Chapter 173: Fighting for Breath
It was cold in Hangzhou in November, and several of them were dressed in warm and expensive clothes; But the boatman wore only a thin undershirt, and it seemed that the ferry was quite hard work. The gap between the rich and the poor in China is really large, and it is even more serious in such an international metropolis.
"Where are you guys from?" The ferryman chatted with them enthusiastically, and there were many foreign tourists here, all of whom were engaged in public utilities, and who knew some foreign languages.
"They're Italian, I'm from Hangang."
"Listening to your standard accent, I can guess that you are from the Han River. Italians, the other day one of us also brought a few Italian tourists, saying that they were here to participate in the exhibition the day after tomorrow. The master tried to recall that he had a special impression of a man among the voters. One of the men spoke fluent Chinese, and if you didn't see people, you would really think he was from the capital! ”
"I guess he's half-blooded." Just like Aiden, half a fake Hanjiang person, hehe.
"I heard that he is a purebred Italian who likes Chinese culture. There are many foreigners who like Chinese culture, but it is rare to have studied as thoroughly as he did. ”
"I'm curious when you say that." Anya and the master talked while looking at the scenery on the lake, and when the ferry arrived at an important scenic spot, the master would divert the topic, introduce the scenic spot and come back.
He said that he would come to the West Lake as long as he had nothing to do after arriving in Hangzhou, and planned to slowly finish the ten scenic spots of the West Lake in the past few days of the exhibition, saying that he did not imagine that ordinary tourists would be able to see the flowers. I don't know if I'll meet him later, you can get to know him. ”
Anya laughed a few times, did the ferryman dare to be a matchmaker? Do you want to pair her, a tourist, with another tourist?
As they chatted, the assistant noticed a rather familiar face on the shore and pulled Pauline in that direction.
"God, it's Carl, we've got to hide."
"Where to hide? This is on the lake, so I can only find an excuse to slip away when I get to the shore. ”
Making excuses? What excuses can be made?
They didn't come up with any good way until the boat got back to shore, so they had to jump over the wall in a hurry - pretending to have a stomachache!
"Bella, my assistant has a stomachache and I'll accompany him to find the toilet, you stay here and wait for us." Pauline knew that the reason was rotten, but it was the only way, because the nemesis, Karl, had already come in this direction...... It's up to Bella to do her free!
"Huh? Then I don't have to ......."
"No, whatever you want, I'll call you again." Although Pauline's anxious appearance of leaving with her assistant made Anya suspicious, she couldn't do anything, so she had to wait here obediently.
Facing the West Lake, which has been praised by Chinese literati for thousands of years, on one side is the white causeway built by Bai Juyi, on the other side is the Su causeway built by Su Shi, there are long bridges and Quyuan wind lotus sent by Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in a circle, and the Leifeng Pagoda of Fahai Monk and White Lady is in the distance...... This West Lake is full of culture, there are stories everywhere, and she feels so small.
If she comes a little later, she can meet the winter of West Lake, then she can learn from Zhang Dai who can't sleep in the middle of the night and goes to the Lake Pavilion to see the snow.
"How come there is no boat to the Lake Center Pavilion?"
Suddenly, such a voice came into Anya's ears. Who has such a heart for her? She just thought of the Lake Center Pavilion when someone said it?
Looking back, it turned out to be a foreigner with deep eyes and a high nose? This foreigner actually said a standard Chinese...... Could it be that this is the Italian who the ferryman told her just now and plans to travel in depth to the ten scenic spots of West Lake?
"Miss, you've been staring at me, do you have any advice?"
Wow! This foreigner even uses words so well...... She was amazed.
"Uh...... No, because I was thinking about the Lake Pavilion and you said it out of your mouth, and I was a little surprised to see that you were a foreigner. He turned his head to get a good look at Anya. This man has a good-looking face, intellectual and a bit melancholy; Her blond-brown hair was all combed back and had a clean ponytail tied at the back of her head, and Aiden's arrogant short hair was a complete mix of styles. Both of them have knife-like faces, deep and three-dimensional facial features, and long and strong bodies, so they must be the type to run to the gym when they have nothing to do.
"Master, you said that there is no boat to go to the Huxin Pavilion, what's the matter?" The man ignored her and continued to reason with the master.
"There were some earlier, but most of the tourists went to Santan Yinyue and Xiaoyingzhou, so the route to Huxin Pavilion was canceled. If you want to go, you can go, I will take you there, but the fare is 200 RMB, you should consider it. ”
Anya listened to the master's words, "You"? Are you including her? How could she say that she was going to Huxin Pavilion, and the fare of 200 yuan for a trip was too expensive!
“200? Okay, let's go! ”
Having agreed to such a price without any consideration, this man's financial ability must have been quite good.
"What are you still in a daze? Got on board. The man called out to Anya, who was still stunned.
"Me? I'm going too? What am I going to do with you to the Lake Center Pavilion? "Did he have any intentions? Zhang Dai's "Watching the Snow in the Lake Pavilion" said that the fog is simmering, the sky and the clouds and the mountains and the water are white, the shadow on the lake is only a trace of the causeway, the lake pavilion is a little, and the rest of the boat is a mustard, and the people in the boat are only two or three.
Isn't that how it is now? A little in the middle of the lake, a mustard in the boat, and the people in the boat have him, her and the ferryman two or three grains...... But on Zhang Dai's pavilion, there are two people sitting opposite each other, a boy shochu, the stove is boiling; What can they have on their kiosk? She wasn't expecting a bosom friend waiting in the pavilion.
"You'll find out when you come."
She knew when she went...... She wanted to know, but she was afraid that this man would do something to him, just like Aiden threatened to rape her on Inle Lake, and the water of West Lake was not known to be as deep as Inle Lake, and she could abandon the boat and flee for her life?
"I thought that people who could understand Zhang Dai would also understand my feelings of cherishing my bosom friend, but you still have a mother-in-law and mother who hesitated, forget it, I'll leave by myself." The man's words made Anya unhappy.
Why should she be counted out by a foreigner who likes Chinese culture, she doesn't understand? For the sake of national integrity, she took the same boat with him and went to Huxin Pavilion with him, but she wanted to see who the real Chinese were.