Chapter 58: The Old Man on the Plane
The horizon is dyed yellow by the setting sun, in the luxurious first class.
"Ok sir, a cup of coffee, half milk and whole sugar. ”
"Boy, do you have anything you want to drink?"
The stewardess bent down and whispered.
Han Xuan looked down from the round window, and the blue seascape of the Atlantic Ocean was obscured by clouds, and he could only see some blue in the gaps.
Hearing her speak, he raised his head: "A glass of warm milk, add some sugar, thank you." ”
The young stewardess smiled politely, accommodating his outlandish request, and quickly brought it in, with a red, yellow and orange oval badge on the front seat, which is the logo of United Airlines.
I took a plane in Billings in the morning, and arrived in Washington, D.C., the capital two hours later, and changed from a small Airbus plane to a Boeing 767-300 that just came out in 86, with a distance of more than 7,000 kilometers.
In 88, United Airlines formed the world's first airline alliance with Scandinavian Airlines, and this time the family planned to cross the Atlantic to France, and then transfer to the Nordic flight to the Maldives, the United States has not yet opened a direct flight to the Maldives.
A voice came from the radio, the boy was just in a daze, and he came back to his senses and asked his father next to him, "What did you say?"
"It's already in the Cantabrian Sea, and it's half an hour before it lands. ”
Father Han put down the coffee cup in his hand and replied in a low voice.
Next to the aisle, the boy's mother was sleeping, and after a few hours of flying down, she was a little airsick.
The flight attendant opened the curtain and walked in, with a sweet smile on her face, carefully checking the condition of their seat belts, the plane suddenly shaky, she didn't stand still and almost fell to the ground, looking behind her in confusion.
After more than ten minutes, it began to fall, the plane broke through the clouds, the water vapor dissipated and the ground could be seen outward, occasionally passing through the city, the area was not large, like a scar attached to the vast land.
The low hills began to disappear, and the field of vision became flat again, listening to the muttering of the old couple on the seats in front of him, Han Xuan knew that the river running east-west below was the Loire.
Father Han woke up his wife and asked her to straighten the seat, looked at the boy's seat belt, and straightened his sore waist forward: "It's time to get to the Paris Basin, and it will take ten minutes at most." We weren't so tired when we went, so it was better to stay at the ranch. ”
Guo's mother put the mirror back in her bag, turned her head and said, "That's because you're old, and besides, we are on a boat, which takes longer than this." ”
The old couple in front of them turned around and lay down on the back of their seats, and one of the old men in a hat spoke in French accent English: "You are not old, your first time in Paris?"
"Yes, there will be a connecting flight to the Maldives. Guo's mother replied.
"The Maldives is a beautiful place, right, Laura. ”
The old man continued: "Why don't you take a walk around Paris? I'll tell you something interesting. ”
"If you're not in a hurry, can you stay for a few days and go on a trip as a family?"
The woman patted the old man, nodded with a smile on her face, and said, "Boris and I have just retired, and we will only come back from a three-month trip, and we are going to rest for a while, and then we plan to go to West Asia." ”
"It's really romantic, it's too cold in Montana, and we're going to spend the winter. ”
The father looked at his wife and asked the boy, "Do you want to play in Paris?"
"Daddy, have you booked your ticket? ”
"Not yet, I'm going to get off the plane and buy it again, so you want to be here?"
The family of three looked at each other, was silent for a while, and said at the same time: "Play for a few days!"
"Do you have a place to stay? Otherwise, you might as well come to my house as a guest! The children are not there, and the house is too deserted. ”
The couple laughed in front of them, and the old man Boris clapped his hands and asked.
"Won't it bother you?"
"No, no, no, we French people are the most welcoming!"
"That's right! Laura and I will be your tour guides, and you will be in Paris for a few days! After retirement, you will have nothing to do, so let me fulfill the wish of this old man." ”
Boris saw the stewardess motioning for him to sit down, quickly said a large number of words in his mouth, and raised his hand: "Wait for someone to clean up the guest room, stay with me tonight, and say that!"
Before the father and son's heads had turned, the old couple shrank back, covered by the back of the seat, and Han's father saw his wife's questioning eyes, shook his head and signaled to wait.
The boy continued to look out the window, and while he was chatting, the city of Paris had passed, and when it was dark, he could see some lights coming up nearby.
Reaching the sky over Charles de Gaulle Airport, the fuselage is getting closer and closer to the ground.
After a slight bump, the wing wind deflectors were erected, and the sound of taxiing sounded rapidly, and after more than ten seconds, the speed slowed down, and slowly drove towards the terminal.
After getting off the plane, the old man Boris took the boy's little hand, as if he was afraid that he would run away, and the father couldn't cry or laugh, and followed them with his wife.
Seeing some blood stains on the top of the plane, the flight attendant next to her saw their questioning eyes and said, "I hit the whooper just now, just when I was checking." ”
"It's so dangerous, that's why I don't want to fly. Old Lady Laura shook her head in dissatisfaction.
"Isn't that safe? Boris grinned.
After resting in the VIP lounge for a while, someone soon brought the first-class luggage.
Han Qianshan helped carry the trolley suitcase and walked towards the exit, there was a young man outside, wearing a casual black suit, seeing the old couple, shouting loudly in French: "Boss, this way!"
"Hell, don't you see I have guests?!Speak English!"
The young man ran around the crowd and ran to them, and as he took his luggage, he said: "Baptiste, just call me Baptiste, I am Mr. Boris's assistant." ”
"Thank you, Baptiste, there's so much stuff, I'll take it myself. ”
His voice seemed to have something in his mouth, and Han Qianshan almost didn't hear it clearly, so he was stunned and spoke.
"It's okay, how can you make the boss's guests please do it!"
"Stop! Get out of here and get moving!"
"Okay Mr. Boris, I'll go!"
Baptiste found a cart, put the suitcase on it and ran outside, just after walking two steps and dropping the bag, the old man's hot voice came: "If you break it, I will deduct your salary!"
Seeing the family's sluggish faces, old Boris said: "He was adopted by me, and his personality is a little weird, don't mind." ”
“…… It's okay. ”
Walking out of the airport chatting all the way, Baptiste was standing on the side of the road waving, next to a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, and the Goddess of Flying icon stood on the hood of the car.
Old Boris's face darkened again: "How many of us have here?"
"Five, plus me six, sir. Baptiste counted twice and affirmed.
"So are you an idiot!Can this car sit down?!Do you want me to squat in the trunk, or do you want my guests to squat in the trunk?!"
The weather in Paris was only more than ten degrees, but Baptiste was sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "Please wait, sir!"
Ran out of more than 20 meters along the waiting lane, found a fairly good Mercedes-Benz, knocked on the window glass, waited for the owner to come down, pointed here and muttered something, and soon ran back: "I found it!
"What are you doing so loudly! I'm not deaf yet!"
The old man shouted, turned around and asked Han Qianshan, "Which car do you want to sit in?" ”
"No, no, let's just sit there. ”
"Okay, it's not far away. ”
"Baptiste, what are you doing here?!Get out and talk to the owner, follow us!"
"Yes boss!"
……
"To run?" Han Xuan muttered.
The father rubbed his temples: "The luggage is still in his car, and the passport and wallet are in it." ”
"That can only go, it was obviously not like this just now. Mother whispered.
"Alas, fooled"
It's very empty around, no high-rise buildings.
Just a few minutes out of the airport, a Rolls-Royce in front of me was waiting for a red light.
The owner of the Mercedes is a middle-aged man in his forties, who appears to be well-educated and familiar with the English language that is popular in Europe.
"Where are you from? Japan?"
"No, our ancestors were from China and now live in the United States. The boy sat in the passenger seat and replied.
The owner of the car turned his head and said, "Then how do you know Mr. Boris?"
"We just met on the plane and invited us to his house. ”
"Boris, you mean Mr. Boris's home?"
"How?"
"Don't you know him? He's the president of our French total!"
"Huh, the grumpy old man?"
"Yes, that's his nickname, I have business dealings with his company, and even my son doesn't dare to take it. ”
"Let's run, Daddy. ”