Chapter 415 Let’s Go to the Zoo Together
Nanshan Park is a half-hour drive from Jinyuan. Su Jiaojiao was worried that the two old ladies might get carsick, so she drove very slowly and it took her forty minutes to arrive.
The weather in July is still very hot, and the afternoon sun is still scorching. There are many people, bustling about. The cherry blossoms on both sides of Cherry Blossom Avenue have long disappeared, replaced by lush branches and leaves.
Roses are in full bloom this season, with all kinds of colors. In the Lotus Lake, known as the Little West Lake, large lotus flowers sway in the wind, competing with each other in beauty.
Many people were taking pictures with cameras.
There are also special photography stalls on the roadside, the kind that develops photos quickly.
Song Xiangyun suggested that the three of them take a group photo. Su Jiaojiao didn't want to take a photo, but she couldn't refuse.
After receiving the photos, Song Xiangyun and the old lady praised Su Jiaojiao for her photogenic appearance and said that she took good photos. Su Jiaojiao took a look and put the photos in her bag. The two old ladies also took good photos and they all smiled happily in the photos.
Su Jiaojiao carried a small bag with three bottles of mineral water in it. Song Xiangyun and the old lady didn't drink cold water, so they brought a kettle from home.
Song Xiangyun held the water bottle in one hand and supported the old lady with the other. Su Jiaojiao suggested putting their water bottle in her bag, but the old lady refused, saying it was too heavy.
In the end, Song Xiangyun couldn't persuade Su Jiaojiao and put the kettle into her bag. Her kettle had been squeezed out twice and it would break if it was squeezed out again.
Song Xiangyun had been to Nanshan Park before. She said that the zoo was at the end of Cherry Blossom Avenue and that there were many animals in it. The old lady had always wanted to see them, and today she finally got her wish.
Old Mrs. Lu was in high spirits. She wore a colorful scarf on her head and wrapped herself tightly. She asked Song Xiangyun to buy the tickets first, and she and Su Jiaojiao walked slowly behind.
"Your Grandma Song is eight or nine years younger than me, and she's in great health." Old Mrs. Lu said to Su Jiaojiao, looking at Song Xiangyun's back. "She can't sit still, and she's always busy. She walks just as fast as a young person."
"Grandma, you're in good health." Su Jiaojiao was embarrassed to ask her last name. She had a feeling that she was an old lady who was very easy to get along with.
"I'm over seventy years old, and my health is getting worse every year." Old Mrs. Lu held Su Jiaojiao's hand tightly, looked at the smoky snack stalls and ice cream vendors on the roadside, and asked her, "Do you want some ice cream? Grandma will buy it for you."
She saw many little girls gathered there buying them, and thought Su Jiaojiao must like them too.
"I don't want to eat." Su Jiaojiao didn't expect the old lady to buy her ice cream, so she said hurriedly, "Let's go to the zoo!"
"Let's buy one!" Mrs. Lu squeezed over and picked out an ice cream cone. She carefully checked the date. Su Jiaojiao was about to pay when Mrs. Lu had already paid first. She smiled and said, "You don't have to pay since you came out with grandma."
"Thank you, grandma." Su Jiaojiao had no choice but to take it.
The two walked for more than ten minutes to the entrance of the zoo. Song Xiangyun had already bought the tickets. The tickets to the zoo were not expensive, only five yuan each.
Su Jiaojiao has been in the capital for more than two years, but she has never been out for fun. The zoo with a ticket of five yuan is not a scam for tourists. There are peacock gardens, monkey mountains, panda houses, and wild animal areas.
The zoo has a great environment and is packed with visitors.
The three of them walked and stopped, and it took them more than an hour to finish their shopping. The old lady could no longer walk, so she sat on a chair to rest and said to Su Jiaojiao, "I'm lucky to be here with you, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come. I can stay here for a day and all my worries will be gone."
"You're welcome. If I had known there was such a great place, I would have come here earlier." Su Jiaojiao decided to bring Ding Linyu, Cai Ting and others over to play when she was not busy.
Nanshan Park is quite big. They didn’t visit any other places and went straight to the zoo. If they had gone to other places, it would have taken them half a day to finish visiting them.
"The last time I came here was five years ago. I didn't expect it to have changed at all." Although Song Xiangyun is in good physical condition, she is in her sixties and can no longer walk. "It's just that I'm old and my physical strength can't keep up."
"Jingjiao, don't you think it's boring to hang out with two of us old ladies?" Old Mrs. Lu asked her with a smile, "You young people should hang out with young people."
"No, it's fine." Su Jiaojiao didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Apart from walking slowly, they were also very caring towards her.
"Xiao Su is so beautiful, she must have a boyfriend." Song Xiangyun looked at Mrs. Lu and said meaningfully, "Ask your boyfriend to accompany you out some other day."
"Yes, this is a good suggestion." Mrs. Lu nodded with a smile on her face.
Su Jiaojiao smiled but said nothing.
Were they testing her?
It was already past seven o'clock when we came out of the zoo. Song Xiangyun was quite familiar with this area. She said there was a good yellow croaker noodle restaurant nearby and suggested we go there for a bowl of noodles before going home.
"Jingjiao, do you like yellow croaker noodles?" the old lady asked Su Jiaojiao. Su Jiaojiao said both were fine. The old lady was in high spirits and said, "Then I'll treat you to yellow croaker noodles."
When Ding Linyu and Cai Ting learned that Su Jiaojiao had been abducted by the two wives to visit the zoo, they became more and more certain that their guess was correct.
As soon as Su Jiaojiao returned, Cai Ting interrogated her: "Were you walking around the zoo when you ran into a handsome guy, and then the old lady said he was her grandson, and that's how you got to know each other?"
"Watch less idol dramas in the future." Su Jiaojiao didn't want to talk about this with her, so she said to Ding Linyu, "I'm taking Cai Ting to the outskirts of Beijing tomorrow. It might take two or three days. I'll leave Wudaokou to you."
"No problem." Ding Linyu agreed without asking Su Jiaojiao what she was going to do in the suburbs of Beijing.
"Jingjiao, what are we going to do in the suburbs of Beijing?" Cai Ting was very interested. Su Jingjiao said seriously, "I'm taking you on a blind date."
"Don't joke like that." Cai Ting felt annoyed and went back to her room to sleep.
Cai Ting had practiced driving with Ding Linyu for several days and was no longer afraid of going on the road. She could also take turns driving with Su Jiaojiao. The two set off at seven o'clock and arrived in the suburban county before eleven o'clock.
The old urban area in the suburban county of Beijing remains the same.
The only difference is that there are several new real estate projects under construction in the suburbs. Some have just started laying the foundation, some have just been topped out and haven't even removed the green curtains, and some have installed glass and have started selling to the public.
Su Jiaojiao drove around these buildings several times, observed their general locations, and then took Cai Ting to stay at the Blue Sky Hotel.
"Piaojiao, are you really going to come here to buy a house?" Cai Ting didn't understand why Su Jiaojiao wanted to come here. This place was similar to Jiao County and was not prosperous.
Moreover, the properties they just looked at were all in the suburbs, with nothing around them.
It’s far from Jinyuan.
"Yes, it's cheaper here." Su Jiaojiao had asked Fang Zeyang before, and he said that the average price of these properties in the suburbs of Beijing is less than two thousand yuan.
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