After walking several hundred kilometers upstream along the border with abundant grass and beautiful water, that is, Heilongjiang, we arrived at the "important node" of the journey, Manzhouli.
The biggest highlights of border cities are naturally the exotic buildings of different styles and the border markets filled with the characteristics of various countries.
"Finally I don't have to cook it myself. Let's go eat authentic Russian food tonight..."
Before setting off, Cheng Lidong was full of ambitions, but when he arrived at the border tourist area and entered the Russian restaurant, he saw "his own people" everywhere. He was about to go to the kitchen for a hug, but was stopped by Zhou Yan.
"Keep it in mind!"
You can guess without even thinking that the chef is also one of our own.
Russian food is only a little less sumptuous than the British meal that gave birth to "Starry Sky Pie". The main course does not inherit the "meat feast" of traditional Western food, only kebabs, smoked fish and pork chops.
After the food was served, Cheng Lidong was a little confused: "That's it? It's far worse than our Mongolian meal..."
In alpine regions, where calories are king, sugar and cream are naturally indispensable. The color palette is naturally red and white, and it doesn’t look as refined as Chinese food.
"Looks okay!"
Zhou Yan picked up the spoon and took a mouthful of borscht soup.
“The taste is basically the same as the one in Lao Mo in the capital.”
"What's the technical content of Western food?" Cheng Lidong rolled his eyes, "The so-called Maillard reaction is just a gimmick they created to make Western food more expensive. If Maillard brags about it, it won't be as difficult as fried sugar..."
"I can't stop your mouth even if I eat!" Cheng's wife rolled her eyes and interrupted Cheng Lidong's map cannon.
Although the appearance of Russian food is not very exquisite, after all, it is rich in sugar and the taste in the mouth is still okay...
After the carbohydrate meal, there was still some time before sunset. A group of five people wandered around the border tourist area, checking in and taking photos.
Zhou Yan is a semi-nerd and has little interest in Scissorhands photos. On the contrary, it is Qin Ruoshu's first time seeing a Russian-style war helmet dome building, and the sound of taking pictures on his cell phone has not stopped.
"Mr. Zhou, when can I take my younger siblings to go abroad for fun..."
"Where to go? To Moscow to enjoy the cool breeze?" Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "Now that the company is on the list of abnormal beautiful countries, who dares to go abroad? Not even to the north..."
In the evening, the group stayed in the urban area of Manzhouli. The next morning, after breakfast, they rushed to the "Guomen".
After checking in and taking a souvenir, we headed to the Mutual Market Trade and Tourism Zone.
The market on the border is naturally different from the markets Zhou Yan has seen before. In addition to some special foods and supplies in Yunzhong, most of them come from the "next door" specialties: such as Dalieba, furs, and dairy products.
, wooden products; of course, there are also the matryoshka dolls that are the specialty next door.
When there are so many good things, the eyes are dazzled and the money is not enough: before entering the market and walking out two hundred meters, "little rich woman" Cheng Lin had already bought a matryoshka doll, a leather hat, a wooden pen holder, and one or two large bags of candies.
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Walking further inside, jade products appeared on the stalls.
"This is Hetian Jade!"
Impressed by the price, Cheng Lidong looked back at Zhou Yan with a question in his eyes: What's going on?
"There are several sources of fake Hetian jade: Russian material, bar material, Afghan material. This is Russian material..."
After explaining, Zhou Yan no longer paid attention to the jade, but turned his attention to the dirty mammoth tusks aside.
After looking around for a while, Zhou Yan found a few ones with relatively low mineralization. He raised his head and glanced at the stall owner who was sitting lazily on the recliner: "Boss, are the entry procedures for these mammoths complete?"
"Of course, every one is available. I can give you a copy..."
"How is the price calculated?"
"There are five hundred sticks here and two hundred there. There is no guarantee that we will get good ingredients!"
"This one, this one, and that one..."
After counting the money and asking the stall owner to help deliver the mammoth tusks to the car, we came back and continued shopping.
Not far away, he noticed that Cheng Lidong's expression on the side became a little strange, and he looked forward in the direction of his sight...
Soon, a bunch of dazzling yellow hair appeared in sight.
Soon, Huang Mao discovered Zhou Yan and others: "Senior, are you here too?"
"Come and take a look?" Zhou Yan asked Cheng Lidong with a smile.
"Also...ok!"
I walked over and saw that Xiao Huangmao was in front of a stall selling telescopes, holding a scope in his hand.
"Hey, is it a Yukon?" Zhou Yan smiled and looked at the so-called sight, which also had camouflage spray paint.
"Senior, do you know anything about this thing?"
"I've seen genuine products made by optical instrument factories for foreign OEMs," Zhou Yan said, taking the scope and weighing it, then he glanced at the stall owner slightly, "How much does he charge for this thing?"
Xiao Huangmao stretched out three fingers.
"Three hundred?" Zhou Yan was a little surprised.
"Three thousand!"
"Go to Ma Yunyun's house to buy one later. You can buy it from Zeiss at a similar price..." As he spoke, Zhou Yan seemed to have remembered something, "If you like this thing, why don't you choose Capital Institute of Technology? Every year when you graduate,
, there should be scopes made by graduates, and they are all military regulations..."
"real?"
"This can have..."
After successfully preventing Xiao Huangmao from paying the IQ tax, Zhou Yan quickly pulled the person away.
However, Zhou Yan didn't expect that there would be something even more explosive ahead.
These days, Delbis's leek-cutting statement of "A diamond is forever, a stone will last forever" is still very popular.
Cheng Lidong, who was standing aside to watch the excitement, first glanced at the one-trillion-valued artificial "pigeon egg" on his wife's ring finger, then glanced at Zhou Yan and stepped forward: "What's going on?"
"What else could happen? The diamond production in the north is huge..."
"No matter how big it is, can it have as much production capacity as your Shangqiu company?"
When he ordered a "one ring for a lifetime" diamond ring for his wife, Cheng Lidong visited it. The production workshop covers tens of thousands of square meters and can produce thousands of diamonds at the same time, and it can also produce colored diamonds.
"Young man, are you planning to give your girlfriend a diamond ring?" Cheng Lidong approached her carefully.
"No, I came out and wanted to bring some gifts to my mother. A diamond ring would be quite nice..."
"Um..." Cheng Lidong thought for a while, "There are artificial diamond manufacturers in Shangqiu. They are very cheap, only a few thousand yuan per carat. What's more, using your own hair to make diamonds for your mother has more meaning, and it is good for your body and skin.
Thanks to my parents..."
Seeing that the business was ruined, the shop owner gave Cheng Lidong a vicious look.
"Thank you for bringing me business!"
Zhou Yan rolled his eyes at Cheng Lidong angrily. Although the factory in Shangqiu was already working overtime, the production capacity was still in short supply.
"One quit for a lifetime?" At this time, Xiao Huangmao also reacted, and the OROL slogan blurted out.
The original slogan of the advertisement was "One Precept for a Lifetime". Later, Zhou Yan consulted the masters in the Chinese studies circle and changed it to "One Precept for a Lifetime", which means that I am willing to take the Precepts for you for the rest of my life.
Although Zhou Yan himself believes in Taoism, he has to admit that there is still quite a market for Buddhism's theory of past, present, and afterlife.
Once the slogan was changed, production, which was already in short supply, became even more tense, and the new factory was still under construction.
Seeing that Xiao Huangmao was staring at him, Zhou Yan had no choice but to save himself: "There is an OLOR store in the capital that accepts customized services. If you give me my personal mobile phone number, you can get a 20% discount..."
On the edge of the market, there are some weird miscellaneous stalls, and this is also a favorite place for Zhou Yan and Cheng Lidong. They can pick up things and find treasures...