Chapter 44—The City of Beijing

In the middle of the entanglement, Zhu Biao also tried to leave the Xu family to go outside, and he soon found that as long as he proposed not to take Guo Dalu to travel alone, the attitude of the Xu family father and son was obviously much better, only Guo Dalu showed a resentful look at his back, like a big dog who had been abandoned.

This difference probably answered his previous question: why did the Xu family father and son not like to receive guests and would rather them stay at home? Now it seems that "they" should be revised to "he", the Xu family father and son want Guo Dalu to stay at home, as for Zhu Biao, no one cares about his stay except Xu Yan.

Is it related to the secret of Guo Dalu? Zhu Biao was very curious, and then tried to hold back this curiosity.

He went out empty-handed, because he wanted to enjoy the scenery of the first district leisurely, and instead of taking the hexagon flying saucer as he had done the previous times, he walked a little longer to the platform marked on the map to take the light rail.

Human beings in the cosmic era have 27 planets, which can be called vast and sparsely populated, and the 11 districts that Zhu Biaogang crossed are basically that every household can occupy a large area as large as a small town for work and life, and the population of the first district of the capital is larger, mainly using the agglomeration system, and there are 15 provincial-level units, called "two capitals and thirteen political departments", in addition to Beijing and Nanjing, the remaining 13 political departments have jurisdiction over Suzhou, Hangzhou, Linqing and other large cities with a population of more than 10 million.

Outside of the city's settlements, Capital District 1 is surrounded by seemingly endless maple forests, which are very adaptable to the planet's natural environment, especially the warm and unscorching sunlight of the early sun, which makes them red.

Zhu Biao studied the map in his spare time, and already had an understanding of the surrounding environment, the Xu family is located in the western suburbs of Beijing, and there is a saying in Beijing: "The east is rich and the west is expensive, the south is poor and the north is cheap", most of the civil servants who live in the west of the city are civil servants, and the mushroom room is also their standard.

He walked along the straight path at the entrance for twenty minutes, and the scenery barely changed, and as far as the eye could see, there were layers of maple forests, tall and short, thin and fat, red and orange, green, and the wind blew through the leaves, undulating and waving like the crest of a wave.

There were no other pedestrians on the road, and occasionally there were flying saucers passing by, and the speed was so fast that Zhu Biao could only see the white afterimage dragged behind it, and there were also small cleaning machines, looking like a metal octopus, swimming around the road, with long tentacles catching fallen leaves, leaving a clean dark gray pavement.

Finally, a corner appeared in front of him, and Zhu Biao pierced through the tall arch composed of two luxuriant giant trees, and saw the distant mountains, the vast maple forest, and the sky blue like smudged ice crystals, clear and moist, which could turn into water at any time.

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Zhu Biao was the only one in this carriage.

I don't know what kind of psychology it is, the light rail train looks like the old green train of the earth era, of course, there is no "clacking" noise when driving, it is steady, silent and gentle.

He sat on the hardwood bench in the carriage, and was interested in looking at the scenery outside through the window, but the sky was always so blue and lovely, the maple forest was always so red and touching, the air was wafting with the cool and refreshing sweetness of sugar maple, and the train passed the viaduct, and a pool of blue-black bright water on the shallows below reflected and deepened the color of the sky.

No matter how good the scenery is, it can't stand repeating, and after a while, he got tired of it, Zhu Biao stood up and walked, sat back and was in a daze for a while, tossing for a long time with nothing to do, and took out a thing.

It was that fancy furoshi, he turned it over and shivered, and he was looking for a book to read with him, but a round stone rolled from the magical space to his stomach.

It hurts a little...... Zhu Biao rubbed his little belly, picked up the oval stone with both hands, and brought it to his eyes to take a closer look.

This stone was picked up by the sea in the second district, and somehow he got into Guo Dalu's straw hat, and he wanted to take it back to Xu Yan at that time, but he was dizzy by Xu Yan's mentions, and he missed the best time to give gifts.

The stone is as white as jade in the sun, and the surface of the stone is thin and transparent after the surface is wet, and the surface is dry at the moment, and it looks very solid, and it makes a sound when it is struck.

He has seen a lot of similar stones before, generally the core part of a large stone, because it is rare to be preserved like a snowflake, there are students in the previous geography class who asked the teacher to identify, saying that it is quartzite, this kind of fine texture and beautiful color is also called quartzite jade, which is used to make zuò imitation jade handicrafts on the market, and it is very cost-effective.

Or do you want to sell it? Zhu Biao thought, what if this thing is now more valuable than real jade...... Well, he's just yy.

He held the quartzite and rubbed it unconsciously, the feeling was still so good, the touch from his fingertips was lukewarm, slippery and dry, so comfortable that he shivered, and the hairs on the back of his neck exploded.

After sitting for half an hour, the scenery outside the car window gradually changed, the maple forest became sparse, other varieties of tall trees were planted in between, and the houses were also numerous, the roofs were no longer bright reddish, and some traditional buildings with black tiles and white walls appeared.

Zhu Biao's spirits perked up, knowing that he was approaching the city, he hurriedly knelt on the hardwood bench reflexively, and looked out with his hand on the window frame.

It is another viaduct, the water surface under the bridge is open and surging, and the sail shadow can be seen in the distance, which should be the Yongding River that surrounds the city of Beijing. The white shallows of the river were bustling with people, as small as a swarm of busy ants, and others fishing, reflecting the sunlight as the metal rod swung, like a chivalrous man wielding a sharp sword.

It may be Zhu Biao's psychological effect, the speed of the train seems to have become faster, the oncoming wind smeared his hair comically to the back of his head, his eyes can only be slightly closed, the light through the eyelids is pink flesh color, the sense of smell is more sensitive, and the wind and tail are full of the hustle and bustle of the city.

He heard familiar noises, torrents of countless unconscious fragments, people walking, sitting, talking, shopping, working, and living in the city; He heard the barking of pets, maybe one dog, maybe a hundred dogs; He heard the sound of traffic, the engine roaring to start, stop, open the door, close the door......

There are also smells, which I can't tell if they are good or bad: the smell of steel hot in the sun, the smell of dry cement, the smell of fuel that has not been fully burned, the smell of cooking fumes, the smell of perfume brought by sophisticated people, the smell of sweat spread by sloppy ghosts...... and the unique flavor of a human settlement that many, many people have collectively mixed together. A taste of the city.

The tunnel dimmed the light, and Zhu Biao opened a glimmer of eyes, and only the bright hole in his vision remained, getting closer and closer, closer and closer.

The train roared and broke through the wind domain and rushed out of the hole, a towering city gate appeared in front of it, with a height of 100 meters, the door post made of white marble presented an ancient beige, and the pillar body climbed two dragons that connected the sky and the ground, the dragon scales were thin, the dragon's head was upright, and then looked, the vermilion eaves of the floor were embedded in the blue sky.

The city of Beijing has finally arrived.