Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 746 Respect Doesn't Come From Charity

Niu Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "Because you are in trouble, right? You are really serious. If you are in trouble, tell everyone. Why do you have to carry it by yourself?"

Zhang Xiaolan looked at Niu Xiaoqiang with hesitant eyes: "You know everything?"

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "Your goal is too obvious, I can find out the situation by just asking around."

Zhang Xiaolan lowered her head in embarrassment, and Niu Xiaoqiang rubbed her stomach: "I haven't eaten lunch yet, you are familiar with this place, take me to find a place to eat, let's sit down and chat slowly."

Zhang Xiaolan still had classes in the afternoon, but since Niu Xiaoqiang had arrived, she naturally couldn't take care of the class.She nodded happily, "No problem, I'll take you to dinner right away."

The two walked out of the classroom and met many students who came to class.These people had experienced Niu Xiaoqiang's strength in the morning, and they all looked at Niu Xiaoqiang with awe at this moment, before Zhang Xiaolan took the initiative to give way to them, they first gave way to both sides of the corridor.

It happened to be lunch break when Zhang Xiaolan returned to school, and she didn't know what happened in the classroom.Seeing that the students were in awe of Niu Xiaoqiang, Zhang Xiaolan seemed very puzzled.She asked softly in Chinese: "Xiaoqiang, why do these people make way for you? They seem a little afraid of you?"

Niu Xiaoqiang chuckled: "Maybe they are being polite to me."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaolan said disdainfully: "Pull it down, it's pretty good that these guys don't discriminate against you, if you want them to be polite to you, it's simply impossible."

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and said nothing, Zhang Xiaolan felt a sense of joy of "meeting an old friend in a foreign land", and was too lazy to think about this question, so she took the initiative to ask about Niu Xiaoqiang's situation.

When she learned that Niu Xiaoqiang was doing well, she smiled happily and said, "I knew you would be able to do well. A person like you can stand out no matter where he is."

Niu Xiaoqiang laughed, and asked back, "Xiaolan, how much debt do you have left?"

Zhang Xiaolan said with a bitter face: "The total debt is [-] U.S. dollars. I have worked day and night to earn money. Up to now, I have only repaid [-] U.S. dollars, and there are [-] U.S. dollars left. Calculated at this rate, I am here in the United States. The four years of studying abroad have to be spent working part-time.”

The wages in the United States are much higher than those in China. Of course, the consumption level is relatively high.Zhang Xiaolan was able to repay the debt of two thousand dollars in less than a year, which in Niu Xiaoqiang's opinion was already quite good.

He looked at Zhang Xiaolan's whitishly washed T-shirt, "It can be seen from your clothes that your life is very difficult."

Zhang Xiaolan said with a wry smile: "There is no other way. It would be good if they didn't ask me to repay the interest on the debt. Can I not work hard to repay the money?"

Niu Xiaoqiang asked curiously: "I was wondering, how did you break the glass door of the house? As far as I know, this kind of glass door is very thick, and the installation is also very strong. You are a girl, how can you have such a big glass door?" your strength?"

Zhang Xiaolan continued to smile bitterly: "Speaking of which, I was unlucky. I rushed to work in the restaurant after school that day. Just as I was about to walk to the door of the restaurant, someone suddenly snatched my backpack. I hurried to chase it. I couldn't catch up with it." , I picked up a stone from the ground and tried to throw it at him, but it missed the bag snatcher, but smashed the glass door of the restaurant."

Niu Xiaoqiang was shocked: "Is the security environment in Boston so bad?"

Zhang Xiaolan shook her head: "It's not too bad, I seldom encounter this kind of thing. It's because of my bad luck that I encountered something with a low probability."

Niu Xiaoqiang reminded: "This is a foreign country after all, and you should change your thinking. In the future, if you encounter bag snatchers, call the police and don't have physical conflicts with criminals. Otherwise, if something happens, you won't even be able to find a helper." arrive."

Zhang Xiaolan nodded approvingly: "You are right, the United States is really different from China. If you are in China, if you encounter this kind of thing, just shout loudly, and people passing by will definitely come to help. I became indifferent, and I kept shouting, but no one stood up to help me."

Zhang Xiaolan changed the subject here: "Of course, this may have something to do with my being Chinese. To tell you the truth, Chinese people are not very popular in the United States. Before going abroad to study, you reminded me that I might Being discriminated against, I didn’t have a very intuitive understanding of this at the time, and it was only after I came to the United States that I deeply realized what discrimination is.”

Niu Xiaoqiang comforted: "It's okay, as long as we work hard, we can gain the respect of others. To put it bluntly, respect is not obtained by charity, but by fighting for it."

Niu Xiaoqiang was very touched by what happened in the morning. If he had kept a low profile, he would have been looked down upon by others.When he chose not to keep a low profile, he gained the awe of others.This is already very telling.

Zhang Xiaolan nodded: "You are right. People still have to rely on themselves. If you are not self-motivated, how can you let others treat you as an equal? ​​But there are many racists in the United States. No matter how good you are, They will also look down on you from the bottom of their hearts, it is best to keep a distance when you meet such a person, so as not to disgust yourself."

Niu Xiaoqiang hummed: "Thank you for your reminder, I will pay attention."

The two chatted while walking, and after walking out of the school gate, Zhang Xiaolan asked, "Do you want Chinese food or Western food?"

Niu Xiaoqiang seemed a little surprised: "Is there any Chinese food here?"

Zhang Xiaolan nodded: "Of course there are. There are quite a lot of Chinese Americans in Boston. Most of them are overseas Chinese who immigrated to the United States decades ago. These people are not used to Western food. Some of them are smarter because of the number of Chinese Americans. Many residential areas have opened Chinese restaurants, and not only Chinese people like to eat, but Americans also like to eat, and the business is very good.”

Niu Xiaoqiang had lingering fears about Watson's breakfast, so he immediately made a choice: "I want to eat Chinese food, which direction should we go?"

Zhang Xiaolan snorted: "The Chinese restaurant is a little far from here, I'll push the bicycle over here, let's ride there."

The basic planning of Americans is different from that in China. The main roads here are very wide, and the residential areas and commercial areas are far away, so Americans will choose to drive when traveling.

Unlike in China, there are usually restaurants and small shops near residential areas. Even if there are none nearby, it takes only a few minutes to walk to other places to find them.

Niu Xiaoqiang only waited for a moment at the school gate, and Zhang Xiaolan pushed the bicycle out.

　Thank you book friend "tanmin2" for your support again, bow!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)