Adrian looked at the fried egg on the plate with a strange expression, as if it was not an egg but a bomb.
Just now, seeing Ervin constantly adding seasonings into the pot, white, black and transparent, Adrian's brows were almost wrinkled into the shape of the Chinese character "川".
Ervin was not sure if he would like it, so he mustered up the courage to say, "Try it."
Adrian still gave face. He cut a small piece of fluffy egg white with a knife and tasted it. After chewing it twice, his frown relaxed... He cut another piece and ate it, then raised his left eyebrow...
Ervin was very nervous. What on earth did this guy mean? Please express your opinion!
Noticing Soo Bin's anxious look, Adrian commented, "It tastes a bit strange."
Ervin's heart suddenly fell to the bottom. It turned out that foreigners were not used to their taste... Alas!
"But..." Evor added, "I like it very much."
Ervin: ... This is probably what it feels like to fly from the ground up into the sky in an instant!
Evor scooped a spoonful of porridge and put it into her mouth with the third piece of fried egg: "......good."
Although his tone was flat, Ervin felt that this was the best compliment the other party could give him, and just at that moment, Ervin seemed to see the happiness on Adrian's face...
He was secretly excited, as if he had scored a perfect score in the exam.
Adrian made no sound while eating, and his slow movements and elegant way of using tableware made people feel that he was not eating a bowl of porridge, but some high-end French cuisine. Ervin felt that if Adrian had not been answering him, he might not have spoken to him just now.
After finishing the meal, Adrian tucked his mouth with a napkin and asked Ervin, "How did you do that?"
Soo Bin: "......Huh?"
Evor: "What did you put in the eggs?"
Ervin: "Sugar, soy sauce, and white vinegar."
Evor: "That's all?"
Ervin: "Yes..."
Evor: "Oh."
Ervin is going crazy, what on earth does he want to say!!
Adrian didn't say anything. He thanked him again and asked Ervin if he wanted some coffee. It seemed that he wanted to give him a return gift of breakfast, and Ervin certainly wouldn't refuse.
He noticed that Evor had poured extra milk into his cup and frothed it, so he asked curiously, "Why is mine different from yours?" He was no longer so nervous talking to Evor.
Evor glanced at him indifferently: "Don't you like it?"
Soo Bin licked his lips covered with milk foam and said honestly, "...I like it."
The taste is really good, the aroma of coffee and the smoothness of milk blend perfectly together, better than anything Ervin has ever had in any cafe!
Evor looked at him with a half-smile, took a sip of her coffee, and said, "I think you'd like more milk."
Ervin held the cup and asked, "Why?"
"You look like a child." Evor raised her glass slightly to him and went upstairs.
Ervin: "......" Find me another "kid" who can fry vinegar-fried eggs!
Ervin returned to his room, connected to the campus network with his laptop, uploaded the photos he had just taken, and commented: "Second day in country B. The coffee made by my roommate is super delicious! [Smile]"
When Ervin first entered college, the campus network was very popular. He also used it and was a celebrity on campus, so he would post his status on it from time to time.
Soon a string of messages appeared under the photo------
Provincial University roommate A: "The new life is very comfortable!"
Provincial University roommate B: "When making...coffee...please don't stimulate people who drink Nestle instant coffee every day, okay? [crying]"
Sam: "dmn, howling with joy! [disdain]"
Jack: "What time is it there now?"
......
Just as Ervin was wondering if these people weren't attending class, he saw a new message from a senior from his home country: "Give me a picture of your wife! [drool]"
Ervin nearly spit out a mouthful of coffee on the screen and quickly replied with three words: "Brother-Wu-En!"
Lily is a very special girl. She does not have QQ, does not use any social networks, and rarely sends text messages. Even her campus homepage was created for her by Ervin, and Ervin is the only friend on it. Many people have requested to add her, but Ervin has rejected them all. Despite this, the number of visits to Lily's homepage is still in the triple digits, just because of her beauty.
Many people in the provincial university who have seen Lily's true face are indignant about Ervin's possessiveness, but after all, she is already taken. Ervin is her high school classmate, has good grades, is not bad looking, and they are a perfect match, so there is not much to say.
But appreciating beautiful women is the common hobby of every otaku, and people who are on good terms with Ervin also like to joke with him, and Ervin’s senior is one of them.
The senior sent another message: "You left your girlfriend in China and went abroad alone. Aren't you afraid that someone will poach her?"
Seeing this, Ervin was stunned, but he soon felt that there was no need to worry about it.
With Sam, Jack and other close friends watching him every day, who would dare to steal Ervin's girl? And Lily is not someone else. She is neither vain nor lacks love. Her biggest hobby is reading books and listening to music. She is strong in heart and rich in spiritual world... If she can cheat, then there is no woman in the world that Ervin can trust!
So Ervin simply ignored the message from his senior, closed the campus network, and opened the book that K gave him.
Ervin had already roughly flipped through the booklet when he was on the bus yesterday. The content in this booklet is comprehensive, covering everything from major matters to be aware of when entering and leaving the country to minor matters such as where to buy sanitary napkins for girls during their menstrual period... This book can definitely be called a "study abroad guide"!
Ervin was looking for the specific location of the "Chinese Supermarket" and was attracted by the introduction of Chinese restaurants on one page - "There are more than ten Chinese restaurants in M City. As a senior foodie who loves Chinese food, editor Xixi specially consulted several senior students who live in M City and obtained an internal document, which is recommended to all freshmen..."
Ervin, who is also a foodie, was instantly interested when he saw this sentence! But after scanning it, he found that the editor's recommendations included Hunan cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, northern cuisine, Taiwanese cuisine, and the most frequently appearing Cantonese cuisine, but not Zhejiang cuisine!
Ervin's hometown is Hangzhou, and Hangzhou cuisine is an important school of Zhejiang cuisine. Its flavors are mainly salty, sweet and slightly sour. Special dishes include West Lake Vinegar Fish and Dongpo Pork. These are all famous dishes in China and are also Ervin's favorites. However, in this recommendation, except for a restaurant called Happy Meals (al) that sells Braised Pork with Pickled Vegetables, there are no other hometown delicacies that Ervin misses!
Knowing that the restaurant was located in "Chinatown", Ervin decided to go there in the afternoon to stroll around and buy some things.
First, we took a bus to the city center and asked for directions to Chinatown. It was just lunch time. Ervin found the "Happy Meals" recommended by the author. He found that although the store was small, it was crowded. He thought that since it was so popular, the food must be good, so he went in.
The waiters in the Chinese restaurant were all Chinese, so Ervin didn't need to worry about how to say "pork with preserved vegetables and rice" in English. He just ordered the dishes and found a seat in a corner, where he could sit at his leisure.
While the dishes were not yet served, Ervin looked at the young men working as waiters and cashiers and thought they all looked like international students.
A girl with a ponytail served Ervin food, and Ervin took the opportunity to ask her, "Do you study here?"
"Yes, I work part-time here," the girl said cheerfully, smiling, "Is this the first time I see you? Are you new here?"
Ervin: "You can see that?"
The girl laughed and said, "M City sounds big, but the Chinese community is quite small. I've worked in this restaurant for a year and I can recognize regular customers...Okay, okay, take your time eating. I need to work, so I won't chat with you for now!"
Ervin smiled apologetically, and the girl winked at him and turned around to go about her business.
When Ervin was in China, he heard that most college students in country B would work part-time because the hourly wage was high and there was no discrimination in service jobs. Working part-time after school not only trained himself, but also earned a little money to supplement his food expenses, which was a good thing.
After tasting the preserved vegetable and pork rice, Ervin felt that it tasted pretty good, but unfortunately it was not so delicious that he was surprised. Perhaps it was because the restaurant was opened in a foreign country, and having dishes of this quality was enough to make the international students happy.
When they were almost done eating, the girl with the ponytail seemed to have some free time and came over to talk to Ervin again: "Handsome guy, what's your name?"
Ervin: "Michael."
The girl asked: "My name is Emily, what school do you go to and what is your major?"
Ervin: "I'm from M University, and I major in Finance." In addition to M University, there is also a City University in M City, but its reputation and strength are not as good as M University.
Emily said: "I am from City University, and the Finance Department of M University seems to be quite good..."
Ervin didn't want to talk to her about this, so he quickly asked, "Kathy, excuse me, how much do you get paid for working here?"
Kathy was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Why, you want to work too?"
Ervin smiled shyly. Kathy left a phone number on the menu and handed it to him, whispering, "It's not convenient to tell here. Call me in the evening and I'll tell you."
Ervin gratefully accepted the note, asked Kathy to pay for him, and said, "I'll go shopping around in the afternoon and contact you in the evening."
Emily smiled and waved at him. When she turned around, she was bumped into by a male employee in the store, who inevitably teased her: "Emily, you hooked up with a handsome guy after just a few minutes of not seeing him. What's the matter? Are you attracted to him?"
Casey said angrily: "Go away, stop talking nonsense, this is a new student, he wants to work, maybe he will become our colleague tomorrow!"
The male colleague touched his chin and shook his head, saying, "He doesn't look like someone who is short of money. I think he just wants to try something new. Even if he comes, he won't be able to work for a few days."
Emily: ...
Yes, that person guessed correctly, Ervin was not short of money.
Although Ervin's family was not wealthy, Ervin's father had never lacked his son materially. The money he gave Ervin was not only enough to cover his living expenses in country B for a year, but also allowed Ervin to travel to nearby cities occasionally to broaden his horizons.
But Ervin, who still has a bit of a middle school syndrome, now has a "lofty" goal, which is to propose to Lily in a year. Since he is going to propose, he has to buy a ring. Although he doesn't know how much a diamond ring costs, he thinks it should be expensive. And he will never ask his father for money to buy a ring. He wants to earn it by his own ability - that's why he just chatted up Emily.
Only when you are well fed and well-drinking can you have the energy to look for a job! Ervin wandered around the small Chinatown and finally found the legendary "China Supermarket". He happily went in, but when he came out, he had no more than 100 yuan in his pocket.
The exchange rate between country B's currency and RMB is close to 12:1. One hundred dollars means 1,200 RMB, which is almost a month's food allowance for Ervin in China! But in country B, one hundred dollars is only worth two large bags of seasonings and dried goods... Things like black fungus and shiitake mushrooms are even more expensive than ginseng and ganoderma lucidum in China!
Ervin walked out of the supermarket with two plastic bags in his hand, feeling pain in his heart. Thinking about how he was spending money like water, he felt that he had a long way to go and his future was worrying.
There was a pile of free newspapers at the entrance of the supermarket. Ervin saw a job advertisement on it and went over to take a look out of curiosity.
【Recruitment 1】
Job requirements: Male, no age limit, willing to endure hardship
Job Description: Moving fish
Location and time: A seafood market 20km away from city M, every Sunday morning from 7am to 12pm.
Salary payment: Interview, same-day settlement.
Contact number: 0161xxxxxx1 Mr. Wang
Ervin: What is "fish moving"? Is it... hard labor? (=_=)
But it's too far from the city, it looks dangerous...
Ervin quickly skipped it and read the next one------
【Recruitment 2】
Recruitment requirements: Both men and women are welcome, students are preferred
Job Description: Distributing leaflets
Location and time: The boss will drive you to the designated location, 3-4 hours per visit
Salary payment: 7pds, same-day settlement
Contact number: 0161xxxxxx2 Mr. Li
Ervin: 80 yuan an hour? Then 4 hours of distribution is about 320 yuan! It seems a lot, but what kind of flyers are they distributing? What if they are "anti-party"? Will my status as a party member be discriminated against?
Ervin read a few more and found that most of the job openings were settled on the same day, and some even specified that they should be paid in cash. He remembered that before he went abroad, he had seen a piece of information about "working in Country B" on a study abroad forum, saying that international students must apply for an account through formal departments and formal channels to work, and then everyone will get an account card, which is equivalent to a bank card, and the money earned from working will be deposited into this card. The government of Country B limits the weekly working hours of international students. If the time limit is exceeded, money will be deducted, and wages exceeding a certain amount will also be required to pay taxes. If the cash is settled on the spot, it is very likely that the boss hired an illegal worker to avoid taxes. Although there are many people working illegally, if they are caught, they will be severely punished and may even be deported back to their country.
Ervin was timid, and when he thought of this, he didn't dare to look at the free newspaper anymore. Before he left, he saw a lot of "tire education" propaganda on it, so he didn't dare to stay for a moment, and walked away quickly with two heavy bags...
Halfway through the journey, the breathless Ervin realized that something was wrong!
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