Chapter 81 Pengcheng
Lu Jiaxin's trip was not boring at all. She read books during the day or chatted with the old man in the lower bunk. The old man participated in the Korean War and was injured and retired to the machinery factory in his hometown. Now he is retired. Because of his severe cold legs, he went to Guangzhou to spend the winter at the request of his son.
After getting off the train, the old man ran to the window and said to Lu Jiaxin reluctantly: "Xiao Lu, you must come to see me when you get to Guangzhou."
Lu Jiaxin stuck her head out and said with a smile on her face: "Don't worry, Grandpa Chen, I will definitely come to see you when I get to Guangzhou."
Grandpa Chen was so scared that he quickly said: "This is very dangerous. Don't do this again next time."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
The train started, and Grandpa Chen slowly turned into a dot and finally disappeared. Lu Jiaxin climbed back to the upper bunk.
At this time, there were only two of them in the small room, and everyone else got off the train. Gu Wenfeng asked, "Will you really go to see him when you go to Yangcheng?"
"It depends. If I have time, I'll visit him. If I don't have time, forget it."
It was evening when they arrived in Pengcheng. After getting off the train, she looked at the simple station and couldn't help but sigh again at the rapid development of this city. Who could have imagined that a small town would become an international metropolis as famous as the Magic City of Beijing in more than 20 years.
Gu Wenfeng saw that she was standing still, and her expression was incomprehensible. He didn't ask her what she was thinking, but reminded her directly, "It's dark, we have to find a place to live."
After leaving the train station, Lu Jiaxin saw old people and children sitting under the trees on the roadside to enjoy the cool. She thought that the first thing she would do after making money was to buy a camera. She wanted to take pictures of everything she saw. After 30 or 40 years, these photos will be precious.
At this time, there were no high-rise buildings, and there were arcades on both sides of the street. It rains frequently here all year round, and the arcades with eaves can be well protected from the rain. Although this place is not prosperous, you can see advertisements on the street after walking for a while, which shows that this place has shown a new atmosphere.
Gu Wenfeng asked the old man who was sitting under the eaves to cool off: "Uncle, where is the guesthouse?"
The old man looked at him without saying anything.
Lu Jiaxin went up to ask for directions in Cantonese. The old man smiled and pointed to the right, saying that there was a fork ahead, and the guesthouse was not far away after turning left.
Gu Wenfeng looked at her in surprise, and on the way to the guesthouse, he couldn't help asking: "When did you learn to speak Cantonese?"
Lu Jiaxin didn't need to find an excuse: "My aunt married in Yangcheng. I lived in her house twice when I was a child, and learned it from my cousins."
Children have a strong learning ability. The original body could speak a lot of Cantonese after staying in Yangcheng for two summer vacations. However, she learned quickly and forgot quickly, so she didn't need to hide from others and find someone to learn.
"Is your aunt in Yangcheng?"
Lu Jiaxin hummed and said, "My uncle is from Pengcheng. He transferred to Yangcheng and my aunt followed him here. But I don't know what happened seven years ago, and the two families stopped communicating."
It was her father who asked someone to introduce her, so that her aunt Lu Chunhua could marry her uncle Duan Jiefang, and the two families had a close relationship. But later, I don't know what went wrong, and Lu's mother and Lu's aunt fell out. The original body asked Lu's mother about this, and she didn't explain, just said that there was no such relative.
The two walked for ten minutes and arrived at the guesthouse. In fact, there is already a hotel here. It's just that the hotel is expensive, and Lu Jiaxin thinks it is unhygienic and unsafe. Now and for some time in the future, Pengcheng is a mixed bag, and the public security is not good, so the guesthouse is the most cost-effective.
The waiter at the guesthouse was very friendly, and he opened two rooms for them after reading the letter of introduction. After getting the key, the two of them carried their luggage upstairs.
After entering the room, I found it was a standard room with two single beds covered with white sheets and quilt covers. There was a table and a chair in the room, and on the table were a kettle, a washbasin and a cup. The room was very clean, but there was a big problem. There was no independent bathroom. After giving the canvas bag to Gu Wenfeng, Lu Jiaxin took the washbasin and clothes to the public bathroom.
After taking a shower, Lu Jiaxin was hungry, so she went out for dinner. Seafood was the first choice here. Lu Jiaxin ordered stir-fried shrimp, steamed yellow croaker, garlic oysters and scallop winter melon soup.
The yellow croaker ordered was nearly two pounds. After it was served, Lu Jiaxin picked up a chopstick and put it in her mouth. Because it was wild and freshly killed, the meat was tender and delicious.
Gu Wenfeng knew that she liked to eat seafood by looking at her cheerful expression, but when he was about to eat, Lu Jiaxin sighed. He asked puzzledly: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this fish?"
Lu Jiaxin put down her chopsticks, scooped soup into the bowl, and said: "The fish is delicious, I just thought of something and felt a little frustrated."
Due to environmental changes and overfishing, many fish are on the verge of extinction. That's fine, forty years later, those beasts in the island country still discharged nuclear wastewater into the sea, which is incalculable.
Gu Wenfeng thought she was thinking about the things that Ding Jing had calculated, so he comforted her: "Don't think about the past, you have to look forward."
Lu Jiaxin knew that he misunderstood, and didn't explain: "We have to eat quickly, it won't taste so good when it's cold."
Although seafood is delicious, it tastes much worse when it's cold. Now the sea resources are very rich and the sea water is not polluted. When she makes money, she will eat top seafood such as king crab, bluefin tuna, and Belon oysters in turn.
Gu Wenfeng came to Pengcheng once and ate seafood, but he felt that the taste was not so good. Because Lu Jiaxin didn't eat much, he didn't want to waste food, so he ate too much. He was afraid that Lu Jiaxin would laugh at him, so he didn't show it even though he was a little uncomfortable.
Lu Jiaxin actually found out that he ate too much, but she just pretended not to know. On the way back, she took the initiative to talk about her plan: "Brother Gu, let's find an expert to appraise the painting first, and then find a buyer after getting the appraisal certificate."
There is no need to find someone to help, you can just spend money to find out the news of the expert. But her age is a shortcoming, and this matter still needs Gu Wenfeng to do.
Gu Wenfeng did not shirk, "Okay, I'll go tomorrow."
Wear new clothes and shoes during the New Year, even if there is no money, I want to tear a piece of cloth to make a dress. Lu Jiaxin thought that she must exchange the painting for money as soon as possible, and then find a processing factory to produce winter shoes and ship them back. Selling it before the New Year will definitely make a fortune.
Seeing the guesthouse from a distance, Gu Wenfeng suddenly asked: "Miss Lu, how much are you going to sell this painting for?"
"A painting by a famous artist in the ancient capital costs between 10,000 and 20,000 yuan, and it must be more than that in Pengcheng. Let's talk about how much it will sell for when the time comes!" Lu Jiaxin said. Famous paintings and calligraphy have always been loved by those who like to be pretentious and can be sold at a high price. In view of the market conditions in the mainland, her psychological price is 50,000, 50,000 Chinese dollars.
Pengcheng refers to Shenzhen, and Yangcheng refers to Guangzhou