In front of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Pingguo drank several bottles of mineral water in a row. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info She felt no longer thirsty, but she still wanted to drink water.

Then, standing just across the street from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, she enjoyed watching live performances by street artists, including cellists, violinists, horns, accordions, and more.

These artists are particularly focused, superb, and fluent, and they all seem to be playing with their lives.

Such a street artist makes Pingguo particularly fond of it.

She sent away a wave after wave of street artists, and they were obviously orderly, one by one, and they probably all made online appointments.

Most European buildings look like they are in a state of decay, with peeling walls and graffiti, but when it comes to computers, Wi-Fi is almost always available in public places, and most of them are free.

So when Pingguo came to Europe, he realized that what Europeans like to do must have a advance amount, and if necessary, there must be an appointment. Perhaps this is also due to the fact that Wi-Fi is very developed and cheap.

Pingguo couldn't help but record the video.

Then, after nearly 4 hours of lingering at the Van Gogh Museum, she began to feel the urgency again.

In most public places in Europe, there are no public restrooms or anything like that.

If you need it, OK OK, go to the coffee shop and ask for a cup of plain coffee for 3 euros to use the café's bathroom.

Pingguo is indeed happy to taste the original coffee, she thinks that this cheapest coffee in Europe is one of the most authentic original coffee she has ever drunk, but she is not willing to drink cup after cup, because the jet lag is a problem, coupled with the excitable mental effect similar to cocaine, Pingguo is almost in a state of insomnia.

So, there is only patience, only to wait until I go home.

As a result, I sat in the wrong direction.

As soon as they got on the rail car, the mother and daughter began to talk about Van Gogh, street artists, and all kinds of Dutch and Chinese jokes.

However, as if Pingguo had lost self-control, he jumped off the rail car and went straight to a hotel in front of the station, which looked very luxurious.

Pingguo thinks that luxury hotels must have bathrooms, right? WC, this export, like human imports, is a very important livelihood issue.

However, the girl at the bar insisted that her hotel did not have a bathroom.

Pingguo is angry and doesn't come out.

Yes, if you need money, you can pay for it!

However, to say bluntly that there is no bathroom is too far-fetched and contemptive.

The hotel should be at least a three-star one: a large compound, a dozen stories high-rise, a 200-square-meter swimming pool in the backyard, and a large bamboo forest next to the pool. Hahaha, internal urgency, internal urgency, Pingguo thought, when he was out of the scene in the mountains and wilderness, the police flower still dared to sleep on the ground on the wheat field, let alone solve the internal urgency? It is impossible for a living person to be suffocated by urine.

At present, Pingguo has turned Amsterdam, a luxury hotel that despises the necessities of human existence, as a wheat field in rural China.

Majestic and high-spirited, when he returns to the world, Pingguo is refreshing!

But as soon as she stepped on the rail car in the opposite direction, Pingguo was extremely remorseful, because she suddenly realized that there would be surveillance video in that large bamboo forest? And Pingguo is no longer a lady.

Ever since she was waiting for her boarding at Beijing's T2 terminal, Pingguo has always felt that she is different from the past, but she really can't find what is different.

After coming to the Netherlands, is it too relaxed, comfortable and free? Pingguo feels that he is no longer the woman who follows the rules, is cautious, and pays special attention to her image everywhere and everywhere, let alone the police flower who does not have a bad influence.

Then, there's the sense of being followed.

And then, there are all kinds of embarrassment.

In the evening, Pingguo and his daughter enjoyed the blockbuster movie "The Great Gatsby".

Pingguo read this book very early. Learn about the life story of the author, Fitzgerald. knew that back then, Fitzgerald became famous overnight, hugged the beauty, and everything was like a dream. In his essay "Echoes of the Jazz Age", he wrote: "This is the age of miracles, this is the age of art, this is the age of abundance, this is the age of irony." Because of this essay, the 20s in American history are known as the "Jazz Age."

Over the next decade, the Fitzgeralds were the absolute spokesmen of the Jazz Age, selling for $4,000 a short story and earning even more from film rights. Photos and interviews with his wife Gerda often appear in various tabloids, always beautiful and elegant, always maverick, and more people praise her, "a goddess" and "a natural queen". They are guests at all parties, regulars at all high-end shops and bars, and crazy travelers who never close their suitcases. In New York, Paris, the Côte d'Azur, their villas are like Gatsby's house.

Pingguo felt that he seemed to have started such a life of singing night and night.

There is a very lyrical plot in "The Great Gatsby":

Years later, Gatsby, the poor boy, made a name for himself and bought a huge mansion on the other side of Daisy's villa on Long Island, New York.

He didn't dare to visit his past lover Daisy, but held a lavish party every day, hoping to attract Daisy's attention one day, but Daisy never came.

Towards midnight, Gatsby walked out of the party and looked at Daisy's home, "It was weird that he stretched out his arms into the dark waters, even though I was so far away from him, I could have sworn he was shivering." I couldn't help but look out to sea—I couldn't see anything but a green light, small and far away, maybe the end of a pier. ”

I wonder if Fitzgerald fantasizes countless times about the small, distant green lights that don't exist, and the beauty is behind the lamp, and maybe one day she will really appear at these parties with laughter......

He must have missed her a lot, as he continued to miss her in all his creations, using the money he earned to support him and Gerda's indulgent lives.

Let time stand still in this moment, and let the halo of the golden age remain on their young and proud faces forever, because this moment is too dreamy to add, and after that everything will be terrible and cruel.

How happy they are at this moment, they are constantly playing with the revolving door at the entrance of the hotel for their honeymoon, they are turning sideways in the hotel lobby as if no one is around, they are riding on the top of a taxi, they are jumping into the fountain of the Plaza Hotel, they are dancing on the table in a wet place, they go to the theater to watch a comedy, they agree to laugh out loud in the most unfunny place......

Life, you need this kind of indulgence, Pingguo began to doubt sincerely. Why is it that after such debauchery, it is really clear and clear to yourself that there is a complete feeling of happiness, liberation and freedom?

Then Gatsby was just as madly happy as Fitzgerald, spinning faster and faster, throwing away all the pleasure, only madness - she had a natural inspiration for words, he admired her talent, and encouraged her to write. And then - he persuaded her to publish a short story under his name, because it would pay more. He began plagiarizing her diaries and letters in large sections of the novel, and did not take it seriously.

It wasn't long before Fitzgerald's drinking habits deepened.

He often stayed up late and was drunk even at home.

And her life was empty and boring, and she began to pick up ballet again, she was already twenty-seven years old, and it was no longer possible to become a professional ballet dancer, but it was precisely because of this that she trained herself even more frantically, practicing dance for eight hours a day. In 1930, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia after intense ballet training induced a nervous breakdown. And then - in 1932 she completed her only novel, the autobiographical "The Last Waltz".

Fitzgerald forced her to delete the episodes related to her mentally ill history, not because he wanted to protect her privacy, but because he had already used the same plot in his forthcoming novel, Gentle Night.

In the presence of the psychiatrist, Fitzgerald said to Gerda, "Save it, you third-rate writer and third-rate ballerina. ”

Then, alcoholism seriously affected his work, and magazines and newspapers interrupted their appointments with him.

Until one day, Fitzgerald could no longer find his book in any bookstore, and any bookstore clerk said they had never heard of such a writer.

Because of Gelda's illness, their marriage has been dead in name only since 1933.

No one believed that Gerda's illness would be cured, that she would change from a spiritual person back to a normal person. She had to move from one hospital to another, and the facilities were just worse and the rooms dirtier.

The tragedy of the world has been staged like this over and over again, and Pingguo sighed with emotion.

Ping Hanhan said: "Mom, why do you say people drink too much? It is said that people with high IQs want to drink more? ”

Pingguo smiled and said, "There is such a saying. I've heard of it too. ”

It is said that all British and American scholars have investigated and found that the smarter the person, the more likely he is to have alcohol addiction and the better the amount of alcohol. In the United States, five out of seven Nobel laureates are alcoholics.

Raymond Carver once said, "All our important decisions are made while we are drinking." ”

Even star Marilyn Monroe was ashamed to say: "If I want to appear on camera, I must prepare wine." ”

French writer Duras was also a famous drunken, she said: "I need to drink red wine to fall asleep." ”

There is an old Chinese saying: one person does not drink, two people do not gamble. Du Yuesheng, a big coffee in Shanghai, said: "Men who don't drink or smoke are not trustworthy!" ”

Even Van Gogh said, "I love absinthe and get drunk with the stars." "It must have been alcohol that made Van Gogh see a different starry sky.

However, there are those who firmly believe that drinking alcohol can make people see the truth.

Finally, Pinggo smiled and said, "Come on, baby, let's take the last glass of this bottle of red wine, and in Churchill's words, end this conversation." He said, "If I don't drink, I'll have nothing!" Hehe. Next, baby, you can try my mother's Chinese cooking. The name of this dish is called: carrot stewed black fungus. Drink it for three days in a row, and you can clear the heat and detoxify the acne that grows on your face! ”

Pingguo began to tell the story: according to the records of the Ming Dynasty, in order to collect and sort out the pharmacology and medicinal properties of folk Chinese herbal medicines, Li Shizhen, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, often went to the mountains alone to collect medicines.

One day, Li Shizhen came to a cliff and saw an old man who was picking medicine, with a childish face and a ruddy complexion. The neatness of his hands and feet made Li Shizhen very amazed.

It turned out that this old man was an old hermit who lived in seclusion in the mountains.

Although he is over 100 years old, he is not dazzled, deaf, and his body is very healthy.

Subsequently, Li Shizhen talked with this old man.

When Li Shizhen asked him what way to nourish himself and prolong his life, the old man smiled faintly and said: People in the mountains and wilderness, light food is the way; Pure heart and few desires, willing to give; Nature in the song, meditation is the top...... The old man casually pointed to the black fungus and carrots in the bamboo basket and said, "Well, I often eat these." ”

The old man's words made Li Shizhen greatly inspired.

After going back, Li Shizhen pondered and verified it repeatedly and came to the conclusion that regular consumption of carrot stewed fungus is very beneficial to people's health.

So, Li Shizhen recorded this dietary therapy method and introduced it to more people.

Ping Hanhan took a sip and felt that the "carrot stewed black fungus" had a special fragrance, and the color was bright and delicious. She immediately pestered Pingguo and said, "Mom, hurry up, tell me how you brewed it?" ”

Pingguo smiled and said, "Speaking of which, it's too simple. Ingredients: 50 grams of carrots, 50 grams of fungus, oil, salt, sugar, light soy sauce, chicken essence, cooking wine, ginger.

Method:

1. Soak the fungus in cold water and wash it, and slice the carrots for later use;

2. Pour oil on the pot on the fire, when the oil is burned to 70% hot, add ginger slices and stir-fry, then put the fungus and fry it slightly, and then put the carrot slices;

3. Wait for the fungus and carrots to be fully fried, and then put an appropriate amount of cooking wine, salt, light soy sauce, sugar, chicken essence, and stir-fry in order.

Master Li Shizhen has nutritional analysis: Our traditional Chinese medicine believes that carrots are sweet, flat, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, tonifying the liver and eyes, clearing heat and detoxifying, aphrodisiac and tonifying the kidneys, diarrhoea, reducing qi and relieving cough. In addition, carrots are rich in carotene, which can scavenge free radicals, delay human aging, and maintain the health of epithelial tissue. Carrots are also rich in vitamins and minerals such as vitamin B1, vitamin B2, calcium, iron, and phosphorus. Moreover, the vitamin B2 and folic acid in carrots have anti-cancer effects, and regular consumption can enhance the body's anti-cancer ability, so it is called "a vegetable that prevents cancer". At the moment, everyone talks about cancer discoloration, so let's pay more attention to it, just eat this dish often.

Baby, you also know that black fungus can make people invigorate qi and strengthen the body, and can also play a role in invigorating blood. Mainly because in black fungus, there is a substance of gum protein, which can regulate and dredge the stomach and intestines, has a good effect of lubricating the intestines, and makes people radiant. ”

Ping Hanhan said: "Well, no wonder my mother's hair is black and shiny." You see, the hair inside that black agarwood box, whether short or long, is clearly lacking in nutrients. ”

Pingguo said, what black agarwood box?

It's in your suitcase. Ping Hanhan's eyes widened.

Pingguo hurriedly went to open his suitcase, but found that the password was wrong and he couldn't open it.

Ping Hanhan said, isn't it your birthday?

Pingguo said, no, what I set up at the beginning was not mine, it was yours.

Pingguo used his birthday password, and sure enough, he opened it all at once, and there was really a black agarwood box inside.

Pingguo was very surprised and said, "This is not my suitcase!" I don't have any agarwood boxes. ”