Chapter 466 A Thousand Miles Journey(1/2)
2014, July 22, afternoon.
Two battery cars set off from Heba, Xue Yuantong took Jiang Ning's battery car, and Xue Chuchu sat on Aunt Gu's battery car.
Yuzhou Railway Station.
Jiang Ning was carrying a travel backpack, while Xue Yuantong was carrying a small backpack, which contained their ID cards, wallets, tissues and other daily necessities.
"Mom, Chu Chu, let's go!" Xue Yuantong smiled happily, without any sadness of parting.
Aunt Gu sighed inwardly, "My mother is worried when her son travels a thousand miles," not to mention that this journey is more than a thousand miles.
"Jiang Ning, take good care of Tongtong." Aunt Gu asked.
Jiang Ning nodded.
Xue Yuantong raised his little head, "Mom, it's my turn to take care of him!"
Aunt Gu touched her daughter's head, causing Xue Yuantong to complain: "She has grown taller."
Although it was a farewell, Xue Yuantong always kept the atmosphere lively and made her mother less sad.
However, they are always different in the end.
In the square in front of the station, Aunt Gu watched her daughter enter the station. She didn't look back until she could no longer see her back.
"Chu Chu, let's go to school."
Xue Chuchu: "Okay."
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Two days later, it was sunny, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Guangling, Slender West Lake.
The dragon-head cruise ship floats on the lake, with countless weeping willows planted on both sides, and pavilions and pavilions mixed in among them.
Xue Yuantong was sitting on a boat and looked out the window. The clear lake water was sparkling with sparkling waves. It was so beautiful. The cruise boats were floating leisurely on the water.
As the cruise ship moved forward, the lake became wider and narrower. Xue Yuantong said in shock:
"Isn't Slender West Lake a lake? Why does it look like a river?"
In her stereotype, lakes should be round.
At the bow of the ship, the tour guide brought a microphone. She motioned to the pavilion in front and introduced:
"We're reaching the Diaoyutai ahead. When the emperor visited the south, he suddenly became interested in fishing when he came here. But the salt merchants around him were anxious. What if the emperor couldn't catch any fish?"
"A smart salt merchant sent sailors to sneak into the lake and hang live fish on dragon hooks. The emperor caught many dragon fish. The emperor was very depressed. When he was about to ask, he heard the salt merchant say, 'How dare any fish dare to look at the emperor?
"Long Live the Golden Hook Only Catches Dragons', one of these words won the Emperor Long Yan's joy."
After hearing this, Xue Yuantong was filled with emotion: "It's great to be an emperor!"
A tourist nearby laughed: "What's the benefit of being an emperor in ancient times? There was no air conditioning in the summer, and it was not as comfortable as the rich people today!"
"It's great to be an emperor in modern times!" the tourist said.
Xue Yuantong: "There is no emperor in modern times."
Jiang Ning looked around at the beautiful scenery of Slender West Lake. This garden was not owned by a single salt merchant, but by countless salt merchants in Guangling who worked together to build it in order to please the emperor.
He thought that if he had nothing to do in the future, he could create a similar private garden when Changqingye launched a few more products.
There are not many scenic spots in Guangling. Apart from the Slender West Lake, there are only a few gardens to see. The later-famous Grand Canal Museum has just begun to make construction decisions. As for the opening, it will be 7 years later.
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July 27, Nanshi, five-star hotel.
The 46th floor is magnificent and has an elegant environment, offering a panoramic view of the prosperity of Nanshi.
For the hotel's breakfast buffet, Xue Yuantong chose the famous big meat buns, duck blood vermicelli, salted duck, beef pot stickers, and various fruits, piling up three or four plates.
Ever since she found out that the hotel cost 1,000 yuan a night, she vowed to make her money back.
While Xue Yuantong was enjoying his meal, at the table next to him, a well-dressed urban beauty just ordered a cup of coffee and sat there, quietly tasting it.
Indescribable elegance.
In comparison, they are like people from two different worlds.
Xue Yuantong couldn't help but slow down her eating speed. Her Taoist mind was affected.
After Jiang Ning saw it, he said: "Eat, there are 269 people. Do you want to get your money back?"
Xue Yuantong was instantly full of motivation.
In the next few days, they visited the scenic spots in Nanshi, Xuanwu Lake, Qinhuai River, Laomendong, Confucius Temple...
Xue Yuantong also tasted the delicacies, including Qinhuai eight specialties, honey lotus root, Yuanxiao, plum blossom cake, sauce duck, stinky tofu...
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August 7th.
The train is heading to Huangshan, soft sleeper carriage.
Outside the window is a picturesque scenery, with thick blue clouds, distant mountains like black clouds, layer upon layer, and Huizhou-style buildings dotting the Cangshan Mountains.
"Mountain climbing tomorrow!"
Xue Yuantong is very motivated. After conquering Mount Tai effortlessly, she wants to conquer Mount Huang again.
That night.
The whirling pine branches sieve the moonlight into pieces, and sprinkle it bit by bit on the winding steps.
Jiang Ning stepped on the moonlight and climbed to the top of Guangming Peak.
Xue Yuantong trotted behind him, full of energy, which made the tired and half-dead tourists nearby curse in every possible way.
The night wind blew, and the Sunset Stage was crowded with people. Jiang Ning found a seat and put his hands in his pockets.
The sunrise in Huangshan Mountain is more beautiful than that of Mount Tai, but it is not as good as the first time because Xue Yuantong had hot pot that time but not this time. It always felt a little less interesting.
After watching the sunrise, Xue Yuantong was full of energy.
We visited several more attractions.
When we came to a canyon, there was the roar of waterfalls in the distance, and there were mountains and dense forests on both sides.
A little further away, there are delicate summer cuckoos in full bloom, clustered like bells, contrasting with the wonderful pines, adding a lively and moving beauty to the mountain peak.
"Jiang Ning, you look good!" Xue Yuantong jumped up and down.
Many tourists took out their mobile phones and took photos of the rhododendrons. Many tourists were amazed by the beauty of the flowers.
A child shouted: "Dad, I want Huahua!"
The child's father looked at the azaleas on the cliff with a sad face. The child didn't want the azaleas, he obviously wanted his life!
From time to time, there are shadows of monkeys flickering around. They are agile and active in the mountains and forests, walking on flat ground, often whizzing past in groups.
The tourists exclaimed in surprise.
Xue Yuantong was equally surprised. It was the first time she saw a monkey alive.
A young woman took out food from her bag and was about to feed it to the monkeys. As soon as she opened the plastic bag, a monkey rushed towards her and nimbly took away the food.
The young woman was satisfied and admired the photos she had just taken.
Xue Yuantong was moved, took out a peach from the small bag, and put it on the fence.
Thinking of the monkey eating, she became a little greedy, so she tore open a honey-glazed chicken drumstick and prepared to try it.
A monkey jumped over, and Xue Yuantong thought it was getting peaches. The monkey probably had a spoiled appetite and didn't even care about peaches.
It kicked its legs, stretched out its claws, and savagely snatched the chicken leg from Xue Yuantong's hand.
Xue Yuantong was frightened and stunned.
Monkeys are very wild and show their teeth and claws, and ordinary people will definitely be suppressed.
Tourists nearby could not help but scream.
Seeing that the monkey was about to grab Xue Yuantong, Jiang Ning stepped forward and slapped the monkey's red face.
It was instantly stunned.
When it reacted, it immediately bared its teeth and grinned in an extremely ferocious manner.
"Are you okay with robbing things?" Jiang Ning slapped her twice more.
This movement attracted the attention of others, "Oh my God, he is beating the monkey!"
The two slaps were so powerful that they almost gave the monkey a concussion. It was originally squatting on the railing, but now it was swaying and about to fall.
Jiang Ning stretched out her hand to steady it and pointed to the summer azalea in the distance.
In the eyes of everyone, the monkey seemed to understand. It jumped a few times, turned over to the flower, picked two bright red azaleas, jumped back again, and handed it to Jiang Ning like a treasure.
Jiang Ning motioned to Xue Yuantong next to him, and the monkey obediently offered it.
To be continued...