Chapter 14 Holiday Travel
The next day, Emma told Zhang Wei that Jennifer would not be able to come to school due to some matters, so she would hire another tutor for her. However, they had a family trip during the holiday, so she suggested continuing the tutoring after the trip.
Of course Zhang Wei readily agreed. In fact, Jennifer couldn't help her make much progress in a short period of time, because she was proficient in the vocabulary for daily communication. The next step was to increase her vocabulary, so she could only rely on memorizing words, reading English books, and watching TV.
By the time she can understand the news, she will have learned enough.
Speaking of traveling, Zhang Wei's eyes lit up. She had been staying at home for more than a month and had never left. One reason was that she had been studying the language day and night, and the second reason was that the Wilsons were also very busy. Except for the family gathering on Friday, they rarely had dinner together.
Manny's school activities are very rich, and he often goes out for activities. Occasionally, Betty will prepare extra things for him.
I don’t know where they were traveling, but Zhang Wei was almost familiar with the area near her home. She had previously thought that Wilson’s home was in the suburbs, but Betty said that the nearest large supermarket was less than 3 kilometers away from home, which greatly refreshed Zhang Wei’s understanding of the city.
In her impression, the city center is always crowded with tall buildings. It is hard to imagine such large areas of grass and trees as here. She doesn't know whether it is because the Wilson family is too well-off or because the area is so sparsely populated.
Zhang Wei's cloakroom was almost full. She had only been at Wilson's house for a few days when someone came to take her measurements, and then clothes, shoes and hats were delivered one after another, and her room looked less empty.
From all aspects, Zhang Wei felt that the Wilson family surpassed the average wealthy families she had known in the country before, but Charles and Emma never talked about work at home, so she didn't even know what they did for a living.
They went as soon as they said they would, and the next day Emma asked Betty to help them pack their luggage.
Zhang Wei had a small suitcase with a Mickey Mouse design on it. The logo on the suitcase was from a well-known brand she had never heard of before, but it looked like a collaboration. However, she had gotten used to it by now. It was indeed easy to go from frugality to luxury...
I don't know where they were going, I just knew that they were going to the boarding school where Wilson's eldest son, Leida, was attending, for a family reunion.
It turns out that loving families here like the Wilsons also send their children to boarding schools.
Zhang Wei picked and chose and found four or five sets of summer clothes. She wore simple clothes made of comfortable materials at home, and rarely wore formal suits that were very heavy to carry.
Except for the first day she met Jennifer, when she wore a champagne jacquard dress with a small bow tie and lantern sleeves at Betty's strong request, she had never worn that kind of clothes before.
Betty tried to persuade him several times, but failed.
This time when going out, Zhang Wei compromised. She mostly chose heavy-duty clothes, and then stuffed in two sets of autumn clothes. The suitcase was soon full.
By the way, the most important thing was the dictionary. After putting the books on top, the box couldn't be closed at all, and there was no place to put the shoes, so she had to pile them aside and wait for Betty to come and deal with them.
It can be said that the person Zhang Wei spends the most time with at home is Betty. She is an all-round housekeeper. From washing and dressing in the evening to bathing and going to bed at night, Betty will appear outside her room on time and call out in a friendly tone:
"Hey, Vera, it's time to get up (and take a shower), do you need help?"
At the beginning, she was absolutely unwilling to let Zhang Wei wash her face and take a bath by herself. Only after her strong request and perfect demonstration that she could do it by herself did it become a routine question that she had to ask.
According to Betty, they had planned to hire an assistant after she came, but they didn't expect that she was fully capable of doing the job and did not need any new staff at home.
Zhang Wei felt that this was also her professional wisdom. Adding another housekeeper would obviously threaten her job, because there were chefs, drivers, cleaners, gardeners, and seven or eight staff members in the house. Betty only had to move her mouth most of the time, so Zhang Wei felt that she was not too tired.
Sure enough, the luggage issue did not worry her. Betty was very happy to see the clothes she chose, and she chose a few more sets. She also asked Zhang Wei to take everything she wanted with her so that she didn't have to worry about not having enough space.
In the end, Zhang Wei brought all her study materials with her. Although she wanted to go out and see the world, she was not a real child, and if she didn't learn the language well, it would be like being deaf in one ear.
Like now, Manny was sitting in front and talking to Charles about his study problems, which was beyond her scope. She looked at Namir and saw that he was trapped in the safety seat, depressed and trying hard to move his body.
Zhang Wei thought he looked like an untied hairy crab, which was a bit funny, even though she was also trapped in a child seat.
Namier was so bored that he looked at Zhang Wei, who was trying hard to stretch her neck to see outside, and said:
"There are only houses and trees outside. There's nothing new. Haven't you seen this before?"
He was right. Zhang Wei had never seen the streets of New York City. She said to him, "You're right. I've never seen it."
"Okay, I'll take you out for a walk when I get back and have time!" Namir said in a mature tone.
"Thank you so much!" Zhang Wei naturally would not spoil the child's fun, so Namir did not mind the ordinary scenery outside the car, and enthusiastically introduced all the places he knew to Zhang Wei.
"That white place in front is the church. I went to mass there once."
"What is Mass?"
"Hmm... maybe it's a prayer or a commemoration?" Namir was not quite sure.
"You know so much!" Zhang Wei started her sugar-coated rhetoric again. She had to get along well with Namier from now on because they would definitely spend a lot of time together.
"Of course." Even the restraints in front of the child seat could not hide Namir's proud chest, and he turned to introduce the building in front.
Charles and Emma did not intervene in their conversation. Seeing the two little heads trying hard to overcome the restraints of the child seats and whispering to each other, the couple smiled at each other.
Manny curled his lips when he heard this and didn't take the childish conversation seriously.
Time flew by in the car, and soon they arrived at the airport. After getting off, Zhang Wei realized that their luggage had filled the two cars behind them. There were nine large suitcases, not counting her and Namier's mini suitcases. Betty was directing them to be put on the luggage cart and sent to the check-in area...
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