La Spezia is a port city in northern and central Italy. It is the capital of La Spezia Province and the main naval base in Italy. However, the city is not large in area and the population is not large, only about 95,000, which is equivalent to a town in a developed coastal area of ​​China.

The train station in La Spezia is not big. Xia Yunjie arrived at the train station at about 2 pm. When he got off the train station, he paid special attention and found that there was indeed a machine like a coin-operated telephone on the side of the platform. Xia Yunjie would not think too much even if he saw it. Now he realized that this was an automatic check-in machine.

Xie Simeng's Chinese restaurant is only a few streets away from the train station, very close. After getting off the train, Xia Yunjie dragged his suitcase and walked towards his Chinese restaurant. As for Scola, Xia Yunjie called him before the train arrived in La Scola and asked him to come to La Scola to design a set of clothes. Of course, the main purpose was to use Scola's celebrity benefits to help Xie Simeng's Chinese restaurant become famous.

Mr. Xia's summoning was no different from the imperial edicts of ancient emperors for the present day. Not to mention asking him to arrive at La Spezia immediately, even if he was asked to arrive at the icy and snowy Arctic immediately, he had to arrive immediately.

The streets of La Spezia are very quiet and clean, with few pedestrians and cars. After walking a few streets, Xia Yunjie walked to Xie’s restaurant.

The storefront is not big, but it looks very refreshing and has a very Chinese style layout, which makes Xia Yunjie feel like he returns to his hometown as soon as he walks to the door.

It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon, and there were few people eating. Behind the counter opposite the door was a Chinese woman in her forties. There was a small table and a chair behind the counter. A little girl was writing Chinese characters in her book. Xia Yunjie knew that this Chinese woman should be Xie Simeng's mother, and that girl should be his sister.

Sure enough, Xie Simeng called her mother as soon as she walked into the door, and the little girl ran out happily and spread her hands at Xie Simeng and said, "Brother, where is the candy?"

Xie Simeng transformed a lollipop like magic. The little girl happily took the lollipop and looked at Xia Yunjie with curious eyes while peeling the packaging.

"Are you here for dinner, this big brother? Welcome." peeling off the packaging, the little girl licked the lollipop while saying to Xia Yunjie in a childish voice. He could not help but smile happily on Xia Yunjie's face. He touched the little girl's head and smiled: "Little boy, I know how to treat my parents to the guests at such a young age. It's amazing."

"Of course" the little girl raised her chin smugly.

"Go away, sir, what are you going to do with your little girl? Go write quickly." Seeing her daughter's smug look, her mother glared at her, and then smiled at Xia Yunjie apologetically and said, "Sir, you are also Chinese. Xiaohui is very excited every time she sees Chinese people coming. Don't mind."

"No, no, Xiaohui is very cute." Xia Yunjie said with a smile.

"Mom, this is Brother Xia Yunjie and I met on the train. Before he could eat lunch, I invited him to us. Brother Xia, this is my mother. My father should be busy in the kitchen now." Xie Simeng introduced for help.

"So you met on the train. No wonder I asked why I came in one after another. Then why didn't you take Mr. Xia to sit down first?" Xie Simeng's mother realized that her son and Xia Yunjie had known each other for a long time.

Xie Simeng smiled when she heard this, then took Xia Yunjie to find a seat by the window, and then went to get the menu and said, "This is our menu. Brother Xia, please take a look first. I'll go to the kitchen to see if my dad needs help?"

Xia Yunjie smiled and nodded and said, "Go, I'll take a look at the menu first."

After Xie Simeng left, Xie Simeng's mother poured a cup of tea and chatted with Xia Yunjie: "Where is Mr. Xia?"

"I heard from Jiangzhou City, Jiangnan Province, Si Meng said that you are from Wenzhou. You Wenzhou people are really amazing. You have all gone to Italy to do business." Xia Yunjie said.

"What are the most powerful people who are not powerful are forced by life. When I came out, I didn't know how to speak and I was a ill worker. I was really worried. Now I have gradually gained my foothold and my life has improved. By the way, you are an international student, right? There are many young people like you who travel around while you are backpacking during the summer vacation. I really envy you. I was not as happy as you at that time." Xie Simeng's mother sighed with emotion.

"No, I'm already working. I've come out to have fun while I've had nothing to do recently." Xia Yunjie replied half-truely.

"You're already working, so I really can't tell it. You should be older than our Simeng," Xie Simeng's mother couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"Si Meng is so good than me. He can help the family now." Xia Yunjie said with a smile.

"Haha, this child has been sensible since he was a child. At that time, our career was just starting out. He saw that it was very hard for us to get up early and go into the dark every day, so he knew to help some time. Unfortunately, we were just focusing on making money at that time and wasted his studies. Now he can't even read or write Chinese. Now, we have to teach her Chinese to the church no matter what, otherwise we will not even recognize a street sign when we return to China." Seeing Xia Yunjie mentioning her son, Xie Simeng's mother looked full of happiness and guilt.

"Actually, it's not too late to let Xie Simeng start learning now." Xia Yunjie said.

"It's not too late, but Si Meng refused to go to school, so he would rather help us manage the store. This child is like this. He feels sorry for the money for hiring workers. The salary here is much higher than in China. It's really a big burden for small shops like ours. With his help, we saved a lot." Xie Si Meng's mother said in a contradictory mood.

"If the business is good, I will always have to hire someone." Xia Yunjie said with a smile.

"It's almost the same business in a small place. Besides, there are not many foreigners who come here to eat Chinese food on their own." Xie Simeng's mother said.

"There should be more in the future." Xia Yunjie smiled.

"Thank you Ji Yan, you drink tea first. If you have anything, call me. They are all Chinese. Just think this is your own home." As he was speaking, a foreign couple walked in. Xie Simeng's mother greeted Xia Yunjie and then went to greet the foreign couple.

Xie Simeng's mother didn't know that before Xia Yunjie came, she invited a master from the fashion industry to come to their Chinese restaurant for dinner. Once the celebrity becomes effective, it will be difficult for the Chinese restaurant business to be successful.

While drinking tea quietly, Xia Yunjie felt warm in his heart as what the boss’s wife had just said echoed in his ears.

After looking through the recipes, Xia Yunjie found that the consumption of small Chinese restaurants is relatively cheaper than Western food, especially if a few Chinese people order a few dishes together, it will be more economical and cost-effective. Unlike Western food, they are all divided, and a person can only order their own portion.

After a while when the boss's wife went to greet the guests, Xie Simeng came over with a middle-aged man wearing a white chef's uniform.

"You must be Mr. Xia, Si Meng's father Xie Zuohe, just call me Lao Xie." Xie Zuohe shook hands enthusiastically with Xia Yunjie.

"Haha, I'm very happy to meet you. Then I'll tell you Lao Xie. Don't let Mr. Xia and Mr. Xia, call me Xiaoxia or Ajie." Xia Yunjie smiled.

"Okay, everyone is Chinese, and La Spezia is a small place, so it's quite difficult to meet Chinese tourists here. I'm not polite to call you Xiaoxia. Xiaoxia, I heard that you are from Jiangzhou City. Your taste should be similar to that of Wenzhou. You don't eat spicy food, but the dishes are generally sweeter, right?" Xie Zuohe was a crispy person and immediately called Xiaoxia.

"Yes." Xia Yunjie nodded.

"Okay, how many dishes do you order, I will cook them for you according to the taste of our Wenzhou people. The Chinese dishes cooked for foreigners have been slightly modified, which are more suitable for their taste, and may not be suitable for you." Xie Zuohe said.

Although it was just a trivial matter, Xia Yunjie still felt the strong Chinese feelings deeply and couldn't help but secretly glad that he made the right decision on the train.

Because there was only one person, Xia Yunjie only ordered two dishes and one soup, eleven euros, which was much cheaper than eating authentic Italian meals.

For Italian meals, the consumption level of a person is above 20 euros.

The one who served was Xie Simeng, and the one who served was not two dishes and one soup, but three dishes and one soup. He added a Kung Pao Chicken Dice.

"This is a gift. Foreigners like this dish the most. It's sour and sweet. You can try it too." Xie Simeng pointed to the Kung Pao Chicken Ding with pineapple dough and said.

"Thank you." Xia Yunjie said thank you happily, and then slowly started eating Chinese food alone.

Because it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon, all the guests left slowly, leaving only the two guests who came with Xia Yunjie.

The customer was almost gone, so Xie Zuohe had a rare free time of the day. He specially brought a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs and hand-torn cabbage, and brought two bottles of Tsingtao beer, handed to Xia Yunjie a bottle and said with a smile: "Come to the Chinese beer bar."

"Thank you" Xia Yunjie took the beer and opened it. The two of them started chatting while drinking: "Will the locals in business here make things difficult for you?"

"That's fine. It's basically quite civilized here. But we are all outsiders, so it's impossible to say there is no difference. For example, the local police here especially like to check the shops opened by us Chinese and the local underworld. They usually come to collect the protection fees for shops opened by us foreigners. Some locals have some strength, so they dare not accept them. But overall, it's okay, they generally don't go too far. In fact, it's the same in China, and even more complicated inspections are more. If the incense of the temple is not burned, I'm afraid it will be troublesome." Xie Zuohe raised his glass and said, "When he raised his glass and said.
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