After living in the capital for the past few days, Han Yingming has become extremely certain of this, and his words are absolutely objective.
Because he is not a Chinese, not a Beijinger, and not an ignorant person.
If he said this from the perspective of a local in the capital, it would seem arrogant and arrogant. It can be said that Wang Po is selling his own melons and boasting.
But in fact, due to business needs, Han Yingming travels between Japan and South Korea several times a year, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. He also travels frequently.
He knows what developed countries look like, has also been on business trips to Europe and the United States, and understands the urban conditions of many world-famous historical cities.
Therefore, his views on the capital can indeed represent foreigners' views on the capital to a certain extent.
Take Kyoto, Japan, for example.
Although it is still an ancient city with great historical and cultural atmosphere, compared with the capital city, it is a bit inferior and seems to lack a bit of excitement.
And it’s not like here in Kyoto, where people’s love for history and culture can be tangible and visible.
There are many books and antiques here, and the prices are extremely cheap. It is completely affordable for those who are really studious and love culture.
Even the old city walls and buildings in the capital that are full of vicissitudes of history still have children who love them up close, caress them, or play around them.
In the capital, history and culture seem to permeate the lives of ordinary people like air.
For example, in the Echo Gallery of the Temple of Heaven, although Han Yingming could not participate in it personally, he had no one to talk to.
But just like sitting on a rock and watching tadpoles in the water or young dragonflies on reed leaves, he can happily watch others interacting with the stone wall.
There is also a lot of fun and I feel completely at ease.
Yes, Beijing is so interesting.
But this kind of excitement is not completely noisy. There is often stillness in the movement. Although it is complicated, it has margins. Everyone can abide by it with a tacit understanding.
Just like the alleys in Beijing, almost no place seems crowded or too secluded.
Even the houses in small alleys have yards and trees, and the most open areas are not far from the commercial streets.
This distribution method can be regarded as the best in the world. No city in the world has such scientific and well-considered planning.
There are many places in Japan that make people tired, so coffee and wine are necessary for stimulation.
But in many places in the capital, mild fragrant tea is enough to relax people.
Some coffee occasionally is just an unnecessary spice.
Of course, it is true that most of the people in Beijing are indeed poor and their living space is indeed crowded. Their living standards are completely incomparable with developed countries like Japan. This is indeed true.
But people in Beijing still love life and can show their natural calmness in the midst of man-made things.
They have strong hands-on skills and can make many things for themselves, thus achieving the goal of thrift.
Door curtains, folding fans, cup covers, ashtrays, barbecue grills, key chains...even clothes are all made by ourselves.
And you can create the joy of life for yourself almost anywhere and in any space.
For example, planting flowers and plants, raising goldfish, and raising songbugs in summer are seasonal things that almost every household does.
Flowers and plants are expensive things in Japan.
However, people here can plant a yard of flowers and plants at almost no cost.
Even though the varieties are all mediocre flowers and grasses, they are still cute.
Petunia on the wall, mangosteen and jasmine at the base of the wall are so economical and trouble-free, and they are enough to attract butterflies!
Some people are even smarter and can even grow their own tomatoes, leeks, cucumbers, coriander, loofah, grapes, and lentils.
These vegetables are also not cheap in Japan. They not only enjoy the fun of growing, but also meet the actual needs of life. They cannot be more affordable.
Speaking of which, we must also talk about Yunyuan, where Han Yingming lived, which is especially remarkable.
Because there are no vegetables in Yunyuan, but there are various fruit trees and flowers in different places.
Different species make up the grand scenery of Yunyuan Garden, turning it into a mountain of flowers and fruits.
These flowers, fruits and trees are all of high quality and are at least a hundred years old.
In a hurry, no one seems to pay attention to their growth, but they can benefit the people living here a lot.
Fresh walnuts, bunches of grapes, half-green and half-red apricots, long jujubes, pink peaches, red plums, jade plums, large pomegranates...these fruits are enough to make people salivate and drive them away.
A bitter summer with no appetite.
Even the lotus seeds and lotus roots in the lotus pond became delicacies in their mouths.
There are also jasmine and tuberose, which can be used in cooking, and are also served on the dining table.
And the most important thing is that you can eat as much of these products as you want, because the people in Yunyuan are small but the quantity is large.
In fact, the output of these gardens alone is enough to open a large fruit and vegetable store.
Yes, the capital is different from other places in Japan, which often only have a few specialties.
There are many unique local flowers, vegetables, and fruits here, which enriches people's lives and brings them closer to nature.
From the inside of Beijing, it is not like those factories in Japan that emit smoke all day long.
From outside the capital, it is closely connected with gardens, vegetable gardens and rural areas.
According to the ancient Chinese poem - picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, here you can indeed see the Nanshan Mountain leisurely.
Maybe it’s not that big of a deal to replace “South” with “West” or “North”.
In short, an old man like Han Yingming living in Japan.
In this life, I have always been used to seeing vegetables, fruits, and flowers, all sold at extremely high prices. They can be classified as luxuries in life.
So he really had to look at the people in the capital with great envy.
He truly envied them for being able to enjoy these blessings given by nature at very low cost for a long time.
Especially the price of watermelon in summer, even if it is sold in the store, the price is still so cheap that it is like giving it away, which is more than a hundred times lower than the price of watermelon in Japan. It is really incredible.
To be honest, if we talk about freedom of fruits, vegetables and flowers.
Then China is like a wealthy family that is full of oil, while Japan is the poor one with no bottoms.
This is something that probably no Japanese can deny.
But even so, it was not enough to express Han Yingming's satisfaction with the capital. What moved him most was that his wife and daughters could also find their own fun in the capital.
The female relatives in the capital also have unique leisure activities in summer. For example, they pinch two tuberose flowers in the courtyard and put them in their heads to give themselves a scent.
Or find some nail grass, mash it with alum, and dye your nails red.
When the heat sets in, they don't like drinking coffee or fragrant tea very much. The Beijing's unique summer iced drinks, sour plum soup and palace cheese, can save their worries and relieve the heat in their hearts.
However, the best thing, the love object that best suits a woman's heart, is still an ice bowl.
A large bowl of ice, covered with a young lotus leaf, with fresh water chestnuts, fresh walnuts, fresh almonds, fresh lotus roots, fresh lotus seeds, fresh hazelnuts, and finally a few candied fruits to warm and tonic, and cantaloupe.
Fragrant, fresh, clear, and eaten cold.
Red is red, white is white, and green is green.
In the hot summer, it is really refreshing to have such an ice bowl to cool down the heat.
The crisp, sweet, soft and tender river fresh food are all mixed together, and one bite is the best gift of this summer.
If this kind of fresh food that matches the right time and place is sold in Japanese restaurants, the price will be astonishingly high.
It not only makes women smile, but also makes men drink a few more drinks.
For this reason, Han Yingming had to admit that Chinese people really understand life.
Who can invent such a thing is much smarter, healthier, and happier than the Japanese who only know how to put some red beans, strawberries, condensed milk, and glutinous rice dumplings in shaved ice?
Not to mention, even the fabrics used by people in the capital are much better than those of the Japanese. There is actually an extremely expensive fabric in the world that cannot be produced in Japan. This is something that Han Yingming never thought of.
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In order to repay the gift, Jiang Nianyun also sent a large piece of material as a gift, and hired someone to tailor the clothes to make Chinese-style summer clothes for Han Changzi and Matsumoto Keiko.
The material was a piece of white clothing as thin as cicada wings and embroidered with grass leaf patterns with silver thread. When it was taken out, it was already stunning enough.
Keiko Matsumoto liked it as soon as she saw it.
After admiring it again and again, she couldn't help but put the end corner on her shoulder and look left and right in the mirror.
He called to his mother and said, "Mom, come and see how good the fabric is."
Han Changzi came over with a smile, took a look, and said it looked good. Then he thanked Jiang Nianyun and said, "It cost you a lot of money."
At this time, although the mother and daughter looked so polite, they didn't take it too seriously.
They just think the material looks good and they like it.
As for the tailor who came to tailor their clothes the next day, it was none other than Su Jin recommended by Yin Yue.
Su Shenzhen, an old tailor, was already making a Chinese wedding dress for Matsumoto Keiko, so of course he couldn't take care of this kind of work anymore.
Fortunately, the tiger father has no sons. Su Jin has been using scissors with his father since he was a child, and he has learned the craft to a great extent.
The clothes were quickly prepared and brought over, which surprised the mother and daughter once again.
Because the stitching is so thin, the proportions of the cutting are so perfect, and even the buckles are made so convincingly, it looks like it was made by an expert at first glance.
This not only makes them happy, but also fills them with more yearning for the wedding dress that is being made.
But the most important thing is the texture of the ingredients, which is surprisingly good.
It didn't seem to be anything special to the touch at first, but I didn't expect it to be mysterious.
As soon as they put on these new clothes, Han Changzi and Matsumoto Keiko, mother and daughter, both sighed, "The previous summer was in vain."
It's only when they put it on that they can truly appreciate it. The material is light, breathable and not easy to wrinkle, soft and full of body.
Its texture is 70% soft and 30% hard, cool and pleasant, and does not stick to the skin at all.
It also has a certain waterproof function, leaving no wrinkles at all, and the matte texture is more advanced.
It is really stylish, comfortable, lightweight, low-key and luxurious.
Both mother and daughter liked their clothes very much.
For this reason, Han Changzi couldn't help but go to Jiang Nianyun again, asked the source of the fabric face to face, and planned to buy some more and take them back to Japan.
Unexpectedly, I didn’t know if I didn’t ask, but I was shocked when I asked.
Only then did I know from Jiang Nianyun that the material was not an ordinary thing, but an ancient and traditional natural silk material from Guangdong.
It is called "Xiangyun yarn", also called "coating yarn", "bundle silk", and "yam yarn".
This kind of thing first originated in the Song Dynasty. It is made from natural fabrics of original color, soaked directly with the juice extracted from kudzu (ranunculus) stems and coated with mud. After being left for a period of time, it is made by special processes such as sun exposure.
It is also the only silk fabric dyed with pure vegetable dyes among the world's textiles.
Its advantage is that it is cool in summer and soft in winter. The longer it is worn and washed, the better the feel and color will be. It can be called the coolest clothing material in the world.
The characteristic is that when you walk, your clothes will rustle when they rub against each other.
The disadvantage is that there is currently no way to make it using industrial methods, so this thing is quite precious and expensive.
This can be known only from the fact that it is hailed as "soft gold" by the textile industry.
And since liberation, mainland movies and dramas have used Xiangyunsha's trousers and jackets as the professional uniforms of Kuomintang agents. People have no choice but to use the coolest clothing in the world.
This has caused this kind of fabric to become almost extinct. The domestic production areas have actually been in a state of suspension, and no new fabrics have been produced in recent years.
Jiang Nianyun said frankly that after returning to China, she looked for ways to find a way out, and it took her several months to buy half of the material from Guangdong through her son's friends.
Faced with the seller's price of two thousand US dollars, she did not hesitate to ask someone to help her get it.
So she really gave everything she had to these materials for Han Changzi and Matsumoto Keiko.
If Han Changzi really wants it, of course it's not impossible.
But that will take time, and you have to ask someone to find it slowly. You have to be patient and wait.
After listening to Jiang Nianyun's account of the causes and consequences, Han Changzi knew that it would be difficult to fulfill his wish.
I could only sigh helplessly and express regret.
Later Han Yingming learned about this. He saw this magical clothing material and felt quite puzzled.
His company is engaged in import and export trade, but he can't figure out why it should stop production of such a good product?
For this reason, he even went to his son-in-law Ning Weimin to discuss the matter in person.
He asked Ning Weimin face to face, "Isn't your Pierre Cardin company just making clothes? Then why don't you make good use of such a good thing? Isn't it a pity? In my opinion, the production of this kind of fabric should be resumed as soon as possible.
Yes, it will definitely sell well in Southeast Asia at least."
In response to his father-in-law's inquiry, Ning Weimin gave this answer, "You are right. I am very grateful for your reminder. But I must also say that my country is too big and too closed. All
Many people in our country don’t even know about the excellent products from various places, let alone exporting them abroad.”
Han Yingming then asked, "If no one knows about it, can't we make more efforts to promote it to the outside world? I am very optimistic about the business prospects of this kind of thing."
Ning Weimin could only smile and said, "In mainland China, the business concept has just begun to recover, and there are not many people with this kind of thinking. If we want to fully explore the commercial value of this kind of thing, we must rely on our domestic people
, the power is really not necessarily enough. However, if you are interested and willing to invest, then maybe we can cooperate and see if we can restore the production of this kind of thing in the place of origin and sell it to Southeast Asia."
"Huh? If that's the case, that would be great. I'm really looking forward to it."
Han Yingming didn't expect Ning Weimin to say that, but his eyes couldn't help but light up. He was really interested.
Nothing else. Don’t you still trust your son-in-law?
He really wanted to be a participant and get to know Ning Weimin's business talents from a closer perspective.
This would also prevent his daughter from bragging in front of him about Ning Weimin's abilities.
Being able to have such an opportunity to launch a cooperation between father-in-law and son-in-law is really something he can only dream of.
However, even though they had intentions and were interested in this matter, they still had to put it on hold for the time being.
If not for anything else, it was because the crew from Japan finally got approval and headed to the capital.
And Han Yingming also had something to be busy with now.
Whether he was representing his son-in-law or helping Jiang Nianyun's in-laws, it was his duty to place these Japanese people in the garden, and they would come in handy.
More importantly, once the crew arrives, the actual wedding will be very close.