Chapter 420: Reims, France

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Almost all of them didn't talk all night, and I was so tired that after washing, I fell asleep.

It wasn't until early in the morning that Pingguo opened the agarwood box with sleepy eyes after waking up, only to find that the original six strands of green silk were missing one strand at some point, and it was the blackest, long braids and short hair, which were missing together.

Ping Hanhan said: "Where could it be that something went wrong?" I said don't bring it out, it's heavy and inconvenient, you just don't listen to me. Look, now it's okay, we don't even have the possibility to go to the police or make an inquiry. Uh-huh, Mom, I remember, it seems like only on the first day, we brought an agarwood box when we visited Notre Dame Cathedral. For the next few days, we were all in the suitcases of the hotel, and they were locked, so there was only one possibility, and that was lost inside and outside Notre Dame Cathedral. Right? ”

Pingguo was panicked and said, "Yes, that's right. Could it be that the elegant, intellectual and delicate old Parisian woman stole the black and green silk? Because she was the only one who touched my backpack at the time. And we were all struck by her enthusiastic praise, until we arrived at Shakespeare's bookstore and bought a French novel, only to find that the backpack zipper was open, but because we didn't find that our passports, cash and cards were stolen, we didn't be too vigilant! ”

Pingguo was even more panicked, and a premonition of apprehension appeared, but she held back and did not say anything.

So, the mother and daughter continued their journey to Reims, a champagne resort with world-class titles.

Along the way, the scenery is still beautiful.

France, like other root countries, pays special attention to greenery on both sides of the highways, and along the way, there are almost no European dirt lands, including cottages, especially the township processing factories that abound in China.

This shows how much people pay attention to ecological and environmental factors.

In a trance, Pingguo's mother and daughter arrived at the world-famous champagne producing area, Reims.

On the side of the road in Reims Cathedral, I saw a specialty store with a window full of large and small bottles of champagne from Reims, France.

It is said that only Reims Champagne in the world can be called Champagne, otherwise, it is a counterfeit product.

THE WORD CHAMPAGNE IS SYNONYMOUS WITH JOY, LAUGHTER AND JOY. Because it is a festive wine, it is quite luxurious, seductive and romantic, and it is also the king of wines, although it was first brewed because the wine was not qualified.

But nowadays, in the West, in history, there is no wine that can match the mystery of champagne and the atmosphere of indulgence.

Champagne has a mellow taste, suitable for drinking at any time, and goes well with any food, especially for important banquets.

Pingguo remembers that after each Champions League final, the champion team would open a few bottles of French Reims champagne to celebrate.

At weddings and baptismal ceremonies, it is used to toast. Sometimes people in Genguo also use it as a first-class concoction ingredient, and the cocktails in the bar are also quite tempting and charming.

That's why the people of Gen love to chant champagne. From the sound of "bang", bubbles curl up from the bottom of the tulip cup, and happy life beckons frequently.

Every Chinese New Year's Eve night since Pingguo has remembered, his biological mother will take out a large bottle of champagne to celebrate the happiness and harmony of the family in the New Year.

Scientists have shown that the size of the champagne bubbles has a lot to do with the smoothness of the glass, and the smoother the glass, the less likely it is to produce bubbles.

In addition, reducing the sugar content of champagne can help to create perfect bubbles, and tulip-type champagne glasses are more likely to produce perfect bubbles than shallow saucer champagne glasses.

Therefore, the people of the root countries of Europe, eating a meal, as if it were a palace feast, tirelessly changed the drinking water or champagne or drinking the dry red wine glass again and again.

As it has been said, Champagne from the designated appellation of Champagne in France bears the CHAMPAGNE name.

Reims is the home of French champagne.

The Champagne region is said to be the northernmost vineyard in France with an average annual temperature of around 10 degrees, and the low temperatures make the grapes ripen more slowly, making it the best material for champagne. There are more than 20,000 vineyards and more than 100 champagne factories in the Champagne region, producing about 200 million bottles of champagne every year, making it the largest industry in the Champagne region.

When I was a child, every Chinese New Year, my biological mother's bottle of big champagne is said to be also produced in Reims, France. At first 8 cents, then 3 yuan, and then 15 yuan, and today, when my mother died, I have long stopped buying it, and I don't know what price it has risen.

But in Reims, there are countless varieties of colors, high and low prices.

Pingguo walked in and bought a bottle to taste, which is probably mid-range. Well, there are plenty of bubbles, the taste is mellow, but it's too sweet to find the feeling of being young. But his heart is already very moist, because Pingguo has thoroughly tasted the authentic French Reims Grand Champagne, and it is still with his own daughter. Isn't the greatest meaning of family affection to enjoy the beauty of being together? Contentment is the highest enjoyment together.

It is said that Reims cuisine is particularly famous for its delicious taste, with a wide variety of exquisite dishes and unique cooking methods. Almost all of the delicacies in Europe are cooked by the French, and most of the French are scattered in the first-class hotels or restaurants in Europe, that is to say, most of the chefs employed in the first-class catering industry in Europe are Reims. The degree of attention paid to food by the Reims people is comparable to that of the Chinese, and even regards food as an art, far better than China.

Reims Cathedral is one of the masterpieces of Gothic architecture and opens a new and magnificent chapter in the history of human architecture along with Notre-Dame de Paris, Chartres Cathedral of Chartres, Notre-Dame Cathedral of Strasbourg, Amiens Cathedral and Beauvais Cathedral of Beauvais.

Pingguo saw too many churches during this trip, Baroque, neoclassical, Gothic and other cathedrals, all of which are full of divinity.

Perhaps, it is also because European cathedrals are free, so Pingguo's mother and daughter will always take the trouble to enter and appreciate them one by one.

But truth be told, Pingo feels that every time he steps into a Gothic church, the world does immediately become esoteric. The light beams and columns are exquisite, fluttering up at the tall vaults, constantly looking upwards and upwards.

A feeling, heaven, heaven, how far is it? It seems already, very close, very close.

It is said that the sculptor Auguste Rodin once exclaimed at Reims Cathedral: "Faust must have deserved the privilege to live in the door, in the room, in the window, and in the shadow of this masterpiece; The magnificence of this masterpiece makes this street, this city, this country even more perfect. ”

It is not difficult to imagine how the king wanted to build this cathedral in the first place, and how much he wanted to build a permanent structure that bears witness to the generations of the Frankish dynasty. Indeed, the glorious feats and the remains of dry bones are a testament to the grandeur of France's history, with blackened stone statues that day after day overlook the crowds of people in the square.

Pingguo looked up, his heart surging.

Lo and behold, excellent works such as "The Smiling Angel", "Maria's Squire", and "St. Joseph" are even more enduring and enduring. The floor plan of the building was rigorously calculated to achieve near-flawless left-right symmetry.

The cathedral is flooded with sunlight through the large rose windows, which shine through the windows, moving like a clockhand between the walls, columns and seats, floating in a strange color.

In the deep chapel, the shadows are abundant. Flickering candlelight. Silent prayer people.

The rose window on the north side of the cathedral is designed in the style of a clock, with God creating mankind at the top 12 o'clock, Adam meeting Eve at 11 o'clock, and the 12 squares showing the story of Genesis in turn.

In 1974, the cathedral invited the famous painter Chagall to design the floral window pattern of the Chapel of Our Lady.

At lunch, the mother and daughter indulged in the clouds of big champagne~

Drunken, Pingo remembered a poem written by the French poet Pierre Le Verdi. This guy must have been a genius with a sense of absurdity and loneliness, always dreaming of escaping from the world, and finally ended up in a monastery and worked in seclusion. He was a pioneer of French surrealism and the author of "Prose Poems" and others.

Pingguo, his favorite "Beautiful Stars" (World Literature, No. 5, 1990, translated by Shucai):

"I probably lost the key, and everyone was laughing around me, and everyone showed me the big key around their necks.

I'm the only one left, I have nothing, and I can't go anywhere. They were all gone, closing the doors and making the streets even more miserable. Silence. I knocked everywhere.

Hurling insults out of the window, I walked away.

At last a little further from the city, beside a river and a grove of trees, I found a door, a simple and shining door, without a padlock. I went into the back, and, in the windowless night with wide curtains, between the forest and the river that protected me, I was able to sleep peacefully. ”

In this way, by a canal in the back garden of the cathedral, on the green meadow, under the bright sun, Ping Guo slept peacefully, and it could be regarded as a short rest, because Ping Hanhan woke her up and said, "Mom, you have been sleeping for an hour, we are going to continue walking!" ”

Yes, the greatest feeling of wandering in Reims is the desire to be like this every day, in this land, under this blue sky, in this quiet place, by this long canal, lose the key, look up at the beautiful stars, and then sleep peacefully.

As for whether you still need to find the key, let's talk about it when you wake up, at least Qingsi will come back.

I don't know why, Pingguo suddenly realized this: the black green silk braids in the agarwood box will definitely come home - from the agarwood box.