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 manifests itself in many ways. For example, in the past, the plane ticket he took was only a thousand yuan at most, but now it suddenly jumped to 10,000 yuan at most, 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 afraid of being poor. And then there was the length of the 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 took 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. Get some sleep.
And after all, he was going abroad, so Chen Xing was somewhat worried. But Chen Xing was worried and 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, plus the plane is flying. There was no noise and it was still very good to sleep.
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 was probably forty years old, with 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 much more energetic. He lost sleep for the time being, so he asked Chen Xing, "Are you going on a trip?"
"Well, I want to see the Eiffel Tower. Brother, do you often go to Paris?"
"I can't say that I go there often, maybe occasionally. If you want to ask me about Paris, we, passers-by who come and go in a hurry, can't tell you why, but I can tell you some things you need to pay attention to when abroad. ." Chen Xing needed this and said quickly: "I also want to know what the differences are between China and abroad. Thank you, brother."
"Haha, 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 every year It has created countless taxes, but their customs still like to embarrass Asians, and France is similar. If you get angry when encountering this kind of thing, don't lose your temper."
"Trouble us? Why?"
"There's no reason. They treat most foreign tourists like this. Unless you're European or American, you have to be a little offended."
"Aren't you 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 personally seen a Korean People who were made difficult for them got angry and were deported in the end." 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, "How about some food?" Or ask you to go fishing another day or something. You know that when we say this, we are usually polite, right? ? But that’s not the case with foreigners. If you tell them to have some food, they will stay and eat. If you ask to make an appointment another day, they will actually call you in a few days to ask you to go out for mountain climbing. It’s not very particular."
"Yes, I understand." Chen Xing nodded. What the uncle said was a bit extreme. This is not a character unique to foreigners. Many people from the ethnic minorities he knows are this 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. The ethnic minorities in mountainous areas have not been influenced by Confucian culture for a long time, so they lack this spirit of humility in their characters.
It seems that this uncle travels relatively little 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 his blindfold, pulled up the blanket, and said, "I'm going to sleep for a while, and so are you. Now I'll wake up just in time to arrive in Paris. Otherwise, you'll be jet-lagged when you get there, which will be very uncomfortable." Chen Xing hummed, and pressed Ringed the service bell overhead.
After a while the flight attendant came. 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 ran out of blankets..." There were too many guests asking for blankets today, and it happened to be night. A lot of them were handed out in the first hour after they came in. Some guests who were afraid of the cold asked for two more. Now on the plane They had been flying for four hours, and if Chen Xing hadn't called them, they wouldn't have even known that someone hadn'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. You'll catch a cold if you sleep directly." The flight attendant looked at the two of them and said, "We should have more flight attendants. Please wait." When she left, the uncle said a little exaggeratedly: "You're lucky, young man, a flight attendant took the initiative to give you her own blanket. The ones they use themselves are definitely much cleaner than the ones they use for us, and maybe there are more As for the fragrance, it seems that you can have a good dream tonight." Chen Xing's tone became more and more strange as he listened to his words. Why did he feel that this man didn't look like an uncle in his forties?
"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 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 didn't dare to continue asking now, for fear of being discovered. 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 we compare China’s development speed in the past with its current development speed, these ten years are comparable to the previous thirty years.
