Chapter 680: Ordinary Days
"What were you doing last night? I'm sorry, I fell asleep when I lay down, I don't know if you stayed up late, so you can continue to sleep, I'll bring you breakfast. Katie took the pieces of paper, probably flipped through them, and after seeing what they were, she covered Hong Tao with the quilt again, and kissed Hong Tao on the head like a child, and was about to go out with Pan.
"Wait for me, I'm still sleeping! Go along. Hong Tao got up and scolded and went into the back room, so that Katie tossed like this, he not only lost his sleepiness, but also urinated.
More than ten minutes later, a young man in thick velvet pants and two foreign girls in gymnastic clothes appeared on the shore of Houhai, running in the morning along the lakeside road in a counterclockwise direction. Although it is winter and early in the morning, there are still a lot of people who like to exercise on the beach in Houhai, and everyone can't help but point their fingers and talk about it when they see Pan and Katie's cool dress, and people passing by will turn their heads and look back a few times.
"Katie, we have a high rate of turning heads, is it because of my bald head or because of your breasts?" Pan was not afraid of being watched by others at all, and even grinned at a few people who saluted her, as if she was enjoying it.
"Probably because we dress less than them, you see Hong Tao, dressed like a bear, they are very afraid of the cold." Katie's gymnastics suit was also bought by Hong Tao for Irene, which was originally used for aerobics in the city, and the neckline was opened very low, but Katie found it in the closet and turned it into her sportswear.
"If you wear less, the return rate will be high! It's just running, do you need to wear it so professionally? Cold or not? Hong Tao shrank his head into the hat of his hoodie, he didn't have the firepower to dress up in the winter. Pan's Adidas sportswear is very professional, just like those professional athletes in the Track and Field Diamond League, although it does not have a low neckline like Katie, but the more professional the sportswear, the more the pursuit of thin, breathable, and close-fitting fabrics, so she can't look closely at this outfit. If you look closely, it's easier to arouse reverie.
"Of course you have to wear sportswear when you exercise, are you cold? I'm sweating a little. Pan pointed to his forehead, and sure enough, it was already a little wet.
"Those who grow up eating meat are different from those who grow up eating grass!" Hong Tao looked at Pan on the left, and then at Katie on the right, to confirm that they were really not cold.
"Hehe, do you dare to swim in the winter?" Hong Tao looked at the buildings on the side of the road, and his eyes rolled and the bad idea came again.
"If you dare, I'll dare, winter swimming is not uncommon in Germany, although I haven't tried it." Pan replied without hesitation.
"I was in the Winter Swimming Club at school. Although it hasn't been for a long time, I'm better than you, do you want to winter swim here?. Katie was not far behind, pointing to the already frozen Houhai, a little eager to try.
“…… I'm just talking about it, there's a place for winter swimming in front of me, and I remembered it when I ran here. Hong Tao hurriedly retracted his words, originally wanted to scare and scare them, but he didn't expect that people were not afraid. Instead, I scared myself. If Hong Tao dares to say that he will try, these two may really dare to go down and try, of course, they must be dragging themselves down, Hong Tao would rather not be a man. I don't dare to go into the water in the cold winter of counting nine, this is not a matter of courage and guts, but a matter of physical endurance, winter swimming is not something that can be played with courage. It takes a long period of exercise.
In the small lakeside garden near the main entrance of the Ministry of Health, a group of winter swimmers, mostly over the age of 4 or 50, gathers every winter. There are men and women, and everyone gets together for winter swimming, which can be regarded as a scene on the beach after winter. Friends who live in the south may not have seen this kind of play, they will use tools to carve out a small area of water on the surface of an already frozen lake, and then take turns to swim.
In fact, it is not very cold in the water, the temperature in the water is above freezing, and the real cold time is after going ashore. When the body is exposed to sub-zero air, with water on the body, and then let the northwest wind like a knife blow like this, the taste is not something that anyone who has not tried it can imagine.
When Hong Tao was in junior high school, he and two classmates who lived in this area were determined to learn winter swimming, and the purpose was just to brag with the female classmates in the class in the winter. According to the guidance of those experienced winter swimmers, they insisted on swimming on the shore of Houhai from the end of October, and lasted for a total of 2 weeks, and finally ended with a classmate with high fever and pneumonia.
Although they did not practice winter swimming, Hong Tao tasted what it means to be cold, when they climbed ashore from the water, the sun was warm on their bodies, but the wind was biting on their bodies. The teeth and limbs will involuntarily tremble, which is the brain forcibly ordering the muscles to vibrate to produce more heat, at this time you can't speak, and the tongue and jaw are no longer listening to your own command.
"Hah! There are a lot of people swimming in the winter, I'll go and take a look! After running another 100 meters, Katie first spotted the people in the small garden on the left side of the road who were wearing swimming caps and immediately ran over, and Hong Tao and Pan could only turn into the small garden.
This group of people who practice winter swimming may be due to the perennial and Tiandou, and their personalities have become very cheerful, plus this stupid tourist area, foreigners are not uncommon. So when they saw 2 foreign girls and an Asian guy standing aside to watch, they didn't care, but were even more excited, and a few of them took off their military coats and performed bodybuilding moves on the spot.
Katie was originally a crazy character of two hundred and five plus people, and when she saw that someone else was performing aerobics for her, she actually went over and chatted with those people, discussing professional issues such as water temperature, wind power, and air temperature, it seems that she has really practiced this thing, not bragging.
"I found a very interesting question, you see that the people here are all middle-aged or older, and there are very few young people who do morning exercisers along the way, why is that? They don't need to exercise? Or do they choose to exercise at a different time? Pan didn't go over to join in with Katie, jogging in place while asking the questions in her mind.
"Young people work hard, and they also face the pressure of house, car, and children's lives, so they are basically not in the mood to come out for morning exercises, and it will feel more comfortable to sleep for an extra hour in the morning. Some of these middle-aged and elderly people have retired, and some understand the importance of physical health, so they have time and needs. Hong Tao searched around in his mind, but he couldn't find a better explanation, so he could only prevaricate with the pressure of life.
"But isn't it weaker to be able to resist stress if you are not healthy? When the body is good, the energy can be more vigorous, and the energy will be high, so there is no conflict between exercising and age, time or anything, and your statement is unreasonable. Pan Ke is not as easy to fool as Katie, and she does not agree with Hong Tao's statement.
"We have a saying in China, which is called standing and talking without back pain! You don't have to investigate the inevitable connection between standing and talking and back pain, this sentence means that without personal experience, there is no right to speak. If you want to understand what the pressure I am talking about, there is no point in just discussing it with me here, because I am not an office worker, you should go to an ordinary job, be an office worker for a few days, I guess you will soon be able to experience how much pressure I am talking about, and then you can still take care of the morning exercise every day. Hong Tao knows that she won't understand what she says to her, this is not a problem of comprehension, but a problem of living environment. This is the same as the fact that cattle and sheep can't understand the thinking of fish, you don't live in that atmosphere, even if you want to break your head, you won't figure it out.
"Young man, you're Chinese, right?" At this time, an old man who had just climbed ashore from the ice water was wiping his body and shouting at Hong Tao.
"That's right, my family lives nearby, what's the matter, uncle, do you have any instructions?" Hong Tao stretched his head out of his hat and answered the uncle's question with a smile, in fact, Hong Tao understood that this uncle had nothing to ask himself, this is a habit of Beijingers, just chat about it when you have nothing to do, you squeeze me, I squeeze you, there is no malice, as the saying goes, it is called teasing the shell.
"Hey, it's still our Beijing kids, these two are your colleagues? Or a relative? When the old man heard Hong Tao's accent, he immediately became happy, and his words became more relaxed.
"This bald one is my eldest wife, and the one with hair is my second wife! How about it, let's cheer up, and get two foreigners back at once! Hong Tao didn't show weakness in his mouth, teasing the shell, just to have fun, no truth.
"Hahahaha, that relationship is good, but can you stand this kid's body!" Hong Tao's words immediately caused a burst of laughter, and some people were coaxing.
"Hey, look at what you said, you go to the Silver Ingot Bridge to inquire, I've heard that there are no seven times in one night, 2 is not a problem, I still have a third wife in the United States and have not come back, this body is strong!" Hong Tao became more and more energetic the more he spoke, and he gave himself a louder name.
"He's bragging, it's my sister in the United States, and my sister is his wife!" Although Katie is good at Chinese and understands most of the dialogue, she is not clear about this context, and when she heard Hong Tao running a train here, she deliberately exposed Hong Tao's lies.
"Hahaha...... Now it's exposed, dare to use your sister-in-law to pretend to be your wife, it's too bold! Girl, hurry up and sue your sister, go home and let him kneel on the washboard......" Katie's words caused another burst of laughter, and the silly girl laughed along, but she didn't know what people were laughing at. (To be continued......)