But almost at the same time he spoke, at the intersection ahead, a dirt truck that was so dirty that the color could no longer be seen rumbled past from west to east, completely ignoring the red signal light above.
A white car that was running normally at the intersection opposite the nanny's car was hit by the garbage truck that was suspected of being out of control. The several-ton car body was knocked horizontally like paper and flew 20 to 30 meters, soared into the air and rolled into the ground.
In the green belt, several trees as thick as a bowl were broken in succession by waist height.
Jin Haoji and others' faces turned pale, and there was a deathly silence in the nanny's car.
Obviously, if Li Mengnan hadn't suddenly shouted to stop just now, it would have been their car that was hit by the car.
After recovering from the fear, several people in the car thanked Li Mengnan one after another. Jin Haoji was even more curious and asked how Li Mengnan found the garbage truck. Li Mengnan did not mention his sixth sense. After all, this
The explanation sounded more like perfunctory to ordinary people, so I just said that I guessed it from the suddenly frightened expressions of several passers-by.
"Oppa, your powers of observation are really keen. You can be a detective."
The speaker was Li Youxi, the youngest member of the 0DG group. Probably because Li Mengnan saved her life, this girl with a very cute appearance even changed her name to him.
"Speaking of it, we seem to be in conflict with this place. Since entering China, this is the second accident we have encountered. I remember the first time was when we were filming a commercial on the beach. The boat Zhen'er was riding in was capsized by the waves.
Fortunately, the rescue was timely, otherwise Zhener, a landlubber, would have been in danger..."
"Maybe it's just bad luck recently. This kind of coincidence can't explain anything." Lin Zhen'er shrugged lightly. She was an atheist, but she didn't believe Li Youxi's nonsense.
"If you have bad luck, you can't say it's a coincidence. People do have good luck." Li Mengnan said casually.
It was rare for someone to agree with his point of view. Li Youxi felt a little proud and said: "Look, I think it's because we have been unlucky recently..."
Lin Zhen'er rolled her eyes, too lazy to be serious with the childish Li Youxi, and said, "Even if I have luck, I can't see or touch it. How do I know when it's good and when it's bad?"
Li Youxi was speechless for a moment.
Li Mengnan smiled and said helpfully: "Actually, there are ways to measure people's luck. The simplest method is tossing a coin that we often play - choosing one side of the coin in your mind and tossing it dozens of times in a row.
From a probability point of view, the results of the positive and negative sides should be basically close to half-and-half, that is, each accounting for 50%, but in fact the results we get will always be more biased towards one of the sides.
If the result you get is that the side you want is in the majority, it proves that you have good luck in a short period of time; if it is the opposite, it proves that you have bad luck."
Lin Zhener wrinkled her delicate eyebrows like leaf tips, and couldn't figure out whether Li Mengnan was serious or joking, and said: "This is a very common common sense phenomenon, how can it be related to luck?"
"Before Newton proposed universal gravitation, apples falling from trees was just a common natural phenomenon." Li Mengnan did not explain much. The formation of the world view did not happen overnight, and he did not think about changing anyone.
However, the childish Li Youxi was quite interested in Li Mengnan's statement and shouted that he must give it a try after returning to the hotel to test their recent luck.
After sending Jin Haoji and his party to the hotel and meeting the translator who was still hanging the bottle, Li Mengnan's work as a temporary translator came to an end.
Although he only worked for less than half a day, and spent most of the time chatting with Jin Haoji and others, when settling the remuneration, Jin Haoji generously paid one thousand Huaxia coins, which was far beyond the limit.
The market price is high, and it is obvious that he wants to make good friends with Li Mengnan.
Li Mengnan didn't feel ashamed when he collected the money. Being a translator for half a day was not worth the price, but he had just saved the lives of a whole bus of people, so accepting only this small amount of money was already considered a noble sentiment.
One thousand yuan in cash felt very thick in his hand, and Li Mengnan couldn't help but feel very good. Although this amount of money is no longer a huge amount of money for him now, it is legitimate income after all, and who would complain about having too much money?
Woolen cloth?
Taking out his wallet and planning to put away the money, Li Mengnan suddenly found that he was facing a very serious problem.
The wallet is full.
Probably because of his background, Li Mengnan has never been accustomed to the modern payment method of swiping credit cards. The invisible and intangible feeling has always made him feel very illusory and unreal.
Because of this, Li Mengnan has always retained the habit of carrying a large amount of cash with him. Anyway, the thief who can steal his wallet without being discovered has not yet been born, and there is no need to worry about accidental loss.
After the economic crisis was resolved, even though I carried more cash with me, my wallet was still the same old wallet—a pure hand-sewn cowhide wallet.
It was a DIY product he made when he was bored a few years ago. It has a very original appearance.
It's not that he is nostalgic, it's just that all his income recently has been transferred to the card, and cash is only expenditure but no income, so he didn't think of changing to a bigger one.
People who are magicians tend to have some obsessive-compulsive disorder. The pile of money placed alone outside the wallet made Li Mengnan feel inexplicably annoying, and he urgently wanted to get rid of it quickly.
However, Li Mengnan is not Minnie after all, and he cannot yet spend money simply for the sake of spending money. Any meaningless spending will make him feel like a lump in his throat.
Perhaps this is also a manifestation of his obsessive-compulsive disorder.
There is no shortage of anything at home now. The clothes bought by Minnie and Xiao Baoer are almost overwhelming the wardrobes in their respective rooms. Recently, they are thinking about building a cloakroom at home. They eat more, and their mother Xiao Hui spends this time preparing for the New Year.
The New Year's goods prepared are piled up like a mountain, and there is more than enough to last until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Li Mengnan sighed. It was not good for the woman at home to be too virtuous. He was even deprived of the pleasure of spending money.
But spending money is always easier than making money. After thinking for a long time, Li Mengnan finally found a place where he could legitimately spend the money - giving gifts.
As for the recipient of the gift, it was naturally his cheap dad Li Hongming.
Although there was little contact between the two in the past, the New Year is approaching and it is the time for all the Chinese people to visit relatives and friends. It would not be reasonable to just stop by and have a chat.
There was a large department store near the hotel where the 0DG group stayed. Li Mengnan walked from downstairs to upstairs, and then back to downstairs, but suddenly found that he had no idea what to buy.
It's not that he hasn't given gifts before, but they were all between the villagers in the same village and the surrounding herdsmen. He paid attention to being personal and sincere. It didn't matter what he gave. He took two bottles of bulk liquor and a bunch of green onions.
Or half a basket of eggs, the gift has arrived.
But after all, we are not in the village now, and the Ding family are not enthusiastic and simple villagers. How can they, who live in fine clothes and eat well every day, value these local products that still smell of soil and chicken manure?
To put it another way, even if the Ding family is so nice, there is no place for him to buy and exchange these things even though they are more than a thousand kilometers away, right?
In desperation, Li Mengnan had no choice but to call for foreign aid.
He called Le Youyou. Although Minnie was more understanding of the world, Le Youyou's living environment and background were similar to those of the Ding family, so she should have more say in this regard.
"Hello, Youyou?"
"Li Mengnan, where are you? A few of my friends asked you just now..." After receiving Li Mengnan's call, Le Youyou was obviously very happy, with a little joy in his tone.
Li Mengnan knew without asking what Le Youyou's friends were looking for. They must be asking about the "Butterfly Transformation" magic. Many people are like this. They know that the magician cannot reveal any secrets about magic, but they still have no idea about this kind of magic.
Meaningful actions are endless.
"Youyou, I have a question for you."
"Hey, you are so solemn. Could it be that you have fallen in love with someone's daughter? Do you want me to pimp you... to pull a red line?"
This guy was originally going to be called "pimping", right? Sure enough, the more familiar the relationship, the less reliable it becomes...
Li Mengnan coughed dryly, suppressed the urge to complain, and said: "It's almost the Chinese New Year. I plan to visit relatives, but I don't know what gifts to bring. I would like to ask your opinion."
"Then it depends on whose house you are going to... your girlfriend's house?" Le Youyou obviously misunderstood something.
"No, it's my father's house."
Le Youyou once heard Li Mengnan talk about his rather legendary life experience, and he immediately understood it, and exclaimed: "I see, I should have thought of it a long time ago."
"It wouldn't be so troublesome for other families. The Ding family is special, so I need you to help me with my advice." Li Mengnan did not elaborate, but he believed that Le Youyou could understand what he meant.
Le Youyou pondered for a moment, then changed to a normal tone, and said: "A wealthy mansion like the Ding family must have everything. Even if you move a mountain of gold there, it will only be an ordinary object in the eyes of others. Maybe
It also takes up a lot of space...Of course, I'm just making an analogy.
If it were anyone else, I would suggest him to follow his own preferences and learn about the hobbies of each member of the Ding family through multiple channels, but you don’t have to go to such trouble..."
"How do you say this?" Li Mengnan didn't quite understand what Le Youyou meant.
"The bigger a family is, the more they value blood ties and family ties. They don't value gifts as much as a small family... Although your father married into the Ding family, Ding Linglong is the current head of the Ding family after all. From this relationship,
Generally speaking, you can be considered a member of the Ding family, and your status is even higher than those of the little-known side relatives in the genealogy."
Although Le Youyou seemed to be asking questions that were not answered, Li Mengnan heard the hidden meaning in her words and said: "You mean to tell me not to think too much and just go to Ding's house to buy some things like an ordinary relative."
Okay, right?"
"That's what I mean, but after all, this is your first time to come to our house so formally on the New Year's Day, so you can't be too casual... Well, I have some tea here, which I originally planned to take back to my father. You can take it for emergencies first.
Well, anyway, there’s still some time before the holiday, so I’ll buy it later.”
Le Youyou was as generous and generous as ever, but Li Mengnan felt a little embarrassed and said, "Isn't this good? I'm at the entrance of the mall now. There is also a tea counter here. Why don't you tell me the brand and I'll buy it myself."
Le Youyou smiled and said: "One acre of real good tea can only produce a few taels. It is usually reserved early before the picking period. You can't buy it in the mall, so you should come to me to get it."
Li Mengnan thought about the same thing. The New Year is different from ordinary days, and gifts must be more solemn. Anyway, he already owes a lot of favors to Le Youyou, and it is not bad to do it again. At worst, he will pay it back slowly in the future.
Considering that he would have to go back and forth several times later and it was really inconvenient to take a taxi, Li Mengnan simply went back home and drove out of the Chevrolet Camaro.
Downstairs in the school's girls' dormitory, Le Youyou, dressed in a white down jacket, was already waiting there. Her face and nose were slightly red from the cold, and she kept stamping her feet on the spot.
Li Mengnan pulled over the car to the side of the road, lowered the window and waved to Le Youyou.
Le Youyou looked surprised, ran over to open the car door and got in the passenger seat, shook her cold red hands, and joked: "Li Mengnan, you can do it. It's been a few days since I saw you and you even drove such a good car. Should I say that?"
"Don't forget each other even if you are rich or noble"?"
"Eat the spicy strips from the canteen downstairs of the school as long as you want!"
Li Mengnan gave a thumbs up like a nouveau riche.
"You're so unserious." Le Youyou had long been used to Li Mengnan's nonsense, so he wasn't angry at all. He threw a bulging paper bag to Li Mengnan and said, "Here, this is what you want.
"
The paper bag used to wrap the tea leaves is a bit crude and looks a lot like the paper bags used in traditional Chinese medicine shops to give medicine to patients in costume dramas, but it has the feeling of returning to simplicity and simplicity.
Li Mengnan didn't have much research on tea, and he believed that Le Youyou wouldn't cheat him, so he didn't open it to check and just put it on the back seat.
"The vacation will be in more than half a month. Do you have any plans for the vacation?" Le Youyou asked with a smile as he warmed his hands in front of the air outlet of the car air conditioner.
"Stay at home to celebrate the New Year, then go back to your hometown in Mongolia Province, and then go to the Black Province in the Northeast." Li Mengnan had no intention of concealing his itinerary.
"Hei Province? It's too cold in winter there. I haven't been there yet, but I heard that the ice lanterns in Harbin are very beautiful."
"It was Gao Dingtian, the man in our dormitory, who invited us to visit his home. We are not going to Harbin. We may not be able to see the ice lanterns...but if there is a chance to go, I will take some photos and show them to you."
Li Mengnan has nothing new about ice lanterns. When he was still in his hometown in Mongolia, he used to play with them. He shaved a few pieces of ice from the river, used water as an adhesive to build a hollow shape, and lit a candle inside.
Or just hang a light bulb.
To put it bluntly, it is just a large version of a windproof lantern.
Of course, for people in inland areas where winter doesn’t freeze much, it’s still quite a new and interesting thing.