Chapter 2000: Unreal Feeling
The ancient city of Dali was built in Yeyu, also known as the Purple City, which is located under Cangshan Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake. It can be said that the geographical location is extremely advantageous. There are city walls on all four sides of the ancient city. The inner wall is rammed earth, and the outer wall is covered with stones and large bricks. The city has four gates and four gatehouses.
Since it was built in the Ming Dynasty 600 years ago, the scale and layout of the ancient city have basically not changed much. So the ancient city in modern times is basically the same as the ancient city seen by the ancients more than 600 years ago.
The ancient city covers a large area of three square kilometers, and it is basically impossible to visit it in one day. So in the evening, the family set out to see Xiyun Academy first.
Compared with young people who like to travel and play, the elderly hope that their children and grandchildren will be blessed. For example, the third generation like Yang Dongxu and Yang Dongjie are basically adults, so the elderly focus on the fourth generation.
The fourth generation of little kids are all in school, so go to the academy first to get a taste of the talent of the scholars.
Xiyun Academy is not an academy in the Ming Dynasty, but was built in the third year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. So the architectural style is different from the Dali Ancient City with a distinctive Ming Dynasty style.
However, there are limited other things. After all, the ancient buildings are basically inherited from the same line. Although each era has its own characteristics, the basic inheritance is similar.
Classical architecture, ancient costumes, and ancient academies. Yang Dongxu and his group can be said to have attracted enough attention.
Although Hanfu is becoming more and more popular now, it is basically worn by individuals. Or when some businesses hold activities, a group of people will wear it for a catwalk.
There are still a few families like Yang Dongxu who wear it when traveling, so naturally they have attracted a lot of attention.
There are even children who point at the children's clothes on Lan Yi and insist that their parents buy them a set of exactly the same ones. It's a pity that these clothes are designed by Zhuo Qing'er and you can't buy them anywhere in the country.
"Such simple ancient style clothes are pretty good. You can launch a few models to go to the market." Yang Dongxu pushed the wheelchair with Grandpa Xuan sitting on it.
No matter how old the old man is, he will get old one day. Grandpa Xuan, who could carry a bag of wheat a few years ago, has been getting worse and worse in the past two years.
Although he can walk and eat well compared to his peers, he needs a wheelchair for long walks.
In fact, for a martial artist like him, there is no doubt that he is in good health even in old age. Death is only because the organs in the body have reached the end of their life force, and the tendons and bones will not be unable to walk.
But Mr. Xuan was injured a lot when he was young. Although he has been recuperating in Yangjia Village in recent years, he has a great doctor like Sun Banxian to help him regulate.
Yang Dongxu can also get all kinds of precious medicinal materials. But the old man's recovery ability is poor, and it is basically impossible to completely recover from some old injuries, so he can only maintain the status quo.
As for Mr. Xuan, he is open-minded and always says that he should have died a long time ago. If Yang Dongxu hadn't become rich and used various medicinal materials to help him prolong his life, he would have been buried in the ground with only a handful of bones left.
After strolling for an evening, he looked at the night lights of the ancient city when it got dark. Then he found a Bai restaurant and had a meal of Bai specialties, and the group returned to the hotel.
I plan to go to bed early today, get up early tomorrow to see Cangshan Mountain, and visit Erhai Lake in the evening.
It is basically impossible to visit all the scenic spots, so I can only check in at the famous places and take photos as a souvenir.
In fact, if you can travel, you don’t have to rush at all. It’s also good to stroll slowly. It’s a pity that the elderly miss home. On the first day of coming out, grandma was worried about whether her chickens were fed well.
So the scenic spots can only be roughly visited. A good tour can be changed to let the elderly see more different scenery that they have never seen before.
"What’s wrong with you? Are you not happy, or are you in conflict with Ajie?" When she returned to the room at night, Zhuo Qing'er couldn't help asking Dong Yao who was frowning.
"No, I just feel that this trip is different from the previous one." Dong Yao said.
"What's different? Don't you like the attractions, or are you a little disappointed that you can't spend time with Ajie?"
"It's not like that, it's just... how should I put it. When I traveled before, I would first check my wallet before going to a place.
And I would also check my wallet before booking a hotel, and sometimes I would be a little entangled when eating, buying some local souvenirs, etc. This time I didn't feel that way at all, so I'm a little uncomfortable with the time." Dong Yao said.
Although she is not someone who can't hide things in her heart, she is very smart. Whether it's facing the Yang family or Zhuo Qing'er, she always says what she wants.
This sincerity makes the Yang family like it very much, and the young aunt is even more worried that such a city daughter-in-law should be more careful in the future, so as not to be deceived by others.
The reason why Dong Yao did this is that she understood that with her little thoughts and little tricks, except for the honest and decent Yang family in her hometown, she probably couldn't hide it from Yang Dongxu's not very conspicuous little grandfather.
Instead of using those tricks to disgust people, it's better to be honest.
"I used to have the same feeling as you. You have to learn to adapt slowly." Zhuo Qing'er said with a smile.
She also had a hard time living without money, and Dong Yao obviously still hasn't recovered. For ordinary people, if they travel once a year, they have to plan how much money to spend, otherwise it will definitely increase the burden on the family.
But the Yang family is not about spending money. Money is nothing to them. What is important is how to make the elderly happy and how to let them see more scenery they have never seen before they leave.
"It's necessary to adapt!" Dong Yao nodded.
When she had a little money before, she could only think about the five-star hotel in front of her. But now, although it is only the first day, she understands that entering and exiting such a five-star hotel is as simple as entering and exiting her own toilet.
This feeling conflicts with the entanglement of spending a lot of money to stay in a hotel before, which makes her a little dazed for a while, so her expression is a little wrong after returning to the room.
She even began to have some other thoughts in her heart, such as whether this kind of life is really what she wants?
If it was the previous Dong Yao, she was sure that this was the life she wanted. She studied so hard and looked for opportunities to film so eagerly, just to become a big star and make more money.
Now, except for becoming a big star, the other life she wanted before, the things she wanted to buy, and even the things she didn't dare to buy are now at her fingertips, which makes her feel unrealistic like dreaming for a while.
At the same time, the dream of becoming a big star does not seem out of reach, as long as she can get along well with Yang Dongjie. This year's game studio has achieved some results, and next year she said that if she wants to act, she can definitely choose any big production.
So the things she had hoped for before are now in front of her and within reach, and her first feeling is not ecstasy, but trepidation and guilt. She can't enjoy all this at ease for a while.