Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 283 Sightseeing Tour

"Dear gentlemen and ladies, welcome to take the Pan Am airliner, please fasten your seat belts, we..." The big screen in front and the small screen in front of us played the precautions over and over again, but Angie Ra's attention wasn't on that at all.

The girl wore a white wide-brimmed hat and hid her hair in it. Although she played with sunglasses from time to time, her eyes stared at the airport outside without blinking through the small plane window.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Natalie asked, who was sitting beside her and noticed her expression.

"Mom must still be watching me there." The girl replied softly without turning her head.

Surprise flashed in Natalie's eyes, and she asked jokingly, "Hey, Angie, how old are you? Or do you want to tell me that this is the first time you have traveled far without your parents?"

"No, Nat, I'm just... well, I don't know what to say, anyway, if I were going to Europe, I would definitely not be like this... like this..." Angela waved her hands and frowned as if wanting to To find a better word, but in the end just shook his head and spread his hands.

"Well, let me guess." Natalie looked at the girl carefully with one hand resting on her chin, the other hand was placed on the armrest of the chair and beat rhythmically, and finally waved lightly, "I think You may be a little nervous, because no matter how much you know about China from books, it is still a completely strange country—from the inside to the outside, it is different from Europe!"

Speaking of this, she suddenly laughed: "When you face the unknown and have instinctive fear, do you always think of your mother's arms first?"

"Is there anything wrong? I'm not going to hide in my mother's arms." Angela gave her a blank look, then shrugged: "Maybe like you said, I'm just a little nervous."

Yeah, I'm just a little nervous.The girl sighed softly in her heart, maybe it can be called the cowardice of being close to home, although she has always longed to visit China, and although she sensibly hid this desire in her heart, it has never been extinguished. When she was really about to embark on a journey, she began to feel at a loss again. Perhaps besides nervousness, there was also... confusion and bewilderment?

Angela once again looked at the airport outside the window. Of course, she knew that even if her mother was looking in this direction, she would not see it, but she still couldn't help but look for it.

Ever since she agreed to her travel request, her mother has never objected. When Natalie agreed to Angela's invitation and the girl began to pack up her things cheerfully, her mother would always be by her side. You will feel that there is something blocked in your chest, let alone those days before.

Even if I found my original family, maybe even my original self, what's the point?Angela asked herself in her heart, her career, her love, and everything about herself was here. She knew that there were certain things she must do, and that was worth doing, but...is this thing worth it?

The plane left the airport slowly and drove onto the runway. With the increasing speed, it finally raised its head with a loud roar and flew into the blue sky.Los Angeles gets smaller and smaller until the plane enters the stratosphere and is no longer visible.

Angela finally retracted her gaze. No matter what, she has a Chinese soul, so she should go to the Chinese land. As for the next thing...let's talk about it.

At this time, the plane was flying very smoothly, and the first-class passengers all started their own entertainment activities, such as watching movies or chatting, or taking off their safety belts and going to the bar for a drink. After all, the journey lasted about 12 hours.Angela originally planned to listen to music or something, but when she turned her head, she saw Natalie flattened the seat, asked the stewardess for a blanket, and took out the blindfold to put on for herself to go to sleep.

"Hey. Nat. It's only 2 o'clock." The girl was a little strange.

"Yeah, it's only 2 o'clock, so I have to hurry up and sleep for a while." Natalie lay down.

"Go to sleep later, we are chasing time now, I want to fly across the day line soberly." Angela pushed her, "Aren't you going to accompany me?"

Natalie, who had already pulled down the blindfold, had to push it up again, and then turned her head to look at her: "Angie, why do you think your dad arranged this flight for us?"

"Why?" The girl blinked, she really hadn't thought about this question.

"I see, Dad wants us to reach the destination as soon as possible," Angela said suddenly, "We take off at 6:18 on June 2th and arrive at 6:18 on June 5th, wow, it only takes Across the Pacific Ocean in 3 hours!"

Natalie rolled her eyes, as if she was too lazy to tell you, put on the blindfold and turned over to sleep.Angela couldn't help scratching her head depressedly, it was just a joke, why... She suddenly slapped her head and came to her senses, jet lagged!

It’s a joke, but the 12-hour journey is real. I got on the plane under the bright sun, and after 12 hours of exhaustion, I got off the plane drowsily, but the sun only got smaller. That’s not it. Generally uncomfortable, the 8:12 time difference from New York to London is already very tiring, let alone [-] hours!

Of course, it is not possible to reverse the jet lag by sleeping on the plane, not to mention that according to your own biological clock, it is not time to sleep, even if you sleep, you will not sleep for a long time, but this can at least adjust your sleep in a small range. It will be much faster to adjust after arriving in Shanghai, otherwise it will take a few days just to get rid of jet lag, so what else can I do?

The father was also very troubled. Angela, who had figured this out, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, but then felt a sense of loss.

Forget it, don't think about it, let's talk about it when we arrive.The girl shook her head lightly, and after asking the stewardess for a blanket, she also put down the seat, put on the blindfold, and began to take a nap.

The Pan Am passenger plane landed at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on time. The sun that had already slanted to the west still exuded golden light in the cloudless blue sky, reflecting on Angela's hair, which was very beautiful. The girl looked back In the airport lobby where people were waiting, although he looked tired, he could feel everything in his heart.

"It's the first time I've seen so many Chinese people." Natalie, who also looked tired, said with emotion beside her.

"Me too." The girl replied softly, then added in her stomach, the first time in this life.

"Miss, let's get out of here first." Pu Guanshui had already stopped two taxis at this time. He and Bucket were both well-trained people, and they looked full of energy without any signs of fatigue.

The taxi took them straight to the Jin Jiang Hotel on Maoming Road. This is one of the best hotels in Shanghai. It has received many heads of state and witnessed the birth of the joint communiqué, so it was naturally the first choice.

After spending one night and half a day in the Jin Jiang Hotel's presidential private room to beat the jet lag, the two girls finally started sightseeing in Shanghai. However, the urban area of ​​Shanghai in 96 was not much better, even though it is the economic center of the whole of China, and It is as prosperous as the big cities in Europe and America, but for Natalie who lives in New York, it is still not enough.

And Angela can find a more beautiful and prosperous Shanghai in her memory, so she is naturally less interested in Shanghai, where Pudong has just started to be developed, and even the Suzhou Creek is still so dark.Naturally, she focused on several scenic spots with Chinese characteristics, such as Chenghuang Temple, Chenxiang Pavilion, and Yu Garden.

"How much did you say? This one costs 60 yuan? No way!" At the open-air market outside the Town God's Temple, Angela asked the stall owner amusedly and angrily with a small big red Chinese knot—skinny and smiling. old man.

"Wu Te Nong Gang, Xiao Jia, there is nothing like it. One is that there is no such thing as the ancestors of Ala. Seek good fortune and avoid evil, the old man is effective!" The old man said with a smile, but it was a pity that he spoke Shanghai dialect so that Anji La Lianmeng had to guess to know the meaning.

"Forget it, I'm not being taken advantage of." The girl shrugged and put down the Chinese knot in her hand.

"Non, please give me a price." The old man saw that the business was about to turn bad, so he hurriedly stopped Angela. Although he couldn't speak a few words of Mandarin, he still had no problem listening to it. With the girl's fluent Mandarin, and that sentence He knew that the ghost girl in front of him was not someone who could be fooled casually.

"Generally speaking, the price of a Chinese knot is around 20 yuan, but yours is a double bow and inlaid with green emeralds. It's a pity that it's too small. It's 30 yuan." Angela cut it in half.

"Xiaojia, this won't work..." The old man continued to complain, but seeing the girl was about to turn around and leave, he couldn't discuss it at all, so he agreed: "Okay, okay, at this price, alas, there is no profit at all." .”

It seems that the old man had no choice but to sell it at the lowest price, but he was already happy. This small Chinese knot costs 18 yuan at most, and the price of 30 yuan is already a sky-high price!

The reason why this happened is that Angela never haggled the price because of one reason, and another reason is... the price in her mind is after 2000, and the RMB at this time is more valuable than that at that time!

However, even if the girl found out, she wouldn't care, because——

"How is it? Does it look good? It's for you!" Angela smiled and handed the Chinese knot in Natalie's hand, "Don't tell me you just looked at it because you hated it."

"Okay, thank you." Natalie was not polite, "Unfortunately, I don't know what to buy as a gift for you. It would be great if I also understand Chinese."

"It doesn't matter. If you are interested, you can learn slowly. There will be opportunities in the future." The girl said and pointed to the Chinese knot in her hand: "This is called the Chinese knot. It has a long history and has many meanings in it." .”

"Really? Tell me about it." When it comes to this aspect, Natalie is always very enthusiastic.

"Don't worry, let's find a place to have lunch first, and then I will tell you slowly." Angela said, beckoning the two bodyguards dressed as tourists who followed behind to go to Chenxiang Pavilion to eat vegetarian dishes.

No way, as a strict vegetarian, Natalie has strict requirements on the oil used in food. Although the Chinese restaurant in the Jin Jiang Hotel gave her a solid taste of the delicious Chinese food, she still strictly abides by her own rules, such as noodles For the famous Shanghai fried buns, because the soup inside contains lard, she would not eat them even if there were vegetarian buns.Of course, Angela really enjoys eating big chunks—she has been looking forward to this day—so this time she specially came to Chenxiang Pavilion to taste the famous vegetarian dishes here.

But even so, Natalie still had doubts about the dishes on the table.

"Well, they're just tofu, they're made into such a shape." The girl picks up her knife and fork angrily, and pretends to be the chicken on the plate for her, "Did you see it? Did you see it clearly?"

"But...their taste..." Natalie said hesitantly.

"This is what other people are capable of. They can use tofu to make chicken and duck taste." Angela pointed to the monks who occasionally passed by outside the restaurant, "Buddhism does not allow killing, so they had to come up with this method instead. "

Although one of the two girls is a Christian—well, a pseudo-Christian, and the other is a Jew, this does not prevent them from going in and out of the temple, just as a sightseeing tour, but the second largest Catholic church in East Asia on Sheshan does not matter. You can't go in anyway, even if Angela doesn't take her Christianity seriously, she should take care of her grandpa or grandpa's mood, who said they wouldn't know?

Well, this topic is far away, back to the Chenxiang Pavilion, the little disturbance finally calmed down after the girl invited the chef to explain it to Natalie face to face.

Afterwards, while visiting the Yu Garden in the afternoon, Angela began to explain Chinese knots for Natalie. In fact, she didn't know much about Chinese knots, but she knew a little bit, but it was more than enough to fool people.

"So what are the most common types of Chinese knots?" Natalie asked after hearing the classification of Chinese knots.

"I don't know everything. I only know that there is a square win knot, which means a safe journey; a wishful knot, which means good luck..." Angela said, pointing her fingers. When it was time to tie the knot, the girl said she didn't know, because the double bow tie meant flying together!

"So is there any gift for parents?" Natalie suddenly asked again.

Angela was stunned, and quickly replied: "Of course there is. A reunion knot means a happy reunion; or a long knot means a long life!"

"Okay, let's go buy another one later, and you have to help me refer to it, you know, I don't understand." Natalie looked at the girl, then smiled: "Okay, what do you want? , how about I also buy a reunion knot for you."

"Let's talk about it when the time comes." Although Angela's expression didn't change, there was another wave in her heart. She had a great time in the past two days. Without her parents by her side, she can walk around the street with confidence. , so it is logical to leave certain things behind, but these things still cannot be thrown out of my heart.

Is it reunion?The girl said silently in her heart for a moment, then go, even if she takes a look.

Angela suddenly raised her head and looked at Natalie: "Nat, shall we go to Hangzhou tomorrow?"