The Story of the Seventh World (14)
"This era is leapfrogging, there are too many new things appearing, and it is also an era witnessed by history. You can see a lot from the clothing, the women of my mother's time, although they wore clothes that looked noble and atmospheric, but they also looked bloated from the side and walked like an ostrich, and now the clothes have changed this and appear simple and exquisite. Corporal Lynn sighed as he looked at the young Englishwoman who was about to walk out of the restaurant.
"I heard Ensign Avery say some time ago that his friend Baird had developed something called a television camera, from which you could see images that were not very clear. A few days ago, I heard that there was a public demonstration at the Selfridges department store, and many people thought it was incredible! Corporal Lynn said as he drank the milk tea in his cup.
"I reported about this in the newspaper some time ago, but I really hope I can see it with my own eyes!" Su Hang looked at Corporal Lynn in surprise, he really didn't expect him to know such an inventor. After taking a sip of tea, he sighed and said: "This is an era of great explosion, destined to be remembered by history." Su Hangcheng's expression was very cooperative, putting himself in a state of surprise, like a curious baby. For him, who has the memory of black technology in another world, what TV camera is like an antique, and there is not much fluctuation in his heart. But I still have to be surprised that such an item appeared in this era!
Su Hang felt that he was pretending to be very similar and had the potential to be an actor. Maybe you can't get along in the UK anymore, and you can go to acting.
"I heard that many entrepreneurs and aristocrats are very interested in such an invention and want to invest in it!" Osmond listened and said.
"On the day of the public demonstration, some people announced that they wanted to invest, but it seems that it has not yet been decided, and everyone is waiting for the final result!" Corporal Lynn took out the inside information and shared it.
Su Hang listened to Corporal Lynn's news about the public demonstration as a listener on the side, occasionally interjecting a few words. After a full two hours, the three of them finished the 'chemotherapy' and went back to their rooms to rest.
Su Hang, who returned to the room, got a glass of Bacardi (rum), sat on the sofa, and was not sleepy at all, walked to the bookshelf in the house, picked up a book from it, and looked at the name of the book "Wuthering Heights", Su Hang smiled, the book he had read by himself, and when he first arrived at the Yaheng Hotel, he found this book, so he borrowed it from Yaheng to read, but unfortunately he didn't finish it, and then he was relatively busy and forgot about the book.
Looking at the cover of the book is completely different from what I saw, what I saw in Yaheng was the original version of his collection, which was a collector's edition. The book "Wuthering Heights" in my hand now is a large-scale translation later, and it belongs to the level of 'stalls'. Looking at the book in his hand, I remember that it was the "father" in my memory who taught me how to distinguish the version of the book. It is difficult for those who say that it is difficult to distinguish between the original edition, the collector's edition, and the pan-printed edition.
At that time, the printing production made many books very similar, and it was not easy to find the original and reprint, but the "father" of Suzhou and Hangzhou once said that many writers like to leave unique signs or marks on their first edition of books, so as to highlight their particularity and commemorative significance.
Of course, not all writers have this habit, it's just that most like it.
Holding the book "Wuthering Heights" in his hand, Su Hang walked to the bedside, leaned the pillow on the head of the bed, sat on the bed by himself, and leaned on the pillow. Su Hang plans to read it from the beginning to deepen his memory so that he will not forget the book.
Su Hang looked from the front of the book while drinking, and found that the first few chapters were similar to the ones he had read before, so he quickly skimmed through them and turned to the chapter he hadn't read.
"During her five weeks at Thrushcross Grange, Katie's ankle had healed and her demeanor had changed dramatically under Madame Linton's tutelage. On Christmas Day, she jumped off a beautiful little black horse, wore a beaver fur hat with feathers on her head, and walked towards us with a long riding suit in her hands. The night outside the window was even deeper, Su Hang saw the fifth chapter, drowsiness gradually hit like water, got out of bed and took a note from the table, sandwiched it on the page he saw, and put the book back on the bookshelf again.
Su Hang has had a habit since he was a child, and likes to organize and classify his belongings, and put the books he has read and the used paper and pen back in place to make his room look less messy.
Lying on the bed, Su Hang is facing up, closing his eyes and slowly falling asleep, the advantage of sleeping in this way is that he will not soon enter a deep sleep, but will gradually fall asleep from shallow to deep, so that he will not lose his sense of the surrounding environment all of a sudden, giving himself a transition period. In any environment, there is a vigilant heart. This is the same habit that has appeared on both ships and in the era of otherworldly black technology.
Su Hang sometimes because of some trivial things, everywhere buried deep in the memory of the "door", thinking of the past, remember that when Su Hang was still in the special combat team, the captain once said to them, we often have to carry out tasks, but the necessary rest still has to have, but we can't fall asleep like ordinary people, and quickly enter a light sleep, and then into a deep sleep, so that we lose the ability to perceive the surrounding environment.
You must know that when we enter light sleep, our muscle tone decreases excessively, our perception becomes weaker, and it is difficult to react once there is a situation, which is only light sleep, and deep sleep generally means death. In the development of new areas of the universe, it is necessary to be vigilant when stepping on unknown planets.
When we are on a mission, when one person is guarding and the other is resting, we can only enter light sleep, and gradually enter light sleep. In general, it is to stay asleep without losing the perception of the surroundings, and at the same time let your body rest for a while, and will not eventually lead to a physical and mental collapse without resting for a long time.
Early the next morning, Su Hang woke up early, and after washing, he rang the built-in electric bell in the house, and within a few minutes, the door was knocked. "Please come in!" Su Hang took the book that was put back on the bookshelf last night and said as he walked.
"Sir, do you need anything?" The waiter who opened the door and walked in looked at Su Hang and asked.
"A cup of Blue Mountain coffee, a glass of milk, and an extra cup for me." Looking at the waiter who walked into the room, Su Hang sat on the sofa and said.
"Yes sir, please wait!" The waiter turned and left the room.
Su Hang once again read the fifth chapter of "Wuthering Heights" that he didn't finish yesterday, while looking at the coffee and milk waiting for the upcoming arrival, and looking at the protagonist Heathcliff written in the book, Su Hang sincerely sighed that this is a poor person, his early experience deserves the reader's sympathy, but in the middle and late stages, he became a strong man, and took cruel revenge on his former enemies. For the protagonist Heathcliff's revenge on the enemies, Su Hang thinks it's nothing, as the old saying goes, "good and evil will be rewarded in the end", but Su Hang felt that it was too much for Heathcliff to involve the innocent Isabella in and abuse him.
After reading the fifth chapter, Su Hang briefly took a look at the early and middle stages of "Wuthering Heights", and at this time, "Knock knock! A few knocks on the door interrupted Su Hang's brief 'sweep' of the book, "Please come in!" He said, putting the book on the table.
"Sir, this is the Blue Mountain coffee and milk you want" The waiter opened the door, pushed the dining cart to Su Hang, and placed a cup of coffee and another cup of milk on a tray under the table, and there was a small coffee spoon on the coffee tray. "Plus, here's the empty cup you wanted." The waiter took out a cup of the same style as a coffee cup from the mezzanine of the dining car and placed it on the table.
"Okay, thank you!" Su Hang looked at the waiter with a smile and said.
The waiter pushed the cart out of the room and gently closed the door.
Watching the waiter close the door, Su Hang slowly poured most of the cup of coffee into the empty cup, added a small half cup of milk to it, and gently stirred it with a coffee spoon. Su Hang likes to experiment with all kinds of drinks to his coffee, and he remembers doing this often when he was on the ship. I felt that it tasted good, so I kept trying, and adding milk was one of them.
Drinking coffee, watching, leaning on the sofa, enjoying the beauty of this time in the morning, quiet! Quiet, no hustle and bustle, calm down and do what you like. This is rare, no matter what era it is, even if it is a short time, it is also a special beauty.
Su Hang looked at the book while drinking coffee, "Knock knock!" The knock sounded again, and Su Hang said while turning the next page: "Please come in!" ”
When Osmond opened the door and walked in, his nose moved slightly and said, "Chu, the smell of the Blue Mountain, I smelled it in the corridor." As he spoke, he walked towards Su Hang.
"Osmond, I didn't expect you to be very good at coffee! Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to tell what kind of coffee it is through the door, and I don't have your skills. Su Hang looked at Osmond who walked in and said.
"My mentor, Mr. Blaize, was a very passionate coffee lover, not only knowledgeable, but also very hobby, and coffee was one of them." said and sat on the sofa on the side of Su Hang, "Influenced by him, I also fell in love with coffee." ”
"I don't know much about coffee, more from the instructor's explanation, and it is because of the mentor that I like coffee and am willing to learn about it." Osmond looked at the coffee in the cup on the table and said to Su Hang.
"Do you remember the first time you drank coffee?" Su Hang took a sip of coffee and said.
"That's certainly not the Blue Mountains you drink now, the first coffee I drank with my mentor was Turkish coffee, and my mentor told me that Turkish coffee is the ancestor of Nordic coffee, and some people call it Arabic coffee, which has a history of seven or eight hundred years." Osmond shrugged his shoulders and said.
"It seems that you were influenced by your mentor and also fell in love with Turkish coffee." Su Hang looked at Osmond and said.
"There is a Turkish proverb about coffee, 'Drink your cup of Turkish coffee, remember your friendship for forty years', I love this saying, I hope my friend and I have a friendship longer than the forty years of friendship that I have drunk Turkish coffee." Osmond looked at Su Hang with a smile and said.
"Knock knock!" The knock on the door sounded again, and Su Hang looked in the direction of the door and said, "Please come in!" ”
"Excuse me, sir, is that the Turkish coffee you just wanted?" The door opened gently, and a young slender waiter walked in outside the door, looking at Osmond, who was sitting opposite Su Hang, and asked.
"Is it what I want, is it alright?" Osmond asked, looking at the waiter standing at the door.
"Yes sir, will I bring it in for you now?" The waiter asked again.
"Okay, bring it in!" said, looked at Su Hang next to him and said: "I went to the restaurant in the morning and saw that there was Turkish coffee on the menu there, I asked for it, I want to reminisce, it has been two years since the last time I drank it, this kind of coffee is not available in London, and the Turkish coffee in this hotel is specially purchased from abroad." ”
"I remember that the mentor's coffee was brought back when he went to Turkey."
"Haven't you been drinking Turkish coffee since then?" Su Hang asked.
"Because of the war, my mentor rarely goes abroad now, and a lot of foreign coffee that I used to store is basically gone, and I don't have other foreign friends, how can I drink foreign coffee again." Osmond said helplessly.
At this time, the waiter walked in with a dining cart, came to the table, put a pot of coffee and a cup of water on the table, and said, "Sir, this is the Turkish coffee you wanted, this cup is ice water." ”
"Is there anything else you need, sir?" The waiter looked at Osmond and said.
"Please give me another glass of ice water and a cup, thank you!" Osmond looked at the waiter and said.
"Yes, sir," the young waiter took out a cup from the mezzanine of the dining car and placed it on the table, and then took out a glass of ice water from the mezzanine again.
Osmond touched it with his hand and found that this glass of ice water was not as cold as the cup just now, so he looked at the waiter and said, "The temperature is not enough, let's change it!" ”
The waiter changed a glass of cold water for Osmond, and after receiving confirmation, said, "Sir, if you need anything, please ring the electric bell in the room." The waiter looked at Osmond and said.
"Okay." With Osmond finished, the waiter pushed the food cart and left the room.
Watching the waiter leave, Su Hang asked curiously, "Do you need ice water to drink coffee?" ”
"My instructor said that if you want to truly taste the unique taste of coffee, it is best to make your mouth more sensitive to the taste, and before drinking coffee, a sip of ice water can stimulate the taste and allow you to better appreciate the feeling of each coffee." Osmond said as he took a sip of ice water.
"Chu, you can also feel the difference of Turkish coffee, I just asked for this cup of ice water." Osmond picked up the coffee pot and poured a cup of coffee, looked at Su Hang and said.