Zheng Xudong and Tang Luoyong came to the edge of the South Lake and saw a pure wooden structure of the flower boat, and an old man invited the two of them to get on the boat and take the two of them to enjoy the style of the South Lake.

Zheng Xudong didn't rush to get on the boat, but asked first: "Old man, don't be in a hurry to get on the boat first, you haven't told us the price of your cruise yet!"

The old man stroked his long beard and laughed, "The little doll is afraid that I will rip off customers, don't worry, you come with me." Saying that, he led the way to a public notice board by the river and stopped, pointed to the price on the public notice board and said: "The cruise ship is divided into sizes, the price is different, the price of our cruise is 500 yuan per hour, the price of the meals on the ship is calculated separately, there is a menu, Tong Su is not bullied, rich and thrifty, how about it, rest assured!"

Zheng Xudong saw that the size, appearance and price of various cruise ships were indeed publicized on the billboard, and thought to himself, "It's easy to do it if it has a price." Otherwise, you will get on the boat without asking the price, and then people will say how much is how much, and it will not be easy to come down again!"

He and Tang Luoyong stepped on the gangplank to the cruise ship, leaned on the chaise longue on the first floor of the cruise ship, the old man skillfully received the gangplank to the boat, and then came to the stern to control a motor, and the boat slowly left the shore and headed towards the center of the lake.

Zheng Xudong heard that the sound of this motor was very small, so he asked the old man, "Old man, why is the sound of your motor so small?"

"Don't you know, guest officer, we used diesel engine motors, but after a long time, it was easy to pollute the lake water, and later the government required that we must switch to electric motors. The motor of the boat you see now is electric, silent, and environmentally friendly, which is very good!" After saying that, the old man shouted upstairs again: "Girl, there are guests coming, come downstairs to entertain guests." ”

At this time, Zheng Xudong heard a gentle voice, "It's coming!" Then there was a very light footstep on the stairs of the cruise ship, and after a while, a girl in her twenties with her hair in a bun slowly walked down the stairs.

This girl's dress made Zheng Xudong's eyes shine, a blue and white sleeveless floor-to-ceiling long skirt, revealing a pair of small feet wearing sandals under the skirt, the toes are all crystal clear, the whole long skirt is printed with blue and white porcelain patterns, set off the cruise ship and the lake, Zheng Xudong feels that this girl seems to be a beauty who came out of the ink landscape painting, the posture is graceful, the body is enchanting, and the appearance is not the current popular awl face, but the melon seed face of a typical Jiangnan woman, Emei is lightly swept, and a pair of watery eyes seem to be saying moving love words。

Zheng Xudong said with emotion: "If you ignore the surrounding high-rise buildings, it gives me a scene that seems to have traveled to the prosperous period of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is so beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, and the people are even more beautiful!"

When the beautiful woman who came to them heard this, she gently covered her mouth with a snow-white embroidered handkerchief and laughed, and then said, "This little brother has praised it! I'll make tea for the two guest officers!"

As he spoke, he took out a pair of tea tables from the cabinet in front of the chaise long, "Drink Longjing, okay?"

Zheng Xudong and Tang Luoyong both nodded, and watched this beauty skillfully pour mineral water into a small clay pot, and then sit the small clay pot on a small stove that is also made of mud, and there are two pieces of refined carbon in the stove, which are bubbling with pure blue flames, and the blue flames are "licking" At the bottom of the pot, the kettle water was boiled in a moment, and then a series of dazzling tea-making techniques such as washing tea and making tea were made, and finally three cups of tea were poured out, and a cup was placed in front of Zheng Xudong and Tang Luoyong, and then the beauty gently pinched the teacup with her left thumb and index finger, and the four fingers of her right hand were put together at the bottom of the teacup and stretched forward slightly, and said softly: "The little woman only toasts the two guest officers with a cup of tea!"

Zheng Xudong first took a small sip of the tea, feeling that the entrance of the tea was slightly bitter, but after a while, he felt a trace of sweetness on his tongue, and then drank the tea in the cup, and immediately felt warm, and with the breeze on the lake, it was really a unique taste!

"Beauty, how about introducing us to our Jiaxing South Lake?" Zheng Xudong said.

"No problem, but the guest officer still orders the dishes first, and I'll introduce them to you, how about it?" said the beautiful woman and took a menu and handed it to Zheng Xudong.

Zheng Xudong took the menu and saw the dishes on it, there were no more than a dozen, "Beauty, how about we recommend it to us for the first time?"

"Okay, we recommend the spiced pigeon, jade crab bucket, honey fire party, and two fresh, if these are not enough, the famous dishes of Nanhu boat dishes include crab roe shark fin, eight-treasure duck, fish maw, cold turtle skirt, ham, tamale, etc., you can order some of these dishes. ”

Zheng Xudong waved his hand and said boldly: "These special dishes are all ordered for us, rest assured, the two of us have a lot of food, and we will definitely be able to eat them." ”

"Alright, guest officer, please wait a moment, I'll go and order the menu for you first. As he spoke, he stood up and walked towards the second floor with a swaying demeanor.

That is, a few minutes later, the beautiful woman came down again and returned to the two, and while pouring tea for the two, she introduced: "Jiaxing South Lake, Xuanwu Lake in Nan*jing and West Lake in Hangzhou *zhou are known as the three famous lakes in the south of the Yangtze River. Because it is located in the south of Jiaxing City, it is named "South Lake". In ancient times, there were mandarin ducks playing in the water on the surface of the lake, so it was also called mandarin duck HN Lake, which was divided into two lakes, east and west, and the two lakes were connected, resembling the necks of mandarin ducks. There are two small islands in the lake, one is the island in the middle of the lake, there are ancient garden buildings such as smoke and rain buildings, pavilions and pavilions, rockery corridors, scattered and caused, it is like a bright pearl inlaid in the South Lake. Another small island is the Cangsheng Shrine called Xiaoyanyulou, which is located in the northeast corner of Nanhu Lake, and it is a good time to visit Nanhu from April to October every year. The beauty drank a cup of tea, poured the tea for the two of them, and continued: "Nanhu is not only a national 5A-level tourist attraction, but also a famous patriotic education base in the country. ”

When Tang Luoyong heard the beauty say that this was a patriotic education base, he asked, "What does this have to do with the patriotic education base?"

Zheng Xudong said to him: "The first national congress of our party was held on the South Lake in Jiaxing, which is the birthplace of our party. ”

When Tang Luoyong heard this, he said, "Oh! I see, I have gained knowledge. ”

The beautiful woman obviously didn't expect this young man to know in front of such remote knowledge, so she looked at him and said, "It seems that you are really rich in knowledge, guest officer! ”

After they rippled in the lake for a while, the dishes they ordered began to be served up one after another, Zheng Xudong and Tang Luoyong began to taste the famous "boat dishes", Zheng Xudong invited the beauties to sit down and taste together, and the beauties were not polite, and brought up Jiaxing's famous specialty Jiaxing rice wine, and introduced that this is a jar of rice wine that has been stored in a cellar for five years.

The beautiful woman took the wine jar and poured three small blue and white bowls, and then said: "Two guest officers, it is better to boil the rice wine a little when it is cold, but now that the temperature is high, we will not cook wine for the two of us today, are you optimistic?"

Zheng Xudong and Tang Luoyong agreed when they heard the beauty's explanation, "It's okay, you don't need to heat up the rice wine when it's hot." ”

The beautiful woman picked up the wine bowl, "To the two guest officials, I wish you good health and prosperous official luck! The little woman did it first as a respect!" After speaking, she drank the rice wine in the bowl, and then gently wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. Then I used chopsticks to pick up a small piece of mixed water lotus root, put it in my mouth and ate it.

Zheng Xudong and Tang Luoyong were carnivores, and after the wine was dried, they waited for chopsticks on the eight-treasure duck and tamales on the table.

The beautiful woman poured the wine again for them, and then said, "Two guest officers, how about the little girl sing a song for the two of them?"

Zheng Xudong didn't expect such treatment, and immediately clapped his hands and said, "Then thank you for the girl's kindness." ”

The beauty took out a pipa from the cabinet, sat upright on the chair, pressed her right leg on her left leg, and then put the pipa on her right leg, and after trying a few notes on the pipa with her hand, she played it.

Zheng Xudong and Tang Luoyong ate boat food, listened to Suzhou Pingdan, simply forgot all the troubles of the world, played the lyrics generally two people rap, holding the three strings in the upper hand, holding the pipa in the lower hand, playing and singing by themselves, the content is mostly legendary novels and folk tales of children's love. This girl sings "Three Laughing Marriage", her voice is delicate and long, Wu Nong's soft language is eloquent, and she is often interspersed with some jokes, which is full of fun. She plays the role of two people by herself, and the lyrics are sung in Wu Yin, with a low tone and frustration, light and soft, and the strings are very pleasant.

In the sound of music, Zheng Xudong unconsciously drank a jar of rice wine, and let the old man who drove the boat open a jar, eating the boat dishes, holding the wine bowl, closing his eyes slightly, and slowly shaking his head to enjoy the girl's singing.

At the end of the song, the dishes on the table had already been eaten by the two of them, and the girl put down the pipa and said, "What do the two guest officers think of the boat dishes?

Zheng Xudong said a little drunkenly: "Okay, good, wonderful, wonderful! I haven't asked the girl's name yet." ”

The little girl's name is Yaping, and she also made the guest officer smile. She said with a slight blush. It was the first time she had seen such a handsome guy today, and it was the first time she performed a rap on the boat for him. Even she thinks it's because of love.

At this time, the cruise ship slowly glided around the waterway, entered the South Lake and sailed around, unconsciously, the sky had darkened, sailing for nearly two hours under the dreamy lights on both sides of the waterway, a big meal, Zheng Xudong was dazzled, on the dining table, outboard the boat, dizzying. If you don't mention the chopstick, you salivate first; when you eat and eat it, stop and look up, then the Huer narrow water lane, and the Huer Lake is wide and wide. Yaping said that the Wufangzhai rice wine produced in Jiaxing just drunk is milder than Shaoxing rice wine, so mellow that it has been emptied of several bottles unconsciously, between the slightly drunk, the microwave launched by the boat crumpled a river lantern, the light and shadow are mottled, the blue tiles and white walls on both sides of the lakeshore, the carved railings and jade masonry, for a while he can't tell the difference between tonight and night?