Chen Xing rushed to the airport in the afternoon, sat in McDonald's and played games for several hours before getting on the plane.
Chen Xing is not used to going abroad.
This discomfort is reflected in many aspects.
For example, in the past, the plane ticket he took was only a thousand yuan at most, but now the price suddenly jumped to 10,000 yuan, which made Chen Xing, who had never had a good shot, feel a little distressed.
He is just the son of an ordinary family, not a rich second generation like Mr. Zhou.
I’m so scared of being poor.
Then there is the distance of this flight.
The plane from Chengdu to Paris, France, takes off at 1:30 in the morning. I heard that it will arrive in Paris around 6 in the morning.
Chen Xing was stunned for a moment at first, thinking that it only takes a few hours to fly from China to Europe? Is Europe so small?
Then I discovered the jet lag thing.
The time difference between China and France is seven hours, which means that Chen Xing will have to sit on the plane for at least twelve hours this time. There are people everywhere, snoring and talking, which makes Chen Xing difficult.
Have a good sleep.
After all, he was going abroad, so Chen Xing was somewhat worried.
But I was worried. After two or three hours, Chen Xing was no longer worried.
He took off his dead Bluetooth headset and adjusted himself to a more comfortable position... His feet were numb from sitting.
Looking at the other people around, some people who often take long-distance flights have fallen asleep. Anyway, this plane is also a night flight. They have to fly in the dark most of the time from takeoff to landing, and the plane is flying.
There was no noise, so I slept well.
People around Chen Xing had always heard Chen Xing moving. Now they woke up and heard some movement. They took off their blindfolds and looked at him, then looked at their watches and said, "Little brother, this is my first time going abroad.
?"
"Uh, yes, hello."
This man is estimated to be forty years old and has a very high hairline. If he had long hair more than a hundred years ago, he would be more or less like an elder brother.
"Hello."
He had just had a good sleep and felt quite refreshed. He lost sleep for the time being, so he asked Chen Xing, "Want to travel?"
"Well, I want to see the Eiffel Tower. Brother, do you often go to Paris?"
"I can't say that I go often, maybe occasionally. If you want to ask me about Paris, we who are transient travelers can't tell you why, but I can tell you some things you need to pay attention to when abroad.
."
Chen Xing was in need of this and said quickly: "I also want to know what the differences are between China and abroad. Thank you, brother."
"Haha, you're welcome, you're welcome."
The uncle was very proud and continued: "When we leave China, the first thing we have to face is foreign customs. I have been to two or three European countries. Although our tourists help them create countless taxes every year, their customs
They still like to embarrass Asians, and France is no different. If you get angry when something like this happens, don’t lose your temper."
"Trouble us? Why?"
"There is no reason. They treat most foreign tourists like this. Unless you are European or American, you have to be a little offended."
"Why don't you feel angry?"
"What are you thinking? That is other people's territory. If you dare to be angry, they will arrest you and lock you up for a few hours and not let you enter the country. What can you do? This makes you even more angry. I have seen a Korean with my own eyes.
People who were made things difficult to the point of getting angry were eventually deported."
Chen Xing just asked casually, he could figure out this kind of thing. "Also, foreigners are not as polite as us domestic people. Sometimes we are more polite and say, let's have something to eat? Or ask you to fish some other day or something.
Yes, you know that when you say this kind of thing, you are usually polite, right? But foreigners are not like that. If you tell them to eat something, they will stay for dinner. If you ask them to make an appointment another day, they will really spend some time together.
It’s not very particular to call you every day to ask you to go hiking.”
"Well, I understand." Chen Xing nodded.
What the uncle said is a bit extreme.
This is not a character unique to foreigners,
Many of the ethnic minorities he knows are so straightforward.
The education that modern Chinese people receive covers everything, including science, history, and tradition.
The example the uncle gave actually contains the traditional allusion of three requests and three concessions. Sometimes you really have to say it three times before the person you are facing can confirm what you want to express. However, the ethnic minorities in the mountainous areas have not been influenced by Confucian culture for a long time.
, this kind of humility is missing from his character.
It seems that this uncle doesn’t travel much in the country.
The two of them talked for more than half an hour. According to Chinese time, it was already four or five in the morning, and they were both a little sleepy.
The uncle put on the blindfold, pulled up the blanket, and said: "I'm going to take a nap first, and so are you. Now I'll wake up and arrive in Paris. Otherwise, you'll be jet-lagged when you get there, which will be very uncomfortable."
Chen Xing hummed and pressed the service bell above his head.
The flight attendant came after a while.
Air China flight attendants often represent the image of China, with sweet smiles and dignified looks. They came over and asked: "Sir, how can I help you?"
"Do you have any more blindfolds and blankets?"
"I still have the eye mask, and I remember I finished handing out the blankets..."
There were too many customers asking for blankets today, and it happened to be night. A lot of them were given out in the first hour after they came in. Some customers who were afraid of the cold asked for two. Now the plane has been flying for four hours. If Chen Xing hadn't called them
, they don’t even know that some people haven’t rested yet.
The uncle was very enthusiastic and said: "It's okay. Fortunately, our seats are next to each other. I'll cover you a little. If you sleep directly, you will catch a cold."
The flight attendant looked at the two of them and said, "We should have some extra flight attendants, please wait a moment."
After she left, the uncle said a little exaggeratedly: "You're lucky, young man. Some flight attendants took the initiative to give you their own blankets. The ones they use themselves must be much cleaner than the ones they use for us. Maybe they still have a fragrance. It seems
You can have a good dream tonight."
The more Chen Xing listened to the tone of his words, the more strange he became. Why did he feel that this man didn't look like an uncle in his forties?
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"Brother, how old are you?"
"Me? Why are you asking this? I was born in 1987."
This year is 2021. If you were born in 1987, you would be... thirty-four by now?
No, does thirty-four look so old?
He's half-bald at such a young age. He's not an IT guy, right?
Chen Xing did not dare to continue asking now, for fear of being discovered by others. After all, what he was thinking was always a bit rude.
It’s normal for someone in their thirties to talk like this.
The forty-year-old elder brothers he knows are very stable, and there is a big generation gap when talking.
Even though there is only ten years between the post-75s generation and the post-85s generation, if you compare China’s development speed in the past with its current development speed, these ten years are comparable to the previous thirty years.
