A few years ago, our high school classmates had a gathering at Yushan in Jiangxi Province, during which we visited the scenic areas of "Sanqing Mountain" and "Turtle Peak" during the day, and reminisced about the old days and chatted about the old days in our hotel rooms in the evening. The students returned to Shanghai, sun photos, do albums, pass the video, write articles, busy and happy, at the same time, also look forward to in the near future, can again partner, green travel.
"I have a very familiar executive friend who owns a 'donut' courtyard, a paradise-like retreat on the edge of a lake. This courtyard is located in the 'Napa Xi Da' upscale European-style neighborhood at No. 66 Jinshang Highway, Jinxi Town, Kunshan City, Suzhou Region, which is an ideal place for friends to meet and relax not far from downtown Shanghai. There, a new way of life will be offered to us, allowing everyone to fully enjoy the pleasures brought by the exquisite life. I wonder if everyone is interested in going somewhere for a relaxing vacation?" The male student who spoke was a general manager of a foreign-funded enterprise, with rich resources of friends, and often took the lead in organizing activities for his classmates.
His suggestion was immediately met with a warm response from the students. After that, we have a lot more to look forward to.
Second, stay in the "'donut' courtyard"
"I have arrived at the waiting place." At 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 18, a male student at the Jinshajiang Road gas station was the first to send the first "weibo" to the reunion group. This student's wife's foot was accidentally sprained and fractured two days ago. He wanted to take leave from the party to take care of his wife, but his wife told him: it's not easy to have a middle school reunion, so go ahead and ask your female classmates to help you solve the problem. Male classmates this is assured to leave the house.
"You arrived so early ah?" The senior driver had his own car and was responsible for piggybacking the four classmates who lived in Putuo District along to the party. He clearly remembered the agreed upon departure time, at the moment is drinking soybean milk and eating steamed buns, did not expect someone so early to the waiting place.
"Old classmates, I arrived earlier than you. I was eating breakfast at 6:03 in the restaurant next to the gas station." A male classmate woke up early because he was so excited about the party that he didn't sleep well all night. He ate his breakfast while laughing and sending "WeChat".
I was at home, the first time I saw the two male students reported to the "WeChat", the heart muttered, is not a good 8:30 departure, 11:00 to the destination of the rendezvous? You are also too early to report to the bar! However, the senior driver thought, since the two students have arrived at the waiting point, then I will send the car early.
I rode in a car driven by a fellow organizer and arrived in front of the Xujiahui "Huijin Department Store" on time. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I think I'm going to be able to do it.
"How do you have so many bags? Is this going to travel overseas ah?" I asked curiously when I only brought one duffel bag and saw that they had six bags of different sizes.
"We these bags, loaded with mostly clothes, to the time are going to be useful!" A tall female student answered me with a smile.
I know, ladies traveling, generally like to turn "line" to take pictures. However, this time we live outside just two days, with so many clothes, it is not too much. Although, I am skeptical, but still carefully put their big bag, properly put into the trunk of the car.
A classmate of the female boss because of the enterprise has "things", to the head of the regret can not participate in the reunion. However, she carefully arranged for the company's driver, all the way to bring a few students to the destination.
In this way, three cars carrying 15 students, all the way through Minhang, Songjiang, Qingpu, has arrived at the "doughnut" courtyard.
"'Donut' Courtyard" is a compound consisting of seven Spanish-style buildings, with different interior designs and themes. Five of them are traditional courtyards with distinctive regional characteristics of "Mediterranean", "Southeast Asia", "Japanese", and "military", "industrial", "military", "military", and "industrial". " "Industrial" prominent thematic symbols; two are villas, respectively, "new Chinese" and "French old Shanghai mood" decoration style.
The two villas we stayed in are close to the largest tributary of Dianshan Lake, "Wangyangdang (Lake)", with a wide view and quiet environment. In the three-story villa where the male students live, the living room has the function of book bar and tea room. In the book bar, there are books carefully selected by the owner, and the atmosphere of books is extremely strong. The tea room is equipped with a guzheng and four treasures, so you can write, sip tea and listen to music, maximizing your mood. Outside the two-story villa where the female students live, there is a large garden. In the living room there is a "Yamaha" grand piano. On the surrounding walls, there are many old family photos. This is a great way to enjoy the pleasure of music, and at the same time, feel the fun and style of the old Shanghai.
Third, visit the "Qingxi Country Forest Park"
In the afternoon, the students braved the 35 degree Celsius heat and went to the "Qingxi Country Forest Park", which has just been built and opened in Shanghai, and took a look at it with interest.
"Qingxi Countryside Forest Park" is written on the introduction plate: the park is located in the southwest of Qingpu District, with a total planning area of 22.35 square kilometers. Species-rich resources, "lake, beach, swing, island" crisscross, wetlands, lakes, rivers, forests, forming a diverse ecosystem, is the only one in Shanghai to wetlands as the characteristics of the country park, especially a variety of aquatic species, known as the natural gene pool of native aquatic species in Shanghai. Among them, the characteristic attraction - "water forest" in the growth of the pond fir, known as the wonders.
We entered the park and walked on a long new asphalt road. The road is lined with newly planted trees. Because the canopy is relatively small, they basically don't shade the sun. The land on both sides of the road is dotted with tender green lawns and flowers and trees of all colors. On the right side of the road is a small river, curving ever forward. Walking along the road, from time to time, some unknown birds, squawked and flew over head.
After we walked on the asphalt road for 20 minutes, a wooden trestle erected over the water came into view. A wooden sign on the side of the trail reads "Water Forest". Walking up the winding trestle, only to see on both sides is a tree, rows and rows, a piece of the pond fir, quietly erected in the lake.
"Students, as you can see, this lake is more than 60 acres big. The surface of the lake is both calm as a realm and boundless because of the shade of the trees. However, we must not think that the lake is shallow. In fact, the deepest part of the lake here can reach three to four meters!" The female student who lives in Jinze, Qingpu, has been to the park several times in order to receive her classmates "before the station". She will "water forest" attraction details of knowledge, told everyone.
The hot sun, few tourists, but also really good to let the students in the "water forest" on the bridge, relax and rest, communication and photography. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night. This time, after more than 50 years, we met again, naturally, with a lot of emotions, and exchanged the most youthful stories of the school years. When we talk to the specific details of the past events, sometimes they will add to each other, and sometimes they will laugh, as if things happened yesterday.
"Classmates, the light and scenery in this one are very good! Everyone quickly come over to take pictures ah!" A classmate photography enthusiast, holding a "Canon" SLR camera, greeted. His photo-taking skills were close to semi-professional level. Only, he in the last class tour "Sanqing Mountain" "Turtle Peak" when taking pictures, did not notice the unit colleagues will be set too low camera pixel situation, the results of the photos are a little blurred, so that the students left a regret. Today, he wants to make up for this mistake and save his reputation.
This photo location is absolutely good: a straight north-south trestle, the left side of the pond fir forest, right behind a wooden pillar, thatched roof of the pavilion; west slanting sunlight, a small portion of the gap through the pond fir forest, lagoon to the surface of the lake, the majority of the pond fir over the top of the forest, illuminating the face of the human face but will not be blinding. The students have come forward, either alone, or in pairs, or male and female students in a line, so that the photographer shot one by one into the mirror.
At the end of the trestle, there is a 20 square meters, for visitors to collectively enjoy the spectacle of the large platform. Standing in this deep "water forest" in the hinterland of the platform, can let a person really appreciate the people into the nature, bring the wonderful feeling. Two female students on the platform, happy to take it as a stage, can not help but hand in hand, a moment to pose for a PS photo, a moment to jump up the double dance to forget the entertainment, attracted students applause, applauded again and again.
Fourth, enjoy a sumptuous and delicious dinner
From the Green West Countryside Forest Park back to the "donut" courtyard, it is already night time. Everyone freshened up and went to the restaurant for dinner.
"I've put together a big table for your classmates, so it's easier to talk." In the cafeteria, the two tables of ten that were used for the noon meal had been transformed into a large table that could seat twenty people. The big supervisor, Mr. Hu, was kind and understanding, in order to let everyone drink and eat to their heart's content, and be happy to chat and communicate freely.
The champagne and sparkling wine and fruit drinks on the dinner table are all provided free of charge by the host. Several waiters shuttling non-stop will burn a good hot dishes one pot after another pot on the table. Chicken, duck, fish, meat, shrimp and other meat dishes, vegetables, peppers, eggplants, cowpeas, squash and other vegetables are arranged in a circle around the table.
"Wow, there are wine, there are drinks, there are meat dishes, there are vegetarian dishes, really a variety, quite rich!" One student couldn't help but express his feelings as he looked at the table full of dishes. In fact, all the students feel a little surprised.
"This is made with the ingredients you brought, carefully cooked by the chef." The waiter made a point of explaining when he served the dish of braised wild eel snakefish.
These wild eels were purchased from 6 pounds of wild eels that a female classmate personally purchased from a local fisherman by booking them at a rural farmer's market after the classmates decided to gather.
"Today's party, because there are seniors to participate, we male students uniformly drink white wine, we celebrate. What about female students, you can drink sparkling wine." The male student organizer smiled and said to his classmates, "This is the 'Moutai' wine I brought, and this is the 'Wuliangye' wine he brought."
"We, female students, can drink sparkling wine or red wine! I a **** brought 6 bottles of French red wine!" The woman who bought the eel thought she lived in Qingpu near the party, and should do the "landlord's honor", and made sufficient material preparations in advance.
"I think ah, female students if you want to drink white wine, of course, is also possible! Just like the last time in Jiangxi Yushan when, we say good ah?" The male student with "Wuliangye" looked at the female student beside him as he spoke, and said slowly.
"You said female students can drink white wine, then I will be the representative!" The girl next to her knew that this was a male student issuing a challenge to herself, and immediately rose to answer the challenge.
In this way, students frequently raised glasses filled with white wine, red wine and sparkling wine, shouting "Cheers!
After everyone had their fill of wine, Mr. Hu, the head teacher, immediately directed the waiter to close the table and serve tea. The restaurant was transformed into a karaoke hall in an instant.
V. Self-written karaoke program
At this party, each student was told to prepare a performance program. So, I reported the "My Heart Will Go On" solo program. I had thought that if I had a female student dancing next to me while I was singing, it would enhance the atmosphere of the program. To my delight, a female student agreed to partner me. The only thing is that our song and dance, was arranged in the first appearance, not a bit of communication rehearsal time, which makes me really a little nervous.
The good thing is that the female student is more sophisticated. She has seen the "Titanic" movie many times, and knows the plot very well. She was dressed in loose red tight black pants, neck around the red and black silk scarf, shiny appearance, and immediately squinted like intoxicated, the movie heroine Ruth stood in the bow of the classic "cross shape".
As I watched my classmate's elegant pose, the English lyrics flowed smoothly from my mouth. I try to imitate the famous singer Celine Dion's singing style according to the plot, near the end of the last lyrics, not forgetting to drag out the flowery long tone, first let the breath in the ups and downs after the sudden closure, and then inhale a breath, so that the rest of the sound from the mouth of the mouth slowly and steadily slowly spit out four beats, the head of the crunching stop.
I saw that the students on the stage watched quietly, without a sound, completely immersed in the high and low melody of the song. I also saw the senior get up and lead a warm applause. I know, our program performance, a success.
The next student performances were duo dance, group singing, fan dance and so on. Everyone's serious performance, received a burst of applause. At the end of the show, it was karaoke. I consciously "part-time" equipment management, do a good job for the students to sing "song" service work.
A male student strides onto the stage and picks up the microphone. He likes to sing folk songs, but also likes to "soar" treble. His high pitch shook the glass in the room a little shaky. A female student chose a pop song that was low-pitched, but had a dramatic tone to it. A male student liked to sing love songs. His specialty was the male-female duet "The Moon Represents My Heart". The male student's voice was thick and deep, while the female student's voice was gentle and delicate. Every time they chorus to the "wonderful" point, the students immediately applauded and applauded.
In the hot music atmosphere, most of the students have appeared on stage, trying to show themselves; the rest of the students are also on the stage, and the melody of the song humming together.
Six, in the middle of the night to continue to drink, night chat
The night is gradually deep, a round of bright moon hanging high in the sky, sprinkled all over the ground are broken silver. In the courtyard of the villa, the captive mallard chickens and white geese, have already entered the shed to rest. The students came out from the dining room in a row, talking and laughing all the way.
"Old classmates, you do not rush upstairs! Come here, you come here, a few of us classmates, continue to drink!" Classmate organizer stood in the "tea bar" bar table, excitedly greeted.
"Thank you, thank you very much! I drank a bit too much at dinner, and I'm still a bit dizzy, so I really can't drink any more!" The male student had made his way to the stairs, pulling on the handrail and turning back to express his gratitude.
The "tea bar" in the Chinese living room becomes a "bar". The student organizer took out a bottle of Scotch and filled the glasses of the two male students, who were called the God of Wine and the Jug of Wine, one by one. I am not accustomed to the taste of foreign wine, can only sit next to them "with the chat".
The past in high school, once again in the mouth of a few students living in the class cadres gurgling out. They talked and laughed, and when it came to the details of some of the stories, they would add and correct each other with their red necks. I sat next to them and listened with great interest, feeling that the intermittent dramatic stories between the students that I used to know in the past have become fuller and more complete, making me feel as if I were reliving the old days. (End)