Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 845

There are three mid-range supermarkets in the city center: Aldi, Penny, and Kaufland. Because I plan to make dumplings with everyone at night, flour, minced meat, and Chinese cabbage are all necessary.In addition to fresh seasonal fruits such as apples and pears, Dong Qiangqiang also bought a few bottles of Trier's "treasure of town" - ice wine.

After reading magazines for the landlord Tian Nan Hai Bei for three months, now Dong Qiang Qiang has more or less accumulated some background in wine.

It is said that German ice wine first originated around 1830, but the birthplace was not in Trier, but in a small town called "Bingen" on the banks of the Rhine.Time flies, with the southward migration of the vineyard area and the popularization of wine-making techniques, it was finally transferred to Trier. In 2002, one of the world's most famous producers of ice wine was Trier, Germany, and the other was Ontario, Canada.France, Austria and Switzerland also have their own ice wine brands, but the world rankings are not as high as the first two.

Trier's ice wine is famous mainly because of the high production cost, and one of the reasons for the high cost is the precious raw material.

There is only one raw material for ice wine, which is ice grapes. However, ice grapes are not grape varieties like Kyoho or Sunshine Rose, but refer to grapes that have not been picked after being matured in a natural environment, and are still hanging on the vines to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. of grapes.

The grapes usually ripen and fall to the ground after October, but some grapes will remain on the vine, showing a kind of mummified form.When the time slowly enters the middle of winter, the temperature in the natural environment will become lower and lower. When the temperature finally reaches minus eight degrees and lasts for more than 10 hours, the water in the grapes will condense into ice, and the grape juice will be extremely concentrated. , the ice grapes at this time can be picked.The cost of picking ice grapes and making ice wine is usually higher than similar processes, and 12 kg of ice grapes can only produce about 4 ml of ice wine, so ice wine has the reputation of "liquid gold".

Dong Qiangqiang didn’t understand these things when he first arrived in Trier. He could occasionally see salesmen putting ice wine on the shelves in the supermarket. After he got the knowledge of ice wine, the ice wine in the supermarket was already sold out. If he wanted to buy it, he had to go to the winery to try it. Try your luck.

He is usually reluctant to drink such a luxurious thing, but it is different now.When he was putting ice wine into his shopping cart generously, he heard whispers coming from beside him, and turned his head to find gaping faces and pointing hands.Dong Qiangqiang knew that the Germans had rare and strange problems, so he didn't take it seriously, and only responded with a polite smile to these surprises.

The queue for payment was very long, and he was idly thinking about what gift to buy for a while, but he inadvertently found all kinds of fireworks at the sales counter at the cashier counter. The variety of fireworks really opened his eyes.He couldn't help but think of his hometown where fireworks and firecrackers had been banned for many years and the New Year's scenes when he was a child. After sighing, he simply put all the fireworks in the picture into the shopping cart, and he planned to have a good time in the German land.But when he checked out, he found out that the price of fireworks was far higher than that of food, but the idea of ​​setting off fireworks had already started, and it was not so easy to stop thinking about it.

Next to the train station is a Chinese supermarket opened by Thais who can't speak Chinese. Dong Qiangqiang added Zhenjiang rice vinegar and all the condiments needed for eating dumplings.He actually bought the same things in Hannover a long time ago, but left them to Lu Shan when he moved.After he arrived in Trier, he ate out almost every day, and rarely opened fire after returning home, so he took advantage of this time to buy everything, and the back of the pickup was easily half filled.

After solving the needs of eating, drinking and playing, he asked Ding Haifeng to look at the car, and he flashed into Kaufhof, a well-known and only comprehensive department store in the local area.

Although it is a well-known shopping mall, for Dong Qiangqiang, its scale is far less prosperous than domestic shopping malls such as Wangfujing Department Store, SciTech, Dangdai, and Shuang'an, and its products are pitifully few. In the Christmas discount season, all kinds of products are really discounted, and some products are even broken.

When he walked out of the shopping mall with big bags and small bags, Ding Haifeng greeted him and said loudly: "Brother Bai, they will come here immediately."

"So fast?" Dong Qiangqiang thought that everyone would have to play by the river for a while.

"Hey, Brother Dong, how many things did you buy?" Ding Haifeng is also a tour guide. He glanced at the bag in Dong Qiangqiang's hand and knew that he spent a lot of money. Looking at the heavy paper bag in his hand, he said distressedly, "You Just bought so much food and drink, buy these again, you..." Ding Haifeng realized that he should leave a sentence at the end.

In China, everyone usually gives gifts to each other during the Spring Festival gathering, but in Germany, during the Spring Festival, everyone is either busy with exams (Dong Qiangqiang took the preparatory final exam during the domestic Spring Festival), or returns to China, or works, and may not have time to meet. Therefore, foreign students usually celebrate Christmas as the Spring Festival. After all, Christmas is the most important festival of the year for Europeans and Americans, and it is also a day for family reunion, which is similar to the Spring Festival.

"It's rare for you to come here. I'm happy. These are also discounted. It's just once a year. It's okay." Dong Qiangqiang pouted towards the back seat, "Besides, you didn't come empty-handed, and you paid back the money and brought food. , I must be sensible as a local lord, right?"

Since moving to Trier, Dong Qiangqiang has not spent money so happily for a long time. He has no time and no mood, but under the background of the Christmas atmosphere, he will inevitably have the mood of impulsive consumption.He has been in Germany for a year and a half, and he has passed the stage of calculating how much RMB he spends by multiplying 11 when buying things. His attitude towards money is also different from when he first arrived in Germany. For him now, money is of course very important. But exchanging money for happiness is also important.He can't compare which is more important, but today all the people who come to see him from afar are the sincere friends he met after he arrived in Germany. He is very grateful that fate allowed him to meet these people.

"These are for you." Dong Qiangqiang took out a few marked bags from a pile of bags, stuffed them into Ding Haifeng's hands, and said, "I'll open them at night."

Ding Haifeng thanked Dong Qiangqiang, took a few paper bags, and the two walked to the back of the pickup truck side by side. Dong Qiangqiang just threw the things on the back seat of the pickup truck when he heard two screeching brakes behind him.

He turned his head subconsciously, and saw a silver-white Mercedes-Benz business car and a dark green Passat parked not far behind him, and then the door opened wide, and men and women jumped out of the car.

"Oh, I'm going, isn't this Mr. Dong? I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you so much." A greasy voice drifted into his ears.

Even with his eyes closed, Dong Qiangqiang could recognize the voice as Lei Lanting. He shook his head with a wry smile, strode towards the speaker, and at the same time opened his arms, giving him a firm hug.

Lei Lanting seemed quite surprised by his reaction. Dong Qiangqiang embraced him with his arms outstretched. He looked weak and helpless like a chick in the arms of a hen. He shouted pretending to be frightened. : "Dong Shao can't do it, my buddy is also a person with a female family now, so I can't be with you Longyang anymore..."

"Master Long!" Dong Qiangqiang pushed him away while scolding, Lei Lanting smiled and pulled He Yangjin who was wearing a colorful woolen cap from the side to Dong Qiangqiang: "Didn't expect that?"

"Well, I really didn't expect it." Dong Qiangqiang blessed with a smile, "Congratulations."

Before He Yangjin could speak, someone yelled behind He Yangjin: "Brother Qiang! We're here to see you."

A white-faced scholar who smiled like a fresh apple hanging on a tree branch in early autumn flashed out from behind He Yangjin, and it was Lu Shan who took Dong Qiangqiang's house in Hanover.I saw that his complexion was rosy, and his cheeks were much rounder than when he first arrived in Germany.

"Have you eaten German bread, kid?" Dong Qiangqiang hugged him with a smirk on his face.

"How do you know?" Lu Shan was taken aback by what he said, and asked Dong Qiangqiang while turning his face behind, "My sister told you?"

"Do you still need your sister to tell me this?" Dong Qiangqiang looked back over his shoulder, and a familiar face came into his sight.

"Long time no see, Lu Wei." It's not appropriate to hug a girl, Dong Qiangqiang took the initiative to stretch out his hand in front of her, "Welcome to Trier. Nice to see you again."

"Hello." A pair of white bead-like eyes met Dong Qiangqiang's gaze for a second, then she flicked away guiltily, and turned her gaze to the shops facing the street aside, her fingers shrank like lightning as soon as they touched Dong Qiangqiang's. go back.

At this moment, Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but think of the scene when he first met Lu Wei.He looked at Lu Wei from head to toe, and she, who had nothing to do with Lu Shan, was a little more hunched than when he saw her last time, and her smile was not natural, and those eyes that once looked forward to the brilliance and pearls seemed to be still there. No summer vacation, when he met her outside the post office, he saw the spirit.

The last time Dong Qiangqiang saw a similar expression was at the beginning of the year. Lao Bai, who was huddled in the hospital and lost his soul, also had the same expression. He didn't expect Lu Wei to have the same expression. It seems that she has not fully come out of the shadow of imprisonment.

"Hey, do you straighten your eyes when you see a beautiful woman?" Someone nudged Dong Qiangqiang's arm from the side, and then he came back to his senses, and turned his head to see a pretty face staring at him with a smile.

Dong Qiangqiang identified carefully for a few seconds before he recognized Tong Lele, who was standing in front of him with big curly hair, exaggerated red lips, and a khaki windbreaker.

"Who do you think can't walk when they see a girl?" Dong Qiangqiang seemed very dissatisfied with the big hat Tong Lele put on himself.

"Isn't it you?" Tong Lele asked with a smile.

"That's Lei Lanting. Don't make a fool of yourself."

"Hey, who called me?" Lei Lanting, who was whispering to He Yangjin, heard his name keenly, raised his neck vigilantly and asked the person next to him, "Why do I seem to hear someone say bad things about me?" ?”

No one picked up on him.

"Since when did you dress up like a female star?" Dong Qiangqiang asked, "The lipstick is so coquettish."

"How do you feel?" Tong Lele turned around in a circle, "Does it look good?"

"It's beautiful." Dong Qiangqiang stretched out his thumb and boasted, "It's like an ugly duckling turned into a swan, so beautiful that I dare not recognize it."

"That's a good compliment, don't do it in the future." Tong Lele complained, "Is there anyone who praises you so much?"

"Yes, it was originally a swan, but now it is a swan that has grown."

"Really?" Tong Lele seemed a little unconfident, "It's my first time dyeing, I'm inexperienced, my hands shake when I'm nervous, and the bottom rolls are burnt."

"Well, it's very fashionable," Dong Qiangqiang teased, "It looks younger than before by more than ten years, no, people will believe that they are 20 years younger."

"I knew your dog couldn't spit out ivory," Tong Lele asked with a smile, "Do you usually talk to Du Lan like that?"

Dong Qiangqiang smelled the inappropriate question in the words, he looked around and changed the topic: "Where is Lao Bai?"

"Calling in the car," Tong Lele pouted at the Mercedes-Benz, "He has a lot of calls now."

"Is he the boss, what about the travel agency?" Dong Qiangqiang suddenly felt a little sad.

Tong Lele nodded.

"It's great that you are all on the right track." Dong Qiangqiang sighed, "I didn't think so before, but today I'm really envious."

Tong Lele smiled: "Don't be envious, he has something nice to tell you later."

(End of this chapter)