Several years ago, when Bai Yu was still in school, he had visited Northeast China, but he went to Harbin instead of Jinzhou.
Now that I'm back in Northeast China, I naturally want to have some fun.
What Bai Yu misses most is the bathing culture of Northeast China; once you're inside, you really don't want to come out.
Especially in this winter when the temperature is already below zero, it's really nice to spend some money in a place like this.
The bathhouse Bai Yu chose cost over 200 yuan per person, but the group of four had a group discount price of 999 yuan, which was less than 1,000 yuan for the four of them.
Although 999 and 1000 are only one dollar apart, no matter how much the difference is, even if it's just a dime, they are still two completely different concepts.
What does this 200+ yuan price include? It includes unlimited food, drinks, and entertainment 24/7, you can do whatever you want.
Even if you want to go out for a stroll in the middle, you can go out after communicating with the staff. The staff here are not so rigid.
Of course, this is just for food, drinks, and entertainment. If you have any other expenses, you will need to pay extra.
For example, after taking a bath, a back scrub or massage will incur an additional charge.
However, it's not expensive. The RMB has strong purchasing power in Northeast China, so the overall cost of living isn't too high.
After arriving at the bathhouse, Bai Yu and his three companions checked their group-buying vouchers and went inside.
Before they went inside, Bai Yu and his three companions were there to spend money, but after they went in, they kept hearing people calling out "President Bai," "President Wang," "President Liu," and so on.
It was as if Bai Yu and his three companions had come to inspect the place, which drew puzzled glances from many other consumers around them.
The people who greeted Bai Yu and his crew were all crew members from their company. He hadn't expected that so many of their crew members would choose to relax at the bathhouse, just like them.
This is why Bai Yu himself was covered up quite well, and only the crew members of his company could recognize him by his clothing. If Bai Yu were completely exposed, ordinary residents around him would definitely be able to recognize him as well.
Regardless, Bai Yu's fame as an Olympic champion and the number one internet personality is undeniable.
It's worth mentioning that all of their company's employees, except for the factory workers who wear white lab coats, wear Anta clothing, all of which are collaborations negotiated between Bai Yu and Anta.
No matter what, Bai Yu is Anta's spokesperson, so it's reasonable for them to negotiate a collaboration and customize some workwear at internal prices.
However, this concealment did not last long. When Bai Yu was changing his clothes, he was recognized.
As the current top long-distance runner in China, an Olympic champion, and a pioneer in online short videos, he is known by far too many people.
His number of fans is also incredibly large; he's not a top celebrity in the entertainment industry, but he's more than one.
Then came a lot of group photos. Fortunately, the bathhouse wasn't too crowded in the morning, so after taking a few photos, he could start eating, drinking, and having fun.
This idiom alone demonstrates just how important food is in the context of eating, drinking, and having fun.
As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people, and the first thing Bai Yu has to do is eat.
The food at the bathhouse is actually a buffet, just with a different style. You can dress very casually here, wearing pajamas or similar clothes.
For foodies like Bai Yu and Wang Hai, there's one very convenient thing about wearing this bathrobe: no matter how much they eat, they don't need to loosen their belts.
Bai Yu and Wang Hai headed straight for the buffet area, starting with the seafood section, where he wanted to see if they had king crab.
After all, an average cost of over 200 yuan per person is considered very high in Jinzhou, so theoretically, there should be king crab included.
After all, Jinzhou is not too far from Da'e, and it is also a port city. If you want to buy some king crabs from Da'e, it is convenient whether you go by land or sea.
Bai Yu originally planned to go to Da'e to buy king crabs on this voyage, but due to an unexpected incident, they changed their destination and decided not to go to Da'e.
Although the geese aren't going, they still want to eat the cheap king crab.
However, after Bai Yu and Wang Hai strolled around the seafood section, they felt both disappointed and somewhat justified.
This bathhouse does have king crab, but not whole king crabs, just individual king crab legs.
However, although they don't have whole king crabs, this restaurant does have snow crabs, and they're the whole kind, each weighing several kilograms.
Although snow crabs are not as valuable as king crabs, they are still very high-end seafood. In Hainan Province, snow crabs of this size would cost one or two hundred yuan per kilogram or even more.
Since they had snow crab, Bai Yu didn't stand on ceremony and directly asked for one, asking their chef to prepare it for him.
Of course, you can eat the original flavor if you want, or you can take it and steam it yourself, but Bai Yu prefers to eat what others make.
As for crab legs and other such items, Bai Yu and Wang Hai each filled a large plate and returned to their own table to start eating.
The lunch lasted from 11:30 to 1:00 in the afternoon. After that, Bai Yu and the other three found a place to rest and then start playing in the afternoon.
Besides bathing and sauna, the bathhouse also has an entertainment area where you can sing or do whatever you want.
If you feel you're outnumbered and you have a bit of a social butterfly syndrome, you can even hang out with other customers.
Some amusement facilities are only fun when there are many people around.
For example, when Bai Yu was in the sauna, he got a little bored and joined another team playing Werewolf.
They were probably on a team-building trip with a department or group from their company, and then they ran into Bai Yu, a shameless social media hustler with some internet celebrity traits, who played a few rounds of Werewolf with them.
This game is more fun when there are more people playing it, and I don't know if they were taking care of Bai Yu, but we played three rounds in total. Bai Yu was the werewolf in two of those rounds, and he went crazy killing in those two rounds, so no one voted for him.
After playing Werewolf, he took Wang Hai to sing karaoke with the other people, acting as if they were family.
After playing and fooling around all afternoon, it was time to eat dinner.
We had seafood for lunch, barbecue in the afternoon, and then a bowl of Northeastern-style cold noodles.
Eating a bowl of room-temperature cold noodles when the outdoor temperature is below zero is so comforting. It's not cold at all, and it even feels a bit cool.
Because there's heating indoors, this bathhouse is really hot, the kind of hot that makes you sweat.
After dinner, I rested for a while, then took a bath, and then wandered around to find the next group to play with.
However, as night fell, the number of people in the bathhouse gradually increased, and people from all over the country came out with different accents.
He even heard several groups of people speaking the local Hainanese dialect, which Bai Yu could understand, even though he couldn't speak it.
Whenever he hears Qiong language or other Hokkien languages, he glances at the person speaking.
The world is so amazing. People from Northeast China all go to Hainan to spend the winter, where the temperature is warmer and not so cold.
However, for the people of Haihe Province, without leaving the province, they have never seen snow or felt cold from childhood to adulthood.
Then in winter, they choose to go against the current and spend the winter in Northeast China to experience the harsh cold of the north.
Well, how should I put this situation? Does the north-south trade boost GDP?
Oh well, whatever they say, Bai Yu and his group had a pretty good time at the bathhouse, and around 11 or 12 at night, they had a late-night snack.
Then find a place to rest and have a nice nap at the bathhouse.
When sleeping in a bathhouse in winter, the last thing you need to worry about is catching a cold. The temperature here is very high; they would rather you be hot than let you be cold.
Nothing was said that night.
The next morning at seven o'clock, Bai Yu, Wang Hai and the others woke up. They didn't wake up naturally, but were woken up by the heat. It was really too hot to sleep here.
Fortunately, once the ticket is sold, he won't care how many baths you take.
After waking up, Bai Yu first washed off the sweat, then had breakfast, and then they could leave.
They arrived at the bathhouse the previous morning and stayed there for a total of twenty hours, eating four meals, taking three baths, and even getting a back scrub.
When they left the bathhouse, they felt completely relaxed, as if they had been rejuvenated.
After leaving the bathhouse, Bai Yu and his companions did not go straight back to their fishing boat, but instead strolled around the streets.
They've come all this way to Northeast China, how could they not visit the local morning markets?
Moreover, in order to explore this morning market in Northeast China, Bai Yu and his friends didn't eat much for breakfast, leaving plenty of room for the market to enjoy.
Thinking of it, Bai Yu took out her phone, navigated to the nearest morning market, and then headed there.
Why not take a taxi?
Why take a taxi?
Yesterday they spent the whole day at the bathhouse, eating, drinking and having fun. Shouldn't they get some exercise today?
Walking is a form of exercise, and it also allows you to better experience the local culture and scenery of Jinzhou, while also helping to digest your breakfast.
After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at the morning market and once again began their food and shopping spree, strolling from one end of the street to the other.
Along the way, I would stop at one stall to buy something to try, or go to another stall to take a look, curious about everything.
While shopping, my uncle received a call from a crew member who was staying at the dock. The crew member was reporting on the resupply progress, saying that the fuel had been replenished and that he could now send money to them.
Even though the price of fuel is slightly cheaper in Jinzhou, the total cost of refueling ten fishing boats still exceeds 18 million yuan, almost reaching 20 million yuan.
Well, as my uncle expected, the overall difference in cost wasn't too significant.
Then the uncle called the company and asked them to transfer the money to the person.
As for Bai Yu and his group, they continued to play until it gradually got dark. Then, all the crew members returned to the fishing boat one after another, preparing to set sail and leave.
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