Wen 丨 Zhenhua said
Contributed by丨Zhang Botao
—— Introduction ——
As China grows stronger, more and more foreigners want to travel and settle in China, and in contrast, China's peaceful and clean atmosphere is clearly what most people are looking for.
In addition, the development of technology has also made online communication between countries closer, and young people with good English can always make cross-border friends, and I am one of them.
Because I like the same international singer, I met an Italian beauty by chance on the Internet, and our tastes in listening to songs are very close, so I couldn't help but talk more deeply and became friends.
She always heard that China was a country worth visiting, and she was quite welcoming to tourists from all over the world, so she took advantage of the holiday to buy a plane ticket to China, and I naturally became the tour guide.
What I didn't expect was that I just took her to a restaurant for a meal, and she immediately changed her ticket after returning that day, and said that she would never come to China again.
—— Zhang Botao's self-description ——
My name is Zhang Botao, I am a student who goes to school in Chengdu, I usually have nothing to do, I like to listen to songs, go on the Internet, netizens are talented, there are always all kinds of witty words, sometimes I can be silly and happy in the afternoon with my mobile phone.
In addition to wandering around the domestic Internet environment, I often go to the Internet to see the lives of foreigners.
My English is pretty good, and I have a variety of translation apps, so I was able to communicate with foreign people relatively smoothly.
In this way, I met Vanessa, a girl born into a traditional Italian family, who loved life and also loved music, just like me.
We followed each other on social media and she would like the photos I shared.
I'm the kind of person who likes to record my life with photos, especially all kinds of food and scenery, which is the main content I share on social platforms.
Probably because I often see me sharing this, and many foreigners who have come to China on foreign websites are boasting, so Vanessa couldn't help but be moved and wanted to come to China to have a look.
When she asked me tentatively, I of course expressed a 120% welcome, and strongly recommended her to choose Chengdu as the first stop, after all, it is a rather relaxed and tolerant city.
After months of preparation, Vanessa finally got on a plane to China.
I could already feel her excitement when I saw her at the airport, with a big smile on her face, and she said that the Chinese flight attendants were gentle and powerful.
She also said that even strangers in China are quite enthusiastic, and she didn't know how to find the station at first, but a young lady passing by took the initiative to help her and showed her the way.
I took her luggage, took her to the parking lot to take a taxi, and when I saw everyone queuing, she couldn't help but sigh that the quality of Chinese people is really good now, which is completely different from her previous stereotype.
Listening to Vanessa mention of the past, I can't help but remember when I was a child, I listened to the teacher's lecture that Chinese tourists are always very annoying, love to cut in line, spit, and like to carve "so-and-so to visit here" everywhere, this viciousness not only appears in China, but also appears abroad, so that many countries do not welcome Chinese tourists to play.
I can't help but blush a little, but fortunately, now that the times have progressed, the quality of the Chinese has also improved, and such humiliating behavior has rarely appeared.
Just like waiting for a taxi at this moment, everyone consciously lined up in a row and followed the instructions of the staff to get on the bus in turn.
Vanessa arrived in Chengdu late, so I took her directly to the hotel to arrange check-in.
When I was still in the taxi, I ordered her a late-night snack on time, and considering that it was too late, she had to travel for another day, so instead of ordering the greasy, indigestible stuff, I chose small wontons.
The takeaway came quickly, and as soon as we settled in the hotel, there were already small robots knocking on the door to deliver them.
Seeing the white, short little robot outside the door, Vanessa's heart melted, and she couldn't help but chat with the little robot for a few words before letting it go.
Under my explanation, Vanessa finally figured out that China has not yet fully enabled robot delivery, which is just a service of the hotel, in order to ensure the safety of guests.
Still, it was enough to surprise her that China's modernization process was far beyond her imagination.
The wontons are also still hot, indicating that the delivery staff delivered quickly, and Vanessa also realized this and said to me enviously: "You Chinese are so happy, you can still eat so late, and the delivery is also very fast, do you use any special transportation?"
I saw her look of anticipation, so I introduced her to the electric car, a very convenient means of transportation, and she said that if she had the opportunity to live in China for a long time, she would definitely learn to ride an electric car as soon as possible.
As she spoke, she opened the small ravioli, scooped one up with a spoon a little clumsily, and put it in her mouth: "Delicious, delicious! Is this Chinese pasta? It's very different from Italy!"
I smiled and said, "There are many types of noodle in China, and this is one of the simpler and most common ones, and we usually eat them at breakfast. ”
Speaking of breakfast, I told her about a variety of breakfast types, different regions like to eat in the morning, some places eat noodles, some places drink porridge, and some places like to drink morning tea and eat with lunch.
Vanessa listened to my story, and was already a little eager to follow me to the breakfast shop in the street and alley the next morning to taste an authentic Chinese breakfast.
I didn't bother her much, and when she had finished eating, I left her room and told her to rest well tonight.
In the evening, I remembered that Italy is also a pasta-loving country, so I had a new idea for the next day's food itinerary.
The night passed quickly, and I took the energetic Vanessa to a breakfast shop in an old alley early in the morning.
This shop was opened by an old couple, it is said that it has been more than ten years, and it was recommended to me by a local classmate of mine, and all the pasta is made by hand.
The old couple was also very happy to see me bring a foreign beauty over, and gave us an extra drawer of steamed dumplings.
Vanessa followed my example and ate fried dough sticks mixed with soy milk, and ate it with relish, if it wasn't for her lack of appetite, I guess she would have eaten a lot.
Seeing that she looked like she was well received, I couldn't help but feel more confident about the next arrangement.
Considering that she is Italian and may not be able to eat spicy, instead of taking her to be suddenly spicy by Sichuan, it is better to let her taste the improved Italian food first, and then slowly transition to authentic Sichuan cuisine.
So at noon, I took Vanessa to a famous pizzeria, but I didn't want to, it was such an arrangement that almost caused me a big disaster.
Vanessa was happy when she first stepped into this pizzeria, and she was proud that the delicious food from her hometown had been passed here.
But when she started to flip through the menu, her face became more and more wrong: "Pineapple pizza, assorted fruit pizza, durian pizza, ......"
The corners of her mouth drooped a little with each name of the pizza she pronounced, and before she could read the entire menu, she was already pale, and simply ordered an Italian-style pizza.
I was a little overwhelmed and wondered what was wrong with her.
While waiting for the pizza, Vanessa took a deep breath and said, "You guys are so disrespectful to our country! How can you change the traditional cuisine of our country? How can you put all this mess on the pizza?"
I was stunned, I had indeed heard that Italians were very persistent about pizza before, I thought it was just a joke, but I didn't expect people to be so serious, for a bite to eat, directly buckle a big hat.
Before I could explain, Vanessa then said, "I'll change my booking when I get back to the hotel, I don't want to come to such a nonsense place again." I'm sorry, Zhang Botao, I think there are some things I still can't accept. ”
The atmosphere fell silent for a while, and I organized my language and said slowly: "I think I can understand your feelings, after all, there are many adaptations of our Chinese cuisine in other countries, and many of them are also something we can't understand and support." ”
I gave her examples of strawberries in Chinese spicy mapo tofu in Japan, and cheese and fruit in dumpling wrappers in Ukraine for dessert...... All of these are countless, and even within China, the sweet and salty problems of bean curd and zongzi have not been disputed until now.
"When food reaches a certain place, it naturally adapts and changes according to the tastes of the locals, and maybe it seems disrespectful to you, but in our eyes it is a process of acculturation, and everyone is entitled to enjoy what they love, isn't it?"
After listening to my explanation, Vanessa slowly calmed down, and finally apologized to me, saying that she shouldn't be so excited, nor should she be so arbitrary, there are still many beautiful places in China, and she will experience them one by one with patience.
[This article is based on netizens' contributions, adapted from real experience, the names and place names in the article are pseudonyms, and if someone carries them, they will be held responsible]
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