Xu Zhenkun took his parents on a tour of the Lake District, the Scottish Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands in the past few weeks, and their final trip was Wales, but only for two days, and almost exclusively to visit Lin Yilong.

Lin Yilong and Xu Zhenkun have a close enough relationship to entertain Xu Zhenkun at the Bracken Forest Farm, but the relationship between his parents and Lin Yilong is still a little worse. Mr. Lin booked a room for his best friend at the Hilton Hotel in Cardiff and entertained Mr. Xu and his family at a restaurant he knew was not too upscale and had a casual atmosphere.

"Accustomed to seeing the beaches of New South Wales, it's not so nice to say goodbye to 'old' South Wales. Xu Zhenkun's day's trip was on the coast of South Wales, but except for the hottest days, the water temperature in the Bristol Strait was still too low, and the scenery of the seaside was slightly "too mild". ”

"Then you plan to settle here forever?" Xu Zhenkun asked.

"What, isn't it suitable?"

"I thought you just wanted to make money here and leave. Xu Zhenkun replied disapprerovingly, "I didn't expect you to have such feelings for this land." ”

"If you're talking about mosquitoes, that's true. Lin Yilong replied, "In my heart, of course, I love the homeland that nurtures us more, but it is no longer suitable for us. ”

That's exactly what happened. Xu Zhenkun seemed to want to find something unnatural from his best friend's face, but he didn't find it, and his expression eased slightly, "Then we can only connect with each other across half the world like this in the future?"

"You can try to go back when you're fine, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke some people, and it's okay to go back and take a walk. Lin Yilong replied, "Of course, this is the premise that Zhenkun must get the identity over there." ”

"I understand. Xu Zhenkun replied, "I came this time and brought you some fruits that you like to eat, but they didn't pass the airport security check and rotted." ”

"What fruit?"

"Lychee. Xu Zhenkun replied, "Like the forest farm you invested, I also plan to invest in some agricultural industries, and a few days ago, I took out a small loan to buy a fruit plantation. ”

"What?" Lin Yilong asked in surprise, "Orchard?"

"That's right. Xu Zhenkun replied, "It's a small plantation of only 350 acres." ”

"That's not a small scale. Lin Yilong never thought that Xu Zhenkun really intended to engage in the planting industry, and like Lin Yilong, Xu Zhenkun knew very little about the agricultural industry. But Xu Zhenkun has parents who work in the agricultural system – a convenience that Lin Yilong does not have – and Lin Yilong's forest farm can only bring him subsidized benefits, not actual products.

"I hired specialized agricultural workers, and the next year, we will have the first fruits produced. Xu Zhenkun replied with some complacency, "However, our lychees are very similar to the lychees sold in supermarkets here." It's a bit of a pity, but that's all I can bring to you. ”

"Then you plan to bring this 'souvenir' from here back to your New South Wales penal colony?" Lin Yilong joked maliciously, Xu Zhenkun was having a hot fight with a mainland girl from Canterbury and a local girl from St. Martin's College of Art these days, and he didn't know where he went.

It is well known that the continent of Oceania and its nearby islands were originally places where the suzerains exiled prisoners.

"I don't care, but they're not as good as your Katie, and they won't keep them at home and let them be. Xu Zhenkun replied casually, "After all, this is their freedom, and it is also my freedom." ”

"That's good. Lin Yilong replied, "I am looking forward to the lychees from Zhenkun Farm. ”

In this way, when Lin Yilong took the train home, he had three more boxes of lychees sold by Tesco.

In Britain, lychee is a seasonal fruit, and the vast majority of lychee products come from the Iberian Peninsula and the Canary Islands, which are hot in summer, and relatively small imports are relatively small. Even if it is placed on the shelves, it is placed in the "Tropical and Amazing Fruits" section, along with things like yellow mushrooms, carambola, and mangoes. If you don't pay special attention to this subdivision, you wouldn't have bothered to look at it, and you haven't heard of or seen much of this kind of fruit, such as the Yeon family, who are permanent residents of Bracken Tree Farm.

"What is this?" asked Vera, looking at the pile of reddish-brown fruits, as Nadia was upstairs tending to the child, and would be coming down later.

"Hasn't Vera seen lychees?" asked Lin Yilong.

"What's that?" Vera didn't look like she had ever eaten a fruit like this.

"Lychee!" Lin Yilong repeated, "This is a tropical and subtropical fruit, very sweet!"

"I haven't heard of it!" Vera said - it was difficult to get the Lyon sisters to try new foods, except for the truffle stew they had eaten in Paris two years ago, and they rarely tried anything else, even mango and grapefruit.

The Russian pronunciation of личи is also "荔枝", but the source does not seem to be the Chinese "荔枝", which is more similar to the English pronunciation of Lychee. In some shops in Moscow, the price is about 200 rubles (about 20 soft) and half a catty (note: prices in February '14). For a professor of materials science who earns 85,000 rubles a month, it is still not much, but it is not less than the usual fruits such as apples and pears.

"Let's try new fruits!" Lin Yilong went to the kitchen sink, washed his hands, peeled off two lychees, and handed them to Vera and Nadia, who hurried downstairs, "I know you don't want to try fresh food, but I always think this is not bad." And also..... Nadia doesn't want to swallow it whole, nuclear. ”

It took Nadia twenty seconds to spit out the crushed lychee.

Vera found the pit as soon as she chewed it, and after making sure it was double-checked, she ate the flesh into her stomach.

After being guided by the correct way to eat, Nadia finally tasted the crystal clear flesh of the sweet lychee.

"This stuff is so sweet!" Nadia commented after tasting it, "It tastes really good!"

"Of course!" Lin Yilong replied triumphantly, "You should believe me when it comes to food!

"You can't eat it often!" reminded Vera, who was breastfeeding, and was so mindful of her own health and her daughters that she was not interested in the fruit when she read about the neurotoxicity of lychees, "and when the children are older, we can try again." ”