在美留学时,我打过各种零工。其中有一回,我和上海来的老曹去给一家中国餐馆装修房子。这家餐馆的老板是个上海人,尖嘴猴腮,吝啬得不得了;给人家当了半辈子的大厨,攒了点钱,自己要开店,又有点烧得慌——这副嘴脸实在是难看,用老曹的话来说,是一副赤佬相。 When I was studying in the United States, I played various kinds of odd jobs. One time, I and Lao Cao from Shanghai went to decorate a Chinese restaurant. The owner of the restaurant was a Shanghai native, and the monkeys were very awkward. They had been a chef for the rest of their lives. They took a few pounds, opened their own shops and had a bit of a panic. This is a ugly face and an old one. In Cao’s words, it is a red primordial phase.