Chapter 833 The Value of 2 Bowls of Instant Noodles

Huaxia does not have direct flights to Mayo Clinic.

Lu Chen flew to Chicago first.

After arriving in Chicago, he transferred.

The headquarters of Mayo Clinic is in Rochester in southeastern Minnesota.

The flight time from Chicago to Rochester is less than one hour.

Although it is convenient to transfer to connecting flights at the US airport, for Lu Chen who is visiting the US for the first time, he has to take out his luggage when passing through customs and then check in for the next flight.

Lu Chen spent a lot of time on the way.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Lu Chen finally arrived in Rochester.

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The Mayo headquarters is located in Rochester, Minnesota, and later opened two large medical centers in Sttsdale, Arizona and Javille, Florida.

The three large medical centers are surrounded by clinics.

These clinics and the three large medical centers constitute the main part of Mayo's medical system.

After getting off the plane, Lu Chen found that the airport in Rochester was very small, and it was far from the scale of some second- and third-tier city airports in China.

There are no hotels around the airport, and even taxis are rare.

There is no possibility of waving on the roadside to call a taxi like in China.

According to the previous agreement, Yu Weiguang will come to pick up the airport.

Lu Chen found a fast food restaurant to rest temporarily.

After waiting for about half an hour, Yu Weiguang finally arrived.

"Brother Wei, if you don't come to pick me up, I really don't know how to get there."

Lu Chen said rather embarrassedly.

Having just arrived and facing a completely different environment, Lu Chen felt an unusual sense of intimacy after seeing Yu Weiguang.

"Hey, it's not that exaggerated." After Yu Weiguang met Lu Chen, he took out his mobile phone, "Although it's not easy to call a rough car here, it's very reliable to book a shuttle bus online."

Yu Weiguang helped Lu Chen carry a bag of luggage.

While booking a car online, he told Lu Chen about the local customs and practices.

Rochester is a small town with no subway. There are many bus routes, but the frequency is not frequent.

"Lu Chen, the winter in Rochester is long and cold, so if you have the conditions, it is most convenient to buy a car. At least so far, it is legal to drive in Minnesota with a Chinese driver's license."

"The key is that gasoline is super cheap here, the roads are basically free, and the cost of maintaining a car is low."

Lu Chen smiled, "Wei Ge, why don't you get a car?"

"Hey, I'm only here for a year." Yu Weiguang shook his head, "I'll leave in another half a year, so it's no trouble. Many Chinese who stay here for a long time have temporarily bought a cheap car for transportation."

"By the way, Wei Ge, where do I live?" Lu Chen is still more concerned about this question.

Accommodation types are nothing more than hotels, rented apartments or hoes.

"Lu Chen, you are really lucky." Yu Weiguang smiled, "I am living in an American's hoe now. There are three floors in total. The landlord lives on the first floor, and the second and third floors are all rented out. There is an empty room on the third floor now. I will take you there to have a look. If you think it's okay, you can live there."

"Wei Ge, since you live here, of course I will follow you." Lu Chen smiled, "But the rent won't be very expensive, right?"

The expenses here in the next two years will be a huge expense.

Lu Chen made some money before, but he still has to save some money.

After all, he came here as a visiting scholar and did not receive any salary or remuneration.

Yu Weiguang smiled and shook his head: "This kind of big hoe is equivalent to sharing a house. It is not very expensive, about 300 US dollars a month. If you want to live in a single apartment, it will be expensive, and the rent will range from 500-1000 US dollars/month."

"Okay, then go to your place, Wei Ge." Lu Chen nodded.

"Well, I'll take you to have a look."

After a while, the car booked online arrived.

Yu Weiguang took Lu Chen to the big hoe he was currently renting.

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The landlord was a middle-aged American, fat and kind.

He took Lu Chen to the room on the third floor.

The room was fully equipped and clean.

“Let’s stay here.”

Lu Chen paid half a year’s rent first.

It was not far from the Mayo Clinic, and it took about 10 to 20 minutes to walk there.

“There are a few Chinese people living here.” Yu Weiguang introduced, “There are people from Shanghai, Kyoto, and western Sichuan, and they occasionally get together.”

It was already 11:30 pm when Lu Chen finished all his work.

The fatigue along the way and the anxiety about transfers, check-in, etc. disappeared as he fell asleep.

However, jet lag is really an important problem that cannot be avoided.

Lu Chen is very tired now, and his eyelids are fighting, but his mind is clear, but he can’t fall asleep.

He finally fell asleep at about 5 o’clock, and when he opened his eyes, it was 10 o’clock in the afternoon in the United States.

At this time, Lu Chen felt his stomach growling.

Yu Weiguang was still at work, so Lu Chen had to go out to find food.

Google Maps is very useful when going out in the United States, and it is in Chinese pronunciation.

After walking for about 30 minutes, Lu Chen found a large supermarket under the guidance of the map.

When he got inside, he found that there were only daily necessities, no food...

Lu Chen was a little desperate. Would he have to cook for himself in the future?

At this time, Lu Chen felt like an animal separated from the group. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net

The term "foraging" is really appropriate.

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Finally at about 11:30 in the afternoon.

Yu Weiguang called and asked Lu Chen to have lunch together at noon.

Lu Chen was finally able to have lunch, and he was filled with ecstasy.

However, when he saw the food in front of him, he was a little confused.

"Brother Wei, that's it???"

Two bags of braised beef noodles, instant noodles!

Yu Weiguang had an ungrateful expression, "Lu Chen, this is what I usually don't want to eat! Seeing that you are here, I will give you a bag."

Lu Chen was full of questions, is life so hard?

Yu Weiguang had already made his own noodles, and said with a bitter face: "Besides the language, the most difficult thing about coming here is eating. You can see that I have lost a lot of weight."

Yu Weiguang compared his body.

"Here in America, we eat sandwiches, salads, pizza, cold water, ice water, and all kinds of food that we are not used to. Oh, and there are also undercooked steaks with blood streaks."

"In China, we basically drink hot water, but since the moment you set foot on American soil, we basically drink cold water and ice water."

Lu Chen still doesn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence.

It was not until he started working at the Mayo Clinic that he realized the preciousness of these two bowls of instant noodles.

In the next few days, Lu Chen was still adjusting to the jet lag.

Yes, it was jet lag!

Lu Chen's condition was that he couldn't sleep at night and didn't dare to sleep during the day.

This situation lasted for three days.

Until the fourth day, Lu Chen drank some beer at night.

It was 7 o'clock the next morning when he woke up, and the jet lag was finally adjusted!

After the preliminary work was completed.

Lu Chen submitted his acceptance letter and officially began to study at the Mayo Clinic.

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