"The oranges are running out again."

"I'll buy it later."

As usual, after school, as usual, the social office.

The minister sat on Bai Ya's lap and muttered. Bai Ya also muttered a response to her.

The minister put the comic magazine on the warm table to read, and Bai Ya sat behind her, also reading a novel. When the six of them sat together in the warmer area, the minister's fixed position was on Bai Ya's knees.

By the way, the oranges that the minister just mentioned are the oranges that are placed on the warm table. As long as there are fewer oranges in the basket, someone will buy a large package of family numbers to replenish the stock.

"The potato chips are gone."

"Ahh You go and get it, I'll open it for you. ”

Bai Ya said while reading the novel. Huanhuan jumped off Su Qi's knee and ran briskly to the "potato chip box" in the corner of the social office.

Bai Ya usually saves his New Year's money, but this year he spent a little money. In order to ring the ring, he bought "a large amount" of potato chips. He went to the supermarket for special purchases, bought the whole box and bought it back, and now the huge cardboard box contains nearly an infinite number of potato chips.

"Are you almost going to have tea?"

"Well, that's right, let's drink it later."

Bai Ya replied to Xiaoting's question. He held out two fingers to Huanhuan, meaning to ask her to bring two packets of potato chips. One pack is for Huanhuan to eat, and one pack is for everyone to eat with tea.

He tucked the bookmark in the book—

"This is it."

At this time, the minister suddenly came up with inexplicable words.

"What's the matter?"

"I've always thought it was weird."

The minister clasped his hands and began to speak slowly.

Bai Ya listened to the minister's speech quietly, she often felt that many things were incredible, obviously things that ordinary people would not notice at all, and the minister just had a way to question these things.

"What the hell does that mean 'wait a minute'?"

"Huh?"

Unexpected problems arose.

Bai Ya opened the hand of the potato chip package and couldn't help but stop.

Huanhuan kept urging him to open it quickly, and his hand began to move again.

"You just said 'wait a minute' to buy oranges – specifically, how much time later?"

"Well, it's probably after school today. Ah, but if the remaining oranges last a day or so, then I might not be able to buy them until school ends tomorrow. ”

"Then you just said 'wait for tea' – specifically, how much time later?"

"Okay, here's the tea."

At this time, Xiaoting brought everyone's tea over.

"In other words, it's about the same time."

Hot water was boiling on the stove, and the time it took to measure the tea leaves and simmer the tea was about five minutes combined. At this time, the "wait a minute" drink is about that time.

"Isn't it all the same phrase, 'Wait a minute'? Why can the length range from five minutes to two days? That's too broad, isn't it? It's so weird! Don't you think it's too weird? ”

Bai Ya grabbed the minister's small hand that he wanted to wave and placed the fork in her hand.

The petite minister sat on Bai Ya's lap, and the two of them seemed to be performing stand-up comedy. Bai Ya asked the minister to take a bite of the cake that was served with tea, and as soon as the cream was dipped in her mouth, the person immediately fell silent.

At this time, it was almost time to have the 'correct answer', Bai Ya looked at Sister Ziyin.

The Minister once excitedly inquired about the contradictions in the world, and there was a record of several meetings of the "Review Committee on the Issue of So-and-so". This is what the CP Department is accustomed to.

"For foreigners studying Chinese, the word 'wait a minute' is very incredible. Almost everyone will have a problem with this sentence. Billy thought it was incredible, too. In English, for example, because they can clearly say numbers or times, there is no way to translate the word "wait a minute" correctly. ”

"I see, that is to say, this is the spirit of China."

Bai Ya nodded. Sister Ziyin is really reliable.

But why should the champion of the unified world learn Chinese? Besides, Sister Ziyin is a genius, and she speaks English perfectly, right?

"Su Qi, I don't know, wait a minute."

Senior Sister Su Qi tilted her head in confusion. Even if she looked up the dictionary, she couldn't seem to find the proper answer.

"Minister, minister, you see, it's your favorite Chinese spirit! That's it. ”

"Hmm, it turned out to be the spirit of China, so there is no way."

The minister, who agreed with this answer, was still sitting on Bai Ya's lap, eating the cake that Xiaoting cut for her, and enjoying the black tea.

Bai Ya also guarded the peace of the CP Department today.

Bai Ya: Minister, I'll finish reading the magazine here in a minute.

Yu Xin: Wait a minute, I'm looking at it.

Ting: Wait a minute, I'll make black tea again.

Su Qi: Su Qi, I want oranges too. Is it OK to eat? Wait, wait.

Huanhuan: Senior, the potato chips will be gone in a while.

Ziyin: It's a popular phrase.