As soon as the five hundred thousand cash went out, Lao Wang immediately lost half of the cash on hand, so he urged Charlie to take him to Newfoundland to apply for a bank card to receive government funding.
Charlie nodded and said: "That's fine, I'll take two days off and then we'll set off, and then we'll prepare for Christmas when we come back."
After hearing this, Wang Bo felt a little emotional. Time is running like water. In the blink of an eye, it has been almost a month since he arrived in New Zealand. It is already early December, and Christmas is only more than half a month away.
Speaking of which, celebrating Christmas in New Zealand is a bit interesting. It’s just that there is no snow and no reindeer. It’s still summer, almost the hottest time of the year, and Santa Claus probably has to be shirtless to deliver gifts.
According to the seasonal pattern of New Zealand, it is summer now. Spring here is from September to November, summer is from December to February, autumn is from March to May, and winter is from June to August.
After the weekend, after breakfast, they took a helicopter to Wellington to apply for bank cards, and the military commander and the young man were handed over to Bowen.
Sunset Town is more than 800 kilometers away from Wellington, and it takes more than three hours to travel at helicopter speed. Fortunately, they could walk in a straight line from the air, and passing through the Southern Alps, Wang Bo could pass the time overlooking New Zealand's highest mountain.
The helicopter flew quickly along the way, passing by the snow-capped mountains and deep green jungles like flowing water. The environment in the mountains was almost undamaged. Although the mountains were not high and the woods were not deep, the smell of the primitive jungle was very strong and had a unique style.
In the first hour after takeoff, Wang Bo saved hundreds of photos on his phone. Such a pure mountain environment was really novel to him.
Passing through the Cook Strait between the South Island and North Island, the helicopter entered Wellington's controlled airspace.
Charlie conducted a flight report with the ground radar station, and after receiving approval, they will land on the rooftop apron of the Green Olive Hotel, a five-star hotel in Wellington.
As the capital of New Zealand's political and cultural center, Wellington is small but enjoys a high reputation. It is known as the 'dessert station' in the southern hemisphere. Of course, it's not about having a lot of delicious desserts, but it's about describing her cuteness and beauty - New Zealanders call this sweetness.
This city is a mountain port city, surrounded by green hillsides with dense forests. It is blown by the sea breeze on three sides. There are observation decks on each hill. There are golden beaches suitable for walking in the northwest, and spectacular rugged mountains in the south. coast.
However, the sea breeze here was a bit too strong, and Wang Bo’s shirt flew up when he walked on the street, so he complained repeatedly, but Charlie ignored him.
Lao Wang turned to look at him strangely and found that this guy was looking around with wide eyes. Because of the strong wind, the skirts of the girls on the road were also flying...
The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. After all, Lao Wang is now a local emperor. Although strictly speaking he only has one dog and one bird under his rule, after all, his status is there. He has to treat Charlie, the assistant minister, to a good meal.
Wellington is a professional tourist city, full of exquisite cafes and magnificent restaurants, and the strong aroma of coffee wafts from some streets.
Wang Bo found a restaurant that looked quite high-end and wanted to go in. Charlie stopped him and shook his head, saying with a bad smile: "No, not here, we are going to have a Wellington special meal at noon!"
"Xue Te, just let go of your belt and eat as hard as you can, or I'll make you have diarrhea!" Lao Wang said angrily, knowing that this guy was going to kill him.
Charlie took a taxi and said that it was difficult for strangers to walk in Wellington because the city had so many one-way lanes and pedestrian walkways, and if you were not familiar with them, you would have to take a lot of unnecessary steps.
Indeed, after they got in the car, Charlie mentioned an address called 'Seaport Market', and the driver drove around, and Lao Wang quickly became dizzy.
In fact, Wang Bo has a particularly big shortcoming, and that is his poor sense of direction. He even lost direction in his hometown county, so it was really a great courage to dare to venture into New Zealand alone.
The driver muttered as he drove: "It's difficult to get to the harbor city from here, especially now that it's the damn noon traffic rush..."
Charlie asked Wang Bo for his police badge, then slapped it on the driver's cab and said, "Fifteen yuan, no matter how far you drive, that's all you have."
"Snow!" the driver cursed and quickly turned into a small road. Afterwards, they passed through four or five small roads, and a farmer's market filled with the smell of sea appeared in their field of vision.
After taking down the fifteen yuan and getting out of the car, Wang Bo had a dull look on his face: "Damn it, if you're not leading the way today, are you going to get ripped off?"
Charlie shrugged and said: "Young man, this is the real world. Let's go. Don't you Chinese like to say that life is unsatisfactory 10% of the time? Now let's enter that 10% time. It's time for happy shopping."
There are three famous food malls in Wellington, one is a farmers market that only sells fruits and vegetables, one is a harbor market that specializes in selling seafood, and the other is a city market full of outstanding folk food artisans.
Wang Bo followed Charlie. Charlie went to several seafood shops with ease and bought an arm-length lobster, a plate of large oysters, some small whitebait, some shellfish that Lao Wang had never seen before, and some freshly smoked lobsters. salmon meat.
These seafood are expensive in the mainland, but very cheap here. They only cost a total of one hundred and twenty yuan. Charlie did not let Lao Wang pay the bill but paid for it himself.
Wang Bo was very embarrassed and stopped him and said: "I promised you a treat, how can I ask you to pay the bill?"
Charlie waved generously and said: "Don't be polite to me, Wang. Leave this bill to me. You can just pay some processing fees later."
These seafood were all raw and naturally needed to be processed. After buying them, they took a taxi to another food mall, the famous city market, and then Charlie found a stall for the boss to process.
The city market can be said to be a food court, with an open-air viewing platform. After finding a seat for two people to sit down, Wang Bo could lie on the back of the chair and enjoy the sea view not far away.
The sun was shining, the wind was blowing, and the waves were flying. The crystal waves slapped against the rugged coast, making a roaring sound. A group of seagulls flew close to the coast, so the sound of the violent waves hitting the shore was mixed with the chirping of birds. Crisp and sweet.
The lobster was plump. The chef took out the fresh and tender shrimp meat and divided it into two parts. One part was sliced into sashimi, and the other part was stewed with lobster shells and oyster meat into a thick soup. The small soup pot was opened, and there was milky white soup inside. , fresh and fragrant.
For salmon, the only way Lao Wang knew how to eat it was as sashimi, but what Charlie bought was freshly smoked fish, and the chef used it to make salad.
Slices of salmon meat are served with coriander, basil, a little pepper and watercress. The combination of red, green, blue, yellow and white looks like a work of art.
The preparation of a plate of fat oysters is more complicated. After the big plate is served, these oysters are cooked in different ways: steamed with seasonings, fried oyster meat, pan-fried oyster meat dipped in oil and vinegar, and grilled as Wang Bo has eaten. Oysters, topped with olive oil, vermicelli and chili sauce, arrived sizzling with oil.
Whitebait and shellfish are simple to prepare. The former is fried and the latter is stewed in a pot. After stewing, it is eaten with a condiment of Japanese miso and wasabi.