Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Compared with other things, Dong Qiangqiang was most concerned about the outcome of the bank's processing. Since the other party said he could only wait, there was no point in being anxious.

Sun Tao's email was very concise. He asked him how he was doing in China and reminded him to pay attention to safety and be careful in everything. Then I asked him if he had made any progress in furniture. If Dong Qiangqiang has made progress and time is convenient, I hope he can contact the overseas Chinese in Germany as soon as possible to give them a clear answer.

Dong Qiangqiang has been busy with various things since he returned to China, and he completely forgot about the furniture. He remembered that Lao Bai had previously sent him the contact information of a domestic furniture organization with an office in Cologne, Germany. The other party seemed to have made a quotation, but he had never bothered to contact him. Now that Sun Tao asked about this matter again, it was most likely an overseas Chinese. He had just enough time now to search through emails, text messages, and notebooks, and finally found the contact information of the furniture supplier.

He immediately called the furniture dealer. He called several times before someone answered, but he got an unexpected reply: The other party was indeed a Chinese furniture dealer, but due to labor, many workers were either sick or unable to work. Because of the fear of running away, no one is working in the factory anymore, so no one knows when production will resume. Although the company still has a small amount of inventory in its warehouses in different cities, logistics in many places, especially overseas shipping, can no longer guarantee normal delivery.

Dong Qiangqiang left his mobile phone number and email address with the furniture dealer. The other party promised to send Dong Qiangqiang an email as soon as possible and send him photos of the current inventory and prices. If he is interested, the price can be further discussed. If Dong Qiangqiang is sure that he likes it, Which set you ordered, the other party will confirm whether it can be shipped by rail or sea.

After much deliberation, Dong Qiangqiang sent the feedback from the furniture dealer to Sun Tao via email. Although Sun Tao had always said that he should contact the overseas Chinese directly, he felt that this kind of matter needed to be handled with special care to avoid unnecessary trouble. In the email, he did not mention anything about his return to China to see his parents, nor did he mention what he saw and heard in China or his domestic mobile phone number. After the conflict in the cafeteria, he deliberately kept a distance from the other party in his heart.

Zheng Chunhua’s emails contain a lot of information.

She said that Sun Tao couldn't contact Dong Qiangqiang and called her. She told Sun Tao that Dong Qiangqiang had returned to China. Sun Tao asked Dong Qiangqiang whether he would never come back at all or if he was returning to China to visit relatives. He also asked for his domestic mobile phone number, but she didn't know any of this and could only tell Dong Qiangqiang. He told Sun Tao through his email and asked Dong Qiangqiang not to be offended.

After talking about Sun Tao, Zheng Chunhua immediately turned the topic to domestic affairs. The news that WHO officially announced that SARS has swept the world has been known to all international students from TV and the Internet. Not only are there cases of SARS in Germany, but even small and quiet towns like Trier have traces of SARS. However, the overwhelming coverage and coverage on German TV is domestic SARS, which is exaggerated and misled by some German media. Under the epidemic, many Germans mistakenly connected "SARS" with "Chinese", and misunderstandings gradually increased. Vicious incidents targeting Chinese students to varying degrees occurred in many German cities, and Trier was not spared. For a time, in The students studying abroad in Germany are panic-stricken and in danger. There are many unfriendly phenomena. Everyone tries to avoid going out. If you must go out, go together in groups and be extremely careful. And this is not only the case in Germany, her classmates studying abroad in other European countries also encountered the same situation.

When Dong Qiangqiang first returned to China, some people in the student forum asked when the payment for the seven-country European tour that Dong Qiangqiang was planning to organize would start. People would also look forward to and discuss the fun places and delicious food in the places to go, and some people would be weird. Ask Dong Qiangqiang why there is no movement? Are you planning to go back on your word? But now no one in the forum pays attention to this matter anymore, and the forum is deathly silent every day. In the university library, what everyone reads online the most is domestic reports. Everyone is worried and wants to go back to China to visit their parents, but they dare not actually go back, for fear that they will not be able to get out. Zheng Chunhua knew how short Dong Qiangqiang's decision-making process was from making a decision to actually returning to China, and she couldn't help but sigh that Dong Qiangqiang's extraordinary courage would be revealed later. As a child, she and many of her classmates envied Dong Qiangqiang for being able to stay with his parents and fulfill his filial piety.

At the end of the letter, she urgently wanted to know whether the city where Dong Qiangqiang lived was really as serious as what was said on German TV? Do you need to grab all the supplies?

Dong Qiangqiang selected a dozen representative photos from the hundreds of photos he took after returning to China and sent them to Zheng Chunhua, telling her that he had encountered unfriendly German media at the Cologne Carnival before, so he could not completely trust the German media. Even if you see some so-called pictures, you must remain vigilant and suspicious, because many things actually have causes and consequences. As the saying goes, listening to both will make things clear, but believing will make things dark. Just keep paying attention, and there is no need to believe everything. He has been to different domestic cities in the past few days. Although he has visited many first-tier cities, it can be seen from the inside. The shortage of supplies in individual supermarkets is not a common phenomenon. At least he has not seen the rush for masks in Shanghai, and people in Shanghai wear masks. Far more than what he saw in BJ. Even if hoarding and speculation occur in some places, it is not surprising. After all, human nature is greedy, but it will not become the norm after all.

He had no curiosity at all about Li Lei's email and didn't bother to open it at all. The people who wrote to me would more or less ask about the domestic situation, except for one person: Feng Chong.

Feng Chong didn't even ask about the domestic situation. He first complained that Dong Qiangqiang's phone was turned off and he couldn't contact him. Dong Qiangqiang then discovered that the German phone was out of battery. He hadn't bothered to check it for the past two days and hurriedly charged it. Feng Chong showed off that his winter vacation Chinese class was a complete success. He thanked Dong Qiangqiang for recommending Lu Wei. He has already started preparing for the summer Chinese class and plans to invite Lu Wei when the time comes. If Dong Qiangqiang is interested then, he is also welcome to join.

There were also emails from several classmates asking Dong Qiangqiang about domestic (military) conditions. As soon as Dong Qiangqiang finished replying to the email, the inventory photos and quotations from the furniture dealer arrived, and he forwarded them to Sun Tao.

The sun was shining brightly at noon, the heating had not been turned off, and the room was very hot. He had been running all night, and in the morning he was writing reports, making phone calls, and answering emails. The long-lost sleepiness came over him like an overwhelming sea, and he suddenly felt Tired, he leaned on the sofa and fell asleep.

He didn't know how long he slept for. In his daze, he heard a few text messages coming from his cell phone. He didn't take it seriously and continued to fall asleep. The text messages went silent, but his cell phone rang.

He thought the electrical appliance delivery person had arrived and happily answered the call. Unexpectedly, the person on the other end of the phone spoke in Northeastern dialect and asked him if he wanted to buy a commercial house with a perfect location in Changchun.

He hung up the phone angrily, but he couldn't fall asleep no matter what. After a nap, he seemed to regain his energy.

When he heard the protest from his stomach, he remembered that he hadn't eaten yet, so he thought about taking a random bite of noodles, but before the water boiled, there was a noise downstairs.

He didn't take it seriously and rummaged through every corner of the cupboard for the seasoning packet he liked.

The noise outside the building seemed to be getting louder and louder, and suddenly he seemed to hear someone calling his name.

He held the cupboard door with one hand and listened attentively. The person shouting had a loud voice, which was vaguely his own name. He hurriedly opened the window and heard it clearly now. (End of chapter)