Chapter 73: The Broken Lamp
Winnie was not only thoughtful, but also quicker, and Chamberlain decided to follow her arrangements to move, she immediately made a phone call, and then contacted the Mayflower moving company's branch in Auckland to find a Dongfeng van.
Mayflower Movers is the largest moving company in the United States, and the name Mayflower is associated with a historic event in American history. In 1620 A.D., 102 devout Christians from the British Empire arrived across the ocean in North America on a small fishing boat, the Mayflower.
In a sense, the great United States was indeed born from England to the Americas by a small Mayflower, and it is very appropriate to use this name as a moving company. And since its inception, Mayflower Movers has grown rapidly, and now has its own branches in 52 states in the United States, more than 20 branches in California, and almost every slightly larger city has its branch.
Chamberlain was impressed by the van painted with the Mayflower fishing boat and asked Winnie, "Is your phone a jingle cat pocket?" All kinds of phones are available! A phone call to find a rental villa, a phone call to find a moving company......"
Winnie said lightly: "No, there are only a dozen phone numbers stored in my mobile phone, but my mobile phone can access the Internet, Google it on the Internet, and I have any phone number." â
The horse's fart slapped on the horse's leg, Chamberlain laughed dryly, and touched his nose in embarrassment, this horse's fart was too substandard, it didn't show Winnie's bull fork, but it lowered his IQ.
It happened that the doorbell rang, and Chamberlain hurriedly went to open the door, he thought that the workers of the moving company had come up, but when he opened the door, it was a girl in a pink dress who was looking at him with big crystal eyes and a smile, holding a takeaway box in her hand.
"Mr. Z, here's the cod burger, Russian sausage, and hot drinks you ordered." The girl stood at the door prettyly, her delicate figure was slim, and from the side, she was beautiful, pure and full of vitality, like a little snow deer jumping out of the snowfield.
Unfortunately, the palm-sized birthmark on her cheek was so striking that it ruined all the beauty. However, the girl was very sunny and did not escape because of this, but generously tied her hair back into a golden ponytail, which was playful and moving.
"Xie Lu Xie, Xie Lu Xie." Chamberlain thanked him repeatedly, the girl's takeaway was delivered fast enough, and he took the takeaway and motioned for the girl to come into the house with him to pay. The girl hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can I go in?" â
Chamberlain shrugged, thinking that the girl was worried about what he was doing to her, American men are not the heroic heroes portrayed in Hollywood blockbusters, especially in the slums, where a strange girl is easily violated, especially in someone else's home.
The girl walked into the room with her hands behind her back, and her cautious appearance reminded Chamberlain of the young beasts in the animal world who went to hunt for the first time.
Winnie was still standing at the window, and when the girl entered the door, she glanced at it casually, and then a trace of amazement flashed in her eyes, as if she had seen a beautiful work of art, and couldn't help but ask, "Hi, GIRL, what's your name?" It's so beautiful. â
The girl smiled slightly, and there seemed to be sunshine on her pretty face, which was dazzling: "My name is Shirley Dia, sister, you can call me Shirley." â
Someone knocked on the door again, it was the moving company coming, and when she saw the worker with the 'Mayflower' logo printed on her clothes, the girl was taken aback, her eyes widened and she asked, "Are you moving away?" â
Chamberlain bit the Russian red sausage and said vaguely: "Yes, I'm going to move away, what's wrong?" â
A hint of gloom flashed in the girl's big eyes, and she still smiled: "It's nothing, you are a big star, and it is indeed not suitable to live in a place like soul ballet, congratulations on jumping out of this hell." â
"Actually, it's not bad here." Chamberlain lamented that although he has not lived here for a long time, the most precious time of his life should be this time, he has gone from a waste with nothing to a widely regarded NBA potential superstar.
Shirley smiled and didn't say anything more, Chamberlain gave her two hundred dollars, fast food is not worth much, the main thing is that people deliver it to their door, and they always have to tip.
Watching the workers begin to pack up their things, Shirley hesitated before going out and asked expectantly, "Will you come back?" â
Chamberlain nodded and said, "Maybe." â
In fact, he and Sudmons don't have a lot of things here, this house is only rented for a month, except for some clothes, shoes and laptops, the rest of the furniture is the landlord's. Chamberlain called the landlord and told him to move out, and the landlord hurried over, not worried that Chamberlain would move any of his furniture, in fact, it was in tatters, and there was nothing to make Chamberlain look good, he came to ask Chamberlain for an autograph and a group photo.
Chamberlain paid three months' rent at a time, and just left, and he was a little reluctant. But the thought of having a villa to live in, he became excited, he has lived in the slums since he was a child, and has an instinctive expectation of luxury accommodations such as villas and duplexes.
Winnie drove, Chamberlain thought about it, or decided to do a Land Rover, although it is a little dangerous, but this car is much more comfortable than the van in the back.
Sudmons also came back and got on the Land Rover, he was not very happy, before leaving, he took a few photos of this temporary residence with his mobile phone, and sighed to Chamberlain: "Z, I knew that you would change to a big house, but I didn't expect it to be so soon." â
Chamberlain was taken aback and asked, "Aren't you happy?" â
Sudmons shrugged indifferently and said, "I'm not happy, it's far from N here." Gă O's activity center is very close, and after moving to the cliff house, it will take a lot of time to go back and forth. â
The place where Chamberlain moved this time, on the border between San Francisco and Oakland, is a sea view villa, quite high-end, called Cliff House. The name Cliff House is related to a restaurant on the cliff by the sea, which was built in 1858 and has undergone five renovations since its inception, making it famous in the San Francisco area.
The Cliff House turned out to be just a deserted beach, and around 1850, Samuel Brannan, a wealthy former *** elder from Maine, bought a boat for $1,500 to salvage sunken timber beneath the basalt cliffs, and used that lumber to build the first generation of Cliff Huts. Later, it was converted into a restaurant, and as its fame grew, it is now part of the Golden Gate National Scenic Area, managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
The Cliff House Villas area is built with the Cliff House restaurant as the core, where each villa faces the sea, and you can enjoy the humid and refreshing sea breeze when you open the window, watch the majestic waves, and below the villa, is the most beautiful beach in San Francisco, Golden Gate Beach.
As the car drove all the way, Winnie maintained a proper speed, and Chamberlain's heart slowly relaxed. They turned onto a side road from Fifth Avenue in Auckland, which was closer to the cliff house according to the car's GPS.
Not long after the car hit the trail, at an intersection, Winnie stopped the car. Chamberlain looked ahead and saw that there was a striking red light at the intersection, but there were no pedestrians around the intersection, and they waited for a while, but still no pedestrians appeared, and the red light was still on.
Chamberlain muttered and jumped out of the car, ready to turn off the light.
This type of light is rare in China, but it is very common in the United States, especially in California, called stop sign lights, and is generally used at intersections where there are fewer people. The American highways are developed, but not every road has a lot of vehicles passing by, and some roads do not have a few people passing through a day, so if there is no need to set up traffic lights at intersections, stop sign lights, it is in this context that they were born.
The stop sign light is a bit similar to the double-knife power supply commonly used in the corridor, it has buttons on both sides of the intersection, so that if there are pedestrians who want to cross the intersection, they can press the switch, and then the red light on the intersection is lit, all the cars are stopped, and then press the switch after passing the intersection, and the red light will go out.
For example, this kind of stop sign light is a kind of artificially controlled traffic light, which is very convenient and practical, but the quality requirements for users are relatively high, there are many people in California, just light up the red light and then don't care, of course, there are some psychopathic people who will destroy the button after lighting the red light.
Chamberlain encountered such a thing today, he ran around the intersection, and as a result, both buttons broke, which made him thunder for a while.
He walked back in a daze, explained the situation to Winnie and the driver of the transportation company, took out his mobile phone and called the Highway Administration, told them the address, asked them to repair it, and then crouched on the side of the road and waited.
The driver of the Mayflower Transport Company said, "Mr. Z, what are we staying here for?" Why don't you just drive there? Anyway, there is no one at the intersection now. â
Chamberlain sighed: "Man, we have to follow the traffic rules, no matter if there is anyone at the intersection or not, now that the stop sign light is on, our car can't pass." â
The driver looked at Chamberlain like an idiot and asked, "Are you serious?" â
Chamberlain looked at him impatiently and said, "I know what you mean, brother, but the rules are made, not only when someone is watching, but when there is no one watching, we should follow it." â
"But now it's not because of us, it's because of a problem with the stop sign light, why should we pay for it?" The driver exclaimed, "Our time is precious. â
Winnie rolled down the window and said coldly, "We'll pay you for the time, you don't have to worry about this, one hundred and twenty dollars an hour, right?" â
The driver had nothing to say, muttered twice in black slang, and reluctantly returned to the car.
After waiting for about ten minutes, another car drove over, it was an Audi A6L, Chamberlain thought it was a maintenance worker, but it turned out that the model was obviously not.
The owner of the Audi saw that the stop sign light was on, and he also stopped the car, but when he saw that there was no one at the intersection, he got out of the car and asked Chamberlain, who was squatting on the ground, "Man, what's going on?" â
Chamberlain said depressedly: "The stop sign light is broken, the light has been on, I have called the Highway Administration, they should come to repair it soon." â
The man was taken aback and asked, "So are we going to wait here all along?" â
Chamberlain nodded and said helplessly: "The traffic rules are indeed like this. â
"How long have you been waiting here? BY THE WAY, ARE YOU THE WARRIORS' SUPER-CENTER, SUPER-Z? â
"I guess so." Chamberlain responded listlessly, so the owner got out of the car and politely invited him to stand at the intersection and take a group photo.
The Mayflower's truck driver grinned and sneered, "I'm asking for trouble." â