Chapter 81: Skateboarding Youth
The tourists in the square were shoulder to shoulder, her husband was not in the original position, An Yi took out his mobile phone, and when he was close to his ear, he saw him in the crowd, and he took the camera to focus on Jiang Yan.
"What is this posture?" Jiang Yan stood against the railing with her legs folded, with the city below the mountain as the background.
"It's better to have a smile. Kaiming closed his left eye, aimed at the SLR camera in his hand, and was about to press the shutter, when the phone rang in his pocket, he took it out, and his wife was already standing behind him.
"You were in a hurry, are you alright?"
An Yi put away the phone and replied, "It's okay, it's just an internal emergency." β
Kai Ming asked her to take a photo at the guardrail, and she and Jiang Yan passed by and glanced at each other.
There is an airship hanging in the blue sky, and the snow-capped mountains in the distance are towering into the clouds, and looking down at the mountains, the buildings are stacked on top of each other, and the eyes cannot find a hotel to stay in, and the streets that converge towards the city center can be vaguely distinguished.
An Yi turned around with a ponytail, holding the guardrail with her right hand, facing the camera ten steps away. Jiang Yan asked for the camera from her husband's hand, squinted at her, and pulled the corners of her mouth and squeezed out a smile.
"Why are you standing so straight? Relax. Jiang Yan held the camera to find the angle back and forth, but she didn't press the shutter, and she was still criticizing the standing posture.
She exhaled the breath she was holding in her chest, and her back relaxed.
"It's not too presumptuous, look at you standing like a toad. Jiang Yan said again.
Hmph, this woman is clearly looking for trouble.
An Yi stiffened her face and wanted to be mad, but arguing in front of the public would look petty, calm down, and not fall into the trap of that woman.
Jiang Yan saw her stunned, raised her eyebrows and said, "Keep your head high, touch the back of your head with your left hand, lift your right foot slightly, and remember to smile." β
What kind of ghost pose is this, do you think it's a photoshoot?
She has always been conservative and will not show off in front of people.
Is it possible to take a photo so seriously? Kaiming saw Jiang Yan fiddling with the camera, and felt very professional, in fact, she asked him for advice just now because she couldn't find the shutter.
He saw that his wife was already a little impatient, so he walked over, and the two of them hurried to take a group photo. Click, this time Jiang Yan pressed the shutter quickly.
"One more. An Yi grabbed his arm and said.
Seeing her put her head on Kaiming's arm and pursed her lips and smiled, Jiang Yan twitched the corners of her mouth, deliberately excluded her from the camera when focusing, and left a solo photo of Kaiming. If you ask about it in the future, it's a big deal to admit that you are a rookie photographer.
Aside from the imposing view of the city, there's not much to see at the top of the hill, so take a stroll around the square and take the cable car back to the city.
At half past six in the evening, when the sky was slowly darkening, a group of people pulled banners and passed down the street outside the hotel, shouting slogans, and crackling sounds could be heard in the distance, whether it was gunfire or firecrackers.
My stomach was growling, but I still held back until it was completely dark and the hustle and bustle of the street receded.
The wife left the window, put on a handbag and went out behind her, knocked on the door next door, Jiang Yan wrapped in a colorful shawl and sunglasses to cover her eyes, and joined the outing.
The mobile phone navigation shows that the Chinese restaurant is on the opposite street, but you have to walk a few hundred meters up, and the city on the mountainside, the street slope is more than 20 degrees, and the higher you go, the more sparsely lit it becomes. With two women by his side, he chose a local restaurant nearby for safety.
The restaurant was full, but fortunately, there was a table of customers who were about to leave, and they could sit down when the waiter had taken away the dishes. The guests at the next table occasionally turned their heads to look at the three yellow-skinned men and women.
A waitress walked up, took out a notebook to record, and recommended Bolivian pepper noodles in English.
Jiang Yan was allergic to pepper, asked for bread and cheese, An Yi ordered a large burger, and for the sake of the waiter's hard introduction, the pepper noodles were delivered to the only man at the table. Seeing the noodles dyed red by chili peppers, my scalp began to tingle, and the noodles were mixed with potatoes and beef, and the mouth was creamy, and all kinds of mixed flavors stimulated the taste buds of the tongue.
An Yi saw her husband's lips red and asked, "How does it taste?"
"The taste is good, and the forebank needs to prepare a tissue to wipe away tears in advance. β
An Yi rolled a little noodle with a fork and nodded as she chewed. People who can withstand Sichuan Malatang are different.
Just give her the whole dish in exchange for a bite of a beef burger.
"Hey, what's the entertainment here at night?" Jiang Yan asked the waitress who brought the bread. The couple opposite was stunned, in this chaotic country where demonstrations are continuous, it is best not to run around at night, and go back to the hotel to sleep with their heads covered.
The waitress tilted her head and replied, "If you can stand the fright, I suggest you go to the castle for an adventure." β
"Castle?" Jiang Yan put down the cheese and widened her eyes.
"Yes, it's on the outskirts of the city, ten kilometres from here. β
"What's in there?"
The waiter replied, folding the bread, "Vampire." β
"Really?"
"The truth is up for you to decipher. The waiter smiled and pushed the cart away.
The food in front of him had lost its appeal, and Jiang Yan took the hand holding the hamburger, "Kaiming, let's go on an adventure together later." β
"Uh!" stopped two rows of teeth chewing bread and beef.
"Crazy, run out into the wilderness at night. An Yi clasped his hands and said.
Jiang Yan pouted at her, "What I'm talking about doesn't include you." He changed his smile and turned around, "Kaiming, let's go, think about what a mysterious and romantic thing it is to meet a vampire." β
Encountering monsters and mummies in Egypt and having a relationship with romance, these creatures from the dark are no joke.
"Don't be stupid, after you pay for the ticket, you will find that it is just a human wearing a strange costume with heavy makeup on his face and jumping out of the shadows. An Yi said.
"Traveling with a woman like you, who lacks imagination, is a grind. Jiang Yan said, "Fortunately, I am my companion, otherwise Kai Ming would have been suffocated to death by your piece of wood." β
"You ......" An Yi blushed.
Kaiming lowered his head and silently nibbled on the burger.
Walking out of the restaurant, the street lights reflected people's faces, and Jiang Yan intercepted a taxi on the side of the road.
Afraid that she would be in danger alone, she said a few words to his wife behind him and boarded the taxi. Ass just sat in the front seat, and when he turned around, he saw that his wife had also gotten into the car. She was back to back with Jiang Yan in the back seat, facing the window.
The driver was a middle-aged uncle with studs all over his ears and a row of gold teeth when he smiled. "It's a souvenir from my youth skateboarding, and I skateboarded on the iron handrail of the steps, and the skateboard fell off and fell on the corner of the street at a speed of 60 kilometers per minute," he said. Ever since then, they've called me the Golden Tooth Board, and although I've never won a place in an extreme skateboarding competition, everyone in La Paz knows my name. β
"It's nice to have people remember names. β
The driver smiled, "What they remember is not my name, but youth." Every day, teenagers take their beloved skateboards and chase the thrill of speed through the steep streets of La Paz. They'll fall and get all hurt, but back on the skateboard, they'll be free. β
When he heard that the three of them were going to explore the castle in the suburbs, he gave a thumbs up, "Man, that's a place to scream. β
"Are there really vampires there?" Jiang Yan asked, leaning forward to the front seat.
The driver shrugged, "The believer has." β
Taxis drove out of the brightly lit city and walked on a forest road flanked by the Black Forest, with no leaves on the trees, only bare branches.
As he turned into a three-way intersection, the driver pointed to the windshield, "That's the castle." β
The passengers of the car craned out their necks to look out at the shadows of the trees, and the lights flashed, and the outline of a castle with three minaret-like tops, high in the middle and low on the sides, towering over the forest.
The taxi stopped in front of an iron gate, the surface of which was rusty and the ground was overgrown with weeds.
The driver turned his head and said, "The car can only go here, it's private territory, I don't want to wake up the things inside." β
The three of them got out of the car, which was about a hundred meters away from the castle, and when they looked up, they could see that the castle was high above the forest spire.
"Have a screaming night. The driver waved his hand, and the taxi turned, the taillights out of sight.
The surroundings were quiet, the wind was blowing, the weeds were shaking, Jiang Yan shrunk her neck and hid behind Kai Ming.
An Yi glanced at her and said, "Who said you were going to come to explore just now? β
Jiang Yan walked to the front with her head held high, "Who said to retreat, the wind was a little strong just now, I was wearing less, can't I dodge?"
She wore only a short dress, and Cumin took off her coat and draped it over her shoulders.
The street lamp at the door was hazy, the yellowed light couldn't illuminate anything, took out his mobile phone, took a photo with a photo lamp, the door was not locked, and gently pushed, and found a strange sound of elongation, and the door slowly opened.
Under the white moonlight, an ancient castle is presented in front of you, with a three-meter-high round arch, colorful glass reflecting the light, and a gray-black faΓ§ade covered with roses.
Jiang Yan tightened her clothes and said, "It looks eerie, I guess no one will sell tickets here." β
"How is it, do you dare to go in?" An Yi asked.
She pursed her lips and said, "I thought it would be like Snow White's castle." β
Kaiming pushed aside the long grass and walked in front, "It's coming, let's go in and have a look." β
Seeing An Yi following him, Jiang Yan also followed.
Pushing open the door, a dark figure sprang out, swept past the three of them, jumped onto the wall, and stared at them with a pair of shining eyes.
"It's a feral cat. Kemin turned to the two women behind him.
They leaned out, and sure enough, they saw a black cat jumping outside the wall.
The taxi pulled out of the Black Forest and stopped under the traffic light at the fork in the road, and the driver reached out and clicked on the skateboard doll glued to the center console, which bobbed back and forth. Hearing the backseat door pop shut, he said, "Welcome." "But the mirror was empty.
The driver turned his head and saw a man sitting in the back seat, wearing a black robe, bald head, dark circles under his eyes, and a skinless dog squatting next to him.
"First...... Sheng, where are you going?"
The man stared at him and handed over a yellowed newspaper.
The driver took a look, and the front page reported that in 1999, the gold tooth board died in an accident during the race.