Chapter 118: On the banks of the Qinhuai River
Zhuang Rui's bank card is only more than 500,000, but Liu Chuan helped him swipe 480,000, so Zhuang Rui still has a net worth of more than 100,000 yuan, but compared with a month ago, it has shrunk a lot.
After paying the money, several people waited in the office for a while, and it was about four o'clock before the staff of the car dealership informed that they could pick up the car, Zhuang Rui drove his Grand Cherokee, and Lei Lei and Liu Chuan each drove a car, Qin Xuanbing naturally sat in Zhuang Rui's co-pilot.
The three cars drove out of the car shop one after another, heading to the Qinhuai River not far away, they had already discussed going to the boat shop there to eat first, Liu Chuan was also familiar with Nanjing, and drove the car in front.
"Xuan Bing, you can help me make a call, let me ask my brother-in-law if you are coming for dinner? By the way, you haven't seen my brother-in-law yet, have you?"
Zhuang Rui said to Qin Xuanbing while driving the car, his mobile phone is next to the transmission, but there are more cars here, Zhuang Rui didn't dare to be distracted, but he didn't pay attention, what he just said made Qin Xuanbing slightly embarrassed.
"I haven't met your brother-in-law, but I've seen your mother, by the way, Zhuang Rui, what did your mother do before? ”
Qin Xuanbing suddenly remembered Zhuang Rui's mother's gentle and generous appearance, and asked while holding her mobile phone and dialing according to the number Zhuang Rui said.
"My mother, she's been teaching all her life, she's a teacher, nothing special. Zhuang Rui replied casually, but he didn't know his mother's origin, it seems that his mother has never returned to her parents' house since she was a child, and she has never mentioned anything about her family, Zhuang Rui just knows that her mother's surname is Ouyang, and her single name is a graceful character, and the rest doesn't know anything.
"Hey, hey, is it Xiao Rui? strange, how can a woman talk?"
Zhuang Rui was a little distracted for a while, but Qin Xuanbing heard a man's voice coming from the mobile phone, and hurriedly put the phone to Zhuang Rui's ear.
"Yes, it's me, brother-in-law, are you done? It's time to eat, let's have dinner together, and stay in a hotel at night." Zhuang Rui came back to his senses and hurriedly said into the microphone, the skin in his ears and Qin Xuanbing's fingers were in contact with each other, and he only felt a little itchy.
"You have bought your car, you don't need to eat, my customer wants to invite us to dinner, let's contact us in the evening." ”
Zhao Guodong purchased a lot of things this time, and he was a big customer, and the boss who supplied him also wanted to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Zhao Guodong, so he arranged a banquet in the evening.
The car is very close to the Qinhuai River, that is, in ten minutes, Liu Chuan drove the car into an open-air parking lot, Zhuang Rui hurriedly followed, looking out of the car window, he could already see the Qinhuai River.
The Qinhuai River was called Huaishui in ancient times, and its real name was "Longzangpu", with a total length of about 110 kilometers, and it was very famous in history. Legend has it that when Qin Shi Huang toured the east, he looked at the purple gas rising above Jinling, thought that he was angry, so he chiseled the square mountain, broke the long wall for the desecration, entered the river, and the descendants mistakenly thought that this water was opened in the Qin period, so it was called "Qin Huai".
The Qinhuai River is far back in the Stone Age, and there have been human activities in the basin, and it has been a residential area of the prosperous commercial area since Soochow. During the Six Dynasties, it became a place where famous families gathered, merchants gathered, literati gathered, and Confucianism flourished. After the Sui and Tang dynasties, it gradually declined, but it attracted countless literati and scholars to come here to pay their respects, and sighed "In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people". In the Song Dynasty, it gradually recovered as the cultural center of Jiangnan. The Ming and Qing dynasties were the heyday of the ten-mile Qinhuai.
For 1,800 years, the Qinhuai River has always been one of the most prosperous places in Nanjing, known as the 'Ten Mile Bead Curtain'. Since ancient times, the Qinhuai River has been a place where humanities gather and businessmen gather, and it is known as the "beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River".
Zhuang Rui's impression of the Qinhuai River was known from the textbooks when he was in school, and the essay "The Qinhuai River in the Sound of Oars and Lights" was the first time Zhuang Rui heard of the beautiful scenery of the Qinhuai River.
"Wood, let's wait a while and then go to the shipyard for dinner, and when it gets a little darker and the lights on the boat are turned on, then there will be a taste, and maybe there will be a performance at that time." ”
After Liu Chuan parked the car, there was a little black lion running in front of him, followed by Lei Lei, who was quite bossy, but the pants were really not long.
On both sides of the Qinhuai River, all are some antique buildings, eaves leaking windows, carved beams and paintings, but Zhuang Rui knows that the original buildings have long been destroyed in the war, these should have been built later, strolling on the bank of the Qinhuai River, as if through the vicissitudes of history, giving people a sense of tranquility and relaxation.
Light a cigarette, sit under the weeping willows by the river, look at the slightly rippling river, the little white lion running and playing, and the beauties around him, Zhuang Rui suspected that he was in a dream for a while, his former self, but he shuttled through the subway bus station all day long, and he never thought that he could have all this in front of him.
Qin Xuanbing was also whispering to Lei Lei, only Liu Chuan was boredly teasing the little black lion, this little guy is not slow, although it is smaller than the size of the white lion, but compared with the rest of the dogs that are about the same size, it seems to develop much faster, especially the head of the black lion, which has now begun to take the shape of a tiger's head, and looks simple and powerful.
"Wood, wood!"
Liu Chuan shouted twice, seeing that Zhuang Rui didn't pay attention to him, he picked up a lump of dirt from the ground and smashed it towards Zhuang Rui, but found that the white lion was glaring at him and let out a low roar in his throat, so frightened that Liu Chuan hurriedly raised his hands and didn't dare to move anymore, he knew that although this little guy wouldn't really bite him, but if he tore his pants again, it would be really shameless.
"What's the matter?" Zhuang Rui came to his senses and summoned the white lion into his arms to comfort him before looking at Liu Chuan.
"Dude told you, our brothers are out of play at night. Liu Chuan leaned over and whispered in Zhuang Rui's ear.
"No play, no play?" Zhuang Rui was a little puzzled when he heard it, and his voice was raised a few degrees.
"Be quiet, I said it's no show, it's because they're going back after eating and shopping for a while, and they're going to set up the showroom overnight, and tomorrow is the day they participate in the jewelry show." ”
Liu Chuan was a little frustrated, he was still going to the hotel with Lei Lei, but after getting the news just now, this guy immediately changed from viagra to wilting brother.
After hearing Liu Chuan's words, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but cry and laugh, although he had also dreamed that he had some super friendship with Qin Xuanbing, but in reality, the two had not even held hands a few times, and he didn't dare to expect it to develop to the extent of opening a room so quickly.
"Let's go, go to dinner, go to the Confucius Temple after eating, buddy has no money now, go try your luck and see if you can find a good object." ”
Zhuang Rui stood up and kicked Liu Chuan's buttocks, but he was twisted to the ground by Liu Chuan, and the two rolled on the grass, the two of them have been used to playing since childhood, but the little white lion on the side couldn't stop letting out a low roar of "woo", but he didn't dare to bite it, and Lei Lei and Qin Xuanbing on the side of the watch "giggled" and laughed.
From the tricks he often played when he was a child, Zhuang Rui felt a trace of kindness, although he is rich now, but life is still as usual, and his friends have not changed, not only Liu Chuan, but also the boss in Zhonghai, including several brothers who have been scattered to various parts of the country.
Patting the grass stained on the body, a few people walked to the nearest boat shop, on the Qinhuai River, there are no less than 100 boat shops of all sizes, some are specially taken by tourists to cruise the Qinhuai River at night, and some are dock restaurants, according to the needs of the guests, the boat can be driven to the center of the river, or docked on the shore, the business is very good, a boat can probably put down more than 20 tables, basically will be full of guests, on some boats, there are even performances to watch.
At this time, the lights on both sides of the Qinhuai River were lit, Zhuang Rui and the boat they were on, the lighting design was very ingenious, among the antique lamps, the light inside was like a burning candle, and the whole ship was brightly lit.
The table in the cabin was already full of seventy or eighty percent of the guests, Zhuang Rui and others chose a table near the window and sat down, looking at the painting boat Lingbo, the sound of oars and lights, if there is a singer to dance, it will be more "the area of the smoke and moon of the six dynasties, the place where the gold powder gathers" taste.
On the boat, it is natural to eat fish to meet the scenery, Liu Chuan ordered a big-headed silver carp to eat three fish, that is, a fish made into three dishes, fish head with tofu, ham slices, coriander stewed soup, fish tail with a little salt, cooking wine, pickled, put into the oil pot to dry burn, the fish body is naturally made into sweet and sour fish pieces, this way of eating is popular in the North Pole of Suzhou, Zhuang Rui and Liu Chuan in Pengcheng, they often eat like this.
In addition, Zhuang Rui ordered some Jinling snacks for the second daughter, such as duck fat shortbread in Qinhuai's eight uniques, beef potstickers, etc., although they are not the most authentic, they are difficult to eat in other places.
It didn't take long for a few people to order the dishes to be delivered, the fish soup looked milky white and thick, the taste was extremely delicious when you took a sip, the sweet and sour fish pieces were even more crispy and sweet, fragrant and delicious, Zhuang Rui even wanted to come to a small bowl, pick out the fish bones and mix them with the fish, and put them at the feet for the white lion to eat.
After eating and drinking, after Liu Chuan finished settling the account, Zhuang Rui stood up and said to the second daughter: "Xuan Bing, let's go to the antique street of Confucius Temple, aren't you in a hurry to go back?"
Qin Xuanbing was slightly annoyed and glanced at Zhuang Rui, such a beautiful day, not to mention going for a walk by the river with herself, she just wanted to go to that crowded place, but she didn't know that Zhuang Rui had already heard of the name of Confucius Temple, and this time she was really holding back her strength, and she was ready to pick up a few big leaks.
(To be continued)