The train conductor was overwhelmed by the English words that were as crooked as worms on the notebook.
Seeing this, Frederick and Anastasia looked at each other and felt relieved. The account book was deliberately written in old English, which even people from the United States might not understand. How could the Chinese, who only had kindergarten English proficiency, understand it?
Stop joking!
"Sir, please take a look." The conductor coughed and handed the notebook to the old man.
"This, this..." The old man was originally confident, but when he saw the English written in the notebook, he felt both familiar and unfamiliar, which completely overturned his existing understanding of English!
"What's wrong, sir?" The conductor felt a little uneasy when he saw the old man looking sad.
"This is ancient English. I'm ashamed! I don't know it!" The old man said to the train conductor guiltily while flipping through the English dictionary.
"I think you are slandering us M people. I want to complain. I will complain to the embassy about you!" Seeing this, Frederick knew that these country bumpkins didn't understand, and immediately became arrogant.
The train conductor was panicked. If these two people brought the matter to the embassy, it would not be a small dispute but a national issue. Not only would he be fired, but the girl's life would also be ruined.
"Old man, can you show me?" Qi Xinlan asked without paying attention to Frederick.
The old man said nothing and handed the notebook to Qi Xinlan with a worried look on his face.
"Beautiful lady, if you can come with us, I will not hold you responsible. What do you think?" Frederick said this in English, fast and urgent. He said this because he knew the old man could speak English.
"Yes, this beautiful oriental girl, we can take you to Country M to see the Statue of Liberty, eat steak and drink red wine. You probably haven't eaten steak before, right?" Seeing this, Anastasia quickly agreed. He had been in China for so long, and this was the first time he had seen such a woman who suited his taste. He didn't want to let her go.
The old man heard two foreigners talking, but they spoke too fast and he could only vaguely understand what they were saying. It seemed like the two foreigners were inviting the little girl to dinner?
But his intuition told him that it was not that simple!
Qi Xinlan didn't respond. She looked at the account book in her hand. The more she read, the more frightened she became, and even her hands began to tremble.
"Conductor, arrest them! They're not only trafficking people, they're also bribing officials everywhere!"
When the train conductor heard this, his head exploded. He actually bribed officials. Did the bribed officials leak state secrets?
Now the train conductor doesn't care whether it's true or not, he will just arrest the person first. If there is really a problem, he would rather risk his official position than let the country be in danger!
Soon, the two foreigners were caught by the flight attendant police. They were shouting loudly, saying that China was bullying the M people, and they wanted to complain about them and sue them at the embassy!
But what Qi Xinlan said next completely sent them into hell!
"Li Hua, Jianshui Village, buy for $8, average looks, estimated to sell for $100, trading location XX..."
When they heard this, their faces turned pale and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads!
They hadn't expected anyone to know Old English! They were screwed this time!
Next, the two were taken away by the flight attendant.
"Comrade, please come with me. I still need your help." The conductor said to Qi Xinlan.
"Okay, conductor, I want to tell my companion. I'm afraid he'll worry." She had been out for quite some time and wanted to go back and tell Li Meng.
"Okay, which compartment do you want to sit in? I'll let Xiaoling talk to her." The conductor pointed at the attendant and said.
"Okay! Thank you!" Qi Xinlan thanked him, then looked in the direction the conductor pointed. It was the attendant from before, whose name was Xiaoling.
Next, the train conductor asked her to translate an account book into Chinese.
Qi Xinlan did not refuse and sorted out all the account books in an hour and a half.
"Little girl, are you a college student?" The old man looked at Qi Xinlan translating with ease and spoke.
"No, grandpa, I just graduated from high school." Qi Xinlan smiled, revealing her neat teeth.
"Then how do you speak Old English?" The old man became even more curious after hearing this.
"My teacher likes English very much. There are many old English books in her collection. I have learned a little bit from her." Qi Xinlan did not lie. The teacher's love for English has reached a crazy level. When everyone was still learning plain English, she was already studying old English.
Qi Xinlan was once curious. Nowadays, foreigners basically don’t use Old English anymore, and all conversations are in plain English. Why did she still need to learn Old English?
The reason the teacher gave her also shocked her:
Because only by thoroughly studying English can you understand the world's top academic research. Xinlan, we have to admit that English users control the world's most advanced academic and educational resources.
Our country is developing, and we need to learn many advanced Western technologies, so we have to study other people's languages thoroughly.
Later, she found out that her teacher often translated confidential documents in secret.
Her English teacher is definitely not an ordinary high school teacher!
After Qi Xinlan finished translating, she learned from the train conductor that the two people were not from the M country, but from the R country.
As for why they pretend to be M people, it is because they long to become M people. With the identity of M people, they will be more respected wherever they go, especially by the Chinese.
Qi Xinlan could understand this, which was what later generations called worshipping foreigners and fawning on foreigners.
The R people were a country even more backward than China. They valued pure bloodline; the purer the bloodline, the richer it was. On the contrary, those with impure bloodline were commoners! These two were commoners, often going hungry and cold, and were subjected to beatings and verbal abuse from the nobles.
Once, by chance, I came across human trafficking. I could make tens of thousands of dollars with one job, so I became interested.
Having heard that Chinese people are very simple and kind, he set his sights on Chinese women. When he arrived in China, he found that they were just as he had imagined, simple and gullible.
Moreover, most Chinese people cannot understand English, so they can openly talk about their figure, appearance, how much they can be sold for, etc. Not only do they greet them with a smile, but they also respectfully treat them as VIPs, giving them unprecedented physical and mental satisfaction!
Later, they became even more rampant, trafficking more than 500 people in China.
These people are so hateful!
"What are you talking about? You said Freddy and the others deceived me? I don't believe it. He clearly said that he liked me and wanted to take me back to Country M."
"I don't believe it either. Anastasia said I was his Elizabeth. How could he lie to me? He also said he would take me back to the United States to see the Statue of Liberty, eat steak, and drink red wine!"
"I don't believe it either. They said they would find me a job in Country M. Once I get there, I can leave that family and not be sold to a fool in exchange for a betrothal gift."
"I don't believe it either..."
When these girls heard what the flight attendant said, they all didn't believe it and started making a big fuss!
There was only one girl sitting in the corner, quiet and silent, with a dull look in her eyes, grinning foolishly at the noisy crowd. When her eyes fell on Qi Xinlan, she suddenly widened her eyes and murmured, "Xiaolan, Xiaolan..."
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