Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "Because you're in trouble, right? You're really, if you're in trouble, tell everyone, why do you have to carry it alone?"

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

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "Your goal is too obvious, I can inquire about the situation as soon as I ask." ”

Zhang Xiaolan lowered her head in embarrassment, and Niu Xiaoqiang touched 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 talk slowly." ”

Zhang Xiaolan still has classes in the afternoon, but since Niu Xiaoqiang has arrived, she naturally can't take care of the class. I saw her nodding happily, "No problem, I'll take you to dinner." ”

The two walked out of the classroom and met many classmates who came to class. These people had learned Niu Xiaoqiang's power in the morning, and their eyes looked at Niu Xiaoqiang with a little awe at this moment, and before Zhang Xiaolan took the initiative to give way to them, they first let go to both sides of the corridor.

When Zhang Xiaolan returned to school, it was lunch break, and she didn't know what had happened in the classroom. Seeing that the classmates were a little in awe of Niu Xiaoqiang, Zhang Xiaolan looked very puzzled. She whispered in Chinese, "Xiaoqiang, why do these people have to give way to you, they all seem to be a little afraid of you?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "Maybe they are talking to me about politeness." ”

Zhang Xiaolan said disdainfully when she heard this: "Pull it down, it's already very good that these guys don't discriminate against you, and if you want them to be polite to you, it's impossible at all." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and said nothing, Zhang Xiaolan had a sense of joy that "she met her old acquaintance in a foreign country", she didn't bother to think about this question anymore, and took the initiative to ask about Niu Xiaoqiang's situation.

When she learned that Niu Xiaoqiang was mixing very well, she smiled happily: "I knew that you must be able to mix very well, people like you can get ahead no matter where you are." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang laughed and asked rhetorically, "Xiaolan, how much debt do you owe?"

Zhang Xiaolan said with a bitter face: "The debt is a total of 8,000 US dollars, I have worked day and night to earn money, and so far I have only repaid 2,000 US dollars, and there are 6,000 left. ”

Wages in the United States are much higher than in the United States, and of course, the level of consumption is relatively high. Zhang Xiaolan can repay the debt of $2,000 in less than a year, which is quite okay in Niu Xiaoqiang's opinion.

He looked at Zhang Xiaolan's white-washed T-shirt, "You can see from your clothes that your life is very hard." ”

Zhang Xiaolan smiled bitterly: "This is also a matter of no choice, it's good that people don't let me repay the interest on the debt, can I still work hard to repay the money?"

Niu Xiaoqiang said curiously: "I wonder, how did you break someone's glass door? As far as I know, this kind of glass door is very thick and very strong, you are a girl, where do you have so much strength?"

Zhang Xiaolan continued to smile bitterly: "It's also my bad luck, I rushed to work in the restaurant after school that day, just as I was about to walk to the door of the restaurant, suddenly someone snatched my backpack, I hurriedly chased it, and when I couldn't catch up, I picked up a stone from the ground and wanted to hit him, but I didn't hit the bag snatcher, but smashed the glass door of the restaurant." ”

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

Zhang Xiaolan shook her head: "It's not very bad, I rarely encounter this kind of thing, I just encountered a low probability because of my bad luck." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang reminded: "After all, this is a foreign country, your thinking should also change, in the future, if you encounter a bag snatcher, call the police, don't have a physical conflict with criminals, otherwise if something happens, you won't even be able to find a helper." ”

Zhang Xiaolan nodded thoughtfully: "You are so right, the United States is indeed different from China, if it is in China, as long as you shout loudly when you encounter this kind of thing, people passing by will definitely come to help, Americans are relatively indifferent, I shouted vigorously, but no one stood up to help me." ”

Zhang Xiaolan said this: "Of course, this may be related to the fact that I am Chinese, to tell you the truth, Chinese are not very popular in the United States, before studying abroad, you reminded me, saying that I may suffer discrimination, at that time I did not have a very intuitive understanding of this, after coming to the United States, I deeply realized what is called discrimination." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang comforted: "It's nothing, as long as we work hard ourselves, we can gain the respect of others, to put it bluntly, respect is not earned by charity, but earned by ourselves." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was very touched by what happened in the morning, and if he continued to keep a low profile at that time, he would definitely continue to be looked down upon by others. When he chose not to keep a low profile, he gained the awe of others. That's pretty 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 equally? But there are many racists in the United States, no matter how good you behave, they will also look down on you from the bottom of their hearts, and it is best to keep a distance when you meet this kind of person, so as not to disgust yourself." ”

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

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

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

Zhang Xiaolan nodded: "Of course there is, there are still a lot of Chinese in Boston, most of them are overseas Chinese who immigrated to the United States decades ago, these people are not used to eating Western food, some of them are more shrewd and have opened Chinese restaurants in the residential areas with a large number of Chinese Americans, not only Chinese people like to eat, Americans also like to eat, and the business is very good." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was apprehensive about Watson's breakfast, and he immediately made a choice: "I want to eat Chinese food, which direction should we go?"

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

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

Unlike in Japan, there are restaurants and kiosks near residential areas, and even if there are no nearby, it doesn't take a few minutes to walk to find other places.

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