Manhattan Reborn 1978

Near noon.

David felt a splitting headache, his chest seemed to be pressed by something, his whole body was numb, and he couldn't breathe.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that Susan was sleeping soundly on top of him.

Last night, the memories after he came back slowly emerged in his mind.

Erica, Martha, and Susan slept in his bed, and he had no choice but to sleep on the couch.

As a result, Susan somehow fell asleep lying on him again.

This is. .What about food protection?

Who is she guarding against?

Erica?

Martha?

hehe~

He managed to raise his arm and shook Susan awake. After a while, the two of them sat upright on the sofa.

David rubbed his numb thighs and looked at Susan who was yawning and had a headache.

"Did you see the note I left for you at the door of your apartment yesterday?"

Susan rubbed her sleepy eyes, two dark circles hanging on her face.

"What note? We stayed here directly yesterday and didn't even go back to my rented apartment."

"Then why do you all live here?"

"us..."

Susan was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked to the bedroom door to take a look.

No one was inside. .

Erica and Martha left at some point.

"Well, that's not important anymore."

Susan rubbed her small waist with her hands, sat down and hugged David's neck.

"I'm hungry. It's already noon. Let's go eat something."

David calmed down for a while and felt that his head was no longer so painful.

"A few days ago, I wanted to go to Chinatown to visit, but things were delayed. Why don't we go there now?"

"Okay, I have long heard that there are several famous Chinese restaurants there. We can just go and try Chinese cuisine!"

"Um... Susan, I didn't expect you to be a foodie?"

"Foodie? What is that?"

"It's nothing~ let's go take a bath, I smell like tobacco and alcohol."

Susan tilted her head: "Just taking a shower! I'm really hungry~!"

David held Susan in his arms and walked to the bathroom with a serious look on his face: "Stop talking nonsense, let's fight quickly!"

"Ah~

no! ~"

Susan struggled not to go into the bathroom, but she couldn't break free from David's clutches.

After more than half an hour.

The two of them came out of the bathroom.

With a blushing face, Susan raised her head and squinted her eyes, and hugged David's waist: "I'm so hungry that I can't walk anymore. You'd better bring it back to me to eat."

David felt refreshed, but his hands did not stop.

"Let's go find Black Mike and let him drive us there. Chinatown is very close. We'll be there in 10 minutes."

Before going out, David walked back to the bedroom, found Susan his own white long-sleeved shirt and jeans from among his clothes, and asked her to put them on to see the effect.

Susan took the clothes and put them on with some confusion. The length, fat and thin were quite suitable.

David followed his own ideas and unbuttoned the collar of the shirt by two buttons, rolled up the cuffs, tied the hem around her waist, lifted up the jeans, and then rolled up the trouser legs, revealing Susan's white ankles.

David took a few steps back, resting his chin on his hand, looking at his women's designs.

If David were to rate Susan's appearance, she would be able to score over [-] out of [-] points.

But her body proportions are definitely above 95 points!

A simple, fresh look, paired with Susan's long legs and her fair skin.

Um. .

That’s a lot of extra points! ~

Susan looked down at her dress, and then looked up at David, who was smiling. Her eyes were full of sleepiness and confusion.

After a while, the two of them came downstairs to Black Mike's apartment while talking and laughing.

David asked Susan to wait at the door. He took out the key, opened the door and walked in directly.

Inside the apartment.

Ravis was lying on the sofa, fast asleep.

In the bedroom, when David left last night, Giovanni who was sleeping here was gone. Only Black Mike was wearing a pair of underpants, sleeping with his arms around the quilt like an octopus.

David looked around and saw a pair of slippers. He walked over and took one in his hand. He came to Black Mike's window and shined his exposed black buttocks a few times~!

"Crackling~"

"Oh! fxxx!"

"What the hell are you doing!"

"Damn bastard!"

Black Mike sat up directly, holding his buttocks, looking at David who was hiding away with a confused look on his face.

"Man, I'm here to call you for lunch! ~Haha~"

"Shit! I won't come back until dawn to sleep and eat a shitty lunch. Get out of here!~"

David didn't say anything, just stood at the door, smiling as he watched Black Mike mumble about lying down and continuing to sleep.

Susan sat directly on the ground in the corridor outside the door, leaning her head on the wall, and heard the shouts and curses of Black Mike in the apartment.

Two 10 minutes later.

Lavis, who looked tired and kept yawning, walked out of the apartment first.

He saw Susan sleeping directly against the wall, waving to David and David behind her silently.

David came out and saw Susan's confused look. He smiled and stepped forward, giving her a princess hug. He asked Lavis and they went downstairs together, got in the car, and ran toward Chinatown.

New York's Chinatown is a prosperous and densely populated area. It is in the lower part of southern Manhattan, adjacent to East Broadway Avenue and only a few minutes away from the city government.

It is also within easy reach of Walkin, the most famous financial center in Manhattan. Its superior geographical location gives it a pivotal position in New York.

Lavis, who was driving, parked the car at the intersection after passing Lafayette Street. Black Mike got out of the car and found two little guys on the surrounding streets. He gave them some tips and asked them to help watch. Click the car.

A few people, led by Ravis, wandered towards a Chinese restaurant on Bali Street not far away.

As an experienced driver, Ravis had traveled the streets of this area countless times while driving a taxi.

But he has never been as relaxed as he is now, with his hands in his pockets and leisurely walking around Chinatown.

As he walked, he turned back and introduced to the three of them the interesting things that happened here that he had heard while driving a taxi.

Susan was holding David's arm at this time, no longer sleepy or hungry.

As she walked, she listened to Lavis's nonsense and looked curiously at the shops and pedestrians on the street.

She didn't notice that David beside her had remained silent after getting off the car.

David looked at the shops on the street with various plaques with traditional and simplified Chinese characters. The Chinese people with black hair and dark eyes were walking on the street, and an inexplicable feeling arose in his heart.

This is the familiar feeling that comes from his soul.

On both sides of the street, at the entrance of a fruit shop, there are piles of various fresh fruits in colorful colors, making people want to buy some to take home.

In a seafood and aquatic products store, a middle-aged Chinese man was holding a knife, chatting and laughing with customers while cleaning the big fish in his hands.

At the entrance of a general merchandise store, an auntie selling goods and a beautiful young woman with black hair were holding hands, smiling and chatting.

Beside them, there was a little black-haired boy with a tiger-like head, chasing and playing around them.

In the distance, at the entrance of a flower shop, several workers were carrying some flowers and delivering them to the shop.

There were also several vendors who set up their stalls directly on the sidewalk. They sorted and packed the fresh vegetables they brought in baskets, and then hawked them to the pedestrians on the street in Fuzhou dialect that David could not understand. . .

The four of them strolled along this lively street, walking, looking, and stopping.

On the street after the rain, there were slightly noisy sounds, accompanied by the fresh air, the smell of various fruits, flowers, Chinese medicine, tobacco, as well as the words and shops that David was familiar with, they mixed together to form Unique view here.

David felt like, was this place in Manhattan, New York?

Could it be that he traveled back to a prosperous small county in a coastal area?

amount. .

When David walked most of the street, he realized that there were many Chinese people walking back and forth on the streets here, but there were very few whites and blacks. .

Shopkeepers and passers-by in some shops couldn't help but look at them a few more times when they saw them passing by.

Of course, most of their eyes fell on the long-legged Susan next to David.

The jeans that were pulled up high and the white shirt that was deliberately shortened and tied around the waist showed Susan's long legs with perfect proportions, attracting passers-by to look at her.

In addition, she had a lazy look on her face that was not deliberately modified. She walked leisurely and swayed her butt slightly. That kind of beauty made people feel different, which made David next to her want to Thumbs up and thumbs up to Susan.

Several people walked through another street intersection.

Lavis waved to the three of them and pointed to a Chinese restaurant, that's where it was.

David raised his eyes and looked along. There were four big characters on a plaque not far away: Jincheng Restaurant.

There are four small words below, authentic Cantonese cuisine.

It looks pretty good!

The four of them walked to the restaurant and entered the store.

At this time, it was already past the lunch rush hour.

In the restaurant, the waiter and two Chinese men dressed as chefs were sleeping on a table.

The restaurant owner, who was short and skinny, was sitting at a table near the door, drinking tea and watching TV.

After he saw the four Davids walking in, he was obviously in a daze. He didn't expect that someone would come to eat at this time during the afternoon break.

However, the 50-year-old boss responded very quickly. He put down the tea cup in his hand with a smile, walked towards David and the others with a smile, and asked them in English what they wanted to eat.

Lavis, who opened the door first and came in, was about to talk to the boss when David behind him pulled him.

Then David walked up to the boss in two steps, stretched out his hand, and said in Mandarin: "We missed lunch time and want to eat some authentic Cantonese food at your place."

"Of course, if your chef here can make Sichuan cuisine, I would also like to try some. Just be slightly spicy."

The boss was held by David's hand and looked at the white boy in front of him. He was a little confused by the Mandarin he spoke fluently.

The three people behind David also looked at David's back in surprise.

Lavis took a step back and glanced at Susan and Black Mike: "David...can he speak Chinese?"

Black Mike and Susan both shook their heads and said they didn't know. .

In the restaurant, among the people sleeping on the table, a middle-aged, fat Chinese man dressed as a chef rubbed his numb arms and looked up at the door.

Hearing the sound just now, he thought it was some old Chinese customer who came to the restaurant and chatted politely with the boss.

Unexpectedly, the person speaking was a white boy?

David looked at the stunned boss, smiled and let go of his hand, turned around and saw the fat chef.

"Master, can you cook Sichuan food? Are you good at it? I was craving Sichuan food a few days ago, and when I think of the spicy taste, I can't stop drooling. Haha~"

"Can you give me two authentic ones? Please satisfy my craving~!"

"Um... Well, of course I can cook Sichuan food, but the seasonings of Sichuan food here are not very comprehensive. If you want to eat authentic Sichuan food, you must have chili peppers and peppercorns from China. Only the ones made like that can barely be considered authentic. , the word authentic.”

Yo! ~

David didn't expect that listening to what the chef said might actually bring him to the right place~!

"Well, we can have some Cantonese dishes and a pot of soup to rest our stomachs and wait here for a while.

Do you think you can make some Sichuan dishes using the ingredients that are available today? "

The boss came back to his senses. He took a half step back, tilted his head, looked David up and down, and asked in his less than standard Mandarin: "Uh... Sir, where did you learn Chinese?" Chinese? How can you speak it more fluently than me?"

David laughed and looked at the boss: "You can prepare some Sichuan dishes for me first. We can sit down and chat while waiting~"

"Ah~ that's right! Look at how rude I am~ Come on, please sit over here."

The boss pulled David and moved several people to a large table against the wall. Then he turned around and ordered the waiter to bring tea and menus.

The fat chef also had an interested expression on his face and walked to David's table, wanting to chat more with David.

Several people were seated.

The waiter handed over the menu, and David took it, read it over, ordered a few dishes that impressed him, and steamed a fish.

The waiter handed the order to the fat chef next to him, and the boss said to him: "Since this gentleman has said that he wants to eat authentic Sichuan food, you can ask your apprentice to go to Lao Liu to see if he can get some ingredients. Make some dishes for this gentleman to taste."

David also smiled and looked at the fat chef: "My name is David. If you really can't find the right ingredients, give me some fried prawns or dry-fried beef river. Just slightly spicy."

The fat chef took the order and nodded with eyes wide open. This white boy is really a master of the Chinese nation!

He turned and went back to the kitchen to get busy. The boss accompanied David and others to drink tea and chat.

Ravis and Black Mike were not used to drinking tea, so the waiter brought them Coke.

Susan took the tea cup and took a sip. She had heard that the British aristocrats used to like to drink tea in the afternoon. She had not had the chance to try it before, but today she had learned a lot.

David took a sip of the tea, smelling the taste in his mouth. Many memories in his mind emerged because of this taste.

The boss is very chatty.

He and David talked in English and Mandarin about stories and interesting things that happened in Chinatown, as well as the past events of their own families.

In today's Chinatown, most people come from Xiangjiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fuzhou.

Just like this restaurant owner Zhang Jinhong, his hometown is in a small village near Hailufeng, Guangdong.

More than 60 years ago, due to the war, the local situation was very unstable. Zhang Jinhong's great-grandfather had no choice but to take a few family members and fled to Xiangjiang empty-handed.

Ten years have passed.

After Zhang Jinhong was born, his grandfather worked in a company run by an American for ten years and was very highly regarded by the American boss. The American wanted his grandfather to come to New York and continue to help with the business.

Because of this incident, a large family of Zhang Jinhong's ancestors all sat together and discussed a decision that changed their lives.

The whole family moved to New York, USA.

At that time, World War I had ended, and the entire Western world was still in the shadow of the war and had not come out.

Moving to the United States was definitely a good choice at the time.

In this way, the entire Zhang family came to Chinatown in Manhattan, New York, to settle down and take root.

More than fifty years have passed.

Now, the Zhang family has spread out here and has become a large family with nearly a hundred people.

Zhang Jinhong opened this restaurant because he felt old and his health was not as good as before, so he found something to do for himself, just to relieve his boredom and pass the time.

As David listened to Zhang Jinhong's story, he felt happy for fellow Zhang family members who were struggling in a foreign country and living a prosperous life.

While the two of them were chatting, several dishes were put on the table.

Susan, Black Mike and Ravis were not very good at using chopsticks, so David taught them with a smile while chatting with Boss Zhang.

He picked up a piece of fish, put it in his mouth, and tasted it carefully. The strange yet familiar taste made David feel good.

"Boss Zhang, the food here tastes really good. I will have a place to eat Chinese food in the future!"

"Haha~ You are welcome to come often, David."

"In a few days, I'll ask the chef to bring in some authentic Sichuan ingredients and prepare a few dishes for you to try!"

"That's great, what's your phone number here? I'll call you before I come here and invite my friends to come and try your craftsmanship!"

"Haha~ OK, the number is..."

While the two were chatting and laughing, Boss Zhang saw that the three people except David could not eat the food with chopsticks. .

He asked the waiter to bring him spoons and knives and forks for them to use.

The fat chef worked in the kitchen for a while, then came out with oil-fried prawns and stir-fried beef, and placed them on David's table.

He smiled and stretched out his hand for David to taste: "How do you like it?"

David thanked them and tasted them one by one: "Hmm... The heat of the fried shrimps is really well controlled. The shrimp shells are crispy, the shrimp meat is elastic, and it doesn't taste greasy."

“Dry-fried beef river, the pink color of the river is uniform, the beef is tender and fragrant, what a good craftsmanship!~”

The fat chef put his hands on his hips and smiled, his face full of pride.

Boss Zhang watched David eating and evaluating the dishes, and he felt a little murmuring in his heart.

David smiled and asked the fat chef to sit down: "I haven't asked yet, what do you call me?"

The fat chef smiled and waved his hand: "The boss is my uncle, my name is Zhang Wenbiao."

"Hey, it's Brother Biao!~"

David's cry "Brother" made both Boss Zhang and the fat chef laugh.

"Brother Biao, it's like this, I'm going to film a food show that will be broadcast on TV, and your cooking skills are amazing!

I wonder if you are interested in participating? "

"Filming a food show?"

Boss Zhang and Fat Chef looked at each other and felt that after meeting David David today, a new door had opened for them to live a peaceful life.