MTL - Mixed In the United States As a Local Tyrant-Chapter 32 go home
Chapter 32 A trip home
After a full meal, they talked about equestrianism and hobbies. As long as Joanna is interested, she can talk non-stop. An Feng really admired her eloquence, she nodded her head countless times before she stopped. He entered the room, took a bottle of mineral water, and handed it to Joanna: "You have said so much, let's moisten your throat first."
After taking a few sips of water to moisten her throat, Joanna said, "I almost forgot, there is one more thing I didn't say."
"There's more?" An Feng was dumbfounded, didn't he say enough? It's really not easy to be a listener, especially when the other party is a bit obsessive-compulsive, you can't be distracted.
"It's not what you think, but I want to ask you to do me a favor." Joanna explained, staring at him suddenly: "Do you think I'm wordy?"
"No!" An Feng shook his head like a rattle, isn't this girl too sensitive? "How can I help? No problem."
"I haven't said what it is." Joanna felt that he was perfunctory.
"You can't ask me to pick the stars, can you?" An Feng asked back. Joanna is always thinking about things, and she never asks others to do things that cannot be done.
Joanna suddenly smiled again: "You know me. Well, I sold my car and have been driving the family station wagon recently, but I will go to school in a few days, so I plan to buy a new car. I think you are very good at it, maybe you can provide me with some references."
"Simple, go tomorrow?" An Feng asked her.
Joanna nodded.
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When it comes to buying a car, it is as common as eating and drinking for a country that claims to be on car tires. Domestic police stop people to check their ID cards, what about the United States? Checking the driver's license, they don't have an ID card or household registration book, only a driver's license and an SSN, which shows the popularity of cars.
With high popularity, cars are naturally cheap—so cheap that people are envious and excited, and the price of cars makes it difficult to distinguish which is a developed country and which is a developing country. If the same car is sold for $100,000 in the United States, it may be doubled in China, and it can be sold for more than $200,000.
Since coming to the United States, An Feng feels that he can adapt quite well, but there are two things he can't bear the most: lettuce salad and car prices. As for cars, it’s okay if he doesn’t understand anything, but he remembers clearly that domestic prices are always compared with foreign prices unconsciously, and he can’t help but want to buy them when he sees them. This is the same reason that Chinese people go to foreign countries to buy luxury goods every holiday.
Multiple choice: the same style and quality, half the price, would you buy it or not?
So when An Feng and Joanna went shopping in the car market, they felt full of malice from the capitalist society.
Joanna's car purchase budget is between 50,000 and 60,000. According to the standards of school students, her family must be rich. Because 50,000 can buy most of the cars on the street. Students generally buy second-hand cars, three or four thousand dollars is enough, and more than ten thousand dollars can be replaced by a sports car. For new cars, take the BMW X5 as an example. Many people in China like it, but the low-end version can be bought here for more than 50,000 yuan.
Although SLO County only has a population of more than 200,000, there are car dealers everywhere, and they are distributed in many cities in the county. An Feng took Joanna for a stroll. She had a wide range of choices, from two-door sports cars, four-door coupes to large SUVs. An Feng gave suggestions one by one.
Finally, she fell in love with Land Rover-Range Rover Evoque. Land Rover is associated with the royal family. The Queen of England has a special Land Rover car and even drove a Range Rover herself. It used to be the pride of Britain, but it is a pity that it is now sold to the former younger brother-India. But hallelujah, the Land Rover on sale is an American car, made locally.
As for the Land Rover Evoque, An Feng can complain a lot about it. The Land Rover Evoque is ashamed to use the engine of the Ford Mondeo, hahaha... He thinks that there is nothing to recommend except the appearance - unfortunately women like its stylish appearance, except for the four-door version . This Evoque is a rare two-door version with a dewy white body and matching large 21-inch carbon black wheels. Lamborghini's body-in-white charcoal wheels are beautiful, aren't they? That's the reason.
Two-door SUVs are rare, they are both sporty and stylish, and they are not as big as four-door models, subverting the tradition that SUVs are only suitable for men. An Feng knew it was a girl's car at first sight...Joanna was tall and tall, so she stopped by the car, it was perfect! If you want to change into a dress, there is nothing to say about this temperament!
"What do you think?" Joanna sat in the driver's seat and turned to look at An Feng.
An Feng swallowed the words he wanted to complain about, and nodded: "Very... okay. Change to a bright interior, use perfume, and add some shiny crystals to the license plate."
"Good idea." Joanna nodded.
An Feng thought that since he was already unscrupulous enough, he simply suggested that she make the car look like a lady driving it at a glance. If you only evaluate the appearance of the vehicle, the front face is handsome and the two doors are cool, he can still give it an 8 out of 10. The style with a bit of softness matches Joanna.
After accompanying her for a test drive, Anfeng has changed a lot. According to the standards of a woman, it is very comfortable, with a short wheelbase for easy handling, and a small body for easy viewing of the road. As for the rear row without doors, An Feng, who is in his early 1.80 meters, is a bit depressing to sit in, but there is a high probability that the rear row will be reduced to a storage area.
After making up my mind, I paid a total of more than 50,000 points including insurance, and picked up the car three days later. Joanna was very happy to choose the car she was satisfied with, and invited the hero An Feng to drink tea at the open-air store in Orbisburg. She is very particular about what she drinks, she doesn't drink coffee, she only drinks tea, usually English black tea. An Feng drank it a few times under her recommendation, and it was a little different from domestic teas, they added a lot of things, such as milk, sugar or honey.
Of course, drinking tea is not just a cup of tea, it also comes with snacks, biscuits, and fruits. It is most suitable for the afternoon when there is nothing to do, to use a high-end tea set to make black tea, sip snacks, and chat leisurely for an afternoon... From the perspective of being in a daze, An Feng likes this tone very much.
Eating a piece of stone biscuit that is soft only after brewing tea, and taking another sip of tea, An Feng stretched comfortably. "This is probably one of the few British dining habits that can satisfy me."
Joanna smiled, she was still self-aware and didn't get entangled in the issue of British cuisine.
An Feng chatted with her casually. Inadvertently, he found that most of the people who came to drink afternoon tea were male and female couples, and very few were friends. A thought popped up in her mind, if Jenny was sitting in front of her, she would be able to calm down and talk to herself without thinking about anything...
Shaking her head, Joanna is still sipping tea gracefully in front of her... For some reason, her quiet demeanor has an indescribable charm.
An Feng snuffed out this thought, maybe he and Jenny have been separated for too long.
A few days later, Joanna left, and the brats went to school. The appointment broke up, and the house became empty again, except for Pipi and Eggy.
An Feng found a lot of things to do for himself, such as riding horses and training dogs, playing guns in the shooting range, typing on the computer when he had time, recording everything that the machine brain can find, and transferring the things that can be used to his mind, and those that are not needed. Delete the ones...Finally, it was the middle of the month, and it was almost time to go back. I handed over the management of the vineyard to Old John, packed my luggage, and flew back to China from Los Angeles.
Because the time was calculated, it was just in the morning when I returned to China, and I was a little tired, but An Feng returned home like an arrow, and didn't stay. I flew back to the south non-stop, took a crowded minibus for more than an hour, and returned home sweating profusely. Before he walked out of the station, he saw his father at the door looking up from a distance.
An Feng trotted over and called "Dad". Dad habitually wanted to help him get things, but he refused with a smile: "This stuff is not tiring. But you, staying here on a hot day is not looking for crimes." Well, it’s good to stay at home! I’m not a three-year-old child, so I’m afraid I’ll get lost?”
Although I said so, I was very moved in my heart. In the hearts of parents, children may not grow up, right?
Dad smiled and said: "It's okay, it's just been a long time. When I heard that you came back, your mother kept urging me to pick you up. She didn't even give me a stool. It doesn't feel like I haven't come back for a year and a half in China. Going abroad, a month feels longer than a year!"
An Feng was very moved at first, but when he thought of his father being robbed of the bench, he couldn't help laughing while covering his stomach.
(end of this chapter)
