New York, Chinatown.

In the eyes of those white people with blond hair and blue eyes, the Chinese are a strange nation. They do not like to live in their own country. Instead, they like to travel across the ocean to find dreams and living space in foreign lands.

It’s just that the Chinese people are generally tenacious and hardworking. Without them, there wouldn’t even be the American Pacific Railway across North America.

The famous French science fiction novelist Jules Verne also mentioned the significance of this railway construction in his "Around the World in Eighty Days" - without it, the dream of traveling around the world in Eighty Days would always be just a dream.

Just a dream.

In the past, the shortest trip from New York to San Francisco was 6 months. After the railway was completed, it only took 7 days.

Without the hard work of the Chinese workers, the Pacific Railway would never have been completed, let alone completed seven years ahead of schedule.

"If there was no knowledge about trial explosives and the importance of their use; if there were no Chinese people working on almost vertical cliffs at dizzying heights; if there were no Chinese people who used their lives to overcome the unbearable hardships of white people,

, the section that the Central Pacific Railroad is responsible for will never be built. If it is built, it will take a long time.

R.W. Howard wrote this in "The Magnificent Line of Steel".

It was these Chinese workers who were despised by others and received extremely meager wages, who successfully built the building that was later selected as "one of the seven industrial wonders of the world since the Industrial Revolution."

It’s just that the Pacific Railway made a huge contribution to the economic development of the United States. In a certain sense, it was this railway that made modern America possible.

However, the Chinese workers and even the Chinese who have worked hard for this are not accepted by the locals. Even in the eyes of white people who think highly of themselves and despise all outsiders, it is always difficult for the Chinese to be treated fairly, and more often they are treated in a difficult way.

Exclude.

In the eyes of some white people who have caused the Chinese people's suffering, most of the Chinese people's suffering is self-inflicted.

In their eyes, the Chinese are extremely closed-minded and cannot easily integrate with other cultures. Therefore, in every corner of the world, they will live in their own corner and build a world that only belongs to the Chinese in a small corner of a foreign land. Probably, Chinatown is

It is spread all over the world for this reason.

New York's Chinatown is not just one street. There are Chinese people in several criss-crossing streets. There are at least 5,000 or 6,000 overseas Chinese here. In addition to restaurants and restaurants, there are also various types of trade and commercial activities.

In short, the Chinese will also do all the work and activities that can make people survive. Therefore, the scope of Chinatown is getting larger and larger, and the wealth accumulated by the Chinese is getting more and more. Americans will never understand the Chinese

In terms of lifestyle, they just think that Chinese people are particularly hard-working, but Chinese people cannot only rely on the word "diligence" to survive in a foreign land. Only they know the sadness and pain.

Being a stranger in a foreign land, especially in the Americas where racial discrimination is the most serious.

There are still many things that the Chinese people do not know or even understand...

Tonight, the streets are decorated with lights and the atmosphere is full of joy. It turns out to be the 50th birthday of Shen Tianyang, chairman of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce. Shen Tianyang is the first generation of overseas Chinese to settle in New York and is also a highly respected figure in Chinatown. He is the richest man in Chinatown, so everyone living in Chinatown respects him.

He held a birthday banquet in the largest restaurant in Chinatown, and the banquet was attended by prominent people in Chinatown. The restaurant where Shen Tianyang held the banquet was called "China House". It was a large restaurant with a long history in Chinatown. .

There are also many legends about Zhonghua Building. It is said that the founder of this building is the most famous master in Chinese martial arts, the "Sword Master". There are also legends that there are lurking tigers and crouching dragons in the building, and every employee is a martial arts master; but outside The most mysterious person in people's eyes is the innkeeper of Zhonghua Tower.

Most people only know his surname Hua and nothing else.

Some people even boldly speculated that this shopkeeper Hua was the young hero who became famous fifteen years ago.

And for decades, there was only one hero named Hua.

It's just that this man is extremely mysterious. Once he appeared in the world, he disappeared again. No one has seen a trace of him for many years.

But legends are just legends, especially legends coming from Chinese people, and their credibility is even less high in the eyes of white people.

Shen Tianyang's birthday banquet has already been booked in the entire China Building in advance. At least two to three hundred people will congratulate him on the spot. In order to prepare for the birthday banquet, Qing'er, the host of the China Building, is very busy. .

Qing'er is a 20-year-old girl who has been taken care of by the shopkeeper in Zhonghua Building for many years. Now she is a tall girl. After completing her studies, she took care of the business in Zhonghua Building and took the initiative to share the responsibilities of the shopkeeper. Heavy work.

Tonight, the shopkeeper was out for business, so Qing'er was given the full responsibility for handling Shen Tianyang's birthday banquet. However, Qing'er never imagined that such an unprecedented event would be so arduous and the work would be so heavy.

In front of the door of Zhonghua Tower, where people were coming and going, two old men sat diagonally across each other. In the eyes of outsiders, the old man with gray hair on his head had already reached the age where he could no longer carry it on his shoulders or lift it with his hands. .

But every employee in Zhonghua Building was extremely respectful to the two old men.

It's just because the two of them were responsible for guarding the security of the Zhonghua Building every day for more than ten years, and there had never been any mistakes.

It seems that they are sitting alone without any defense, but an insider can see how powerful they are.

Just because their location blocks the direction that everyone wants to move forward, no matter where you want to enter the restaurant, you can't avoid them.

Moreover, the two of them are definitely not ordinary old men in the eyes of outsiders. The cloudy eyes they use to look at the passers-by around them are actually filled with divine light.

Yes, these two old men are indeed not simple!

However, just as Ersou was looking at the passers-by, a strange figure appeared in front of the Zhonghua Tower. Seeing this figure suddenly appeared, Ersou was almost frightened and jumped up on the spot.

No one else, just because this person appeared too unexpectedly!

It should be noted that the two of them seemed to be looking at the passersby casually, but in fact they could see every figure and even face clearly.

However, the figure in front of him, Ersou was sure that he had never appeared in the crowd, it was as if he appeared out of thin air!

The appearance of the stranger's figure naturally made Er Sou's expression become solemn, but after looking at it, there was a hint of complexity in Er Sou's solemn expression.

Just because the person who came was dressed very differently.

The visitor was dressed in ancient Central Plains clothing and a blue shirt. He looked even more conspicuous in this foreign capital!

In particular, his appearance is extremely handsome. Even at Ersou's age, he has never seen a man more handsome than the man in front of him. Even most women in the world cannot match his beauty.

"Zhonghua Building?"

Just when Ersou was alert and guessing the other party's intention, the visitor raised his head and looked at the signboard of Zhonghua Building in front of him.

Looking at the three characters "Zhonghua Tower", the visitor paused for a long time. He didn't know whether he remembered something or whether the "Zhonghua Tower" in front of him touched his mind.

After a long time, I saw a smile suddenly appear on the corner of his mouth.

"Second Elder, is there still room in the restaurant?"

Looking down at the two old men with solemn expressions in front of them, the visitor suddenly smiled.

"There is still room, please come in!"

For some reason, the old man who was still wary just now opened his mouth and said.

Hearing this, the visitor naturally stepped into the restaurant as a matter of course. However, after the visitor easily stepped into the restaurant, the expression of the Ersou who was guarding the door suddenly changed.

It was obvious that the two of them had been wary of the intruder, but when the other person opened his mouth, the two of them seemed to be possessed by evil spirits. They even invited the other person in without saying anything.

Such a bizarre encounter has never happened to the two of them in their lives!

Even when the two of them worked together to fight against the "Sword Master" who was the most famous master in the Chinese martial arts world, they had never encountered such an incredible result.

Although it is not clear what method the visitor used, this has made Ersou understand the terrifying nature of the visitor.

Since this person can make the two of them take the initiative to lower their guard as if possessed by a demon, he can naturally take their lives silently. Such a method is no exaggeration!

And now that people have entered the restaurant, even though they don't want to, they can only accept this result.

"Store, bring over all your specialty dishes!"

As soon as the visitor sat down, he turned to himself and spoke.

"Okay...ok!"

The Zhonghua Building employee who stood motionless on the side finally responded belatedly.

On normal days, there would have been senior employees in the restaurant who would have scolded him for losing his etiquette, but today no one would say anything to him.

Just because the visitor seemed to attract all the brilliance in the world as soon as he stepped into the restaurant, everyone's eyes inevitably fell on him alone.

Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family even more during festive seasons.

Each of these Chinese people who are living outside the country and are struggling to make a living have endless sadness in their hearts.

Now suddenly seeing figures from their hometown wearing ancient costumes in a foreign country, it naturally touched a certain heartstring in each of their hearts.

The extremely handsome appearance and tall figure of the man who came here made the girl Qing'er who took the initiative to share the work of the shopkeeper feel distracted for a moment.

She had met such a person before.

And that person is now the shopkeeper of Zhonghua Building.

The sudden visit of the visitor naturally had a lot of impact on Zhonghua Building.

Fortunately, it was still early, and there was still some time before the 50th birthday party of Shen Tianyang, the richest overseas Chinese, so people were quickly assigned to serve Zhonghualou's specialty wine and dishes to the guests.

Zhonghua Tower is indeed a place where crouching tigers, hidden dragons, and many martial arts celebrities have been slaughtered in hiding.

The employees in Zhonghua Building know this very well. They have been in contact with those martial arts celebrities and experts for a long time, and most of them understand the tempers of those people.

In addition, seeing the visitor dressed in ancient costumes from his hometown, he inevitably felt a sense of intimacy in his heart.

…

But when he saw the food and wine being served, the visitor's expression slightly wrinkled, and after a long time he moved his chopsticks to taste it.

"I wonder if it tastes good to me?"

Seeing the visitor finally using his chopsticks, the staff at the Zhonghua Building on the side spoke quickly.

"It tastes good, but other people can't eat this dish..."

The visitor said this and picked up the steamed fish by himself.

"Why?"

The employees of Zhonghua Building on the side still looked puzzled.
To be continued...