Chapter 068 Chapter 68
In the video, the pixelated little man Kaka is riding on a green train, and in each of the square windows of the green train are cute heads of different shapes.
There was an old man in a green military coat, holding two pots and drinking, a man from the Hubei ethnic group wearing a roe deer horn hat, and a brother and sister eating red sausage and black bread...
If you observe carefully, you will find that each of the little people is very cute and unique. Just this opening cg alone can brighten people's mood.
"Kaka went to the Northeast again this time." A Yan said.
Ayan remembered that among the travel videos that Kaka had previously released, there was one about a blind box trip to the Northeast. However, it was summer at that time, the harvest season in the Northeast. There were vast plains full of harvest, the sky was blue and the clouds were light, and every frame in the picture was like an oil painting.
"Sister, are you going back to Northeast China this year?" Xiaobao asked.
Ah Yan shook his head: "I don't think so. My grandma and grandpa are in Sanya again this year."
Ayan's grandparents are both from Shencheng. According to the current popular saying, she is also of Ning-Shen mixed blood.
In the past, when Ah Yan was free during the winter and summer vacations, his mother would take him back to the Northeast to escape the heat in the summer and to stay at home in the winter. However, after the two old people retired, they became healthy and agile, so they started traveling around the country. Wherever they went, the old couple's students took care of them, so they didn't have to worry about them.
As he was speaking, Ah Yan was watching the video projected on the screen, and the opening animation CG was about to end.
Kaka, a little man wrapped up like a dumpling, wearing a mink hat and snow boots, got off the train.
On the platform, the little man Kaka suddenly jumped up, like Super Mario in the game, and pushed up the sign of "Sunwu Station".
A big question mark appeared above the head of the little man Kaka.
Next, the little man in the bubble spoke his inner thoughts.
"Sun Wu? Does it mean Sun Quan Dong Wu? But the Three Kingdoms doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Northeast, right?"
"Or are there more people with the surnames Sun and Wu in these two places?"
As the little man Kaka walks towards the stairs with his backpack, the video officially changes.
This is Kaka's second visit to the Northeast.
The last time I came here, it was summer in the Northeast, and this time, it is winter in the Northeast.
To be honest, when Kaka started this blind box travel mission, he was confused for three days.
It would be hard for a normal person not to feel confused when seeing the temperature of nearly 20 degrees below zero!
This time, the mission location she assigned was called "Dapingtai Village", another strange name.
Kaka guessed that there was probably a large platform here, hence the name.
Fortunately, unlike previous experiences, Kaka actually found relevant information about this "Big Platform Village" on the Internet. Although the location is not very developed and there are not sufficient tourist facilities, many tourists have driven there by themselves.
Because there is a beautiful view there.
After finding relevant information, Kaka immediately made up his mind to go!
As a southerner, I can't resist the temptation of white snow.
What's more, this time even the preparation of winter clothes was fully reimbursed by the [Travel Man] APP, so she was not polite at all.
You know, among all the clothes in the four seasons, winter clothes are the most expensive!
Down jackets, cashmere sweaters, cashmere trousers, all the cold-proof gear were bought, except for underwear and socks. Considering the inconvenience of movement, Kaka only brought an extra pair of waterproof and cold-proof outer pants for easy changing. If that is not enough, he can buy other supplies locally. If a backpack can solve the problem, don't bring a suitcase, otherwise, even wearing leather gloves will find it difficult to resist the biting cold wind.
The time in this video is after New Year's Day. There is no train station in the county where Dapingtai Village belongs, so Kaka first arrived in the next county and then transferred by bus.
It seemed like it snowed again last night. Kaka saw that the farmlands were covered with snow, but the roads seemed to have been cleared by snowplows, and there was not a single green-branded tram on the road.
It was already 11 o'clock in the morning when Kaka got on the bus. The sky was amazingly blue. She looked out the window and couldn't see anyone on the road.
It's obviously noon time now, isn't everyone at home coming out?
"Child, are you on vacation?"
In the car, the aunt next to Kaka took the initiative to ask questions.
"No, Auntie, I'm here for tourism." As soon as Kaka opened his mouth, his slurred Mandarin exposed himself.
"Are you alone, Come on? You are such a brave girl. What's there to travel for? Have you been to Harbin?" The aunt didn't care about the local area. She took out a plastic bag from her shoulder bag and found an apple from the bag.
"Here, have an apple. It's a little cool. Keep it warm for a while. Don't be polite to me. I grow it at home. It's free."
"Don't be fooled by this little apple, it's wrinkled, but it's delicious, and much more flavorful than the smooth ones you buy in the fruit store!"
Before Kaka could refuse, two fist-sized apples were stuffed into his hands.
[Travel Card received a gift from the auntie sitting next to me on the bus, 2 apples]
It was just as the aunt said, these two little apples were almost the ugliest apples Kaka had ever seen.
Kaka received two apples and quickly rummaged through his backpack.
Fortunately, she had already prepared something as a return gift. "Auntie, try this beef jerky and cheese. They are delicious things I bought in Inner Mongolia."
"You kid, this little snack is too polite."
She watched as her aunt rubbed it with the sleeve of the sweater inside her down jacket and then began to nibble on it. Kaka took out a tissue, wiped the surface, and started to bite it as well.
“Crack——” So crisp!
This was Kaka’s first impression.
The apple skin was not thick, and it was a small apple in itself. When Kaka took a bite, it made a crunchy sound, and the sweet and sour juice spread on the tip of her tongue. Her eyes lit up instantly.
This ugly apple is really delicious!
It's not as soft as Huang Yuan Shuai, nor as crisp and sweet as Red Fuji or soft-core apples, nor is it as watery as some big red apples. Instead, it's crispy, with just the right amount of sweet and sour, making your mouth water. You can't stop eating it one bite after another!
If Kaka were to describe it in one word, it would be "Apple flavor!"
This is so much better than those apples you buy from the supermarket that look big and red but taste like a bag of watery and tasteless apples!
She crunched an apple and finished it in no time.
Now, looking at the remaining apples in his hand, Kaka suddenly felt reluctant to give them up.
[Travel Kaka eats ugly apple, mood +20, physical strength +10]
"Is it delicious?" The aunt sitting next to me also finished her meal and took the initiative to put the apple core into her garbage bag.
"It's delicious, Auntie. Do you sell these apples? Do you have an online store? How do you grow them? They're so delicious. I've never eaten apples like these." Kaka praised sincerely.
"Hahaha, you little girl really know how to talk. This is Guoguang apple. Fewer people grow it now, so just share it among your family and relatives." said the aunt.
Guoguang, Kaka silently memorized the name of this apple variety.
"Since you like it so much, I'll send you a box tomorrow when you get home." Auntie laughed, and Haomai continued to take out apples from her bag and gave them to Kaka.
【Get 3 Apples from the neighbor’s aunt with a travel card】
It took more than an hour to get from Dongwu County, where the train station was located, to the county seat where the destination was located. Kaka listened to the cheerful laughter of Aunt Cui beside him, and time passed by in a flash.
"Guoguang apples! I want to eat them too." Ah Yan looked at the apples shown in the video and swallowed her saliva. She had eaten them before and they were really delicious!
"Let me search which fruit store has the food delivery software." Xiaobao at the side took out his mobile phone.
They watched Kaka get off the bus, and then the merchant from the car rental APP who had been contacted came to deliver the car.
"Wow, Kaka has already received promotion." Ah Yan's eyes lit up.
Then Ah Yan and Zhu Jue took a closer look. Wait! This car looks so familiar!
It is an extreme car, the king of land, and has been equipped with extreme cold snow tires.
They both turned to look at Tan Dabao and Tan Xiaobao.
"When did you discuss cooperation with Kaka?"
Tan Dabao moved his neck and Xiaobao giggled.
"We don't get involved, but you guys have met before. Both CEO Li and CEO Qin said this blogger is pretty good, and they gave some of the snacks they sent to the headquarters. Later, the company's publicity department has been paying attention to it, so we asked them to find an opportunity to cooperate. This time the theme is pretty good, just in time to test the extreme cold performance."
Next, Ayan and Zhu Jue saw a series of contents introducing the car in Kaka’s video.
The video's screen was filled with comments like "Trigger combo!" "Congratulations to Kaka for making it!" "Thanks to the sponsor for supporting us!" "Thanks to Jidao Daddy for sponsoring Kaka."
For bloggers like Kaka who spend their time, energy and money to create content, the audience still supports them very much. After all, where would the motivation come from without money?
A drone flew out of the car window and automatically cruised and filmed at high altitude. The black car drove forward along the asphalt road. Beside the wide road was the vast white land.
From a high perspective, they followed Kaka's lens and walked into the snowy forest.
Winter in the Northeast is bleak and desolate. There is no one around, not even a trace of green.
There are no blooming flowers, no fallen leaves, no deep or light green, only black and white.
Black soil, dead grass, covered with white snow, and frozen water.
I can feel the biting cold and the penetrating wind even through the screen.
The coldness of the Northeast is merciless.
There were still traces of snow on both sides of the inky black asphalt road. Kaka turned on the air conditioner in the car, the hot wind hit his face and hands, and the heated seat kept his buttocks warm, and he drove all the way to "Dapingtai Village".
This trip was unexpectedly smooth.
Although the Great Plain is a small place, it was discovered in recent years and traces of it can be found on social software. The Northeast Plain is neither as mountainous as the Southwest, nor as vast and difficult to locate as the Inner Mongolia prairie. Kaka did not encounter any setbacks. He stayed on the train for one night, took a bus, and then rented a car. He arrived at his destination smoothly the next afternoon.
There are no proper inns or hotels in Dapingtai Village, only homestays converted from local farmyards. Kaka had contacted them in advance and drove the car directly to the parking lot outside the large yard.
There is a big sign here [Luo Family Courtyard], which is the closest to the entrance of Dapingtai Village and is very easy to find.
There is a shed on top of the parking lot here, probably to prevent the cars from being covered by heavy snow.
Because they contacted her by phone, she only knew that the boss's surname was Luo, and she was a big lady with a strong northeastern accent.
Kaka got off the car with his big bag and was walking into the courtyard when he saw a foreign lady with white skin, brown curly hair and blue eyes.
"There are foreign NPCs here? Are they here for tourism too?" Kaka muttered to himself.
The big city of Longjiang has a vast border and has frequent trade with the Russians next door. Kaka looked at the simple dress of the foreign sister and felt that she might be a tourist from the Russians next door. It was not easy for her to find Dapingtai Village.
Kaka walked into the yard with her bag on her back, and then she saw the blue-eyed foreign sister looking at her.
"What's going on? Big sister, are you going to ask me for help? My English is not very good, and I don't know Russian at all." Kaka was worried, but he had already taken out his cell phone from his pocket and was ready to open the translation software.
"Little lady, are you the one who called me two days ago? The one who booked the single room for today, Kaka, is that you?"
Kaka was stunned. The person who asked her the question was not someone else but the blue-eyed foreign lady in front of her with a very three-dimensional appearance. Moreover, the voice sounded exactly like the boss who had called her to confirm the reservation!
She looked at him in disbelief, "Are you Sister Luo?"
"Yes, this is our home. It's cold, so come in quickly. The kangs are all plugged in to keep them warm. We renovated a new house in the past two years, and some of the kangs have been replaced with electric heating plates, which are safe and convenient." Sister Luo, with white skin and blue eyes, brought Kaka into the house.
Kaka finally came to her senses from her confusion and shock. She slowed down and asked, "Are you settling down here?"
She thought Sister Luo was married.
"Tsk!" Sister Luo laughed.
"I'm a real Northeasterner. Pure! If you don't believe me, I'll show you my ID card later."
When Kaka was checking in with his ID card, he saw Luo's second sister cooking in the Luo family compound.
She had the same brown hair and blue eyes as Sister Luo, and she was wearing a large cotton jacket and cotton pants, and she was shouting, "Boss, go pick some sauerkraut——", Kaka and the audience in front of the video were all in a trance.
"You are Russian, right?" Kaka guessed.
"My family is all Han Chinese, pure blood." Sister Luo took out an ID card.
A blurred photo appears on the screen, showing only gender, photo, ethnicity, year of birth, and a photo with a county-level address.
【Nationality】
Kaka:!
Ah Yan, Jue Jue, Da Xiao Bao:!!!
No, does the Han ethnic group in our country already include such a wide range of people?
And looking at Sister Luo’s year of birth, she is already fifty years old this year!
The guest room where Kaka stayed was a renovated farmhouse. The heated kang was replaced with an electric kang, and there was also a toilet water heater in the room for convenient washing, which made Kaka feel relieved. Before she came, she specifically searched how to go to the toilet outdoors in rural Northeast China in winter. According to the descriptions of netizens, whether it was freezing the buttocks or freezing after pooping, Kaka felt that it was a bit unbearable.
Because the New Year's Day holiday had just ended, there were only two and a half tourists in the entire Luo's compound, one was Kaka, one was an independent photographer, and the other half was Sister Luo's nephew.
Accommodation includes breakfast and dinner, and the total cost per day is 130 yuan. At dinner time, Kaka saw a stainless steel pot of sauerkraut stewed with pork bones on the big table, and he knew that he had come to the right place at the Luo family yard.
The trembling pork skin jelly in the plate was even more transparent than jelly! Kaka thought that this pork skin would have a strange smell, but he picked up a piece and dipped it in garlic sauce. There were only two words to describe it: delicious!
The sour sauerkraut and pork bone soup is completely different from the sauerkraut in the “sauerkraut fish” and is warm and cozy.
Seeing that the guests were too embarrassed to pick up the meat, Kaka stared in amazement as Second Sister Luo used tongs to put the extremely soft pork ribs on a stainless steel plate for each guest.
"Eat as much as you can, and eat as much as you can!"
Kaka secretly watched as the eldest and second Luo sisters steamed a plate of blood sausage dipped in garlic sauce and radishes and green onions dipped in the sauce, eating them with a crunch. She kept repeating "Han", "Han" in her mind, gradually eliminating the strange feeling in her heart.
Kaka had eaten fresh green onions dipped in sauce when he was at the forest farm in August last year. This time, he ate radishes dipped in soybean sauce and his eyes lit up immediately.
The radish is actually sweet, and there is also frozen cabbage. How can the raw cabbage core be so sweet when dipped in sauce? It is not pure sweet, but completely sweet!
【Travel Card opens a new travel food guide.】
【Travel Card Kapin tried sauerkraut pork ribs, steamed blood intestines, pork jelly, and vegetables with sauces... I was already full. 】
The satiety value of the little man in the corner of the video has reached the maximum, and the image of the little man Kaka is already burping while touching his round belly.
Kaka learned at the dinner table that another tourist who was a photographer next door came to the terrace specifically to take pictures of the rime.
After discussing it, the two decided to go out together tomorrow and get up early to wait for the rime at sunrise.
"Look at the icicles on the trees. The weather forecast says there won't be much wind tomorrow, so it's just right for you two to go together." Sister Luo said.
Kaka was very curious about the experiences of Sister Luo's family, but was too embarrassed to ask because it involved privacy. It was the photographer who asked first.
"Oh, what's the matter?"
"There's nothing to say. I was born in this village and was registered as a Han Chinese. That's how it is in the village." Sister Luo didn't care.
"Have you been to the other side?" asked the photographer.
"I've been to the border, but we couldn't understand what they said, so I won't go there again. Living and dead people all have two eyes, one nose and one mouth, so there's nothing to worry about. My parents are orphans who were raised in the village, and we grew up in the village too." Second Sister Luo said while eating melon seeds.
"I'm over 50 years old now, and I'm living a good life. The government is developing tourism, so you tourists are coming here. You have food, drinks, and money to spend. You're blessed to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate. Why do you need a bicycle?"
Kaka sipped the juice of the frozen pear. In addition to frozen pears, there were also frozen apples and frozen persimmons in the compound!
She was simply stunned. It seemed that all fruits in the Northeast could be made to taste good even after being frozen.
The frozen pears and apples were dark brown in color and looked as if they had gone rotten. But once she took a bite and tasted the soft room temperature frozen flesh, she felt like she had discovered a new world in her life.
The frozen pears and apples frozen outdoors seem to completely lock in the sweetness and freshness, with a slight icy texture that makes your teeth feel a slight chill.
Sitting on the warm kang, gnawing on icy frozen fruits and eating sweet canned yellow peaches, Kaka understood what the embodiment of happiness was.
In this environment where the north wind howls and snow falls every day, for the people here, as long as they have warm houses to live in and good food to eat, what else could they not be satisfied with?
So comfortable!
It was very interesting to listen to the talks of the eldest and second sisters Luo. Before I knew it, it was eight o'clock in the evening. When the two elder sisters announced that they were going to bed, Kaka also felt sleepy. He went back to his room to wash up, fell on the warm kang, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
He felt warm underneath and under the quilt. When he woke up in the morning, he felt that his clothes and pants, which were placed on the leather floor and under the mattress, were also warm.
This is what Sister Luo told them last night. The clothes they took off at night should be placed under the mattress on the kang where they were not sleeping and kept covered. In the morning they could wear warm clothes both inside and outside.
When Kaka put on his clothes, he felt like he was wrapped in a stove. It was so comfortable and warm. Although his throat and face felt a little dry, it was nothing compared to the warmth!
[Travel Card is equipped with inner clothes that can be heated overnight, a full set of cold-proof clothing, and a one-hour warmth buff]
Ah Yan looked at the personal attribute column in the video. His stamina, temperature, and mood values were all maxed out. A flame icon appeared next to the little man Kaka, indicating a warm buff.
I really want to move the big ondol to the school dormitory...
Kaka and the photographer went to bed before nine o'clock and got up at five o'clock to sleep for eight hours. Their breakfast was corn porridge, steamed buns, eggs, salted vegetables, fermented bean curd and red sausage.
There was no wind and no snow last night, which is a perfect environment for rime.
It was already daybreak when Kaka drove out at 6:30. In the temperature of minus 29 degrees Celsius, she drove all the way north.
Because of the hydropower plant, this reservoir became a non-freezing river. At seven o'clock, Kaka and the photographer saw the rime as they wished.
The audience in front of the video also saw this scene perfectly.
The river water from upstream flowed down, and the surface of the river was filled with fairy air and vast white mist. The dark black dead trees on the river bank were covered with silvery-white frost flowers.
There was a poem that said "the east wind blows thousands of flowers into bloom at night", but what they saw before their eyes at this moment was "frost on the trees, covered in winter water and morning mist".
Under the blue sky, there is endless rime. The water is not frozen, but in the distance you can see a crystal clear ice waterfall. On both sides of the river, there are dense forests, snowy plains, and silver flowers.
Kaka and the photographer both released their drones. The scene before their eyes was so shocking that they were at a loss for words to describe it.
This video is not long. It shows Kaka and the photographer's return trip. The only black car is shuttling between the forests and snowy fields on both sides. The pine trees on the road are covered with snow, which contrasts with the red sun.
This vast and desolate winter land has the most fertile black soil and the most enthusiastic people.
When Kaka was packing his luggage and saying goodbye at the Luo family compound, a line of prompts appeared in front of him.
"Congratulations to the player for achieving the [Poem of the Past] achievement. Please keep up the good work. Would you like to wear the achievement badge?"
[Achievement: Poems of the Past (Grown)]
【Black soil, white mountains and waters, the Great Northern Wilderness, the Great Northern Cang. White skin, blue eyes, fellow tribesmen. Take off your glasses, open your mind, and you will see and get to know fellow tribesmen who look completely different during your journey. This land has left behind many stories from the past, scars, history, and poems from the past. There are not only soybeans and sorghums all over the mountains, but also countless pasts. They are the dust of the times, but also the new people.】
Kaka was stunned. But the badge of achievement for growth?