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If it were only a middle-aged and elderly women chatting about casual family affairs, Zhang Zian wouldn't have bothered listening to them. How must he be to eavesdrop on others gossiping? However, the middle-aged woman mentioned later about the CDC, which caught his attention.
”CDC ... Where is this?”
The old lady who spoke Cantonese fairly decently was bewildered. She may have been the type of immigrant who lived in China for the majority of her life while her children settled in the United States. She must've then joined them here to reunite with her family. Older immigrants like this were unable to change their lifestyles for most of their lives, so it's unlikely that they would learn a new language.
But this was actually nothing. Even if someone didn't know any English words, Chinatown could completely meet people's needs. Whether it was food, every day, clothes, legal or illegal items, they could be found here. It was almost a country within a country. It was completely acceptable to live here as long as there was no need to drive.
Take this old lady, for instance. After immigrating to the United States, her lifestyle was no different from that in her home country. She spent 99% of her time in Chinatown shopping for food, cooking and playing mahjong, and watching Chinese TV programs. She ignored the English world outside of her lifestyle, treating it as if it didn't exist. She didn't care about the news of the outside world. As long as there was no global war going on, she would continue to live a peaceful life until she died.
She heard the word CDC and didn't understand what it was.
”Grandma, you don't know? CDC is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Some doctor who was interviewed on TV recently said that there is a disease spreading in deers across North America. The disease may be contagious! It is said that if you must eat venison, it should have been quarantined by regular channels,” the middle-aged woman explained with patience.
”Wow, is it that terrible? Is it like the bird flu?” The old lady was suspicious. She looked at the middle-aged woman and looked back at the venison, feeling a bit reluctant.
The middle-aged woman spoke Mandarin, and the old lady responded speaking Mandarin with a Cantonese slang.
”Excuse me, miss. I just accidentally overheard you talking, but what's wrong with the deer? ”
Zhang Zian interjected, thickening his skin.
The middle-aged woman glanced at him and saw that he did not look like a suspicious character wanted by the Homeland Security Bureau, nor did he look like an employee despite being Chinese. Thus, she looked kindly at him and replied, ”I don't remember the specific name. You can find out what it is called online. It's something like wasting disease or thirsty disease.”
”Oh, thank you,” He thanked her and stepped back to the corner to show that he was no longer listening to the conversation between the two.
The middle-aged women continue to persuade the old lady not to buy the venison.
”Thirsty disease” didn't sound right, so he took out his phone and searched for ”wasting disease + deer”.
It was hard to see or know, but once it was found, it appeared shocking at first glance.
Since when did this disease begin spreading throughout North America?
A while ago, he was busy. Regardless if it was a trip to Egypt, pests, or stray dogs in the back, he didn't have the time and leisure to follow the news on the other side of the ocean. After all, he only had 24 hours a day and couldn't possibly follow news from so many places.