Back in Xuzhen, Ling Xiaotong was assigned by her mother to be a caregiver, so she dragged Sister Yuanyuan along. How inconvenient would it be for a girl like her to accompany a grown man? And Sister Yuanyuan was also going to be a tour guide, so it was a good opportunity for them to go to Huai County together.
After finding the ward and knocking on the door, Ling Xiaotong pushed open the door and met Yi Xiangfan's deep eyes. She blinked, blocking out the confusing waves, and pulled Zhou Yuan into the bed. She placed the fruit in her hand on the cabinet beside the bed.
"I was forced by my mother to come and be your caregiver. Even though I caused your injury, I won't say sorry."
"I should be the one to say sorry," Yi Xiangfan said with a dazzling smile, "I'm too fragile."
"That's good to know." Ling Xiaotong raised her chin and glanced down with disdain, as if looking at a weak chicken. "You lack exercise, and you may have the symptoms of osteoporosis that only the elderly have. You should ask a doctor to check you out."
"Yes, yes, cousin Tongtong is right. How about you give me some special training when I get better?"
Yi Xiangfan's gentlemanly demeanor made Ling Xiaotong feel embarrassed to look down on him. When she heard him actively request special training, her eyes flickered, "Really? Are you willing to take me as your master?"
"Yes!" Yi Xiangfan nodded decisively. In today's society, there are not too many teacher-student romances. As an apprentice, there are many opportunities to get close to the master.
Zhou Yuan looked at Yi Xiangfan with sympathy. Did he know the cruel methods that sister Tongtong used to train people?
Seeing Zhou Yuan's eyes on Yi Xiangfan, Wu Minyi quickly took action. "Cousin Yuanyuan, I don't have much vacation time. Would you mind playing host and taking me out for some sightseeing? Yi Xiangfan has someone to take care of him, so it's time for my tour guide to take over, right?"
"Let's go!" Zhou Yuan nodded generously, "Sister Tongtong, we will each take up our posts."
"Well! Come on!" Ling Xiaotong made a gesture to Zhou Yuan that no one else understood.
Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "Come on!" She responded with a gesture that was different from Ling Xiaotong's, still one that no one else understood.
Wu Minyi and Yi Xiangfan looked at each other and had a bad feeling. They had to go ahead even if they had to bite the bullet!
After leaving the hospital gate, Zhou Yuan called a taxi, asked Wu Minyi to get in, told the driver to go to the health park, and then closed her eyes and dozed off.
When the car stopped, Zhou Yuan opened her eyes. She rushed ahead of Wu Minyi, put down twenty yuan, opened the door and got out of the car. "Come on, I'll take you to visit Huai County's number one attraction, Xishan Health Garden."
"Okay." Wu Minyi was about to go buy a ticket, but Zhou Yuan stopped him. "You can't buy one. Tickets are pre-sold five days in advance. I'll take you to scan your face."
Seeing Wu Minyi looking at the ticket window where there was still a queue, Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Those tickets for the fourth and fifth days are also being sold. It used to be three days in advance, but after summer vacation started, it was extended to five days. Tickets for the fourth and fifth days are now sold at the window. After the extension, most of them are sold at the window. Booking by phone is too slow. Once we can't keep up, the tickets are all booked."
Wu Minyi looked at the long queue at the ticket window, then looked at the seemingly deserted park. Is it necessary to make a reservation?
Zhou Yuan just smiled without explaining, "Let's go! I have enough face to bring two people with me."
At the outer gate of Xishan Health Garden, there is a gate that allows you to scan your ID card and QR code. At the security office to the north of the gate, there is a side door with a facial recognition access control system. After Zhou Yuan faced the device for recognition, the side door opened automatically. Zhou Yuan waved to Wu Minyi, "Hurry up, the door is open for a time limit."
After entering the gate, Wu Minyi was slightly stunned. "Gubei Water Town?"
The scenery is very similar to that of Gubei Water Town. On the land about ten meters away from the wall, there are clusters of hibiscus flowers planted, and honey-pink butterflies are flying over the pink and white hibiscus flowers.
To the east of the hibiscus flowers is a five or six meter wide corridor that stretches as far as the eye can see, and to the east of the corridor is a lotus pond in full bloom.
Walking up the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, which is modeled after the Summer Palace and directly opposite the gate, standing above the lotus pond and looking south, you will see that the river, which is about a hundred meters wide, is divided into two halves by something unknown.
The western half, which was next to the corridor, was filled with crowded lotus ponds, while the eastern half was a clear river with hand-rowed wooden boats gliding briskly on the surface. Looking along the river, several seventeen-arch bridges, similar to the one under his feet, appeared in the distance.
The shock was beyond words. The cost of these seventeen-arch bridges alone was staggering, let alone the thought of creating such a river out of thin air. The water was so clear, and looking down at the riverbed revealed pebbles of all sizes. How much did that cost? Wu Minyi felt that his outlook on life for the past thirty years had been profoundly impacted.
On the east side of the river is a row of three-story antique buildings with doors facing west. The first floor is home to various food and beverage outlets. In front of the outlets is a five or six-meter-wide corridor with uniform long tables and rattan chairs. The slightly swaying river water is just below the west wall of the corridor. Wu Minyi can have a drink, take a break, and admire the hand-rowed wooden boats and lotus flowers in the river. He feels like he wants to stay here every day, ignoring worldly affairs and just relaxing and enjoying the freedom.
The third floor that comes into view is about two kilometers long, with more than a hundred shops. Further south, you can vaguely see only corridors, with no shops. Well, this is at least more than ten kilometers long, and it would be a waste to build too many shops to rent out.
Seeing the uncontrollable surprise on Wu Minyi's face, Zhou Yuan narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I guess so! My uncle-in-law designed it. It's modeled after the Gubei Water Town and the Summer Palace. Can you swim?"
"meeting!"
Wu Minyi keenly noticed that when he answered yes, disappointment flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.
"Can you ride a horse?"
"Won't."
Wu Minyi quickly gave an answer that might be what Zhou Yuan wanted. Sure enough, Zhou Yuan smiled brightly, "Then let's not rush to go boating. Let's go horseback riding first!"
After saying that, without giving Wu Minyi a chance to refuse, he pulled him on the tour bus to the inner garden. The tour bus was next to the three-story building. After the bus started, Wu Minyi discovered that there was also a river behind the building, but the river here was bigger. Looking around, the river surface, at least three or four miles wide, was planted with lotus flowers.
The lotus flowers are fixed in a certain pattern, with a river channel in the middle for only two wooden boats to pass through. Tourists sit on the wooden boats and travel among the lotus flowers, which is like a dream and a painting!
Before he could finish his exclamation, the tour bus had already stopped at the inner garden gate. After also entering through facial recognition, Wu Minyi asked curiously, "I don't see many tourists. Why are they limiting the number of visitors?"
Zhou Yuan rolled her eyes at him. "It's just a marketing ploy, and safety is the priority. We don't have enough manpower, so there's no need for so much equipment. Plus, the horses are tired. The outer garden just now was unlimited. It's so vast, and there's so much delicious food in the snack bars, so of course you don't see many tourists. Is it like the Summer Palace, with hundreds of thousands of visitors a day? We're a small county town. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, people won't remember the porridge and side dishes here until they've had enough of the mountains, famous rivers, scenic spots and historical sites!"
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