The porters were stunned for a moment, but they all fell silent after learning the inside story. The entire lively courtyard could only be heard crying for a while.

A minute later, he suddenly stopped crying, and did the same as Chen Xing's previous actions, numbering the photos.

neatly and seriously put it into this small box, and then stood up with the box in his arms.

"I'm sorry to have you see me, sir, what's your name?"

"It's a surprising affection, what's there to be sorry for? My name is Chen Xing, just call me Xing. ”

"Ok, Star, my name is Franz Kurban, can you wait for me?" Chen Xing nodded.

Franz put the box in a car and went into the house to sort out his condition.

During this time, Chen Xing also saw the appearance of the former male owner of this room in the pile of things to be thrown outside, a fat man with a red mark on his face, and a sense of viking strength.

When Franz came out of the house, there was no difference from when he first met him, but when he walked up to Chen Xing, he still said with emotion: "I thought it was just a useless old film, but I almost missed it, Xing, thank you really this time." ”

"No thanks, I just saw it casually." Empathy, this is definitely the most important treasure in this house, but it is really not a commendable thing to outsiders, just found this thing and took him downstairs.

Franz originally wanted to give Chen Xing a large sum of money, but he didn't look like Chen Xing was short of money, thought about it, and said: "Then I must invite you to dinner, those photos remind me of a Chinese restaurant, the only Chinese restaurant here." He has dealt with Chinese people and knows that Chinese people like to treat them as a thank you.

Chen Xing originally wanted to find a hotel first, but it was already late, and he didn't want to wait until it was dark to find a place to stay, but Franz also accepted the matter.

Chen Xing, who had no worries, hesitated and agreed...... If he hadn't eaten it just now, Chen Xingtou would definitely order it quickly, and he wouldn't eat it for nothing.

Franz was relieved, looked at the time, and shouted to the people who were still in the house: "It's too late, go back, do you have anything else to want?" Everybody? "Useful, valuable things were picked up, and the rest went in to take a look, and came out when they heard Franz's shout.

I don't know where the workers came from were putting all the things they had packed up on a pickup truck, Franz didn't care about any of this, drove the car to Chen Xing and said, "Let's go, Xing." Chen Xing got into the car and smelled a little bit of alcohol.

Franz said: "That restaurant is on Valentin Gaemon Street, and my high school tablemate was a Chinese American, and he often went to eat there, and I don't know if it's still open, and I haven't been back for a long time, so I don't know." ”

"It's okay, I've eaten before, just eat whatever you want." Franz drove the car, let Chen Xing look at the street outside, and said: "There are many hotels and inns here, and our side is connected to the two cities of St. Marcel, so the area of the city is very large, and you must be right to choose to travel here." Franz gushed about Chen Xing's introduction to the attractions here, and Chen Xing nodded in agreement from time to time.

But in reality he only came here for one night and will go to Rouen tomorrow. If there is anything interesting, Chen Xing doesn't mind staying for an extra day and going to Rouen on the next holiday, but it sounds like the attractions here are all mediocre, and the scenery is just a substitute for Giverny.

After all, it was so close to Giverny that everyone was heading to Monet's garden, and few people paid attention to Vernon next to them.

"That store is still there!" Franz is happy to say that he is happy that the town still has a familiar imprint.

He only came back once in a few months when his father was there, and now that his parents are gone, it is estimated that it will be even more difficult to think of returning here in the future.

So he came out this time not only to invite Chen Xing to eat something, but more importantly, to see more of this town.

When Chen Xing walked into this shop and saw that the chef was a foreigner, he didn't have any expectations for this Chinese restaurant, he had never seen a few foreigners make Chinese food well, especially abroad.

Alas, it's better to wait until the holiday to go back and have a few good meals. Because he had eaten before, Chen Xing didn't let Franz order too much, and Franz didn't have a high appetite because of his father's affairs, so he didn't eat anything at this meal, but drank a lot of beer.

The wine table is the best way to enhance the relationship between two men. China is most famous for this, but it's not that other countries don't have this kind of culture, and it can be said that the whole world can make friends by drinking.

The conversation inevitably touched on Franz's father. He took a beer in one gulp and said, "My dad doesn't like to talk." ”

"During that time, he just signed a work contract, but my mother had an accident, he paid a lot of liquidated damages in order to come back early, but he still couldn't save anything, I blamed him." Franz's eyes wandered, and he fell into memory.

"During that time, our family suddenly became poor, half because of the liquidated damages, half because of the mother's accident, and the things in life had to be dealt with by the two of us, he didn't know what politeness was, and sometimes he would quarrel with people when he went to the supermarket to buy vegetables."

"So I rushed to do a lot of things, and I complained a lot about him in my heart."

"Later, I found a job abroad, left home, and only came back once in a long time, and every time he went out early to wait for me in the yard, I liked it very much when he took pictures, he was quiet when he held up the camera, not at all like him in life."

"I thought that our cold war would continue for a long time, until either of us was willing to settle the temper of the other side. I thought to myself that when he was too old to walk, I took the initiative to apologize to him and see if he would like to stay in France or go to England, although the French nursing home is far away from me, but it is much better than the British one. ”

"But I didn't expect ......" Franz burst into tears again.

"Mourning ......," Chen Xing said. It's a rare thing for a man in his thirties to shed tears, but what happened today is different after all, and anyone who sees those photos will be very emotional, especially after seeing that there is one less person in the picture.

And now, even the person who took the picture is gone. Parents are here, there is still a place to come in life, parents go, there is only a way back in life, no matter how strong a tough guy encounters such a thing, he will be as helpless as a child, no one can help them, because few people can empathize.

Chen Xing couldn't comfort him, just drank with him. After a while, he remembered two of his friends in town and called him.

To be honest, after the others came, Chen Xingcai really relaxed, and he couldn't drink enough, so he wanted to go to sleep for a long time.

Handing over Franz, who was also drunk, to them, Chen Xing found a nearby hotel to live in. ……………… This sleep was a long night's sleep.

Chen Xing was woken up by phone call the next day, and it was past nine o'clock. The call was from Franz, and they exchanged contact information yesterday, still thanking, saying that Chen Xing could be a tour guide if he wanted to go shopping in Vernon, but Chen Xing still decided to go to Rouen, so he refused.

The most famous place near Vernon is Monet's Garden, and there is no turning back. After washing up, I changed another set of clothes, and went downstairs and went straight to the station.

Rouen is a large city located in the Normandy region. But for tourists, it's so remote that few people in France are willing to put it on their itinerary, and most tourists go to the south of France in addition to Paris.

Just like Chen Xing's choice to come to France for the first time. Once an independent principality, Normandy was later divided into Upper Normandy and Lower Normandy by the French government, and in previous years it was integrated into a Normandy region, and his heart was here, Rouen.

Chen Xing's impression of this place is mainly two, Monet's painting "Rouen Cathedral", and a world-famous girl, Joan of Arc.

Joan of Arc's popularity largely stems from various literary works and game works, and it is estimated that many people do not know that she is a Frenchman, who once led the French against the British army, and was once written into Chinese textbooks.

After being captured, the British, in order to destroy the French spirit of resistance, publicly burned Joan of Arc to death in Rouen, and the girl was not yet 20 years old when she was burned.

Later, a church of Joan of Arc was built on the spot where she was executed. How is it a church again?

No way, travel in Europe is inseparable from religious holy places, most European cities are developed around churches, every time you go to a European city, there will inevitably be a church in the top three attractions.

When the train pulled into Rouen, it was raining. Rouen is not near the sea, but the cold wind of the English Channel still blows here, and the light rain is dripping, although it is difficult to wet people's clothes, but it makes the main theme of the city seem a little gloomy.

It was the right time to come to France for the first time abroad. Because Chen Xing came to Rouen, he found that the architectural style here was different, he was neither the Italian tough style of southern France, nor the French classical style of the town of Giverny, but a new architectural style.

Norman architecture. This style is also supposed to have been born out of Rome, which is the root of most European architecture, and is characterized by the usual Romanesque round arches, which make the churches visually striking.

Ordinary houses are also very good, the outer walls of the houses are generally decorated with wooden frames and strips, the color, length, and width are different, and it looks chaotic at a glance, but it feels quite beautiful after looking at it for a long time, and it is very distinctive.

Chen Xing didn't even go to the hotel he had booked to put his backpack on, and rushed directly to the most conspicuous building in the city.

Since France is full of low houses, this kind of church with tall towers is particularly easy to find, and you don't need to navigate without getting lost.

Standing in front of the church in front of the Rouen Cathedral, Chen Xing found many angles and couldn't take a panoramic view of the church.

Angry eyes!

"I knew that I brought the wide-angle lens too!" Putting away the camera, Chen Xing stepped forward and approached the main entrance of the church, and the exquisite carvings on the wall exuded a charming charm.

Push open the heavy door. Then I was instantly shocked. It is not the first time Chen Xing has visited churches, he has been to Notre Dame Cathedral and Sacré-Coeur Cathedral in Paris, and he has also been to the churches over there in Nice, so it can be said that he has a great understanding of French church architecture, but in such a remote city, he is not mentally prepared at all to see a building larger than Paris and Nice.

There are no lights in the church, the walls around it are very high, and the long corridor lobby is a little dark, and the light only exists behind the statue of God in front of it, and he shines on the statue of God, so that everyone who comes in feels a kind of divine aura.

Listening to the chant coming from front and looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Xing still felt a little excited.

Modern people are like this in the face of such a scene, those people who have not studied and have no knowledge in ancient times are estimated to be captured the moment they enter, right?

Then become the most faithful believer. The more a religion can shock people, the more people will believe it. Chen Xing saw that others were also taking pictures, and no one drove them away, so he also took a picture, and then walked to the side to make way for the people behind him to have the best viewing effect.

There are wooden benches on both sides of the church, and from the place where the door is entered to the front row, Chen Xing feels that it is possible to have at least forty rows, or fifty or sixty rows, which are too long and difficult to estimate directly.

Chen Xing did not sit down, but walked along the two-meter-wide passage in the middle. There were no windows and no lights on in the back, it was very dark, but when I walked to the front, it was lit, not only did the windows open at the front, but there were also candlesticks lit in the place where the singing was performed, and there were many candlesticks, and there were five candles on each candlestick, which was very bright.

There were a lot of people sitting in the seats near the front, and the chants were singing, and it felt like they were ordinary people.

But the person playing the instrument is standing, a middle-aged man playing the violin, and there is a piano player in the depths.

Chen Xing admired it here for a moment before leaving here to see something else. The crucifix of God in this church is the best depicted church that Chen Xing saw, with six huge candles, kneeling angels on both sides, and an altar-like stone table on the other side, but I don't know what it does.

The stained-glass windows in the church are also very beautiful, and they should describe the tasks and scenes from the biblical story.

Chen Xing took some photos of the glass and prepared to enjoy it later. He was well versed in religious painting. Chen Xing stayed here for half an hour before leaving satisfied, with countless photos, but during his tour of Rouen, Chen Xing accidentally walked into an alley that resembled an ancient Chinese town.

Large bluestone slabs paved the long alleys. In the light rain today. Could there be a lilac-like woman passing by here?