199 Vacations (Part I)

The final round of Premier League fixtures ended on May 16. The new season is in mid-August, and the team assembly is at the end of July.

Even if he has to make some transfer moves back to the team, George has more than a month to spare. George cherished this time, it has been four years since he was the head coach, but he has not had a chance to relax and relax.

In the summers of these seasons, George has been busy building the team and has no time for himself. There is no winter break in the English league, and being a manager only has summer holidays. So this time George is very serious.

However, George is not the kind of person who naturally likes to travel, or he has not traveled to England for more than ten years. I don't understand the fun of traveling, and I don't know where to go.

Traveling, George knows what places of interest and what other famous rivers and mountains there are. But for those things George wasn't very interested. Aren't those places of interest just some messy and historical buildings?

As for the famous river and the mountain, you can take a look. But there is a famous mountain in England.

Go to Spain, which is a famous tourist destination. Sunny beaches, and maybe a passionate Spanish girl in a bikini tempts you. But just thinking about it will give you no.

George is not a gentleman, but he is not the kind of person who has just met and then played a one-night stand.

What's more, now Miranda is right next to her.

"Brother George, have you figured out where you're going? It's better if we go to Spain, France or Brazil. "Miranda was also very happy to hear that she was going on vacation. I said several places in one breath.

George didn't usually pay attention to this aspect, and he didn't know what was better. was asked by Miranda and was blinded by the question.

But looking at Miranda's brown eyes, I remembered a good place. snapped his fingers and looked at Miranda. Miranda didn't know why George was staring at herself so much, so she took the mirror and looked at it to see if there was something wrong with her makeup.

"Miranda, isn't your grandfather Chinese?"

"yes. My grandfather was a professor at the university. It's the Chinese. Miranda nodded. Miranda's grandfather went to England to study in the forties of the twentieth century and then stayed in England. In the end, he married a local woman in England, that is, Miranda's grandmother.

"Miranda, don't you have the slightest curiosity about your grandfather's hometown?"

"You mean China?" Miranda stared at George with wide eyes. Although it is said that the world is integrated, for ordinary Britons, China is still a very mysterious eastern power. This is true even for people of Chinese descent like Miranda.

"Yes, it's China." George finally figured out where to go. Although he has been an Englishman for more than ten years, he has always had an inseparable affection for China. "China. Haven't you heard that it is the most mysterious of the great powers of the East? Let's go there and have some fun. There are a lot of good places to visit. ”

"Really? Then we'll go to China. "Miranda just turned around, and turned around again." But do you know what's interesting in China? ”

"When you come to China, you have no problem finding me. You forget, I've been to China once before. ”

"yes, but that was 10 years ago." Miranda pouted.

When George came to England, he went back to China. At that time, George had just been admitted to university for a short time, and George felt that he should go back to China to have a look. Take a look at your parents and yourself as a child.

But after I went back, I found that my hometown was still the same, but I couldn't find any information about my parents. It's as if there is no such person.

At that time, George was still very lost. Therefore, he did not return to China for more than ten years. Although there are reasons for not allowing time, there are also reasons for this.

"Not to mention 10 years, even 20 years, I know China well. Hurry up and prepare. ”

It's exciting to get to China, but it's just too far.

If you go to Spain, it won't take long to get there by plane. But China, that's halfway around the world. After seeing the land of China, George was a little excited.

Although he has lived in England for more than ten years, he is still a Chinese at heart. I can't let go of that kind of affection for China. Sometimes George really wants to find someone to talk about Chinese culture and show how well he knows about China.

How funny it would be if an Englishman spoke eloquently about Chinese culture, or with a Northeastern accent in it.

The first stop of the plane was to Yanjing.

George actually doesn't have a specific plan for his trip to China, there are so many places to do in China. There are six ancient capitals alone, Xi'an, Yanjing, Nanjing, Kaifeng, Luoyang, and Hangzhou. Any place is a condensation of Chinese culture.

Of course, not to mention the cities and buildings that are condensed by this ancient culture, there are countless famous rivers and mountains in China.

Speaking of which, although I was Chinese in my previous life, I really haven't visited these famous rivers and mountains in China. Therefore, George was also thinking about where to take Miranda to go.

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Getting off the plane, George felt tired.

Starting from London, because of the middle weather, it turned out to be nearly thirteen hours of sitting. This reminded George of the time when he was working as a train in China. Every time I go home during the Spring Festival, I take the train for more than ten hours, or even a day and a night.

"Miranda, how's it going?"

"It feels like it's hot in here." Miranda stretches her arms and moves. Then he looked outside and shook his head.

By the time I arrived in Yanjing, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. However, compared to Lancashire, the temperature in Yanjing is still relatively high. Still others have already started to wear some single clothes.

Yanjing, I have returned to China again after more than ten years. It's an amazing feeling.

When I came out of the airport, the staff next to me asked George in English where his destination was. George was very satisfied with this kind of service attitude, and explained with a smile that there was no need in Chinese. George's fluency in Chinese stunned the staff.

George smiled unkindly, his brother grew up in China. I didn't regress because I hadn't used Chinese much for more than ten years.

There are a lot of people waiting for taxis in front of the airport. After queuing for a while, I waited for a taxi.

When the driver saw George and Miranda, he didn't know if it was because of the spirit of international friendliness or because he thought that foreigners were easy to earn, but he was very enthusiastic to help. After opening the trunk, help put your luggage in.

And in half-baked English, he stumbled to ask George the destination of his trip.

"Master, find a good hotel." George's standard Mandarin stunned the driver for a moment.

As an international metropolis, there are many foreigners who can speak Chinese. But it's quite rare for Mandarin to be so standard. So the driver couldn't help but look back at the foreigner, and George shrugged.

"Master, I've been to Yanjing many times." George used Shandong dialect this time. George was not from Shandong in his previous life, but there were Shandong people among his classmates, so he just learned two sentences.

But George's words made the driver quite shocked. Mom, who is this guy pulling today?

"Find a good hotel, we're going to rest." George smiled and told the driver to hurry up. Blocking others here, the people behind already have opinions.

The driver just started driving. "Master, how about you leave me a phone number? We will stay in Yanjing for a few days these days, and I hope you can come and pick us up when the time comes. ”

Although in '99, China's mobile phone penetration rate was not as high as it was later. But it's not uncommon for these drivers to have a mobile phone in their hands.

"Okay, okay." The taxi driver was delighted.

While George was chatting with the taxi driver, Miranda next to him looked at George curiously. Although Miranda knew that George had a very good talent for languages and knew several languages. But I didn't expect to speak Chinese so well.

Before, Miranda never thought that George's Chinese would be so good.

Miranda frowned as she watched George talking and laughing there.

Since arriving in China, Miranda has noticed that George is in a much more cheerful mood. Although George has always been optimistic, after arriving in China, Miranda feels that George is happier and more active.

But she couldn't understand what they were saying, and this feeling made Miranda not very comfortable. It's like feeling like an outsider.

Suddenly, Miranda felt that she should learn Chinese as well. This will allow you to join their conversations.

The driver also found out that the man in front of him was not the one who was short of money. So I took George and Miranda directly to the most luxurious hotel in the neighborhood. George got his phone number, paid for the car and tips, and got out of the car.

At this time, a doorman immediately came to help.

"What can I do?" I followed the doorman to the front desk, and the front desk lady asked George with a smile.

It is worthy of a star hotel, and the English of the front desk lady is very standard. Even more standard than George's English, who was educated in Burnley, still has a number of regional dialects in his English accent.

"Give us a room." George replied in Chinese.

The front desk lady was also unexpected, George, a foreigner, spoke fluent Mandarin. But he didn't show surprise and smiled and told George what standard room there was. George didn't have any extravagance, he wanted a luxury suite. But also a very high-end room.

Now George is also considered a high-paid class, earning 13,000 pounds a week. Combined with some bonuses at the end of the season, George's pockets have been bulging during the year he has been in Blackburn.

George turned around and gave the doorman some tips, then followed the waiter to the guest room.

After entering the room, George couldn't help but lie down on the bed. Thirteen hours of flight, too tiring. When does it take such a long journey within England?

"Brother George, let's get up and take a shower."

(To be continued)