Thirty-Nine, Spring Outing

  On April 6th, Saturday at one o'clock in the afternoon, all the students of Class Three gathered at the entrance of the boys' dormitory and went on a spring outing under the leadership of Teacher Lu.

  This spring outing plan was initially set during the Lantern Festival at Teacher Lu's home. The successful dance party last week provided strong financial support for this trip. The class fees are in Lin Fanghua's backpack, and to prevent loss, Dai Ping and Liang Jiahui were appointed by the class committee as her escorts.

  At first, Fang Hua didn't pay much attention, but later realized that the two bodyguards were indeed following her closely, either flanking her or guarding her from the front and back. Alas! The future great doctor and great scholar serving as her bodyguards was truly a matter of face. After getting on the car, Lin Fang Hua found a seat by the window and sat down, then saw Dai Ping sitting in the seat in front of her, while Liang Jiahui stood beside her and was about to sit down.

  Fang Hua suddenly took off her backpack and put it on the seat, looking up at him with a smile: "Don't you need to stick close as bodyguards? Look around, all the students are sitting in front of and behind us, what's going to happen? You can keep an eye on me after we get off!" Liang Jiahui rubbed his nose, smiled and sat down beside Dai Ping.

  Fang Hua picked up her school bag again, just about to call out to Wang Ju who was still standing at the car door to come over and sit down, but unexpectedly Liao Xuan quickly walked over and sat down, starting a conversation with herself.

  Fang Hua couldn't help but touch her nose, this Liao Shan is indeed a drunkard whose interest lies not in wine!

  Don't look at her being almost two years older than herself, but she is the most innocent girl in the dormitory. Maybe because of a good family and being an only daughter, people who have no setbacks generally don't have any tricks up their sleeves, and everything is written clearly on their face. Everyone in the dorm knows her "secret". Because when she mentions someone, her voice always changes involuntarily, and her face also becomes slightly shy. It's just that she never admits it.

  From her active invitation to dance at the last ball, Liao Shan should have started putting this good feeling into action. And this time, her purpose of sitting together with herself is also nothing more than attracting someone's attention!

  Outside the car window is a beautiful spring scene with red flowers and green willows, while inside the car, young people are full of energy and vitality.

  Which young man is not sentimental? Which maiden does not cherish love?

  How could these tender loves be absent in the prime of youth!

  After driving for more than an hour, we arrived in Dujiangyan City, not far from Chengdu. This place was originally named Guanxian County, and it has been less than two years since the county was abolished and a city was established, so everyone still follows the old habit of calling it Guanxian County.

  Come here to see what, of course, is to see the world-renowned water conservancy project - Dujiangyan.

  Lin Fanghua had never been here before, only admired the name for a long time. Because the research institute arranged employee tours almost every year, they were all outside the province, such as Hangzhou and Guilin, or within the province, such as Emei Mountain, Leshan and Qingchengshan Dujiangyan. However, both parents are busy people and rarely take tourist vacations. After growing up, he was also busy with work and rarely went out for tourism.

  Years later, when Yu Qiuyu's "Cultural Travels" became popular at home and abroad, she also read the article "Dujiangyan". To be honest, Old Yu's writing is really good, his descriptions of scenery, objects, emotions, and arguments are all superior to others. The so-called "wonderful brush that gives birth to flowers" is indeed like this. The article "Dujiangyan" is especially brilliant, and was later selected for middle school textbooks.

  However, at that time, Lao Yu's book had not been published yet. Even without his propaganda and promotion, Dujiangyan still has a high status in the hearts of Chinese people.

  Standing on the bridge at Dujiangyan, looking out, the Min River rushes forward, with a thunderous roar, like rain, and the mist that fills the sky, as well as the cool air from the snowy mountains, makes one's spirit invigorated. Such a magnificent scene truly has the momentum of "my family's river water first emerges, the great river stretches out endlessly".

  The majestic river water comes to the ancient dam, but has no choice but to flow quietly between the two banks of the embankment, even if it is reluctant, there is nothing that can be done.

  Looking out at the embankment made of egg-shaped stones in bamboo baskets, some things that looked like colorful flags and streamers could be vaguely seen. Mr. Lu said that they were probably used by local people for the water-releasing ceremony on Qingming Festival yesterday and had not been cleaned up yet. A great project that has been standing for over 2,000 years, isn't it worth the respect of the people?

  After seeing the stone inscription of Li Bing's six-character motto "Deep excavation and low dam construction", the classmates also left quietly with admiration for the wisdom of the ancients. Zhu Ruo Jin from Tianjin, however, was still enthusiastic about taking pictures in front of the stone inscription.

  Lin Fanghua took pictures of her with his own camera while asking: "Why are you so interested in these few words?"

  Although very tall, Zhu Luojin is elegant and refined, not at all like a northern girl. She said: "My dad is from the Tianjin Water Conservancy Survey and Design Institute. Those people who have been working on water conservancy for their whole lives especially admire Li Bing. I've heard so much about it since I was little, so I feel particularly close to Dujiangyan and Li Bing! If it weren't for the fact that working in water conservancy requires traveling all over the country and is too tiring, I might have studied water conservancy myself!"

  "Really? I didn't expect you to be a fan of Li Bing!"

  "What is a fan?" Zhu Yanjin was confused by this new term.

  Lin Fanghua patted his head and quickly explained, "A fan is just the English word 'fans', it means admirer or supporter."

  Zhu Yanjin smiled: "You learned English like this and passed the sixth level!"

  Behind came Dai Ping's voice: "Zhu Roujin, after being in contact with Lin Fanghua for a long time, you will know that she sometimes says some strange and weird words. What 'faint' means is to pass out, 'nourishing the eyes' means good-looking, 'dinosaur' refers to an ugly woman, 'frog' refers to an ugly man, 'big shrimp' refers to a formidable expert, and 'vegetable bird' refers to a low-level newcomer."

  Lin Fanghua took a look and saw that although the two bodyguards were not following her every step, they were still keeping within five steps of her.

  Liao Shan beside her also chuckled and said: "Yes, Lin Fanghua scolds people in a very artistic way, calling others brainless."

  Fang Hua was taken aback, then raised an eyebrow and said: "What's the big deal? Haven't you heard old folks insult people by saying - are you suffering from Down syndrome? (Note: This is a genetic disorder, also known as congenital intellectual disability, with low intelligence at birth. The genius conductor Zhou Zhou is a patient with this disease.) For medical students, it's too easy to scold without using dirty words."

  Others think that's true. When medical students scold people, as long as they say a string of obscure disease names, they can confuse others.

  As she gazed down at the river water under Anlan Bridge, Zhu Ruo Jin couldn't help but sigh: "I came here to study, and my greatest impression is that the water here is just too good. Look at this Min River, so green, so clear, and it irrigates the fertile land of Tianfu Country for thousands of miles. It's truly worthy of being called the Mother River."

  Tianjin's past water quality was indeed very famous, and Zhu Ruojin also had a feeling of being inspired.

  Lin Fanghua smiled and said: "I heard that in the past, Tianjin's tap water could be used to make pickled vegetables. Is it true?"

  "That's terrible! Salty and bitter, undrinkable!"

  "Later on, wasn't it diverted into Tianjin? It should be much better now!"

  Zhu Yanjin shook his head and said: "It's better than before, but compared to the water here, it's still far behind."

  Classmates chatted and laughed, hastily visiting the Anlan Iron Bridge, Erwang Temple, Baodingkou and other scenic spots, then gathered to go to Guanxian Railway Station and took a bus to Qingcheng Mountain.