At noon, when they tasted the village's communal meal, Lu Wei found that the chef's dishes were just ordinary farm-style cooking. However, perhaps because there were many tourists or because everyone was scrambling to eat, the food tasted amazing, and he enjoyed it very much.
Lu Wei ate two large bowls of food, until his stomach was full.
After the meal, Niu Baoguo and several other craftsman NPCs will teach everyone how to weave small items in the courtyard where people can relax. There are also literacy classes and harmonica lessons—it couldn't be more enriching.
Lu Wei had a very fulfilling day and chose to stay overnight in the village. Some tourists opted to stay in guesthouses in the nearby commune.
Unexpectedly, there was an open-air movie screening in the village at night. The NPC said that it was shown on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. He just happened to be there.
Not to mention, watching a movie outdoors while eating sunflower seeds is quite a unique experience. It feels like I've gone back to my childhood, riding on my dad's shoulders to watch movies. Except now, my dad's body has shrunk considerably, while I can see without any assistance.
Thinking of this, Lu Wei suddenly felt a lump in his throat, thinking that next time he could get tickets, he would bring his parents to come and play for a few more days.
That day, Lu Wei slept soundly until dawn, not even the roosters in the village could wake him. As he washed up in the yard, he watched the NPCs working in the fields and the tourists taking pictures. The air was fresh, and in the distance were green mountains and clear waters. The sounds of chickens and dogs could be heard. It was truly a beautiful day.
Lu Wei rode his bike into the city today. Compared to the simple countryside, the city was dazzling, and there was simply not enough to see.
Compared to the few shops during the filming of "Who is the Ten Thousand Yuan Household", there are many more shops reminiscent of my childhood. There are also vendors selling dough figurines and sugar paintings on the street. The whole street is filled with a warm hue brought by the sunlight, which seems somewhat similar to my childhood memories, yet also different. The air is filled with the aroma of freshly baked buns and steamed bread.
There were even people's photo studios that offered photoshoots in clothing. Photos could be picked up the same day, and mailing services were also provided. The mailing slips had a distinctly retro feel; he hadn't written with a pen in a long time, and writing stroke by stroke with a fountain pen brought him an indescribable joy.
Lu Wei ate while watching, and if it weren't for occasionally glancing at the sneakers on his own and other tourists' feet, he would have felt like he had traveled to another era.
There are patrols on the streets, and from time to time, they will randomly check the identities of tourists or NPCs.
Lu Wei also met the five-man manure-collecting group, but there were only three of them; the other two were patrolling another street. Unexpectedly, they had also joined the park. Hearing that Lu Wei was a fan, the group enthusiastically took photos with him and told him the location of Huang Guowei's martial arts and acrobatics performance, as well as the location of Sheng Xiuqin's boxed lunch shop in the county town, and the movie theater and park beverage shop.
Compared to the increasing commercial homogenization in tourist attractions today, every step here seems to be a mark of another era. Lu Wei felt that his eyes were not enough to see everything, so he even rode his bicycle to the food factory and soap factory to take photos.
Then he was surprised to find that the factory would be recruiting workers on-site that afternoon (game segment).
Lu Wei excitedly signed up, thinking he would work at the same food factory as Qu Lixin. After eating the delicious state-run restaurant he had been longing for, he rushed to the food factory.
All the questions were within range. The food factory's recruitment meeting was held at the main gate, and the questions were all related to the food factory, such as which country the coffee beans were produced in, the production process of coffee and tea, and where the first coffee and tea in our country was produced.
Just kidding, Lu Wei had been watching the live stream from the very beginning. He knew exactly what to ask, since the contestants had received that kind of training material before they started.
During the game segment, he defeated many tourists, became a worker in a food factory, and changed his identity information.
Lu Wei felt like the coolest guy on the street, and wished he could plaster his worker status all over his head.
He held his newly issued identity document, a unique identification document belonging to a specific era. The paper itself seemed to exude a sense of history, creating a strong sense of immersion. He also received coffee, tea, biscuits, and other souvenirs from a food factory, and bought some old domestic products from a state-run store.
I bought a canvas bag with special embroidery made by the sewing machine factory; I bought a pair of Feiyang Entertainment canvas shoes from the shoe factory; and I bought some small toys from the steel factory.
He had a fruitful day and was glad he had rented a bicycle at the beginning. Even so, he could already foresee that his legs would be sore the next day, but his body and eyes still couldn't help looking at the shops on the street.
The canvas shoes on my feet felt both retro and trendy in design. The state-run store had many styles to choose from. Someone even took a photo with the eye-rolling emoji of "Sister Wang" from the internet. He paid for the shoes and put them on right away. Later, I discovered that there was also a counter selling old-fashioned leather shoes. They were very comfortable to wear, didn't hurt my feet, and were easy to clean. They even gave me a can of shoe polish.
He remembered that he usually wore leather shoes for work, so he immediately bought a pair. He hadn't even arrived at the Foreign Guests Hotel yet! These three days of vacation were simply not enough time to enjoy himself! The round trip alone would take a day, and two days wouldn't even be enough to see a single town, let alone the county.
I didn't experience metalworking at the steel mill, nor did I go to the black market.
Lu Wei's only regret about this trip was that the vacation was too short; two days simply wasn't enough time to enjoy it!
On the cruise ship off the island, Lu Wei felt as if his soul had been ripped away. He carried a canvas bag from Feiyang Sewing Machine Factory, filled with popular items from the park, but he felt that his heart was still on the island.
(Updates will follow once the train service resumes.)
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