Chapter 917 A Man Has Forty-One Flowers, but if You Tell Me, It Seems that I Am only Three Years Younger.

Twenty or thirty minutes later.

Yang Jiao stood quietly in the corridor on the second floor, only to hear the sound of the door opening from the side. When he heard the sound, he saw Xu Hongdou changed into a relaxed and comfortable vacation atmosphere.

Wearing a solid color suit, a black and white plaid silk scarf, a straw hat with a large brim to protect the sun from the sun, a round and slightly cute round cake bag diagonally across her head, and a small camera hanging around her neck.

"The way you dress up, you finally look like you are traveling."

"You don't have to tell me, let's go." Xu Hongdou raised his head.

When the two of them went downstairs, there was a platform next to the stairs, where Ma Qiu Shan was sitting meditating with his eyes closed. Xu Hongdou inevitably became curious and looked at him. It wasn't until he walked out of the windy courtyard that he couldn't help but say:

"Do you think this Maqiu Mountain can really sit like this for a whole day?"

Yang Jiao asked back:

"Do you think a person who has poor meditation postures and is calm on the outside but restless on the inside can sit still for a whole day?"

Xu Hongdou understood and sighed softly:

"It seems that everyone who travels has his own story."

“When traveling, I want to be relaxed and at ease. Take a look around and see the antique white-walled and blue-tiled buildings, the blue sky, and the peaceful and comfortable environment that allows you to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city.”

Yang Jiao stretched out his hand and said with a smile:

"It would be a shame not to take some photos. Come on, give me your camera and I'll take some photos for you."

"Then I'll just trust your photography skills for now." Xu Hongdou took off the camera hanging around his neck and handed it to Yang Jiao.

Immediately, the two of them were walking around, either Yang Jiao was taking photos of Xu Hongdou, or Xu Hongdou was taking photos of Yang Jiao.

Ten minutes later, after arriving at a restaurant called Gesanghua, Xu Hongdou looked at Yang Jiao:

"This store has a dish that I've heard of before. The name of the dish is quite interesting. Come on, I'll take you to eat it."

"Since it's your treat, of course I'm the biggest patron and I'll obey you in everything." Yang Jiao followed Xu Hongdou into the hotel.

I saw that this restaurant was not very big. There were a few tables in the courtyard and only a few tables in the house. Fresh ingredients were placed outside the hall, with their names marked on them.

At this moment, there was a table sitting in the courtyard. When Xu Hongdou walked to the door of the hall, he said with a smile:

"Haha, this is the dish. Give me your camera and I will take a picture of it."

Yang Jiao handed the camera to Xu Hongdou and looked over. He saw that the vegetables Xu Hongdou was photographing were called water-based poplar flowers.

Then the two of them walked into the house and just sat down when a woman in national costume walked quickly.

"What do you two eat?"

Yang Jiao looked at Xu Hongdou with a smile:

"You should still be the same as before. You don't have any taboos and can eat anything."

"Yes." Xu Hongdou took off his hat, put it aside, and then took off his bag.

"Houselady, then you will have four dishes and one soup. As for the dishes, there will be a few local specialties. The soup will be the water-based poplar soup." Yang Jiao started ordering directly without even looking at the menu.

"Okay." When encountering a diner who ordered so happily, the restaurant proprietress replied neatly.

"Speaking of which, you travel all over the country. Do you know why that vegetable is called water-based poplar?" Xu Hongdou asked with a smile when he saw the hotel proprietress leaving.

"The scientific name of water-based poplar is sea cauliflower, also known as dragon's claw. It is a plant in Lugu Lake. It is said that sea cauliflower can only grow in clean water. Once the water is contaminated, it will die. Therefore, it is also called An environmentally friendly dish.”

"As for why it is called water poplar, it is because its growth habit is very special. Sea cauliflower is a submerged plant. Its stems and leaves are all submerged underwater, and only the white flowers are exposed above the water. Moreover, its flowers will follow the It floats with the current and is not fixed in one place. Such a plant that drifts with the current and is restless in the room gradually got the name "water poplar".

"As expected of a top student who graduated from 985 College at the age of 20. His knowledge is really profound." Xu Hongdou paused slightly and looked at Yang Jiao's face carefully:

"Now when I take a closer look, I realize that over the past ten years, your appearance has not changed at all. You are not a baby-faced person, and you live in the open air all year round. How do you maintain such good health?"

"Don't forget, I am a martial arts practitioner." Yang Jiao first poured a cup of tea for Xu Hongdou, and then poured another cup for himself.

"I almost forgot, you told me back then that you practice internal martial arts to prolong life and are very good at maintaining health, but is this internal martial arts really magical?" Xu Hongdou asked curiously.

"The key is that I am not short of money, and I don't have any worries. Moreover, even if I often stay in the mountains and forests, do you think I will be the one who treats me badly?" Yang Jiao said with a smile.

"Two words, envy." Xu Hongdou shook his head.

"You should have been a manager in a big hotel in Beijing before." Yang Jiao took a sip of tea.

"How do you know?" Xu Hongdou was a little surprised.

"You don't think that I have no contact with your parents these years." Yang Jiao chuckled.

"Why haven't you heard them tell me?" Xu Hongdou asked suspiciously.

"Ever since you graduated from college, you have been staying in the capital. All you think about is work and promotion. They don't have enough time to care about you. They don't have time to tell you about me." Yang Jiao frowned slightly:

"Just say that in your job, you have to deal with various customers every day, and I'm afraid there are many difficult and strange customers, especially if you work night shifts. Even if it's a day off, you never know when you'll get a call. You have to be ready at all times.”

"Uncle and aunt understand your hard work, so they care about your health on weekdays. They are afraid that talking on the phone for a long time will disturb your rest."

"Listening to what you said, now that I think about it, it's really like this." Xu Hongdou suddenly realized and said again:

"Stop talking about me, what about you, are you going to set off to the next destination later?"

Yang Jiao pondered for a while and said:

"Wandering around for more than ten years is enough for me. Don't look at me. I still look like I'm in my twenties and still young. After all, I'm thirty-five now. I think it's time to settle down and prepare." After that, I will find a place to settle down and open any store."

When Xu Hongdou heard this, a strange light appeared in his eyes, and he immediately said with a smile:

"I'm planning to retire early, but looking at your twenty-year-old appearance, I really can't tell that you are already a thirty-five-year-old middle-aged uncle."

Yang Jiao raised his eyebrows slightly:

"A man has forty-one flowers, but from your words, it seems that I am only three years younger than me."

Xu Hongdou said in high spirits:

"Haha, no matter how old I am, I will still be a beautiful woman."

The two of them talked and laughed like this for ten or twenty minutes, and then the restaurant proprietress served four dishes and one soup.

Xu Hongdou looked at the steaming dishes and handed the camera directly to Yang Jiao:

"Here, take a picture of me."

She waited for Yang Jiao to finish taking the picture, then said with a smile on her face:

"I'll take another picture for you."

When the hotel proprietress saw both of them taking photos of each other, she couldn't help but say:

"Would you like me to take a photo of you two?"