It is said that after Hao Min and Shi Xiaochun went upstairs with Mengdu, they came to the new house in Mengdu again.

After the three of them sat down, Hao Min asked Mengdu with obvious puzzlement:

"Mengdu, why do you have to go to the United States alone?"

"Oh, this? You don't know! ”

Mengdu smiled at Hao Min, shook his head slowly, and said:

"Didn't I say that when I was downstairs just now? 365 days a year, staying at home every day without going out, how do you know how good the outside world is? This time I went abroad to Western Europe, and I realized that other people's lives are called life! If compared to Western Europeans, can our life be called life? No, our so-called life now can only be called 'living'! And it can be said to be the most primitive 'survive'! ”

"Wouldn't it? You have only been out of the country once, and you have such a big feeling? According to what you say, I should also go abroad to open my eyes and open up foreign meat?! ”

Hao Min asked Mengdu with some suspicion.

"Yes, we should also go abroad to open foreign meat! Hao Min, tell your dad quickly, I'll go with you! ”

Shi Xiaochun seemed to be afraid of being forgotten, and immediately took Hao Min's words.

"Go, go, you stupid! When I was downstairs just now, in front of Aunt Wang and my dad, you actually said that Liping was 'pregnant so soon'! You're not Jean Liping—we should call Mrs. Sister-in-law now! Didn't you mean to embarrass your sister-in-law? ”

"Didn't people say that they leaked their mouths? You'll know how to choke me. Look at Brother Mengdu, when you go to Western Europe, you will take your sister-in-law with you. If it weren't for Aunt Wang's stopping, he would have taken his sister-in-law with him when he went to the United States! What is it called? Do you know? This is called 'not leaving the stone, the public is not leaving the mother-in-law'! If you go to Western Europe without me, see if I don't tear you apart! ”

Shi Xiaochun said, posing coquettishly in front of Hao Min.

"Alright, alright! If you don't speak, I won't sell you like a dumb person. Now, let's ask Yumeto to introduce us to Western Europe! ”

Hao Min didn't want to quarrel with Shi Xiaochun, so he turned his face to Mengdu and said:

"Mengdu, you said that Western Europe is so good, so good, do you want to introduce us to the harvest of this Western European tour?"

"Okay! Let me tell you, this trip between me and Liping in Western Europe has been very rewarding! ”

Without thinking, Dream opened his mouth and said:

"Our trip to Western Europe can be summed up in the following words:

The first word is - beauty!

The primeval forests, ancient buildings, historical relics, pastoral scenery, mountains, lakes, red flowers and green grasses of Western Europe, including the men and women there, and even the dogs, cats and birds, are all in one word - beauty!

Once you arrive in that country and that environment, you will feel like you have entered a beautiful picture, colorful, colorful, natural and primitive!

The second word is called - ancient!

The ancient buildings of Western European countries, including the capital, central cities, towns and villages, all the residences, shopping malls, churches, gardens, sculptures, primeval forests in the city, etc., built by successive dynasties, basically maintain the ancient style of hundreds of years and thousands of years. ”

"Wouldn't it? After hundreds or thousands of years, not to mention earthquakes, floods, and wars, even after so many years of wind and rain, it is impossible to maintain the original appearance, right? ”

Hearing this, Hao Min asked his own question suspiciously.

"Oh, that's right! Hao Min, you're on the point! ”

Mengdu nodded and said:

"One of the biggest characteristics of Western countries is that they do their best to preserve the original historical appearance! For example, for the repair of ancient buildings in Western European countries, there are clear laws and regulations that do not allow 'repairing the old as new', but must 'repair the old as the old'! Anyone who violates this law will be punished severely! ”

'What did you say?' Fix the old as the old'? This is the first time I've heard of it. In our country, don't everyone pay attention to 'repairing the old as the new'? ”

Hao Min opened his eyes and looked at Mengdu with some puzzlement.

"Ahem, if it's 'repairing the old as new', is it still called a monument? Can it still be antique? For example, the Colosseum, which we visited two days ago, was damaged by two earthquakes, and since it was built in 82 AD, it has been damaged by many wars for more than 2,000 years, and now only about two-thirds of its original appearance remains. What to do? Italy has enacted special laws to preserve two-thirds of its existing appearance! No one is allowed to destroy it. Moreover, the government has a budget every year to carry out 'old as old' repairs to that arena! If you go to the scene to visit, your experience of the American movie "Spartacus" can be truly unforgettable! ”

"Oh——, I heard you say that, if you travel to Western Europe, you can also take a profound history lesson!"

Hao Min nodded thoughtfully.

"That's for sure!"

Mengdu nodded, couldn't help waving his hand and said:

"We have also visited museums in several countries. Each of those museums is a treasure trove of priceless history! It contains famous paintings and sculptures created by famous artists, as well as world-class treasures, books, jewelry, clocks, jade, and so on. In the Vatican Museums, for example, there are Michelangelo's Genesis and The Last Judgment, and in the Louvre Museum in Paris, there are Beethoven's Mona Lisa and Venus statues......"

"Well, Brother Mondu, I have the impression that the Mona Lisa is the work of Leonardo da Vinci, right? As for Beethoven, I remember him as a musician. I don't know if I'm mistaken? ”

Hao Min heard that the author of the Mona Lisa was Beethoven, so he carefully interjected.

"Oh, yes, that's a good reminder! I was wrong. The Mona Lisa was indeed created by Leonardo da Vinci! Beethoven, he's a great Austrian musician! ”

At this time, Dream nodded very humbly. He didn't seem to mind Hao Min at all for correcting his mistake just now.

After a short pause, the dream continued:

"The third word I have to say about Western Europe is called "clean, clean, clean!

You may not believe it, but after Liping and I went to Western Europe, we didn't polish our shoes for a week, a whole week! And on the leather shoes, there is no dust at all! Where people are, like our country, there is smog everywhere! What do you call smog now? It's called 'haze' on all sides! Right? However, if you go to Western Europe to see, no matter which country you go to, all you see are blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green waters, birds singing and flowers, red flowers and green grass! Especially when the sky is clear, as long as you look up at the sky, you will find that the sky there is bottomlessly blue! Moreover, in the boundless blue sky, the white clouds are as thin as silk, ethereal! Those planes flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters look as big as a thumb from the ground. The airplane shines brightly in the sun, just like a toy airplane in a kindergarten! ”

"Ouch, is Western Europe really that beautiful? Mengdu, listening to your introduction, I want to travel to Western Europe now! ”

Hao Min was introduced by Mengdu, and his heart was itching, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"How is it not true? I'll tell you, I'm not exaggerating at all! If you don't believe me, you can ask Liping right away! ”

Mengdu saw that his explanation deeply attracted Hao Min and Shi Xiaochun, and he was very proud.

He took a light breath and continued:

"The fourth word I can say to Western Europe is - idle! Casual leisure!

When you arrive in Western Europe, you will see people living a leisurely and peaceful life in any country:

Some people drink and drink in roadside food stalls;

Some people watched flowers and chatted on wooden chairs in the park;

Some people played and sang in the small pavilion;

Someone walking their dog on the street.....

If you are in the countryside, you will see beautiful rural scenery.

In that kind of environment, only by being in it, can you truly understand the artistic conception of Tao Yuanming's poem. What does that poem say? Oh, by the way, it's called 'picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan.' The mountain weather is good, and the birds are still together'!

It's only when you're in Western Europe that you really understand what it means to be 'lingering'! ”

"Ouch, Mengdu, no, you just went to Western Europe, and your level has improved greatly! If we go to the United States again, we won't dare to talk to you in the future! ”

Hao Min had never heard such a wonderful and high-level explanation of Mengdu, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but praise Mengdu from the bottom of his heart.

Then, he suddenly remembered something, stared at the dream and asked:

"Mengdu, you use the words beauty, antiquity, purity, and leisure to summarize this trip to Western Europe?"

"No, it can't be summed up in four words. And what's more! ”

Mengdu listened to Hao Min's inquiry, shook his head with a smile and said:

"My summary of Western Europe, there is a fifth word, which is - cheap! Good quality for good price!

Go to Western Europe and you'll find that everything is cheap! For example, in our country, if you spend 500 yuan for a restaurant, it will only cost 70 or 80 euros in Western Europe!

There is a tour guide surnamed Luo in France, she once told us that in Western Europe, the salary of employees in ordinary enterprises is 3 to 4,000 euros, which is about the same as the salary of ordinary employees in China is 3 or 4,000 yuan. If everyone does not leave their own countries, the purchasing power of the euro and the yuan will be basically equal.

What does that mean? Let me give you an analogy, the beer over there is three euros a bottle, and our domestic beer is three yuan a bottle;

The Spring and Autumn shirt over there is 100 euros a piece, and the Spring and Autumn shirt in our country is almost 100 yuan a piece, right?

However, cars in Western Europe are much cheaper than in our own country!

Did you know? In Germany, a BMW sells for 12,000 euros! In other words, an ordinary German worker can buy a BMW with three months' salary!

And what about in our country? To buy a low-grade car, it costs at least 70,000 or 80,000 yuan, which is more than 20 months' salary for ordinary employees!

How much do you stay in Paris?

You won't believe it! The price of the house in Paris is now only five or six thousand euros a square! How much do we rate? If nothing else, let's talk about the north, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, what is the average house price? It's all 60,000 or 70,000, right?

Now, why do so many Chinese go to Spain, Greece, the United Kingdom, and Belgium to buy houses? In addition to the superior natural and social environment, a very important reason is that their housing prices are cheap! If the housing price is high, no matter how good the natural and social environment is, no one will buy a house there, right? ”

"Since life in Western Europe is so cheap? Can we go there and live there? ”

After listening to Mengdu's introduction, Hao Min made a joke as if he was eager to try.

"Whether you can go to Western Europe or not, I can't answer you. However, I was in Western Europe, and to be specific, in Munich, Germany, I encountered a strange thing that I couldn't believe! If you say it, you won't believe it! ”

Dream didn't answer Hao Min's jokes, he continued to speak according to his own train of thought, and deliberately glanced at Hao Min after speaking.

"In Munich, Germany, something else that you can't believe you have? What's that? ”

Hao Min asked curiously.

"Does Munich know? It is the headquarters of BMW in Germany! It was at the headquarters of BMW that I found out that BMW motorcycles are more expensive than BMW cars! ”

"What? Are motorcycles more expensive than cars? Impossible, right? ”

As soon as Mengdu's words were finished, Shi Xiaochun, who had been silently beside him, suddenly screamed.

"Do you see? You won't believe me when I say it, will you? That's the price tag I saw with my own eyes! Moreover, I also asked the docent and French tour guide at BMW headquarters on the spot! In the showroom at BMW's headquarters, a BMW motorcycle sells for 12,000 euros; A BMW car costs 11,000 euros! If I lie to you, I'm a puppy! ”

In order to confirm that what he said was the truth, after the dream was finished, he also stretched out the little thumb of his right hand to Hao Min and Shi Xiaochun, which means:

If you don't believe me, we can tick it!

"Ah——, motorcycles are more expensive than cars, which is a real miracle in the world! In our country, the price of a BMW car can buy at least 20 or 30 motorcycles, right? ”

Shi Xiaochun continued to interject, comparing the price of BMW cars in China with the price of buying motorcycles.

"If what the dream says is true, it is really a strange thing in the world!"

Listening to the conversation between Mengdu and Shi Xiaochun, Hao Min still shook his head suspiciously.

However, he did not go on to talk about this topic, but turned his head and said:

"Mengdu, apart from the six words you said above, 'beautiful, ancient, pure, idle, cheap, and strange', is there anything else that can be summed up in Western Europe?"

"Of course! There's one of the most wonderful and catchy words, but I can't say it right now! ”

Speaking of which, Mengdu deliberately sold a pass.