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Chapter 309 Sunflower Garden

Cueillette de La Grange, which is the largest agricultural production area in the surrounding area, is located in the 77th province.

I don't know how to divide the districts of Paris. When Chen Xing talks about place names with others, it always looks messy, sometimes arrondissements and provinces.

In fact, districts 1 to 20 belong to Little Paris. In China, this little Paris can be imagined as the main city, and 1 to 20 just divide the main city into small areas.

The zip codes of these 20 districts start with 75, which can be recorded as 75 provinces.

With the Seine River as the boundary, when traveling to Paris, you must remember that the south of the Seine River is basically a safe zone, but you cannot relax your vigilance.North of the Seine, the further you go to the suburbs, the more chaotic the law and order, especially in the outermost 18-20, don't go if you can.

There was a parade in Paris recently, and Chen Xing could hear the sound of explosions in the distance at night.

Province 77 belongs to the outer suburbs. It was said that the farther away from Paris, the more chaotic the suburbs are, but the farther away, when it is almost out of Paris, the law and order will improve again.

It is said that many people in the 77 provinces do not know, but there is a scenic spot here that people born after the 70s probably know, and that is the Fontainebleau of the Palace of Fontainebleau, which was translated by Mr. Zhu.

The last time Chen Xing came here was to visit the Palace of Fontainebleau.

I just didn't expect that at a distance, there is the largest agricultural travel base in Paris - the barn picking base.

There are more than 1000 acres of land here are farms, which are more than [-] standard football fields. If people in Paris want to experience the life of a farmhouse, they will come here to travel. Come in the morning, play until evening and then drive back. .

There are more than fifty kinds of fruits and a large number of vegetables here, basically waiting for tourists to pick them by themselves.

Naturally, such a large area does not belong to one person.

Otherwise how rich is he?
More than 1000 mu, enough to build a Forbidden City.

Aunt Lizi and the others have about [-] acres of land here, and instead of growing fruits, they plant a large field of sunflowers.Now at this time, tulips, lavender, and other roses are all withered, but the sunflowers that bloom in summer are especially beautiful.

The tour bus was driving on the straight road with no end in sight, and the one-day tour guide that Chen Xing signed up for was introducing the land outside the window to them.

It is very cheap to find this kind of day trip in Paris. The price of 50 euros includes a lunch, round-trip transfers, and a warm introduction from a tour guide. The route to go is also very clear.

The current domestic one-day tour is born out of this model.

but……

Not to mention.

"There are lilies outside the window on the left. The blooming time is almost over, but it still looks bright. We will stop in this farm in a while. I hope that all passengers will not step on the flowers casually. We are only responsible for explaining, not responsible Everyone's compensation..."

The tour guide chattered.

Chen Xing said to Hedwig, "Is it here?"

He remembered that his aunt liked this kind of flower very much.

"No...their farm doesn't have so many things, only a garden and grassland, I...sorry, I don't remember the way." Hedwig said softly.

She had no memory of how she got here.

Aunt Lizi was sitting next to her, and her uncle drove the car. She remembered that there were five dogs, some cows, and some beautiful horses in the farm. She also remembered that the flowers were beautiful and the air was fresh. As for the road, she couldn’t remember at all .

Chen Xing sighed: "No wonder you don't go out, so you are still a road idiot."

It's not the first time I've been there, and I don't know where it is.

As long as Chen Xing has been to a place once, he can basically find his way the second time. This has something to do with his frequent training.Every time he goes to a strange place, he will take his camera and go out to sweep the streets. When sweeping the streets, he will not read the navigation at all.

No matter where you go.

Then go back.

If you can't find the way, you will use the navigation.

Ordinary road idiots are because they don’t remember the characteristics of the road. For example, some people are not sensitive to the appearance of buildings, and even some buildings with two styles can’t be seen by them. That’s why they are road idiots. What is Hedwig like? Condition?
She knows no less architectural styles than Chen Xing.

The car continued to drive for a few minutes and stopped in a small parking lot. As soon as Chen Xing got out of the car, he saw Uncle Feida. His old antique car was very eye-catching. It is estimated that there are no cars like this on the road in Paris. Not much.

Feida hadn't seen Chen Xing for a long time. He liked this guy from Huaxia very much. When he saw him and Hedwig get off the car, he came over with open arms, laughed and hugged Chen Xing, and said, "Hahaha, I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

"Sorry, there might be a bit of a traffic jam in Paris today."

"I don't mean today. I haven't seen you for several months. Now you are amazing. I searched all over the Internet for your news. It's great. A photo can really sell for tens of thousands of euros. ?”

When Hedwig signed a contract with a gallery, they were surprised that a painting that was painted for two or three weeks could sell for two to three thousand euros.Later, I heard that Chen Xing took several thousand euros to take a photo. Good guy, our family is like a dragon?
Brother Ah San burst into tears...

But people don't care, people Kshatriya!

It's even more powerful now, a photo worth tens of thousands of euros?
When his wife came back and told him a few days ago, he still didn’t believe it, but he believed it when he looked up Chen Xing’s name on the search software. Some lesser celebrities didn’t have as many entries as Chen Xing on the search software. .

Chen Xing greeted the tour guide, and the two got into Uncle Feida's car.

There is no way to report the name of the tour group and come here by car.

It is very expensive to take a taxi in Paris. Generally, for short distances, such as from the airport to the school, you can just take a taxi.But on the road from Little Paris to the 77th province, the cost of taking a taxi is so expensive that Chen Xing feels a little sad now.

It is a little bit of money, but the thinking of spending money is still the same as before.

If he doesn't travel or buy any big items, his current living expenses are about 3000 euros, which includes accommodation, meals, and occasional nightclubs, shopping and so on.

It is already considered very superior, and the average international student can use it for a few hundred euros for a month.

But then again, those who can study in Europe basically don't have too ordinary family conditions. Even if the family doesn't support them, they can still get scholarships, and even if they are not good enough, they can also do odd jobs.So [-] euros is the standard consumption for international students.

Chen Xing knew a few Chinese who came to study in Paris purely because of their good grades. They went to a fast food restaurant on weekends to work a day, and they got it for only one or two hundred euros.

Chen Xing didn't have time to travel to other European countries during this holiday, but these people were reluctant to pay for the air tickets back to Huaxia, but they were very willing to travel to other countries. It is estimated that they should come back by now, after all, school is about to start.

Closer to home, after another 10 minutes' drive, we arrived at the manor belonging to Uncle Feida and Aunt Lizi.

Only one road in the middle of this large comprehensive farm is specially repaired. From this road to the small farms of each family, it was built by the farmer himself.Feida's classic car is not very good at shock absorption, and it is a bit bumpy to drive on such a road.

But the scenery on both sides is very good.

After they came in from the previous fence, all the places they see now belong to them. You can see cows and sheep in the wind and grass... Here you can see cows and horses. There are only cows in this farm, but no sheep.

Feida said with a cigarette stick in his mouth, "Sooner or later, I will rebuild this road."

Chen Xing said: "It should be enough to fill in some soil?"

"The soil is not good. At most, we use the car to fill the soil, but sometimes there will be industrial vehicles coming in here, and the truck will run away as soon as it presses the soil. Sometimes even when it rains, the soil will run away. We still have to be serious again. build."

Hedwig pulled Chen Xing and told him to look out the window.

There are sunflowers outside the open window.

Chen Xing asked curiously: "Uncle Feida, other people's homes grow roses, lavender and tulips. Why do you have sunflowers here? Is it more profitable to grow this flower than other flowers?"

"No, it was planted by the old man before." He said.

The farm didn't belong to them before, it belonged to Aunt Lizi's father.

The old man has a son and a daughter, neither of them wanted to inherit his farm before, and the old man didn't want to sell it to outsiders as the ancestral property. Seeing that he was getting older, he was about to become depressed because of this incident.

But who knew the grandson had an accident.

The daughter who has no worries chose to return to this land where she grew up.

This made the old man so happy that he packed his things overnight and took his wife out for a trip.

As for why he was happy when his grandson had an accident?
Chen Xing didn't know either, and Uncle Feida didn't say whether he was high or not, he just said that the old man is currently traveling in Italy, and other things were made up by Chen Xing.

Europeans don't have as much family values ​​as Chinese. Many times when their children have grown up, their mission as parents is relieved.

The family Chen Xing met in Vernon is just an exception.

Huaxia still has the idiom of bullying teachers and destroying ancestors.

The car finally parked under a large villa that looked like it was made of wood as a whole. Chen Xing liked the parking area they built alone very much.This is a pavilion fixed to the house at one end and supported by two steel pipes at the other end.

The top is not a reinforced concrete roof, but a thick layer of glass plate.

There is a slight inclination angle, which is estimated to be used to drain away rainwater.

Only France, which is located in the western part of Europe, can repair houses in this way, because it rarely snows here in winter, so there is no need to consider whether it will be crushed by heavy snow when repairing the roof.

In places in the north where there will be snow, the roofs are all of that kind of 'people', which is called a mountain shape in the building, especially in the north of China.

My aunt had heard the sound of the old Feida car a long time ago, and she came to greet her with a smile on her face. In the distance, there were employees who were looking at this place because of curiosity, and they were massaging the cows while looking around.

These cows enjoy it more than people.

"Chen, Hedwig..." Aunt Lizi wanted to help them get things, but Chen Xing said quickly, "I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself!"

Such elders who haven't seen each other for a long time are really polite.

His box was a bit heavy, but what it contained was not clothes, but some photographic equipment, easel, paper, paints and so on.

The one Hedwig painted before was not finished yet, and now they are waiting for the paint on the painting to dry naturally at home. They played here for a few days and went back to continue painting. It is estimated that Chen Xing will not be able to see the finished product in a week or two.

This is the kind of oil painting she can sell for money.

Now that she comes out with an easel, she just draws something casually on paper, otherwise Hedwig, who has no other hobbies, really doesn't know what she can do.

Chen Xing carried the box into the house and put it away. Hedwig sneaked behind Aunt Lizi to watch her cook. Feida led Chen Xing to see the two vacant rooms they packed up for Chen Xing. Wei did not follow, and asked in a low voice.

"Or do you say that only one room has been cleaned up?"

Chen Xing was still looking at the decoration of the room, but his eyes lit up when he heard these words.

It's not that the adjective's eyes are bright, but it's like a light flashed in the real eyes.

Chen Xing stroked his chin and sucked his teeth.

"walk slowly……"

The room was very clean, except for the bed and table, there was nothing else.

Chen Xing didn't know about the whole of Europe, but he knew that Parisians liked to invite others to their home. The friends Chen Xing met in Paris brought him home for dinner, and occasionally stayed overnight.

But before inviting others to stay overnight, the beds and quilts must be washed, not to mention renewed.

He also went to see another room, which was similar. The windows of these two houses can see the grass outside, but the sunflowers are a bit far away. I heard Uncle Feida said that he wanted to plant lilies instead, because Aunt Lizi like.

The couple is still very romantic and rarely fights.

During Chen Xing's stay in Paris, because of them, his views on marriage have improved.

Uncle Feida said with a smile:

"We all care about Hedwig and treat her like our own daughter. In the past few months, we have often discussed what Hedwig should do in the future. Now, it's up to you to figure out a solution for this issue."

They actually treated Chen Xing as their own child.

After his child was in a car accident, there were a total of six guests living in the house, among which Chen Xing and Hedwig had the best relationship with them.

Hedwig's temperament is really likable, and the contact with Chen Xing also made them feel very comfortable and relaxed.

If these two people can walk together, he and Li Zi can really wake up from their dreams with laughter.

It's just that Chen Xing's personality that loves to go out to play makes Feida a little worried.

"Just don't make her sad, Hedwig is very poor."

"Don't worry, uncle."

He is a man with zero bad reviews from his ex-girlfriend.

I haven't seen my uncle for a long time. The two men walked and chatted, and walked out of the house to the grass outside.In addition to love and life, Feida is also very curious about Chen Xing's career.Because he used to be in industry, it is hard to imagine that a photo can sell for tens of thousands of dollars now.

"Then are the photos you took for us worth the money?"

Chen Xing shook his head.

"Actually, it doesn't mean that as long as it is taken by me, it must be valuable. Those photos can only be converted into value after they are sent to the gallery and have a serial number."

After he became famous, too many people studied his style.

Not to mention now, but in the past, before he came to Paris to study, some of his photographer fans could already imitate Chen Xing's color palette a little bit, and shoot very flavorful Chinese-style works.

In this situation, how can we determine whether Chen Xing's works are actually taken by him?

First of all, it depends on personal style.

Chen Xing's personal style is different from most European photographers on the market, so local French collectors can clearly see whether this is "Chen Xing's style".

And then, most importantly, the number of the Perena Gallery.

Only the former, others may only offer a few hundred or a few thousand, and it is not sure whether this photo will be owned by others.But if it is the latter, collectors are willing to sell, and the price is ten times higher to buy this kind of work.

(End of this chapter)