Chapter 69: Ginkgo Avenue, Love Perception

I went back to the rental house bored.

The house was empty and deserted.

Sleepless nights.

After dawn, I arrived at Ditan Park early.

As a famous ginkgo avenue in Beijing, Ditan Park Ginkgo Avenue has always been a charming scenery that cannot be missed in autumn in Beijing. Although it is located in the center of the city, it enjoys a pure land in the hustle and bustle. In the park, more than 200 ginkgo trees were planted in the late 50s of the last century. In late autumn, the ground under the ginkgo trees is golden yellow. Walking along the avenue paved with ginkgo biloba leaves, the mood is particularly pleasant.

I entered from the west gate of Ditan Park and went straight to the north area of the park, and the shocking Ginkgo Avenue immediately came into view.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Qian and Meng Jie were late.

Mengjie is wearing new clothes and shoes.

"Didn't you say it would come soon?" I asked Ye Qian in wonder, "Why have you been grinding until now?" ”

"We learned from the restaurant," Ye Qian smiled, "It's like the food is coming soon!" ”

"Why are you dressed like this?" I asked Mengjie angrily, "Spending money again!" ”

"Isn't it pretty?" Meng Jie smiled and said, "After you left yesterday, we went to Wangfujing to buy it!" ”

"The problem is that you're so unreliable," I said seriously, "that the heel of your boots is so high, don't you dislike wearing high heels?" And this leg is so exposed, white and flowery, frozen into old cold legs, who wants you? ”

"Then you don't care!" Meng Jiejiao said angrily.

"How long have you been here?" Ye Qian asked at this time.

"It's not a long time," I said with a blank face, "just a dozen times on this ginkgo avenue!" ”

"Then you can go shopping with us again!" Ye Qian smiled.

"The ginkgo avenue here is really beautiful," I said with emotion, "in autumn, you must come to Ditan Park Ginkgo Avenue for a walk, and the silver leaf trees on the street will decorate this place like a fairy tale world." Ditan Ginkgo Avenue is not only a popular choice for tourists to enjoy autumn, but also a favorite filming place for photography enthusiasts. ”

"Diaoyutai also has Ginkgo Avenue," Ye Qian said with a serious face, "Although the Ginkgo Avenue in Ditan Park is not as famous as Diaoyutai Ginkgo Avenue, the scenery is even better." Some of the ginkgo biloba here seems to be older than the Diaoyutai ones, and some of them are said to have been planted when the altar was built. The scenery inside the park is beautiful, so it is easier to enjoy than the traffic outside the walls of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Every autumn, it will attract many citizens from the surrounding area to take pictures and enjoy the autumn. ”

"It's so beautiful!" Meng Jie stretched out her arms with emotion, "Wow! A leaf has fallen on my hand! ”

I saw Mengjie holding a golden ginkgo biloba in her hand.

"What do you say the ginkgo tree symbolizes?" Meng Jie asked suddenly.

"It symbolizes health, longevity, happiness and auspiciousness," I said in a deep voice, "and the fan-shaped symmetrical leaves of Ginkgo biloba, with the edges split into two and the petioles merged into one, are regarded as 'symbols of harmony', implying the harmonious qualities of one and two, yin and yang, life and death, spring and autumn, and so on." Ginkgo biloba can also be seen as a heart-shaped, so it can also be seen as a symbol of love, sending blessings to two people who love each other to finally unite into one......"

I looked up gently after a deep sigh.

At this time, Ye Qian and Mengjie had already walked far away.

"I'm not done yet!" I shouted and hurried to follow.

The entrance to the Temple of Earth.

Ye Qian and Meng Jie stopped in front of a fortune teller squatting in the corner.

As soon as I walked over, Mengjie shouted:

"Don't come here, go aside!"

I smiled and walked slowly and methodically.

Ye Qian and Meng Jie began to squat in front of the fortune teller, and both of them stretched out their palms.

After a while, Ye Qian and Mengjie stood up with a smile and began to rummage in their bags, apparently wanting to pay the fortune teller.

"Oops! Damn! Meng Jie exclaimed, "My wallet is gone!" ”

"Mine doesn't seem to be gone either!" Ye Qian also shouted.

"If it's gone, it's gone!" I stood in the distance and laughed, "It's poverty alleviation!" ”

"He must have done it!" Mengjie said to Ye Qian.

"Let's go!" Ye Qian said as she walked towards me quickly.

"I haven't paid yet!" The fortune teller shouted.

"Then you will calculate for me who stole my wallet?" Ye Qian asked the fortune teller angrily.

The fortune teller didn't say a word.

Meng Jie and Ye Qian walked up to me and asked in unison:

"Did you take it?"

"Yes!" I said seriously, "The fortune teller is a liar, I don't want you two to spend that unjust money, and by the way, I also want to tell you two not to put your satchel on your back when you squat down or bow your head!" ”

"This person is fortunate to know how to code," Ye Qian said to Meng Jie with a smile, "Otherwise, there will be one more Jiangyang thief in this world!" ”

"Don't easily turn your satchel behind you," I said as I gave the two wallets to Meng Jie and Ye Qian, "Why didn't you let me go just now?" ”

"I'm afraid you'll laugh at me for telling fortunes!" Meng Jie smiled.

"It's not ridiculous that women love fortune telling!" I said it seriously.

"Why?" Ye Qian interjected.

"For modern women," I said in all seriousness, "their number one problem is often love and marriage. Many women run to fortune telling in moments of frustration and hesitation, sometimes it is also an expedient measure when there is no skill to do, they are just looking for a way to strengthen and affirm their beliefs and decisions, which is not out of a kind of helplessness and piety to fate. As a man, don't see women telling fortunes and complain that they are unambitious and think it's ridiculous. As long as they don't leave everything to an empty fate, they are still good women. ”

"I'm counting love," Meng Jie smiled, "but I won't tell you the answer!" ”

"You're only going to count that!" I said with a look of disdain.

"I'm also a fortune teller," Ye Qian said seriously, "but it's not love and marriage!" ”

"What are you?" I asked curiously.

"You can't think of what I calculated," Ye Qian said with a smile, "I said to the fortune teller: 'Please tell me about my fate, my car brake is broken, but I don't have the money to repair the car, only the money for the fortune telling, so please help me see if I don't repair the brake, will something happen?' The fortune teller said, 'Yes, please show me your right hand!' I handed my right hand over. The fortune teller pretended to look at it again and again, and then said with great authority: 'Your lifeline is very long, you don't need to fix the brakes for the time being!' ’”

"She's lying to you!" Meng Jie said to me with a smile.

"The fortune teller is also lying to you!" I smiled and said to Mengjie, "I've counted my life once before, it's very interesting!" ”

"Tell me about it!" Meng Jie urged with interest.

"A long time ago," I recounted in a serious manner, "I said to the fortune teller, 'I don't have money to buy a car, and I'm drifting north, and I can't get a loan, so when do you think I'll be able to get out of trouble and have a luxury car?'" The fortune teller looked at my palmistry for a long time and said with a serious face: 'You will be poor until you are 40 years old!' So I asked, 'And then?' The fortune teller said earnestly: 'Then you get used to walking, crowding buses and taking the subway!' ’”

"Really?" Meng Jie asked with interest.

"Do you still need to ask if it's true or not?" Ye Qian said to Meng Jie with a disdainful expression, "He's kidding you, fool!" ”

We talked and laughed and came from Ditan Ginkgo Avenue to Diaoyutai Ginkgo Avenue.

Diaoyutai Ginkgo Avenue is located outside the east wall of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Sanlihe Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, where the Diaoyutai Ginkgo Forest has become a landmark in Beijing to watch Ginkgo, and is a good place for Beijing people to enjoy autumn, think of autumn, cherish autumn and love autumn.

It is the alternation of autumn and winter.

Ginkgo trees, large and small, are full of golden, decorating the streets with a plain atmosphere. The grass under the trees is covered with thick golden ginkgo leaves, and there is a rustle of feet stepping on it. There are many tourists in the straight ginkgo avenue, including the elderly and children admiring the apricot leaves, the romantic couples taking wedding photos, the "photographers" holding long guns and short guns, and the "painters" holding up the drawing boards...... They make up a scene in the forest.

The three of us strolled leisurely along the soft ginkgo avenue.

"Look at Bai Guo," Meng Jie said and squatted down, "That's a lot!" ”

"Do you know why the ginkgo tree is also called the Gongsun tree?" I asked Mengjie.

"I don't know!" Meng Jie smiled.

"Gongsun tree is a household name for ginkgo," Ye Qian interjected, "because it grows slowly, and it takes at least thirty or forty years from planting the tree to harvesting the ginkgo fruit." In other words, the grandfather planted the tree, and the grandson could harvest it. ”

"Yes," I echoed, "because of this, the ginkgo tree is a symbol of health, longevity, happiness, and good fortune." ”

"Then I'll say the first word," Ye Qian smiled slightly, "Let's see if you two can name the author and the name of the word brand?" ”

"Say it!" I nodded.

"It's begun," Ye Qian said solemnly, "The charm is not very graceful, and the former sweet orange can be a slave." Who pities the rivers and lakes, the jade bones and ice muscles are not willing to wither. Who taught and picked branches, and the emperor leaned on Taizhen after being drunk. The layman really has the intention to open up, and he wants to sing the flavor of the two new. ”

This poem was written by Li Qingzhao in the Song Dynasty, "I blurted out," from "Rui Partridge • Double Ginkgo". ”

"You two are deliberately bullying me for not understanding ancient poetry," Mengjie looked at me angrily and said, "I want to go back!" ”

"Let's go!" I laughed.

"When we go back later, let's make hemp food and eat it!" Mengjie said as she walked on Ginkgo Avenue.

"Okay!" I smiled and nodded.

"Let's buy some more meat," Meng Jie thought about and said, "When I rub hemp food, you can fry some noodles first, so that when you eat noodles in the future, you can put some in it, and you can eat it for many days at a time!" ”

"What kind of meat can be eaten for many days at a time?" Ye Qian asked curiously.

"Shame!" Meng Jie said with a serious face, "Don't you usually do it yourself?" ”

"How can she know such high-tech things?" I said to Mengjie with a disdainful face, "She only knows how to eat, and she can't eat noodles!" ”

"Then I need to see your high-tech today!" Ye Qian said with a smile.

"And buy a handful of garlic sprouts," Mengjie said earnestly, "Remind me when you pass by the farmer's market!" ”

"Okay!" I said with a smile.