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At three o'clock in the morning, the two of them set off and walked towards Tiananmen Square, as a Chinese person, Ye Kai felt that he could not see other scenic spots in Yanjing, but it was absolutely necessary to participate in raising the national flag.

It's not at all for the sake of moral kidnapping.

It's just that Ye Kai feels that in this materialistic era, it is not a good thing for Chinese people to not have a faith, and the inner temperament of living for money and living for faith is actually very different.

And in China, what is the most accurate and valid faith?

It's not about believing in Buddhism or God, it's about patriotism.

Or that love is the blood that has been circulating in his body for 5,000 years, the descendants of Yan and Huang, and the descendants of the dragon...... It's a matter of pride.

In fact, every Chinese person has such a belief to a greater or lesser extent, for example, many people sometimes think: "How can I contribute to the motherland?"

Or: "How can I contribute to my country?"

This kind of similar thinking can actually be called ...... The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

At this stage, countless Chinese people are actually working hard for this goal, even if they are brainless trolls on the Internet, they actually have such thoughts.

It's just that they don't have a better way to do it.

Of course, if they can produce tangible and effective results, they are not keyboard warriors.

Having said all this, what does it have to do with the two of them getting up at 3 o'clock in the morning to go to Tiananmen Square to watch the national flag raising?

Absolutely.

In addition to some tourists, there are also most of the local true patriots who come here to watch the flag raising, the kind of people who have watched the national flag raising every day for several years.

Because of these people, raising the flag is itself a serious form of order.

These things give the flag raising a modern expression, that is, a sense of ceremony.

If love for the motherland is regarded as a faith, coming here to watch the flag-raising is actually an alternative pilgrimage, a way to strengthen people's faith.

As soon as I got out of the taxi, I was greeted by an aunt.

Forty or fifty years old, with curly hair, wearing a dark red thin sweater jacket, dressed like a neighborhood committee aunt or an elderly female teacher...... It's the kind of service that makes people feel serious even if they are served with a smile.

"The ticket is ten dollars per person. She said.

She was holding a medal and a small red flag in her hand, Ye Kai had already wanted to hand it over before she could answer, Ye Kai frowned and felt that this matter was not simple.

I didn't hear that you have to pay for tickets to come here to see the flag-raising.

And this aunt's expression ......

Ye Kai, a micro-expression expert, felt that you must be lying to me, so he took Saoirse's hand and ignored her and walked inside.

The square was really open, Ye Kai didn't see any place to collect tickets along the way, and walked all the way to the security gate of the square.

When I checked the strategy yesterday, Ye Kai was very troubled by one problem, that is, the problem of security check and queuing.

After all, he suffered a loss at Buckingham Palace, and if there was no help from others that time, Ye Kai would probably not be able to enter Buckingham Palace to visit.

And there are no tickets to watch the flag-raising, and there are many people, so how can you find a good spot?

I read a lot of guides, but I didn't understand this at all, maybe it's the reason why people who write travelogues don't think it's important.

After coming to Tiananmen Square, Ye Kai knew that this was really not very important.

The security check is at the place where you enter the square, and now there are not many people, and there are only twenty or thirty people in the queue in front, and the two of them queued for a few minutes and walked into the square.

There are three places to watch the flag-raising ceremony, two of which are on the east and west sides of the Tiananmen Tower, that is, behind the doors next to the two Huabiao on both sides of the Jinshui Bridge, and the other is the south of Tiananmen Square, the Monument to the Heroes.

Ye Kai searched last night, raised the national flag at 5:08, and now it is not yet four o'clock, there are not many people in the square, standing sparsely, and some people are sitting directly on the ground.

One in 10 of them were dragging their suitcases, probably since last night, or the hotel was far away and they had taken their luggage with them when they went out.

These are some people who have just arrived in Yanjing, or who are leaving Yanjing today.

Ye Kai casually found a place to stand, looked at others, and finally sat down like them, the old brother sitting next to Ye Kai was in his thirties, dressed as a white-collar worker, shirt and trousers, and the suit was taken off by him and held in his hand.

He doesn't have a lot of hair, but he doesn't seem to care too much, and the whole person is a little declining.

Seeing Ye Kai sitting here with Saoirse, he looked at it for a long time, and said to Ye Kai: "Brother, you can find a foreign girl as your girlfriend, are you married?"

"Not married. Ye Kai replied.

The bald white-collar brother shook his head slightly, sighed as if with emotion, and said lightly: "It's good that you're not married, it's good that you're not married, it looks like you're here to travel to Yanjing, right?"

Saoirse leaned on Ye Kai and replied: "Rongcheng, Rongcheng!"

"Rongcheng can, the development potential is great, and the new first-tier city is no worse than Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou......" Speaking of this, he touched the cigarette from his pocket, and when he was halfway there, he saw the surrounding environment and quietly put it back.

"What is the housing price in Rongcheng now?"

"I don't know very well, there are about 30,000 in Wuhou District, it should be ......"

Ye Kai didn't know much about the housing prices in Rongcheng, he hadn't paid attention to these before, what he wanted most was to buy a house in Sweet City after making money.

Of course, I don't pay attention to it now, anyway, as long as it's not a villa, then there is still money to buy a few houses.

The bald white-collar worker didn't know where Wuhou District was, so he endured his smoking addiction and asked, "How many rings is Wuhou District in?"

"The location of the first and second rings. ”

Ye Kai's place of residence is in the first ring, next to the Wuhou Temple, not far from the red archway.

"It's only 30,000 yuan in one ring, alas......" The bald white-collar worker's already decadent face became even more decadent, sighing constantly, and finally said, "Sure enough, leaving Yanjing is the right choice, little brother, do you know what the housing price in Yanjing is?"

It's not time to raise the flag now, and it's okay to sit, so I chatted with this old brother, looking at his bitter and hateful expression, he is also a person with a story.

"I worked as a programmer in Fengtai for ten years, and for ten years, I couldn't afford to pay the down payment of the money I earned, so I could buy a house casually, starting at 60,000 yuan. He crossed his index fingers together, bumping into each other, taking a deep breath to strengthen his tone.

Ye Kai finally found out why he was in the current state, after working for one-tenth or one-fifth of his life, anyone found that the road ahead was dull, and anyone would become decadent.

The white-collar worker looked at Ye Kai enviously, then looked at Saoirse, and sighed.

"Alas...... Now that my parents are urging me and thinking about it, I should give up my dream of drifting north, go back to my hometown to have children and get married, the capital is indeed not something that can be played by just a few people. ”

Programmers who have worked in the capital for ten years should be able to live well when they return to second- and third-tier cities.

For a while, Ye Kai didn't know whether to comfort or congratulate.

Looking at this old brother's appearance, he was obviously very unwilling, but Ye Kai personally felt that this was a good thing. The standard of living will not drop much, and the pace of life has come down, and you may still feel the long-lost ...... Freely.