Chapter 456: First Arrival in the United States
When Zhang Tao arrived in the United States, it was already late at night, dragging a tired body of tossing and turning, and leaving the airport with two large suitcases.
At this time, Li Xiaoling had been driving to the airport and waiting for a while, she drove from another place to pick up Zhang Tao, and after the two got in the car, they drove to the place where Zhang Tao was going.
Li Xiaoling was dotting all the way, and then chatted with Zhang Tao about the situation here. Zhang Tao felt very sleepy sitting in the car, resting with his eyes closed all the way, chatting with Li Xiaoling with a ride or not.
Until I arrived at the terminal, I came to a small bungalow. There seemed to be someone in the room who was often taking care of it, and Zhang Tao simply cleaned it up and fell asleep.
Li Xiaoling seemed to know his hard work, and she didn't come to disturb Zhang Tao this night. At this time, Zhang Tao did not realize that he was already standing on another piece of land, and he had left the place where he was born.
Because of the time difference, Zhang Tao woke up early the next morning. When he habitually sat up and tried to take out his phone from the bedside table to check the time, he found that the side was empty when he reached out.
Only then did he realize that he no longer lived in his room. It's already on the other side of the globe, a foreign place.
Cleaning up his mood, Zhang Tao got up from the bed and walked to the window to open the curtains. I saw that there were small American-style cottages outside, tall palms, and blazing sunlight and pure clouds without a single cloud.
At that moment, Zhang Tao really realized that he had left his own country, far away from his hometown, and came to another completely unfamiliar country - excluding those known in film and television.
“ELCONMETOUSA!” A voice sounded next to Zhang Tao, Zhang Tao turned around, and saw Li Xiaoling walking in from outside.
"Breakfast is ready, I can only stay here for a day and a night, and I have to leave early tomorrow morning. I'll explain this matter to you first, and if you don't know, you can call me. ”
As soon as Li Xiaoling came in, she began to hand over to Zhang Tao, in order to pick up Zhang Tao, she also ran all the way in the past two days, with a haggard look on her face.
"I've got your phone number for you, and you can use that to contact me then. I'm not here until next weekend, so I'll help you get into school, and this week you'll get acquainted with the environment. ”
Li Xiaoling has a lot of things to hand over to Zhang Tao, when Zhang Tao didn't come here, Li Xiaoling was handling the things here, and now that Zhang Tao is here, I have to talk to Zhang Tao about these things.
And Li Xiaoling stayed here for a while, and she was going to return to China after handing over all the things in hand, which was something she had promised and what she liked to do.
It seems that doing education is what she really likes to do, and everything she did before was helping Zhang Tao do it, and she herself is not very interested in these things.
However, although she is not very interested in these, she has helped Zhang Tao handle everything very well over the years, and she has contributed a lot to this.
Compared with the shares and money he can give, Zhang Tao feels that this is far from enough, however, he can't give Li Xiaoling other things. Now she is going back to China, which makes Zhang Tao feel a little reluctant.
It's just that the two had an appointment in advance, and Zhang Tao was reluctant to let Li Xiaoling go back. So although he is still very tired, he has to start handing over some work with Li Xiaoling.
"I bought this house for you and have paid for it in full. You can stay here forever, or you can sell it and buy it, depending on your interests. ”
"In addition, I helped you hire a lawyer, his name is Wells, this is his contact information, this person you arrange a time to meet him then, here, a good lawyer can help you save a lot of things."
After babbling and explaining some things, Zhang Tao lay on the sofa in the living room and didn't want to move. He has done so many things before the jet lag has been reversed, and he is indeed a little tired.
Li Xiaoling didn't continue to say anything when she saw him like this, but went to the kitchen to cook. The two had dinner together, and Li Xiaoling told Zhang Tao about some things in life, including driver's licenses, shopping for things, and so on.
Zhang Tao listened quietly on the side, although these things are very trivial, but they are very useful to Zhang Tao now. In a foreign land, it is much better to have a general understanding of many things than to dive into them in confusion.
Nothing happened that night, Zhang Tao just came here, and there is still a stage of adaptation. And Li Xiaoling was tired after running for so many days, and when he got up early the next morning to exercise, Li Xiaoling was already gone.
After a little movement outside the room, Zhang Tao returned to the room and began to tidy up. By the way, find out what the place where he will live for a while is still his property.
This is a villa-style home and the price is not too low in this area. There are garden lawns in front and back, and there is also a small swimming pool!
Of course, these are still a little worse than my own home, but this one is very good. Zhang Tao looked at the garden and lawn behind him and the swimming pool through the window, and was satisfied, but also a little regretful.
It seems that I am not satisfied, I have to look at Shu, and I am not a good comrade. Zhang Tao criticized himself, and then remembered that there were not enough things in the kitchen, except for some things he brought and prepared by Li Xiaoling.
When Li Xiaoling left in the morning, she also explained to herself that she could cook three meals a day by herself, and if she wanted to cook and eat by herself, she had to buy some more things, and the reserves here were not enough.
Of course, Zhang Tao can also choose to go outside to order takeout, but Zhang Tao doesn't know much about the food here, so he won't order takeout by himself now. It would be a waste not to be able to eat it later, thinking of this, Zhang Tao decided to buy his own vegetables first and cook them himself.
There is a car in the garage, a very ordinary car, which is suitable for Zhang Tao's consistent character. However, Zhang Tao can't open it even if he has a driver's license now, his driver's license is domestic, and he has to get another one when he comes here, so he can only walk.
After changing his clothes, Zhang Tao took a look at the map left by Li Xiaoling and remembered it in his heart, this ability was developed when he was a soldier in his previous life, and he has his own unique understanding of maps and sense of direction.
When he went out, he casually walked around, looked at the surrounding streets and the town here, and after getting familiar with the surrounding environment, Zhang Tao went to a supermarket.
There are not many pedestrians on the road, less than Zhang Tao and their town. Considering that this country is about the size of the country, but only about one-tenth of the population, this situation seems to become normal.
After arriving at the supermarket, Zhang Tao took a turn inside, first to see what the supermarkets here were selling. His level of English is now sufficient for daily communication and application.
This turn really made him see something, because he has a supermarket under his own banner. There are a lot of things here that are actually much cheaper than in China, and some things are actually domestic.
Zhang Tao didn't bother to lament why the developed capitalist countries were better than the people-based countries in this regard, nor were he in the mood to think about why the same things were cheaper to buy abroad than at home.
Anyway, the price is not expensive, so he picked up those meats and seafood and other things and bought a lot of them, which will more or less be used in China to make some fakes.
But there are no here, and the price is cheap. However, compared with Zhang Tao's things in the town, they are much worse, and the price is more expensive.
Then there are vegetables, although he likes meat, but in his ordinary life, vegetables are also indispensable. It's just that the vegetables here are a little different from the vegetables in the town, and the quality can't be compared.
Finally, there are all kinds of spices, Zhang Tao thought at first that there were probably a lot of seasonings here that could not be bought, after all, the local customs are not the same. It turns out that he is thinking too much, but fortunately here, some basic domestic seasonings can still be made.
"Are you sure you want cash, sir?" The little girl at the cashier had freckles on her face, looked at Zhang Tao very seriously and asked. This is a white girl, but unfortunately she has no breasts and no back, a typical washboard figure, Zhang Tao can't be interested in it.
But this girl's words are so strange, she won't ask these questions at all when she buys things in China, she is looking for money to find money, this foreigner is really strange. However, Zhang Tao still replied gently, "Yes, cash!" ”
"I'm looking for you for 53 cents." The freckled little girl nodded after receiving the money, and looked at Zhang Tao a little strangely. This young man is so handsome, but his behavior is a little strange.
In fact, very few people pay with cash here! It's all about swiping cards. Of course, there are also cash, but most of them are Asians who have just arrived here, and the handsome guy in front of you is an Oriental, which is nothing at all!
After going out of the supermarket with a large bag, Zhang Tao looked at the things on his body and felt a little too much, which would be too difficult to walk over, so he took a taxi.
"Hey, buddy, where are you going?" As soon as Zhang Tao's hand stretched out, a taxi stopped beside him at once, startling him off guard. The driver was a young black man, the kind that looked active.
Maybe the taxis here are like this, Zhang Tao didn't think much about it. After putting all the things on his body into the taxi, Zhang Tao reported the place to the black man. The guy refueled violently, and the car quickly rushed forward.
Zhang Tao, who was sitting in the car, was frightened by this guy again, and the experience of beating made him always think that he was still in China. Now it seems that the taxi drivers all over the world have almost one virtue, and they have little to do with the quality of the people.