Chapter 17: A Journey to Mt. Fuji
Mt. Fuji is beautiful in July and is full of greenery.
As one of Japan's most famous landmarks, the mountain attracts thousands of tourists every year, and it is full of tourists from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain during the peak tourist season.
There is no doubt that nature has created such an active volcano, and ancient legends have cast a veil of mystery over Mt. Fuji, and when reality and legend collide, Mt. Fuji is even more fascinating.
In China, there is a belief that "if you don't reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero", and in Japan, there is a belief that you are a hero when you climb to the top of Mt. Fuji.
Team leader Zheng Xin took the students from Tokyo, Japan, and it only took nearly two hours to reach the foot of Mount Fuji by high-speed train.
As the train left the city, everyone's vision suddenly widened a lot, and when they looked out of the window, they could see a series of rice fields with no end in sight, and if you opened the window, the wind would rush in, carrying the smell of plants and earth.
"It's going to take a long time to get there, it's boring. The little fat man Wang Chen lay on the small table with a painful face, and his chubby hands played with the empty cans on the table.
"There's about an hour to go, and the time will pass quickly, so if you're really bored, you can eat something to distract you. Chang Xiaozhou said with a smile, "I brought snacks, do you want to eat them?"
"Eat! Something's delicious, bring me something. Wang Chen suddenly came to Chang Xiaozhou and said.
Chang Xiaozhou poured the snacks in his backpack on the table and said, "Let's take something to eat by yourself, you're welcome!"
Soon the jelly, potato chips, toffee, and chicken thighs on the table were all divided by everyone, and the carriage was filled with the aroma of food for a while.
"I also have a lot to eat here. Jiang Xuehan also opened his backpack and took out the snacks inside, "You can take it yourself, it's all delicious." ”
"Hey, I want this bottle of yogurt, no one should grab it from me!" The little fat man Wang Chen quickly grabbed the only bottle of yogurt, and everyone looked at him with disdain and thought that we wouldn't grab it.
"Have any of you been to Mt. Fuji before?" Zheng Xin asked casually with a fruit candy in his mouth.
"No, yes. ”
"I haven't been there, but I've heard about it for a long time, and I can finally go and have fun this time!"
"I've seen a promotional video of Mt. Fuji on TV before, and it's called a beauty, but I don't know if it's as beautiful as it says on TV in reality, and I'm looking forward to it. ”
Jiang Xuehan listened and fell into deep thought, and the chatter of his classmates gradually blurred in his ears.
"The rain on the roadblock is like snowflakes, are you freezing when you cry...... A trip to Tokyo is farther than ever. Jiang Xuehan leaned on the seat with his backpack in his arms, thinking of the song in his previous life.
More than 30 years of his life have come to an end, and now he is starting all over again, and everything is not as good as before.
Thinking about it, Jiang Xuehan didn't feel the tears he was dripping, I don't know who he was crying for, the hot tears swirled in the moist eye sockets and finally overloaded, crossed Jiang Xuehan's cheeks, and fell.
When Jiang Xuehan came back to his senses, he found that everyone was looking at him silently, what's wrong?
Jiang Xuehan touched his face, a little wet, did he cry?
"Hanhan, what's wrong with you?" Chang Xiaozhou asked cautiously after thinking for a long time.
"It's okay, my eyes can't help but cry when I am so uncomfortable by the wind that I can't help it. Jiang Xuehan chuckled and wiped his face a few times with his hand.
"Then close the windows, it's quite windy. Chang Xiaozhou intimately closed the car window for Jiang Xuehan.
Everyone began to talk enthusiastically again.
"Attention passengers, please note that this train is about to arrive at Mt. Fuji Station, please take your luggage and get ready to get off the train!"
Zheng Xin also asked the students to take their things and prepare to get off the bus.
After getting off the bus, Jiang Xuehan looked into the distance and saw the towering Mount Fuji at a glance, the top of the mountain was covered with white snow, the vegetation on the mountainside was dark green, the bottom of the mountain was light green, and many small black dots could be seen on the winding mountain road, which should be tourists.
There are also many hotels and restaurants at the foot of the mountain, most of which are small three-story wooden buildings.
After Zheng Xin counted and determined that the number of people met, he led everyone to take the tour bus to the starting point of Mt. Fuji.
Because the weather is good today and the safety factor is high, their group has the opportunity to go to the 5th station.
The 5th station is halfway up Mt. Fuji and has a sizable recreation platform on top of it where you can settle out for lunch and buy souvenirs.
After lunch, everyone was free to move, Jiang Xuehan and Chang Xiaozhou went to a small shop, most of the things displayed in the shop were handmade by the owner of the shop, and the price was expensive.
"Hanhan, you look at these postcards are so beautiful, I want each one!" Chang Xiaozhou looked at the postcard with the theme of Mt. Fuji in his hand, and was fascinated.
"Then buy a few sets as a souvenir. ”
"Mm-hmm, I'll send you a postcard when I get back. ”
"Okay!"
Jiang Xuehan was also going to buy a few boxes of postcards with Chang Xiaozhou.
"Sorry to interrupt, do you know where there is a clinic or a pharmacy?" asked a girl anxiously to the shopkeeper.
He actually met a compatriot on Mt. Fuji.
Jiang Xuehan knew by listening to the accent that this girl spoke Huaguo's unique Chinese English.
Jiang Xuehan got up and looked out, and saw that the girl was about twenty-one or twelve years old, and if she was still studying, she would undoubtedly be a college student.
There were four or five other young men outside the shop, who were supposed to be the girls' companions, but one of them seemed to be sick with a fever.
"Our pharmacy here is the same as the clinic, but unfortunately the owner went down the mountain a few days ago and has not come back yet. ”
"Ahh Jiang Xuehan heard the girl muttering to herself.
"I'm sorry, I know that's rude. The girl apologized to the shopkeeper and smiled: "I still want to ask if you have any fever medicine to sell me, my companion has a fever and it is very dangerous." ”
"I can't help it, I don't have fever medicine here, you can go to another house and ask. ”
The girl was about to break down when she heard this, and turned to walk out of the shop.
"Please wait a minute, I have medicine!" Jiang Xuehan called out to the girl.
The patient named Xiaotao had already taken the antipyretic medicine and was now resting, while Jiang Xuehan and Chang Xiaozhou chatted with the girl and the girl's companion.
The girl who asked for medicine was very grateful to Jiang Xuehan for her assistance, and pulled Jiang Xuehan and said: "Thanks to you today, Hanhan, wait for you to find me in the capital when you return to China, I will take you to the capital with Xiaotao!"
"What's the need for you to take the cold to the capital, don't you see me, a big living person?" Chang Xiaozhou muttered quietly on the side.
"I'll go when I have time. Jiang Xuehan said, "You must prepare the necessary medicines next time you go out, just in case." ”
The girl's name is Fang Jiaqi, she and her companions are students at Huaguo Jingcheng University, this time they came to Japan to complete their summer practice tasks, Xiao Tao's full name is Fang Jiatao, Fang Jiaqi's younger brother, the two of them are twins, and the time when the sister and brother were born is one minute apart.
After chatting for a while, Jiang Xuehan saw that the time was not early, so he said goodbye to them and returned to the hotel with Chang Xiaozhou.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the students began to experience the different customs of Mount Fuji under the guidance of Zheng Xin.
"Why do we Chinese people have to go through the security check, and people from other countries can go in directly!" Chang Xiaozhou said angrily as he looked at the notice board in the museum.
The crowd stalled in front of a museum, and it turned out that the person in charge of the museum asked the Chinese people to undergo a security check before they could enter the museum, but the Chinese people found that only people from their own country would be made such rude demands by the museum director, and the Chinese people gathered in front of the museum were very angry.
"It's a big deal, don't look at it, what a broken museum, is this to provoke a "war" between China and Japan?" said a middle-aged Chinese man scolding.
"Alas, Ah Qiang, let's go back, let's not play in this country, people don't welcome us, and we don't want to put a hot face on a cold butt. An old woman took the hand of the person next to her and said, "I didn't want to come either." ”
Jiang Xuehan knew that there were still many people in Japan who hated China, so he didn't lose his temper about this kind of behavior of the museum, but when he thought that there might be Chinese people who were treated unfairly here before, he didn't feel good in his heart, and Huaguo was not strong enough to control the mouths of other people, and hoped that one day in the future, China could stand on top of the world and let other countries look at it.
"One day, everyone will have to look at our Huaguo's face and act!" Jiang Xue said coldly.
In the end, the trip to Mt. Fuji was not completed due to the abandonment of the students.