Chapter 105 Summer Palace
This store is not large, and there are only two waiters in front. One is responsible for ordering, the little brother just now, and the other is an aunt, responsible for collecting dishes and wiping the table.
When there are many people, you have to go to the counter to order, and then pick up the food yourself.
Li Yu and Garrett took on the task of running errands. Xiaoyun also wanted to get up to help, but Garrett stopped her. He said: "Ladies should enjoy the service."
The street boy The store doesn't pay much attention to the presentation. It's just a big bowl, a layer of noodles, a layer of side dishes, and fried sauce in the middle.
Pick up the chopsticks and stir, mix the sauce, vegetables and noodles evenly. When you lift it up, you can see that the noodles are covered with sauce.
The noodles are hand-pulled noodles, which are chewy and chewy. The sauce is rich in flavor and rich in layers. The diced pork belly wrapped in it has been stir-fried with fat, making it dry and fragrant when chewed, plus the side dishes. It's so crunchy that you can't stop eating it.
Wenxi thought, if it could be paired with a bite of garlic at this time, it would be absolutely beautiful! Unfortunately, you still have to be reserved during working hours.
Joshua and Garrett had never used chopsticks before. Their fingers looked like they were newly installed and not very flexible.
Joshua joked to himself: "Before I came, I asked Zerlina to accompany me to a Chinese restaurant for dinner, just to learn how to use chopsticks. Oh my God, it's so difficult!"
But after taking one bite of the noodles, he no longer lamented the difficulty of using chopsticks. His beautiful sky-blue eyes widened as if he had discovered a new world.
After finishing this bite, he wiped his mouth and praised: "Wow, no wonder many people on the Internet say that Country Z is a holy land of food. A simple noodle can be so delicious."< br>
Garrett said: "Sir, I finally understand why so many people on the Internet say that Country Y is a dark cuisine."
Joshua glanced at him: "You are not allowed to slander your own country, the Internet is just It just magnifies the shortcomings.”
Garrett buried his head in eating noodles and stopped talking.
Wenxi changed the subject: "Don't look at it as just a bowl of noodles. To make it delicious, you need to be very particular about it."
Her hidden attribute is that she is a foodie, and she talks about it clearly. After hearing this, Joshua felt like he could make a bowl of it when he went back.
After dinner, they went to the first stop of their trip, the Summer Palace not far from Beijing University.
The main thing to visit in Beijing is the royal gardens, and the Summer Palace is one of its representatives.
It is a large-scale landscape garden built near mountains and rivers, drawing on Jiangnan garden design techniques. It has suffered many catastrophes in history and has been restored many times. It is also the most complete preserved royal palace and garden to this day.
From the moment he checked in, Li Yu acted as his tour guide dutifully, covering everything from historical trajectory to architectural features, from aesthetic theory to artistic principles, and from symbolism to value impact.
Every major attraction he visits will be explained in detail. Except for asking questions, no one in the group made small talk and everyone was listening carefully.
Li Yu's voice is clear and clear, and his movements have a natural charm. In this time and space that has witnessed history, Li Yu leads everyone to appreciate the beauty of craftsmanship embedded in nature.
It even attracted several other foreign tourists who followed them and listened.
Wenxi once again saw the light radiating from Li Yu. When he was immersed in the things he loved, his seriousness and self-confidence would be particularly prominent, and there would be no trace of inferiority at all.
Wenxi complained in her heart: "She also said that her English is not good. What's wrong with her? What bothers her the most is this kind of humility that doesn't care about the life and death of others." And her eyes showed appreciation.
As they walked in the corridor, Joshua looked at the mottled light and shadow, listened to Li Yu's voice, and seemed to really see the history and culture that Zerlina had said.
The plants, trees and bricks they passed seemed to come alive, telling unknown stories one after another in his ears.
He raised his head, looked at the paintings on the beams, and asked Li Yu: "What is this painting?" Li Yu followed his gaze and looked over. It was a figure painting: "This painting It’s Chang’e flying to the moon.” After he answered, he told Joshua this mythical story.
In addition to character allusions, the paintings on the beams also include landscapes, flowers, birds, fish and insects. Each painting is brightly colored and lifelike.
Joshua was deeply attracted by these artistic treasures. He felt that countless inspirations were rushing into his brain crazily, and he wished he could pick up a pen and draw them one by one on the spot.
They strolled in the Summer Palace until evening, visiting almost every tourist attraction there.
When the setting sun poured down from the sky and spread on the Kunming Lake, they stood on the seventeen-hole bridge and quietly looked at the sparkling gilded dream.
It was not until the light gradually faded that the group left the Summer Palace.
Joshua didn't even go to dinner and asked the driver to drive directly back to the hotel. He couldn't wait to go back and draw pictures.
I continued painting until late at night, and then excitedly called Zerlina on video.
Zerlina’s smiling face appeared in the camera: “Dear, are you jet lagged?”
Joshua was very excited: “Dear, thank you for your proposal, this trip has just begun. brought me a wealth of inspiration, I'm already looking forward to the next trip."
Zerlina guessed that he must have gone directly to visit the attractions as soon as he landed: "Really, that's great, what did you go to today? Place? Summer Palace? ”
"Yes!" Like a child who has found a treasure, Joshua gushed over the half-day experience with her.
Afterwards, he said: "I seem to really feel what you said, those buildings carrying history, they surrounded me with their elegant artistic atmosphere, and I was immersed in them unconsciously."
Zerli na asked: "Then where are you going tomorrow?"
Joshua said: "Chengde Summer Resort."
Zerlina was slightly confused: "Don't you want to see the Forbidden City and the Great Wall?"
"There are no arrangements yet," Joshua said, "This time we mainly visit the gardens."
"Okay then," Zerlina still suggested, "If you have more time, these two places are You must take a look, they are miracles in the history of human architecture.”
After hanging up the phone, Joshua thought about it for a while and called Wenxi to change his itinerary.
What could Wenxi do? Of course, he listened to him and changed it immediately.
So they visited the Forbidden City and the Great Wall in the next two days, spent another day at the Chengde Summer Resort, and then went to Suzhou.
After visiting the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lingering Garden, Joshua was still unsatisfied and asked Garrett to change his flight ticket and planned to stay for one more week.
After the discussion, Wenxi and Li Yu took them to see the temple gardens near Suzhou and the landscape gardens in the suburbs, and finally stopped by a few water towns.
Meeting many men and women wearing Hanfu to check in and take photos along the way, Joshua wanted to experience it on a whim.
So Wenxi asked Xiaoyun to contact the studio and urgently sent several sets of Hanfu. How could she let go of such a good advertising opportunity?
(End of this chapter)