Life style warm man

Chapter 232 Do as the Romans do
The three of them got off the plane and walked into the airport. What they saw was a group of brown, black, white, and yellow people. It was much more shocking than seeing foreigners on the plane.

They were taking a domestic to international flight, and most of them were Chinese, so they only looked at a few foreigners out of curiosity on the plane.

Far from as shocking as this moment!
What you see are people of different skin colors!

It turns out there really is a place where people look different from us!
"Brother, it turns out that not all foreigners are handsome!"

Wang Xin looked around with curiosity, and asked Wang Shen slightly in surprise.

"Everything I show you must be good-looking!"

Wang Shen smiled. It was indeed different from what he imagined. He thought that the United States was full of beauties with plump waists and long legs.

When I landed on the ground, I realized that there were more fat people here!

The three people walked out of the airport lobby and met the service company staff who greeted them at the pick-up gate.

This kind of company generally operates both at home and abroad. It has its own staff abroad and specializes in serving wealthy people.

Whether you rent a house for a long time or apply for a bank card abroad, you need a certain amount of credit, otherwise the landlord will not rent to you.

But with the help of these companies, you can quickly rent the right housing in the right neighborhood.

The staff member is also Chinese, named Zhang Ze, about 30 years younger.

When they saw Wang Shen and the others, they immediately greeted them with smiles on their faces.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, I am Zhang Ze who is contacting you in the United States."

Wang Shen stretched out his hand to shake his hand and said hello.

Then the four of them walked out of the airport and got into a large Ford SUV.

This car was rented by the company through the platform for Wang Shen.

From now on, it will be used by Wang Shen in the United States.

1800 US dollars a month, which is 1 yuan less when converted into RMB.

It's actually quite expensive.

Zhang Ze drove the three of them straight to Fremont, the city where the villa is located, which is one of the safest cities in California.

Well, we must pay attention to safety. No matter how good Wang Shen is, he is still afraid of Xiao Hei taking out a big banana!

Along the way, the two women stared at the scenery outside the car window. It was a completely different style from that in China.

There are rows of wooden houses along the way, which are relatively large and look a bit like the building blocks built by children.

There is a large open space in front of almost every house, either sloped with cement or covered with lawn.

There were almost no people on the streets, and the occasional vehicle passed by, but also at a slow pace.

"Zhang Ze, how many years have you lived here? Are you Chinese or Chinese?"

"It has been almost ten years since I was in college, and I am applying for a green card..."

Zhang Ze briefly talked about his situation and introduced things to pay attention to when living in the United States.

Wang Shen and the other three listened carefully.

After a while, the car left the residential area and entered a spacious road.

The scenery here suddenly opens up, and you can see the lush green lawns or vegetation.

There are basically no buildings on both sides, just like the green wheat fields you see when driving on the highway in China.

It's just that there are villages around domestic wheat fields, but the villages and farms here for foreigners are not so dense.

Wang Shen was sitting in the front row, chatting with Zhang Ze. The two girls in the back listened for a while, then reclined on the seats and fell asleep.

After more than an hour of this, the car finally arrived at Fremont. The urban area of ​​this city is not filled with high-rise buildings as imagined. On the contrary, there are large gaps between the buildings. The streets are full of vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. .

The car circled around the city and arrived at the villa area where they lived.

The houses here are obviously different from the area we passed before. The houses here are basically villas.

Most of the houses are made of cement buildings and have their own gardens, swimming pools and garages.

Zhang Ze stopped the car and took the three of them into the villa. There was a Chinese and a foreigner waiting for them in the villa.

Among them, this foreigner is the landlord.

Zhang Ze introduced both parties in English.

The foreigner is a white middle-aged man named Robert, who seems to be a senior manager of a technology company.

He also owns a villa property in this neighborhood and is considered a leader among the middle class.

After a brief exchange and providing various proof of procedures, both parties signed the lease agreement readily.

It’s not that Wang Shen has no money to buy a house, but buying a suitable house abroad requires an account, and there are various follow-up management issues.

It was indeed a bit troublesome, and he didn't plan to stay there for a long time. He would wait until his sister adapted to the environment here before talking about it.

This trip was just to experience life, and the experience was not good. There were biu, biu everywhere, and he even gave a crap!

After completing the formalities, Robert left his contact information and left the villa.

Zhang Ze and others didn't stay too long. After all, the three of them had been on a plane for so long and were very jet lag.

After making an appointment to come back tomorrow to help with other small things such as mobile phone cards, water, electricity and gas, the two drove out of the villa.

As soon as the people left, Wang Xin relaxed instantly and swung her body to the sofa.

"Hi America! I'm here!"

After saying that, she seemed to remember something, quickly took out her mobile phone, ran to the yard, and took a few beautiful selfies.

Of course, the background is the big villa behind me that looks great.

Wang Shen smiled when he saw this, put his arms around Xue Xiyao's waist, walked to the window with her, and looked up at the scenery outside the window.

"Hey, I heard a noise next door. Are you from China too?"

Just when Wang Xin was looking for a suitable position on the lawn to take a selfie, a pure American English rang out.

When she heard the sound, she looked over and saw a white woman in her 20s standing at the door.

The woman has a graceful figure and fair skin, but there are some eye-catching freckles on her nose, which ruins her graceful curved face.

"Ha, hello!"

Wang Xin has learned English for so many years, but now she has been thrown into Java.

There is only this sentence of hello in my mind, and I remember it very clearly.

"Hi, I'm Lilia, are you just here?"

"Ah, wait, wait!"

Wang Xin uttered two English words and then rushed into the house.

The white girl Lilia was slightly startled, pursed her lips, and wondered to herself whether the other party didn't like her interruption.

Just as he was about to leave, he saw the girl from before walking over with another girl of the same skin color.

"Hello!"

The new girl smiled and greeted her in English.

When Lilia saw this, she realized that the other party was asking for a translator who could understand English.

He immediately smiled and introduced himself.

Lilia lived next door, and when she saw a new neighbor moving in next door, she thought of coming over to say hello.

There is a neighbor on the left side of her house who is Chinese, and now another Chinese person has moved to the right, which is quite interesting to her.

The neighbor on the left is very nice, and I often visit him at his house.

This gave her a good impression of the Chinese people, so when she saw a Chinese person on the right, she came over to say hello.

Although Xue Xiyao is only an English teacher, she has passed CET-[-] after all. When she was in college, she often participated in some translation work for receiving foreigners, so simple communication was still possible.

"Come to my home when you have time!" After a few words of conversation, Lilia didn't stay too long. After politely inviting the two girls to her home, she said goodbye and left.

"Wow, are all foreigners so enthusiastic?"

After Lilia left, Wang Xin looked at Xue Xiyao with praise and said.

"You're so enthusiastic. I found out that you're pretty good at admiring foreign things. In your hometown, how many neighbors visit you?"

Before Xue Xiyao had time to answer, Wang Shen who came out of the room had already attacked her.

"Can that be the same?"

"What's the difference!"

"How beautiful people are when they drop by!"

Wang Xin chuckled and said, "Brother, why didn't you come out to say hello just now? You're a foreign girl!"

Wang Shen glared at her and spat: "If you don't know how to speak, then speak less!"

After saying that, he stopped talking to his sister and went straight back to his room.

When they first arrived in the United States, everything was new. The three simply packed their luggage and drove to a nearby supermarket.

It was the first time for Wang Shen to drive a foreigner's car, and he felt particularly uncomfortable because the steering wheel was always on the passenger side.

And he didn't have a driver's license, which meant he was driving without a license.

Fortunately, the police here in the United States do not investigate driving matters lightly, so there is no problem if you drive slowly.

They pay more attention to skin color issues.

In their eyes, yellow-skinned people are the kind of honest people who will not cause them any trouble.

When the three of them arrived in the city, after walking around for a while, they all looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

Where did you plan to go abroad?

What's going on with this ramen and Sichuan hot pot?
What about the Traditional Chinese characters on this sign?
Only then did Wang Shen realize that when the multinational service company introduced this city, it said that there were relatively many Chinese people.

There are many people from China and even the Chinese speaking circle gathered here.

They work and live here, open restaurants, supermarkets and various shops.

Turn a corner of this city into Chinatown!

Fortunately, once we left this area, the entire environment changed instantly and became more American-style.

Street restaurants have also turned into various French, Japanese, and Mexican-style restaurants.

Except for the specialty restaurants, most of them have English names, and Wang Shen couldn't guess what they sold there.

After the three of them bought some daily necessities in the supermarket, they found an American restaurant and went in to try it out.

It tastes pretty good.

After eating, the three of them did not go shopping any more due to jet lag and fatigue. They went straight back to the villa and rested each other.

In the following days, with the help of Zhang Ze, Wang Shen and the others learned various daily life skills in the United States, such as paying bills, applying for mobile phone cards, applying for credit cards, and how to travel.

Wang Shen's definition of tourism has always been this, which is to integrate into local life and experience a different life.

When I went to Suzhou and Hangzhou, Yunnan, and Inner Mongolia in China, it was all the same.

He doesn't like to go to the scenic spots that are shown to you. He prefers to go into nature and the market.

Of course, in the United States, a simple life is not difficult, and for Wang Shen, it is not difficult to accept it.

The most difficult thing is language communication.

Wang Shen's half-knowledge of English has long been returned to the English teacher. Let alone dialogue, he has forgotten the meaning of many words.

On the other hand, Xue Xiyao and Wang Xin, both of whom had learned English for a long time, adapted the fastest.

After going out for a few trips, I can basically communicate with foreigners simply.

Seeing Wang Shen's pain, Xue Xiyao would pester him every night these days to teach him foreign languages.

Wang Shen half-promised, but did not refuse.

After all, I'm going to meet a foreign girl in a few days, so I can't help but not understand a word she says!
"Hi, Yao, I'm holding a barbecue at home tonight, can you come to participate?"

That day, early in the morning, Wang Xin took Xue Xiyao for a jog on the street, and happened to meet the white female neighbor Lilia whom they met last time.

The other party invited them to participate in their BBQ event.

When the two of them heard this, Wei Wei was a little surprised and immediately agreed.

After returning home, Wang Shen didn't object when he mentioned participating in a neighbor's BBQ.

It's a good thing to be invited, as it can help them integrate into local life as quickly as possible.

In the afternoon, Wang Shen and the other two brought some simple ingredients as a meeting gift and walked into the house of their female neighbor next door.

Lilia opened the door and welcomed them in, taking them to the backyard.

She does not live alone, she has her husband and children at home.

However, there were a lot of people in the backyard at this time, about seven or eight people, including four white people and three yellow people.

After Lilia welcomed Wang Shen and the others in, she introduced them to everyone.

Everyone greeted one after another.

After a brief introduction, Wang Shen realized that these three yellow-skinned people were also Chinese.

The three yellow men are from a family, with a daughter who is about seven or eight years old, and the couple are about 40 years old.

But they came to the United States early, and have been here for four or five years.

The man's name is Cui Mingsheng, and he currently works at a high-tech company in Silicon Valley.

The woman works in an accounting firm. Both of them belong to the elite class, and their words and deeds all carry an American style.

The white people are all friends of Lilia's family and live nearby. One of them seems to be an engineer and another is a dentist. In short, they are not poor.

Even poor people cannot afford to live in this area.

Here, the distinction between rich and poor is very clear!

American barbecue parties are relatively straightforward. Basically, you put some ingredients on the barbecue grill and eat them when they are cooked.

At most, apply some sauce or something.

It's not like a domestic party where you have to cook a few dishes, take out two bottles of wine, and get drunk.

The emphasis here is more on conversation and relaxation.

Because of the language problem, Wang Shen mostly chatted with the man named Cui Mingsheng.

Occasionally, Wang Shen had to rely on others to help translate what a few white people said.

I don't know, but after talking, Wang Shen found out that this man named Cui Mingsheng was a senior executive of a multinational company.

Later, he went to live in the United States as a senior executive of a multinational company.

Wang Shen was curious about why he had to come to the United States because he was living a good life in China.

Cui Mingsheng smiled and said it was for the children's education.

Wang Shen was silent for a moment.

I don’t understand why these elites are so fond of the American education model.

Is Happy Education really good?Or maybe the education they received is different from the happy education we know.

"I am currently preparing to start a business, and I have already found a partner. I hope there will be good results this time."

After chatting for a while, Cui Mingsheng told Wang Shen his situation when he heard that Wang Shen came to the United States to inspect the market.

(End of this chapter)