In his previous life, Sun Dahai thought that airplanes were all like this, so even if he felt uncomfortable, he had no choice but to endure it. Later, when he flew the same type of aircraft from other national airlines, he realized that this was the so-called sardine cabin layout.
Now that there are other options, Sun Dahai directly gave up civil aviation and chose Cathay Pacific Airways in Xiangjiang.
The aircraft Cathay Pacific flies on this route is a 747-200 with a double-decker cabin structure. The first-class cabin is upstairs. Sun Dahai and his party of eight people occupied more than half of the first-class cabin.
The quality of Cathay Pacific’s flight attendant services is very high, and the in-flight meals provided by Cathay Pacific are very appetizing to Chinese people. Not only does every meal include hard dishes, but there is also Haagen-Dazs ice cream after the meal.
Service and cost are directly proportional. Cathay Pacific air tickets are quite expensive and are considered to be good value for money.
However, in the past few years, Sun Dahai has stayed at home and has not taken any China Airlines flights. I wonder if China Airlines still provides Moutai to passengers as it did before.
Sun Dahai had no chance in his previous life. By the late 1980s, aviation services had been standardized and Maotai no longer appeared on flights.
He did catch up when he was flying in this life, but unfortunately he was still young and could not drink. It seemed that Sun Dahai's hope of drinking free Maotai on a civil airliner could not be realized.
As the plane left the runway, hovered in the air for half a circle, and flew to the north. Sun Dahai's forty-day trip to the Americas finally came to an end.
In the evening, Sun Dahai was already sitting in the living room of No. 18 Xihuangchenggen. While eating sesame paste cold noodles, he told Sun Yuanyuan and Sun Dahe interesting stories about his trip.
In mid-July, the capital was already experiencing unbearable heat. Sun Dahai and his party had a good meal on the flight. After getting off the plane, they were overwhelmed by the heat and lost their appetite after returning home.
But Jiang Xiuping had already prepared. She didn't make any big fish or meat. Instead, she mixed a few delicious side dishes, plus noodles that had been cooked and soaked in cold water, poured with sesame sauce, and then added half a plate of cucumber shreds.
Everyone ate with a smile on their face.
This was Andrew's first time coming to Sun Dahai's house, but after the transition of the first forty days, he didn't feel any restraint.
He is also used to eating Chinese food at home, and his small chopsticks make it easy for him to eat a bowl of cold noodles in just a few times, not much slower than Sun Dahai.
Yingcai Primary School held the end-of-semester ceremony this morning. From now on, Sun Yuanyuan and Sun Dahe have become a happy summer vacation party.
As the elder brother, Sun Dahai kept his word and returned to the capital today. The second child was very satisfied with his brother's performance. They had been looking forward to spending the summer vacation with him for a long time.
After Sun Dahai came back, he heard good news.
My aunt Sun Weihong was feeling unwell a few days ago. After going to the hospital for a checkup, she found out she was pregnant. Her due date is February next year.
She and Han Shaobai have agreed that next year's Spring Festival will be on January 29th. They will return to the capital to celebrate the New Year, and then prepare to wait for the birth at her parents' home.
But this way, Han Shaobai will have to make more trips. He has completed all the procedures and will leave his job this month. Next month, he will go to Stanford University to study for a master's degree in computer science.
Now that Sun Weihong is pregnant, the original plan has to be changed.
Han Shaobai still went to Stanford University in August this year to study for one semester, then took a short break at the end of the semester and came back to be with Sun Weihong before Christmas. When the child is half a year old next August, he will go there and continue studying.
Han Shaobai studied abroad at his own expense. After passing the TOEFL, he applied in writing to Stanford University to study as a graduate student in computer science.
Among them, Sun Dahai also helped a lot.
Zhu Lihua has completed the investment in Cisco. Blue Ocean International owns 40% of Cisco's shares. Of course, these shares will be diluted as Cisco continues to issue additional shares.
In addition, Establishment Future Investment Company and Sun Dahai personally own 4.99% and 0.99% of Cisco's shares respectively, becoming small shareholders of Cisco.
Establishment Future Investment Company and Sun Dahai have the right to co-invest. In other words, as long as they co-invest in every round of investment in Cisco, their shares will not be diluted.
Currently, Cisco is still managed by its founders, Leonard Posak and his wife.
Leonard Bosak is the director of the Computer Center of the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. Naturally, Sun Dahai would not let go of such a relationship.
After Sun Dahai paid a sponsorship fee of US$500,000, Han Shaobai, who met all other admission requirements, easily got an offer from Stanford and was ready to study again.
Life will definitely be inconvenient for her aunt as she is pregnant, and Han Shaobai is going to school in the United States. So Sun Dahai discussed with his family and planned to hire an experienced servant from Xiangjiang to Sun Weihong's house to take care of her daily life.
There is no problem with food. Her house is right next to the Hengshan Road store of Suiyuijinghao. Chef Tony is now the head chef of the Hengshan Road store. He has specially studied the nutrition of pregnant women and postpartum women. Sun Weihong will not have any problems in this regard.
In fact, Sun Dahai was sorry to hear that when it comes to childbirth and full prenatal and postnatal services, Xiangjiang is really much better than mainland China.
It's a pity that Sun Weihong is a state cadre and a member of the public, so she feels uncomfortable. Even if she applies for suspension of employment and goes to Xiangjiang to give birth at her own expense, it may be difficult to get approval. Sun Dahai can only shake his head and give up.
It feels good to be home.
After dinner, Sun Dahai asked someone to drive Li Fei and Li Liang back to Qianjiachuan Village. Gao Yi took Zheng Peipei back to her own home to stay. Andrew must have stayed in the guest room at home.
After settling all these things, Sun Dahai lay on his bed and fell deeply into sleep.
The next morning, Sun Dahai rarely got up early for morning exercises. He slept until after nine o'clock, and then the second child, who had long been unable to bear it, pulled him out of bed and lazily started to wash up.
Battelle and Hu Cheng also got up late. Living abroad naturally puts them under a lot of mental pressure. Moreover, their language skills are not good enough, so it is difficult to listen to what others are saying.
The two of them followed Sun Dahai around during the day and consciously studied foreign languages at night, so their trip was much harder than Sun Dahai's.
Now that they have finally returned home, the two of them have relaxed their tight ties and become completely relaxed.
Jiang Xiuping guessed that they must be very tired after being outside for more than a month, so she stopped the second child who was eager to find her brother in the morning to prevent them from disturbing Sun Dahai's rest.
It wasn't until after nine o'clock that she thought it was time to let Sun Dahai get up, so she stopped stopping the two impatient little guys.
After a quick bite of breakfast, Sun Dahai, along with Battelle and Hu Cheng, unpacked their luggage and started distributing gifts. Erxiao had been looking forward to it early.
Yesterday there were many people at home and everyone was very tired, so we didn’t move our luggage. We just unpacked and dealt with the gifts today.