Lou Man's expression Yang Xingchang has also seen a lot, and there are still many places where he asks for this woman in the future, so he doesn't dare to turn his face with Lou Man. Governor Yang said with a shy face: "I'll go to the mall later, you can choose what you want to buy, and you can order whatever you want for dinner, let's not be angry, okay?"

Although Lou Man was aggrieved, she didn't dare to get too stiff with President Yang. She knew that she and President Yang were half a catty to eight taels, each with its own strengths and weaknesses.

Although Governor Yang is old and frail, he is in power and has a lot of money in his hand.

Although she is young and beautiful, she is not a yellow flower girl, not only divorced once, but also with a young child.

If it weren't for President Yang as a backer, he would have to go to the suburbs to work every week, and he could only see his son once a week, and his life would definitely not be as nourishing as it is now.

Although Governor Yang could not satisfy himself physically, he did not treat himself badly materially, and what was even more rare was that he did not look at the child he brought with him a different eye.

When Lou Man reached this age, he also tasted the bitterness of life, and knew that sugarcane was not sweet at both ends, and it was impossible to satisfy himself in everything. If I don't follow President Yang and follow another man, I'm afraid that the overall standard of living is not as good as it is now.

So now that she saw that Yang Xingchang was currying favor with a smile on his face, Lou Man was no longer making trouble, so she got off the donkey and said: "This is what you said, don't wait until you go to the mall to buy things and be stingy and reluctant to spend money!" She had already taken a fancy to a few valuable gold ornaments and wanted to buy them in the name of her parents and son. Today should be a good opportunity, Governor Yang himself said it in his head, and he is not afraid that he will regret it when the time comes. Lou Man knew that he would have a long time in the future, and President Yang would definitely not be able to accompany him to the end. She has to seize every opportunity to save a pension money for herself and lay a little material foundation for her son's future life. She pays great attention to health care, and she knows that there will definitely be problems with a big fish and meat like Governor Yang, who smokes and drinks excessively all day long, and Governor Yang does not listen to advice and has always gone his own way. Lou Man had no choice but to secretly make some plans for the future of himself and his son.

When President Yang saw that his wife's face had softened, he said generously: "That's impossible, it's not early, you hurry up and clean up, let's get ready to go out." ”

Liu Zhongzhou thought that President Yang would call Li Xin immediately, so he wrote a text message immediately after hanging up the phone, and said the matter concisely in the text message, plus President Yang's phone number and sent it to Li Xin.

But President Yang was busy eliminating his wife Lou Man's grievances, and after putting down the phone, he took Lou Man out to the mall and dinner, until he returned home at nearly 19:00 in the evening, when he saw Li Xin's mobile phone number sent by Liu Zhongzhou, he remembered to talk to Li Xin about the copper price. At this time, his wife Lou Man was sitting on the sofa watching a TV series, the TV was turned on very loudly, and President Yang thought the living room was too noisy, so he went to the study to call Li Xin.

Li Xin and Xia Xiaona went to Jiayuguan to visit this time because the time was relatively tight, and he checked the travel guide on the Internet, and knew that the best scenery in Jiayuguan was when the sun set, so Li Xin's tour plan was to go far and then near. Early on Saturday morning, they chartered a taxi and went straight to the 71 Glacier, then the cantilever Great Wall, then the first pier of the Great Wall, and at 17:30 in the afternoon, he and Xia Xiaona boarded the Jiayuguan Pass.

Although the weather is sunny today, the minimum temperature in Jiayuguan this season is only about 0°C. Standing on the top of the city tower, the wind blowing from the endless wasteland outside the city was stronger and colder, Li Xin and Xia Xiaona, who had only come here from the warm Jiangcheng yesterday, were still stamping their feet in the cold although they were wearing down jackets.

At this time, a camel caravan happened to pass on the wasteland in the distance outside the city, and a melodious camel bell was faintly heard in the cold autumn wind blowing in front of it.

"What a beautiful scenery on the border outside the Cypriot Islands!" Xia Xiaona sighed.

Li Xin also said: "The scenery in the northwest is really different from the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Xia Xiaona pointed to the camel caravan in the distance and said, "Do you guess what kind of scene comes to mind when I look at that camel caravan?"

"What's the scenario?"

"Zhaojun went out of the West, Zhang Qian sent an envoy to the Western Regions, and Tang Sanzang went to the West to learn scriptures!"

Li Xin smiled: "You can really relate." ”

"If you think about it carefully, you can't imagine such a scene standing on the towers of those ancient cities in the south of the Yangtze River, but standing here, facing the scenery outside the Seychelles, the first thing that appears in your mind should be this kind of scene. ”

Li Xin thought for a moment: "It's true." ”

Xia Xiaona was still immersed in her imagination: "The living environment outside the Saiwai is so harsh and the weather is freezing, why does the emperor still marry his daughter here?"

Li Xin said: "This is called harmony, which is a kind of pacification policy of the Central Plains Dynasty to the nomads in the Western Regions, hoping to avoid war by means of marriage. In fact, many women who are close to each other are not the emperor's biological daughters, but palace maids. ”

"Anyway, in ancient times, it was still very hard for a woman who married to this side with her own relatives. ”

"Of course, the emperor married a woman to a tribe thousands of miles away with an edict, and there is a big gap in each other's living habits, not to mention that most of the ancient nomads have no culture, and these palace maids and princesses who are close to each other are also the small family jasper and the golden branches and jade leaves of the royal family, and it is really unimaginable to live in that environment for a lifetime with a person who has never met and does not understand the language. But for the sake of the emperor's grand cause and the tranquility of the border, their personal happiness cannot be taken care of. ”

"Why do you say that these nomadic people in the north keep invading the Central Plains, can't they live a good life?"

Li Xin smiled: "That's why the ancients wrote the ancient poem why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows and the spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass." ”

"What do you mean?" Xia Xiaona asked, puzzled.

"Didn't you just say that? The living environment outside the plug is so harsh, and the weather is freezing. It's still late autumn, you can still wear shirts in Jiangnan, the climate is still sunny and beautiful, but here you are still shivering with cold wrapped in a down jacket. In the middle of winter, how different will the climate here be from the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River? In the eyes of the ancient nomads, the Central Plains was a piece of golden treasure that they dreamed of, and they would want to take it quickly. According to historical records, many of these northern nomads did not stop waging war against the Central Plains Dynasty after marrying the women sent by the Central Plains Dynasty. In their eyes, one or two beautiful women are not an order of magnitude compared to the rich territory of the Central Plains. ”

"That's why you have this military fortress in front of you, right?"

"That's right. Harmony is just a means, it is difficult to say what the effect is, and the most important thing is to take precautions. You see, the Great Wall and the current castle that we visited this morning are the means of prevention after the failure of the peace policy. ”

Xia Xiaona said: "On the way back just now, when I looked at the ancient city of Jiayuguan from a distance, do you know what I remembered?"

"What do you remember?"

"When I saw that beautiful scenery, I remembered the ancient poem again: A lonely city and ten thousand mountains! At that time, the background of the ancient city of Jiayuguan was the snow-capped and continuous Qilian Mountain, this ancient poem is simply a stroke of genius, and the description of that scene is perfect to the point of no more!"

At this time, under the afterglow of the setting sun, everything around is gradually darkening, only the snow-capped mountains in the distance are still bright, and the scenery in front of you is magnificent, but there is a sense of desolation. Li Xin said: "I guess standing here looking at the Qilian Mountain in the distance, you should think of the ancient poem of Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, and the lonely city looking at Yumen Pass, right?" ”

Xia Xiaona said happily: "That's it, I just wanted to say, how do you know?"

Li Xin said: "What I just said was Wang Zhilian's "Out of the Stopper", and now I am talking about Wang Changling's "From the Army", these two poems are almost one of the best works in the ancient Biansai poems, and when you think of the first poem, you will definitely associate the second one." As you just said, the scene in front of you is a perfect match for this ancient poem, and when you see this scene, this ancient poem flashes in your mind. ”

Xia Xiaona said: "This trip to Jiayuguan is really worth it!"

"Indeed. If you don't have that feeling, if you don't climb the ice and snow with the soldiers on the border, and if you don't experience the rain, snow, wind and frost outside the fortress, how can you write the magnificent poems that make Longcheng fly and don't teach Hu Ma to do Yinshan? How can you have the heroic spirit of wearing gold armor in a hundred battles in Huangshan and never returning Loulan if you don't break it!"

Xia Xiaona said unsatisfactorily: "Tourism should be interesting to this kind of scenic spot with historical and cultural background, where are you going to take me on a trip next time?"

"Where do you want to go?"

"The location is up to you, as long as it's a place with good scenery and cultural heritage, I like it wherever you take me. ”

"Okay, then I'll be in charge, just follow me. ”

"Hmm!"

At this moment, a reminder from the staff came from afar: "Attention tourists, this attraction will be closed in 10 minutes, everyone hurry up." ”

Li Xin said: "Hurry up, let's go back to eat, after running for a day, my stomach is rumbling with hunger." ”

Xia Xiaona said, "I'm also very hungry, what are we going to eat when we go back?"

"Of course I eat mutton here, I heard that the most famous and delicious here is mutton steamed buns and lamb skewers, on such a cold day, eat more mutton and sleep at night to warm up." ”