励志传记(当今奇人周兴和)第八章第十节

  一个有趣的插曲

An interesting episode

夕阳落下西山，它把最后一抹余照涂抹在西边的天际，将天边染得绯红。窗外吹来的风是清新的凉爽的，夹杂着浓郁的桂花馨香。

As the sun set over the western mountains, it daubed its last glow on the western horizon, staining to crimson. The wind blowing out of the window was fresh and cool, mixed with a strong fragrance of osmanthus.

“走，我们出去散散步吧。”吃过晚饭，周兴和对夫人和翻译小姚说道。

"Come on, let's go for a walk." After dinner, Zhou Xinghe said to his wife Wang and the interpreter Yao.

“好呀，”小姚高兴地回答，“董事长，今天我带你们去一个好地方。”

"OK," Yao answered happily. "Chairman, I'll take you to a good place today."

“什么好地方？”

"What good place?"

“到孟尼利克广场那边去。”

"A place over Menelik Plaza."

“走那么远去干什么呢？”

"Why we go so far away?"

“那里有家叫‘雅贝提’的咖啡馆，在亚迪斯亚贝巴最负盛名，我今天请你们去喝埃塞俄比亚最好的咖啡。”

"There is a café called Jabeti, which is the most famous café in Addis Ababa. Today I’ll invite you to drink the best coffee in Ethiopia."

“是么？”周兴和当然知道，埃塞俄比亚是世界咖啡的原产地，它的咖啡在全球品质最好，产量占世界总量的70%，世界各国最优良的咖啡树都是从这里引种的，能在这里品尝世界最顶级的咖啡，周兴和自然乐意，“那，今天我们就跟你去喝最好的咖啡。”

"Is it?" Zhou Xinghe knew that, of course, Ethiopia is the country of origin of the coffee in the world, and its coffee has the best quality in the whole world, the output accounts for 70% of the total world, and the world's most excellent coffee trees were introduced here, where you can taste the world's top coffee here, so Zhou Xinghe naturely agreed, "well, today we will go with you to drink the best coffee."

凉风习习，树叶婆娑，华灯初上，夜色迷蒙。亚迪斯亚贝巴的夜晚，安谧而清爽，美丽而迷人。

The breeze was cool, the leaves whirled, the light was bright and the night was dark. The night in Addis Ababa was tranquil and refreshing, beautiful and charming.

几个人在高大的行道树下，一路慢慢向西走去。不到一个小时，来到孟尼利克广场，广场上游人已经稀少，孟尼利克二世骑着战马高大的铜像，在橙色灯光的映衬下，更显得威风凛凛。“雅贝提”咖啡馆就在广场旁边街上。他们向前走了一段路，走到咖啡馆，听见里面传来悠扬的《小夜曲》。走进门，但见里面陈设明丽而优雅，醇厚浓郁的咖啡香味扑鼻而来，让人顿时神清气爽。当他们坐下，侍者给他们送上煮熟的咖啡和当地的小吃后，周兴和端起杯子闻了闻，果然这里的咖啡和其它地方的不同，有着一种很特别的香气，那种香味充盈着人的五脏六腑。

They were walking slowly westward under the tall roadside trees. Less than an hour, they came to the Menelik Plaza, where there were few visitors, and the tall bronze statue of King Menelik II riding a war horse, was more majestic in the orange light. The Jabeti Café was on the street just off the plaza. They walked on a little way to the café, where they heard the melodious serenade. Entering the door, the furnishings inside were bright and elegant, and the full-bodied rich coffee aroma was tangy, making the person immediately refreshed. When they sat down and the waiter brought them boiled coffee and local snacks, Zhou Xinhe picked up the cup and sniffed. Sure enough, the coffee here was different from anywhere else. It had a very special aroma, which filled people's viscera happily.

不知为什么，当周兴和端起咖啡，小姚的目光一下就被那精致的咖啡杯吸引。她没说一句话，只是目不转睛地盯着杯子上面的文字来。那用铜质铸造的杯子上，凸显着两排英文：“FGC；ZHOUXINGHE”。

For some reasons, when Zhou Xinghe picked up the coffee cup, Yao's eyes were drawn to the exquisite cup. She said nothing, but stared at the words on the cup. Two rows of English words were "FGC; ZHOUXINGHE ".

周兴和疑惑地看了看小姚，又疑惑地看了看手中的杯子，他也被那杯子上的文字吸引了——“ FGC”，不就是自己公司生产的五防建材么？“ZHOUXINGHE”不就是自己的名字么！这是怎么回事？他诧异之余，也大惑不解：这是一种巧合，还是有人在用他的产品和姓名打广告呢？

Zhou Xinghe looked at Yao doubtfully, and looked at the cup in his hand doubtfully, then he was also attracted by the words on the cup - "FGC" was his company's production of five-proof green compound building materials; and "ZHOUXINGHE" was his name! What's going on here? He wondered, too: was it a coincidence, or was someone advertising by his product and name?

“这，是怎么回事？”他指着杯子问小姚。

"Well, what's this?" He pointed to the cup and asked Yao.

“我也是在想，这是怎么回事呢？”小姚眨了眨眼睛，回答说，“是呀，我们公司的产品和您的名字怎么被人铸造到了咖啡杯上呢？”

"I was thinking, too. What's going on?" Yao blinked her eyes and replied, "Well, how did our product and your name get cast on a coffee cup?"

“老板，你过来一下。”周兴和向柜台后边的老板招了招手，待店里的老板闻声过来后，他指着杯子对小姚说道，“你问他，这是怎么回事？”

"Boss, come here please." Zhou Xinghe waved to the man behind the counter, and when the shop owner heard and came, he pointed to his cup and said to Yao, "Ask him, what's going on here?"

“他问你，”小姚用英语向老板问道。“这杯子上的文字是怎么回事？” 

"He asked you," Yao asked the boss in English. "What is this writing on the cup?"

“哈哈。“咖啡店老板听了小姚的问话，爽朗地笑了起来，手舞足蹈地对着他们滔滔不绝地说了一大堆话。

"Haha." The owner of the coffee shop laughed heartily at Yao's question and held forth a lot of talk, waving his arms.

“他说，恐怕你们不知道，从遥远的中国来了一位叫做周兴和的人，这个人是个奇人、神人！”小姚还没等那老板说完，她就笑了起来，向周兴和俩人翻译道，“他说，这个人，能够用地里的秸秆建造火都烧不塌、炸也炸不垮的房屋；这个人还长有火眼金睛，能看透土地下的埋藏的宝贝，现在在这里帮助他们国家发展。”

"He said, I'm afraid you don't know that a man named Zhou Xinghe has come from far away China. This man is a miraculous and god-like man!" Before the boss finished, Yao laughed and translated to Zhou and his wife. "He said that this man could use straw to build a house that wouldn't burn down or explode. And this is a man with a keen eye who can see under the ground what is buried and who is here to help their country to develop."

“哈，”周兴和闻言也笑了，“你问他，为什么要把星河建材和我的名字铸造在这杯子上。”

"Haha," Zhou Xinghe smiled, "Ask him why he cast Xinghe Building Materials and my name on this cup."

“他说，这里的人尊敬和崇拜这个周兴和，就把他的‘FGC’和名字铸造在了杯子、还有其它一些器皿上，一来为了能记住他；再有呢，就是沾他一点福气……”

"He said that people here respect and worship this Zhou Xinghe, and they cast his 'FGC' and his name on cups and other vessels, to remember him; what's more, it could also be with his blessing..."

“哈哈哈……”小姚话没译完，周兴和与夫人小王都大笑起来。

"Haha..." Zhou Xinghe and his wife Wang burst out laughing before Yao finished her translation.

“董事长，这个你没看见吗？”小姚指了指杯子上“ZHOUXINGHE”后面他不认识的另外几个字母，“这几个字母翻译过来，就是‘神人’的意思。”

"Can't you see this, Chairman?" Yao pointed to the letters after ZHOUXINGHE wich he didn't recognize on the cup, "which means the 'miraculous man'."

“言过其实、言过其实。”周兴和闻言又笑了，“小姚，今天你是有意带我们到这个地方来长见识的吧？”

"That’s exaggerated." Zhou Xinghe smiled again. "Yao, did you mean to bring us to this place today to learn more?"

“不不不，董事长，我确实不知道，来到这里还有这么一个有趣的插曲。”说完，小姚她转过头，指着周兴和，有些神秘地又对老板说道，“你知道他是谁吗？”

"No, no, no, Chairman, I really had no idea that there was such an interesting episode here." With that, Yao turned her head, pointed at Zhou Xinghe, and said to the shop owner, somewhat mysteriously, "Do you know who he is?"

老板望着周兴和，捋了捋他下巴上的胡须，摇了摇头。

The boss looked at Zhou Xinghe, stroked his chin and shook his head.

“我告诉您，你面前这个人，就是你们说的神人周兴和！”

"Let me tell you, the man before you is Zhou Xinghe, the miraculous man you spoke of!"

“什么，他就是周—兴—和？”咖啡馆老板又仔细看了看周兴和，似信非信地点点头又摇摇头。

"What? He is the Zhou Xinghe?" The owner of the café looked at Zhou Xinghe carefully again, nodded and shook his head disbelievingly.

“我怎么能骗您呢？他确实就是从中国来的周兴和先生。”

"How can I deceive you? He is indeed Mr. Zhou Xinghe from China."

“哦，是么！”咖啡馆老板再看了周兴和一遍，一下上前抓住他的手，“您，真是周兴和先生？”

"Oh, my god!" The owner of the café looked at Zhou Xinghe again and grabbed his hand. "Are you Really Mr. Zhou Xinghe?"

周兴和笑吟吟地对他点点头。

Zhou Xinghe nodded to him with a smile.

咖啡馆老板双手紧紧握住周兴和的手，又激动地说起什么来。

The café owner took Zhou Xinghe's hand tightly in both his hands, and began to speak excitedly.

“他说，真是百闻不如一见。”小姚翻译道，“你们今天能来到这里，使他的咖啡馆蓬荜生辉，他感到莫大的荣幸。他问您，能和你合个影吗？”

"He said seeing is believing." Yao translated. "It's a great honor for him to serve you here today, to have his café honoured by you. He asked you, can he take a picture with you?"

“你告诉他，我就是一个平凡普通的一个中国人，没有他们所说的那些神通，也感谢他们的厚爱。”周兴和说，“和我合个影？这当然可以。”

"Tell him that I am just an ordinary Chinese, without the magic they said, but also thank them for their love." Zhou Xinghe said, "Take a picture with me? Of course he can."

咖啡馆老板和周兴和他们的对话，已被旁边正在喝咖啡的当地人听见，人们纷纷向他们围了过来，都想目睹一下周兴和这个“神人”的风采。在咖啡馆老板和周兴和合完影后，大家情不自禁热烈地鼓起掌来，纷纷争着要和周兴和合影。

The conversation between the café owner and Zhou Xinghe was heard by the locals drinking coffee nearby, and people crowded around them, all wanting to see Zhou Xinghe the "miraculous man". After the café owner and Zhou Xinghe took a photo together, everyone couldn't help but burst into enthusiastic applauses and clamored for a photo with Zhou Xinghe too.

“小姚，你问老板，这咖啡杯能不能卖一套给我？我也留个纪念。”当大家安静下来后，周兴和对小姚说道。

"Yao, ask the boss, can he sell me one set of this coffee cup? I'll keep a souvenir." Zhou Xinghe said to Yao when everyone was quiet.

“没有问题、没有问题！”咖啡馆老板听了小姚的话，他挥了挥手，大度地说，“我送一套给周先生作纪念就是了，哪能要他的钱！另外，今天的你们的消费，我也不能收你们的钱，也全部免单！”

"No problem at all!" The owner of the café listened to Yao's words. He waved his hand and said generously, "I'll just send a set to Mr. Zhou as a souvenir. I won't ask for money! In addition, your bill today is on my treat, I can not take your money, all free of charge!"

“那不行，钱我们肯定是要给的。”周兴和说道。

"No. We'll certainly pay for our coffee." Zhou Xinghe said.

“不不不！”老板连连摆手，“收下你们的钱，神会谴责我，我妻子会骂我，我会于心不安的……”

"No, no, no!" The boss waved his hands. "If I take your money, God will condemn me, my wife will scold me, and I'll not be set at ease..."

“哈哈哈……”老板话没说完，全场的人都大笑起来。

"Haha..." Before the boss finished, the whole store burst out laughing.

亚迪斯亚贝巴咖啡馆老板送给周兴和的这套精致的铜质咖啡杯，至今还摆在他住宅的博物架上，上面的文字还熠熠发光，见证着他与非洲人民的友谊和感情。

The exquisite copper coffee cups given to Zhou Xinghe by the café owner of Addis Ababa still stand on the display shelf of his house, with the words on them still shining, testifying his friendship and affection with the African people.

“董事长呀，今天晚上在这里，您有了那么多的‘粉丝’，可过了一把当明星的瘾哪！”回去的路上，小姚这样取笑他们的董事长。

"Chairman, you have so many 'fans' tonight here, just like a super star!" On the way back, Yao made fun of their chairman.

“你别说，我这一辈子，还真没有过过明星瘾，这一回，就算是吧。”

"Well, in my lifetime, I never had been a star, and this time, maybe it is."

当天晚上，周兴和做了一个梦，梦到了自己家乡那绿色的山林、那蜿蜒的小路、那流淌的小河、那尘封的老屋，以及他那爹妈的身影……

That night, Zhou Xinghe had a dream. He dreamed of the green mountains, the winding path, the flowing river, the dusty old house, and the figure of his parents...

明年清明该回去给老父老母上上坟、烧炷香了。醒来，他突然冒出这个念头。

In Qingming festival of the next year, it should go back to visit the old parents’ grave, and burn some joss sticks. Waking up, the idea came to him.