being sealed off. He was upset and had too many things to do, so he didn't go home for the Chinese New Year.
Hearing the longing in my mother's words, Li Du said heavily: "I will definitely go back, mom, don't worry, I will definitely go back for the New Year!"
After receiving this promise, Li's mother laughed at home.
He hung up the phone, and a Mandarin with a strong southern accent rang out: "Young man, are you here to study in the United States?"
Li Du looked back and saw an old Chinese man with a cane smiling at him.
So he smiled and said, "Yes, I'm here to study, but now I'm working. What about you? Are you an old immigrant?"
The old man smiled and sat down, saying, "Yes, I'm an immigrant. In 1949, the mainland fell and came to the United States with his elders. This stay will last forever!"
Li Du knew as soon as he heard this that the old man’s family background should be inseparable from the Kuomintang, otherwise he would not say “the fall of the mainland”.
He avoided the topic and asked politely: "How do you feel after coming to the United States?"
The old man knocked on the gravel road with a crutch, and his wrinkled face showed a look of remembrance, saying, "How do you feel? I am a stranger in a foreign land. Although Liangyuan is good, it will never be a place to stay for a long time."
Li Du said: "If you want to return to your hometown, then there is no problem returning to China now. The national policy is still very open."
The old man smiled bitterly and said, "Where is my hometown? I have been back. I have no one I know anymore. The scenery has changed. The whole village has been flattened and replaced with a building."
As he said that, he shook his head: "Now he can only comfort himself, saying that where his relatives are located is his hometown. In fact, he lives in a barbarian land and is sorry for the group of demons. I have made an old problem and talked to you."
Li Du said politely: "No, I understand your mood, but I think your family and children are all here, so it's great to be with your family, right?"
Speaking of the latter, he laughed a little self-deprecatingly.
People don’t need him to comfort him. Even if they miss their hometown, what about him? They are separated from their family and friends.
Gongruola shuttles back and forth in the river, and many tourists are singing and laughing. Water birds fly in groups on the water, looking very lively.
But the more lively it is, the more Li Du misses his parents.
A Miao and Gan Mian, who were playing, noticed his emotional changes and immediately ran over and got into his arms left and right. A Miao licked his chin with her tongue and meowed in her mouth.
It was already the sunset, and the fiery red sunset appeared in the sky, spreading the river surface, illuminating the river channels into fiery red.
He and the old man did not introduce themselves, but sat together and chatted without saying a word. When the sun set, they waved goodbye and parted.
After Li Du returned, Hans and others were happily going out to go to the bar and asked him if he wanted to go with him.
He was still feeling a little depressed, so he shook his head and said, "You are so energetic. I'm a little sleepy. Go back to sleep."
Hans said, "We have to be happy at night. We are in Angel City! We have to sleep tomorrow. We have time. Tomorrow we go to Long Beach tomorrow and go to the Sunshine Coast to bask in the sun and watch the beautiful girls sleep!"
Li Du said: "Then I have to keep my energy. You can go and play. The evening expenses will be recorded in my account!"
After returning to the room, he opened the window and looked at the river not far away, turned on his phone and started contacting his old classmates and old friends.
Some of his college classmates also studied in the United States, but Mr. Li wanted to save face. After being sealed off at school, he did not contact his classmates and friends.
After chatting with the homesick old man today, he had some understanding and contacted his friends and classmates again.
Of course, the more important reason is that he is doing well now. He earned 150,000 yuan at an auction, and he still has four or five million watches and five million cash. He unconsciously got the confidence.
Their classmates have chat groups, which is the same as those used abroad.
There is a time difference between the United States and China. Los Angeles uses the West Coast time zone, which is fifteen or sixteen hours slower than Beijing time. Therefore, Li Du is in the evening, and it is noon in China, and all his classmates are there.
As soon as he showed up in the group, he only sent a greeting expression, and the group of classmates suddenly exploded.
Yu Wenjie: [Shocked] Damn, is it you who is wet? Didn’t you get stolen?
Hu Haifeng: I'm so sad, are you wet? I've reported you missing persons!
Li Zhihai: [Crying], Damn, no one could contact you some time ago, and I thought you were lost in the United States, and you finally showed up!
Su Nan: Nothing wrong...
Chapter completed!