Rick Mundt's China

Chapter 89 The Fruit Lady That title should get people’s attention. When I first got to Luoyang in August of 2002, I would go out for walks to learn the area and how to get around. Sometime in September, I was walking down Xing Xu Lu which is the street north of the school. When I went out the north gate of the school, I would turn right and at the end of the street there were some little stores that sold fruit. I decided to go in one and see what they had. I got a few things, the lady was really nice. Even though we couldn’t talk to each other, it worked out. I would point at what fruit I wanted and how many. Eventually I learned the names of the fruits. She had a small calculator and would type in how much the things were that I bought so I could see the price. Whenever I bought fruit after that, I would go to that place. When I left in 2004, I had a friend go with me so she could translate what I wanted to tell the lady. I wanted to thank her for being so nice and say goodbye. By th...