i play basketball with kung fu

Chapter 87 Hot Pot Restaurant

In the morning of the next day, Ling Bo still practiced as usual, and in the afternoon he and James received Kobe together.

As soon as they met, Kobe and the two had a big hug and asked each other how they were doing.

"It's a little whiter than before, and the body is stronger than before. It's been more than a month." Kobe looked up and down Ling Bo, as if the old-timer was evaluating the younger generation.

"LeBron, you have matured a lot."

James smiled and said, "Let's go, we'll talk later. The hot pot restaurant Ling mentioned is quite far away. This is my first time eating Chinese food."

Kobe sat in the car and asked in surprise, "Ling hasn't eaten with you?"

Ling Bo said: "Boss, this is Cleveland, not Los Angeles. It's so difficult to find a Chinese restaurant in a metropolis like New York. We also eat Western food when we have dinner together."

"Yes, yes, next time I go to Los Angeles, I will take you there." Kobe said with relish: "LeBron, let me tell you, once the mandarin duck pot is cooked, one side is spicy and the other is not. Meat, when I eat it, I eat it with sauce, it feels so refreshing, I can’t do it anymore, I want to eat it right now.”

James and Ling Bo looked at each other, is this Kobe?Kobe, who has won three championship rings and has always been withdrawn and silent?
This is clearly a foodie.

"Uh, what did I say wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Kobe was terrified by the two staring at him.

Ling Bo murmured: "This world is too crazy. Kobe seems to be a different person because of a hot pot meal."

Kobe said: "It's not that exaggerated. In the ten days I spent with you, I changed your game skills, and you changed my character."

Seeing Kobe today, Ling Bo wondered if he was the same as himself, and his body was occupied by another transmigrated soul. Otherwise, why did he change so much? Could it be because of the hot pot.

After driving for more than an hour, I came to the hot pot restaurant. The owner of the restaurant was a middle-aged man. His daughter was about the same age as Ling Bo, and he welcomed the three of them with smiles.

Ling Bo had a brief chat with the father and daughter, and found that they were fellow villagers from the same city as him, both from Hangzhou. The shop owner's name was Jiang Lixin, and his daughter's name was Jiang Chaoxue.

In the evening, there were still no customers in the store, so Ling Bo and the three found a good seat to sit down.

Before starting to order, Jiang Chaoxue held the menu, looked left and then, and suddenly the menu fell to the ground.

"You, you are Ling Bo?!" Jiang Chaoxue almost shouted out.

"Um, do you recognize me?" Ling Bo picked up the menu and handed it to her.

"Ah, thank you, me." Jiang Chaoxue reached out to take the menu, her right hand accidentally touched Ling Bo's finger, her pretty face flushed.

Jiang Chaoxue secretly scolded herself for losing her composure.

"Of course I do. You are now a Chinese basketball star." Jiang Chaoxue said with a smile while holding the menu, her smile was very sweet and moving.

"Father, come quickly, it's Ling Bo, that Ling Bo from the NBA."

Jiang Lixin hurried over, held Ling Bo's hand, and said, "It's really you, Ling Bo, I watch your games every day, we like you so much."

"These two are." Jiang Lixin looked at the two of them again, and exclaimed again: "My God, it's LeBron James, this is Kobe Bryant, I'm so excited, you guys came to my Restaurant for dinner, I"

This Jiang Lixin was even more excited than his daughter Jiang Chaoxue, and was incoherent.

"Uncle Jiang, don't get excited, we are just ordinary diners now, no different from other customers in your shop." Ling Bo said with a smile.

"Haha, I'm so excited, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, by the way, order quickly, order whatever you want, I invite you today."

"How can I do that?" Ling Bo refused.

"Xue'er, don't charge them money later, and send some food."

"Okay, Dad."

The father and daughter went to prepare the base and dishes, and James asked, "Is this your fan?"

Ling Bo said, "Well, he's also your fan, so you all recognize him."

After chatting, I learned that Jiang Lixin is a basketball fan. There are two TVs in his hot pot restaurant. When the NBA game starts, he must turn it on to watch, especially the Cavaliers. He is in Cleveland. Lixin and his daughter have long regarded the Cavaliers as their home team.

"Ling, look at that girl, she is secretly looking at you." Kobe and Ling Bo were joking.

"No way, don't talk nonsense, our countrymen are not as open as you are." Ling Bo reminded.

Jiang Chaoxue used a small dining car to push the dishes ordered by the three of Ling Bo, and came to Ling Bo with a shy look on her face.

"Please use it slowly, please use it slowly!" Jiang Chaoxue was no longer as shocked as before, and her voice became very soft and pleasant. The first part was in Chinese and the second was in English.

The hot pot boiled, and Kobe and James kept adding food to it.

"Wait, slow down. Eat hot pot slowly. If it is not easy to cook, cook it first. You only need to blanch the meat for a few seconds, and you don't need to pour it all over."

"Hey, Brian, that one is not familiar, you wait."

"LeBron, use chopsticks."

Ling Bo kept explaining, it was really tiring to have dinner with the two bosses.

"Chopsticks, how do you use this?" James was full of embarrassment, holding the chopsticks with his right hand clenched into a fist, like a gorilla.

Maybe that's how the nickname of Zhan the Gorilla came from.

"Come on, look at me, like this, I can swing flexibly, and I can get up when I clamp it." Ling Bo demonstrated and asked James to learn slowly.

Because of Kobe's experience, although the use of chopsticks is not very smooth, it is much better than LeBron.

When Ling Bo taught James how to use chopsticks, Kobe had already started eating, and he didn't look like a superstar when he ate.

Seeing Kobe eating with relish, James couldn't help it.

"Waiter, give me the knife and fork."

Kobe hurriedly stopped him and said, "Eating hot pot with a knife and fork is soulless."

Like a wronged child, James said, "Ling, I can't grab him with chopsticks."

Ling Bo smiled and said, "It's okay, eat whatever you want, it's enough for today."

"Oh, that's right, Brian, pay attention, don't eat too much, there is a game tomorrow night."

The three of them came and went, the wind swept away, and most of the dishes were consumed. Seeing that the three of them still had something to say, Jiang Chaoxue sent another three dishes.

The three of them ate for more than an hour, and they were full. At this time, Jiang Lixin, father and daughter, came over.

"Well, Ling Bo, can I take a photo with you?" Jiang Lixin said.

After Ling Bo asked James and Kobe for their opinions, Jiang Chaoxue took the photo with a camera, and then Jiang Lixin asked Jiang Chaoxue to take a photo next to Ling Bo.

At Jiang Chaoxue's request, Ling Bo took a photo with her alone.

Jiang Lixin signed autographs and took photos together, smiling from ear to ear.

When Ling Bo paid the bill, Jiang Lixin refused to accept it, which made James and Kobe burst into laughter. Orientals are enthusiastic.

"That, I really don't accept it, Ling Bo, can you print out the group photo and hang it at the door, a restaurant where NBA stars come to taste in person, I think."

Ling Bo smiled and said, "I understand."

Under Ling Bo's few words of persuasion, James and Kobe had no objection, so they took it as a favor from Ling Bo.You must know that the endorsement fees of the two of them are very expensive, and the contracts cost tens of millions. This kind of favor is not insignificant.

What kind of money is there for this? Jiang Lixin put aside his rhetoric, as long as he agrees to frame the group photo, the three of them will be the VIP of our shop from now on.

(End of this chapter)