The leisurely life of rebirth

It was already mid-afternoon when he walked out of the train station. Fang Monan saw Liang Zi and Han Zhiqian waiting for them, "Hey, how did you know we would come."

"Haha... When you called home, you told us your itinerary, and my aunt told us." Han Zhiqian said with a smile, "And the postmark on the letter you mailed also told you where it is."

"What about you?" Fang Monan looked at Liang Zi and asked curiously.

"We came to purchase goods, and Shouhou left with the goods first. I heard from Zhiqian that you were coming, so I stayed!" Liang Zi said, he hesitated and thought for a while before speaking.

"Hey! Where's your luggage? Why are there so few?" Han Zhiqian looked at the pedestrians in the square. They didn't have big bags or small bags, but there were also people carrying bedding. Fortunately, they only had a small luggage bag, and it was flat.[

"In the summer, I only brought a change of clothes and toiletries." Fang Monan waved his hand.

"Yeah! If you have money, you're afraid you won't be able to buy it." Han Zhiqian said with a smile.

Liang Zi took the duffel bag and said quickly: "Let's go! It's too hot in the sun."

A group of people walked to the car and said, "Young Master Han, we've got someone." Yan Guangxing jumped out of the car and said.

"I'm Yan Guangxing, hello." He saw the people behind Han Zhiqian, old and young, and wondered why Mr. Han would come to pick up such a group of people in person.

After everyone got in the car, they drove all the way, "Where are we going now?" Fang Monan asked Han Zhiqian while sitting in the car.

"Oh! Let's go to the newly opened White Swan Hotel now." Han Zhiqian said while driving.

"The White Swan Hotel is the first Sino-foreign cooperative hotel in China." Fang Monan said, "It opened on February 6 this year. The main building is 28 stories high, with 843 guest rooms and many restaurants." The first four doors opened to the public.

The open high-end hotels have become a mouthpiece to promote reform and opening up, which has enhanced the people's confidence in the country's future. Many national leaders have stayed here. It is also the first batch of five-star hotels. However, Fang Monan did not say these things and slandered in his heart.

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"You also know this." Liang Zi sat in the passenger seat and turned around to ask.

"What's so strange about what was published in the newspaper?" Mr. Lin said, looking as if he was surprised.

Talking and laughing along the way, we soon arrived at the White Swan Hotel. After getting off the car, Liang Zi looked at the tall building and said, "It's one floor higher than the Yangcheng Hotel."

The group of them got on the elevator and reached the 20th floor directly. Han Zhiqian took the key from the reception desk and opened the room to let everyone in.

Yan Guangxing was puzzled as to why they were staying in such a luxurious hotel. If he looked carefully, he couldn't tell their origins from their clothes, behavior and manners!

Yan Guangxing was walking in the corridor. As a native of Yangcheng, he was mentally prepared for how the guests from the small northern county would behave. He was frightened by the high-end hotel, shrank back, and looked around curiously. Among these people,

The only thing that surprised him was a little girl and an old man. He could feel from their eyes and behavior that instead of being intimidated by the high-end hotel, on the contrary, they seemed to be interested in the conditions of the hotel.

Some expressions of disapproval and contempt.

Han Zhiqian arranged them in a luxurious standard room and asked Liang Zi and Yan Guangxing to take care of and guide his grandma and them. He directly led Fang Monan up to the luxury suite on the 25th floor.

Yan Guangxing was even more surprised now, because he found that Mr. Han was not only very kind to the little girl, but also had a hint of flattery.

Fang Monan and the others directly entered the room, a luxurious suite. Fang Monan had seen the living room, dining room, bedroom, bathroom, one bedroom, two living rooms and one bathroom. The design was very simple and generous in Western style, with complete configurations, color TVs, fans, etc.

Fang Monan sat on the sofa, while Han Zhiqian poured two cups of tea and took a few sips himself, "I feel much more comfortable now. It's a pain to come here during the hottest season of the year."

"There is no other way, we only have this time period." She shrugged and said. For the sake of my aunt and their future, I had to take this opportunity to attack them both.[

"How do you feel after seeing the room?" Han Zhiqian asked expectantly, with quick praise in his eyes. Please praise me!

"It's just average. The one I designed is definitely better than it. Even though it was designed by the famous designer I.M. Pei," it was considered top-notch at this time, but it still didn't have her experience and broad vision.

"Oh!" Han Zhiqian sat up straight and raised his eyebrows curiously, willing to hear the details.

"Okay, let's not talk about it now. We will be here for more than a week and have time to answer your questions." Fang Monan stood up and walked to the bedroom.

"Hey! Why don't you wash up? It's so hot." Han Zhiqian said.

"No, it's not hot either." Fang Monan has advanced in practice and her body temperature will automatically adjust, so she doesn't feel hot. "Agui, have I contacted you?"

"We haven't had much contact. He is probably very busy," Han Zhiqian said.

"This is my latest design." Fang Monan took out the design drawings and handed them to him, and he looked at them carefully.

"'Nannan' is really killing men's wallets." Han Zhiqian held his wallet in pain and played with it. "This is simply fascinating to women."

"Haha... That's good, otherwise what will we earn?" Fang Monan said with a smile.

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"Here you can overlook the cityscape of Yangcheng and the beautiful scenery of the Pearl River. It is even more beautiful at night." After Yan Guangxing introduced the facilities and applications of the room to his grandmother and others, he opened the curtain and pointed outside.

"Wow...it's so nice here." Fang Mobei took off his shoes and jumped up and down on the bed.

"You guys wash up, we'll be here later." Liang Zi, the old man and Yan Guangxing went out to let them rest.

Yan Guangxing took Mr. Lin and Qi Qiushi to another room and asked them to wash up. He and Liang Zi went to find Han Zhiqian.

Han Zhiqian heard the knock on the door, put away the drawings, and got up to open the door. When he saw Liang Zi and the others coming in, he said, "What? They have all packed up."

"No, we just sat there and had nothing to do, so we came up." Yan Guangxing came in with a smile.

"Then come in!" Han Zhiqian turned around and saw that Fang Monan on the sofa had disappeared. Then he heard the sound of running water again, but he didn't say anything in his mind.

"This is my first time to enter a luxury suite. It's so luxurious." Yan Guangxing sighed and asked again, "Liang Zi, have you seen this before?"

"It's quite good." Liang Zi looked around and said: "It tastes like three meals a day, and sleeps within three feet. Besides, it's just a place to sleep." Liang Zi's words choked Yan Guangxing. After meeting Fang Mo,

Nan's pervert makes money, and he doesn't have much interest in these now.

"Hey! Who is that little girl from? Let Mr. Han take it personally." Yan Guangxing saw Han Zhiqian leaving and asked Liang Zi beside him.

"Curiosity killed the cat. It's your turn to know. You'll know when the time comes." Liang Zi sat calmly on the sofa and said a warning to him. What he was thinking about now was how to follow Fang Monan and his group.

It was a task given by Sister Dayan that must be completed. It seems easy to complete, but Nan Nan is not an ordinary person.[

"Humph! Who cares? I won't check it myself." Yan Guangxing muttered.

"Be careful to kill yourself. This is my last advice to you. Remember this." Liang Zisen's cold voice sounded like it came from hell, and he stared at him with sharp eyes.

Yan Guangxing was made uncomfortable by the cold eyes that penetrated him, "I know, I'll wait until you tell me it's not okay."

When Han Zhiqian came out after making the call, he saw the two of them sitting indifferently, neither paying attention to the other. "What's wrong..."

"Let's go now! I'm hungry." Fang Monan came out of the bedroom and changed into a pair of floral cotton silk short-sleeves and shorts. These were made by his mother, which are cool and sweat-absorbent.

"Okay, let's go! I just made a reservation." Han Zhiqian said.

A few of them went downstairs to take grandma and the others to the Chinese restaurant, which is located on the third floor. The design is full of traditional Lingnan characteristics, and they ate authentic Yangcheng cuisine.

"Well...it tastes much better than other places where we live," my aunt said, "but it's still not as delicious as the food in our hometown."

"Of course, people's taste habits are difficult to change in a short period of time. This is the difference." Mr. Lin said.

There is no rule of not saying anything after eating, and the meal was full of flavor. After dinner, Han Zhiqian took them to visit the famous places in the hotel.

The design of the White Swan Hotel inherits the essence of traditional Chinese gardens and Lingnan traditional garden design, and integrates with the surrounding elegant environment. The atrium uses Bishan Waterfall as the main focus of the scenery, forming a unique Lingnan style, and the overall atmosphere has historical flavor and cultural connotation.

The functions integrated into the architectural space are breathtaking, and they are worthy of being a province at the forefront of reform and opening up.

On the first day, everyone was a little tired. After shopping for more than an hour, they went back to their rooms to rest.

After Han Zhiqian and the others sent Fang Monan and his party to the room, they also opened a standard room for Liang Zi and Yan Guangxing. In the following days, they led Fang Monan and the others around Yangcheng, while he had something to do and drove to the garment branch in Yangcheng.

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In the room of Mr. Lin and Qi Qiushi.

"Uncle Lin, what is the relationship between Han Zhiqian and our family? Why are we so warmly entertained?" Qi Qiushi asked curiously, pointing around.

"He! He is a good friend of our relatives. He is not here, so he will receive him." Mr. Lin stood by the door, looking at the lights of thousands of houses outside and the quietly flowing Pearl River.

"Uncle Lin, I feel that Xiaoyan and I are becoming more and more impossible now." Qi Qiushi sat on the bed and said dejectedly. The little bit of self-confidence he had previously had been wiped out. With his current salary, let alone support his wife.

, I can even support myself. After looking at what I saw and heard along the way, I have no hope at all.

"You! Do you want to give up?" Mr. Lin tried his best, as if he hated iron.

"Uncle Lin, I don't want to give up. I originally thought I was very happy that you brought me to play this time, but now it seems that this is simply the last supper! Let me take a close look at the relationship between us.

How big the gap is in reality." Qi Qiushi tried to calm down, "I don't want to give up, her name has been engraved in my heart, even if I can't be with Xiaoyan, I still wish her well." He confessed: "I have seen other colleagues being raped before.

My wife is very strict, and I always laugh at them for being hopeless. If I definitely want to revive my husband, they just laugh it off and say I don’t understand. Now I understand, that is a happy smile, and I would rather be Xiaoyan now

I’m very strict, but now I’m almost losing the chance.”

"Silly boy, is Xiaoyan treating you well these days?" Mr. Lin asked.

"It's just that she's been nice to me, so I feel like there's little hope. She hasn't been so nice to me before." Qi Qiushi thought for a while and said.

"This is such a gentle knife, it makes me feel uneasy."

"Then you don't want to change the status quo." Mr. Lin couldn't bear to see him complaining about himself, and the more he spoke, the more outrageous he said, and he said directly.

"How to change the status quo?" Qi Qiushi looked at him in confusion and asked humbly.

"Boy, what do you think of Dachengzi's feed factory and Liangzi's 'Jiajiale' store?" Mr. Lin began to enlighten him.

"My opinion, they have done a good job, they are very courageous, can endure hardships and stand hard work, and they are of such a low status." He thought for a while and said, "But what do I have...", "Wait a minute, old man, you mean, I will come out too.

Come on. Let me think about it. Please let me think about it."

Mr. Lin lay on the bed and watched him wait for a long time.

"But I'm afraid! Who knows when the world will change again." Qi Qiushi thought for a long time and then said this.

When Mr. Lin heard this, he had a solution, "Don't be afraid, that chaotic era will never come again. Now that you have enough food and clothing, do you still want to live like that?"

"No, most people's idea is to have enough food and clothing, have money to go to school, and no longer have to live a hard life." Qi Qiushi said firmly.

"Yes! I don't want to mess around and continue to lag behind the world." Mr. Lin said with emotion.

"You work as a technician in the provincial machinery factory!" Mr. Lin asked: "How did you do? What did the master say?"

"My masters all commented that I am willing to endure hardships, want to learn any type of work, and am not afraid of biting off more than I can chew." Qi Qiushi scratched her head in embarrassment and said with a silly smile: "I have many skills but I don't want to fall too far behind Xiaoyan.

I’m also secretly learning English!”

"How was your study?" Mr. Lin asked again.

Although I didn't know why the old man asked a question that had nothing to do with Xiaoyan, he said honestly: "I have learned well. The masters all praised me for this." He gave a thumbs up.

"It seems that only with motivation can you make progress. Xiaoyan is your source of motivation." Mr. Lin joked.

"hehe……"

"Okay, you follow the drawings and finish this when you get back." Mr. Lin handed him a stack of design drawings. He started by drawing something simple and easy to make. I don't know if the drawing is good or not. I haven't drawn it in more than ten years.

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"The fan seems to be a ceiling fan, but why is there a light underneath? It looks good." Qi Qiushi said. Of course, given Mr. Lin's family background, the drawings are not a problem, but the finished product is not lifelike.

"Okay, let's go home and watch carefully. Go to sleep! We have to go out for a walk tomorrow!" Mr. Lin turned off the lights and went to sleep.

They had a good sleep until dawn, and Yan Guangxing took them to an authentic Cantonese breakfast tea the next day.

A city's time-honored brands carry the memory of the city and are an indispensable element in the historical context. When you reach the age where you like to reminisce, your childhood impressions will often be condensed in a century-old store.

The storefront is small, but it's full inside. Fang Monan and the others have reserved a table. Of course, Yan Guangxing, a local snake, takes the order. This is a "super time-honored restaurant" in the eyes of Yangcheng people, and it's also the first choice for morning tea.

Datong egg tart, pig's knuckle ginger vinegar egg, thin-skinned shrimp dumplings, Ejie pink fruit, gold medal scallion pancake, amber walnut flower cake, morning tea steamed dumplings, taro rolls. The dim sum is superb, the shrimp dumplings are made of crystal clear skin

Transparent, with a little bit of fat, signature egg tart, the outer shell of the egg tart is very crispy, the egg filling is smooth, fresh milk red bean cake, the middle does not look like a cake, but it feels like bean paste when you eat it.

Yan Guangxing focused on introducing Datong Crispy Chicken, the absolute signature dish. The chicken is first immersed in boiling white brine until just cooked, then coated with maltose powder, dried and then fried in oil. The chicken fried in this way

It is indeed extraordinary: the skin is crispy, the meat is fresh, the bones are fragrant, the crispy and smooth, the fresh and fragrant, and then put on the snow-white shrimp crackers, accompanied by the red-skinned fried chicken, one red and one white, complementing each other, very tempting

Human appetite.

This place once entertained national leaders. When Fang Monan came over, he took a quick look and saw that most of the people were elderly. There was also a folk art teahouse for listening to Cantonese opera, with a strong Lingnan flavor.

It's a pity that some people like Fang Monan can't even understand Cantonese. Let alone drama, they can only have morning tea after dinner.

Accompanied by Yan Guangxing and Liang Zi, Fang Monan and his party happily walked from Haizhu Bridge, Haizhu Square, City Hall, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall to Sun Yat-sen Monument. They walked this 12-kilometer route and listened to Mr. Lin's narration.

Follow what you see on the road.

After visiting Haizhu Square, Yan Guangxing took everyone to the Nanfang Building Department Store. As soon as they entered the door, grandma and the others were shocked by the dazzling array of products. Fang Monan and Liang Zi's expressions were as usual. Liang Zi came often, and she naturally didn't need to say anything.

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Mr. Lin simply said for them: "Nanfang Building is the largest department store in my country, ranking first among the top 10 department stores in the country. The store has more than 1,000 supply points and sells 29,500 kinds of goods. The underground shopping mall of Nanfang Building, with It features exquisite business, famous brands, specialties, and products without door openings. It enjoys the reputation of "South China Boutique Collection" and is the largest underground shopping mall in the country." "You can see what you want to see by yourself, and you can gather at the door in two hours."

Mr. Lin gave an order, and the group of people dispersed and wandered around on their own. Liang Zi, Fang Monan, and Yan Guangxing went with them. They looked over it like a quick glance, and it had only been an hour. It might as well go out and find a place to sit.

Fang Monan and the others went out to find a flower bed and sat down. Then Liang Zi bought three ice creams and ate them while watching the people on the road. Yan Guangxing saw an old acquaintance and walked over to say hello. Suddenly he saw a man riding a bicycle.

The young man rode quickly close to a young and fashionable woman, grabbed her bag, and flipped the woman to the ground with him.

Things happened very quickly. The woman reacted quickly, stood up quickly, and ran while shouting: "Robbery! Robbery!" Unfortunately, the man had already ridden a long way away and attracted the police over.

"Wow... it's an open robbery!" Fang Monan smacked his tongue and frowned: "Is the robbery here in Liangzi already so serious?"

"Well! It's more serious than this on the train. There are more thieves than passengers. The carriage I was in was visited three times by different thieves in one night." Liang Zi said with an expression. If he hadn't met her, he and Shouhou would have been together.

The three of them might have done this.

"Nan Nan, where are you going to play next?" Liang Zi asked.

"Go to the capital, it's the capital, why don't you go and see it." Fang Monan said.

"Well, it just so happens that I will go with you and protect you on the way." Liang Zi was afraid that she would refuse and said: "You see, you are old and you are young. Qi Qiu is indeed a man, but a gentle man. When something happens, he is not as good as me.

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"You can follow if you want, but you can't belittle others like this." Fang Monan said with a smile. Suddenly she remembered that there was a severe crackdown this year, but the details were a lot unclear. She asked seriously, "Liangzi, during this period, you still

Do you have any contact with people from the past?”

"No, you often remind me of them. I have stopped interacting with them a long time ago. Who wants to follow the same old path when we can live a normal life." Liang Zi said.

"What about Fatty and the others?" She looked at him seriously.

"There should be no such thing!" Liang Zi was unsure and replied ambiguously.

"Liang Zi, contact Fatty, Slender Monkey and the others immediately, and be sure not to associate with the people from the past. The consequences will be serious." Fang Monan said seriously.

"Yeah!" Liang Zi looked at the serious little face, "I know, I'll contact you when I get back to the hotel."

"That's good, you must not forget it." Fang Monan warned again.

Yan Guangxing heard the shouting and ran over quickly. When he saw the two of them sitting honestly on the flower bed, he breathed a sigh of relief and refused to desert again.

Among the people who were shopping in the Southern Shopping Mall, Qi Qiushi saw small household appliances and ran up to check the prices, especially electric fans and ceiling fans. Not to mention the prices, the appearance was very simple and not as good-looking as the one in his hand.

Mr. Lin watched him busy, asking, comparing, and nodded secretly, a boy can be taught!

When Liang Zi returned to the hotel, he called Sister Dayan and asked him to find Shou Hou and Fatty. Half an hour later, he called again. When the phone was connected again, Shou Hou received the call, and Liang Zi asked if they were still there.

Connect with people from your past.

Shouhou replied no. As for Fatty, because of his brother's loyalty, his life was better, and he once lent money to them for emergency relief. Liang Zi gave Fatty a good lesson on the phone, and Fatty promised not to have any contact with him again on the phone.

The next day they went to Yuexiu Park and climbed up the wooden shell hill to see the Wuyang Stone Statue, a poetic and artistic work that serves as the city emblem of Yangcheng. Since the stone statue was completed, it has been regarded as the city symbol of Yangcheng.

Fang Monan and the others took their cameras to bid for some ancient neighborhoods. In the late Ming Dynasty, Xiguan was built by Shibafu and opened thirteen rows. Typical traditional buildings such as Xiguan big house and bamboo tube house came into being here. The ancient big house in Xiguan is a thing of the past.

Wealthy merchants built large residences here. These residences are tall and bright, with halls and gardens combined and beautifully decorated.

The ancient big house in Xiguan has short double doors on the outside, a latch in the middle, and a gate on the inside. They are all made of high-grade hardwood. The interior decoration is very exquisite, with furniture, lamps, banners, couplets, books, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and vases of flowers.

, potted plants, caged birds, mirror stands and various artworks and mahogany furniture, exquisite wood carvings and floral decorations, Manchurian and sills with local characteristics and their unique layout form, which has a strong Lingnan charm.

In the ancient streets and alleys, the sun shines mottledly through the leaves on the bluestone slabs, revealing a lazy atmosphere in the silence. In the summer afternoon, the blue tiles, gray walls, and classical buildings reflect the vicissitudes of history.

.With the progress of urbanization, I don’t know how much of it can be preserved, so I took advantage of this moment to snap some photos.