Coming out of the Reykjavik City Hall, holding an unfamiliar real estate certificate, Han Qi looked confused.
It’s okay to get a house for free.
We drove here in the morning, and Kevin's daughter came to pick them up in person. At first, she was a little confused about her father giving the tree house to a stranger for free, but in the end, she learned that Han Qi was a celebrity, so she put aside such doubts.
Although the treehouse has memories of her childhood, she doesn't feel nostalgic, but is worried that her father was deceived by despicable aliens.
Giving a house to a rich stranger would be more acceptable to her than giving it to a poor person.
Very enthusiastic and helped with everything.
In less than half an hour, Han Qi had a house of his own thousands of miles away from his motherland. It was a nature house that was not often seen on the market or had a unique flavor.
Kevin walked next to Han Qi.
Her daughter held his hand and comforted him: "Didn't you say it yourself? There are still many things you want to do, and now is the opportunity."
"That's not what I was thinking about, Lily."
Lily is Kevin's daughter. She is half a head taller than Kevin. She is in her thirties but not forty years old. She is a yoga teacher by profession and has a good figure. You would never know her true age just by looking at her appearance.
After Kevin spoke to the woman, he waved his hand: "Don't you have other things to do today? Come on, I'll take Han Qi for a walk. Although I've never been outside, I'm still familiar with Reykjavik.
of."
Han Qi said with a smile: "I just wanted to ask you for more advice. This is a good time. Not only will I have time to chat with you more, but I can also save money on hiring a tour guide."
Lily laughed twice and said:
"It may not be helpful to hire a tour guide in Reykjavik. If you stand anywhere and look around, you will see the taller buildings that are our attractions here and are frequented by tourists.
place."
Han Qi listened to her words and looked up.
Sure enough, in this place where most houses have only two floors, and occasionally three floors, slightly taller buildings stand out from the crowd and are easy to see.
"What is that?" Han Qi pointed to the tallest building on the left.
"Oh, that's..." Before Lily could say anything, she was interrupted by her old father.
"Let's go, go and do your thing. Of course I will take care of Han here. I am his tour guide today. Don't I tell him that it is a cathedral?"
Kevin rarely lost his temper in front of his daughter.
Han Qi found this scene very warm and had a heartfelt smile on his face.
He liked seeing such a scene very much.
"Okay, I'm leaving then. Dad, and Han, see you later. Maybe we'll come to live in your tree house."
"This word cannot be used here, we must be used." Han Qi raised his finger, pointing out the students' mistakes like a traditional teacher.
"Haha." Lily left happily.
"A wonderful girl, isn't she?"
"Of course, I have always been proud of having such a daughter." Kevin quickly restored his smile after his daughter left, and it was not the kind smile he showed when chatting with Han Qi, but a very hearty smile.
of laughter.
Outside the city hall is a small lake in Reykjavik, which is also the only lake in the city. A square was built along the water next to it. Tourists come and go here, with a large flow of people or sitting on benches.
Have a rest on the water, or stand by the water and rely on the guardrail to feed the water birds flying in the sky.
"Do you want to go play?"
"No, I'm not interested in feeding the birds. On the contrary, I like to watch them work hard to catch food."
These wild animals are not pets kept by anyone, so there is no need to feed them anything. You come here to feed a little bit today, and leave tomorrow, and then someone else comes to feed a little bit, and then leaves again the next day.
The wild animals being fed are already used to flying here every day to get food, so will they still practice their hunting ability that they need to survive?
When will this wait, if the scenic spot closes, won't a large number of water birds here starve to death?
Han Qi has always felt that humans are a disaster to animals.
No matter what kind of animal, as long as it is discovered by humans to be profitable, it cannot escape. Throughout the ages, no one knows how many animals have died for such illusory reasons, and then they became endangered animals and gradually became extinct.
He told the old man the reason, and Kevin was happy: "Is it as scary as you said? You think too much, we are just ordinary people. And if you are not looking at birds, then what are you looking at?
?”
Han Qi looked over there a few more times.
A woman who was dressed very beautifully in this season was holding up the bread in her hands with her female friends, laughing happily.
"Oh!!!" Kevin understood.
Han Qi said: "You don't understand."
"I'm 62 years old, Han."
Kevin wanted to use his age to remind Han Qi of his status. He may have experienced many times more stories than Han Qi. He is even the owner of a hotel in the mountains for decades, with many guests.
When drinking at night, I like to discuss with myself what is happening around me.
Am I not going to understand the love and affection of you young people? Of course this is unacceptable.
And there's nothing wrong with liking girls, but you can't like boys.
Han Qi shook his head and looked away: "It is precisely because you are sixty-two years old that I say you don't understand."
"Um……"
Kevin was suddenly struck by Galen's silence and stopped talking.
They are now walking on a road leading from the city hall to the square. This is an old arch bridge. It is a little different in style from the surrounding ones, but it is very beautiful. Many people are still taking pictures on it. The photographer is taking pictures of their colleagues turning their backs.
The church was also photographed.
Han Qi remembered what happened before and asked again: "What's the name of that church? It looks very special."
"Real name?" This confused Kevin.
In the past, I always called you cathedral. When I chatted with my friends, it was the long cathedral and the short cathedral. When I went on a date, I yelled "I'll wait for you at the church door." Then the person on the other end of the phone would know where to find someone.
For such a familiar place, the name should be very profound, but Kevin found that he didn't remember it at all.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration occurred, and Kevin suddenly called out an unfamiliar name.
"Hallgrim Petersson!!"
"I know, the name of this church!"
"Hallgrímskirkja, it must be this one. I seem to have heard someone say before that it is named after a writer from our country. I thought about it several times and finally guessed it!!"
"Who is this? Does he write a good book?"
Han Qi wants to buy a book and read it to pass the time while learning Icelandic.
Kevin shook his head and said: "I can't say that it's very beautiful. To be precise, Hallgrimmuir is a poet who has been dead for hundreds of years, but his poems laid the foundation of our Icelandic literature and have many characteristics.
admirer."
"I understand."
A writer who has a profound influence in Iceland.
For some reason, Han Qi thought of Mr. Lu Xun. This man should have laid the foundation of modern Chinese literature, right? Moreover, these people all have one characteristic, that is, they speak very philosophically.
It's like having studied philosophy specifically.
For example.
"Chinese people always like to compromise. For example, if you say that this room is too dark and a window must be opened here, no one will allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will mediate and are willing to open a window.
The window is open."
It seems that I have to buy a book by this writer to read and analyze the differences between the two writers.
After crossing this bridge, there is a square in front of you, and next to it is a street that leads out of the square to the highway.
Kevin asked:
"Han, where do you want to go? I have to say first, I'm not very familiar with Reykjavik. Although I live here, I rarely come to the streets of Tromsø.
"
Han Qi pointed to the tall church.
"Let's go as long as we can see the church. We don't have to worry or be afraid."
Even if you get lost and can't find the place, you can definitely get back to the center of Reykjavik by walking towards that church.
"Then let's go see this church first?" Han Qi suggested.
"Okay, it just so happens that I also want to meet Father Dennis."
Han Qi had heard him say that his father was a priest before. Now Kevin still knows the priest of this church. Could it be that Kevin's father was the priest of this church before?
Reykjavik is not a very big place, and neither of them asked to go by car, so they both walked.
From time to time, Han Qi raised his camera to take pictures of the scenery on the road.
The streets in the city are not wide, and the streets in the entire old city have distinct longitude and latitude, which sometimes gives people an antique feeling.
The city is very well planned and not as cluttered as ancient cities in other countries. There are no skyscrapers here, and all the residential houses are small and exquisite, two or three floors, with unique styles and different colors.
Some roofs are green, some roofs are yellow, and of course some are red.
As he got closer and closer to the church, Han Qi felt more and more familiar with the appearance of the church, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
Is it a movie?
television?
Han Qi couldn't hear what Kevin was saying at all. Soon, Han Qi froze this church and a scene from an anime in his mind.
"Frozen"?
In this movie, Princess Elsa waved her hand, and a crystal palace made of ice and snow appeared in the sky over the university. The palace looked like the Reykjavik Church today.
When he reached the bottom of the church, Han Qi raised his head high and looked at the roof of the church.
At the top is the clock tower.
From the window, Han Qi could see the big clock inside. Below the window was the kind of clock that is very common in European and American clock towers.
The gray-white basalt columns on both sides flow down. They are piled up layer by layer from short to long, from both sides to the center, and are concentrated in the middle of the church in a gentle arc. Then the slope suddenly becomes steeper, reaching 72 meters in the center.
The tall bell tower makes this somewhat monotonous building form a magnificent whole.
"What are you looking at?" Kevin asked when he saw that Han Qi had stopped moving.
"I'm listening to music."
The whole building is like a pipe organ, and the two sides of the church are the strings of the pipe organ. This is also the design concept of this church. The original designer wanted to erect a beautiful pipe organ in Iceland.
Kevin was happy that Han Qi understood the design of the church so quickly, but he soon realized that when Han Qi said listening to music, he might not mean that the appearance of the church looked like an organ.
There was a singer singing a song not far from the two of them.
Han is not listening to this person singing, is he?
Han Qi's actions quickly confirmed his idea. Kevin saw Han Qi turn around and walk towards the singer. He took out his wallet from his pocket and took a 2,000 kronor note from it.
When Han Qi came back happily, he saw the little old man with a frown.
"Kevin, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, why did you suddenly give that singer two thousand crowns? Aren't you a singer yourself? He sings very well?"
The two walked towards the church. Han Qi shook his head and replied: "No, or his singing method is not professional, but I don't care about that. What I care about is that he is singing my song, which makes me happy."
This was the first time he heard someone covering his songs abroad.
Things on the Internet cannot give people a real feeling, even the most real thing in the world, money. Even money, which is always real, becomes a bunch of numbers once it is labeled with the Internet.
Eventually, it will become unreal.
That's why I'm so happy.
Moreover, the exchange rate of Icelandic krona is very low. One yuan of Chinese currency can be exchanged for twenty kronor, and these two thousand kronor are only one hundred yuan.
Go into the church.
The hall is the same as many churches outside. The content is similar, but the details are different.
Kevin said: "Then you sit and rest on the first floor. I'll go visit my old friends first."
"good."
Han Qi nodded.
He is studying how this house is different from other churches.
When it comes to the authenticity of European churches, there is certainly no place as good as Rome, Italy. Rome alone has thousands of churches and monasteries, and the indoor Vatican is a holy place for all believers.
The church decorations there all look very solemn, but this cathedral in Iceland is not like that.
The church has a good sense of spatial depth and looks very comfortable.
The vaulted ceiling is high and transparent, with good light, and the interior does not have the complicated decorations and mysterious colors of European churches, giving people only a simple and pure feeling.
There are no gorgeous carvings, no colorful glass windows, and an almost plain and undecorated space, making the church look like a lonely wise man. The wide church square is made of limestone and floor tiles spliced into a rough and simple square.
The decoration, matched with this tall church, exudes a cool temperament.
These things can bring a refreshing feeling to Han Qi.
Han Qi studied the excellent parts and did not feel the passage of time. He only felt that Kevin's voice soon sounded in his ears.
"Han, Han, what's wrong with you?"
Han Qi looked back at Kevin, lowered his head, smiled, and shook his head: "I was actually fascinated by a house. It's really beautiful here. Although it's a building from hundreds of years ago, it's very modern."
"Thank you for the compliment." A voice said from the side.
Only then did Kevin introduce it to Han Qi.
"This is the priest of the church, Denis, a friend I have known for many years. Dandis, this is the Han I am talking about, the traveler from the East. You have to take good care of him, he has too many things in China.
