Chapter 60 What is Understanding
Although Lilia's interruption seemed a bit impolite, Zhang Wei could also feel that she did not want to make the topic awkward. At the same time, it also proved that in Lilia's eyes, her background might not be very "decent".
Zhang Wei didn't answer Lilia directly, but asked, "What about you? Lilia, do you like Britain or Country A?"
"Of course I like England," Emily answered first.
"I've been to Country A three times. It's undeniably trendy and vibrant, but the chaotic order and rude people there—"
At this point, he seemed to realize that Zhang Wei had come from Country A, and suddenly stopped, then continued to explain:
"Of course, I'm only talking about some people! I like the modernity of London and the leisurely life of Kent. Even though it can be a bit boring sometimes, I still love the UK!"
When Emily finished speaking, the girls all nodded in agreement.
At this time, Lilia and the others all looked at Zhang Wei, as if they also wanted to hear her words of approval to show her affirmation of their hometown.
Zhang Wei then said, "I don't really know much about either Country A or the UK, so I don't want to casually judge a place. Just like you know the UK so well, but you've only been in Country A for a few days or months."
Zhang Wei didn't want to argue with them about which one was better, she just wanted them to not believe the media's misleading information when thinking about other countries. Only those who have actually lived in a country and understood its culture are qualified to evaluate a country.
Zhang Wei's words immediately made the atmosphere in the hall serious. The girls were all surprised that this little girl could say something that sounded quite reasonable.
"Also, if I were to talk about a country I know better, it would be China."
Zhang Wei knew that they were all curious about her background, so she didn't hide it.
"China?!"
"I have never been there, but I have heard of it, but if you are to say so, I know nothing about the country."
Zhang Wei likes Emily's attitude very much. The Western media has always had nothing good to say about China. After receiving this information, she can express objective thoughts in front of her, which in itself is better than many Westerners.
"But," Emily winked at her.
"If I can hear some things about China from you, a person who claims to understand China, can I be considered to have begun to understand China?"
"Yes, of course." Zhang Wei nodded seriously.
"Hahaha! This is so funny!!"
No one knew what nerve this sentence touched in Emily, but she immediately burst out laughing. When she laughed, the other girls laughed along with her, and the atmosphere in the hall became lively again.
"Little Vera, you are such a natural orator! You've almost convinced me!"
Zhang Wei was helpless. She was trying to reason with them seriously, but they thought she was just a mischievous child.
Emily almost laughed until tears came out. She wanted to control herself, but seeing Zhang Wei's face pretending to be serious (?), she couldn't help it. She could only pat Lilia and signal her to speak.
Lilia, as her good sister, immediately understood what she meant and said to Zhang Wei with a smile:
"Vera, none of us have been to China. Please let us know what the real China is like!"
Zhang Wei used to watch the news with Emma at home. In fact, Country A’s news rarely reported anything related to China. The occasional mention tended to be related to China’s military field, which showed that their China “military threat theory” was long-standing.
In the eyes of the famous British media BBC, China is backward, poor and ignorant.
Given her current age and situation, she cannot effectively refute these misguided views, but she can help them understand China from another perspective.
So Zhang Wei said:
"China is an ancient country. It has many buildings and cultural relics left behind by ancient people thousands of years ago. I know that Fort Beatrice is almost three hundred years old. But in China, in addition to the Great Wall and the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, which were built over two thousand years ago, many cities still have buildings and cultural relics that are hundreds or even thousands of years old."
"Not only that, China's territory spans almost all latitudes, with the most precipitous mountains, the most beautiful grasslands, and the most vast desert landscapes..."
"Vera, have you been to all these places?"
Zhang Wei was about to nod, but could only shake his head and say, "No, there are some places I haven't been to either, so if you want to understand China—"
"I should go there myself!"
"We should go on our own!"
Lilia and the others said in unison, and the girls' laughter broke out in the hall again.
Zhang Wei also smiled. No matter what, she did what she wanted to do. She hoped to plant a seed of non-blind obedience in the hearts of these young girls. If one day they can really go to China, they can tell other foreigners about the real China.
Young girls are always easy to get along with. After they got a little familiar with each other, Emily left Zhang Wei her phone number and address when she left, asking her to write to her when she was free and tell her that if she considered studying at Harrow Girls' School, she could help her find a "guide".
After the girls finished their meeting, Zhang Wei looked at the time. It was almost ten o'clock. She thought the Wilsons would not stay too late, so she rejected Lilia's suggestion to go to her room to rest and wanted to meet up with Manny and the others first.
But when Lilia brought her to the room where the boys had stayed before, there was no one there. Zhang Wei thought of what had happened to Namir before and felt a little worried.
After Lilia asked a few servants, she found out that the boys had gone to the stable to check on the horses.
Zhang Wei frowned immediately. Manny went to the horse farm less often than she did, and Namier had almost never been there. Neither of them was interested in horses. Logically, they would rather be alone than go.
Lilia originally wanted Zhang Wei to wait for her here while she went to the stable to take a look. Zhang Wei thought about the distance between the stable and here and decided to go with her.
Just as she was about to leave, a servant came to find Lilia and said that her mother wanted to see her for something. Lilia had no choice but to leave, but she refused to let Zhang Wei go to the stable by herself and asked her to stay here and wait for her.
Zhang Wei pretended to agree. After Lilia left, she walked around the rooms here. Zhang Wei found Manny's coat. It seemed that they were indeed here before.
She walked through the hall and saw that Emma and Charles were both entertaining each other. There didn't seem to be any sign of the party ending in the hall, so she went out and went straight to the stable.
The lights outside were dim, and occasionally a servant would walk by, so it wasn't too scary. Zhang Wei remembered that the stable was near the door, so he just had to walk straight to get there.
When she was almost at the stable, she saw a small figure outside the stable, walking into the shadows on the side of the house...
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