At half past one in the afternoon, Chen Wen and Tang Jin left Versailles and drove to Bordeaux.

Paris is located in the north-central part of France, Bordeaux is in the southwest, and the road distance between the two places is more than 600 kilometers.

From Versailles, head south through the department of Essonne on the greater Parisian plate, and then enter the department of Loiret, where it refuels once in the capital Orleans.

Leaving Orleans, crossing the Loire via the local bridge, and then onto the highway, Chen Wen drove to 120 miles.

In 1992, China had not yet built a nationwide highway network, and most of the only expressways were expressways from the urban area of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to the airport.

This will sit in Chen Wen's car, running at a high speed on the French highway, and the beauty will be shocked to persuade Chen Wen to drive slowly.

Chen Wen said with a smile: "At this speed, I'm afraid I won't be able to get to Bordeaux before dark, let alone those wineries in the south." ”

Tang Jin said: "If you can't get there, you can't get there, let's stay in that town for one night, and then hurry slowly tomorrow morning." ”

Chen Wen felt that Tang Jin was right, there was no need to hurry, so he lowered the speed to 80 miles and drove very leisurely on the French roads.

When the speed of the car went down, Tang Jin was more relieved, and easily admired the French villages on both sides of the road through the car window.

Along the way, we passed through many small towns, and some places could not even be called cities, but only villages.

Tang Jin asked: "It seems that except for the core area of Paris, the rest of France is like a village." ”

Chen Wen said with a smile: "Sister Tang, you are so right, even the French themselves say so, except for Little Paris, France is all rural." ”

In the middle of dark, we arrived in Limoges, the capital of the Limousin region and the capital of the Haute-Vienna department, a miniature town with orange roofs.

How small?

The entire Limoges region consists of 108 municipalities with a total population of just over 200,000.

There are nearly 100 provinces in France, and there are a bunch of provinces around Haute-Vienna where you can live temporarily, and the reason why Chen Wen chose Limoges for tonight's rest place is because this place has a similarity with his hometown.

Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province is known as the porcelain capital of China, while Limoges is known as the Jingdezhen of Europe. Yes, the porcelain here is famous all over the world.

Chen Wen drove to a random town in the Limoges area and parked in front of a two-story house with a handwritten wooden board hanging at the door: accommodation, food, parking.

That's right!

Not only in the 90s, there were farmhouses full of "food and accommodation" next to the national highways in the provinces of China, but also in France and even the whole of Europe.

In fact, it is also possible to go to the hotel, but Chen Wen was in Sicily, Italy, by Adria

Na took the visit to the B&B, and he wanted to take Tang Jin to experience as much of the local European terroir as possible, so he chose to live in the B&B in Limoges.

The town where Chen Wen parked is called Walik Village, which is not even a town, it is very small.

The owners of the B&B were a white French couple in their 60s, who warmly welcomed the young lovers from the East.

Dinner was very rustic with slices of bread, bisque, bacon, sweet pie and yogurt.

Tang Jin used to be a media person in the radio station, and when she encountered something she was interested in, she especially liked to ask for details, and Chen Wen happily acted as a translator for Tang Da's reporters.

The two old men were also happy to chat, and there had been no guests in the door for a long time, and the objects they usually dealt with were more than 100 neighbors in the small village.

The old man's family surname is Frank.

Mr. Frank has two children, all sons. The eldest son works on a large fruit farm in the Dordogne department in the south of Haute-Vienna, while the younger son does not engage in agriculture as the family traditions, but goes to Marseille, a seaside city in southeastern France, to work as a paragliding instructor.

Knowing that Chen Wen and Tang Jin would be heading southwest to Bordeaux tomorrow, Mr. Frank invited the two to visit the fruit farm where his eldest son worked, and he was willing to lead the way.

Anyway, by the way, Chen Wen and Tang Jin happily accepted the old man's suggestion.

Mrs. Frank cleaned up a room and gave them a rest. This room was formerly the bedroom of the Frank family's youngest son.

The old lady complained: "The younger son has not been back for two years, and only calls once every few months. ”

Regarding the family affairs of the Frank family, Chen Wen is neither qualified nor necessary to make any comments.

Wash up, there is no need to take a bath in someone's house, Chen Wen and Tang Jin can't wait to get into the quilt to create a piece of joy.

Day, Saturday.

Early in the morning, not long after dawn, Old Man Frank called Chen Wen and Tang Jin to get up.

Chen Wen touched Tang Jin's good figure and muttered, "This old man must have regarded me as his son!"

While wearing small clothes, Tang Jin smiled and slapped Chen Wen's bad hand with his little hand: "You don't lose money by being Mr. Franck's son, the old man is over sixty." ”

The two of them dressed up and walked out of the room.

Old man Frank led them out to a small river by the side of the village.

The old man said, "I laid a shrimp pot last night, let's see the results." ”

Chen Wen asked: "The results of the war? Have you ever been a soldier and fought in a war?"

The old man said proudly: "My grandfather's grandfather's grandfather fought against the British in the United States and avenged Joan of Arc. ”

Chen Wen translated the old man's words to Tang Jin, and Tang Jin was also happy enough.

The pristine, pollution-free river is beautiful and tranquil, and Chen Wen wants to take off his clothes and jump into swimming when he looks at it. Considering that the weather was already relatively cold, he didn't dare to make a mistake.

A rope was tied to the trunk of a tree by the river, and the other end hung into the water.

Old man Frank pulled up the shrimp trap and caught dozens of shrimp of all sizes in it. The old man said happily, "I have never caught so many shrimps at one time since my two sons left home!

Tang Jin whispered: "The old man misses his son!"

Chen Wen thought of his parents in Africa, and he estimated that his parents would often think of him.

There was an extra dish for breakfast.

Mrs. Franck decapitated the shrimp she caught, coated them in flour paste and breadcrumbs, and fried them in a pan.

Chen Wen looked at the discarded shrimp head and felt pity. Tang Jin understood Chen Wen's eyes, she took matters into her own hands, wrapped the shrimp head in those things, and put it in the oil pan to fry the crispy shrimp head.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank looked at the young man with a smile. Chen Wen guessed that maybe the old man would add a fried shrimp head to his recipe in the future.

After breakfast, at Chen Wen's suggestion, the old man Frank drove the way, and Chen Wen's car followed, and drove half an hour to the city of Limoges and visited the porcelain museum.

Chen Wen took a set of commemorative photos for Tang Jin with his camera, and he said with a smile: "After returning to China, you can tell Old Man Ma that you have been to Jingdezhen in Europe." Didn't he like porcelain, so he had the opportunity to open foreign meat. ”

Leaving Limoges, the two cars headed southwest into the Dordogne, where they arrived at the fruit and vegetable farm south of the city of Périgueux after a half-hour drive.

Through the farm staff, the old man found his son Frank the Great, who was named by Chen Wen, to distinguish him from the little Frank who was paragliding in Marseille.

The old man's eldest son is simply a mold with him, Chen Wen can't help but think of himself, he doesn't look like his father Chen Hu at all, but is similar to his mother Xie Youfang.

Big Frank learned the identities of Chen Wen and Tang Jin from his father, and happily became a tour guide.

Chen Wen asked, "Will it delay your work?"

Big Frank replied: "I am the manager of the second district of our farm, and it is my job to accompany our distinguished guests on their tour of the farm. Before you leave, you can make a certain amount of money. ”

Old man Frank explained with a smile: "Chen, you can just buy a few boxes of fruit." ”

Buying fruit, of course, is a trivial matter, it doesn't matter if you can't finish it, it is transported back to Versailles by car, and the four girls in the shared villa are open to eat.