Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 308 Sichuan Restaurant

   half an hour later

   After dawdling, the two finally arrived at their destination, a street in the 13th arrondissement of Paris where the Chinese "seem not to be able to appear on the street."

At the entrance of   , there is a gate of a Chinese-style archway with the three characters of China Street above it, which is very clear under the illumination of the lights.

   When we got here, there were more Chinese importing and exporting. After Yang Chen took a casual look, he walked through this gate with Laura and entered Chinatown.

   After walking very far, Yang Chen had a feeling of returning to Xiangjiang, except that there were more white people on the street, there was no change at all.

   Looking up, the plaques hanging on both sides of the street are very eye-catching in capital Chinese characters, and they are also marked in French.

  Obviously, French is only for French people. Most of the people living in Chinatown are Chinese, but because of the liveliness here, it also attracts many local French residents to visit.

  The two walked for a while, and various restaurants began to appear along the street. When it comes to eating, we have to admire our Chinese.

   In the shops that came all the way in front, other words would appear every few rooms.

  When we got to the place to eat, we walked in a row, all of them were owned by Chinese people, and there were restaurants in every major department.

   After walking for a while, Yang Chen stopped at a Sichuan restaurant.

   Seeing Yang Chen stop at the Sichuan restaurant, Laura turned pale, opened her mouth, and wanted to say something, but when she saw the smile on the corner of Yang Chen's mouth, she choked back again.

  Sichuan restaurant is not big, not even 100 square meters, but it is obviously much larger than the previous ones.

   In addition to the dozen or so long seats facing the door, there are three private empty tables spaced apart in the innermost part, which are well arranged and the air conditioner is on.

  When Yang Chen and Laura came in, Wu Yaoxin, Junzi and the others blocked the entrance of the store at once.

   At this time, there are not many customers in the restaurant. Under normal circumstances, it is not a holiday or in a hurry at noon, and everyone will cook at home at night.

   Yang Chen took Laura directly to occupy a private table, and the other two private tables were occupied by Wu Yaoxin.

   And the long table near Yang Chen's side was occupied by the soldier and the iron-headed leader.

   Outside, Junzi and Tietou never let up on Yang Chen's safety, even when they were eating.

   A group of people came in all of a sudden, not only the diners in the restaurant were stared at each other, but even the owner of the Sichuan restaurant was startled.

   Seeing his daughter preparing to go over with the menu, the restaurant owner hurriedly grabbed it and asked her daughter to stay honest at the front desk.

   The restaurant owner's eyes circled around Junzi and the others, and finally focused on Yang Chen and Laura.

   It was obvious that the group of big men around were all revolving around the two of them.

   At the same time, Wu Yaoxin happened to see the boss hesitate, so he stretched out his hand and pointed at Yang Chen's table, signaling the boss to order food for Yang Chen's table first.

   Seeing this, the boss finally made up his mind and hurriedly smiled and nodded to Wu Yaoxin.

"Hello"

   The restaurant owner came to Yang Chen, smiled and nodded in greeting, and handed the menu to Yang Chen.

   "Hello" Hearing the boss speak Mandarin, Yang Chen took the menu handed over by the boss and responded with a smile.

  "Huh" Hearing Yang Chen's standard Mandarin, the boss was a little surprised, just when he saw Yang Chen subconsciously thinking that the other party was Chinese, so he said hello in Mandarin,

   But when he thought about it and was about to say hello in French, Yang Chen had already responded.

  The boss asked hesitantly, "Is the gentleman from the bay, or inland?"

   Yang Chen handed Laura the menu in his hand, and said with a smile, "Xiangjiang".

   The boss nodded when he heard the words, and didn't ask any more questions. Although they all spoke Cantonese in Xiangjiang, there were also many people who could speak Mandarin, so they were not curious.

   Seeing Laura looking at the menu hesitantly, the boss blinked, a little strange.

  Because many French people like to come to his shop to try what is called super spicy, their menus are marked in French, so there is no problem of incomprehension.

   Yang Chen saw something wrong on her face, so he couldn't help but ask, "Don't you know what to order?"

   Laura pouted: "Chen, are there any non-spicy dishes here?"

   Laura forced a smile, and the last time she was tricked by a friend to eat fish came to her mind.

  The spicy taste is still fresh in her memory.

   As we all know, Sichuan cuisine is the kind of food that makes people unable to resist trying the second after taking the first bite.

  Laura was tricked by her friend into taking the first bite, because she couldn't help being greedy, and at the instigation of her friend, she finally went straight to the hospital.

  So, she was very impressed with this shop. Although she liked Chinese food later, she still had a deep taboo on spicy food.

   At noon, Wu Yaoxin ordered light and non-spicy dishes because everyone needed to work, so she would rush to eat with Yang Chen.

   Yang Chen heard the words, took the menu from her hand, smiled, but did not speak.

  Is it okay to eat non-spicy dishes at a Sichuan restaurant? After ordering a few dishes, Yang Chen just mentioned a little spicy to the boss.

   As for how slightly spicy it is, it depends on the boss's understanding and the level of spiciness in this restaurant.

  After Yang Chen finished ordering the dishes, Wu Yaoxin, Junzi and the others didn't need to introduce anything from the boss at all, they took the menu and finished ordering.

   handed the menu to his wife who was a cook. The boss washed his hands and started to prepare the cooking.

   As for who Yang Chen is, the boss didn't think too much about him. He is a small restaurant owner, so what is he doing with his spare time.

   In front of the counter, a girl who was about sixteen or seventeen years old was staring at Yang Chen's back curiously. For some reason, she always felt that the other party seemed familiar.

   When she has nothing to do after school, she often comes to the store to help. Over time, she can naturally remember some regular customers.

   However, Yang Chen is obviously not one of the regular customers in her memory.

   But, she just felt very familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

  I was bored, and the girl turned on the TV.

   Coincidentally, the news of the French election is being broadcast on TV, and there is still a lot of concern about the presidential election, girls and other Chinese living in France.

  Sometimes a decision of the president will also have a great impact on the lives of these Chinese who have lived in France all the year round.

   The only regret is that their family does not have the right to vote. Although the girl was born in France and has French nationality, because she is not yet an adult, she has nothing to do with elections or anything.

   Although her parents have lived in France for many years, they do not have French nationality, nor do they have the right to vote.

The news of the    presidential election successfully diverted the girl's attention, and she no longer thought about why Yang Chen was familiar.

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   (end of this chapter)