Being a tour guide for historical celebrities, the motherland is amazed again

Chapter 187 My Wife’s Name Is Not Tang Wan

The group chatted and laughed, and soon arrived home.

"Mr. Lu, this is your guest room. Go to bed early. We have to catch a bus tomorrow."

"Jiahe, you don't have to worry about it. I will take care of Mr. Lu." Wang Mang volunteered.

"Brother Wang, you have worked hard today. You should rest early. I don't need anyone to take care of me." Lu You said.

"No, no, there are many things I want to teach you how to use." Wang Mang said, and walked into Lu You's room.

"This is the bathroom, and this is the shower for bathing. This is shampoo for your hair, and this is body wash for your body. Just squeeze a little, and don't use half a bottle at once."

"This is a flush toilet. Press the button and it flushes automatically."

"This is the air conditioner remote control. Press the red button and it will turn on. It's cold now, so choose the warm air mode."

……

Looking at the various modern supplies, Lu You was amazed again and again.

"I'm going to sleep first. If you need anything, come find me in the next room." Wang Mang had drunk a little and was a little drunk. He returned to his room in a daze. He was not awakened until the next morning by Su Jiahe.

"Brother Wang, get up, you're going to be late!"

Wang Mang looked at the time, jumped out of bed, put on his clothes in no time, picked up his suitcase and ran out of the room.

"Let's go soon, everyone is waiting for you."

The group rushed to the high-speed rail station. On the way, Lu You kept yawning and rubbing his eyes.

"Mr. Lu, are you not used to it here and didn't sleep well?" Wang Mang asked.

"The room here is very comfortable, but for some reason, I couldn't sleep last night."

"I remember, did you drink coffee at the cat cafe yesterday?"

"Will you be unable to sleep if you drink that bitter stuff?"

"Yeah, it has similar effects to tea."

"Mr. Lu, I have bought first-class tickets. When we get on the train, you can lie down and take a nap." Su Jiahe suddenly said.

"Oh? You can lie down and sleep in the car. Is the car very spacious?" Lu You was very curious.

"It's very spacious. You'll know when you go and see it." Wang Mang patted Lu You's shoulder.

After a while, the group arrived at the high-speed rail station. After queuing for ticket inspection, they boarded the train.

"This train is not only spacious, but also very long!" Lu You looked at the high-speed train with more than a dozen carriages and opened his mouth in amazement. "Is this thing really capable of traveling a thousand miles a day?"

"You can get some sleep now and arrive home in the afternoon." Wang Mang said, adjusting Lu You's seat to lie flat and asking the flight attendant for a blanket. "Okay, go to sleep."

The train started moving slowly, and within a few minutes, it accelerated to its maximum speed. Lu You, riding the high-speed train for the first time, naturally couldn't sleep, and excitedly watched the scenery passing by outside the window.

"The Water Classic says: 'Even if you ride the wind, you are not fast.' That's about it."

It was also Yingying’s first time to take the high-speed train. Everything she saw was very new to her, and she kept walking around in the carriage.

"Yingying, be careful and don't walk around when the train is running." Su Jiahe hurriedly called Yingying.

"Yingying, come here, let's take a look outside together." Lu You took Yingying's hand and walked to the window.

"What is that?" Yingying asked, pointing outside the window.

"Those are fields where farmers grow crops," Wang Mang answered.

"what is that?"

“That’s the mountain.”

"What's that shiny thing?"

“That’s a pond. When the sunlight shines on it, it sparkles.” Throughout the journey, Wang Mang patiently answered Yingying’s various questions, while Su Jiahe answered Lu You’s questions.

"Mr. Lu, that's a base station. Modern cell phones all transmit signals through base stations."

"That tall thing is a windmill. It's used to generate electricity. The lights, air conditioners, and refrigerators you see these days all require electricity."

"That reflective board is solar energy and also generates electricity. As long as it is exposed to the sun, it can be converted into electricity."

Lu You only understood half of what he heard, but he felt it was very impressive.

A pleasant half day passed and it was noon in the blink of an eye.

"Jiahe, let me order some boxed lunches." Wang Mang felt a little hungry.

"No, the boxed lunches on the high-speed train are not tasty. I'll order takeout." Su Jiahe took out his cell phone.

"Can takeout be delivered to the high-speed train?"

"Sure, place your order now and it will be delivered at the next stop."

After lunch, the high-speed train arrived at the station shortly afterwards.

"Mr. Lu, get off the car." Wang Mang hurriedly called Lu You.

"We're here so quickly! You really can travel a thousand miles in a day."

Su Jiahe booked a homestay in Shaoxing Ancient Town, and everyone went there to rest for a while.

"Jiahe, when are we going to the scenic spot?" Wang Mang asked.

"Let's go tomorrow. Today, we'll just stroll around the ancient town."

Since Wang Mang and Lu You were both old, and Yingying was very young, Su Jiahe deliberately arranged a spacious itinerary to prevent the special forces from traveling.

The ancient town is built along the water. Walking along the streets, you can see the gurgling river, the simple stone bridges, and the pleasure boats coming and going on the water. Plum blossoms are planted by the water, budding in the north wind.

"The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is really different, with small bridges and flowing water, so elegant. The last time I came here was more than 20 years ago." Wang Mang said.

Lu You looked at the ancient street scene and seemed to recall some past events.

"The first month of the lunar year is coming soon, right?"

"The Spring Festival is next month." Su Jiahe said.

Lu You was stunned for a moment, remained silent for a long while, and then he recited leisurely: "Spring has come again on the small alleys in the south of the Yangtze River, only plum blossoms are seen but no people. The jade bones have long turned to soil under the spring, and the ink marks still lock the dust on the wall."

The familiar verses, when recited by Lu You, have a unique charm, as if taking people back to the Jiangnan region of eight hundred years ago.

The next morning, everyone arrived at the first attraction - Shen Garden.

"It's been eight hundred years, and Shen Garden is still here." Lu You looked at the gate of the scenic area and felt as if he was in another world.

In the cold winter, there are not many flowers and plants in the garden, the trees have turned yellow, and a few dead leaves are floating on the pond, which is very desolate.

In Lu You's eyes, those pavilions and towers are no longer what they once were, yet the inscriptions on the plaques, such as "Guhexuan" and "Songjingting", are still familiar. Every step he takes unlocks a dusty past.

Ten minutes later, they saw a brick wall with several lines of gold characters engraved on it.

"As you can see, these two poems are the well-known "Chai Tou Feng." A tour guide wearing a headset led a group of tourists over.

"Legend has it that when Lu You was young, he was to marry his childhood sweetheart, his cousin Tang Wan, but his mother broke up the marriage. One day, Lu You visited Shen Garden and ran into Tang Wan. Reminiscing about the past, he wrote his first poem, 'Red and Tender Hands, Yellow Wine'... Tang Wan, deeply saddened, responded with a poem in response."

Lu You listened to the tour guide's explanation, standing there with a look of confusion and astonishment on his face.

"Mr. Lu, I'm sorry. I made you think of sad things. Let's go." Su Jiahe saw that Lu You's face was not right, and hurriedly asked everyone to leave.

Lu You still stood there and shook his head.

"Although I have been reminiscing about my late wife all my life, her name is not Tang Wan."