Chapter 572: Walk a hundred steps after dinner and live to be ninety-nine
Xiao Peng reluctantly washed up, changed his clothes, and followed them out. They chose to walk instead of driving, chatting and strolling.
Fabian continued to nag, "We didn't say anything when you said you were playing games at sea. It's so boring, after all. We also supported you giving everyone game consoles. But why are you still like this on land?"
Xiao Peng said helplessly, "Can you blame me for this? It's so boring! Being a celebrity isn't the best feeling. I feel like people are staring at me wherever I go! So I just stayed home. As a result, I got addicted to it. Now, let's make a rule: no games if you don't get on the boat!"
"There's less fun on the boat!" Fabian said.
"Come on, come on! You're my brother!" Xiao Peng knew what he was doing wasn't right, so he bravely admitted his mistake. "Why are you nagging me like this just for playing games to relax? Isn't the reason we make money so we can live as we please?"
"You mean 'just having fun and relaxing'?" Fabian said disdainfully. "Wouldn't it be nice to find a girl for a couple of drinks sometime? Or maybe go horseback riding or hunting? Oh, it's not hunting season, but you could go horseback riding and hiking! Or maybe ride a bike for some exercise?"
Xiao Peng sighed and said, "Aside from riding horses and drinking, is there anything else to do here? Oh, you can ride a bike! Apart from that, there's nothing else to do."
He had barely finished speaking when they heard a rhythmic "clapping" sound. Curious, they all turned back to see a line of people marching forward, clapping their hands in a rhythmic rhythm, back and forth. The man in front was a young blond man with a ponytail, followed by a group of elderly men and women.
Looking at this strange team, Pascal asked, "What are they doing?"
Walter said, "I don't know. There's been a group of people like this lately, calling themselves the 'Walking Group.' Every day after dinner, they would walk around the island's roads, clapping their hands. Their slogan is 'Take a hundred steps after a meal, and you'll live to be ninety-nine!'"
"Puff!" Xiao Peng exclaimed, "What did you say?"
What's up with this familiar recipe and familiar taste?
His exclamation was quite loud. The young man leading the group heard his voice and whispered something to an old lady behind him. He then stopped and asked Xiao Peng in English, "Are you Chinese?"
Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes!"
After hearing what Xiao Peng said, the young man became excited: "Hi, foreigner!"
Xiao Peng's face was filled with dismay. This young man spoke Chinese with a clear and fluent accent.
Seeing Xiao Peng's expression, the young man laughed heartily. "I've been waiting for this day. I've been studying in Huaxia for four years, and people have always called me 'foreigner'. Now it's finally my turn to call you 'foreigner'! The only drawback is that I'm speaking Chinese. I should be speaking German."
"You can speak to me in German." Xiao Peng switched to German.
The young man was stunned. "That's not fair! I didn't understand what the Chinese people meant when they called me a 'foreigner' the first time! You shouldn't have understood me when I called you a 'foreigner' in German either!"
Xiao Peng laughed heartily: "Have you returned from studying in China?"
The young man sighed and said, "What else can I do if I don't come back? I can't find a suitable job there. But this time I came back, I found a good opportunity."
"Oh?" Xiao Peng asked curiously, "What good opportunity?"
The young man pointed at the group that was 'running wild' and said, "Don't you think they look familiar?"
Xiao Peng nodded and said, "It looks so familiar! I knew it the moment I heard 'Take a hundred steps after a meal and you'll live to ninety-nine'!"
The young man laughed and said, "As you can see, there aren't many young people on Norderney Island. After all, most of the young people have gone to the big cities to make their livings. You should find life here quite boring."
Xiao Peng nodded. "Indeed! I enjoyed it for the first one or two days here. It felt like I was returning to nature, but after three days I was bored to death."
The young man clapped his hands. "You're right! But think about it, don't the people here have the right to live? They're just used to a boring life, but that doesn't mean they don't have the right to pursue a happy life, right? We have thousands of people living on Norderney Island. I know that's just the number of people in a community in China, but a community should also have its own happiness, right?"
Xiao Peng nodded. "It's a shame you don't join a pyramid scheme... What you said makes sense, but does organizing a group of old men and women to go on a rampage count as entertainment?"
The young man grinned and said, "Of course it's not that simple. Buddy, are you interested? Come on, let's go and take a look!"
Xiao Peng's curiosity was piqued: "Okay, Fabian, you guys go to the restaurant and wait for me first!"
Fabian said, "Come on, it's such a small place, let's go and take a look together. I'm quite curious too."
The young man sighed: "How come you all know German?"
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "There are Germans among us. Buddy, you just said that all the young people here go to big cities, why don't you go there?"
The young man spread his hands. "To be precise, I did go there. I was working for a trading company in Wolfsburg, but my parents insisted that I come back to help. They said there were a lot of Chinese people on the island, so they asked me to help. After I came back, I found that the opportunity was good, so I thought, why not stay here?"
"Are we going to stay here and run away with the old man and the old woman?" Xiao Peng asked in confusion.
The young man smiled and waved his hand. "Actually, I want to go into politics. I've been in China for too long. When I first arrived, I thought it was hell, but once I got used to it, I realized it's paradise. What shocks me most about China is the speed of your development. Our conditions here are much better than yours. Why not lead everyone to happiness and glory?"
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "So you're going to start by enriching the lives of the elderly?"
"Yeah!" the young man didn't deny it. "You said it just now. Norderney Island is nice for a day or two, but it gets boring after a while. I want to change that."
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "This can be considered as benefiting the elderly, it's a good thing!"
Walter looked at the team clapping and moving forward and asked curiously: "Boss, can you really live to ninety-nine like this?"
Xiao Peng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Try to live until you are ninety-nine!"
Walter's face was full of black lines.
Several people walked forward together, and suddenly Xiao Peng heard the sound of music.
"Boss, is this your Chinese song? It's quite exciting!" said Khedira.
Xiao Peng was a little confused: "Why do I seem to have a bad premonition?"
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