Vol 3 Chapter 566: A good era with "simple folk customs"

Vol 3 Chapter 566: A good era with "simple folk customs"

 Leaving Rongcheng Courtyard, Li Duoyu went to the Fisheries Bureau again. After putting his things in the reception room, he was just about to leave when he was recognized by the uncle in the reception room.

“You must be that Li Duoyu.”

 “Wait a moment, I’ll go talk to the director.”

Li Duoyu planned to leave after delivering the things, but he didn’t expect to be invited in for tea. He also met some acquaintances here.

 Zhang Jinglin, and He Mei.

These two people were Li Duoyu’s class leaders when he was training Japanese at Rongcheng University. They had known each other for a while and they were relatively familiar with each other.

 But this time, I didn’t see Zhao Jialu in the Fisheries Bureau. He had already gone to the Fisheries Research Institute to work with Director Zhang two days ago.

When Li Duoyu was drinking tea with Director Wu, the other party suddenly asked: "Everyone seems to be spreading the news that Road A went to the gilding place below. Is this the way you pointed out to him?"

Li Duoyu frowned slightly and replied with a smile: "Who is spreading rumors? I don't have the ability to guide Mr. Zhao."

Director Wu smiled. He knew Zhao Jialu's character very well. How could a young master who was used to living in the city go to such a remote place.

Director Wu poured some tea for Li Duoyu, and then said: "Jia Lu, this person is quite special. If he fails, many people will be happy."

"But once he starts to make progress, there will definitely be a lot of eyes staring at him. Some want to see him laugh, some want to see him fall. In short, even Zhao Jialu's own relatives do not necessarily want him to succeed in gold plating. "

Li Duoyu pretended to be surprised and said, "Isn't it true? He used to be too arrogant and offended too many people. Now that Director Wu is no longer protecting him, everyone wants to mess with him."

Wu Yuping was stunned for a moment and realized that this kid was really good at pretending to be dumbfounded.

“To be honest, this move of yours is a bit risky. If Zhao Jia goes to the grassroots level, he may cause you trouble.”

"What's the trouble? Even if it's close to Dandan Island, his little cherry mouth can eat a few of my fish."

Wu Yuping rolled his eyes at him: "That's best, protect your fish. You are the treasure of our Fisheries Bureau. Zhao Jialu may have something happen to him, but we don't want anything to happen to you."

“From now on, please take care of Director Wu.”

Li Duoyu naturally knows this very well. Zhao Jialu’s resources are too good. Once he is serious, someone will definitely become anxious.

If he really makes some achievements, it will even affect the advancement path of some people.

Maybe the position that originally belonged to them will be squeezed out, which makes many people unwilling to see Zhao Jialu succeed.

What Director Wu just said was a reminder to him to try not to get too close to Zhao Jialu to avoid getting burned.

At the same time, it also roughly pointed out which people may target Zhao Jialu.

 After all, many people still don’t want to see the prodigal son turn back. For example, when he first came to this world, the last thing he wanted was for him to get better, but for the people he was playing with.

But Li Duoyu didn't bother to think too much. He just guarded his three-acre land and did a good job in breeding.

The second sister-in-law in the previous life taught Li Duoyu a very profound truth: as long as you don't mess around, money will not go around.

When Li Duoyu returned to the guest house, it was already afternoon. Zhou Xiaoying said: "My father and mother went to the hospital to take care of my sister-in-law. I took a look and came back after I couldn't help."

Li Duoyu said to Zhou Xiaoying: "You have been studying here for so many years, and we are not familiar with the place and place of Rongcheng. Why don't you show us around."

Zhou Xiaoying gave him a disgusted look. If Li Duoyu was unfamiliar with Rongcheng, she wouldn't believe it. During his smuggling days, he and Agui often came here to fool around.

At least half of the money earned in those years was spent on Rongcheng’s dance halls.

Although Zhou Xiaoying stayed in Rongcheng for three years, she spent most of her time studying in school and rarely went out to play.

 For a while, I asked her to tell me where to go, but she didn’t know. After thinking for a long time, she said, “Why don’t you go and see the store we bought from.”

Hearing this, Li Duoyu remembered that he also had a family business in Rongcheng.

“Okay, let’s go take a look. There is a commercial street there. We can buy some nice clothes for you and your mother.”

“I have enough clothes, I don’t need to buy them. Besides, as a teacher, I dress too flashy and have a bad influence on the students.”

“You can wear it for me, why don’t you wear it for the students? It’s also good for us to buy some lace-trimmed silk pajamas.”

Zhou Xiaoying was quite speechless at Li Duoyu's words, but there was nothing she could do about it: "Then let's just buy a set."

Li Duoyu opened his mouth wide: "It's really worth buying it. Can you buy it in two colors? One set is white and the other is black."

As soon as Li Duoyu finished speaking, he felt severe pain in his waist and inner legs. Zhou Xiaoying was really not polite to him this time, and put both hands down, causing Li Duoyu's face to be deformed in pain.

 Not long after.

 The two of them arrived at the most prosperous commercial street in Rongcheng, where the Post and Telecommunications Building and the Popular Cinema were all nearby.

Especially the post and telecommunications building, which is full of people. From time to time, hatchback buses can be seen on the street.

 But in this era, bicycles are definitely the main way to travel. Cars and taxis cannot move quickly on the road. Once they arrive in such a busy place, they have to honk their horns all the time.

Zhou Xiaoying looked at her three stores and smiled broadly, because the business in those three stores was very good.

If the business is good, they won't change tenants frequently, which saves a lot of trouble. Zhou Xiaoying suddenly said: "Duoyu, you said the business is so good, do you want to increase the price after our shared tenancy expires?"

“Have you made a lot of money recently at Eel? How about we buy a few more stores? If the business here is so good, it seems like we will make money. If I had known, we would have bought a few more stores in the first place.”

Li Duoyu stared at his wife with wide eyes. According to what the young man said in his previous life, could Xiaoying be the congenital charterer's holy body?

Li Duoyu also thinks it’s feasible: “Okay, then I’ll tell the middleman that if there are good stores available and the price is right, we can buy a few more stores.”

Seeing Li Duoyu and the others stopping at the entrance of the store, the shopping guide went out to greet them.

“Would you like to take a look? There is a discount recently, it’s a good deal.”

Li Duoyu glanced at Zhou Xiaoying and said generously: "Okay, I'll buy some nice clothes for my wife to wear."

 The shopping guide smiled happily: "You look like a person who loves his wife very much."

“It’s true that I love my wife, but you can’t kill me.”

“That’s definitely not the case. We do long-term business and the prices are clearly marked.”

When Li Duoyu came out of the store carrying large and small bags, Zhou Xiaoying's heart was bleeding, and she felt a little bit distressed: "It feels like she has earned back this month's store rent."

Li Duoyu burst out laughing when he heard this. Zhou Xiaoying glared: "What's so funny."

 “If you were my landlord, really, I would feel a lot of pressure.”

 As for shopping, Xiao Tutu felt very bored and kept looking at the cars outside.

As he watched, he fell asleep on Li Duoyu's shoulder, drooling on his white shirt.

Seeing that there was still time, Li Duoyu said to little Tutu who was sleeping with his head tilted, "Get up, we are going to the zoo."

Hearing the word "zoo", little Tutu opened his eyes with difficulty. After waking up, his little eyes suddenly opened wide. “Dad, are you going to take me to see pandas?”

Zhou Xiaoying saw that there was still drool on his face, so she wiped little Tutu's face with the handkerchief she brought with her, and said: "The West Lake happens to be next to the zoo, why don't we go and see it too."

"You may have."

There is also a West Lake in Rongcheng. In his previous life, when he was watching short videos, he learned that there were thirty-six West Lakes in the world.

Hangzhou West Lake ranks first.

Although Rongcheng West Lake is not big, it can still be squeezed into the top eight, ranking eighth, and it can be regarded as a slightly famous West Lake.

To be honest, Li Duoyu is used to living on the island and doesn’t like these artificial scenery.

 But everyone’s aesthetics are different, and some people especially like these exquisite gardens.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of West Lake Park, there were many photographers with cameras on their backs. They would ask everyone they met: "Would you like to take a photo? It costs one yuan a picture and it will be delivered to your home."

Li Duoyu feels that in this era, it is really very profitable to do this business.

At this time, a family of out-of-town tourists happened to be pestered by them. The family took out their cameras and said, "No, we have our own cameras."

 But if you want to take a family photo, you need to find someone to help. Those who help take pictures will definitely not be willing to take them for them.

So, this out-of-town tourist happened to choose a relatively honest-looking tourist among the crowd to help take photos.

 “You just stand here and press this button.”

As a result, as soon as they posed, the honest "tourist" took two steps back, ran to the other side of the street with his camera in hand.

This sudden scene made the whole family unable to cope. It took several seconds for them to react.

 “Someone is grabbing the camera.”

 “Help, someone is robbing something.”

 As a result, those who were in the photo business all joked:

“It’s a matter that can be solved by spending a little money. Now it’s better. Even the camera was robbed.”

Li Duoyu was also dumbfounded. He had stayed in the village for so long that he almost forgot that this was a good era with "simple folk customs".

And he also brought a camera. He almost imitated this tourist family just now and asked someone to help him take a group photo. Now that he thought about it, he might as well forget it.

 Little Tutu was also dumbfounded. Fortunately, he didn’t seem to understand it very well, otherwise the content of the first lesson he learned after “coming out of society” would really be a bit inappropriate for children.

Li Duoyu simply acted as a photographer and took photos of Zhou Xiaoying and Xiao Tutu. Zhou Xiaoying was very happy and even kissed Xiao Tutu.

 But little Tutu was not very interested in these flowers and plants, and kept shouting: "Go to the zoo."

Li Duoyu and the others walked for a while and arrived at the zoo. At this time, the Rongcheng Zoo had not yet been relocated and was located in the West Lake.

It can be said that after arriving at West Lake, most tourists go to the zoo.

 But when they arrived at the entrance of the zoo, Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying were stunned. The entrance was full of people, and they actually had to queue up to buy tickets.

There was a cyclist nearby, carrying a white wooden box on the back of the bike, with the word "popsicle" written on it in eye-catching red letters.

The man pushing the bicycle shouted: "Popsicle, ice cream."

Due to strategic reasons, Rongcheng cannot keep up with industrialization. There are no big factories, but its soft power is still good.

Rongcheng’s West Lake ranks among the top eight, and the zoo is also among the best. CCTV came to film it in person a few years ago.

There are really many animals here, including elephants, pandas, lions, and tigers.

 At this time, the tickets to the zoo were not cheap. One ticket cost three yuan. Of course, the small Tutu didn't count. The two of them spent six yuan.

I didn’t expect that a visit to the zoo was quite a luxury. No wonder the second brother had been reluctant to take Li Haoran to the zoo in the past few years. With the salary he earned as an accountant, half a month’s salary would be lost after a whole trip.

Possibly because of the summer vacation, most of the zoo was filled with parents with their children. Li Duoyu even saw children holding small notebooks and writing in their diaries while reading.

 After little Tutu arrived here, his eyes were so wide that he chased away chickens and bullied dogs in the village.

He had never seen these animals before, but when he saw the elephant, he was actually frightened by its size.

Li Duoyu glanced at the introduction on the elephant hall and couldn't help but be stunned for a few seconds. The name of this elephant was Mion Dun.

It turns out that elephants can live for such a long time. In his previous life, before his eyesight went dark, he accompanied his grandson to the zoo. The elephant's name was also Mionton. It seemed that it was the same one.

Li Duoyu was silent for a while. Elephant probably didn’t expect that he would have to spend the next half century inside.

At this moment, the announcement in the zoo rang: "Dear visitors, the last performance of Bass in the Panda House is about to begin today."

After hearing the broadcast and seeing the crowd starting to rush to the panda house, Li Duoyu immediately put the little Tutu on his shoulders and started running.

 Little Tutu smiled very happily: "Dad, hurry up."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "If you go faster, your mother won't be able to keep up."

Because of his fast running speed, when they arrived at the panda house, there were already many people, but he still managed to get a corner seat in the first row.

To be honest, Li Duoyu was really in a daze. He didn’t expect that these pandas in the zoo were all old friends.

This panda named Bass is not only famous in China, but also quite famous in the world. He is the one who started the path of panda diplomacy.

 And it was also the prototype of “Panpan”, the mascot of the Beijing Asian Games a few years later.

 Li Duoyu actually watched it several times on the TV in the restaurant when he was working illegally in the island country.

The islanders are also quite obsessed with pandas. During the time of the Basin Fire, there were always islanders who wanted to introduce pandas to their zoos.

I don’t know whether it’s due to special training or talent, but Bas seems to listen to instructions very well and can complete some gymnastics moves very well.

“Come on, let’s invite Bas to perform barbell lifting for everyone.”

 Following the introductions of the two hosts, Bass really started lifting weights in front of everyone.

But after only raising it for a while, Bass put it down. The host smiled and said: "Bass, you have been working for a day, and you may want to get off work."

 After hearing this, the onlookers couldn't help but laugh.

 The panda's innocent look is really popular with people. Little Tutu was very happy to see it and even applauded along with it.

But Li Duoyu found that there was a breeder who looked very familiar. If he was right, that person was the breeder who had taken care of Bass all year round.

As Bass became popular, he also climbed up the ranks and will become the person in charge of this base in the future.

But Li Duoyu also heard some bad things. After the unexpected death of a giant panda named Long Fei, he became a controversial figure. (End of chapter)