"Okay, all the cigarettes are here, Xiao Hei, the two of you will count them and see if there is any problem with the quantity." Huang Shi turned his head to Bai Xiaohei and Shi Wenbo behind him, saying that they were now in Bai Xiaohei's warehouse.

In the morning, the three of them walked around Chinatown, giving Yellowstone the impression that the Chinatown here seemed very spacious and tidy, without the dazzling bustle and complexity of San Francisco and New York's Chinatowns on the TV news, so the three of them walked and walked for a while, but they didn't feel too tired.

It's just that in addition to the big archway that says "Millennium Gate" on the front and "Carry on the Past and Open the Future" on the back, as well as the two big stone lions on both sides of its entrance, other architectural styles do not have too many Chinese characteristics.

However, there are some bright spots, such as the signs of Chinese characters set up in various shops in the street, but they are all traditional characters, otherwise there is really an illusion of being in China.

The streets are lined with Chinese restaurants of all cuisines, as well as shops selling traditional Chinese crafts such as Chinese pottery, tea, and gemstones.

Huang Shi took a closer look, and there were other shops such as Chinese medicine stores, butcher shops, fish shops, green vegetable shops, dried seafood stores, tea restaurants, medicinal herb shops, grocery stores, etc., and all kinds of daily necessities were readily available.

Because Huang Shi didn't dine at the hotel today, they chose a Cantonese tea restaurant to go in for morning tea, but they didn't expect that the store was full of guests, and they waited for a long time before it was their turn.

After eating morning tea, Huang Shi felt that this Chinatown was still very different from the Chinatown in his mind, and their Cantonese vernacular made him feel very uncomfortable, so he said to Bai Xiaohei and Shi Wenbo that there was no need to go shopping, it was important to go back to business, and both of them nodded yes.

"That's okay, Brother Huang, when we're free, we'll take you to Zhongshan Park again."

"Zhongshan Park?" It's a little strange in Yellowstone that there are parks named after the "Great Pioneer" everywhere.

"Yes, Brother Huang, this Zhongshan Park is also in Chinatown, but it is in the west, and it is the only place outside China where there is a classical Chinese garden, and the park is antique. It was built in the 80s of the last century, and the architectural planning alone lasted for six years, and it took another two years from the groundbreaking to the completion. ”

It turned out that this Chinese-style garden was built in imitation of the lighting dynasty by the City of Vancouver in cooperation with China and was privately sponsored. The park was carefully designed and built by more than 50 famous garden architects and technicians invited from China, and all the construction materials, whether brick or tile, were transported from China and built according to traditional Chinese methods. This park embodies the essence of ancient Chinese architecture, such as Suzhou gardens, small bridges and flowing waters, weeping willows by the lake, etc., the park is quiet and lovely, and it is a good place to enjoy the scenery of traditional Chinese gardens in Canada.

It's a pity that after listening to Bai Xiaohei's introduction, Huang Shi still didn't have any interest, because he was not only not interested in people, but also saw a lot of this kind of classical garden in China, so there was no need to make a special trip abroad to see Chinese garden art. After knowing that every brick and tile was from China, Huangshi shook his head, feeling that they were really full.

The three of them walked back along the road they came from, when a tram "clang" and "clang" came from a distance.

Bai Xiaohei saw that the bus stop was not far away, so he proposed to Huang Shi, "Brother Huang, why don't we take the tram back?" ”

"Okay, I haven't been on the train in a long time." Huang Shi readily agreed, and in his memory, when he first went to Fuzhou from the countryside, there were still trams in the city at that time, the kind of two-carriage type, with a tarpaulin in the middle.

For him, who had only seen a four-wheeled long-distance bus, the freshness of this eight-wheeled tram was really needless to say, but it was a pity that the distance between his home and school did not intersect with these bus lines, and he could not sit once a year.

"Ha Luha, we all have a seat." After Huang Shi replied to the bus driver's greeting, he got into the car first, and then looked at the back of the car, and saw that there were few people on the bus, and the seats were basically empty.

After Huang Shi chose a seat and sat down, when he saw Bai Xiaohei and them walking towards the back, he patted the seat next to him and said, "Come, Xiaohei, you sit here." ”

"Alas, what a shame, Brother Huang." Bai Xiaohei replied with a smile.

"What are you holding in your hand, is it a ticket? Show me. After Huang Shi sat down just now, he saw Bai Xiaohei stuffing coins into the coin slot, and took a few small tickets from the white driver's hand, guessing that it might be a ticket, so he wanted to take it and see what it looked like.

Bai Xiaohei handed the three small tickets to Huang Shi's hand, "Brother Huang, it can't be simply said to be a ticket, it's TRANSFER, let me think about what to say." ”

Shi Wenbo took the stubble and said, "Lao Huang, this TRANSFER, in fact, is a bit like our subway ticket, as long as you have this ticket, you can transfer to other buses, and you don't need to buy a ticket." ”

"What, such a, that's not an unlimited ticket, then this benefit is too good. Aren't we all able to sit and play? From here, take a ride to the west of the city, and then sit back from the west of the city. ”

Bai Xiaohei saw that Huang Shi was a little misunderstood, and hurriedly explained, "Brother Huang, no, in fact, it has a time limit for this kind of ticket, usually within 1 hour, you see that its valid time is written here on this ticket, only within this time can we transfer, and we can't take the same train back, and ......"

"Hehe, Lao Huang, do you really think that they will be like those old people in our country, boring to play in the car, or take the car to buy groceries. This Canadian bus ticket is much more expensive than in China, and there is no discount and free for the elderly. If you buy tickets with cash, each ticket is mostly in 2. Between $5 and $3, a ticket costs $20, and the money saved by those elderly people taking the bus to buy groceries elsewhere may not be enough for a fraction of it. ”

Hearing Shi Wenbo's words, Huang Shi also smiled, and said in his heart No wonder, this is still the peak period for work, but the car is not crowded at all, in addition to the fact that almost everyone in Canada has a car, and it is sparsely populated, this high ticket price is estimated to turn away those who are greedy for cheapness.

So he smiled and said, "In this way, it is too expensive, and we still have discounted monthly passes in our country, which is not as good as our domestic ones." ”

"Lao Huang, people also have it, if we went to the bus terminal just now to buy five or ten tickets, it is also discounted, which is cheaper than the coin we just put in on the spot. If you want to take the bus every day, you can also buy a monthly or weekly pass, which can be used as many times as you like during the validity period. ”

Bai Xiaohei also nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Huang, and there are some small cities where the student card includes a bus ticket, and students can take the bus an unlimited number of times with the card." In some small cities, there is a university special line during the school day, and it is very convenient for students to take the bus. ”

After listening to the words of the two people, Huangshi was a little depressed, it seems that Canada is worthy of being a high welfare country, not only the bus has monthly passes, discount fees, but also weekly tickets and student tickets, it seems that China has a long way to go to achieve their comfortable environment.

The bus may have had sufficient heating, so even though it was a little cold outside, it was warm inside the bus, and Huang Shi felt a burst of heat from the conversation just now, so he untied his collar, which was more comfortable.

"What is it for?" After Huang Shi let go of the collar, he twisted his head, just in time to see that there was a shelf in front of the front of the car.

"Brother Huang, that's a rack for bicycles, if there are passengers on bicycles, you can put your bicycles there when you are on the bus. When you get off the bus at the station, you can retrieve your car from the shelf. ”

"Oh, that's really good, it's a pity that it's suitable for Canada, if it's ...... in China" After Huang Shi listened, he didn't envy this time, because this is to be domestic, it is impossible to do, domestic buses are generally full of people, if you put a few more cars, then there is no need to stand people.

This time, even Shi Wenbo said, "Yes, Lao Huang, we really can't learn this in China, the population is small, you see that it is still the peak season, there are so many people in this car, if it is not crowded in China." Besides, their trains are also very few, generally only one car in 20 minutes, even during peak hours, if this is in China, it will definitely give people a curse. ”

The three of them talked and laughed on the bus, but they were not the kind of nouveau riche who traveled abroad, so they all controlled the volume of their voices and did not affect others.

After a few stops, Huang Shi noticed that the driver did not stop at every stop, but that when the passengers wanted to get off at a certain stop, they had to press the red Stop button in front of the door, so that the driver would be informed in advance that they would get off the bus, and the driver would stop where they needed to get off.

Once, at a station, I saw a young woman pushing a stroller about to get on the bus, and the driver went down, put a hitch board on the front door directly on the side of the road, let her get into the car, and then walked back and said to the people in the carriage, and went to put away the front chairs.

Huang Shi asked Bai Xiaohei curiously, what was he doing.

Bai Xiaohei said that the chairs in the front of each car can be stowed away to make room for those in need.

Sure enough, as soon as Bai Xiaohei finished speaking, he saw that the driver helped the young woman fix the stroller, although it was not very long, but it also took several minutes, but the passengers were waiting patiently, and no one complained about delaying their time, as if it was commonplace.

After getting off the bus at the entrance of Chinatown, Shi Wenbo asked Huangshi what his impression of Chinatown was.

"Impressions?" Huang Shi thought for a while before replying, "To be honest, Lao Shi, Xiao Hei, I'm really a little disappointed, this Chinatown is said to be a Chinese town, but there is too little Chinese flavor, in addition to the traditional characters on the street, and this big archway has some Chinese flavor, this building...... Hey. ”

"By the way, the Chinese red lantern pillars all over the street can be regarded as some characteristics, but it feels a little weird." Huang Shi added.