Chapter 32: Billings Half-Day Tour

"Han Qianshan, you're going to die when you come down!"

Even the loud noise of the propeller could not stop Guo's mother's shout.

In the helicopter, a man's heart cooled down, Xiao Han Xuan patted his father on the shoulder, and continued to look out the window, leaving his own son to grieve alone.

As the Belle 212 helicopter climbed, reaching an altitude of about a thousand meters, the appearance of Lake Rota gradually revealed.

It is a long and narrow lake, which looks like leaves, and the birch forest on the shore is about a few hundred meters wide, and the whole pasture looks a little purple.

There was a lot of noise in the cabin, and the little boy withdrew his gaze and asked with the radio communicator built into the earcups, "Where are we going?"

"How about Augusta, or the Great Falls? After Guo Muzhou finished speaking, he poked his head out and shouted to the driver: "Can our current oil go to Billings?"

The driver looked at the instrument and pressed the earmuffs to speak: "It's about 200 kilometers to get there, that's enough! I just refueled in Shelby Town in the morning, boss." ”

Guo Muzhou made an OK gesture to signal that he had heard, turned to the boy and asked, "How is it?" ”

"How long will it take?"

The old man thought for a moment and said, "It's about a little over an hour." ”

"Then go to Billings!"

"What Billings?" Father Han asked after composure, and no one answered his words, and the helicopter had already turned around diagonally and flew southeast.

When the flight altitude stabilized at 1,500 meters, Guo Muzhou unbuckled his seat belt, walked to the bar, and brought a bottle of freshly squeezed juice to his grandson, which was kept in the Xiaoice box, and it was still cool when the boy took it.

The helicopter travels under the clouds, and the cumulonimbus clouds are relatively low enough to be seen when you look up.

The driver turned around and motioned for the boss to sit down.

He pointed to the bottle in Han Xuan's hand again, and put his hand up on it, indicating that he wanted to climb again.

At some point, the first rays of sunlight appeared.

In such a close space, it was divided into two worlds by dark clouds.

Looking out the window, with a clear blue sky overhead, Montana is very less polluted, so it also looks more pure.

Sunlight shone in from the front of the cockpit, and the sky in the distance was a line of blue and gray, and by the time we reached the vicinity of Great Falls, even the clouds turned white.

There was no rain here, white clouds stopped under the helicopter, and the pilot, seeing the interest of several people, reminded that the sound was starting to fall.

The boy waited for the clouds to clear outside the window, and hurriedly sat down by the window and looked down.

This is a plain terrain, and where there are wheat fields, they are golden yellow, and they are all large wheat fields, which look very spectacular.

The sturdy cows were now turned into small black dots, and the flocks of sheep were as white as the clouds, and some red-roofed houses were also located in between, which dotted the land.

The winding Missouri River turned into a line with no end in sight, and the Great Rapids City was behind them, fading away as the engine hummed.

Xiao Han Xuan lost interest after looking at it for a while, and looked into the cabin.

The seat was made of white leather, and the armrests were made of mahogany, which looked very high-end, and suddenly found a small wooden table next to it, and the boy's heart moved, and he looked up and asked his grandfather, "Is there paper and pen here?"

"Yes, it's over there, what do you want. ”

"Dad, you don't care about him, he must be communicating with that little girl in New York, don't make a good phone call, you have to write it by hand. Han Qianshan sold his son in a few words, causing the boy to roll his eyes.

Ignoring him with a soft snort, he unbuckled his seat belt and rummaged through the drawer of the small table.

Looking at his grandson's back, the old man quietly leaned to the side, and everyone could understand the gossip eyes.

After a more than an hour of flight, Billings arrived.

Although it is the largest city in Montana, the population is actually about 80,000, which is not even comparable to a village in New York, which shows how vast and sparsely populated it is.

Han Xuan looked all the way, almost every family has a big yard, not to mention hundreds of square meters, the land here is too worthless.

After a few more minutes, Bell 212 slowly descended and docked on the rooftop of the building, where the SOS convenience store was located.

When the company staff heard the voice, they ran to the rooftop to check, probably knowing Han Qianshan, and opened the door for them with a smile.

At the foot is a small five-story building, covering an area of about 3,000 square meters, and there is a parking lot next to it. From the rooftop, it was full of cars, it happened to be a weekend, there were many people coming in and out, and business was very prosperous.

Considering the special environment of Montana, the SOS convenience store here not only sells all kinds of food and groceries, but also clothes and electrical appliances.

A small population also means fewer customers, and other businesses are reluctant to come. But they didn't expect that the owners of these ranches and farms were actually very rich.

When they went downstairs to the fifth floor, the employee took them to the break room, and soon a woman came.

She was a black woman with curly hair tied into braids and neatly draped over her shoulders, and she wore a women's suit.

There was a work card on his chest, which said the manager's position, and when he opened the door and saw Han Qianshan, he immediately stretched out his hand, and the female manager said, "Mr. Han, are you here to inspect the work?"

"Ms. Whitney, you're just here to play today, and you don't have to worry about us. ”

Father Han hurriedly waved his hand, pointed at Guo Muzhou and said, "This is my father-in-law, and he, my son, you saw it last time." ”

"Hello, Aunt Whitney. ”

"Boy, I haven't seen you grow taller for two months. The female manager bent down and rubbed the boy's head, raised her head and asked Han Qianshan, "Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Nothing needs to be done by you, just provide a car. ”

"Okay Mr. Han, I'll have someone do this, how about a look here?" Whitney said, "You haven't been here much since it opened." ”

Seeing Han Qianshan nodding, the female manager motioned for them to go to the passage, and introduced while going downstairs: "The first floor here is a convenience store, and the second floor sells electrical appliances and other supplies." ”

"Further up, there are women's products and men's clothing, where we were just now, where the employees work. After speaking, he pointed to the small building outside the window: "There is a warehouse over there, and all the company's goods are there." ”

When you go down to the fourth floor, there are not many customers, only a few young men and women hang out, but on the third floor, the situation is completely different.

It's still morning, and the cosmetics counter is full of people.

Low-end convenience stores sell them, and those who can put the counter here are well-known brands, such as Estee Lauder, Chall's, and so on.

The clothing bags are on the left side, Hermes, Koyi, Chanel, YSL, etc., Han Xuan saw with his own eyes that a girl wore Chanel's classic little black dress.

Manager Whitney smiled and explained, "The turnover on this floor is already higher than that of other places combined, and now it's the time for the change of seasons, and the head office is considering whether to do the same at other SOS convenience stores." ”

Walking up the stairs to the second floor, the big brother on the counter is placed in the center, and the 29-inch large-screen color TV forms a wall, attracting many customers to watch.

In the convenience store on the first floor, the black iron shelves are neatly arranged, the lights are bright, and from time to time you can see the logo of the SOS company, the cute cartoon dragon.

Han Qianshan pretended to take a bottle of water, and also went to the cashier to pay the bill, probably because he thought the service was not bad, and nodded with satisfaction.

The old man looked at him like a fool, the female manager was just a few meters away, and she was a conspicuous black man, and she took the cashier for a blind person?

Seeing outside the glass door, the employees waved to them, and Han Xuan hurriedly pulled his father out, which was really embarrassing.

There were not high buildings on both sides of the road, some of which looked very historical, and after driving south for about seven or eight minutes, the old man asked Han Qianshan to turn around and put the car into an alley.

Han Xuan looked through the window and saw that there was a wooden plaque hanging on the door of the small restaurant.

The word "Shuchuan" was also written in Chinese, which really surprised him.

Guo Muzhou smiled proudly, walked in the door, and said to a man in his thirties: "Xiao Huang, come to the table of authentic Sichuan cuisine, I will take my grandson to taste it." ”

Seeing someone coming over, the man was stunned: "Your grandson is so old?"

Han Qianshan's face was full of sauce, and the boy behind him laughed and fell, almost lying on the threshold.

The table is a square table with benches on the side, and it doesn't seem to have many seats.

The old man leaned against the counter and chatted with the restaurant owner: "How is the business lately?"

"It's not half-dead, I learned to make some flavors that Americans like, and there are only three or four tables of people a day, many of whom are Chinese to take care of the business. The boss held the cauldron, and the flames in it were half a meter high, thought for a while, and then said, "Make do with it." ”

"I think you're stubborn, I've known your dad and I for so many years, what's wrong with coming to me to be a chef. Guo Muzhou shook his head and walked to the table and sat down.

The first dish came up quickly, it was mapo tofu that Han Xuan hadn't seen for a few years, despite the fact that it was still hot, he kept throwing it into his mouth, eating it while sighing,

"Didn't your mother's cooking grow, what has become of it? Grandpa shook his head, picked up chopsticks and ate them, and kept picking up vegetables in the bowl.

Kung Pao Chicken and the husband and wife's lungs came up one after another, and the boss saw that they were eating well, pointed to the lungs and said: "People here don't like to eat this, I specially found it from the slaughterhouse." ”

The boy reached out and gave the boss a thumbs up, and the boss smiled and walked back to the kitchen.

Father Han had never eaten such a spicy thing, so he asked for a glass of water and drank it, and the old man sighed: "You are the most squeamish, my grandson is not good." ”

When Han Xuan heard this, he put down his chopsticks and pointed at his tongue: "It's swollen, it's still numb." ”

"Boss, another glass of water!"

Father Han's hands stiffened, and he turned his head to look at his father-in-law, he didn't say that to himself just now

The portion of the dish is very large, and the first ones with this dry stir-fried shredded beef are enough for them to eat. In the end, the checkout was only $35, and the old man dropped another ten yuan in tips, and scolded with a smile: "No wonder you can't make money." ”

The boss smiled happily and walked to the door and waved at them.

Sitting in the back seat of the car, Han Xuan touched his stomach and burped, stretched out his head and asked, "Grandpa, where are you going now?"

The old man crooked his mouth and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with anything interesting, then turned around and said, "Or, go back?"

"Come so far and have lunch?!"

It took twenty minutes to drive around Billings, and the helicopter finally flew away.

Han Qianshan hugged a bag tightly with the English letters Hermes (Hermes) printed on it, which was a good thing that could make him confess.

The boy looked at the roof, and Whitney noticed him, shaking the envelope in his hand and making an OK gesture.