Chapter 14 Maomao Chapter 14 Eatable Foods Are Too Bitter But There Are Many Answers

At noon the next day, Maomao walked to Nino's small hotel with the tortoise in his arms. "You'll see, Cassiopeia," she said, "it'll be cleared up, and Nino will know where Gigi and old Bepo are. Then we'll go and get the kids to play together. Maybe Nino and his wife and others will be there. You will love my friends.Maybe we can have a little event tonight to celebrate. I'm going to tell them about the flowers, the music, Master Hou and everything I've been through.Ah, how happy I am to be able to see them again.But the first thing I'm happy about now is that I can have a good meal again, which, you know, really starves me. "

She happily walked and chatted, and touched Jiji's letter in the pocket of her coat from time to time.The tortoise just looked at her with wide old eyes, without answering. Maomao hummed the tune as he walked, and finally sang it.In her memory, the melody and content were as clear as what she heard yesterday.Now Momo knew she would never forget them again. However, she stopped singing suddenly. It turned out that Nino's hotel had arrived.At first, Maomao thought he was going the wrong way. Because what appeared in front of me was not the old house full of spots and spots, and the small gazebo from before was gone.Now, it has become a long concrete building like a cardboard box, with large glass doors and windows facing the street.The street also turned into an asphalt road, and many cars sped past the door.Across the road is a gas station, and a tall office building has been built there.Many cars were parked in front of this new building, and above the gate was a row of dazzling characters: Nino Fast Food Restaurant Mao Mao walked past, and she almost felt dizzy.I saw a row of tables standing by the window. The legs of the tables were very long, but the tabletops were small. They looked like strange mushrooms. They were so tall that even adults could only stand by the table to eat.There isn't even a single chair here.

On the other side is a gleaming metal railing, and behind the railing is a row of glass cabinets, which contain ham bread, cheese bread, small sausages, trays of salads, puddings and cakes, etc., everything that you have never seen before Pass. But it took a long time to see all this, because the fast food restaurant was very crowded, so I had to wait patiently.They always seemed to be in her way, and when they were about to move on, they were pushed aside.Many were holding trays with plates, glasses and bottles in their hands, as they cautiously tried to find a foothold next to the small table.Behind those who were standing and hastily eating, there were others waiting for their places.There is impatient conversation all over the fast food joint, with people who have eaten and those who are waiting complaining.All of them had a very frustrated expression on their faces.

A long line of people moves slowly between the metal railings and glass cabinets, each taking his own plate, bottle and paper cup in turn. Maomao feels very strange, here people can take whatever they want!She didn't see anyone blocking them, or even asking for money.Maybe eating here is all free!No wonder it's so crowded. After a long time, Maomao saw Nino through the crowd, and many people blocked her sight.He was sitting at the cash register at the end of the long row of glass cabinets, constantly typing on the keyboard of the cash register, busy collecting money and changing money.Oh, so people have to pay him!People were surrounded by railings, and they had to pay in front of Nino, otherwise they would not be able to eat at the small table.

"Nino!" Momo shouted, trying to squeeze her way through the crowd, shaking Jiji's letter in her hand.But Nino did not hear her voice.The cash register was so loud that Nino had to concentrate on his work. Mao Mao boldly climbed to the top of the railing, trying to find Nino through the people in line.Because someone scolded loudly, Nino raised his head and looked. When he saw Mao Mao, his face instantly disappeared. "Momo!" he yelled, as beaming as ever, "You're back! That's great!" "Go ahead!" shouted someone in the line. "That kid should go to the back of the line like us. Pushing forward is not enough! Little boy, don't be ashamed!"

"Wait a minute!" Nino waved his hand to signal for everyone to be quiet, "Be patient, everyone." No one is allowed to squeeze forward!" Another person in the queue shouted cursingly, "Go forward! Go forward! That Children have more time than us." "Gigi will pay for you, Momo." Nino whispered to Momo hastily, "You can take whatever you want. However, you have to go to the back and line up like everyone else, you heard their opinions! " Before Maomao could ask any more questions, people pushed her aside.She really had no choice but to line up like everyone else.She stood at the end of the line, took a tray from the table, and took out a set of knives, forks and spoons from the box, and then slowly moved forward step by step with the line.

Since she had to hold the tray with both hands, she had to put Cassiopeia on the tray.As she moved forward, she took out various foods from the glass case and placed them around Cassiopeia.Mao Mao was confused by all this, so the things she chose were quite eye-catching.A piece of fried fish, a piece of bread with jam, a small sausage, a shortbread pie and a paper cup of soda. Cassiopeia was very happy lying in the middle, it completely retracted its head into the turtle shell, without saying a word. When Maomao finally came to the cash register, she took the opportunity to quickly ask Nino, "Do you know where Gigi is?"

"Yes," Nino replied, "our Gigi is famous. We are all proud of him. Anyway, he is one of us! He is often seen on TV, and he often tells stories on the radio, newspapers. There is always news about him on the Internet. Recently, two reporters even came to me and asked me to tell about the past. I told them the stories of the past, and once Gigi "before, hurry up! "Several voices in the queue shouted together. "But why doesn't he come anymore?" Maomao asked again. "Ah, you know," Nino whispered, he seemed a little impatient, "he doesn't have time anymore, now he has more important things to do, anyway, there is nothing in the old theater."

"What's the matter with you?" More dissatisfied voices came from behind, "Do you think we are willing to wait here forever?" "Where does he live now?" Maomao asked stubbornly. "It's a place beyond Little Green Mountain," Nino replied. "I heard he has a beautiful villa with a big garden around it. Sniff, please go ahead now!" Originally, Mao Mao didn't want to go forward, she still had a lot of questions to ask, but was pushed to the front by the people behind.She carried the tray and walked towards a small mushroom table, waited for a while, and found a seat.Of course, the little table was too high for her, her nose barely reaching the top.

When she put the tray on the table, everyone around looked at the turtle with disgust. "What is this?" said a person next to Maomao, "How can adults let children play with this kind of thing?" Another complained: "What do you expect — what do kids do today?" Afterwards, they all stopped talking and paid no attention to Maomao.Still, enjoying the meal was difficult enough for Momo as she could barely see the plate, but she was so hungry that she ate it all up quickly. Although she was full, she still wanted to inquire about the situation of old Beipo, so she queued at the end of the line again, fearing that jumping in line would cause others to scold her.As she walked forward, she took a little more from each glass case.

Finally, she came to Nino again and asked, "Where is Bepo?" "He's been waiting for you for a long time." Nino said hastily, he was afraid of causing customer dissatisfaction again. "He thought you might have had a terrible accident, so he kept telling stories about Mr. Gray. I don't remember those things anymore. Yes, you know him well, he was kind of weird." "Hey, you two in front!" Someone in the line shouted again, "Are you asleep?" "Soon, sir!" Nino replied to the man. "and after?" "Later, he angered the police," Nino hurriedly wiped his face with his hands, and continued, "He insisted that the police come to you. As far as I know, in the end, he was sent to a nursing home. I That's all." "Damn it!" At this time, someone behind shouted angrily, "Is this a fast food restaurant or a waiting room? In front, have you met your relatives? " "You can put it that way," Nino begged. "Is he still there?" Momo asked. "I think he's gone," said Nino. "I think so, because he's no danger to people and they've forgotten him long ago. " "Oh, and where is he now?" "I don't know, I really don't know, Maomao. Please go forward!" Maomao was pushed and pushed to the front again naked, she left Nino, came to a small mushroom table again, waited for a while to find a place, and ate all the food on the tray.This time, she felt that those things were far less enjoyable than eating them just now.Of course, Mao Mao would never throw food there casually.Now, she also wants to inquire about the children who used to come to her to play.But she had to start at the end of the line and slowly move past the glass case while placing the food on the tray so as not to annoy others. Finally, she came to Nino's cash register again. "What about the children?" she asked again. "How are they doing?" "Everything has changed now." Nino explained, and Mao Mao saw that beads of sweat had formed on his forehead. "But I can't tell you now, how busy it is here!" "Why didn't they come?" Maomao asked stubbornly. "All the unattended children are now in a 'children's home'. They can no longer move freely... oh, in a word, they are now being looked after." "The ones in front, hurry up!" Someone in the line shouted again, "We have to eat too!" "Russia's friends," Maomao asked in disbelief, "are they willing to do this themselves?" "Nobody asked them if they wanted to," Nino replied, tapping the buttons on the cash register nervously. Take it away. At the end of the day, that's the most important thing, understand?" Maomao couldn't say a word, she just stared at Nino with examining eyes.This time, Nino was completely flustered. "Damn it!" Another angry voice came from behind, "Why are you so slow today, it's disgusting! Is it necessary to engage in such gossip now? " "Without friends, what should I do now?" Maomao asked softly. Nino shrugged and rubbed his hands together. "Maomao." He breathed a sigh of relief, as if trying to pull himself together, and then said, "Don't ask, come back anytime, I really don't have time to tell you what to do in the future, remember, no matter You can come and eat here anytime. But if I were you, I'd just go to a 'Children's Home', where you'll have something to do and improve yourself and learn. If you're old There's a guy like that running around the world, and sooner or later they'll send you there too." Maomao was silent again, just looking at Nino.The people behind pushed her aside.She walked mechanically to a table and ate her third lunch of the day just as mechanically.Her stomach just couldn't hold it.This time, she felt like chewing paper and shavings, very uncomfortable.She picked up Cassiopeia and walked out silently without looking back. "Hey, Mao Mao!" Nino saw Mao Mao go out from the gap in the crowd, and immediately shouted: "Wait a minute! You haven't told me yet, where do you live now? " The people behind rushed up again, so he had to tap the buttons on the cash register again to collect money and change money, and the smile on his face had long since disappeared. "Too much good food," Momo said to Cassiopeia when they returned to the amphitheatre. "I ate too much, too much. Still, I didn't feel like I was full." Like.” After a while, she added, “I haven’t told Nino about spending time and music.” After a while, she added, “We’ll go to Gigi tomorrow, you’ll definitely Like him, Cassiopeia, you'll see him." However, only a big question mark appeared on the tortoise shell.