Chapter 229: You Don't Play with Fire

In Lu Yan He's memory, he seemed to have never participated in such a large-scale traditional activity.

Whether before crossing or after crossing, he was a typical "modern city school".

His growing environment was almost "de-traditional". Except for traditional festivals like the Spring Festival, Lu Yan He had never participated in regional traditional activities like "treading lanterns" even once.

Therefore, encountering such an activity in Jiangzhi this time, Lu Yan He's feeling was very fresh, and even had a kind of bewilderment, frequently glimpsing a trance between ancient and modern times.

Jiangzhi was originally a very ancient city. Its modernization process was not developed. Many buildings even retained the charm of ancient times. There were wooden houses, buildings from the Republic of China period, old-fashioned buildings from the 60s and 70s, and of course, renovated houses. They were embedded in every corner of this city in an orderly manner. They clearly came from different periods, but were shrouded in the same atmosphere.

Especially at night, the light was not so bright, the huge buildings became shadowy, and many young men and women wearing ancient styles carried lanterns and shuttled through this city, which gave people this feeling even more.

Lu Yan He walked onto the Mother-Son Bridge, stood at the bridgehead, and saw people carrying lanterns on both sides of the river.

"Really beautiful," Xin Zixing stood beside him and made a sigh from the bottom of Lu Yan He's heart.

Lu Yan He said: "I dare not imagine, in ancient times, how beautiful this picture would be."

Small bridges and flowing water, the moon on the branches.

Xin Zixing: "It's also beautiful now, this is really scenery that can't be seen anywhere else."

Lu Yan He sorted out his emotions a little, so as not to be too immersed in the influence this night brought him.

"Brother He, Sister-in-law, have you participated in such an activity?" Lu Yan He turned to look at the two of them.

Liu Yiyi smiled and nodded, saying: "He proposed to me on this day."

"Ah?" Lu Yan He and Xin Zixing and the others immediately looked at Liu Yiyi with surprise, "When was that?"

He Yunlan took Liu Yiyi's hand and said: "The year we graduated."

A look of envy appeared on Xin Zixing's face.

At this moment, a touch of indescribable thought flowed in the eyes of both Lu Yan He and Xin Zixing.

"Hey, isn't that the young lady we met at the teahouse this afternoon?" Xiao Mei suddenly pointed to a woman dressed up at the bridgehead. She didn't choose ancient costumes, but was still wearing a wine-red long dress, her hair was loosely pulled up, which had a unique charm.

The most critical thing is that the woman who said she was not interested in participating in the treading lanterns activity at the teahouse that afternoon was now carrying a lantern in her hand.

"..."

Lu Yan He and Xin Zixing couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

The filming continued until 10:30 in the evening.

Xin Zixing said: "There are fewer people on the street, and we have filmed enough material, why don't we go eat something together?"

He Yunlan said: "Exactly, I'll take you to eat, you see what you want to eat?"

Lu Yan He said: "Brother He, you guys have to go to work early tomorrow, right? It's already troublesome for you and Sister-in-law to accompany us for a whole night, don't accompany us anymore, we'll find one ourselves."

He Yunlan looked at Liu Yiyi, and seeing that she had no opinion, he said with a smile: "After walking for a whole night, we are also hungry, it's comfortable to go back to sleep after eating, it's fine, we usually sleep at twelve, not that early."

Only then did Lu Yan He nod.

Everyone went to a barbecue restaurant together.

With He Yunlan leading the way, the barbecue restaurant they arrived at was actually in a small corner on the edge of the residential area, looking lively, bypassing a locust tree, and then passing through a small alley, the smoke and fire suddenly became rare.

However, the business of this barbecue restaurant was still very good, and the small tables at the entrance were full of people.

Seeing from afar, Xin Zixing couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Are there still seats here?"

"Rest assured, Yunlan has already called the boss in advance and left a private room for us," Liu Yiyi said with a smile.

Liu Yiyi is really too gentle.

Lu Yan He couldn't help but look at Liu Yiyi a few more times.

After eating and drinking, Lu Yan He listened to the noisy sound outside, supported his chin with one hand, and was a bit dazed.

Xin Zixing was chatting with He Yunlan and Liu Yiyi, chatting very happily.

It was He Yunlan who noticed that Lu Yan He was distracted. He leaned close to his ear and asked in a low voice: "Are you sleepy?"

Lu Yan He came back to his senses, shook his head, and said with a smile: "No, not sleepy, just full, and walked for a whole day, a bit didn't want to talk."

"Is it very busy to work as an artist while studying like you?" He Yunlan asked.

Lu Yan He pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said: "Actually, it's okay. When I was a high school senior, I basically didn't do any artist work. It was only after the exam that I started to take on more work, and I like these jobs very much. It's what I like to do, including filming this city documentary. I only came to Jiangzhi for one day, but the atmosphere here is great, it's a city atmosphere I have never felt before."

He Yunlan asked with a smile: "Small city atmosphere? Yuming is indeed different from here, Yuming is an international metropolis after all."

"It's not just this difference, it's that as soon as I arrived here, I felt like I breathed a sigh of relief. Not to mention anything else, the air is much better than Yuming," Lu Yan He scratched his head with a smile, "And, I especially like the feeling of being lively wherever I go, not the kind of liveliness with many people, but it seems that on a road, there are very few people alone, all in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing, there is no barrier, and it is rare to see people without expressions."

In Yuming, if you walk on the road, you will find that most people are alone, walking in a hurry, with no expressions on their faces. The more people there are, the more such people there are. It looks lively, but it's actually just the liveliness of many people.

He Yunlan said: "I have always felt that Jiangzhi is a place very suitable for everyone to take a small vacation, three or five days, live here, the climate here is good, and there are many things to eat, drink, and play, but the transportation is too inconvenient."

Speaking of this, a look of regret appeared on He Yunlan's face, "If the geographical location here were better, everyone might be more willing to come."

Lu Yan He didn't know what to say when he heard He Yunlan's words.

It is indeed the case.

It takes too much time to come to Jiangzhi once.

The transportation on the road is very inconvenient.

However, if the transportation were really that convenient, and there were many tourists, Jiangzhi might not be able to maintain the current city atmosphere.

Lu Yan He thought for a while and said: "I hope this episode can let more people know about Jiangzhi."

He Yunlan nodded, "We don't have any big enterprises or big industries here, and the economy is not very developed. In recent years, the city has always hoped to create Jiangzhi's culture and tourism brand and develop the tourism industry. I also feel that this place is very suitable for this, so I have been working hard to let more people know about Jiangzhi, but now it seems that it is not so easy to make everyone willing to come to a remote city for tourism. We spent a lot of effort, but we couldn't attract anyone to come."

Mainly because there are too many cities developing the tourism industry now.

The tourism industry is too good at driving the local economy. As long as people come, everything can be driven.

Before Jiangzhi's transportation situation is effectively solved, it is difficult to attract tourists on a large scale.

Here, the per capita monthly income may only be a little over 1,500. Like a civil servant like He Yunlan, the annual income is less than 100,000.

Of course, this income is enough for them to live locally.

But if the city doesn't develop, it will only become more and more decadent. Although Jiangzhi is not He Yunlan's hometown, it has become his second hometown because of his son-in-law status. Of course, he hopes to see this city develop and see everyone's life get better.

Lu Yan He sincerely hopes this time that this episode can drive everyone to be interested in Jiangzhi and be willing to come to Jiangzhi for a visit.

On the way back to the inn, Lu Yan He said to Xin Zixing: "Sister Zixing, if possible, why don't you put this episode of the video online on Wednesday or Thursday."

Xin Zixing was a bit surprised and asked: "What's wrong? Is there any particularity?"

"I'm just thinking, can this allow people who have watched the video and are interested in Jiangzhi to use the weekend time to come here to play," Lu Yan He said, "It's unrealistic for people as far away as us, but people in places like Jiangguang only need a few hours to come over, it should be OK, right? Maybe tomorrow we can go to all the places we didn't go to today? This way, the charm of Jiangzhi can be shown more in the program."

Xin Zixing understood Lu Yan He's intention instantly.

"You chatted a lot with Director He just now, you weren't chatting about this, right?"

"No, this is what I just thought of, I just... yeah, I like it here very much," Lu Yan He said, "I really hope that our coming here to film this program can bring some positive effects to this place."

Xin Zixing patted Lu Yan He on the shoulder and said: "Yan He, I understand your idea, but, sister is a few years older than you, and has also experienced the stage you are in, sister wants to tell you, many times we all hope to achieve a certain goal, but it is actually very difficult, just like coming to Jiangzhi to do this episode, I am the same as you, hoping to attract more people to be willing to come to Jiangzhi to play and visit, but the core idea of our filming this episode is to be able to introduce different cities to the audience and show the charm of different cities. As for what role this episode can play in the end and how many tourists can be attracted to come here, this is not something we can control, nor is it something we can estimate. What we can do is to do a good job of what is at hand, and as for what the result is, we can only wait and see."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Just like what you told me this afternoon, task-based filming will affect the quality of the program. If we film this program with a utilitarian purpose, it will also affect the quality of the program," Xin Zixing said, "Having beautiful hopes is no problem, but our work is mainly to do a good job of the program, and the premise of doing a good job of the program is what you said, we are in a good state ourselves, eating, drinking, and playing happily, so everyone will sincerely feel that this is a place worth coming to, don't have performances, and don't have disguises, just convey our most real feelings to everyone."

Lu Yan He was enlightened.

When he arrived at the inn, Lu Yan He was already very tired.

He said: "Then I'll go back to the room to rest first."

Xin Zixing nodded and said: "We'll take the microphone off for you first."

Actually, the time is not late now, but Lu Yan He walked outside all day today, the number of steps is estimated to be almost over 30,000, Lu Yan He really felt a bit tired and just wanted to lie on the bed.

However, just when Xiao Mei was helping him take off the microphone, the sound of the suitcase wheels rolling on the road suddenly sounded from far to near.

Everyone heard the sound and turned their heads curiously. Lu Yan He also turned his head to look, and a girl wearing a white shirt and a dark blue long dress, looking like a girl who had just walked out of an anime, appeared in front of them.

This girl had hair as long as seaweed, and her fair skin still exuded a luster like a pearl under the illumination of the street lamp.

Her eyes fell on Lu Yan He, and immediately had a joyful luster.

"Lu Yan He!"

"Lin... Miaomiao?" Lu Yan He looked at this girl who appeared in front of him in surprise, and was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.

At the same time, the eyes of the other people in the filming crew all fell on Lu Yan He.

The expressions on their faces all presented the same kind of ambiguous color.

Lin Miaomiao pulled the suitcase to Lu Yan He, and was also carrying a lantern in her hand.

She lifted it up, showed it to Lu Yan He, and said: "Just now on the way here, someone gave me a lantern."

Lu Yan He: "Do you know what it means for someone to give you a lantern tonight?"

"Know, like me, treading lanterns," Lin Miaomiao nodded immediately, "I told him, I like the lantern very much, I accepted it, but I don't accept the confession of a stranger, so he left."

Lu Yan He looked at Lin Miaomiao in shock.

Can there still be this kind of operation?

Lin Miaomiao pointed to the inn behind them and asked: "You guys are staying here, right?"

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Then it seems I didn't book the wrong place," Lin Miaomiao showed a smile like a sigh of relief.

Lu Yan He turned his head to look at Xin Zixing and the others.

Xin Zixing immediately said: "Then you guys talk first, we'll go in first."

Lu Yan He asked: "Then do we still need an interview tonight?"

"No interview, what interview," Xin Zixing said directly, "You guys talk about yours."

Lin Miaomiao curled her lips and said: "Then you help me take the suitcase in, I'll check in first."

After saying that, Lin Miaomiao followed Xin Zixing and the others into the inn.

Chen Liang, who was usually quiet, looked at Lu Yan He standing in place and asked: "Need help?"

Lu Yan He said embarrassedly: "No need."

He felt that he didn't see it wrong, he indeed saw a touch of teasing in Chen Liang's eyes.

How could Lin Miaomiao suddenly run to Jiangzhi?

After this question popped up in Lu Yan He's mind, it never went down again.

It wasn't until Lin Miaomiao finished checking in and Lu Yan He helped her carry the suitcase to the second floor that Lu Yan He asked: "Weren't you going to Baichuan to meet friends?"

"Met them, so I came here to find you to play," Lin Miaomiao said.

Lu Yan He said: "I came here to work, there is still a day of filming tomorrow, and I will go back in the evening."

Lin Miaomiao nodded and said: "Then I will go back with you, is it possible that you are not happy to see me appear here?"

"Not unhappy, just a bit confused."

"Then you don't need to be confused now," Lin Miaomiao asked, "Is there anything to eat nearby? I want to eat something, I'm hungry."

Lu Yan He said: "There seemed to be a restaurant on the way back just now."

"Then let's go eat together," Lin Miaomiao said, "My treat."

Lu Yan He said: "I can accompany you, but I won't eat, I already ate with them just now."

"You already ate?" Lin Miaomiao heard this and sighed, "Then forget it, I won't eat either."

"Yeah?" Lu Yan He looked at Lin Miaomiao inexplicably, "Didn't you just say you were hungry?"

"Then you don't eat, just watch me eat, how boring it is for me to eat alone," Lin Miaomiao said, "Forget it, sleep first, it's very late, I'll get up early tomorrow to eat breakfast, what time do you usually get up?"

"Me? I get up at six, I have to run in the morning."

"Six o'clock?" Lin Miaomiao looked at him in shock, "How can you get up so early?"

"Morning run."

Lin Miaomiao took a deep breath, "Fine, I know."

She waved her hand, carried the suitcase into her room, and closed the door.

Lu Yan He returned to his room.

After a while, Xin Zixing's message was sent: Young man, sister reminds you, you don't play with fire. ===== CHAPTER 230 =====