After a heavy snowfall, the city was covered in silver.
The urban cleanup is fast and clean without much impact. Once you leave the urban area, you can feel some relatively primitive natural charm. Except for the roads that need to be snow-cleared, the countryside, fields, and desolate mountains and forests on both sides are all covered with white snow.
Xiao Mo turned on the heater to the maximum and drove a 7-seater business car to Miyun.
Liu Shuping was sitting in the back, asking one thing over and over again: "Are you two really going to New Zealand?"
"Go!"
"Won't you go to Sanya with us?"
"I'll leave you a retirement home like Sanya. It can also contribute some ratings to the Spring Festival Gala. Besides, you like to live in the downtown area and your house is not big. Take a look at the two of us..."
Yao Yuan put his arms around Yinyin and said, "Do you think it's appropriate to live in a 70-square-meter two-bedroom apartment with a net worth of 100 billion yuan?"
"De Xing! We can't get used to living in a big villa. It's deserted and we have to drive to buy groceries."
Liu Shuping rolled her eyes at him and said: "You have decided, then go ahead. But you have to complete the task and give birth to a child for me next year."
"Hey, what if we can't give birth?" Yinyin asked.
"Then strangle them to death, one with each hand!"
After Liu Shuping finished speaking, she became worried again and said, "Have you two checked it out? Is there really something wrong?"
"It's still bad, look at my muscles!"
Yao Yuan raised his arm, showed her the non-existent biceps, and said: "I have been tortured for three months. She used the tactics of professional athletes to deal with me. Now I am good, my kidneys are good, and my quality is great!
"
He and Liu Shuping were always the same age, and Liu Shuping didn't mind. She turned around and asked Yinyin: "What about you? You're so thin."
"You have gained weight during pregnancy, so don't worry about it. We are planning it."
"How can I not worry? I'm about to retire..."
Liu Shuping didn't ask further questions. She muttered to herself that she would be a Horse next year and a Sheep the year after that. Sheep was not a good thing... They all said that people born under the Sheep had a hard life.
Yao Yuan and Yinyin don't believe this, and the older generation can't help it.
After driving for more than an hour, we arrived at the boundary of Miyun. Miyun covers an area of 2229.45 square kilometers. It is the largest district in Beijing. It has mountains and rivers, but the economy is relatively backward. It can be regarded as the back garden of the city.
We first arrived at Simatai Village, then continued walking northeast and arrived at a scenic-like place called "Gubei Water Town", which was the target of Yao Yuan's inspection today.
When the four of them arrived at the gate, they were stopped and told that it was not open yet. Liu Shuping had several vegetable bases and breeding bases in Miyun and was very familiar with the local customs. After saying a few words, they went in.
What came into view was a man-made ancient town, with gate buildings, streets, ancient houses with shops on both sides, small bridges and flowing water... Yao Yuan couldn't help but shake his head.
How can there be any authentic ancient town in China?
They are either artificial or tasteless. There are snack bars, folk customs, bars, and souvenir shops all inside. The nightlife is more exciting than in the city.
I really want to see the ancient town, it was the best in the 1980s.
"There were originally three villages in this area. They were contracted out a few years ago. The old houses were demolished and a place like this was built. It was said to be a trial opening on New Year's Day and then officially opened."
“Who is the developer?”
"IDG, China Youth Travel Service, Wuzhen Tourism Company, and Jingneng Group have more than 4 billion, and one of them can't take it. I heard that they are cooperating with Longfor to engage in real estate or something."
After Liu Shuping started doing business, she understood the other side a little better, unlike before.
"Wuzhen? I said why it looks so similar, it's a replica!"
Yinyin shrugged and asked, "Do you think it's good here?"
"It doesn't matter. Wuzhen is also commercialized. The ancient towns are similar. They are all about making money."
Yao Yuan looked at the bleak winter and the undeveloped scenic spots, and said: "What I want is a place. The key is that I do it, not others."
"Let's go and continue shopping!"
The four of them were strolling along the antique streets, not to mention talking when no one was around, it was really a bit like that.
Yao Yuan had been to Gubei Water Town in his previous life, and the experience was mediocre, but he didn’t take it seriously. It’s a scenic spot! There’s no such thing as a good experience. As long as you don’t curse when you go home after playing, it’s considered a pleasant trip.
After going around in a circle, we finally arrived at a place called Sun Moon Island.
There is a large square here, and there is a large ancient stage in the square, with carved beams and painted pillars, cornices and brackets. The stage is not a decoration, but a real performance.
The stage is backed by mountains. Looking up, you will see the biggest original highlight of Gubei Water Town: Simatai Great Wall!
This is the ruins of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, which is very well preserved. When you climb to the top, you can see the entire capital city.
Yao Yuan remembered that when he came here, the Great Wall would be illuminated at night, and the lights would extend along with the movement of the Great Wall, like a dragon crouching in the mountains.
“Overall not bad!”
Yao Yuan pointed to the country and said: "At that time, we will put on a platter of operas, Peking opera, face changing, fire breathing and so on. We will also put on some folk shows in the square, including paper cutting, sugar figures, stew and fire, and we will take them on a night tour.
Simatai is enough to deal with those foreigners."
"You keep saying that you don't want stereotypes and want a new era of China, but you still use these stereotypes?" Yinyin said.
"There are good and bad stereotypes! If you ask any country to show its style, they will definitely produce stereotypes that are recognized globally.
Little boys from Japan, army cooks from South Korea, shit stirrers from the UK, cults and Iai slashers from the US... The conference only lasts for 2-3 days, what do you want to show? It must be these folk cultures.
If we really want to talk about China in the new era, that will be in the follow-up content. It is what Yu Jiajia and I want to do.
Internet Conference, we must see the truth online!”
He patted the pillars of the stage, went up the stairs, and stood in the center of the stage. He wanted to express something and sang "Look at the black hole ahead, wait for me to catch up and kill him."
Clean!”
I opened my mouth, but felt it was too good, so I clumsily lowered it.
He already had a comprehensive plan in his mind, but it was not the time to act. There were a lot of other things going on.
"Okay, I'm almost done reading, let's go eat!"
…
So we went to another village, a farmyard.
Liu Shuping raises ducks, geese and fish here, specifically for delivery to urban areas. The distance is close, and no technology is required to ensure freshness. However, the price is relatively expensive, and it only provides niche markets.
The four of them ordered two iron pots to stew, one to stew goose and the other to stew fish. They were fish from the Miyun Reservoir, fished out of holes in the ice.
Yao Yuan loves this kind of meaty food and enjoys it.
A mother-in-law and the young couple even drank some wine. Yao Yuan poured a glass and said to Liu Shuping: "You have worked hard today. I would like to give you a glass of thanks!"
"A glass of wine is enough? I'll accompany you out in the cold weather!"
"There are others too!"
Yao Yuan smiled and asked, "Have you activated WeChat payment?"
"What's wrong?"
"I'll give you a link, please update it."
Liu Shuping updated inexplicably and found that it was an internal beta version. Following a ding-dong sound, a huge red envelope appeared in the message box.
The cover is beautifully designed with four big characters written on it: "Happy New Year's Day!"
"Yo!"
She opened it in surprise and freshness, and 200 yuan popped out.