Chapter 10: Return to China
After passing through the rainforest, they reached the border of India.
There were no soldiers here at all, because the border was a mountain range, several thousand meters above sea level.
It is simply impossible for ordinary people to cross this mountain range and enter the country of India.
Many people don't know that at the end of this mountain range, the altitude is only more than 1,000 meters, and if you pass from this place, you don't need to climb over a few thousand meters of mountains, because the altitude of more than 1,000 meters is already about the same as the altitude on both sides.
The tail of the mountain range is equivalent to a gap, because behind this gap is a huge rainforest, so India does not care too much about this gap, let alone send soldiers to guard it.
And so, but cheaper than the stowaway of Lu Xiaoshan.
The place where they are standing now is in front of this gap.
Lu Xiaoshan was excited, after nearly a month of travel, they were finally going back to China, as long as they crossed this border, they would really set foot on the land of China.
"Chrissy, we're going home." He was in a very happy mood, like a man who had been starved of water in the desert for a long time and suddenly saw water.
"Really? Is that China? Chrissy was also very happy after hearing Lu Xiaoshan's words.
"Hmm." Lu Xiaoshan nodded.
"Then let's get over there. Drive, ponies, hurry up. Chrissy mischievously grabbed Lu Xiaoshan's ears and mistook him for a horse, barking happily.
Lu Xiaoshan smiled bitterly, and hurriedly accelerated and ran, "Huhu, the pony has accelerated." Chrissy don't fall off. ”
"Hahaha!" Chrissy smiled brightly.
……
Crossed the border with ease.
The first city they were going to was the Western Capital. After such a long trek, Lu Xiaoshan was also a little unbearable, so he planned to take the train home in Xidu.
Before, they were in a hurry, but now there is still a week before the start of high school, so he is not in a hurry, it takes two days to take the train from Xidu to his hometown Nandu, and the time is in time.
There was another reason why he chose to take the train, and that was that China was too populated and dense, and there were people everywhere, and he couldn't run as recklessly as he did in those countries before him, and if he did, he would have a better chance of being discovered, which he didn't want to see.
In the evening, they successfully entered the Western Capital.
found a small hotel at random, Lu Xiaoshan asked for a double room, almost a hundred yuan, within his affordability, if it was before, he would never have stayed in such an expensive hotel, but since he got the honorarium, his money has become richer, and he will naturally not be as stingy as before.
Coupled with the fact that he and Chrissy hadn't had a good night's rest for a month, he needed to get a good night's sleep. Release all the fatigue accumulated over the past month.
Originally, he had planned to ask for two single rooms, but Chrissy said she would be scared at night, so he changed to a double room.
After taking a shower, Chrissy pulls Lu Xiaoshan and asks him to accompany her to go shopping. Lu Xiaoshan felt that it was the first time for Chrissy to come to China, so it would be good to accompany her to have fun, and she could have a meal by the way, so she agreed.
Xidu is the most prosperous city in the whole of western China, with a population of tens of millions and a very developed economy.
The western capital at night is obviously very lively, full of lights and wine, people come and go, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a city that never sleeps. Many people only come out at night to shop, and many vendors come out at night to set up their stalls. The nights are no colder than the days. Lu Xiaoshan led Chrissy to walk on the bustling street, Chrissy looked at this completely unfamiliar city, very excited and novel, her little head kept turning, and her little hands kept pointing.
"Brother Xiaoshan, what is that?" She pointed to a stall selling oden.
"Oh, that's oden, it's a specialty snack here." Lu Xiaoshan explained to her. "Do you want to eat?"
"Hmm." Chrissy nodded excitedly.
"I want this, this, and this......" Chrissy pointed to a lot of things before the stall.
Since the boss couldn't understand what Chrissy was saying, the boss turned his gaze to Lu Xiaoshan.
"Boss, my sister wants this, this, and this......"
He repeated Chrissy's words. The boss finally understood, and finally Lu Xiaoshan asked for two strings of fish balls, two strings of beef balls, two strings of shrimp dumplings, two strings of shiitake mushrooms, two strings of enoki mushrooms, two portions of beef offal, two portions of tofu, two parts of cabbage leaves, and two parts of radish .......
"It's delicious." Chrissy said as she ate.
"Eat slowly, we'll order again when we're done." Lu Xiaoshan said.
"Okay."
They sat at a table behind the stall and ate oden together.
This thing is really delicious, Lu Xiaoshan used to go to the street with his grandparents to catch the market, he often ate this thing, because there was no money at that time, he could only eat one string at a time, and he was still unsatisfied after each meal.
Later, Lu Xiaoshan went to order the same amount again, and the two of them were full and left satisfied.
The two continued to stroll, and Chrissy took Lu Xiaoshan around, and when she saw something delicious, she asked him to buy it, and when she saw something fun, she pulled him up to play.
Lu Xiaoshan didn't know where her spirit came from.
Sure enough, it confirmed a sentence he had heard at school, which probably meant that women would never get tired when they went shopping. Lu Xiaoshan now feels that this sentence is extremely correct, Chrissy began to behave like this at such a young age, so how can she pay it back when she grows up?
But seeing Chrissy's happy smile, he also felt very happy and happy.
Because of the previous bath, all the dirt on Chrissy's face due to the rush was washed off, revealing her originally delicate and beautiful little face, creamy skin, blue eyes are also watery, and with long black hair, like an angel.
The only fly in the ointment was that such an angel was now wearing a tattered dress that did not match her.
This is a dress that I bought before I came back from Israel, and after a month's trekking and later through that large rainforest, this dress has already been worn out with a few holes, and it looks very shabby indeed.
Now that she has returned to China, there is no need for Chrissy to wear this outfit anymore.
Lu Xiaoshan took Chrissy into a shop that sold clothes, this shop looked very big and beautiful, and it was very well decorated, mainly because there were few people, so he came in, because he saw that the shops selling clothes next to him were quite crowded, and he felt that there should be fewer people here to buy faster.
After pushing the door in, the two waiters next to the door bowed to them and greeted them.
There was a female shopping guide inside, who was a sweet-looking girl of ten ** years old.
"Guest, is there anything we can do to help you?" She said it professionally. seems to be very polite, but Lu Xiaoshan saw the disdain in the depths of her eyes, and it is estimated that she saw that the two of them were dressed so shabby, not like people who could afford to buy clothes here.
Lu Xiaoshan's brows furrowed for a moment, and then he let go, he thought to himself, there is no need to be like this kind of person who looks down on people with dog eyes.
"My sister wants to buy two clothes, you can take her to see them." Lu Xiaoshan said.
"Okay." Although she was reluctant, since it was a guest's request, she had to do it.
"Little sister, come with me." She turned her gaze to Chrissy and said.
Seeing Chrissy, she was slightly stunned, "It's so beautiful!" She couldn't help but be surprised in her heart, this was the most beautiful girl she had ever seen.
It made her feel a little ashamed of herself. At the same time, a hint of jealousy arises.
After a while, she noticed that Chrissy ignored her, "Little sister, why don't you leave." She said again.
"I'm sorry, my sister only speaks English, not Chinese. You'd better speak English to her, or she won't understand. ”
Lu Xiaoshan said.
"Huh? I don't speak much English. "The female shopping guide is a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, you just take her to choose clothes, if she can't choose, you can choose two sets of clothes for her at will, thank you." Lu Xiaoshan turned his head and said a few words to Chriss, and Chrissy walked to the side of the female shopping guide.
The female shopping guide restrained her contempt for them at this time. It may be that Lu Xiaoshan and the two are foreigners, because in the concept of ordinary Chinese, foreigners are rich. And those who have money are respected.
Chrissy was looking at her clothes, while Lu Xiaoshan was sitting outside waiting.
After a while, Chrissy walked out, wearing a purple skirt with a pair of white stockings underneath and a pair of small black leather shoes.
The whole person is like a cute elf.
"Brother Xiaoshan, am I beautiful in this dress?" After Chrissy finished speaking, she took a circle in front of Lu Xiaoshan.
"Well, it's beautiful and cute." Lu Xiaoshan nodded.
"Hee-hee, I know." Chrissy laughed. "Then I'll want this."
After a while, Chrissy came out with a white dress and a pair of small pink leather shoes on her feet.
"Brother Xiaoshan, what do you think of this one?"
"This one is good too." Lu Xiaoshan smiled.
"Then I'll buy these two. Brother Xiaoshan, I also chose two sets of clothes for you. Give it a try. Chrissy suddenly said with a hint of a thief.
"I didn't say I was going to buy it too!" Lu Xiaoshan was puzzled.
"Hehe, if you want to buy it, let's buy it together, otherwise it's not good if I'm the only one to buy, so that others may see it and say that I abuse you, and I won't even let you buy a piece of clothing." Chrissy said seriously.
Lu Xiaoshan was instantly full of black lines.
"Let's go, let's try on clothes." Chrissy dragged him to the locker room, shoved the selected clothes into his hands, and pushed him straight in.
Lu Xiaoshan smiled bitterly secretly.
After trying it out, it was found that the clothes were not bad, and Chrissy was very much in favor of it, so Lu Xiaoshan decided to buy the two sets of clothes and shoes he tried on.
But when it came time to check out, Lu Xiaoshan was instantly dumbfounded.
"What, forty thousand?" He couldn't believe it. He felt like he was going to be pitted. It's an absolute luxury. His first instinct was to put his clothes back in immediately.
"Yes, guest, after the discount, it is forty thousand and one hundred, and the fraction is omitted and only the whole number is collected." A female cashier in her twenties explained with a smile.
"It's also on sale!" Lu Xiaoshan was a little speechless.
"Yes, would you rather pay by card or cash?" The female cashier asked again.
Lu Xiaoshan stood in place, thinking to himself, he used to buy a pair of jeans for a maximum of 40 yuan, a shirt for a maximum of 20 yuan, shoes for more than 30 yuan, and a set of clothes for a maximum of 100 yuan. But now to buy four sets of clothes, it costs 40,000 yuan, and the average cost of each set is 10,000 yuan, which is a little unacceptable.
But he thought about it again, anyway, the clothes were already on his body, and it would feel a little troublesome to take them off again, and Chrissy seemed to like the look of these clothes, and Chris would probably be disappointed if she didn't buy them.
Lu Xiaoshan was entangled in his heart whether to buy it, turned around and glanced at Chrissy, and found that she was playing with the cartoon doll in the store, smiling and very happy, she was wearing that white dress, which looked very good for her, making her look even more cute.
"Forget it, just buy a few clothes, anyway, Chrissy's skirt matches her very well, she wears it beautifully, and the clothes I wear look very handsome, and there are only two sets of old clothes at home, it's good to buy two more sets, and I don't buy clothes for others, I buy them for myself." Tens of thousands of dollars can still be afforded. It's like buying tens of thousands of dollars in luxury goods. Well, that's right, I bought these clothes for Chrissy, and I found it troublesome to take them off again. That's it. Lu Xiaoshan could only comfort himself like this, trying not to let himself be too entangled.
After deciding down, he asked, "Do you accept dollars?" ”
He had more than 10,000 dollars on him, more than 10,000 dollars for killing Gueret on his body, and later recovered more than 1,000 dollars from several robbers, and he had 11,000 dollars in cash in addition to some spent on the way.
He thought about spending the dollars first, because he couldn't buy anything outside, so he couldn't pay for it when he went to eat a bowl of rice noodles.
"It's okay to pay in dollars." The cashier said.
The female shopping guide who received them before heard that Lu Xiaoshan was going to pay the bill in US dollars, and there was a trace of shame and envy on her face. It's a shame that I despised them because of what they dressed, and I envy them that they can buy things here. You know, any piece of clothing here costs thousands, needless to say expensive, tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, her monthly salary is not enough to buy a dress, and Lu Xiaoshan They bought four sets at once, no wonder she is envious.
She looked at Lu Xiaoshan and Chrissy again, and found that both of them were very young, the elder brother was fifteen or sixteen years old, and the younger sister was about ten years old. She guessed in her heart that they must be the rich second generation.
She immediately positioned Lu Xiaoshan and Chrissy as the rich second generation.
If she knew that Lu Xiaoshan was actually from a poor village and had no parents since she was a child, I don't know how she would feel.
The ratio of the dollar to the renminbi was a little more than six to one, and he paid more than six thousand dollars.
When he came out of the door after settling the account, he also deliberately glanced at the sign at the door of the store, which read?.
I don't know.
He thought with a snort in his heart.
They put on the new clothes on their bodies, put the old clothes in bags, and Lu Xiaoshan wore a set of casual clothes and a pair of casual shoes on his feet. Chrissy wore the white dress and pink leather shoes.
Lu Xiaoshan walked behind with a large bag in both hands, and Chrissy jumped in front of her empty-handed.
"Brother Xiaoshan, hurry up, don't slow down, we still have a lot of places to go." Chrissy put her hands on her waist and looked puffed out.
Lu Xiaoshan can only smile bitterly, won't this little girl be tired?