60s: I have a store

Chapter 444 Foreign Friends
Li Caiying asked: "What's missing from yours?"

The foreigner said anxiously in not very fluent Chinese: "My bag, my bag is gone!"

When Li Caiying and others heard this, they immediately became alert.

Li Caiying knew that during this period, matters involving foreigners would still be taken seriously, so he said without hesitation: "Don't worry, I'll help you find a solution."

Li Caiying stood up quickly and glanced around the carriage, but did not find any obviously suspicious persons.

While comforting the foreigner, he began to ask about the details: "Do you remember when was the last time you saw the bag? What important things were in the bag?"

The foreigner tried hard to recall and said, "Just now when we were chatting, I touched the bag at my feet. Inside was my passport, some important business documents and some cash."

Li Caiying realized the seriousness of the matter. Hearing this, she knew that those things must be worth a lot of money, so she said without hesitation: "Wait here for a moment, I will go find the train police."

After saying that, he walked quickly towards the connection between the carriages, silently praying that he could find the conductor as soon as possible to help his foreign friends find their lost items.

In the adjacent carriage, Li Caiying finally found a conductor.

He hurriedly explained the situation to the police: "Comrade, a foreign friend's bag was stolen on our train. His passport and important business documents were inside. Please help find them."

When the police heard this, his expression immediately became serious and he said, "Don't worry, take me to check the situation first."

Li Caiying and the conductor quickly returned to the carriage, and the conductor began to investigate while comforting the foreign friends.

He first asked the passengers around him if they had seen anyone suspicious.

An old man recalled: "Just now, a young man was sneaking around the foreign comrade's seat for several times, and soon he went to the front carriage."

The conductor nodded and said to Li Caiying, "Take good care of this foreign friend here. I'll go look for him in the front carriage."

Li Caiying was worried and said, "I'll go too. One more person means more strength."

The conductor looked at him and nodded in agreement. One more person means more strength, and it's better to take advantage of the fact that the train hasn't arrived yet, otherwise it will be even more difficult to find the thief's things after he gets off the train.

The two men searched along the carriage, carefully observing everyone's expressions and actions.

When approaching the dining car, Li Caiying noticed a young man who looked panicked, avoided their gaze, and did not dare to look them in the eye.

He had an idea and gently touched the conductor and signaled the young man with his eyes.

The conductor stepped forward and said politely, "Comrade, please show me your ticket and ID."

The young man nervously replied, "I, my ticket and ID are in my bag."

As he spoke, he pointed to a bag beside him.

The flight attendant noticed that the style of the bag was somewhat similar to the one described by the foreign friend.

The conductor asked the young man to open his bag for inspection, but he began to hesitate and make various excuses to shirk his responsibility.

The train police came clean and said seriously: "Please cooperate with us. This is related to the theft of an important item belonging to a foreign friend."

The passengers around also gathered around and cast suspicious eyes at the young man.

During this period, people are still very resistant to stealing.

Under the gaze of everyone, the young man opened the bag reluctantly.

Sure enough, the bag contained passports of foreign friends, business documents and cash.

Li Caiying said angrily: "Why did you steal? This will have a very bad impact on the exchanges between the two countries!"

Nowadays, foreigners don’t have a very good impression of Chinese people, and it’s all caused by people like this.

The young man lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, because he knew that he had failed. So it didn't matter whether he spoke or not.

The people around him started to point fingers and talk about him. "I didn't expect him to look so honest. I didn't expect him to be a thief."

"Still stunned? Check quickly to see if your luggage is missing."

The police restrained the young man and said to Li Caiying: "Thank you for your assistance. We will handle this matter according to the law. You can go back and tell the foreign friend that the things have been found."

Li Caiying returned to the carriage and told her foreign friends the good news.

The foreign friend excitedly shook Li Caiying's hand and said, "Thank you so much! If it weren't for you, I really don't know what I would do."

Li Caiying smiled and said, "You're welcome. This is what we should do. We are all one family on the train. When we encounter difficulties, we should help each other."

After all the ordeal just now, Li Caiying felt a little tired, so he returned to his seat to rest.

At this time, a foreign friend came over and asked in not very fluent Chinese: "Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?"

Li Caiying looked up and saw a blond foreigner. She smiled and replied, "No one is sitting here. Why is it you?"

Isn’t this person in front of him the foreign friend who just helped him find his bag?

Zhao Jianhua and the others were immediately curious. They didn't expect that Li Caiying could know a foreigner and were on the same train.

After the foreign friend sat down, he introduced himself: "My name is David, from the UK. Thank you for helping me find my bag just now, otherwise I don't know what to do!"

You have to know that the procedures for reissuing a card are quite complicated, not to mention the US dollars and documents involved.

Li Caiying waved her hand: "David, it's just a small matter!"

"Where are you going by train?"

David replied: "I am a businessman and I am going to Yangcheng to attend the Canton Fair."

Li Caiying and others were very excited after hearing this. They didn't expect to meet foreign friends who were also going to attend the Canton Fair on the train.

It would be very helpful for them if they could practice with foreigners in advance.

Li Caiying was a little embarrassed to speak at this time: "David, I want to ask you for help with something? I wonder if it's okay?"

David didn't care: "It's okay, as long as I can help."

Li Caiying immediately spoke up: "We are going to participate in the Canton Fair, but we are going to promote the suitcase invented by our factory, so we would like to ask you for help and communicate with us."

When David heard it, it turned out to be such a small matter: "Of course, no problem."

“Can you show me your products?”

Li Caiying quickly took out the suitcase and said, "David, this is the product from our factory that we are going to participate in the Canton Fair."

Then he talked about the various functions and features of the suitcase.

After seeing the real thing and listening to Li Caiying and others talk about its features and functions, David immediately became interested.

After more than ten minutes of study, David said, "This is really an excellent suitcase. I believe it will be welcomed by many foreign customers at the Canton Fair."

After hearing the answer, Li Caiying and the others were very happy and became more confident in the suitcase.

After this incident, everyone's relationship became closer.

However, as the communication deepened, Li Caiying and others found that their English proficiency was limited and they were somewhat unable to communicate with David on some professional issues.

David’s Chinese is not good enough and he cannot express many complex meanings accurately.

As a result, there are still many obstacles in communication.

(End of this chapter)