Five hundred and eighty-eighth chapter time difference
"Do you think I am Chinese?" Hong Tao took a small bite of the bagle in his hand and thought it tasted pretty good. It was very similar to a donut, except that it was baked very crispy and had a few vegetable leaves sandwiched in the middle.
With grilled salmon and a little sauce, it's at least tastier than the burgers in McDonald's.
"Chinese? Ah...I see, you are Chinese. Only Chinese people speak English without an accent. It was your clothes that deceived me!" The old man heard Hong Tao's prompt and clapped his hands in an exaggerated manner.
He was squinting his forehead, as if he didn't recognize that Hong Tao was from there, which was very inappropriate.
"Hey hey hey... your bagle is pretty good, give me two more, add more sauce, including this, how much is the total?" Hong Tao didn't want to take advantage of this old man, even the one he tried.
Count it in too.
"There are only two, and that one is for you, totaling 2 yuan and 4 yuan." The old man was quite stubborn and wanted to meet. He refused to charge the first one, and finally charged the two.
Hong Tao held a disposable small plate and dragged his suitcase forward while eating. There were tall buildings on both sides of this street, and it was like walking on a thin line of sky. However, Americans also love green, as long as there is an open space.
, it is necessary to plant a lawn and add a few trees to embellish it. If the place can be larger, it can be turned into a small park without fences, green grass, groves and benches.
Manhattan should be regarded as a prime location in New York, but Hong Tao walked less than 200 meters here and saw two small parks on the street. I don’t know how the New York government is willing to waste such a prime location. This is all GDP
ah!
In addition to the park, there are many food carts on the streets here. You can see them on almost every street corner or in a spacious place. Hong Tao saw no less than 4 or 5 of them while walking along the street, selling barbecue.
There were beef and chicken skewers, as well as freshly squeezed juices. What made Hong Tao most gratified was that he actually saw one selling pancakes and candied haws. When he saw these two stalls, he turned around and looked at the surrounding buildings.
, confirmed that I was not visiting Wangfujing.
The pancakes here are basically the same as the pancakes in China. The pancakes are spread out on an iron disc. The batter is sprinkled on it and turned with a small wooden tool to make a pancake. However, it is slightly different from the pancakes in China.
The difference is that what is inside is not crispy or fried dough sticks, but a lot of chopped fruits, which are then poured with chocolate sauce and then rolled up.
Hong Tao babbled for a long time, and finally tried the taste of American pancakes. He was afraid that his taste would be distorted, and he would not be able to eat domestic pancakes when he returned to Beijing. The dough, fruit, and chocolate
Sauce, what does this Nima taste like?
Another kind of candied haws that Hong Tao is familiar with also opened his eyes. In addition to the common domestic candied haws, such as hawthorn and orange skewers, the most popular candied haws here are apple ones. Yes, they are what we often eat.
Apples. And American apples are bigger. After the stall owner cores a whole apple, coat it with a layer of sugar syrup and sprinkle it with
A layer of chocolate chips, and then use a small wooden stick to stick it in. Just put it there waiting for someone to buy it. This thing should not be called candied haws, but a sweet apple. Hong Tao also bought one for 2 US dollars. Take it
It was like holding a drum, urn, and golden hammer in my hand. I opened my mouth several times but couldn't find a place to put my mouth down. The apple was too big!
After eating and watching, Hong Tao dragged his suitcase, held an apple mallet in his hand, and chewed the last bite of bagle in his mouth, and finally entered the Condel Building. In the middle of the first floor of the building is a circular reception desk, with people sitting behind it
The two policemen...or security guards, Hong Tao couldn't tell the difference between the New York police and the security guards. They were all wearing similar clothes and were heavily armed. In addition to batons and pepper spray, they also had a pistol on their waists, but the armbands were a little different.
"Sir, please put your belongings here, and then walk through this door!" Hong Tao saw this kind of security guard when he and Irene came last time, and they did not stop them. But this time it was different.
As soon as Hong Tao entered the lobby of the building, the two security guards stood up and walked over, one hand naturally resting on the holster at his waist.
"Dogs look down upon others!" Hong Tao understood that it was because he was wearing too many different clothes, and it didn't look like he was working here at all. Moreover, he was dragging a box behind him and holding an apple hammer in his hand. If he were a security guard,
You have to ask too.
The security check was not troublesome. Hong Tao also opened the box. In addition to a change of clothes and a camera, inside was the set of jeans and shoes bought for Irene. However, the two security guards were not at ease and used handheld instruments to monitor Hong Tao.
I scanned my body all over and finally confirmed that there were no dangerous items before I took my hand away from the grab handle.
"I'm sorry, this is a routine matter. Which company are you going to? Who are you looking for? Please register here." A security guard still felt uneasy about Hong Tao and took out a notebook for Hong Tao to register.
Hong Tao didn't talk too much. When you are under the eaves, you have to lower your head. Just register. After going through the formalities, Hong Tao accidentally looked up at the watch hanging in the lobby.
"Is this watch accurate?" After reading the watch, Hong Tao stopped, pushed back to the service desk, and asked the two security guards.
"Very accurate..." The two security guards had been staring at Hong Tao's back. Now he came back and asked a very boring question, and the security guards couldn't help but stretch their hands to their waists.
"Oh, don't be nervous. I just came from Argentina and checked my watch once in Atlanta. Who knew it was 2 hours behind... this damn time difference!" Hong Tao showed his watch to the two men.
The security guard watched.
Because the United States has a large land area, especially from east to west, it implements a zoning system. From the west coast of the United States to the east coast, it is divided into Pacific Time Zone (pt), Mountain Time Zone (mt), Central Time Zone (ct), and Eastern Time Zone
(et). Counting from west to east, every time you cross a time zone, you have to set the time forward one hour. When Hong Tao was connecting flights in Atlanta, he had already adjusted his watch. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in New York, it was set back one hour.
What’s even more hateful is that in order to save electricity, the United States actually implements daylight saving time. From the first week of April to the last week of October every year, the time has to go forward one hour. The most hateful thing is daylight saving time.
Not every state and every city is unified. For example, Atlanta does not have daylight saving time. This is ridiculous.
Isn’t that a lie? The time on Hong Tao’s watch was two hours later than New York time. He originally planned to find Irene and go have lunch together. But now, it’s almost 12:30, and Irene must have gone to have lunch.
It was lunch, and I didn't contact her in advance. I wanted to give her a surprise.
"Poor guy, you can't find anyone if you go up now. Everyone has gone to have lunch. You can stay here for a while. They will be back at about 1:30." The two security guards finally understood at this time.
Okay, why is this Asian guy wearing a fancy denim and leather jacket doing this during lunch time?
I went to the law firm upstairs to find someone. It turned out that he had no evil intentions or any other intentions, but was confused by the thousand-dollar time difference in the United States. For this reason, the two security guards felt quite guilty for what they had just done.
Hong Tao invited him to sit on the sofa behind the service desk and handed him a illustrated magazine.
"Do you have any knives?" After Hong Tao sat down, he saw two fast food boxes placed at the service desk. It was estimated that the two security guards had just finished lunch, so he thought of the apple hammer in his hand.
"Knife?" The security guard looked at Hong Tao doubtfully.
"Knife for cutting apples, this apple is too big, I can't eat it!" Hong Tao pointed to the apple hammer in his hand.
"I have it here. Didn't they cut it open for you when you bought it?" The short security guard took out a folding knife from his trouser pocket and specially took out a wet paper towel from the drawer to wipe the blade.
"Come on, let's eat together. I can't eat so much by myself." Hong Tao used the illustrated magazine as a cushion, cut the apple into slices, and gave it to the two security guards.
The security guard was very generous. Each person picked up two slices, chewed them loudly, and took out a can of beer from the drawer and handed it to Hong Tao.
"I won't drink at noon, thank you." Hong Tao didn't want to go looking for someone in Irene's company smelling of alcohol, which would have a bad influence on Irene.
"This is a non-alcoholic drink, and we are not allowed to drink while we are on duty." The two security guards laughed again, gave Hong Tao the drink, then chewed apples and went to read their newspapers.
Just after 1 o'clock, Hong Tao, who was discussing with two security guards about the hot girl in the picture, finally heard Irene's voice. He didn't even need to turn around to know that the speaker must be Irene. She is now a bit like marrying and following the other.
The meaning of marrying a dog and following the dog is not only slowly moving closer to Hong Tao in terms of living habits, but even the emphasis in speech has begun to become more and more Chinese.
"Shh, don't disturb her. I want to give him a surprise. Lend me this pictorial." Hong Tao blocked the security guard's attempt to call Irene, then picked up the adult pictorial to cover his face, dragged his suitcase and left.
Chase towards the elevator.
Irene was wearing a light blue suit skirt, gray thin stockings and a pair of stiletto heels of the same color. Her little butt was wrapped in the skirt, making it very round. Hong Tao stood behind her and secretly looked at himself through the gap in the pictorial.
The daughter-in-law's figure secretly praised her for her discernment. Although Irene was average-looking, her figure was really incredible. Compared with the other ladies standing around her, she could be distinguished immediately.
Those women either had too big butts or too many muscles in their legs. One of the young girls had actually wider shoulders than Hong Tao. From the back, if she had put on a suit instead of a skirt, she would have looked worse.
He is a standard tiger-backed man, more manly than a man, a real man! (To be continued...)
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