Chapter 152: Zebra Crossing Farce

Green light, nice sail.

In less than half an hour, the minibus quickly pulled into the center of Paris and came to a steady stop on a secluded street across the street from the "Printemps de France".

On the inside of this secluded street, there is a small parking lot for tourist vehicles.

The parking lot has long been filled with all kinds of passenger cars of different sizes, more than 100 of them.

Before getting off the bus, the tour guide girl sent another notice to the tour group members.

She told everyone that after entering the "French Printemps", the group members will be free to visit and buy any goods in the mall. But you have to keep track of the time! Any member of the tour must meet at the east entrance of the department store before 6 p.m.

After the notice was announced, the tour guide girl habitually held a pennant and took the lead in getting off the bus.

Now, it is necessary to briefly introduce the basic situation of "Printemps de France".

"Printemps de France" is indeed one of the world's most famous luxury stores:

It is located in the heart of the old town of Paris, just about 10 minutes away from the Louvre Museum, the Opéra Garnier and the Champs-Élysées.

Founded in 1865, Printemps is not only a mecca for boutique shopping in the world, but also one of the indispensable coordinates of French history and culture.

If you stand on the ninth floor of the "Printemps", you will have a bird's-eye view of the entire city of Paris, from the Opéra to the Madeleine, from the Eiffel Tower to the Montmartre.

Today's Paris city has long been divided into two major districts: the old district and the new district.

In the new district of Paris, you can see high-rise buildings everywhere, and modern buildings of various styles are lined up one after another;

In the old town, it's a different kind of story entirely!

It still retains the classical architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe.

According to the tour guide Xiao Luo, the main reason why the classical architecture of the old town has maintained its original historical appearance after hundreds of years must be attributed to the laws of France. According to the relevant laws of France, if anyone wants to repair the ancient buildings in the old city, they are only allowed to repair them, not to demolish them.

Moreover, even if it is repaired, it must be "repaired as the old", and "repaired as new" is never allowed.

To this end, the Paris municipal department has also specially raised a construction team that "repairs the old as the old", and has set up a group of enterprises that produce "repairing the old as the old" building materials.

In Paris, there is another major project that is particularly commendable, and that is the main underground sewers in the city of Paris!

The main underground sewers in Paris are classic buildings designed in accordance with the flood that occurs once in 500 years.

In the main sewers of Paris, it is possible to drive both cars and boats.

Since the construction of the main sewers in Paris, no matter how much rain it rains, there has never been a flooding in the Parisian city.

Unlike in the capital of our country, the once-in-a-century torrential rain at the beginning of this century not only flooded countless streets, but also claimed more than seventy lives!

It can be said that the design and construction of the ancient city of Paris can be called a century-old plan and a thousand-year plan!

In addition, the members of the "Golden Autumn Group" followed the tour guide Xiao Luo, came out of the parking lot and headed south, crossed a side street, and soon came to the street opposite the east gate of the "French Spring Department Store".

All you have to do is cross this street and you'll be able to enter the world-famous shopping mecca.

However, just as people were about to cross the street, there was a ridiculous episode in front of a traffic light in Mengdu!

It turned out that from this side of the street where the tour group members were located, there was a passage for pedestrians to cross the road, and the passage was marked with a distinct zebra crossing.

Moreover, at both ends of this zebra crossing channel, there are special red and green lights.

When the members of the "Golden Autumn Troupe" were just about to cross the zebra crossing, the red lights at both ends of the passage suddenly turned on!

In other words, pedestrians who are about to cross the zebra crossing must wait for a motor vehicle to travel longitudinally.

However, the dream was all impatient, he saw that the signal light on the other side of the zebra crossing had just turned from yellow to red, not only did he not stop his steps, but he also ran to the opposite side as if he was crossing the road in China.

At this moment, from north to south, three cars were rushing over!

"Mengdu, be careful——!"

As a wife, Zhang Liping instinctively reached out and grabbed her husband.

At this time, because Mengdu ran forward quickly to grab the red light, the strong inertia brought him and Liping into the position two or three steps away from the zebra crossing.

At this moment, the drivers of the car who were driving longitudinally suddenly found Mengdu who was running the red light and Zhang Liping who reached out to pull him, and immediately stepped on the brakes one by one.

The driver of the car at the front was a middle-aged man with yellow hair and blue eyes.

He applied the brakes sharply, but there was no resentment on his face.

I saw that he was still sitting in the driver's seat, gently pressing the window glass, and still making a "please" gesture to Mengdu and Liping very decently, which means, "Please pass first".

At this time, Liping's face was flushed with shame, and she dragged her dream back;

As for Mengdu, he still insisted on violating the rules and moving forward.

For a while, on this zebra crossing, there was an embarrassing scene where cars did not go and people did not pass.

"Miss Zhang, just let your husband come over!"

Seeing this, the tour guide girl standing on the side of the zebra crossing was so anxious that she shouted loudly on the curb of the road.

Liping hesitated for a moment, and at a loss, she let go of the hands that were holding Mengdu tightly.

Without hesitation, Yume took a big step, crossed the zebra crossing in three steps and two steps, and ran across the road in the blink of an eye.

Liping and the other members of the "Golden Autumn Troupe" continued to stay on this side of the road until the red light on the opposite side turned green, and then crossed the street according to the rules, and then walked towards the "Paris Spring Department Store".

"Mengdu, we're in France now, you can't grab a red light when crossing the street."

After reaching the sidewalk opposite, Liping began to blame her new husband in disgust.

"And say that me, if you hadn't pulled me, I would have run across the zebra crossing! Where will there be a scene where the car stops and makes us? ”

I really didn't expect that after listening to Liping's blame and persuasion, Mengdu not only didn't feel guilty, but rightly blamed Liping in turn.

"No, you can't. Mr. Wang, when you cross the street and see a red light in the future, you must not rush! In the event of an accident, the main responsibility lies with us. No one can say how much of the loss will be in that way! ”

At this time, Xiao Luo, the tour guide who followed closely behind Liping, happened to hear the conversation between Liping and Mengdu, so he kindly warned Mengdu.

"Yes, the scene just now is really embarrassing! In the future, we all have to prevent it! ”

Several other members of the Golden Autumn Group who followed the tour guide also interjected behind Xiao Luo.

At this time, Mengdu felt embarrassed, so he reluctantly closed his mouth.

He glared at Liping stupidly, then glanced at everyone disdainfully, and then walked towards the east gate of the "French Spring Department Store".