Chapter 148 Travel
The day after Shi Qiu Shui finished the college entrance examination, he went out to play with Shi Yue, pulling his suitcase.
Don't get me wrong, Shi Yue was so anxious to take Shi Qiu Shui out, not to prevent that little bastard Zhao Ran from associating with Shi Qiu Shui. Well, to be honest, there was a factor of guarding against Zhao Ran, but it was not entirely because of Zhao Ran.
Shi Qiu Shui had long wanted to go out and play with Shi Yue, but she had never had the time before, so Shi Yue made an agreement with her that after the college entrance examination, he would take Shi Qiu Shui out to play in the south.
As a result, Yue came to fulfill his promise at the end of the college entrance examination.
The itinerary for this trip was decided long ago by Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui. It was a nine-day and ten-night long-distance trip, first going to Guangzhou and then to Shenzhen, from Shenzhen to Hong Kong, and finally flying from Hong Kong to Shanghai for a day, and then returning to Beijing.
Although she had planned to go out and play and had decided on the itinerary a long time ago, Shi Qiu Shui was still hopelessly excited the day before departure. She lay in bed at night, staring with her big eyes like searchlights, and couldn't fall asleep.
She was so excited that she was going out to play tomorrow. She was going to take a plane to play!
Wow, an airplane! She has never seen an airplane before.
No, that's not right. It can't be said that she has never seen an airplane. She has actually seen an airplane. She saw it on TV.
I just haven't seen it in real life.
What does it feel like to fly into the sky?
Do you feel light and airy, like flying?
Oh, I never thought that she, Shi Qiu Shui, would be able to go to heaven one day!
Who could have thought about heaven before?
Shi Qiu Shui's mind was very active, with one idea popping up after another, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.
She tossed and turned like this until dawn.
"Ah! How come it's already daybreak!"
When she saw through the gap in the curtains that it was dawn outside, Qiu Shui wailed and jumped up. She sat up and looked at the alarm clock. It was already past five o'clock.
She pouted and muttered, "It's past five o'clock. I can't sleep for much longer. Why not just get up?"
Shi Yue booked a flight ticket for 10 a.m., but one had to arrive at the airport two hours in advance to complete the formalities. Plus, it took an hour to get from home to the airport, so Shi Qiu Shui and the others had to leave at around 7 a.m.
Shi Qiu Shui got up and tidied up at this moment, and it was almost done.
At this moment, Shi Yue was still sleeping peacefully in his room. Shi Qiushui got up quietly and went to the bathroom to wash up. There was a ventilation window on the side of the bathroom. After washing up, she pushed the window open to ventilate. When the window was opened, the sounds of upstairs and downstairs came in. The first thing that reached Shi Qiushui's ears was the crying of a child. As soon as she heard the sound, she knew it was the voice of the child from the Dong family on the eighth floor above. The child of that family loved to stay in bed. Every morning when the family woke him up, he would cry like this. Then there was the sound of a couple arguing. Shi Qiushui was also familiar with the couple. They were Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang who lived on the fifth floor below. The couple had hot tempers and would quarrel over the slightest thing. But you have to say, the couple had a good relationship. The more they quarreled, the better they got. Amidst the cries of children and adults arguing, there were the crows of two roosters. Those were the chickens raised by the old lady who lived on the first floor. The old lady was also an amazing person. Although she lived in a building without any land, she raised chickens, ducks, and geese, and even grew vegetables on the balcony in foam boxes. It was an organic and ecological life...
Shi Qiu Shui curled her lips.
Ignoring the crowing rooster, he concentrated on eavesdropping on the quarrel between the couple on the fifth floor.
Although Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang quarrel all the time, they started quarreling so early in the morning. There must be something going on. She had to hear why, otherwise she would have to think about it even when she went out to play.
"Oh, so that's how it is. Xiao Zhang actually..."
Shi Qiu Shui leaned against the window and eavesdropped from the corner of the fifth floor. She muttered from time to time while listening, just like the commentator, except that there was no one else in the bathroom except her, so she didn't know who she was explaining to.
“Pah pah pah——”
Shi Qiushui was enjoying the fun when she heard someone knocking on the bathroom door. Then Shi Yue's voice came in: "Girl, girl, are you in there? Are you done? I'm worried..."
"Oh, I'm done!" Shi Qiu Shui shouted to the outside, and quickly opened the door to give the toilet to her father.
As soon as she opened the door, Shi Yue immediately went in. Shi Qiu Shui touched his nose guiltily.
Well, although I don't know how long her father has been waiting at the door, I can tell that he is really anxious...
Shi Yue quickly resolved the important matter of his life. Coming out of the bathroom, he glanced at Shi Qiushui and said curiously, "Hey, girl, why did you get up so early today?"
Shi Qiushui: "Hey, Dad, I couldn't sleep so I got up."
As a father, Shi Yue certainly understood his daughter's personality. He glanced at the dark circles under Shi Qiushui's eyes and said, "You were so excited that you couldn't sleep all night? Are you so happy just to go out and play?"
Shi Qiushui: "Not only going out to play, but also taking a plane! Dad, we are going to take a plane today!"
Shi Qiu Shui was very excited about taking the plane.
When they were about to go out, Shi Qiu Shui and Shi Yue pulled their suitcases downstairs. When they got out of the building, they ran into Li Xiuying. She glanced at Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui, each holding a suitcase. She was about to say something when Shi Qiu Shui answered first.
"Grandma Li, we're going out to play. We're going to the South!"
Li Xiuying: "Oh, you guys are going on a trip, right?"
Shi Qiushui: "Yes! Let's go on a plane trip!"
Li Xiuying: "Oh? Going out by plane?"
Shi Qiushui: "Yeah! Let's go out and play on a plane!"
After saying goodbye to Li Xiuying, Shi Qiushui ran into Ma Yulan again. He showed off again: "Grandma Ma, how did you know I was going to take a plane to go out for fun?"
Ma Yulan: ...
She hasn't spoken yet, has she?
Shi Qiushui: "Yes, I just want to take a plane and go out to play!"
When leaving the community, Shi Qiu Shui showed off to everyone she met. By the time she got in the car and left, most of the community knew that Shi Yue from Xiaoshi's family was taking her daughter out to play on a plane.
Although Shi Qiu Shui seemed very excited at this time, once he got on the plane, his phone ran out of battery and turned off immediately.
After all, she hadn't slept all night, and she was really sleepy at this time. In addition, the seat on the plane was very soft, so she leaned back and fell asleep with her eyes closed. She didn't wake up when the plane took off. It was only after the plane stabilized that Shi Yue woke her up.
It’s not that Shi Yue didn’t want Shi Qiu Shui to sleep peacefully, but it was mainly because it was a rare opportunity to fly into the sky. If Shi Qiu Shui was not allowed to open her eyes and take a look, she would definitely be in a bad mood when she got off the plane.
Shi Qiu Shui was woken up by Shi Yue in a daze. When he opened his eyes, he saw the clouds close to him outside the window.
Her eyes widened instantly.
"Dad, Dad, are we in the sky now? These clouds are so big and white, are we flying in the clouds now? Wow, Dad, look over there, the sun is so big over there! Wow, and over here, Dad, look, there are mountains below us! I've never seen mountains from this angle!"
Shi Qiu Shui leaned against the window of the plane, exclaiming one thing after another like a little bumpkin who had never seen the world. However, she knew that she was on a plane, so she controlled her voice and just whispered in Shi Yue's ear.
Although Shi Yue had more experience than Shi Qiu Shui, it was also his first time on a plane, and he looked quite excited at the moment.
The father and daughter leaned against the window and watched for nearly two hours. When their eyes grew sore from staring, they heard the gentle voice of the flight attendant on the radio: "Ladies and gentlemen, our plane will arrive at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport in approximately 30 minutes. The ground temperature in Guangzhou is..."
Listening to the voice of the flight attendant, Shi Yue followed the regulations and put away the small table. He felt a little emotional in his heart.
You know what, this plane flies quite steadily. Sitting on it is even more stable than sitting on a bus. He had worried about whether the plane would have an accident and was nervous about it, but he didn't expect that the things he was worried about did not happen at all.
But it didn't happen, it's a good thing we landed safely.
He doesn't want anything to happen.
The plane circled for about thirty minutes and landed at Baiyun Airport. It took a while to get off the plane and pick up the luggage. When Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui walked out of the airport with their luggage, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon.
As soon as they walked out of the airport, Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui felt a humidity and heat that was different from that in the old city.
Shi Qiushui: "It really is Guangzhou, it's just hotter than where we are!"
Although it is summer in Beijing, it is still relatively cool overall. The heat at noon only lasts for a while, and it will not be so hot after noon. But it is different in Guangzhou, completely different. It is stuffy and hot, without a trace of wind.
Shi Qiu Shui had just been out for two minutes when he felt himself sweating.
She wiped the sweat from her head and asked, "Dad, where are we going next?"
Shi Yue: "Take a car to the hotel."
Shi Qiushui: "Where are we going to catch the bus?"
As soon as she asked this, a man with a pointed chin and monkey-like face came over and said, "Girls, you guys need a ride? Where are you going? Hey, never mind where you're going, we have a car here, can we go?"
Before Shi Qiu Shui could say anything, Shi Yue pulled her arm.
Shi Qiushui immediately understood what her father meant and shook her head decisively: "No, no."
"Hey, sister, don't be so anxious. Just tell me first, where are you going?"
Shi Yue: "Move aside, move aside. We have someone we know to pick you up. No need to take a taxi."
"No need to take a taxi, what about staying in a hotel? Handsome guys, do you want to stay in a hotel?"
Shi Yue: “No, no, no!”
Shi Yue dragged Shi Qiushui out with him. After they had walked a distance, he said, "I've already picked out a hotel. There's a hotel that can be reached directly by taking the airport bus. The airport bus fare is only a dozen yuan."
Shi Qiushui: "Then where are we going to catch the bus?"
Shi Yue: "I just checked. There is a bus stop for the airport bus near Gate 2 on our floor. Just follow me."
"Yeah!" Shi Qiu Shui nodded and followed Shi Yue outside obediently. Sure enough, they quickly found the bus stop for the airport bus.
It just so happened that a bus for the line they were going to take was already about to depart. Shi Yue quickly dragged Shi Qiushui to buy tickets and get on board. Once they were seated and the air conditioning was on, Shi Qiushui sighed from the bottom of his heart, "Dad, I'm so lucky to have you."
When she said she was going out to play, she really did it. She hadn't prepared anything beforehand. Fortunately, her mother-in-law had looked up information and prepared, otherwise she would have been in trouble!
Shi Yue: "I'm your father, so I have to be more prepared when I take you out."
Shi Qiushui hugged Shi Yue's arm and acted like a spoiled child: "Dad, you are so nice~"
Shi Yue nodded: "Of course not!"
The bus left the airport and drove along the airport highway all the way to the city center. Shi Qiu Shui and Shi Yue began to look out the windows again. The father and daughter felt that Guangzhou was worthy of being Guangzhou and was indeed different from the old city.
Although the roads were all paved with the same asphalt, the sides looked different. There were tall buildings and viaducts everywhere, and there were many cars and people on the streets. The streets looked more prosperous than those in Beijing, and there were pedestrians on both sides of the road...
Shi Qiushui stared at the pedestrians on both sides of the road and said curiously, "Why are they all wearing slippers?"
Shi Yue followed and took a look. It was true. Almost every pedestrian on the street was wearing a pair of large shorts and flip-flops. Although there were people wearing this way in their old city, there were not as many as here.
Shi Qiu Shui and Shi Yue leaned against the window and discussed in a low voice how this place was different from the old city. They discussed this all the way to the terminal. Following the bus driver's reminder, Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui got off the bus with their suitcases. The hotel Shi Yue liked was near the bus terminal. After getting off the bus, he glanced around and pointed to a building not far away.
"That's the hotel I'm talking about."
Shi Qiu Shui looked in the direction he pointed and saw the big sign of the hotel.
"Oh, let's go over there then."
The father and daughter pulled their suitcases and quickly came to the hotel lobby. October walked to the front desk with her ID card and asked the receptionist to open two adjacent rooms. The receptionist took the ID card and quickly started to process the procedures.
After waiting for a while, the receptionist completed the check-in formalities and handed back Shi Yue's ID card and two room cards. She said, "Okay, sir, the rooms have been booked for you. The room numbers are 2013 and 2014. They're on the second floor. Just walk straight in the direction I pointed and you'll see the elevator. Take the elevator to the second floor, then turn left when you exit the elevator door and you'll find your room."
"Okay, thank you."
Shi Yue took the room card and led Shi Qiu Shui upstairs. He swiped the room card and opened the door. The room was not bad. Although it was not big, it had everything it needed, and the facilities looked new and clean.
Shi Yue nodded: "Yeah, not bad."
The reason why he brought Shi Qiu Shui to this hotel was because when he asked people before, they said that this hotel had the best facilities and hygiene in the city center, and of course the price was also relatively high.
Shi Yue didn't care about money. Oh, no, he did care about money, but since he was out having fun, there was no need to save money, especially when staying in a hotel. To put it bluntly, all kinds of people stayed in hotels, and no one knew what the previous guests did in the room. If you stayed in a hotel with poor hygiene, it would be really painful!
So he would rather spend more money and live in a better place.
Now that the door of the room was opened, Shi Yue knew that his money was not wasted. This more expensive hotel really looked different.
Shi Yue was quite satisfied with the room, and Shi Qiu Shui was even more satisfied.
Because the bed in this room is a spring bed.
It’s a spring bed that bounces people up when you jump on it!
Shi Qiu Shui's eyes lit up as if she had discovered something interesting. She immediately threw the suitcase in her hand aside and threw herself onto the bed. She bounced up the next second after she landed on the bed.
"Woohoo—cool!"
Shi Qiu Shui jumped around for a while, then felt a little hungry, so she slid off the bed and went next door to find her father.
Shi Yue: "Are you hungry? Let's go eat. I asked around and there's a morning tea shop nearby. I heard it's been around for years."
Shi Qiushui rubbed his stomach and said, "Ah, a morning tea shop? Dad, I'm so hungry now. I don't want to drink tea."
Shi Yue was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. He rubbed Shi Qiushui's head and said, "Oh, my silly girl, a morning tea shop is not just for drinking tea, you can also eat dim sum."
Shi Qiushui pouted: "But I don't want to eat snacks either. What's so delicious about dry snacks?"
Shi Yue was even more amused now. He laughed heartily and said, "The dim sum I'm talking about is not the dim sum you mentioned. Oh, never mind. Just follow me and you'll find out."
"Okay, let's go." Although Shi Qiu Shui didn't know the difference between the snacks her father mentioned and the snacks she mentioned, she knew that her father would not cheat her, so she obediently followed her father out of the hotel gate.
After going out and walking east for about seven or eight hundred meters, Shi Qiu Shui saw a store that was doing very busy business.
It's clearly not meal time, but there's a long queue outside the store.
Shi Yue: "Here we are, this is the store."
Shi Qiushui leaned over to take a look, tilted his head and said curiously, "This doesn't look like a place to drink tea, does it?"
Shi Yue: "Haha, didn't I tell you that morning tea is not just about tea, there are also snacks."
Shi Qiushui was still a little dazed, but she took a breath and could already smell the unique aroma of food in the air. She tugged at Shi Yue's sleeve and said, "Come on, Dad, let's go get in line."
After filming for about twenty minutes, just when Shi Qiu Shui's stomach started to growl, it was finally their table's turn. Shi Qiu Shui strode into the restaurant with the waiter, sat down, opened the menu, and looked at the dazzling array of dishes on it. She finally understood what her father was talking about, the dim sum.
She was so hungry that her eyes turned red. Looking at the small dishes on the menu, she pointed at the menu and ordered quickly: "Two baskets of these shrimp dumplings, two servings of these barbecued pork buns, those chicken feet, and those steamed spareribs, and more..."
She ordered almost all the dishes in the book, and the waiter couldn't help but look up and remind her while taking notes.
"Little sister, this is enough for the two of you. If you eat more, you won't be able to finish it."
Shi Qiushui: "It's okay, my dad and I have big appetites!"
She pointed at the beef brisket noodles on the menu and said, "And this, give me two of this too..."
"Okay, okay, my girl, one serving of noodles is enough." Shi Yue pulled Shi Qiu Shui. His girl did order a lot. Even if both of them could eat it, it was not enough.
Shi Qiushui: "Okay, that's all."
After placing the order, the waiter quickly brought the dishes over. Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui looked at each other, picked up their chopsticks and started eating.
Shi Qiushui wolfed down the food, puffing out his cheeks and exclaiming, "It's so delicious!"
"Yeah." Shi Yue also nodded continuously.
The person who introduced him to this restaurant said that this restaurant is a time-honored brand that has been open for decades. He felt it as soon as he took a bite. It is worthy of being a time-honored brand that has been open for decades. It really has something special.
Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui devoured the food in no time, and when they were full, they picked up their tea and drank it slowly.
Of course, drinking tea is not the main purpose, the main thing is to help digest food.
To be honest, Shi Yue is a good socializer. While drinking tea to help digest his food, he successfully struck up a conversation with the people at the next table. What a coincidence, the people at the next table were also from the old city, but unlike Shi Yue who came here for tourism, they were here on business trip.
They say that when fellow countrymen meet, tears well up in their eyes; people from the same place tend to get close. When the people at the next table learned that Shi Yue-yu and his daughter were traveling, they immediately and enthusiastically introduced him to the fun and delicious places in Guangzhou.
Even though they are here on business, they come here frequently, five or six times a year, and are almost as good as locals.
Shi Yue listened attentively and added to the strategy guide he had looked up.
Although he had already made a strategy, it wouldn't hurt to listen to other people's opinions.
After eating and drinking to their heart's content and completing the travel plan, it was already late. Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui were quite tired. Although they didn't seem to have done anything all day, they had to get up early, take a bus and a plane, and Shi Qiu Shui had stayed up all night. He was indeed tired and sleepy, so he went back to the hotel.
After returning to the hotel, Shi Qiu Shui simply washed up and went to sleep.
After waking up the next day, Shi Qiu Shui simply washed up and went out with Shi Yue. Shi Yue had made a full travel guide, and there were many places to visit!
I spent three days in Guangzhou, visiting museums, parks, and the Pearl River. I also ate beef offal noodles, ate at food stalls, and tried all kinds of sweet soups.
In short, after having enough fun visiting and eating, they went to Shenzhen. Compared with Guangzhou, there are not so many places to visit in Shenzhen. Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui stayed in Shenzhen for a day and a half and then went to Hong Kong. They had applied for passes in advance, so the journey was smooth.
The most important thing in Hong Kong is no longer eating and playing, but shopping. Shi Qiu Shui and Shi Yue had already made a long list of things to buy, as well as gifts to bring back for others and things to bring for others. Together, they made up three large shopping lists. During the three days in Hong Kong, the father and daughter kept going back and forth to various shopping malls.
After leaving Hong Kong, they arrived at the last stop of their trip - Shanghai.
After spending two simple days in Shanghai, Shi Qiu Shui and Shi Yue returned home.
I've been out for nearly ten days and I really miss home.
Moreover, the day for the results to be released is approaching, and Shi Qiu Shui has to go back to check the results!
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