Spit chicken

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Spring Festival of the second year.

Xue Tong has been a graduate student at the Translation School for half a year. Both she and Mu Chenghe were planning to go on a trip somewhere during the holidays, but Mu Chenghe's mother called and asked them to go to B City for the holidays.

Ms. Mu communicated with Xue Tong directly by call phone. When answering her call, she was so terrified that she got a lump in her throat, she got tongue-tied and her mind went blank. The only response she came up with was a nod and stammer an "OK".

 The only response she came up with was a nod and stammer an "OK"

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After hanging up, she remembered that next Thursday was New Y

ear's Eve and Mu's mother probably wanted to ask his son to come back for his birthday. So she quickly picked up the phone and called Mu Chenghe.

"Did you accept?" Mu Chenghe asked.

"Do you think I had the courage to refuse?" Xue Tong said.

Mu Chenghe smiled when he heard those words: "If you don't want to go, just tell her." Xue Tong pondered, then replied, "Forget it, we'll go see your mother. I just accepted her invitation, I won't call her to take it back. No, she'll think I'm playing tricks on her, she won't take me seriously." in the future ". "Where are you?" Mu Chenghe asked.

"Working, but I'm in the bathroom right now

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"Working, but I'm in the bathroom right now... It's quiet here," said Xue Tong.

She hung up the phone and went back to the dining room table, where the waiter had just put down a cup.

School is on vacation these days, so she got a part-time job as a translator for an Australian group. There was no leader in the group, just a tour guide who didn't speak English, so the tourists guide went looking for staff at the Translation Faculty and found Xue Tong.

It's a small group of only six people, but she still feels overwhelmed.

At that time, when the waiter was serving the food, the tour guide pointed to a chicken dish and said, "This is spit chicken. A very popular and famous dish here. It is very unique, spicy and delicious; tender and refreshing." ." The foreigners' eyes slid and focused on Xue Tong.

She stared at the plate and blinked. Spit chicken?

She hadn't noticed it before when she ate it, but thinking about it carefully, she suddenly felt that people's imagination to name their dishes was really amazing

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She hadn't noticed it before when she ate it, but thinking about it carefully, she suddenly felt that people's imagination to name their dishes was really amazing... she quickly thought of a solution in her head.

Spittle chicken? How gross.

Do people drool at the sight of chicken? It is not concise enough.

Cook chicken in water first and then pour sauce on it? This is the way to follow.

...

With a gray face, she hurriedly translated, but not knowing what else to say.

Upon returning home, she Xue Tong felt so distressed that she began to search on Internet for the english name of this unique dish. Examples: Pork knuckle in sauce, shredded yam, herring with bald lungs, fresh pickled soup, lung slices...

 Examples: Pork knuckle in sauce, shredded yam, herring with bald lungs, fresh pickled soup, lung slices

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So much so that Mu Chenghe was pleased for her to see her suddenly so eager to learn. Unexpectedly, after a while, Xue Tong raised her face from the computer, gulped, and looked at him with expectant eyes.

"What's the matter?" He looked.

"I'm starving."

"..."

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