Roundabout｜Nanjing, Shanghai, Taipei, Amsterdam with Polytec B

The people in the lobby on the first floor of the backpacking hotel did not know each other. The seats were filled one by one, and the bald but young boss sat on the two-seater near the counter and used the computer. Listening to work at the same time, adding interesting topics at the right time, this is the most comfortable way for him. After speaking, he can escape into the world of the square screen at any time.

Sitting at the long wooden table is a Shanghai native, a Taipei native, and a student studying aerospace engineering at Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

Shanghainese and Nanjing PolyU, like other mainland tourists, came to Taiwan during the 11th consecutive holiday in China. Because of the problem of driving licenses for cars and motorcycles, if they did not take the high-speed train, they generally chose to cycle around Taiwan. At that time, there was not much discussion about hitchhiking around the island. After watching Kerouac, the Taipei people wanted to exile themselves.

The male students at Nanjing PolyU wore loose clothes, thick eyebrows, dark hair, and the ends of the hair curled up under the ears, as if they hadn't had their hair cut for months. He hardly ever put down his phone. He was the first person to sit at the long table. He had just taken a shower and just wanted to rest for a while before going out to find something to eat. Then the boss spoke up.

Before the Taipei people sat down, there were originally a few people at the long table. They went out to the night market together and asked Nanjing Polytechnic University. He shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'll go eat by myself."

The Taipei candidate sat at the end of the long table diagonally opposite Nanjing PolyU, so that no one would sit side by side with him. He is sensitive to his own presence. It is said that it is too self-conscious; in the comics, it is said to be too narcissistic, and it is because of caring about myself that I hate myself so much; many people will say that it is a necessary process of adulthood. They were right.

There is a type of people who are accustomed to focusing their eyes on one point in a relatively unfamiliar environment, and the chance of making eye contact with others will be greatly reduced. After the invention of the smartphone, they all stared at the mobile phone with their heads down, and they would never take the initiative to turn on any other devices. Necessary topics to avoid embarrassing contact with people. Nanjing PolyU is one of them. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a young man with long hair sitting at the end of the long table. He looked about the same age or a little younger than himself. I saw a pair of men's shoes underneath, a hair tie lying on the bed, and a piece of thick cardboard on the floor beside the bed, with two large black characters " South " on it.

"Are you cycling around the stage too?" the boss asked as he made a cup of coffee from behind the counter and walked back to his seat.

"Hitchhiking."

"Oh, you are from Taiwan."

"Yes." The Taipei native grinned.

Nanjing PolyU looked up and looked at it. The Taipei native saw it and asked him if there was something on his face. Nanjing PolyU pointed to the hair tie on the hands of the Taipei people, "So it's yours, I just saw it upstairs." Then his eyes returned to the phone. The Taipei people asked a few questions, and Nanjing PolyU answered truthfully, expressing interest in his thick cardboard for the Southbound , but he didn’t read it carefully. , I'm done. Over.

Later, when the Shanghainese came, he stood between Nanjing PolyU and the Taipei people and politely asked, "Is there anyone sitting here?" The price, although I like Taiwan, but the expression reveals that some things are not as good as he imagined, and I can even say that I am disappointed. I only say that the sun is really poisonous, and I want to try many things I have never eaten before.

Nanjing PolyU didn't say a word to the Shanghainese, and it didn't take long for him to pick up the key and walk outside the hotel to find something to eat. Over and out.

Naturally, the topic shifted from lifestyle to single-origin coffee. The Shanghainese began to compare the names of the single-origin coffee with the boss and the Taipei people. After learning that the Taipei people worked in independent coffee shops, he enthusiastically shared all knowledge about coffee. , comparing coffee techniques in Shanghai and Taiwan.

A Shanghai native wears Under Armour and hangs Tissot on his hand, saying that he is a teacher of ladies. He has his own dance classroom on the second floor of a building beside the main road in an elite area. He will wear dance clothes and teach ladies to dance the national standard. dance, and they spend a fortune. He asked Taipei people what else is delicious in Taiwan. He tried stinky tofu once, and tried chicken chop and milk tea. He didn't have any idea about moistening cakes, so he made an appointment to go to a nearby night market together.

Then a tall, white-skinned, curly-haired man came down, greeted everyone shyly, and the Shanghainese invited him to sit down among them, and began to speak English.

"Where are you from?"

"Last place was Indonesia. If you're asking what my country is, I'm from Holland, and I live in Amsterdam."

The Shanghainese raised their chests and continued to speak English with Amsterdam, without Yangjingbin, but still with a Chinese accent. His tone contained self-confidence as a citizen of an international metropolis, courageous to ask questions, and willing to answer.

Taipei people noticed that Amsterdam took out Polyda B from the small refrigerator in the hotel, and praised him for knowing how to drink it. How did he know about this drink. Amsterdam is a construction worker in his hometown. After coming to Taiwan for a while, he met friends in the same field. They told him that this is the only way to drink it. "It's delicious, I like it!" he said.

"Zi Yue" is not uncommon in the Western world. Amsterdam said that the purpose of his trip to Taiwan was to learn more about Confucius culture. After hearing this, the Shanghainese began to talk about Confucius's deeds incessantly, starting with "Do you know?" Later, Taipei and Amsterdam were smoking cigarettes outside. The Taipei people who did not immediately respond to the topic of Confucius asked Amsterdam if they had heard of Lao Tzu. Amsterdam shook his head, and the Taipei native said that Lao Tzu did little harm to human society.

Hu Qingfang has described the difference between Hong Kong people and Taipei people. Hong Kong people regard transactions as their destiny and reality as a fact. It is a city that acts decisively, quickly, and with high efficiency. It is completely different from Taipei's pace of cultural and spiritual improvement.

Regarding the stereotype of Shanghai people, most people who have never been there should think of Wu Nong's soft words first, and do not like to deal with people from other places. That night, Taipei people had another view of Shanghai. Later, when they met again in the next city, Shanghai people would also have a new understanding of Taipei.

They became friends for one night, and tacitly established the three-no policy of both sides - no politics, no names, and no contact information. They walked in the noisy night market, making cakes one by one.