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b'We Can Work It Out\\n\\u2018Er, Menu A, please. I\\u2019ll have the spring roll, special fried rice and sweet \\u2019n\\u2019 sour pork.\\u2019\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Except Mick ordered in Spanish, of course, because the menu was in Spanish. \\u2018Gracias.\\u2019 This particular restaurant was nearly always empty, and he had never understood how they could stay in business. Perhaps they couldn\\u2019t. Whatever, the service was fast and friendly, the food was pretty damned good, and Menu A was the cheapest set menu in town. In fact, the only drawback was that here was a Chinese family trying to make a living in the Basque Country. It was an unlikely marriage.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The waitress reappeared shortly with the spring roll.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u2018Rollo de primavera.\\u2019\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u2018Thank you,\\u2019 Mick said, this time in English. His defences were down \\u2013 you should have seen the spring roll \\u2013 and his brain had gone into autocruise.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u2018Bu ke qi,\\u2019 she said, smiling mishievously, then taking her leave.\\nIn retrospect, it was one of life\\u2019s beautiful moments. So beautiful, Mick just had to rewind:\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u2018Rollo de primavera.\\u2019\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u2018Thank you.\\u2019 It\\u2019s no good pretending I\\u2019m Spanish. I\\u2019m not fooling anyone, am I?\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u2018Bu ke qi.\\u2019 Hey, don\\u2019t worry. I\\u2019m not Spanish, either. But we can still be friends, can\\u2019t we?'