Shen Bingbing's mother was surprised and looked Lily Frances up and down, and marveled: "Isn't it a state of mind for a foodie to eat at your level?"
Lily couldn't tell whether it was a compliment or a disservice to her, but she could only thank her bravely. Then she immersed herself in eating.
Shen's mother was very interested in this foreign girl. She asked questions here and there, and found that there was almost nothing she had not eaten before. Whenever the topic of eating came up, Lily could make long comments. She asked in surprise: "Have you ever eaten these things you mentioned in the United States?"
"No." Lily replied.
Shen's mother was relieved. There were so many delicacies, let alone eating them seriously. Even if she tried to eat unauthentic ones, it would cost a lot of money. She would definitely not be able to afford such expensive delicacies while working as a maid. Compared to her, After reading what was said on the Internet, I couldn’t help but remember it in my mind.
Unexpectedly, Lily then said something else: "I always go to those countries to eat locally, so that I can eat authentic products. In the United States, there are a lot of fake ones."
"Pfft--" Father Shen just took a sip of corn boil, and burst out after hearing Lily's words, "So you left the United States to work as a maid in a foreign country just to taste the local food?"
Fortunately, Lily didn't drink the soup, otherwise she would have sprayed it all over the table. She had black lines all over her face and thought to herself: Hey, uncle, I'm obviously traveling around the world to enjoy delicious food. I can't afford it even if I work as a maid in any country. Those delicacies are okay, don’t you even have this bit of common sense?
But she still had to maintain the image of a maid, nodding with a wry smile. It was better to say less at this time, so as not to be seen through.
But Shen Bingbing's mother was more thoughtful than her husband, and she heard the contradiction in this statement. She asked doubtfully: "Then when you go to work locally, how long do you have to save to eat the food you want? You just said Those delicacies are beyond the reach of ordinary people.”
Auntie is still smart. If I say my surname is Francis, I'm afraid auntie can guess my true identity, Lily thought. Her head turned quickly, and she immediately found a reasonable answer: "I I work as a maid in the homes of local rich people, and the commission is quite high. If I'm lucky, the rich people will also invite me to taste local delicacies."
Mother Shen nodded suddenly: "With your beauty, it's only natural. The local rich people must be vying to hire you."
Father Shen interjected at this time: "Then when you come to Nanhai, you can count the rich families on your fingers, but it's not Ma Long's turn. Why do you go to his house to work as a maid? When you work in his house, your salary is only enough for a street stall in Nanhai. The delicious food served?"
"I haven't seen my salary at all, and I still sleep on the sofa every day..." Lily complained. She was a little tired of making up lies, so she simply pushed the topic to Ma Long.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Shen Bingbing's parents immediately turned their eyes to Ma Long, as if they were looking at a human trafficker.
Ma Long almost choked. After taking a sip of tea, he quickly yelled at Lily: "You haven't been here for a month yet. What kind of salary do you want! What kind of salary do you want!" He was too embarrassed to say that this prodigal maid would spend just as much money to buy a bed. Eighty thousand yuan!
"Even if you are paid, how much can you pay?" Father Shen asked with a sneer, and then smiled at Lily and said, "You should consider coming to our Shen family. I promise to take you to eat all the delicacies in China..." Seeing his wife After coughing slightly, he swallowed back everything he wanted to say.
Lily still said something for Ma Long: "The master also took me to Qiansheng Hotel for a solemn French meal."
"Qiansheng?" Father Shen finally found a breakthrough and said unceremoniously, "That is our Shen family's hotel. You don't need to thank him, you should thank my daughter. Without my daughter, he could not enter such a high-end hotel!" "
As he said that, Father Shen's eyes turned to his daughter again: "If you don't mention it, I almost forgot that Qiansheng you have caused me so much trouble. If those gangsters like Qing Ming come to cause trouble every day because of this matter, Wouldn’t it be a big trouble?”
"Don't worry, Dad, they definitely won't dare." Shen Bingbing quickly said with a smile, "Dad, as a local rich man, how can you be afraid of those gangsters?"
"That's how I can be afraid of them..." Father Shen reacted and changed his face again, "Don't flatter me. I've already told the hotel that all of you are on the blacklist. Don't go to Qianqian again in the future." Sheng eats and drinks for free!”
Shen Bingbing stuck out her tongue and looked at Ma Long and smiled.
After the meal, everyone sat back on the sofa to rest. The servants brought red wine and desserts for everyone to taste.
Shen Bingbing suddenly asked her mother in a low voice: "Is Dad not feeling well lately? Why does he look so bad and he didn't eat much just now?" She was worried that her father seemed unhappy because he was quarreling with Ma Long.
"It's a bit," Mother Shen sighed, "It's all business worries. The family's industry has been in a recession recently, and it's difficult for your father."
"Is the capital chain still missing?" Shen Bingbing couldn't help frowning and asked worriedly.
Her father sighed, took a long puff of the cigar in his hand, exhaled the smoke and said, "The Zhou family is pressing forward step by step, and they have joined forces with the main family in Beijing to suppress us. If it weren't for the savings left over from the previous years' profits, Now our Shen family may be annexed by the Zhou family."
Zhou Qingqing has been sitting quietly in the corner since she arrived at Shen Bingbing's house. Although she has been ill over the years, she is also aware of the business disputes between her family and the Shen family. Suddenly she heard that Shen Bingbing's father After saying this, she stood up in a panic and said: "I'm sorry, Uncle Shen, I will tell my father about your difficulties and ask the family not to do it..."
"I don't have any difficulties!" Father Shen interrupted, not wanting to show weakness in front of the younger generation, "I don't blame you Zhou family. We are competitors and have been fighting for so many years. Your father and I also sympathize with each other. The main reason I am unhappy is What’s more, your relatives in the capital, relying on their backing, have made things difficult for me at every turn, and have colluded with banks to make it difficult for me to keep up with my loans.”
"Okay, okay, why are you so angry at the child?" Mother Shen pulled Zhou Qingqing to sit down and kept comforting her, "This is not your fault, it has nothing to do with you."
Father Shen sighed: "We can't find anyone to help us in China, so we can only seek cooperation with foreign companies internationally. Recently, a family company from Lafayette wanted to inject capital, but the conditions they offered were too harsh. , we have never been able to reach an agreement..."
"I'm afraid your father won't be able to survive much longer. He has to accept the conditions of this foreign company at least next week, otherwise the funds will be cut off." Shen's mother continued to say to her daughter, "Your father is worried about this."
At this time, Lily, who had been standing aside, asked: "The Lafayette family? Is it the Lafayette from Ohio in the United States?"
"Yes, is there a second Lafayette?" Father Shen glanced at Lily, "Why, are you also working as a maid for them?"
If only they could afford to invite me! Lily thought unhappily. She turned her head away, ignoring this contemptuous question.
"A family from the same city as you..." Malone asked curiously, "How does this Lafayette compare with your... Francis family? Who is richer?"
"Can their Lafayette rival the Francis family?" Lily raised her head and said proudly, "The Francis family dominates the sky in Ohio, and no one can compare with it."
Ma Long smiled and said: "So that's it..."
Lily looked at Ma Long's malicious smile and suddenly felt that she had said the wrong thing.
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