Chapter 112: Going Home for the Festival (Happy Lantern Festival)
A temporary separation is about to begin, and Laura is particularly obsessed with this night......
Early the next morning, Shi Lei stuffed the few pieces of luggage that had been packed long ago into Laura's mini car, and set off for Los Angeles early.
After arriving at the airport, Shi Lei kissed the reluctant Laura goodbye and went to the duty-free shop alone. Laura still has to go to work, and it is already early in the morning today to have enough time to send Shi Lei.
In the last few days, Laura has been living back with her parents, saving her from being lonely on the ranch by herself, and Shi Lei's main concern is that she won't be able to take care of herself.
Don't forget that Laura is a big lady who doesn't touch the spring water, she can't let her go to the restaurant every day, it's better to go back to her parents, how comfortable life is, Colin and Emily will be very happy.
The gifts that Shi Lei planned to bring back were checked in early, maybe when Shi Lei went home, the things had already arrived at home, so Shi Lei was able to travel lightly with a few pieces of luggage so easily.
The things that Shi Lei plans to bring back for the festival are all local specialties, a few boxes of delicious red wine, a few boxes of locally produced fruits and vegetables, and a portion of high-end steak meat for each family, as well as a lot of dim sum made by Shi Lei with cheese from the pasture, all of which are unique and practical things, which are suitable for the festival.
Shi Lei wandered around the duty-free shop at the airport alone for a long time, and bought some Zhibao lighters, Indian-style handmade silver jewelry, and some small objects such as wallets.
If it weren't for knives and other things, it would be difficult to bring and not easy to pass, Shi Lei would have brought more brand-name knives back to China, and many of his friends liked this kind of thing.
It's normal for men to like cold weapons. It's just that due to the strict management of the country, I can't develop this hobby well.
Estimating that it could almost fill the backpack that had been reserved, Shi Lei didn't buy more, but prepared some easy-to-carry food according to the habits of domestic travel.
When necessary, it is good to satisfy hunger, all of them are biscuits, compressed dry food and the like, Shi Lei also bought a few self-heating military food with different flavors from an outdoor goods store by the way.
This can be regarded as another hobby that Shi Lei developed after he went to Midi. Like a large number of survival freaks abroad, he likes to hang all kinds of titanium gadgets on his body, and he also has to carry a lighter stick and some compressed food, and he also has a bracelet made of paratrooper rope in his hand, and the buckle of the bracelet itself is also a set of combination gadgets.
Most of Shi Lei's gadgets are bought from local knife makers, and he also prepares a lot of compressed food at home, as well as survival materials such as bottled water, as well as solid fuels. Now it's all piled up in the basement of my house.
Shi Lei was originally going to build something similar to a bunker by himself, which could be used to save lives at critical moments, and in case of a typhoon or something like that, the wooden house in the ranch might not be able to withstand it.
However, the original owner of the ranch may have thought about this kind of thing a long time ago. There was originally a large basement under the main house, and although most of it was later converted into a highly automated wine cellar by McRae, some of it remained untouched.
I don't know if it's from the prudence in my bones, the ranch owner before McRae. The Japanese who Shi Lei didn't know not only built a concrete basement, but also transformed part of it into an explosion-proof and bulletproof safe house. It was built by a well-known protection company on the side of Midi, and it seems that the level of security protection is very high.
This part was built very strongly, so when McRae renovated the cellar, he had to keep this part.
After the cellar was built, the entrance to the safe house was disguised behind one of the wine racks in the dead corner, which was still familiar to Shi Lei and McRee, and McRae finally remembered to sue Shi Lei, which made Shi Lei sweat.
This place is now like a secret base at home, Shi Lei piles up some weapons, ammunition and various survival materials and the like into this safe house, and generally does not use the things inside, but only regularly updates the materials inside to ensure that they are in good condition at all times.
After thinking about all these things, it was finally time for Shi Lei to board the plane. Shi Lei took the things he had bought from the duty-free shop from the airport staff, stuffed them all into a backpack, and boarded the plane back to China through the security check with anticipation.
Shi Lei's luck this trip is good, and he finally doesn't have to face the group of aunt-level flight attendants of Midi Airlines, and Shi Lei is served by many goddess-level flight attendants of Air China, which feels absolutely different.
Although Shi Lei did not sit in the legendary first-class warehouse, the service he received was not bad, he experienced the warm and thoughtful service of the soft girls, and also tasted the good meals provided on the plane, and after a good night's sleep, Shi Lei's feet finally stepped on the land of the motherland again.
The weather in the imperial capital today is very powerful, and it is rare to see the blue pure sky, which makes Shi Lei's mood brighter. The so-called autumn is cool, probably like this.
Judging from the weather forecast, it has been raining in the imperial capital for the first few days, and then the north wind for several days has taken away all the moisture, but it has also brought a lot of cold, I don't know if it comes from the cold snap of cold Siberia.
Shi Lei was still dressed in summer when he got on the plane, and when he arrived in Yanjing, he immediately got himself a thick jacket and wrapped it, so he tried not to be as cool as he was just now.
When walking out of the airport, Shi Lei was very surprised to see Zhao Yunlong and his wife Li Yuting waiting there at the door, and the two drove a 3 series BMW to pick up Shi Lei in a very low-key manner, which made Shi Lei very moved, he was stuck on the road for several hours along the way, but he still came to pick up the airport, this is definitely true love.
Shi Lei warmly gave Zhao Yunlong a hug, this can be regarded as a habit after staying in Midi for a long time, Shi Lei was really moved that Zhao Yunlong could come to pick up the airport, especially after experiencing the demeanor of the first block on the way back.
In the past, Shi Lei took the subway to and fro, and rarely took vehicles other than public transportation, although there would be a feeling of being squeezed into a canned sardine, and it was difficult to close the door, but the time was relatively certain.
And this time in the car. I really have some feelings, the airport highway they walked, this speed and high speed must not be related.
Who let Shi Lei choose the wrong time, at this time is covering the peak of travel during the National Day holiday, the only thing that is not lacking here in Yanjing is people, there are many people in the past, and during the long holiday, there are basically only people left.
Finally, after dark, I arrived in front of Zhao Yunlongding's hotel, a private restaurant located not far from the train station.
The façade is not outstanding at all, but look at the cars parked here. I know that there must be something unique about it, otherwise this parking place will not be like a luxury car show.
Zhao Yunlong's 3 series BMW, this is simply the worst car in this private restaurant, fortunately, the waiter here does not have the habit of watching people put down dishes, and he also enthusiastically led Shi Lei and them to the cubicle that Zhao Yunlong had already set.
The dishes inside really did not disappoint Shi Lei, even if it looked like an ordinary dish, it was made after a complicated procedure. It can definitely be regarded as excellence, and the taste is absolutely not good, which makes Shi Lei, a foodie, addicted.
Zhao Yunlong rarely accompanied Shi Lei to drink a few glasses of wine, anyway, his girlfriend Li Yuting could drive for him.
The result is imperceptible. The two of them solved a pot of homemade old wine in a private restaurant, and the two of them drank it very comfortably, their whole bodies were warm, and there was no uncomfortable feeling. It seems that this wine is also very profound.
Neither of them drank much, but they didn't drink more, and they both felt that it was just right to drink these. Even if you drink it to your heart's content, it's all in moderation.
After the meal, Li Yuting drove Shi Lei to the train station. Shi Lei didn't let the two go back empty-handed, and took out a few of the things he was going to use to give to his friends this time.
For the beautiful Li Yuting, it is a sweater chain with Indian-style feather and silver jewelry, of course, it can also be used as a multi-loop bracelet.
There is also a diary with a vegetable tanned leather carved leather surface and a silver carved buckle, which is also very carefully placed with imitation parchment pages, of course, the inner pages can be replaced, and a leather bracelet with a similar method is also given.
What was given to Zhao Yunlong was a set of titanium combination gadgets for Shi Lei's own use, a titanium tactical flashlight, a bracelet made of paratrooper rope, a zippo lighter with beautiful carvings, and a silver knife pendant in a realistic style.
In the end, in order to make a pair with Li Yuting, Shi Lei gave him a long wallet made of vegetable tanned leather, hand-carved with silver buckles, and a leather bracelet.
Nothing is very valuable, and it looks inconspicuous, but for Zhao Yunlong, who is also a military fan and a knife friend, they are all very thoughtful gadgets, and it takes a lot of effort to collect such a set in China.
Of course, for a guy like Zhao Yunlong, according to his own ideas, it is not difficult to get a few famous knives that he plays, so he doesn't have to worry about not having a suitable match.
Bidding farewell to Zhao Yunlong's pair, Shi Lei took a train that stopped in Yizhou, and it was rare that Shi Lei not only did not have to stand all the way back, but also had a hard sleeper seat, and he would arrive home as long as he fell asleep along the way.
I don't know if it should be regarded as Shi Lei's luck, and he successfully snapped up a train ticket during the National Day on the Internet, which is still a sleeper ticket, or it may be the reason why there are many more people who enter Beijing than go out of Beijing during the holiday.
The journey was safe and sound, Shi Lei didn't even encounter a petty theft, and arrived at his hometown smoothly.
Reminded by the alarm clock, Shi Lei woke up from this comfortable sleep, stretched comfortably, and got ready to get off the car after checking his luggage.
Shi Lei walked out of the newly expanded Yizhou New Railway Station, and unsurprisingly saw his father Shi Yi who came to pick him up.
With the help of my father, I loaded all my luggage into the car, and then got into my father's car and went home together. (To be continued......) R527