Chapter 9: First Acquaintance with Reese

With a long "woo", the ship began to slowly leave the dock, and Chen Zeyu and the others waved goodbye to their uncle who stayed on the shore.

Several people set off from the port of Sizhejiang on the steamship "Yangguan Coast" of the steamship company under their uncle's name, "Sizhejiang" is the name of the uncle for his own territory, to show his nostalgia for his hometown Zhejiang.

The Sunshine Coast is one of the youngest passenger and cargo steamers of the Xinghua Steamship Company under his uncle's name, with an advanced hull design and a high-horsepower reciprocating steam engine. After the start-up, the boat drove at a high speed. It didn't take long for the ship to enter the deep Pacific Ocean, facing the morning glow, heading into the distance, only to see the waves splashing out on both sides of the ship's side.

I don't see the sea, I don't know myself like a drop in the ocean. As soon as you enter the sea, you know the vastness of the sea.

Chen Zeyu wouldn't really be as excited as a child running around, but looking at the scene in front of him at this moment, Chen Zeyu still felt that his heart was open-minded, as if everything was so fresh and unfathomable everywhere.

When the ship enters the deep sea, the waters are wider and the skies are clearer. A refreshing sea breeze, mixed with the thick salty smell of the Pacific Ocean, brushed his forehead, and Chen Zeyu realized that he was distracted.

Follow Stern into the cabin, because it is not mainly used for cargo, the cabin space on the ship is limited, and most of the free places are placed with goods, and there are not many guests on board, Chen Zeyu and Stern, and the four brothers Armin and Liang just occupy four double beds, with luggage on top and sleeping people below.

Children are greedy for sleep, and Chen Zeyu, who is used to getting up at seven o'clock at home, lay on the bed and fell asleep again. After lying down, I found that the other three people were already snoring. Dizzy!

At noon, the four of them got up one after another, and after eating some bread and porridge in the ship's dining room, they returned to the cabin.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Zeyu was reading a book in his bed, a cool book! Strongman Clausewitz's On War.

Chen Zeyu read this original German book and wrote some of his thoughts on the side pages of the book. When he was in college in his previous life, Chen Zeyu's second foreign language was German, and he felt more motivated to learn it than English.

If you look at a few other people, most of them are doing similar things. Stern was scribbling against a picture in his notebook, and the Armin and Liang brothers were playing chess, and God knows when they were brought on board. Halfway or bored, go out of the cabin and take a walk, blowing the sea breeze.

By noon the next day, the weather on the sea suddenly began to deteriorate.

It has been stormy outside the cabin, and the hull of the ship has been shaking badly, so Chen Zeyu and the four of them can only stay in the cabin honestly.

The Amin and Liang brothers couldn't play chess, Stern sat on the bed and looked at Chen Zeyu opposite, he always felt a little unbelievable that such a young child could withstand life at sea, you must know that the first time he went to North America by ferry from Europe, this kind of weather was a mess on the ship.

Chen Zeyu lay on the bed as usual and looked at his "On War", and the wind and waves outside did not affect his interest at all. At this time, he couldn't show off his good figure.

In fact, if Stern and the others pay close attention, they will find that Xiao Zeyu's body is not even shaking at all, just leaning on the fixed bed, he seems to be attached to it.

It was not until the evening of the sixth day that the Sunshine Coast sailed out of the storm zone and the hull finally stabilized.

Early the next morning, at eight o'clock, as usual, the small bell of the ship's meal rang. Chen Zeyu and Stern came to the restaurant to dine together, still milk bread, Chen Zeyu was already used to these Western foods at his uncle's house, although the taste here was not as good as at home.

During the meal, Chen Zeyu noticed that there were several young people about the same age as A Liang's brothers sitting at another table not far away, who looked like they were both Chinese children like himself, and they also went to school in the United States.

In the morning, Chen Zeyu, who was a little bored in the cabin, went out of the cabin with A Liang, and several Chinese sailors on the deck were dragging the deck with dry mops. On the other side, there were a few idle sailors playing a game of stacking sandbags, and Chen Zeyu's eyes lit up for a while.

Pulled Ah Liang to play with these sailors, this game, I also liked it in my previous life, and I was a master, and now this body has superhuman reflexes and explosiveness, and it is even more handy to play, and soon cleared seven or eight small sandbags. Seeing the surrounding sailors exclaiming, Ah Liang on the side saw that his eyes were hot, and he took the sandbag and played, but unfortunately it was the first time after all, and the lame mistakes made one after another, which made everyone laugh.

Originally, it wouldn't have been like this, after all, it's the first time to play, and everyone will give some face. It's just that the little guy just now impressed them too much, and now a rookie suddenly came, and they couldn't help laughing.

At noon, Ah Liang was still a little unconvinced, and kept simulating the actions of the game in his hands, which made Chen Zeyu amused.

Lunch on the ship is arranged at about half past one, as the young master of the Chen chaebol treatment is different, after sitting at the table, there are special personnel to distribute utensils, each person has a large plate, a spoon, a knife and fork, and a towel to be tied to the chest.

The food is nothing special, mainly beef, and there are a lot of other fish and pastries, and the drink is milk tea, which Westerners are used to, and of course, there will be boiled water. After eating, there is also a plate of fruits, mostly walnuts, almonds and raisins, and occasionally some fresh fruit when it comes to the supply site in the ocean.

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On November 3, 1885, after nearly 30 days of sailing, the "Sunshine Coast" finally arrived at the port of San Francisco on the west coast of the United States. Many Americans around were very curious when they saw this team, and Stern was just that, and the Armin and Liang brothers plus Chen Zeyu were very attractive.

Especially Chen Zeyu, who is wearing beautiful children's clothes, coupled with a cute face that even girls are jealous of when they see it, it is impossible to attract people or not.

Stern hailed a carriage by the dock, and the men took their separate seats in the carriage after carrying their luggage. Unexpectedly, the earliest taxi was actually this thing, and as the carriage moved, Chen Zeyu looked at both sides of the street.

At this time, San Francisco was already very much more developed than in the middle of the 19th century, and many high-rise buildings had already appeared on the streets, gas, running water, electric bells, and elevators, that is, elevators in high-rise buildings. Even the streetcar had already appeared, and several people soon arrived at Stern's residence in San Francisco, where Chen Zeyu was "warmly welcomed" by the hostess, as usual.

Stern's wife's name is Anna. Pai Quinn, a very gentle and beautiful aunt. There are also two daughters in the family, the eldest daughter just graduated from college this year, named Jessica, and is currently working at Stern's company.

The youngest daughter is only 16 years old, named Reese, a girl who has just entered high school, is now the guy who keeps pinching Chen Zeyu's face, she looks very quiet and cute, but she didn't expect it to be so "violent".

Chen Zeyu looked at her speechlessly, while looking at his aunt innocently.

After dinner in the living room of Stern's house in the evening, everyone who had just come off the ship took turns taking a hot bath, and although they had scrubbed their bodies during these days on the ship, they were not thorough enough, and fresh water in the voyage was always very valuable.

After taking a shower and changing into a brand new outfit, Chen Zeyu looked more and more radiant. Seeing Ruixi on the other side, her eyes lit up, and a drop of bean-sized cold sweat instantly dripped from the back of Chen Zeyu's head.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, accompanied by Stern, Chen Zeyu and his party of four got on a train to Connecticut.

Stern would send himself all the way to the school he had contacted before returning, and when he arrived, the train would start on time.

It's not that there are no schools in the west, but to be precise, the east is more confident in terms of education. In fact, if Chen Zeyu is just allowed to go out to receive education, his uncle Chen Yanyu's own Sizhejiang territory also has a primary school and a middle school very early, just to let Chen Zeyu go out and have a long experience, and compared with it, in this era, the most developed places for education are still in Western Europe and eastern North America.

Get on the train, sit according to the seats, at this time the weather has begun to get colder, but the train is still warm, take a closer look, the original carriage has two stoves at the head and end, the seats on the train are all arranged on both sides as in modern times, and there is a small table in the middle that can be propped up for people to eat. Stern had already booked the keys to the sleeper cabin, and when he was tired, he could go over and rest through the hallway.

If you want to ask Chen Zeyu about his first impression of the United States, the train is undoubtedly the best summary. Unlike the nascent trams in various cities, this young country has already built a national train line across North America more than a decade ago.

If a few decades ago, the United States was a loose union of dozens of states. Now, the connection of the national train network has knocked out the gaps in the entire United States in an instant. Trains bring speed, profits, the emergence of novelties, and challenges to the era of traditional workshop-style agriculture. The idyllic era is long gone, and it seems that overnight, from east to west, smoke billowed all over North America.

The less than 100-year-old country is lightweight, vibrant, and a so-called "American spirit" that attracts newcomers from all over the world to their dreams of gold mining in this uncultivated land.

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