Chapter 7 To the Stars
After eating a satisfying meal in the private room, Lin Shunhua asked the doctor whether he would find a hotel to stay in or see the night view of Rongcheng next.
The doctor replied without hesitation: "It is more important to see the night view, if we meet a suitable hotel on the way to see the night view, we can book the room first." ”
Xiaolan immediately said: "Grandpa Bai, Rongcheng is very big, there are many places to see the night view, we want to see the most famous, I have long heard my classmates say that the night view of the Jiuyan Bridge in Rongcheng is the most beautiful." ”
The doctor said, "Nine-eyed bridge? This name is a little familiar, maybe we have seen this strangely named bridge last time we came, thank you Xiaolan for reminding, we will now go to see the most beautiful night view of the Nine Eyes Bridge. ”
So, after the four of them left the restaurant, they took a taxi and went straight to the Nine Eyes Bridge.
At night, the Jiuyan Bridge is lit up, and the bridge is full of light, presenting a beautiful and dreamy scene.
Lan Kwai Fong, Riverside Bar Street, and Cape of Good Hope Square are already crowded with all kinds of night walkers. The night view of Anshun Covered Bridge is the most beautiful view of the city, standing on the side of the Funan River and looking at the covered bridge, the bright lights are reflected on the charming Funan River like a bright eye in the dark night.
Xiaolan and Haizi stood on the bridge and talked in a low voice while watching the night view:
"Haizi, your city there must be more beautiful and developed, right?"
"If I had to make a comparison, I would prefer the city in front of me because it's more human and lively. On the surface, there are almost no vehicles on the roads of our cities, and the means of transportation are either flying cars in the air or underground railways. And there are not so many people on the street, because people basically do not need to go into the shopping malls in the city to shop, just sit at home and select the goods they need on the information network platform, and then the logistics personnel will deliver them to the door. ”
"How boring is that? If I go to your place, I still have to buy what I need in the big malls in the city, and I will have fun and I won't buy fakes. ”
Haizi smiled, "Then you may change your shopping habits, because you will find that there are more fun things than shopping on the street." The earth world is only a moderately developed planet, and the development of science and technology will not only change the appearance of cities, but also change people's living habits. ”
"That's right, Haizi, I was just about to ask you this question, you say, how many years will it take for our earth world to catch up with your Moro planet?"
"My grandfather said that judging from the fact that there are already so many man-made vehicles in geosynchronous orbit, there are two extreme situations in the earth world, maybe another two hundred years of development can create a spaceship that can shuttle between stars, so as to enter the ranks of developed planets, or it may never be reached, because the earth human beings will fight each other and break out a world war and destroy all mankind."
Xiaolan was shocked, "Destroyed? Are you saying that humanity on Earth is likely to be destroyed before it enters the developed world? ”
"Yes, my grandfather said that the space vehicles currently possessed by the earthlings plus a large number of nuclear weapons, as long as there is a world war, it will be a nuclear war, which will lead to the destruction of all mankind."
Xiaolan shook her head and sighed, "Alas, why can't the humans of the earth live in peace?" Haizi, won't there be a war in your world? ”
"The possibility of a large-scale war breaking out within our planet is very small, because the developed world has a planetary government that leads the world and controls the military power, and they will not destroy themselves themselves. But there is always a threat from the alien world, because in the starry world, there will always be some planets who will wage wars of aggression against other planets in order to compete for resources or other reasons. ”
"I hate those who wage wars of aggression!" Xiaolan said hatefully, "They destroy other people's cities for their own selfish interests, causing other people's families to be ruined." ”
"I hate war too!" Haizi said with a serious expression, "However, if someone wants to destroy my city and invade my family, I will not hesitate to use all my abilities to fight them!" ”
Lin Shunhua and the doctor chatted in a low voice not far from the two teenagers looking at the charming night scene, and they talked about the working and living conditions of the locals.
However, as time passed, Lin Shunhua's heart became more and more uneasy, because tonight's residence had not yet been settled. He had never stayed in a hotel in such a big city, but he had heard people say that there was a lot of traffic in big cities, and hotels were often full.
After chatting for a while, Lin Shunhua couldn't help but remind the doctor: "Doctor Bai, do you think we should find a suitable hotel first to book the room before coming out to see the night view, otherwise, in case..."
"Haha!" The doctor interrupted Lin Shunhua's worries with a smile, and then whispered in Lin Shunhua's ear: "It's okay if you can't find a place to sleep tonight, you and Xiaolan go home to sleep, and Haizi and I sleep in the spaceship in the woods." It's just that we'll have to come back tomorrow because we'll have to buy at least some local produce to take home with our friends and family. ”
Lin Shunhua was puzzled and asked in a low voice, "Doctor Bai, are you saying that we rushed back to the mountains overnight?" That's too tiring, and besides, it's not safe to walk in the mountains at night. ”
The doctor looked serious and said in a low voice: "I mean let the spaceship hidden in the woods come here to pick us up, it's night, we just need to find a remote place where no one is remote, safety is not a problem, it's just that the earthlings will see UFOs in the sky again." ”
It turns out that Lin Shunhua's worries are unnecessary, in a big city like Rongcheng, as long as you have enough money and don't worry about finding a place to live.
The four of them then walked around the Nine Eyes Bridge when they came across an imposing hotel building. If in the past, Lin Shunhua's father and daughter accidentally encountered such a high-end hotel, at most, they would look enviously at the people entering and leaving the hotel, and then walk by.
But tonight was different, and they were not only happy but also relaxed as they walked into the splendid lobby of the hotel, and for the first time in their lives, they wanted to experience the wonderful feeling of staying in a high-end hotel.
In front of the hotel's general service desk, Lin Shunhua took his ID card and a large amount of money from his daughter and claimed to the waiter that he wanted three rooms. He was thinking that the doctor's grandfather and grandson would live in a double room, while he and his daughter would each have a single room.
At this time, there were two young waiters behind the service desk, a man and a woman, who were registering the residence for several other guests, and the woman who was serving Lin Shunhua and four people.
When the waiter saw the address indicated on Lin Shunhua's ID card, the charming smile suddenly disappeared from her beautiful face, and it was unprecedented for a mountain man to book three rooms in this four-star hotel, which cost nearly 3,000 yuan a night.
She looked up at the visitor with a puzzled look and asked, "Sir, is this your ID card?" How many of you are going to live here? Can you provide them with their documents as well? ”
Lin Shunhua's heart sank, he didn't expect that spending a lot of money to live in a hotel would be troublesome, but thinking of his daughter's experience of selling gold, he had confidence, with money and the doctor and grandson behind him, as long as there were vacant rooms in the hotel, he would definitely be able to live there.
Lin Shunhua said with a smile: "That's my ID card, yes, you see, we have four people to stay, she is my daughter, she has a student ID, those two are my uncle and his grandson who came from afar, my uncle went out today and put his travel bag at my house, and their ID cards are in that bag." ”
The waitress looked up at the doctor, who smiled and nodded at her.
Xiaolan's father and daughter witnessed the miracle again. Because a smile and a nod from the doctor made the waitress smile again. The waiter did not embarrass Lin Shunhua anymore, but happily completed the registration procedures for the three rooms for him.
The next morning, the four of them checked out after eating buffet breakfast at the hotel, and then happily left the hotel to start today's trip.
Taking advantage of the cool morning, they took a taxi to visit two famous attractions in Rongcheng before returning to the city center for shopping.
Before shopping, Xiaolan and Haizi concocted and sold two pieces of gold in another gold store for more than 30,000 yuan
Subsequently, according to the pre-determined shopping plan, the four of them bought a batch of famous local specialties, some of which were prepared for long-distance travel, and some of which were brought back to the elderly and children of the Bai family to taste. The doctor was very fond of silk embroidery crafts, and he selected hundreds of treasures to give to his relatives and friends.
It was nearly noon after shopping, and the four of them had lunch in the city, and then took a taxi straight back to the mountains.
When they returned to Lin Shunhua's house with a full load, they saw that Xiaolan's mother's complexion was much better than yesterday.
Lin Shunhua and his wife accompanied the guests to drink tea and chat in the hall, and Xiaolan wrote a letter in her room.
This is the suggestion of Haizi and his grandfather, the three members of the Lin family are about to go to his world, because the time and space are very different, even if they only live in the outer world for a few years and return, the earth world will be decades past, and they should leave a little message for the people closest here.
The closest people to Xiaolan's family are undoubtedly her grandparents and uncle, her grandparents are illiterate, and her uncle is fifteen years older than Xiaolan and graduated from junior high school, but a few years ago he went to work in a factory in the far south.
In Xiaolan's mind, her uncle is a good person, and he has a close relationship with Xiaolan's family when he is in the mountains. But since he went south and met and married a girl from another country who worked in the same factory, my uncle rarely came back. Xiaolan heard from her grandparents that her uncle had a son this spring, and said that she would take her son back to the mountains to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year this year.
Xiaolan decided to leave a letter for her uncle and put it at her grandparents' house, so that she could see it when he returned home for the Chinese New Year.
Xiaolan thought for a while and wrote, "Uncle, when you read this letter, my parents and I were already in the distant outer world.
Here's how it happened: My dad and I met Grandpa Bai and his grandson Haizi yesterday in the Lion Rock to collect medicine, they landed in a spaceship in the camphor forest under the Lion Rock, and then met us. Although they are aliens, their ancestors are from the ancient Shu Kingdom, so they look similar to us, but they have a kind of spiritual power that we don't have, as if they can see through other people's minds and influence other people's thoughts.
They came here to visit the Sanxingdui Museum from a planetary world called Moluo Star.
When Grandpa Bai heard that my mother's illness couldn't be cured here, he agreed to help us, and the doctors in their world could cure cancer. Yesterday and today, we took Grandpa Bai and Haizi to visit the Sanxingdui Museum and stayed in Rongcheng for one night, and today after dark, we will take their spaceship out of the mountains.
Haizi said that their world is one year, and the earth world is almost twenty years. Because my parents and I will have to live there for at least a few years before we come back, you can use the house and the mountains and land, and we will leave some money for my grandparents to live in the mountains without worry.
You don't have to tell outsiders about our trip, my parents and I just said that we have to go to a far hospital for treatment, and it may take a long time to come back, and they want someone to help me go to school to ask for leave after the summer vacation starts..."
After Xiaolan wrote the letter, she sealed it in an envelope and wrote her uncle's name on the envelope.
Later, Lin Shunhua hurried to Xiaolan's grandparents' house with a letter and more than 20,000 yuan.
When dusk fell, Xiaolan helped her parents prepare a sumptuous dinner to entertain the guests.
After dinner, it was already dark, and the five of them went out with the bags they had already packed.
Lin Shunhua locked the door, and the three members of the Lin family took one last look at their home, and then followed the doctor and Haizi to the hillside behind the house by starlight and waited for the moment of heaven to come.
After a while, a ray of light fell from the sky and enveloped the five people on the ground, and Xiaolan and her parents began their dreamlike journey to the stars.