Chapter Twenty-Nine: If You Lose
Wang Xijia rode a velociraptor Xiaolan, and Meng Jiaoniang rode a jujube red horse, which was a sturdy horse named Xiaohong. The two of them walked along the river together, and when they were hungry, they nibbled on a few mouthfuls of dry food, and when they were thirsty, they went to the river to drink some water. At night, they set up a tent, which was made of animal skins by Carpenter Liu, and could be folded like a big umbrella. If you're too lazy to pitch a tent, find a cave and spend the night.
There is no light pollution in this wild world, and at night you can see the sky full of stars. Wang Xijia looked up at the starry sky, feeling that he had never seen such stars, many stars he didn't know much, this starry sky was completely different from what he had seen in the northern hemisphere, and even doubted whether he had crossed into the southern hemisphere.
While looking at the stars, Wang Xijia thought that he had traveled to about 5,000 years ago. If an alien looked at the Earth with a telescope 5,000 light-years away, would he see himself before the time travel or after the time travel?
Meng Jianniang didn't have so many thoughts about the starry sky, she only knew that more stars at night meant that the next day would be a sunny day, which would not affect the hurry.
It's a pleasure to travel with a partner like Meng Jianniang, Wang Xika often fantasizes that she and Meng Jianniang can be a pair of male and female thieves in this world, see who robs whom, and who can find them after the end of the world? But after thinking about it, there is nothing to rob in this era. The so-called currency is nothing more than gold, silver, copper, iron, and the like, and a bit of shells. I own so many minerals, can't I just build them as much as I want? Moreover, in this era, if you have money, you can't fly a plane, you can't use your mobile phone, you can't drive a car and play games, you just want to buy something to eat and drink.
The two walked along the river, and gradually came across another city, which looked bigger than Peach Blossom Town. Judging from the way the people here are dressed, it should be not far from the sea, and everyone is dressed in a short game. It's not like Peach Blossom Town, there aren't so many races, it's all East Asian. It's very much in line with Wang Xijia's imagination of ancient times, but he can't understand the accent. The locals speak a quirky dialect, a bit like Wenzhou, a combination of Hakka and Japanese, perhaps the language of the local indigenous people in ancient times.
Fortunately, Wang Xika was a person who did big business all over the world before he crossed over, and it was not the first time he had experienced this kind of thing because of the language barrier, with his extraordinary language talent and rich body language, he was still able to communicate with the residents of the city simply, and after a while, he had basically mastered the language here. Originally, the city was called Zecheng, and it was built in a swamp.
At the time when Wang Xika lived, there were no famous swamps in China. The only thing he could think of was the "Daze Township" of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising, which should have been a swamp in ancient times. There is also the "Xixi Wetland" in Hangzhou, which is almost a swamp by the sea. I don't know where this place looks like the sad swamp of World of Warcraft right now.
The things sold in Zecheng are different from those in Peach Blossom Town, most of them are sea fish and sea shells. Wang Xijia ate a few meals at Zecheng Restaurant and found that the people here are particularly fond of making marine fish sashimi. This is also very in line with history, in ancient China, the generation of people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang did love to eat sashimi, and the idiom "popular" refers to sashimi.
The fillet is indeed tender, but the dipping sauce does not have soy sauce, nor mustard or mountain roots, but is sprinkled with a little salt. It's healthier, but there's always something missing on the palate.
What makes Wang Xijia happiest is that there is a café in Zecheng. In his body of knowledge, China was not the origin of coffee, and it was not introduced to China until the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Why has she drunk coffee so many times since she crossed over? Wang Xika loves coffee the most, and when she walks into the café, she finds that the layout here resembles an old-fashioned Chinese teahouse, except that it sells coffee. There are also many types of coffee, including cappuccino, latte, and mocha.
Wang Xijia ordered a latte, the taste is not the same as modern coffee, it seems that the fat content of milk is higher, and it tastes oily, a little like butter tea.
The owner of the café is surnamed Du, has two mustaches, and dresses differently from the fishermen around him, like a businessman. Wang Xijia likes to deal with businessmen the most, so he brought a cup of coffee to the counter and talked to the boss.
"Brother, your coffee here tastes good, is it freshly ground?"
"Yo, it's not all freshly ground, I can't tell you're still an expert. The boss opened up the conversation.
"Do you have milk or cream in this coffee? Wang Xika continued to flatter.
"We don't have milk here, you drink whale milk, which is very nutritious. Boss Du said with a smile.
It was the first time Wang Xijia had heard of "whale milk", and indeed, in theory, whales are also mammals, so they naturally produce milk. Of course, Wang Xika doesn't believe that there is any "whale milk" in this coffee, but he doesn't care what kind of milk is added to the coffee, it's just to find a topic to talk about. This Boss Du is quite interesting, and he has the literary and artistic style of a generation of inn owners in Lijiang, Dali.
After taking another sip of the creamy coffee, Wang Xika began to ask the matter: "How far are we from here to the beach?"
Boss Du said: "It's not far, about 50 miles away, and it will take an hour or two to ride a horse." ”
Wang Xijia paid the bill, and then set off with Meng Jiaoniang to the sea. Along the way, I saw a rubber forest, which looked like it was artificial. Wang Xika liked it very much, thinking that if there is rubber here, then it can be used as a tire, and when he turns around, he can save a car in Shanghekou Village, and use rubber to make slippers to wear in summer, not to mention how beautiful it is.
The smell of the sea gradually began to smell in the air, and the sound of the waves gradually came to her ears, and the sea was approaching! Xiaolan seemed to be encouraged, and accelerated her pace and rushed forward. The road under his feet gradually changed from the mud of the swamp that would sink if he was not careful, and turned into a soft sandy beach, and finally, Wang Xijia raised his eyes and saw the endless sea appear in front of him.
Although swimming in the sea is not as comfortable as swimming in fresh water, and the sea water will rush to his mouth if he doesn't pay attention to it, Wang Xika still likes the sea very much, and every time he sees the sea, his mood always improves. According to the theory of evolution, all life originates from the ocean. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why humans feel so close to the sea when they see it.
Wang Xijia calculated, starting from Shanghekou to the seaside, except for a few days of rest in Zecheng, the horse should have run for half a month, according to 100 kilometers per day, the sea is about more than 1,500 kilometers away from Shanghekou Village. If it is from Shaanxi to the seaside of Zhejiang, it is probably so far. Exactly where this is, then we have to survey the coastline again. But at this moment, it is clear that mapping is not such a critical matter, and it is imperative to refresh it first.
Wang Xika jumped into the sea and swam happily a few laps, and Xiaolan and Miss Meng also swam into the sea even more. Only then did Wang Xijia know that the velociraptor could also swim. When he was tired of swimming, Wang Xika ran to the mouth of the big river, washed off the sea salt on his body in fresh water, and then lay on the beach to bask in the sun.
In this era, there was no such thing as a tourist area, there were not many people on the seaside, and there were many shell starfish washed up by the sea on the beach, and if it was in modern times, they would have been picked up and sold by a bunch of people. Wang Xika was barefoot picking up shells on the beach, and Meng Jianniang was also running around the beach happily.
Wang Xijia picked up a beautiful tiger snail as a gift and gave it to Miss Meng, who had been with her, and Miss Meng gave Wang Xika a good-looking nautilus, and Wang Xika gave Miss Meng a beautiful piece of red coral. Miss Meng didn't expect Wang Xika to prepare so many gifts, she accepted them happily, and leaned her head on Wang Xika's chest a little shyly, and the relationship between the two changed from the relationship between the young master and the maid to a love relationship.
Wang Xika hugged Meng Jianniang, and silently said to his wife Su Rui before the crossing: "Rui, don't blame me, after all, I have been killed by a nuclear bomb in that world......"
Thousands of years later, Su Rui, who was tutoring Wang Xiaoka's homework in the 1,000-square-meter mansion before Wang Xika's crossing, suddenly sneezed and felt lost.