Chapter 16: The New Year
The New Year followed, and Ji Rong got up early.
After Yun Shu got up, he saw several round white foods in the two bowls on the table.
"What is this?" Yun Shu looked at the food in the bowl with interest.
"This is called tangyuan, many years ago, people had to eat this thing during the New Year, symbolizing reunion."
"It looks delicious." Yun Shu picked up the spoon and stuffed a rice ball into the mouth, sweet but not greasy.
"You can't eat too many rice balls, it's easy to accumulate food." Ji Rong reminded.
Yun Shu was very happy: "Professor, this is my first New Year in this world, where are we going to celebrate the New Year." ”
Ji Rong was stunned.
He has lived here for ten years, and every year he cooks a rice ball for himself in the way of his previous life, which is regarded as the New Year. But I forgot that now it is not like the previous life, with the sharp decline in the birth rate, there are no relatives to go, and the means of transportation are highly convenient, the Chinese New Year has gradually evolved, choose a lively tourist attraction to travel, people from all over the world get together, it is also a bit popular.
He glanced at Yun Shu's expectant face, couldn't bear to refuse, and asked her, "Where do you want to go?" ”
Yun Shu thought for a while and said, "I want to go to the amusement park." ”
"It should be lively there today."
Even today, when the population is declining sharply, on such a festive day, the amusement park is full of people.
Yun Shu looked around curiously, pointing to a white-domed building: "Professor, can we play that?" "It snowed for several days in a row, and the white roof was covered with a thick layer of snow, making the building look like a house from a fairy tale.
looked at the electronic introduction board in front of the door, in Ji Rong's opinion, it was a roller coaster in the previous life, but it was not as simple as the stimulation of the previous life. Rather, it is more gentle and vivid, taking visitors through the major wonders of the universe, the seabed, the starry sky, other planets, experiencing the four seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn and winter, walking through grasslands, snow-capped mountains, deserts, ice, in short, all kinds of wonders.
After the automatic payment, Ji Rong took Yun Shu into the building, and the intelligent staff guided them into the tour bus. The first thing I experienced was the vast starry sky of the universe, and countless planets were set in the dark like jewels. Then Yun Shu found that he and the professor were flying towards one of the planets quickly, and the electronic narrator introduced: "We have come to the SN3 planet 3,600 light years away from the earth, this planet is like the earth more than 4 billion years ago, half of it is fire and half of seawater. ”
As soon as she finished speaking, Yun Shu felt that she was plunging into the flames, she even smelled the smell of burning skin, and the sound of burning fire in her ears was painful, and a warm arm wrapped around her, and she threw herself into a safe and thick embrace, and the burning in her ears was also reduced.
"Is it uncomfortable?" She heard the professor's voice of concern.
Before she could answer, her whole body was cold, the sound of falling water, the whole body was immediately surrounded by sea water, fortunately her head was still above the water, she looked up, only to see the endless sea as if in ancient times, the dark sky was shrouded in red and green strange colors.
"Maybe in 4 billion years, this planet will become another Earth." The narration sounded again, "Let's now slowly return to the earth on which we live, and visit the mysterious underwater world." ”
Immediately afterward, Yun Shu saw a strange creature swimming in front of him, with two antennae on its head, which looked like a parrot's face, transparent ears, and a cylindrical body. This is followed by a strange species that glows green all over its body, measuring approximately 1.5 meters in length, with red ear-like tissue growing near its eyes.
Yun Shu looked at these strange and cute species curiously, but the creatures that followed made her startled, and she couldn't help but grab Ji Rong's hand.
It was a hideous-looking fish, with terrible white teeth that seemed to devour itself, and strange torch-like antennae on its forehead.
The narration sounds: "In this ocean, which covers more than 70% of the earth's area, there are many wonderful species, and about one-third of them are still unknown. Some scientists believe that humans originated in the oceans, and that many of the habits and organs of modern humans clearly retain traces of this, and they speculate that another branch of prehistoric humans lived at the bottom of the mysterious sea. In order to adapt to the environment, the physiology of their bodies has changed a lot. Due to the tremendous water pressure of the deep-sea environment, the bones become very thin and prone to bending; The muscle tissue becomes particularly flexible, and the fibrous tissue becomes surprisingly fine; The skin tissue becomes just a very thin layer of membrane that fills the physiological tissues in the body with water, maintaining a balance of pressure inside and outside the body, allowing them to withstand a huge air pressure of more than a ton. So far, however, we have found no trace of them. ”
Next, she visited more than a dozen scenes, and it was already noon when the whole thing ended, Ji Rong took her to the space restaurant for lunch. In the afternoon, we visited other facilities in the amusement park.
When I got home from dinner, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, and I saw a luxurious car with a jewel luster parked at the gate of the courtyard in the distance.
Mo Fan leaned on the body, already waiting impatiently, and when he saw Yun Shu getting out of the car, he complained repeatedly: "Where did you go?" I waited for most of the day. ”
"Going to the amusement park with the professor, looking for me?"
"I'm looking for you to hang out for the New Year." Mo Fan smiled, saw Ji Rong get out of the car, and said loudly, "Professor Ji, Happy New Year." ”
"Happy New Year." Ji Rong replied.
Mo Fan asked, "I wonder if I can ask Yun Shu out?" ”
"You can ask Yun Shu directly, as long as she wants." Ji Rong replied.
Mo Fan raised the corners of his lips and smiled: "Professor Ji is really enlightened. His eyes fell on Yun Shu's face and asked, "I'll pick you up tomorrow morning?" ”
"I still have a job and can't go out." Yun Shu replied.
Ji Rong looked at Yun Shu, and his always cold voice softened: "It's okay, it's the New Year, let's go out and play, don't worry about work, it's good for you to have more contact with the outside world." ”
Hearing Ji Rong say this, Yun Shu was a little hesitant.
Mo Fan decided in one go: "That's it, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning." Without waiting for Yun Shu to answer, he got into the car and galloped away.
The garden in the courtyard is also covered with a thick layer of snow, which emits a cold glow in the moonlight.
Yun Shu tightened the cashmere coat on his body and followed Ji Rong into the house, and the warm breath on his face made people's pores stretch instantly.
Ji Rong took off his coat, sat down on the sofa, and said to Yun Shu, "You sit too, I have something to say to you." ”
Yun Shu sat down opposite him when he heard this, looking at Ji Rong with clear eyes.
Seeing her so innocent, Ji Rong sighed slightly, and said after a while: "In my heart, you and I are the same, an independent individual, you can have your own interests and hobbies, and you don't have to take care of me." Although the current law is still unequal to human-like machines, within the scope of my ability, I hope to give you freedom. ”
Yun Shu's face was confused: "But I feel that I am already very free." ”
Ji Rong nodded: "That's good, inner peace, tranquility, and satisfaction are more important than anything else, as long as you feel comfortable, don't force yourself for anything." ”
Yun Shu nodded as if he didn't understand.
Ji Rong said again: "It's not early, you rest early, I'll go to the study to read for a while." ”