Chapter 3 Returning Home
(Thanks to the two rewards of "Life Without Love", thanks to the "sp55aa", "Beginning Le", "Crossing the River", owes more 13, the timeline jumps a little faster, this is a planned thing, originally the anti-demon is not a book based on fighting monsters and upgrading, in fact, the world of the Chosen One also started from the thirty-third level, so this part is just a brushstroke.) In addition, I would like to reiterate once again that the ending is a single heroine or a multi-heroine, everyone votes to decide to sprinkle a large wave of dog food first, and the voting channel will be opened in January)
When Cheng Mo got off the plane, he neither felt homesick nor felt that things were wrong, Xingcheng International Airport was still the same as when he left, the sky did not change bluer, the green taxi in front of the platform was still very old, and there were solicitors who pulled Cheng Mo to ask if he needed a car, Cheng Mo, who was dragging a boarding suitcase, shook his head and waited in line to get into a taxi.
The moment of waiting Cheng couldn't help but think of the airport he had been to for more than a year, maybe in addition to the hotel, he was the longest in the airport, the worst memory of the airport happened in the United States, he clearly remembered that all the railings of the taxi hailing station at New York JFK International Airport were painted bright yellow, and even the sign of the haizhao station was also bright yellow, with the word "TAXI" written on it in black.
At that time, it was almost dark, and the taxi queue at New York's JFK International Airport was not as busy as Shanghai and Xiangjiang, with only three or five people, so Cheng Mo quickly got into a taxi.
A very ordinary Ford Victoria, this kind of "big head and long butt" standard Mi country car has had wonderful performances in many Hollywood film and television works, if you want to say that the most props in Hollywood blockbusters Ford Victoria should be the number one protagonist.
Most of the taxi drivers in the United States are not locals, but foreign immigrants, Cheng Mo came to the United States for the first time in a Middle Eastern car, he gave the address of the hotel in Fara Shengding to the driver, the driver was ashamed to say that he was familiar with this place, but he asked several people at the gas station along the way, and walked around the center of Newark several times, and finally Cheng Mo told him with navigation that he found the Sheraton.
The twenty-minute journey of thirty dollars was detoured by him for more than a hundred dollars in taxis, but he was embarrassed to ask Cheng Mo for a tip of 15 dollars. Cheng Mo naturally didn't do it, although he was worth more than 100 million dollars and didn't care about the more than 100 US dollars, but the extra money that shouldn't be paid would not be more, and he reasoned with this Middle Eastern man for a long time, and finally the Middle Eastern driver, who spoke worse than Cheng Mo, knew that he was at a loss and received 50 US dollars.
Speaking of Mexico's taxis are also green, but Mexicans really love the Beetle car, the streets are full of white roofs and green body Beetle taxis, before going to Mexico, Cheng Mo did a strategy, I heard that where it is very messy, do taxis especially careful, but when I arrived at Mexico City International Airport, I found that many drivers are old drivers of the grandfather's generation, it must be very difficult to see the situation and fight, I don't know if the gun is drawn, the crosshair can be aimed accurately.
The service of the old Mexican driver is very enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that he will share with Cheng Mo where the red light district in Mexico City is cheap and good, and Cheng Mo lived in Mexico City for almost two months in order to brush the "Land of the Pyramid of the Sun and the Moon" (the ruins of the Maya of Teotivac) and the "Land of the Ruins of the Feather God" (the ruins of Chichen Itza Maya).
He was surprised to find that Mexico is actually the closest place to Asia, and when he wandered around the United States and Europe, he was often in the middle of looking for supermarkets because he needed to buy daily necessities.
However, there are very few 24-hour convenience stores in both the United States and Europe, which is particularly inconvenient for Cheng Mo, who does not need to sleep, but in Mexico City, convenience stores with delicatessen and hot coffee are everywhere.
In addition, the enthusiasm of South American women is beyond Cheng Mo's imagination, and Cheng Mo goes to the Elpdo Coffee Bookstore that he has always dreamed of, which is full of greenery, and books are hidden under the winding walkways and lush greenery, making people feel like they are in the Amazon jungle. Cheng Mo was reading quietly here, and there was actually a Mexican girl who took the initiative to ask him "Do you want to invite her to a cup of coffee".
This is Cheng Mo traveling alone for so long, and it is the first time that a girl has accosted him, which makes Cheng Mo have to wonder if it will be a fairy jump, Cheng Mo naturally ignored it, and later saw that the girl was fighting with another Korean boy, and only then did he know that this Mexican girl was probably a K-pop lover, which made Cheng Mo have to sigh that South American cities are full of hormones.
Cheng Mo remembered the embarrassment he had when he arrived at Baghdad International Airport in February, the plane was delayed, Baghdad was still under curfew, and he could only spend the night at the airport, and the tragedy was that Baghdad Airport, which only had one or twenty flights a day, did not even provide a hotel, so he could only spend the night on a stainless steel bench in the departure hall.
But Cheng Mo likes this feeling very much, he thinks that people always need such a journey, go on the road alone, go into the wilderness of the world to experience a healthy and unbearable loneliness, when you are in a strange environment, completely helpless, can only rely on yourself, you will know how much energy you have.
Cheng Mo put the box in the trunk, opened the taxi door, got into the car, and the driver asked Cheng Mo where he was going?
Cheng Mo hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's drive to the city center first......
The driver said "oh", stepped on the accelerator in gear, and the solid Jetta slowly drove into the ramp, the weather in May Star City was neither hot nor cold, the sun at noon was just right, and the breeze blew in through the window, Cheng Mo looked at the elegant street lamps slowly retreating, and the familiar outline of the city gradually emerged from the skyline, thinking: The so-called nostalgia will only arise when those can't go back! It's like missing a person, the more you can't see it, the more you miss it.
Cheng Mo thought for a long time, and finally decided to go back to Dingwangtai's home, and after telling the driver the purpose, the driver drove all the way to Dingwangtai, Dingwangtai is the most central part of Star City, but Star City, as a quasi-first-tier city, is far less built than Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, there are no high-rise buildings in the city center, only IFS stands out.
Although Cheng Mo's house is in the center of the city, it is a house that has some influence on the appearance of the CBD, with white tiles covered with black markings, rusty air conditioners hanging messily on the walls, and the windows are still old-fashioned silver aluminum alloy windows......
After paying and getting out of the car, Cheng Mo took the box in the trunk, looked up at the window of his home, and looked around, there was almost no change here, except that the Internet café in the building next door became a gym, and the exit of the parking lot was renovated, almost the same as before. Dragging the box into the familiar corridor and pressing the elevator, Cheng Mo was a little hesitant whether he should stay in a hotel, anyway, he was used to staying in a hotel.
But anyway, I still came back to say hello, after all, I left for more than a year inexplicably, and I didn't make a single call, but occasionally sent a message to the uncle who asked him about his situation. Cheng Mo entered the elevator and glanced at the advertisement hanging in the car, which was still the same as before, except that the real estate advertisement was a picture of a sexy beauty scratching his head, which was a deceptive advertisement for a men's beauty club.
Cheng Mo remembered that once again, his uncle looked at the advertisement in the elevator a few more times, and his aunt pulled his uncle's ear and said that he was itchy and wanted to go to this kind of ghost place to try it.
The uncle replied with a complaint: You only give me 30 yuan a day for pocket money, where did I go to such a place?
Cheng Mo remembered that Cheng Haoyang still owed Sun Dayong thousands of yuan, and he didn't know if this vain boy was finished, he walked out of the elevator, the lights in the corridor were as dim as before, Cheng Mo subconsciously touched his pocket, and then remembered that his door key was lost in the old house of the Academy of Social Sciences. He walked to the door, raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then knocked lightly on the door, and suddenly his aunt's loud and high-pitched voice came from inside: "Who?"
Cheng Mo replied in a low voice, "I..... Cheng Mo. ”
After a while, the aunt wearing an apron appeared in front of Cheng Mo, she looked at Cheng Mo, who was standing at the door dragging the box, and said with a surprised face: "Cheng Mo, why didn't you say anything in advance when you came back?"
"I decided to come back to take the college entrance examination temporarily, so I didn't say anything. Cheng Mo walked into the room and looked at the shoe rack, which no longer had the pair of slippers he had worn for several years.
The aunt wiped her hand on the apron and took a new pair of plastic slippers from the shoe cabinet for Cheng Mo, "Oh, look at your child, you are too willful, and you don't discuss it in advance when you leave, so you just leave, and you don't say a word when you come back.... If nothing else, let your uncle pick you up! He changed to a car, and when it was empty, he would go for a Didi run. ”
Cheng Mo put on his slippers and said: "It's also very convenient to take a taxi. ”
The aunt took out her mobile phone from her pocket, "I'll call your uncle and ask him to close the shop first and come back with some food." ”
"It's okay, auntie, don't delay business, besides, I can't eat anything. ”
"Chinese generally has no business, do not delay, your uncle often nagging you, saying that you should not let you go to the United States alone, you are not familiar with life, want to call you, and your mobile phone is often turned off." ”
"International calls were too expensive, so I didn't turn them on. Cheng Mo replied, and then he heard his aunt call his uncle and say that he was back, so he hurriedly bought some food and went home, and his aunt asked Cheng Mo what he wanted to eat, Cheng Mo said casually, and his aunt didn't seem to remember what Cheng Mo liked to eat, so she asked his uncle to watch and buy.
Then the aunt asked Cheng Mo how he was doing in the United States, whether his mother was good to him, and how the operation was doing.
Cheng Mo naturally replied according to what he had already made up, saying that the operation was very successful, and said that he had bought some rice specialties, but there were a lot of things, so he did not consign, but sent them by international express, so that the freight was cheaper.
Cheng Mo didn't look at his aunt's expression when he spoke, he felt that sometimes it was better not to peek into the minds of others, so that they could get along more harmoniously.
After a few more pleasantries, Cheng Mo went back to his room, his bed was already empty and piled up Cheng Haoyang's things, including basketballs, shoeboxes, magazines, Cheng Haoyang's pajamas, and some mock problem sets.
Auntie explained: "Your bed is not good always there, no one sleeps easy to get dirty, I'll clean up with you after dinner, nothing else touches you, my computer is called Yangyang often help you open it, I'm afraid of bad ....."
Cheng Mo said "thank you", and the aunt said to boil the soup first, Cheng Mo responded "Okay", put the box aside, walked to the bedroom window, and looked at the Yuelu Mountain on the other side of the Xiangjiang River.
The bright sunlight illuminated the emerald green ridge, and the tall IFS and the Xiangjiang River that cut the city reflected the luster of large patches of broken gold, this familiar scene made Cheng Mo's heart suddenly extremely calm, he remembered that there was his name on the mountain, there was his expectation, and at the foot of the mountain there was the school he would return to, where there was the promise he wanted to fulfill.