Chapter Fifty-Six: Departure
On January 26, 1987, December 27 of the lunar calendar, Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Everything went so smoothly that I had to wait a few days for the plane ticket. Zhang Nan and his entourage of 12 people went through troublesome security checks and boarding procedures, and finally boarded the huge Boeing 747SP plane of the Civil Aviation Beijing Administration.
At this moment, Zhang Nan really felt like a world away.
"More than 20 years later", Zhang Nan once went to the United States for a trip, and the cost was more than 20,000 yuan. Now that he is "going" to the United States again, it is really not a thing or a person!
However, looking at the group of relatives and friends around him, Zhang Nan once again made up his mind in his heart: never let down this in the world again!
The day after tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, but this group of people can no longer care about the New Year, and their hearts have flown to the other side of the ocean.
Brother-in-law and Guan Xingquan can still keep their composure, and the others have been sitting down in the cabin since they entered Hongqiao Airport, and the excitement has not passed.
Except for County Magistrate Li, none of the leaders have ever taken a plane. Look east and west, everything is curious.
Thanks to the blessing of the crew, Zhang Li and Chen Xiaoxu have been on a plane, but this time the meaning is completely different, they are still excited by Zhang Nan's side, and Xiao Jiannan in the back seat is chattering endlessly.
The most excited in the group is, of course, his little nephew Xiang Jianan: although he doesn't know how far the United States is, and he doesn't know how rare it is to travel abroad these days, he hasn't stopped these days!
The two beauties have been getting acquainted with the little guy for a few days, and Xiao Jianan has been on vacation, and she likes to play with these two beautiful aunts the most.
The beautiful aunt will buy him candy to eat, and the family is strict - he already has tooth decay, and his mother Zhang Hui will not let him eat candy.
And the little guy is also smart and called Aunt Zhang Li, and I don't know which guy taught it.
Zhang Li didn't correct it.
But...
"Isn't it you?"
Zhang Li once "tortured" Zhang Nan!
"It's not me, I don't know!"
Zhang Nan is really wronged, he really hasn't taught his little nephew to do this.
The excitement of going to the United States diluted the faint sadness of Xiao Jiannan because after the holiday, little Nana was sent to her grandmother's house in the countryside.
At this moment, Jia Nan was still jumping up and down, sticking her head to the front row, "Little aunt, how long will it take for us to arrive in the United States?"
Zhang Li turned her head and said to Jia Nan: "It's still early, it will take more than ten hours, you can sleep and arrive." ”
Chen Xiaoxu on the other side stood up, also turned to Jia Nan and said, "What, do you want to go early and come back early, miss your little girlfriend?"
When they heard this, they all laughed.
"No, I had a fight with Nana, and I'm not going to get along with her anymore!"
That's big news.
Zhang Nan also turned around and asked, "Then who is the best one for you now?"
Xiao Jianan tilted her head and thought about it, "Girl?"
"Yes. ”
"Now I'm good with Tian Tian! She's good-looking. ”
"Haha..." Everyone laughed at this time, and Zhang Nan laughed even more in his heart, because that Tian Tian was the daughter of Lao Wang of the overhaul factory, and he was in the same class as his nephew. Only I know that that little girl is Xiao Jianan's real wife after more than 20 years!
……
These days, Zhang Li and Chen Xiaoxu have been living in Yan County except for going to Hangzhou to pick up things on the way. After returning from Hangzhou, the two girls even moved to Zhang Nan's house.
It's not that the hotel won't let them live, it's really that Zhang Li and the others don't like to stay in the hotel, and they are still comfortable in Zhang Nan's house, which also leads to Xiao Jiannan often messing with two beautiful aunts after the holiday.
lived in a guest house for a few years, but it was comfortable to stay at "home" - even Zhang Nan couldn't understand what his girlfriend thought.
Of course, it was not Zhang Nan's room that slept in it, but the two girls shared the bed and lived in the guest room.
This plane belongs to the Civil Aviation Administration of Beijing, not Huaxia International Airlines, and Air China will only be established next year. Since January 1981, the international route from Beijing to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York has been very popular.
More than half of the planes were Chinese, and Zhang Nan could see on their faces excitement, longing, joy and a hint of anxiety and confusion about the future.
Most of these people may have done everything to go to the United States, which makes Zhang Nan really a little difficult to understand.
For two lifetimes, I couldn't understand why these people went to the United States, is the United States really that good?
Do the vast majority of them regret spending their time in dark basements, garment factories, and restaurant sinks?
I can't understand it, so I don't bother to understand it.
They were in economy class, and Zhang Nan was originally sitting by the window. Because of the ticket booked, 12 people are on the right side of the fuselage in the middle of the fuselage towards the nose, occupying four rows of seats, which is very good.
Zhang Nan didn't care whether he leaned against the window or not, but Chen Xiaoxu liked it, so Zhang Nan gave up his seat.
Zhang Li actually likes to lean on the aisle, in order to get things conveniently.
Zhang Nan's state is really enviable, the feeling of hugging left and right.
took out a newspaper that I bought for 5 cents at the newsstand outside the airport, just a thin one, and said to Zhang Li: "Drink less drinks later, beware of gaining weight." ”
There are free drinks and food on the plane, and Zhang Li has a good sip.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not going to be fat. ”
Zhang Li didn't think so, but Zhang Nan shook his head in his heart.
"Now you won't be fat, and if you don't wear your hair down in 30 years, you're embarrassed to meet people!"
But I also think about it in my heart, a little girl in her twenties won't listen to what she says.
I picked up the newspaper and read it.
The plane had already taxied to the runway, everyone fastened their seat belts, and only Zhang Nan, his brother-in-law, and Guan Xingquan were calm. However, this brother-in-law is suppressing the little nephew's troubles in the back, Guan Xingquan was pulled by Liu Ju in front of him to talk about the east and west, and the whole plane was calm to Zhang Nan.
When the plane climbed in two gears and rose to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and the East China Sea was already outside the cabin, everyone calmed down. Seeing that Zhang Nan was so idle to read the newspaper, Chen Xiaoxu also leaned over curiously to read it.
"What newspaper?"
""Shanghai Picking", it's very interesting, can you take a look?"
As he spoke, he gave the newspaper to Chen Xiaoxu.
The flight attendant began to distribute Chinese food and drinks, Zhang Nan was really a little hungry at this time, and pulled out the small panel and ate it by dividing it by two.
"Haha, that's interesting!" Chen Xiaoxu laughed as he read the newspaper on the side.
Zhang Li on the other end had also finished eating, and when she heard the voice, she turned her head curiously and asked, "What is it?"
Chen Xiaoxu pointed to an article and said: "This editor is bad enough, and he writes about people's funerals like a joke." ”
"Let me see. ”
"Wait a minute, I have another paragraph here, I'll finish reading it for you. ”
"Shanghai Picking" is a very interesting newspaper. Published in Shanghai and distributed throughout China.
"In the last life" Zhang Nan liked to read, and all kinds of folk anecdotes, anecdotes, poems, folk customs, and short stories in it were written very well, which was in line with the reading preferences of Chinese people in the 80s.
Moreover, this newspaper sometimes publishes some foreign anecdotes, which can be regarded as a small window to see the world.
However, it only took half a month to publish such a one, and the newspaper became a semi-monthly magazine.
I just sold it at a newsstand outside the airport, so I bought a copy.