The moving workers were stunned for a moment, but they became silent after learning what was going on. The entire lively courtyard could only hear his cry for a moment.
A minute later, he suddenly stopped crying. Just like Chen Xing did before, he numbered the photos accordingly.
Neatly and carefully put it into the small box, then stood up holding the box.
"I'm sorry for letting you see this side of me. What's your name, sir?"
"This is a very surprising family relationship. What is there to be sorry for? My name is Chen Xing, you can just call me Xing."
"Okay, Xing, my name is Franz Kurban, can you wait for me?" Chen Xing nodded.
Franz put the box on a car, then went into the house to tidy up his condition before coming out.
During this time, Chen Xing also saw the appearance of the former male owner of this room among the pile of things to be thrown outside. He was a fat man with a red mark on his face, and he looked like a Viking.
When Franz came out of the house, he was no different from when he first saw him. However, when he walked to Chen Xing, he still said with emotion: "I originally thought this was just a useless old film, but I almost missed it. Xing, thank you very much this time.”
"No need to thank you, I just saw it casually." Thinking about it from another perspective, this is definitely the most important treasure in this house, but to outsiders it is really not something worthy of praise. They just discovered this thing and put it Brought downstairs.
Franz originally wanted to give Chen Xing a large sum of money, but he didn't look like Chen Xing was in need of money. After thinking about it, he said, "Then I must treat you to dinner. Those photos remind me of I bought a Chinese restaurant, the only Chinese restaurant here." He has dealt with Chinese people and knows that Chinese people like to treat guests as a way of thanking them.
Chen Xing originally wanted to find a hotel first, but it was already very late now, and he didn't want to wait until dark before finding a place to stay, but Franz agreed to the matter.
Chen Xing, who had no worries, hesitantly agreed... If he hadn't just eaten, Chen Xing would have nodded quickly and would have eaten nothing.
Franz was relieved. He looked at the time and shouted to the people still in the house: "It's too late. Everyone, please go back. Is there anything else you want? Everyone?" Useful and valuable. Everything was picked away, and the remaining people went in to take a look, and came out when they heard Franz's shout.
Workers who didn't know where they came from were putting all the things they had packed up on a small truck. Franz didn't care about this anymore. He drove the car in front of Chen Xing and said, "Let's go, Xing." Chen Xing got into the car and smelled a little alcohol.
Franz said: "That restaurant is on Valentine Gaumont Street. My classmate in high school was a Chinese. He often went to eat in that restaurant. I don't know if it is still open now. I haven't been back for a long time. ,not sure."
"It doesn't matter, I've eaten before, just eat whatever you want." Franz drove the car and asked Chen Xing to look at the streets outside, and said: "There are many hotels and hotels here, both here and Saint-Marcel." The cities are connected, so the area of the city is very large. You must be right to choose to travel here." Franz kept introducing the attractions here to Chen Xing, and Chen Xing nodded in agreement from time to time.
But in fact he is only here for one night and will go to Rouen tomorrow. If there are any interesting places, Chen Xing wouldn't mind staying one more day and going to Rouen during his next vacation. However, it sounds like the attractions here are mediocre, and they are just a inferior substitute for Giverny in terms of scenery.
After all, it is too close to Giverny, and everyone is rushing to Monet's Garden, so few people pay attention to Vernon next to them.
"That store is still there!" Franz said happily. He was happy that this small town still had its familiar mark.
When his father was here, he only came back once every few months. Now that his parents are gone, it is probably more difficult to think of coming back here in the future.
So he came out this time not only to treat Chen Xing to something to eat, but more importantly, he wanted to see more of this town.
When Chen Xing walked into this restaurant and saw that the chef was a foreigner, he had no expectations for this Chinese restaurant. He had never seen many foreigners cooking Chinese food well, especially abroad.
Alas, let’s wait until we get back from vacation to have a few good meals. Since he had eaten before, Chen Xing didn't let Franz order too much. Franz didn't have a great appetite because of his father's affairs, so he didn't eat much during this meal but drank a lot of beer.
The wine table is the best place to enhance the relationship between two men. China is the most famous for this, but it’s not that other countries don’t have this culture. It can be said that people all over the world can make friends by drinking.
The topic inevitably turned up Franz's father. He drank a glass of beer in one gulp and said, "My dad doesn't like to talk."
"At that time, he had just signed a work contract, but my mother had an accident. He paid a lot of liquidated damages in order to come back early, but he still couldn't recover anything. I blame him very much." Franz looked at him Erratic, lost in memories.
"During that time, our family suddenly became financially strapped, partly because of the liquidated damages and partly because of my mother's accident. The two of us had to deal with matters in life. He didn't know what it meant to be polite. Sometimes I get into quarrels with people when I’m buying food in the supermarket.”
"So I rush to do a lot of things, and I complain a lot about him in my heart."
"Later I found a job abroad and left home. I came back only once in a long time. Every time he would go out early and wait for me in the yard. I liked it very much when he took pictures. When he raised the camera, he was very quiet and not at all. Like him in life."
"I originally thought that our cold war would last for a long time, until one of us was willing to accommodate the other's temper. I thought that when he was too old to walk, I would take the initiative to apologize to him and see if he was willing to stay. France is better to go to the UK. Although the nursing homes in France are far away from me, they are much better than those in the UK."
"But I didn't expect..." At this point, Franz shed tears again.
"My condolences..." Chen Xing said. It is rare for a man in his thirties to shed tears, but what happened today is different after all. Anyone who sees those photos will be very emotional, especially when they see that there is one less person in the picture.
And now, even the person who took the photo is gone. Parents are here, but there is still a place to come in life. Parents are gone, and there is only a way back in life. No matter how strong a tough guy is, he will be as helpless as a child when encountering such a thing. No one can help them, because few people can empathize with it.
Chen Xing couldn't comfort him and just drank with him. After a while, he remembered his two friends in the town and called them.
To be honest, Chen Xing really relaxed after the others arrived. He couldn't drink enough and wanted to go to bed a long time ago.
Handing Franz, who was also drunk, to them, Chen Xing found a nearby hotel and stayed in it. …………I had a long sleep this time.
It was already past nine o'clock when Chen Xing was woken up by a phone call the next day. The call was from Franz. They exchanged contact information yesterday. They were still grateful and said that if Chen Xing wanted to visit Vernon, he could be a tour guide. However, Chen Xing decided to go to Rouen and refused.
The most famous place near Vernon is Monet's Garden, and you can't go back again. After washing up, I changed into another set of clothes, went downstairs and went straight to the station.
Rouen is a large city located in the Normandy region. But for tourists, this place is too remote. So remote that few people who come to France are willing to include it in their travel itinerary. Most tourists go to Southern France in addition to Paris.
Just like Chen Xing's choice when he first came to France. Normandy was once an independent principality. It was later divided into Upper Normandy and Lower Normandy by the French government. In the past few years, it was integrated into a Normandy region. Its heart is here, Rouen.
Chen Xing mainly has two impressions of this place, Monet's painting "Rouen Cathedral", and a world-famous girl, Joan of Arc.
Joan of Arc's popularity largely stems from various literary works and game works. It is estimated that many people do not know that she is a Frenchman who once led the French against the British army and was once written into the Chinese textbook.
After being captured, the British publicly burned Joan to death in Rouen in order to destroy the resistance spirit of the French. The girl was not yet 20 years old when she was burned to death.
Later, people built a Joan of Arc church on the site where she was executed. Why is it a church again?
No way, traveling in Europe is inseparable from religious holy places. Most European cities develop around churches. Every time you go to a European city, there must be a church among the top three attractions.
When the train entered Rouen, it was raining in Rouen. Rouen is not close to the sea, but the cold wind from the English Channel still blows here, and the light rain is pattering. Although it is difficult to wet people's clothes, it makes the main theme of this city seem a bit gloomy.
It was a good time to come to France as my first time abroad. Because when Chen Xing came to Rouen, he found that the architectural style here had changed. It was neither the tough Italian style of southern France nor the French classical style of the small town of Giverny, but a new architectural style.
Norman architecture. This style should also be derived from Rome, which is also the root of most European architecture. The style is characterized by the usual Romanesque round arches. Churches built in this style are particularly visually stunning.
Ordinary houses are also very good. The exterior walls of the houses are generally decorated with wooden frames and wooden strips, with different colors, lengths, and widths. At first glance, they look messy, but after a long look, they feel quite beautiful and very distinctive.
Chen Xing didn't even go to the hotel where he had booked to put his backpack, and rushed directly towards the most conspicuous building in the city.
Since France is full of low houses, churches with tall towers are particularly easy to find, and you won’t get lost without navigation.
Standing in front of the Rouen Cathedral, Chen Xing tried many angles but was unable to take a panoramic view of the church.
Eyes wide with anger!
"If I had known, I would have brought the wide-angle lens with me!" Putting away the camera, Chen Xing stepped forward and approached the main entrance of the church. The exquisite carvings on the wall exuded a charming charm.
Push open the heavy door. Then I was shocked instantly. This was not the first time for Chen Xing to visit a church. He had been to Notre Dame de Paris and the Sacred Heart Church. He had also been to the church there in Nice. It could be said that he had a great understanding of French church architecture, but in such a remote place He was not mentally prepared to see a building bigger than Paris or a church in Nice.
There are no lights in the church, the surrounding walls are very high, and the long corridor lobby is a bit dark. The light only exists behind the statue of God in front. It shines on the statue of God, making everyone who comes in feel a sense of darkness. A sacred breath.
Listening to the hymn coming from the front and looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Xing still felt a little excited.
This is how modern people face such scenes. In ancient times, those people who had not studied and had no knowledge would probably be captured the moment they came in, right?
Then become the most faithful believer. The more shocking a religion is, the more people will believe it. Chen Xing saw that others were taking photos, and no one seemed to push them away. He also took a photo, and then walked to the side to give the people behind him the best viewing position.
There are wooden benches on both sides of the church. From the entrance to the front row, Chen Xing feels that there are at least forty rows, or fifty or sixty rows are possible. It is too long and it is difficult to estimate it directly. .
Chen Xing did not sit down, but walked forward along the two-meter-wide passage in the middle. There were no windows or lights at the back, so it was very dark, but when you walked to the front, it was bright. Not only did the windows open at the front, but candlesticks were lit where performances and singing were performed. There were many candlesticks, and each candlestick had five candles. It was very bright. .
There were many people sitting in the seats near the front, and they were singing the hymns. It felt like they were all ordinary people.
But the person playing the instrument was standing, a middle-aged man playing the violin, and there was another piano player in the back.
Chen Xing admired it for a while before leaving to see other things. The Crucifixion of God in this church is the best one Chen Xing has seen. It has six huge candles, with kneeling angels on both sides, and an altar-like stone table on the other side. But I don't know what it is for.
The stained glass windows in the church are also very beautiful and should describe tasks and scenes from biblical stories.
Chen Xing took some photos of the glass to enjoy later. He was well versed in religious paintings. Chen Xing stayed here for half an hour before leaving with satisfaction with countless photos. However, while visiting Rouen, Chen Xing accidentally walked into an alley that looked like an ancient Chinese town.
Large bluestone slabs pave the long alleys. In the light rain today. Could there be a lilac-like woman passing by here?
