At two o'clock in the afternoon of May 26, 1947, the port of Tokyo was breezy and the sun was shining, and it was a rare good weather, but Jerry, the young master of the Downing family who came all the way to Tokyo from the United States, was not beautiful at all.

Unfortunately, although the idea is good, but the reality is cruel, he stood at the dock for a long time and no one came to pick him up, which made him very angry, and Tom, the attendant next to him, asked without interest: "Sir, what should we do now?" We don't know where to go. ”

Jerry said angrily, "Where to go!" He didn't come to the dock to meet me today, so if I went to his factory, you would receive me warmly? It was clear that this guy knew the news in advance, so he hid. In this way, let's find a place to live first, and then you take my post to his factory to notify him, and let him take the initiative to visit me, no matter what, this momentum can't be dispersed! ”

Tom said as if he didn't understand, "But I still don't know how his factory goes." ”

Jerry said angrily: "Stupid you, you won't ask anyone, you won't pay a Japanese pariah to pull you over?" ”

The two walked out of the dock full of resentment, and got the rickshaw (in fact, it is the Chinese rickshaw, but the rickshaw originally originated in Japan, and it was only transmitted from Japan to Shanghai in 1873, so it was originally called the Oriental car), and they thought it was very interesting, because no one in Europe and the United States was willing to endure humiliation and be a cow and horse, so Jerry and Tom felt very fresh, especially the groveling appearance of the coachman, which greatly increased Jerry's sense of superiority, and said proudly: "Take us to your most exclusive hotel in Japan!" ”

Unfortunately, the Japanese coachman couldn't understand what Jerry was saying, but Tom knew a little Japanese, and he finally understood what they meant, so he ran all the way and pulled them to the Tokyo Hotel.

Although the Tokyo Hotel is very luxurious, it is not actually the preferred place for American businessmen to stay in Japan, and the coachman pulled them here, first, Tom did not make it clear, and second, the rickshaw driver was not as well-informed as the taxi driver, and did not know where the Americans should live, so he pulled them to the best place in Tokyo in the driver's mind.

Although the waiter at the Tokyo Hotel was very curious, how did the American uncle choose to stay here instead of going to the foreign guest house of the Allied Command, but she did not have the courage to refuse the American uncle, so she opened him two of the most luxurious rooms according to Jerry's request, but to the waiter's surprise, Jerry was extremely dissatisfied with this, and after looking around, he was furious and said: "What's the matter with your room, why don't you even have a bed?" ”

Tom next to him hurriedly explained: "Japanese people are like this, they don't sleep in beds, they sleep on something called tatami mats,"

Jerry pointed to the tatami mat on the ground in surprise and said, "What did you say?" Sleeping on this straw mat at night? Can you fall asleep? What a quirky Japanese! ”

After arguing for a long time, the waiter finally added them two large beds and a dining table, and Jerry reluctantly accepted it, and then sent Tom away to the factory to give Downing an ultimatum, and then took a hasty bath himself, and then fell asleep on the bed.

Just when Jerry was sleeping soundly, he suddenly felt the bed shaking, he was dazed and thought that someone was pushing him, and after muttering a few words of dissatisfaction, he found that it was not someone pushing him, but the bed was really moving, and not only the bed was moving, but the bookshelf, the table and even the entire ground were moving, this, this, this is not an earthquake!

The fear of the earthquake made Jerry wake up in an instant, and he didn't care about putting on his clothes, so he even rushed out of the room, shouting as he ran, "Earthquake! It's an earthquake! ”

Unfortunately, no one paid attention to his warning, and at first Jerry thought that the people in the hall could not understand English, but after the explanation of the waiter foreman, he realized that he was making a fuss. It was true that there was an earthquake just now, but no one would care about this kind of earthquake with only a magnitude of four, because Japan itself is a country with frequent earthquakes, and earthquakes of magnitude three or four occur almost every day, so the Japanese people are used to it, and everyone has mastered the skills to distinguish the level of an earthquake, and can instantly determine the level of an earthquake, and then decide whether to evacuate or not.

These words are not bragging, she is telling the truth. Because Japan is located in the Pacific Rim volcanic seismic zone, is the junction of the Eurasian plate and the Pacific plate, so earthquakes occur frequently, the annual occurrence of more than 1,000 earthquakes of more than three or four levels, the world's annual earthquake of more than 6 on the Richter scale, 20 percent of the earthquake occurs in Japan, so in Japan from elementary school earthquake education and earthquake drills, so the Japanese are not surprised by the general small earthquakes.

Jerry's eyes widened when he heard this, and he kept muttering in his heart, what kind of shabby place is Japan, the place where he lives is weird, people are short and obscene, and there are earthquakes every day, compared to the United States, it is really far from the United States, and he should really think about whether to stay here or not.

After talking about Jerry, who was scared by the earthquake, let's talk about Tom who went to the Downing factory, as Jerry's entourage, Tom has always lived a relatively aggrieved life, but today he feels more comfortable than ever, because on the road from the Tokyo Hotel to the Coke factory, all the Japanese nodding their heads and bowing when they see him, and saluting enthusiastically, even if they encounter a congested intersection, the police will take the initiative to help him clear a path, this kind of super-national treatment makes his self-confidence swell rapidly, I feel that it was the right decision to follow Mr. Jerry to Japan this time, and I will settle in Japan in the future!

It's a pity that his self-confidence has become a punctured bubble when he arrives at the Coke factory, in fact, he has been monitored by the escort team since the Rollo arrived at the dock, so Jerry and Tom's every move is under the nose of the escort, so today it is Captain Ono who is personally staying at the doorman and is responsible for receiving poor Tom.

PS: Today is the Midyear Festival, everyone should not go out casually at night, it is always good to avoid it whether you believe it or not, by the way, ask for a recommendation ticket!