Walking out from a nice meal, I ran into these three older gentlemen taking their evening walk. Their backs slightly bent forward; arms behind their backs. I followed them for 20 minutes, 偷聽著這三位老先生的京片子。(eavesdropping on what they were saying in their thick Beijing accents.)
They looked to their right at this shop with classy interior design and bright red lantern lights.
第一位老先生說：「這是甚麼？」
第二位老先生說：「不知道，吃飯的吧。」
(The first gentleman said, "What is this?"
The second gentlemen said, "Don't know. Probably a place to eat.")
They slowed down just for a bit to look at it, and having given it the attention they think it deserved, they went on. I wasn't able to hear much more because they soon discovered me.
In a Beijing that's changing on fast-forward, three gentlemen taking their evening walks in their own neighbourhood finds new adventures everyday.
