, And chatting with the driver - Beijing chapter
Days in Beijing, the work is extremely intense, all the pressure is also great, I had to learn in the shortest period of time to digest the backlog of work in a variety of negative emotions: resentment, anger, injustice, jealousy, frustration, etc. . Unintentionally, an extremely good even find a way to chat with the taxi driver.
On that day, hop on a taxi, confessed location, car a start, I began to rattle, and it seems hollowed out in order to let it go should intestines. The driver began as a very surprised, he did not expect we will encounter such a passenger, I would like to talk to himself, but he was used to down time, they listened as he patiently told me a few words to enlighten the case, as if I was their neighbor's sister, and their own girl.
"Why do they do things this way? I do not understand." "You are all very small, as long and go again." He slowly said, "things still owe the experience points, and slowly cured. In this age of looking at it." are very common words, but that is what I came to understand, but also to listen to into the, until the time off, all my troubles seem to also follow the taxi away, in the wonderful thing, they feel their breathe more freely and the sweet I just want to drink a hot tea and then greatly the spirit of a hundred times to fight with all the work to go.
There was also a similar habit of chatting with the driver, but most just want to actively look at a short journey, covering such topics is not deep, mostly simple life, the family has a few mouthfuls of people, ah, the burden of multi-ah. Drivers were very pleased to have such a chance to talk about themselves but spit spit heart, both for a black cat or white cat. I often hear, from time to time to ask questions, to understand I do not know life, will be inspired. But this time in Beijing, says much less listen to, living in a strange land and not afraid of being recognized, they put a bolder with impunity by.
Drivers in Shanghai is different is that Beijing's drivers are generally the standard in Mandarin with a Beijing-rhyme, followed by Beijing, chatting with the driver, as long as your English is not too bad, basically there will not be "I am a stranger" feeling. It also makes the distance between the driver with the Beijing near a lot. Along with their Ailiao, but the drivers than most other places is more a sense of humor, chat with them all the more enjoyable.
On another occasion, and the driver take him to chat about, I do not know how they talked about the topic on the English language. "You learn English?" I asked the driver. "Learning ah, how not to learn, stupefied did not learn. Tapes have bought several disks, and up to now which is good morning." "If the car that foreigners how to do?" "On my car, foreigners can be spotted ah ? up to now has not seen a foreigner before waving at me. "" Paul is really volatile foreigners should take you this car does. "" then one: where are you going to? He said the airport if the airport I know. " "That's pretty powerful you do." "to learn English when writing Chinese characters under the letter, airport is the 'love my broken car'."
May be I was lucky, met in Beijing still has a warmhearted drivers. First arrived in Beijing, it ushered in the first Spring Snow. At a time when our spirits burst, called the opening night on the bus go visit the snow, cars are still thought a good stroll around in a circle where the destination. Teacher pay is an enthusiastic driver who helped us come up with ideas: "Every night I usually go to bars, Sanlitun, after the sea are all good." "That's what characteristics it?" "I have heard a lot of singers do in Beijing opening bars." We rushes to talk rubbish together, and watch Then again, diverge, and the driver paid the division has made a suggestion: "Do you like Zang Tian Shuo? I are friends with the old Zang, ought to bar him." "Are you friends with Zang Tian Shuo ah? "We have suddenly discovered a new continent like, 120,000 points have been hung up enthusiasm. "I will send you in the past, to see if he was not." Vehicle so merrily in the snow before the trip, the former line all the way like covered with starlight, star of the starlight. Later we really met Zang Tian Shuo, the old Zang Sure enough, a driver who paid the division said, the people quite good. May be out of his bar the door, we miss turned out to be charming and enthusiastic drivers, let's get this night, unusual experience.
Thinking back on his journey back to Beijing, it is worth recalling the happiness is often linked with Beijing's drivers. Is more a driver, after the long chat, voluntary do our full-time driver to take us visiting the city of Beijing. If you also went to Beijing, it would be, and Beijing's drivers chat bar. Beijing's cute, it is because of these cute and sincere and simple people who do. (2004/1/9 by windy)
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