Chapter two hundred and sixty seventh big talk about Western Europe
Speaking of Hao Min, Shi Xiao'chun went upstairs with Mengdu and came back to Mengdu's new house again.
After the three of them sat down, Hao Min asked Mengdu with obvious confusion:
"Mengdu, why do you have to go to the United States alone?"
"Oh, this one? You don't know what!"
Mengdu smiled at Hao Min, shook his head slowly and said:
"When I was downstairs just now, didn't I say it? I stay at home every day without going out of the door. How can I know how good the outside world is? This time I went abroad to Western Europe, I realized that people's life is called life! Compared with Western Europeans, can our life be called life? No, our so-called life can only be called "living"! And it can be said that it is the most primitive "living"!"
"No way? You only have to go abroad once and feel so much emotion? According to what you say, I should go abroad to open my eyes and open foreign food?!"
Hao Min asked Mengdu with some doubts.
"Yes, we should also go abroad to eat foreign food! Hao Min, tell your dad quickly, I'll go with you!"
Shi Xiao'chun seemed to be afraid of being forgotten, so he immediately took Hao Min's words.
"Go and go, you silly girl! When you were downstairs just now, in front of Aunt Wang and my dad, you actually said Liping 'I'm pregnant so soon'! Didn't you let Liping - now we should call my sister-in-law's wife! Didn't you intentionally make my sister-in-law embarrassed?"
"Didn't people say that they missed it? You know, you know, choke me. Look at Brother Mengdu, and you will take your sister-in-law with you when you go to Western Europe. If it weren't for Aunt Wang stopping him, he would take his sister-in-law with you when he goes to the United States! What's this called? Do you know? This is called 'Fighting and Madam'! If you go to Western Europe and don't take me, I'll tear you down!"
Shi Xiao'chun said, and acted like a spoiled person in front of Hao Min.
"Okay, okay! If you don't speak, I won't sell you as a mute. Now, let's ask Mengdu to introduce your trip to Western Europe!"
Hao Min didn't want to argue with Shi Xiao'chun, so she turned her face and said to Mengdu:
"Mengdu, you said Western Europe is so good and that is good. Would you introduce us to the harvest of this Western Europe tourism?"
"Okay! Tell you, this time my trip to Liping and I to Western Europe has gained a lot!"
Dream opened his mouth without hesitation:
"Our trip to Western Europe can be summarized in a few words:
The first word is - beauty!
The primeval forests, ancient buildings, historical relics, pastoral scenery, mountains, rivers, lakes, red flowers and green grass in Western Europe, including the men, women, and even puppies, kites and birds, are all the same word - beauty!
Once you arrive in such a country and such an environment, you will feel like you are entering a beautiful picture, colorful, colorful, and natural and primitive!
The second word is - ancient!
The ancient buildings of Western European countries, including capitals, central cities, towns and rural areas, all the residences, shopping malls, churches, 'flower' gardens, sculptures, primeval forests in the city, etc., have basically maintained an ancient style of hundreds or thousands of years. What was originally like, what is now, the original flavor, and there is no change at all!"
"No way? After hundreds of years and thousands of years, not to mention earthquakes, floods, and wars, even if there are so many years of wind and rain and sunlight, it is impossible to maintain its original appearance, right?"
Hearing this, Hao Min raised his own question suspiciously.
"Oh, by the way! Hao Min, you have the idea of this question!"
Mengdu nodded and said:
"One of the biggest characteristics of Western countries is to do their best to maintain the original historical appearance! For example, Western European countries have clear legal provisions for the repair of ancient buildings. It is not allowed to 'renovate the old as new', but must 'renovate the old as old'! Anyone who violates this law will be severely punished!"
"What did you say? 'Repair the old as the old'? This is the first time I have heard of this. In our country, don't everyone pay attention to 'Repair the old as the new'?"
Hao Min opened her eyes in confusion and looked at Mengdu.
"Well, if you 'renovel' as new', then is it still called a monument? Can it still have the ancient 'color' and ancient fragrance? Take the ancient Colosseum we visited two days ago. It has been damaged by two earthquakes, and after it was built in 82 AD, it has been destroyed by many wars for more than two-thirds of its original appearance. What should I do? Italy has formulated a special law, using legal means to maintain its existing two-thirds of its original appearance! No one is allowed to destroy it. Moreover, the government has budgeted every year, and it has to repair the arena to 'renovel' as old'! If you visit the site, your experience of American movies can be truly unforgettable!"
"Oh-----I heard that, if you go to Western Europe, you can also take a profound history class!"
Hao Min nodded thoughtfully.
"That's for sure!"
Meng Du nodded, couldn't help but wave his hand and said:
"We have also visited museums in several countries. Each of those museums is a valuable historical treasure house! It contains famous paintings and sculptures created by famous artists, world-class treasures, books, ornaments, clocks, 'jade' artifacts, etc., countless! For example, in the Vatican Museum, there are Michelangelo's and the museums in the Louvre in Paris, there are Beethoven's and Venus statues..."
"Well, Brother Mengdu, in my impression, it seems to be a work of Leonardo da Vinci? As for Beethoven you mentioned, in my memory, it seems to be a musician. I wonder if I remember it wrong?"
When Hao Min heard that Meng said the author was Beethoven, he carefully asked.
"Oh, yes, you reminded me well! I just said wrong. It was indeed created by Leonardo da Vinci! Beethoven, he is a great Austrian musician!"
At this moment, Meng nodded very modestly. He didn't seem to mind that Hao Min corrected his mistake just now.
After a while of rest, Mengdu continued to say:
"The third word I summarized about Western Europe is called - clean, clean purity!
You may not believe it. After Liping and I arrived in Western Europe, I had not painted my leather shoes for a week, and there was no dust on the leather shoes! There was no dust at all! Wherever people were there, it was like our country, and there was haze everywhere! What do you call smog now? It is called 'haze' on all sides! Isn't it right? But if you go to Western Europe to see, no matter which country you go to, all the blue sky is blue, green mountains and waters, birds singing and 'flowers' fragrance, and red flowers' green grass! Especially when the sky is clear, just look up at the sky, you will see the sky there, which is so blue that it is so bottomless! Moreover, in the boundless blue sky, the white clouds are as thin as silk, and are floating and unobstructed! Those planes flying at a height of 10,000 meters are only as big as thumbs from the ground. The planes shine under the sunshine, just like toy planes in kindergartens!"
"Oh, is Western Europe really that beautiful? Mengdu, after hearing your introduction, I want to travel to Western Europe now!"
Hao Min was introduced by Meng Du’s vividly and said it so much that she couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.
"Why isn't it true? Let me tell you, what I said is not an exaggeration! If you don't believe it, you can ask Liping immediately!"
Dreams are deeply attracted by their own explanations, Hao Min and Shi Xiao'chun, and they are very proud.
He took a light breath and continued:
"The fourth word I summarized about Western Europe is - leisure! leisure leisure!
After arriving in Western Europe, no matter in any country, you will see people living a leisurely and peaceful life:
Someone was drinking and drinking drinks in a small roadside food stall;
Someone was watching the ‘flowers’ on wooden chairs in the park and chatting;
Someone was playing and singing in a small pavilion;
Someone is walking on the streets...
If it is in the countryside, all the beautiful pastoral scenery comes into view.
In such an environment, only by entering it can you truly understand the artistic conception of Tao Yuanming's poem. What does that poem say? Oh, by the way, it is called "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the southern mountains. The mountain atmosphere is beautiful day and night, and the birds return together'!
Only when you reach Western Europe can you truly understand what 'stay back' means!"
"Oh, Mengdu, no, you've just been to Western Europe and your level has improved greatly! If you go to the United States again, we will not dare to talk to you in the future!"
Hao Min had never heard of Mengduo as beautiful as such a high-level explanation. He could not help but praise Mengduo in his heart.
Then, he suddenly remembered something and stared at Mengdu and asked:
"Dream City, you summarize this trip to Western Europe with the words "beauty, ancient, purity and leisure"?"
"No, it is impossible to summarize it in four words. There is still!"
Mengdu heard Hao Min's inquiry and smiled and shook his head:
"My summary of Western Europe has the fifth word, which is - cheap! Inexpensive and affordable!
When you go to Western Europe, you will find that everything there is very cheap! For example, in our country, if you want to spend 500 yuan in a restaurant, it only takes 70 or 80 euros in Western Europe!
There is a tour guide named Luo in France. She once told us that in Western Europe, the salary of employees of ordinary enterprises is 3 or 4,000 euros, which is similar to the salary of ordinary employees of our country. If everyone does not leave their own country, the purchasing power of the euro and the RMB will be basically the same.
What does it mean? Let me give you an example. There are three euros per bottle of beer over there, and our domestic beer over there is three yuan per bottle;
The "spring" autumn shirts over there are 100 euros each, and the "spring" autumn shirts in our country are about 100 yuan each, right?
However, cars in Western Europe are much cheaper than in our country!
Do you know? In Germany, a BMW is only sold for 12,000 euros! In other words, an ordinary German worker can buy a BMW with a salary of three months!
What about our country? It costs at least 70,000 to 80,000 yuan to buy a low-end sedan, which is the salary of an ordinary employee for more than 20 months!
What are the house prices in Paris?
You won’t believe it! The housing prices in Paris now only cost 5 or 6,000 euros per square meter! What is our housing price? Not to mention anything else, just talk about the average housing price in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. What is the average housing price? It has reached 60,000 or 70,000?
Now, why do so many Chinese people go to Spain, Greece, England, and Belgium to buy houses? In addition to the superior natural and social environment there, a very important reason is that their housing prices are cheap! If the housing prices are high, no matter how good the natural and social environment is, no one will buy houses there, right?"
"Since life in Western Europe is so cheap? Can we live there too?"
After hearing Mengdu's introduction, Hao Min made a joke as if she was eager to try.
"I can't answer you if I can live in Western Europe. However, I'm in Western Europe, let's be more specific. In Munich, Germany, I encountered a strange thing that I couldn't believe! If you say it, you will definitely not believe it!"
Meng didn't answer Hao Min's joke. He continued to speak according to his own ideas. After saying that, he glanced at Hao Min.
"In Munich, Germany, you still encounter something you can't believe? What's that?"
Hao Min asked strangely.
"Do you know Munich? It is the headquarters of BMW Motors in Germany! It is at the headquarters of BMW Motors. I have found that BMW motorcycles are more expensive than BMW cars!"
"What? Motorcycles are more expensive than cars? Isn't it possible?"
As soon as Mengdu finished speaking, Shi Xiao'chun, who had been silent all the time, suddenly screamed.
"Do you think so? You won't believe it even if I said it, right? That's the price tag I saw with my own eyes! Moreover, I also asked the BMW headquarters' tour guide and French tour guide on the spot! In the exhibition hall of BMW headquarters, a BMW motorcycle sold for 12,000 euros; a BMW car only 11,000 euros! If you lie to you, I'm a puppy!"
In order to confirm that what I said was the truth, after Mengduo finished speaking, he also stretched out the little finger of his right hand to Hao Min and Shi Xiao'chun, which means:
If you don't believe it, we can check it!
"Ah———Motorcycles are more expensive than cars, which is really a strange story! In our country, you can buy at least twenty or thirty motorcycles for a BMW car, right?"
Shi Xiaochun continued to "stumble" and compared the price of domestic BMW cars with the price of buying motorcycles.
"If Mengduo said it really is true, that's really a strange story in the world!"
Listening to Mengdu’s conversation with Shi Xiao’chun, Hao Min still shook her head suspiciously.
However, he did not continue to talk about this topic, but turned his head and said:
"Mengdu, besides the six words you said above, 'beautiful, ancient, pure, idle, innocent, and weird', is there anything else that can be summarized in Western Europe?"
"Of course there is! There is also the most 'exquisite' and most attractive word, but I can't speak it now!"
Chapter completed!