Chapter 596 Sand Sculpture Festival
Early the next morning, everyone got up very early. Because they had to play around today, Liu Jinpeng did not harass Zhang Yu yesterday. The two of them slept peacefully. They ate breakfast in the hotel restaurant. This hotel is not as attentive as Sanya. The breakfast is only served until 9:40. If they get up late, they will be gone. There are more than 40 varieties of breakfast, including Chinese and Western styles.
Liu Jinpeng took two baskets of crab meat buns, and there were only three in one basket. He gave each person a crab meat bun to try it out, and then took another basket at Meiling's request. Zhang Yu brought back a few bowls of black rice porridge. She knew that Meiling and Meihua liked sweets, so she put two spoonfuls of raisins in their bowls. Meiling and Meihua brought back a plate of big meat buns, and each plate of five, and they gave Liu Jinpeng half.
Lin Lin and Eva didn't plan to eat anymore, but staying in the restaurant without eating would look weird, so they took a plate and walked around, picked two steaks and some cakes to eat. Meihua saw Lin Lin's mouth of cream eating the cake, and licked her lips. She asked Liu Jinpeng to help cut two cakes, and took five or six more pieces of mango pudding.
I had enough food for this meal. After eating, I checked in and placed my luggage at the front desk. The group went directly to Shenjiamen Wharf to Zhujiajian by ferry. This small island is the venue of the International Sand Sculpture Art Festival. After getting off the boat from Zhujiajian Wharf, I took a special car on the island and went directly to Xiaotianwan Nansha, at the southern end of the island.
Liu Jinpeng’s travel manual said that the International Sand Sculpture Art Festival was held in Nansha. There is also a sand sculpture park here. All kinds of strange sand sculptures are arranged in a staggered manner in the park for tourists to see. The special car directly sent them to the entrance of the Sand Sculpture Park. Now it is the peak tourist season in Zhoushan, and there is a queue of more than 20 meters at the entrance of the ticket office.
Liu Jinpeng originally wanted to buy tickets by himself, but Eva ran to queue up on the grounds of safety, so he had to take his camera to visit the door and take a few photos of Meiling and Meihua as a souvenir. It took almost half an hour to wait until Eva bought the tickets. The package tickets for Sand Sculpture Park and Beach Sand Sculpture Park are 60 yuan each, and if you want to go into the water on the beach, you have to pay extra.
There are many tourists in the Sand Sculpture Park. You can see various sand sculptures along the way by walking along the road. These sand sculptures have no fences, so many tourists stay, rest, take photos or play around the sand sculptures. There are also many sand sculptures that are missing. It can be seen that there must be people with public morality among the tourists.
Even so, Meiling and Meihua were still very interested. They read the sand sculptures they could know to their elder brothers and sisters one by one. They knew mermaids, seven dwarfs, little seals, the daughter of the sea, Dayu Flood Control, Zheng He's voyage to the West, etc. There were many people they didn't know, so they asked Liu Jinpeng, but he was not omnipotent. He didn't know what some sand sculptures were about.
From the back door of the Shashua Park is a stone road. On the left is a row of private shops. On the right is an artificial river. The river is surrounded by willow trees, and tourists are also sitting on benches by the river to rest. The shop on the right mainly sells some tourist souvenirs, small crafts and swimsuits for swimming in the sea, lifebuoys and floating beds.
There is a shop that can be bargained for the price. There is a shop that sells sand sculptures and souvenirs. They are all handicrafts made of sand and soil, including small monsters, elves, kittens and dogs, and all kinds of weird-looking tools. The big-headed boots made of mud are vivid, and the fish in the fish basin made of sand and mud are also vivid. In addition, there are small handicrafts made of shells and some children's toys, especially water guns, which are very popular among boys. After they enter the shop for a while, two water guns were sold.
The stall owner tried hard to sell her small shovel and iron bucket, saying that if you don’t play sand sculptures by yourself in Nansha, it would be useless. Moreover, you can make sand sculptures by yourself in the beach sand sculpture park, and the tools there are twice as expensive as hers. Liu Jinpeng thought her things were too expensive. A small shovel with poor material costs 50 yuan, and a bucket with white iron costs 70 yuan, which is simply a fat sheep slaughter.
The stall owner saw that he was expensive, so he immediately spoke to Zhang Yu: "This lady, your husband is too unreasonable. Our price is still cheap, and it will be at least doubled when it comes inside."
Zhang Yu didn't want to buy such expensive things. The key is that he had to take them after buying them. He felt it was a pity if he lost them. It was too much energy. The stall owner couldn't speak and said in a second glance: "If you think it's expensive, I have something cheaper here, but it's just for the children to play with. It's not a pity if he loses it."
The stall owner took out a colorful plastic shovel from the bottom of the stall, and pressed the head of the shovel to demonstrate: "Look at this material, it is very hard, and it is good to dig sand, and the price is much cheaper than that. I also have plastic buckets, and other plastic spoons and other shaping tools. You have to buy them together and I will give you discounts."
Liu Jinpeng asked about the price. A plastic shovel costs 10 yuan and a bucket costs 15 yuan. If you buy one, add a spoon and other shaping tools, it will cost a total of 30 yuan. This price is not expensive, and it is not a pity to lose it. Look at the stalls next to it. It seems that many people have bought plastic tools, so Liu Jinpeng also bought a set for Meiling and Meihua to play with sand.
After completing a business, the female boss probably would make half of it. She continued to sell other handicrafts, and she blew the shell necklace into the sky. Unfortunately, Zhang Yu thought this thing was too heavy, Meiling and Meihua didn't like wearing jewelry, Lin Lin and Eva didn't even enter the door, so the female boss had to admit that it had failed.
I continued to visit several shops, and the things sold were similar. However, there were two other shops selling towels and bath towels, which were probably rare. These things were covered with plastic cloth. After a rough look, the best sellers on this street were swimsuits and lifebuoys. Basically, families with children would buy lifebuoys, sometimes one or two. When they arrived at the beach, they realized that the price of selling swimsuits and lifebuoys here was twice as expensive as that on the other side, no wonder they all bought them outside.
Zhang Yu understood the story here and said to Liu Jinpeng with contempt: "These staff who sold twice the price must be partnered with the outside. They deliberately raised the price. After comparing the comparison, tourists had to buy the outside, even the outside was more expensive."
Liu Jinpeng smiled and said, "Their money is not easy to get. They have to be responsible for cracking down on those who are not partners. If someone sells it cheaper, I'm afraid they won't support it."
The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Fortunately, they didn't have to play here, so they didn't have to worry about being plotted. When they arrived at the beach sand sculpture garden, there were indeed iron shovels and iron buckets here, but the quality was much better than outside. At least it was not a steel roll bucket. The price was naturally a little more expensive, but it was definitely not as exaggerated as twice. What's more annoying is that there was actually a rental business here, which could rent shovels and iron buckets. Liu Jinpeng then realized that he was fooled by the female boss just now.
Many families came together and all shouted that they were fooled, thinking that it would be more expensive here, so they bought tools outside, but they didn't expect that there would be rented ones. However, after Liu Jinpeng ran to the rental office to ask, he realized that the rental props were too short and had to wait in line for those who had used up in front to return. Since that was the case, he felt that it was not a loss. Plastic supplies were at least cheap, and they could be given away after they were used up.
There are several ready-made works in the Beach Sand Sculpture Paradise, all produced by artists participating in the International Sand Sculpture Art Festival. The most interesting one is a dwarf Eiffel Tower, and a huge little yellow duck and dozens of cheese cats stacked together in different sizes. The side of the park also provides a venue for tourists to play with sand by themselves. Most of them are having fun there, and there are also a few adults with a childlike heart working hard to pile up sand to prepare for painting.
Meiling and Meihua ran away with tools, and Eva liked to play with sand, so she also went with her to take a look. Liu Jinpeng took Zhang Yu and Linlin to rest under the parasol on the side. This place is worthy of being a tourist area with a high level of development. Parasols are rented for money. One umbrella is paired with two chairs, and there is no bargaining for 60 yuan per hour. Liu Jinpeng asked them to add a chair, but he actually paid an extra 10 yuan.
However, the staff finally knew that paying is God's truth, and they asked if they wanted drinks. They could help deliver them for free. There is no stall selling beverages nearby, so they had to run to the beach door before they could sell them. It was not bad if someone rented a parasol and ran for free. Liu Jinpeng simply bought six bottles of juice at one time, so that people who played with sand had to drink it when they came back.
Drinking drinks and blowing the sea breeze, looking at the bustling beaches and seashores, it was so free. Liu Jinpeng said proudly while drinking: "I have been free for half a day in my life. I wonder how they arranged us at home."
Zhang Yu was a little restless, and she complained: "You also said that you lied to Ye Zi and Liu Liu that there was nothing fun here, and you must be jealous of them when you go back this time."
Liu Jinpeng shouted and said, "I'm not lying. There is no entertainment on the floating island. They are also struggling when they come. Moreover, the beach is over-commercialized, much worse than the Sanya we went to last time. The environment is not as good as Sanya." He would not mention Maldives, so that Zhang Yu would not be unhappy again.
He said that, but Zhang Yu was still worried. She knew that Ye Ling would definitely look at the photos when she went back this time. She would definitely be in trouble. Then she would wait to be complained. Liu Jinpeng was not worried so much. He said enthusiastically: "We will have lunch in the town later, and then go to Wushitang. There are so many pebbles there. Choose a beautiful one to go home as a gift and you will be fine."
Zhang Yu carefully discovered that Liu Jinpeng seemed to be familiar with the place, and asked strangely: "Have you been here before?"
Liu Jinpeng smiled and said, "Yes, I traveled everywhere for a while and spent a lot of money at home."
Zhang Yu asked intentionally: "One person?"
Liu Jinpeng laughed and said, "Sometimes, people are alone, sometimes they are together with other donkeys, and they are destined to meet each other."
Zhang Yu snorted and muttered: "There must be a woman. She is away from home. I heard that she is very open. I don't know how much fishy she ate."
Chapter completed!