At the same time, Yun Qiao had already brought Su Hua and the two children to the Bund.
There weren’t that many tourists on the Bund in the late 1970s. The river was very wide, and there were no tall buildings on the other side, so the view was excellent.
Yun Qiao and his friends chose a good time to go out in the morning. It was a sunny day at noon. After noon, a few dark clouds appeared in the sky, and it was about to rain at night.
Dark clouds obscured the scorching sun. Yun Qiao and his companions strolled along the river bank, feeling the slight coolness brought by the gentle breeze. They felt extremely comfortable.
A high-pitched whistle sounded in the distance, and a ship passed slowly, stirring up ripples on the surface of the river.
The two children grew up inland and had only seen wooden fishing boats and park boats, never such a large ship. So when the ship slowly passed by, both children were excited and exclaimed, "What a big ship!"
Yun Qiao looked at the two children with a smile and asked, "Want to sit?"
He Yan and He Yi nodded almost at the same time: "I want to sit."
"Then let's look for a place to take a boat."
Yun Qiao remembered that there had been cruise services on the Bund since the 1976s. In her previous life, she had just come into contact with Pan Zhiyuan through the introduction of her family. Pan Zhiyuan took her on a cruise, but the facilities and scale of the cruise ships at that time were very simple and could not be compared with those after the 1980s.
But it's enough for two children to experience it.
Yun Qiao led everyone along the Bund and searched for a while before finally spotting the cruise ship ticket booth. Not many people were buying tickets. As Yun Qiao approached and saw the cruise prices written on the ticket booth, he understood why so few people were buying tickets.
The cruise only lasts for one hour, but a ticket costs one yuan. Children under one meter are free of charge, and children over one meter are half price.
This ticket price is not cheap for an average family. For example, if it is a family of three or a family of four, the cost of an hour's cruise is almost a week's food expenses for the family.
Although Yun Qiao also thought it was expensive, since he was already there, he had to experience it first.
After all, we go out to have fun, and we can earn money later.
"Hello, conductor. I'd like to buy two adult tickets and one child's ticket." Yun Qiao said, stepping aside so the conductor could see the two children behind him. "My youngest son is less than one meter tall, so he can get a free ticket. Do you need me to measure him again?"
The ticket seller nodded and said, "There's a yellow line on the wall next to you. Ask him to stand over there. He can get a free ticket if he doesn't come."
"Okay." Yun Qiao waved towards He Yi and said, "Come here, Xiaoyi, stand over here and let the ticket seller see your height."
He Yi stood obediently next to the yellow line, but the highest point of his head was still some distance away from the line.
"Okay." The ticket seller nodded and said, "One child's ticket and two adult tickets. A total of two yuan."
"Okay." Yun Qiao responded and took out his wallet from his arms.
Su Hua was shocked by the price of the boat ticket. She quickly grabbed Yun Qiao's arm and said, "Sister Yun Qiao, this cruise ticket is too expensive. You can take He Yan and He Yi to play. I won't go."
"This boat ticket is not cheap." Yun Qiao patted Su Hua's hand and comforted him, "But Xiaohua, since we are out here to have fun, don't worry about the money. Having fun is the most important thing."
"But this is too expensive." Su Hua clicked his tongue.
Her previous monthly salary was only nine dollars, but this one-hour boat trip cost her almost ten days of her salary.
If it were her, she would definitely not be willing to do so.
Yun Qiao said, "It's a bit expensive, but we only come here once in a blue moon, and we don't know when we'll be able to come again, so let's just spend it. Sister, I'll treat you."
Su Hua was still a little hesitant.
Yun Qiao didn't give her a chance to hesitate. He took out two yuan and handed it to the ticket seller: "Comrade, I need two adult tickets and one child ticket. Please help me get the tickets."
The ticket seller moved quickly. He took the money and handed Yun Qiao the red-stamped ticket. "Two adult tickets and one child ticket. Keep them."
"Sister Yunqiao, you..." Su Hua was unable to stop her and Yunqiao stuffed an adult ticket into her hand.
Yun Qiao smiled and took her arm. "We came here together, so we must go on a boat trip together. We can't just happily go on a boat trip and leave you alone on the Bund with no one to accompany you."
"All right."
The tickets had already been bought, so it was too late for Su Hua to say anything. She could only nod and say, "Thank you, Sister Yun Qiao."
The cruise ship on the Bund is very large. After boarding the ship, the children ran around excitedly, looking at everything around them curiously.
Yun Qiao told them not to run around and not to get close to the edge so as not to accidentally fall into the water.
As the cruise ship slowly started, the scenery on the river began to change. He Yan and He Yi excitedly leaned against the windows of the cruise ship to look out, pointing outside the window and shouting about their various new discoveries.
Su Hua also gradually relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on her pretty face.
Yun Qiao seized this opportunity, took out the camera he was carrying and took a picture of her profile.
Su Hua heard the sound of a shutter, turned her head, and found Yun Qiao taking pictures of her. She looked embarrassed and said, "Sister Yun Qiao, why didn't you tell me before you took the picture of me? I didn't even pose properly."
She blushed a little, worried that the photos taken in her relaxed state would not look good and would waste the camera film.
Yun Qiao laughed and said, "If you just strike a pose and then take a photo, it will be too stiff. You have to capture it when you are completely relaxed to make it look natural."
"Really?" Su Hua was a little unconvinced.
She rarely took photos since she was a child. She did have some when she was a child, and the photos were displayed in her previous home, but she was too small in the photos, so small that she had no memory of her at all.
The first time she could remember taking a photo was three months ago.
The market was reorganizing its employee files and needed two recent, bareheaded, one-inch photos. So Su Hua went to a photo studio and took his first photo.
Su Hua remembers that before taking photos, the photographers in the photo studio would instruct the people being photographed to pose, and sometimes it would take a long time before they were satisfied and could start shooting.
Now Yun Qiao casually picked up the camera and started taking pictures. Su Hua was really worried that she had not performed well just now and wasted her film.
Yun Qiao laughed and said, "Really? The ones taken at the photo studio are portraits, which look nice, but they're too serious and formal. When we go out to have fun, we take candid photos. We want to capture them candidly; that's the most natural and beautiful way to look."
"Is that so?" Su Hua nodded, not quite understanding.
Yun Qiao smiled and said, "I'll find a photo studio to develop the photos from the day before. I'll show you then and you'll know how beautiful they are."
Su Hua was rarely praised for her good looks, and when she was suddenly praised, she felt very shy and said "hmm" with a red face.
Next, Yun Qiao took photos of the two children, and then instructed Su Hua to take photos of himself.
Su Hua was a little at a loss. She had never touched a camera before, and her hands holding the camera were extremely stiff.
Fortunately, although she didn't know how to do it, she was obedient enough and did what Yun Qiao taught her.
Yun Qiao adjusted the parameters, composed the picture, and walked to the designated position. Su Hua only needed to stand there with the camera and press the shutter, so the final effect was quite good.
At the very end, Yun Qiao found a friendly passerby and asked her to help take a group photo of the four of them.
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