Chapter 7: The Life You Want
"So this is the Stone of Destiny!"
Bai Yujing looked at the ordinary stone, and didn't feel anything unusual, but this stone is full of legends, the stone of destiny, also known as the Skun stone and the coronation stone, the Scottish kings have stood on it and been crowned kings, and at the end of the twelfth century, it was taken away by England and became part of the throne of England's Ewards, and every new monarch of England has to sit on it in the coronation ceremony.
It was not until the end of the 20th century that it returned to Scotland and was housed in Edinburgh Castle, but it was still stipulated that when the King of England was crowned in the future, the Skunite would still have to be transported back to Westminster Abbey and placed under St. Edward's Throne.
In addition, Bai Yujing also saw many Scottish treasures, ancient oil paintings, handsome and mighty armor, knights' swords, revolvers, and various commemorative insignia.
Coming out of Edinburgh Castle, Bai Yujing and Emma were ready to find a place to eat on the Royal Mile, but along the way found that the restaurants were full, and in the afternoon, it seemed that there were more people, and there were more people performing on the street, many people were playing guitars on the street, and there was also a unique Scottish style, a little brother who wore a Scottish skirt and fiddled with bagpipes.
The Scottish bagpipes feel like an umbrella, the little brother is quite handsome, while blowing with the bagpipe airbag under his arm, it will not sound when blowing, only when it is clipped, it will be thought, a blow and a clip, Bai Yujing feels like a marionette, full of rhythm, especially interesting.
Bai Yujing watched with Emma for a while, and then turned to leave after listening to a song, Bai Yujing felt that this place was like a treasure trove, hiding endless fun and secrets.
"Ah San, third brother!" Bai Yujing made a surprise discovery again, Emma also followed Bai Yujing's eyes, and found that it was an Indian performance team that was performing levitation, one person was wearing a wide robe and holding a stick underneath, and the other was suspended in mid-air, holding this stick in his hand, floating in mid-air like this.
"Ah San?" Emma didn't understand this Chinese terrier, and Bai Yujing immediately explained that this was the Chinese's honorific title for Indian masters.
Emma looked at these two people and agreed with Master Bai Yujing's statement, Bai Yujing had also heard others say that this levitation technique was because the stick extended from the inside of the sleeve, and then formed a seat-like bracket, and the person above actually sat on it like this, because the robe was relatively wide, so it was difficult to see, but even so, it was not easy to see how much strength the person supporting below had to be, and it was also very difficult to maintain balance.
Bai Yujing looked at it for a while, but didn't see any traces, and walked along the street, almost as long as it was a place to eat, it was full, "There are too many people, Emma, do you have any good suggestions." ”
Emma raised her eyebrows, and immediately had an idea: "I have already had a goal, look at me, you can just go with me." ”
Emma took Bai Yujing along the street until he walked near the main train station in Edinburgh, and then stopped, Bai Yujing found that it was a Chinese restaurant, Emma looked at Bai Yujing: "I didn't expect it, there is a very good Chinese restaurant here, I think this place should just meet your appetite." ”
Emma seems to like Chinese food very much, but Bai Yujing feels that he specially came to Edinburgh to eat Chinese food, it sounds like those international students in China went to the UK to study Chinese, although Bai Yujing wants to taste Edinburgh's special food, but seeing Emma so enthusiastic, he is not embarrassed to spoil others.
Think about it, it's not bad to taste what kind of Chinese food is abroad, the two walked in together, Bai Yujing ordered a chicken soup, a Mao Xuewang, and a corn kernel, and Emma ordered a fried beef.
Bai Yujing took a look at the menu, the prices here are not cheap, but when it was served, Bai Yujing didn't think so, I have to say, the portion is very thick, like domestic, the general meat dishes are fried with side dishes, and a small half of the meat is considered good, and here, it is basically meat, and it feels like a paradise for meat eaters.
The fried beef feels like it combines some Western-style practices, the taste and style are a little different, and there is a fresh feeling when eating, Emma tasted Bai Yujing's Mao Xuewang, this Mao Xuewang because of the special dishes, Bai Yujing only ordered one, because when he was in China, there was a restaurant near Bai Yujing that did this very well, and Bai Yujing had to order it every time he brought someone over for dinner.
"It's very good, it tastes great. ”
"It's just, it's just too spicy. Emma's mouth kept shrinking, and her other hand was still fanning, Bai Yujing hurriedly filled her with a bowl of chicken soup, Emma immediately drank it in one gulp, and the warm chicken soup went down to her stomach, and she suddenly felt much more comfortable.
"It's so comfortable, I used to come here often to eat, because this dish looks a little scary, so I didn't order it, I didn't expect it to be so delicious. Emma said quickly.
Bai Yujing also tasted it, Mao Xuewang is generally made of duck blood as the main ingredient, and the taste belongs to the spicy taste, because the practices are different in various places, the ingredients are different, and the taste is also very different, Bai Yujing found that it is very different, with eel fillet, hairy belly, and generally squid, but Bai Yujing ate it, and it didn't feel like it, but it was like the taste of snake meat.
Bai Yujing didn't say it, Emma seems to like this dish very much, if she does, wouldn't it be very disappointing, everyone knows that girls are afraid of snakes.
This kind of heavy-tasting dish is really not daring to try it, Bai Yujing ate it, and felt that this foreign restaurant is really not bad, that kind of spicy hot mouth, with soft and smooth meat slices, makes people have a great appetite in an instant.
Bai Yujing eats a mouth full of red oil, drink a mouthful of chicken soup when it is spicy, scoop a spoonful of corn kernels, and chew it in his mouth with the fragrance of corn kernels, there is an indescribable feeling, the corn kernels are fried, after special treatment, sweet, crispy, but with the original fragrance, just enough to neutralize the spicy taste in the mouth, but also greasy.
Bai Yujing glanced up at Emma and found that she had the same appetite as herself, her mouth was red, and when she chewed, she felt like a little hamster.
Originally, the two of them couldn't finish such a large number of dishes, but in the end, they didn't expect the two of them to eat them cleanly, Bai Yujing lay on the chair without any image, and Emma also felt very happy eating.
The two walked out of the restaurant together, and Bai Yujing looked at Emma: "How is it, my beautiful guide, where are we going next?"
Emma rubbed her little belly: "I can't walk anymore, let's go to the Princes Street Garden to rest for a while, and then go to see Scott Tower, if you can still run, you can try to climb the Scott Memorial Tower, and if you succeed in reaching the top, there will be a commemorative certificate issued to you." ”
"Is it still like this? If you climb up, you will also be issued a certificate, it seems that this is a glorious record, I will definitely try it later. Bai Yujing became interested instantly, and when the time came, he took the certificate back, and he could show it off, put it at home, and usually take it out to recall today's manager and the trip to Edinburgh.
Emma pursed her lips and smiled maliciously, "I'll cheer you on below." ”
"Ah, why don't you go up and try it together?" Bai Yujing asked suspiciously.
"I'm too familiar with this place, so I'm not going, don't worry, I'll be waiting for you below!" Emma shrugged her shoulders.
At the mouth of the street, Bai Yujing once again saw a lot of performing artists, because the Princes Street Garden does not require tickets, so there are a lot of people, pedestrians can be seen everywhere in the garden, many people lie directly on the lawn, on the benches of the performance, you can also see pairs of couples whispering together.
There are many travelers with children in the garden of Princes Street, and they are all staying here at the moment, Bai Yujing saw a father who put the bear child on his shoulder and ran quickly, making the bear child scream all the way, Bai Yujing also saw a lot of Asian faces, but I don't know if it is Chinese.
Big trees, green shade, all kinds of blooming flowers, a black-haired little Lori running crazy also hit Bai Yujing's thigh directly, and directly pulled Bai Yujing's trouser leg to play hide and seek with her mother.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Dalena, don't come over yet. Her mother is also a big beauty, but she has blonde hair, Bai Yujing can't think of why this happened? Is it because her husband is too dark? Bai Yujing apologized to his teacher for not learning biology well.
"It doesn't matter. Watching the mother and daughter go away, Bai Yujing's mood also felt that it was also aroused.
In the end, Emma and Bai Yujing sat down next to a pool, and there was a very delicate bronze statue in the center of the pool, on which were some eyebrows and flirtatious **, the carving was extremely vivid, subtle and slight, it seems that foreigners do have a set of carvings in this regard.
Because they were too full, Bai Yujing and Emma were lying on the lawn together, and they didn't want to move, the sun shone through the clouds, there was a kind of warmth that made them lazy, Bai Yujing stared at the sky, and felt that the clouds in Scotland seemed to be particularly low, as if they could reach out and touch it, and the wind blew the clouds, changing various shapes.
Bai Yujing suddenly felt that this was the life he wanted.