Hello 1983

  Chapter 16 Why should I apologize?

  Following the little nurse, Liu Qingshan came all the way to Thomas' ward.

   This should be the high-ranking ward in the hospital. Not to mention the single room, Liu Qingshan even saw a very rare refrigerator in the room.

  Thomas was standing by the dining table, looking over cheerfully: "Dear Liu, do you mind if I invite you to have a pleasant lunch together."

   Seeing the shiny ham on the table, how could Liu Qingshan, who just ate two steamed buns, mind?

   "Thank you for the invitation, Mr. Thomas."

  Thomas waved his hands and said with a smile: "A true friend is a friend in need. Liu, we are true friends!"

   "That's right, according to our Chinese idiom, we can be regarded as life and death friends!"

  While talking, Liu Qingshan came to the front of the dining table, skillfully folded the cloth napkin, and spread it on his legs.

  Thomas also sat down on the chair, seeing Liu Qingshan's calm demeanor, he nodded slightly.

  There is a proverb in their country: Table manners begin with the napkin.

  In the past few months, he has also eaten Western food with many people. He couldn't help laughing when he saw many people tucking napkins to their chests.

   Because in their place, only children eat, so they do this, so as not to splash the food on their bodies.

  But if adults do the same, it would be a bit ridiculous.

   Once he accepted the invitation of an engineer in the factory to visit his home.

  During dinner, I saw the little grandson of the engineer, who was only two or three years old, with a similar thing around his neck.

   Asked, it is said to be called a bib.

  Thomas understood: the root cause is here.

   And looking at Liu Qingshan's style now, it is obviously not the first time to eat Western food.

  Nurse Li with a round face and big eyes started to place the cutlery, knives and forks, and when she came to Liu Qingshan, she gave him a threatening look in her eyes.

  People at this time never lack a sense of justice. No matter what job they are engaged in, they will regard themselves as the real masters.

  So, Liu Qingshan didn't dislike this little nurse, but thought it was quite amusing, and couldn't help but want to tease her: "Nurse Li, you put my tableware wrong, it should be left fork and right knife."

  Li Xuemei is Thomas' full-time nurse, because she is the only one in this hospital and can understand a little English.

  She picked up the knife and fork again, blocked Thomas' sight with her body, then gestured towards Liu Qingshan with the small fork, and whispered: "Remember to obey the rules, and don't lose face in front of foreign guests."

  Liu Qingshan smiled and winked at her, while Li Xuemei gave him a hard look.

  She couldn't figure it out: the clothes on her body were all patched. Isn't this a joke for foreign guests?

  When I returned to my country, I yelled, thinking how poor our country is, and I lost face abroad!

  At this time, Thomas had already picked up a bottle of sober red wine: "My doctor told me that drinking less red wine is good for the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular."

   After finishing speaking, he glanced at Liu Qingshan and blinked narrowly: "Unfortunately, Liu, you must not be old enough to drink, so I specially prepared juice for you."

  Red wine from Château Lafite Bordeaux!

  Liu Qingshan was very angry: I didn’t get the Moutai from 1982, and I wasn’t allowed to drink the Lafite from 1982. You all deliberately greedy me, right?

  He stood up straight away, walked over, and snatched the bottle over: "No, Thomas, no matter what kind of wine it is, as long as it contains alcohol, it will stimulate blood vessels."

   "So, as your friend, for your health, I will keep this bottle of red wine for you. Please rest assured that I will give you half of my juice."

  Of course Thomas quit, and made a gesture to fight back, and then he heard an angry shout from the side:

   "Put it down quickly, how can you grab things from foreign guests!"

  The two looked over at the same time, and saw the little nurse Li Xuemei, her face flushed with anger, her big eyes staring at Liu Qingshan.

   At least it’s been a few months, and I can still understand simple words. Thomas was taken aback, and quickly withdrew his hand in fright.

  Li Xuemei quickly explained: "Mr. Thomas, I'm talking about him."

  Thomas shrugged his shoulders: "No, beautiful lady nurse, we are a joke between friends. Do you understand the joke, this can promote our friendship."

   Yes, kindness has been treated as a donkey's liver and lungs! Li Xuemei felt a little wronged, so she could only gouged out Liu Qingshan again angrily.

  After this little episode, the two of them sat down again and sipped the red wine slowly.

  Liu Qingshan finally got his wish, but his sixteen-year-old body has not yet been tested for alcohol, so he feels a little floating while drinking.

  Seeing Liu Qingshan's elegant posture, Thomas couldn't help but praise: "Liu, you are simply a gentleman."

   There is still a word in his heart that he has not said: like a prince dressed as a beggar, the elegance in his bones will not be changed by the shabby clothes.

   It was indeed a pleasant lunch. Taking advantage of the wine, the conversation between the two became more and more harmonious, and the conversation became faster and faster. Li Xuemei's head was so big when he heard you and me.

  Liu Qingshan also learned that Thomas is an automotive engineer who belongs to AMC, and this time he came to the front station.

  Because his company intends to cooperate with the First Automobile Manufacturing Plant, he came to inspect the equipment and production capacity.

  Now, the task has been successfully completed, and I can return to China next month to reunite with my family.

  AMC?

  Liu Qingshan recalled in his mind: General Motors, Ford and Chrystal, these are the three giants of the American automobile manufacturing industry.

  As for this AMC, I am not very impressed. I just know that it was once brilliant, but I don’t know what happened, and it was acquired later.

  By the end of the 1980s, it completely disappeared from the market.

   "Look, Liu, this is a car I designed, and it's my proudest work."

  Thomas probably got drunk too, took out a car magazine, opened a page, and showed off to Liu Qingshan: "Look at this streamlined car, it's like a work of art."

  You brag about yourself like this, are you embarrassed?

  Liu Qingshan curled his lips, the shape of this car is really ugly in his eyes, why not look at the blonde beauty next to the car.

  At least lines are more aesthetic than cars.

   Probably seeing that Liu Qingshan didn't care, and he was drinking too much, Thomas put down the tableware: "Liu, in terms of car manufacturing, I am an expert, and you are an amateur. An amateur is not qualified to laugh at an expert."

   This is absolutely true, Liu Qingshan really doesn't know anything about engines and wiring.

  But he has foresight, and he is decades ahead. I'm afraid Thomas won't be able to keep up with flattery in his life.

  So Liu Qingshan calmly wiped the greasy corners of his mouth with a dining cloth, and said solemnly: "Mr. Thomas, with all due respect, this design doesn't look very good to me."

  After hearing this, Thomas couldn't accept it at all. He stood up suddenly, leaning on the table with both hands: "Liu, it's my fault, I shouldn't ask you to drink, you should go to bed and sleep, wake up the bar, OK?"

   Now, Li Xuemei panicked. The two of them were talking nicely just now, talking and laughing happily.

   It must be this brat who doesn't understand the rules, who annoyed the foreign guests.

  So she hurried forward, tugged at Liu Qingshan's sleeve and muttered, "Hurry up and apologize to the foreign guests!"

  Apologize, why apologize?

  Liu Qingshan ignored him, asked Thomas for his pen, and began to draw in the car magazine.

   Soon, a rough model was sketched out, right next to the car designed by Thomas.

   Then he held up the magazine and shook it at Li Xuemei: "Look, which car looks better?"

  Li Xuemei is an honest person, she raised her finger to the sketch that Liu Qingshan had just drawn: "This one looks better!"

  Thomas couldn't help leaning forward when he heard the words, and then he couldn't move his eyes any longer. While admiring, he exclaimed in his mouth:

   "Wow, God, this shape is simply an epoch-making design."

   "Liu, I'm sorry, I underestimated you, your design is so wonderful!"

  Now, Thomas is completely convinced. Compared with others, what is the thing he designed, and it is allocated to children as a toy car.

  For a while, his heart was scratching like a cat, and he couldn't help but said: "Liu, can I use the model you designed, and can I pay you for the design fee?"

  Liu Qingshan waved his hand: "We are friends, aren't we? So, don't talk about money."

   This kind of design will be caught in a lot in the future, but it is nothing.

   "No no no, friends are friends, wealth is wealth."

  Thomas's concept is different from Liu Qingshan's, and he can feel that there must be more ingenious ideas in this young man's mind.

   If he wasn't too young, he even wondered if the other party was the chief designer of some big car company, and he came here to amuse him?

   "Liu, it's unbelievable that in your country with a very backward automobile industry, there are actually design geniuses like you."

  Thomas is really sincere. If he doesn’t say this, he feels uncomfortable in his heart.

  Liu Qingshan smiled: "My friend, my country is developing rapidly, and within a few decades, it may become the world's largest automobile consumer."

   "So if you cooperate with us, it is definitely a wise choice!"

   "Okay, Liu, I will carefully consider your words and report to the company."

  Thomas stopped eating, pulled Liu Qingshan, and began to discuss the design details of this car.

  Unknowingly, the whole afternoon passed like this.

  Looking at the time, Liu Qingshan spread his hands: "Okay, Thomas, I still have to deliver dinner to grandpa."

  Thomas reluctantly put down the pen, then took out milk, bread, sausage and ham from the refrigerator, and stuffed them all into Liu Qingshan's arms.

   "Liu, don't worry, when the new car is built, I will definitely give you one!"

   "Thomas, you should have a good rest first!"

   Regarding this, Liu Qingshan didn't take it seriously at all, got up with his things in his arms and left with a smile, followed by an angry Li Xuemei.

  Of course she didn't come to see off the guests, but wanted to give this guy a good political lesson.

  How can it be like this, eat and drink for nothing, and get it for nothing in the end, it is so embarrassing!

  As soon as he reached the stairs, Liu Qingshan's arm was grabbed by someone, accompanied by a coquettish shout: "How can you ask for things from foreign guests, you will be laughed at like this!"

  Looking at the swollen bun face, Liu Qingshan blinked: When did I have another sister?

  Miss, you are too strict, right?

  It feels like when he was a child, the eldest and second sisters in the family cared about him.

  If Liu Qingshan was a young man in the rebellious period, he would definitely have to challenge him, but with his current state of mind, he just finds it quite interesting.

  So he replied: "Mr. Thomas and I are good friends. This is a small gift between good friends. Haven't you ever accepted a gift from a friend?"

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  Li Xuemei was a bit at a loss for words. For a while, she couldn't talk to this glib guy. After all, he can chat and laugh with foreign guests. In the end, he could only say angrily: "Anyway...Anyway, I don't allow it!"

  Liu Qingshan glanced at her, and said casually: "Why should I listen to you, who are you? Are you my sister or mine..."

   "You... you bastard!"

  Li Xuemei stomped her feet vigorously, swung her big braid, turned around and ran upstairs, her face flushed.

  She had never seen such a shameless person, and she was secretly ruthless: You just pray that you don't get sick, if it falls into my hands, don't tie your **** into a sieve, my nursing profession is useless!

  Liu Qingshan didn't care about her, he walked happily to grandpa's ward.

   These are good things, just to supplement the old man's nutrition.

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