The world's best combo guard

Chapter 42 [Chinatown]

Li Hao took a late sleep, slept until he woke up naturally, and then got up from the bed. This was the only morning in a week when he felt that he was still a normal person.

After rummaging in the freezer for a while, Li Hao planned to go to the supermarket after this breakfast, the freezer was basically emptied.

4 fried eggs, 3 pancakes, 3 slices of bacon, fruit, 1 cup of boxed protein powder drink.

This is the breakfast that Li Hao prepared for himself. He could have prepared these simple foods by himself long ago!

Putting on casual clothes, Li Hao showed up at a supermarket near his apartment, where he needed to restock his freezer with food.

Then, he planned to go to Chinatown, which was a little farther away. The chef and Chinese medicine masseur that Yao Zhijun had found for him before were all in this Chinatown.

Among them, the chef is Wei Dajun. These days Li Hao’s dinner is cooked by him. Every afternoon, he will come to Li Hao’s apartment from his shop to cook a sumptuous dinner for Li Hao. For him, It's a part-time job.

As for the Chinese medicine masseur, he doesn't need to go to Li Hao's every day, but every week Li Hao goes to him for a massage. No, today is Li Hao's first massage.

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In the United States, there are two well-known Chinatowns, one is the Chinatown in New York, and the other is the Chinatown in San Francisco, especially the Chinatown in San Francisco, which is very famous all over the world, and San Francisco is the city with the largest number of Chinese in the United States.

As for Los Angeles, which is located on the west coast of the United States, it should be the American city with the largest number of Chinese besides New York and San Francisco. As far as the current situation is concerned, Los Angeles has a population of more than 400 million, of which there are more than 40 Chinese, accounting for ten percent of the total population. one-third.

This sounds like a lot of weight, but in fact, there is a saying in the United States that Chinatown is the slum of America!

Li Hao thinks this is the prejudice of Americans, because when he walked into Chinatown in Los Angeles, he felt a completely different scene. He felt as if he had walked into China in the 80s; the buildings here are antique, with archways and Chinese red lanterns It can be seen everywhere, the most important thing is that almost every store here has eye-catching Chinese signs, and every store communicates in familiar Chinese.It's just that people here seldom use Mandarin, but mostly communicate in their native dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien.

Yes, the cleanliness of the environment here is really bad, and some road sections are even worse than the current small towns in mainland China.The roads are greasy and litter is everywhere.

But Li Hao is sure that this will definitely not reach the "slum level" of the American population

In the real American slums, most people may not dare to go, because if you go in, your life will be in danger. Drugs are rampant, and the crime rate is extremely high. Basically, violent crimes such as robbery and shooting.Dilapidated houses, overgrown weeds, unemployed people, many drug addicts, and asking for money when they see strangers, as far as Li Hao knows, Detroit slums are one of the most typical representatives.

What is the most popular and largest industry in Chinatown?
Don't hesitate, there must be Chinese restaurants blooming everywhere. I heard from Wei Dajun before that most of the restaurants in Chinatown are Fujianese.

Li Hao felt that this should be a kind of cultural heritage.

As he walked, Li Hao even saw a roast duck restaurant with "BJ Roast Duck" hanging on the door. If he didn't consider his current status, Li Hao would like to go in and taste it, and see how this roast duck compares with BJ Quanjude's roast duck. How will it taste.

Baozhilin?
According to the address that Yao Zhijun gave him, Li Hao finally found the shop opened by the masseuse who was going to give him a massage, but the name of the shop made Li Hao a little surprised. Is it worthy of the name or just a name?Li Hao murmured in his heart.

When Li Hao, who was about 1.9 meters tall, walked into the store, he quickly attracted the attention of the store staff.

"Hello, sir, what medicine do you want?" The clerk took Li Hao as the one who bought the medicine.

"No, I'm not here to buy medicine. I made an appointment for a Chinese massage before. I'm looking for Tang Ren." Li Hao waved his hand.

"Brother Li Hao, right?"

At this time, a middle-aged man who was not very tall and had a popular face came down from the second floor.

This person was none other than the masseuse Li Hao was looking for, and his name was Tang Ren.

When Yao Zhijun found Tang Ren, he didn't tell Li Hao's identity, so Tang Ren didn't know that Li Hao was a professional player, let alone that he was the Chinese guard who was selected by the Lakers not long ago. After the exchange, Tang Ren knew Li Hao's true identity, and then he looked at Li Hao in shock.

Tang Ren is not a die-hard NBA fan, but he should be regarded as a fake fan who knows more or less about the NBA. When he is free, he will discuss the NBA with his neighbors and buy a few lottery tickets from time to time. He still knows how difficult it is to play in the NBA.

Some time ago, a piece of news was circulating on this street, that is, the Lakers selected a guard from China with the 13th pick in the first round of this year's draft.

This surprised Tang Ren at the time. He had never watched a Lakers game at Staples. He was saving money during this time. He planned to buy season tickets for the Lakers for the new season. You have to support that Chinese defender, not to mention that the Lakers have a chance to win the championship in the new season.

As far as Tang Ren knew, he was far from the only one who had this idea on this street.

"Brother Li Hao, are you really the Chinese guard selected by the Lakers?" Tang Ren still couldn't believe it. He asked again while massaging Li Hao.

"Master Tang, that's right, I am the Chinese defender." Li Hao smiled unconsciously, perhaps dreaming of understanding Tang Ren's mood at the moment.

"So you're staying in Los Angeles now, preparing for the new season?" Tang Ren suddenly realized, no wonder Li Hao needed a masseur. If he guessed right, this young man must have been training hard during this time.

Living in the United States all the year round, this made Tang Ren more aware of how difficult it is for a yellow man to play in the NBA. Compared with those black guys, first of all, the yellow man is already flawed in terms of physical fitness.

However, he thinks that Li Hao's physical fitness is not bad, even excellent. He is a Chinese medicine masseur, and he can tell the strength of a person's physical fitness at a glance.

"Maybe this little brother really made history." Tang Ren thought to himself. It is very difficult for people of yellow race to play in the NBA, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they can't make it. Houston's Yao Ming is an example. He didn't play very well in his first season. .

(End of this chapter)