Chapter 70 Qingming Festival
Spending Qingming Festival without flowers and wine, I feel as lonely as a wild monk.
Yesterday I asked for new fire from my neighbor, and shared it with the reading lamp in the morning window.
Qingming Festival is an important tradition for Chinese people to worship ancestors and remember their ancestors. However, for Gu Junhao now, there is nothing to remember. He doesn’t even know where his ancestors are. The only benefit is that he gets three days of vacation.
"Let's go, let's go." You don't have to worship your ancestors, you can still go out for a trip. During the rare three-day Qingming holiday, Gu Junhao planned to go out for a trip with Zhang Yiru.
During the three-day holiday, they didn't travel far, so they decided to go to Putuo Mountain in the neighboring city to burn incense and worship Buddha, which is also a way to pay homage to their ancestors, and take in the beautiful scenery at the same time.
In addition to being an important place for burning incense and worshiping Buddha, the scenery on the island is also very beautiful. Unlike most scenic spots which are dirty and messy, Putuo Mountain is very clean, which is what Gu Junhao likes more.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Gu Junhao drove to Baifeng Wharf, parked the car and bought a boat ticket. Baifeng Wharf has direct speedboat tickets to Putuo Mountain, and it takes more than an hour to reach Putuo Mountain.
Gu Junhao and his companion planned to stay on the island for three days and two nights and return on the afternoon of the 7th. This was enough time for them to have fun without delaying Zhang Yiru's work.
After getting off the boat, the two checked their tickets and entered the island. The tickets and hotel had been booked before they came. During the tourist season, the cost of accommodation on the island has increased a lot.
As soon as you enter the island, you can feel the coming and going of people. It feels great to not need to wear a mask and be able to see everyone's face clearly.
The weather on the island in April was still a little cold, so the two came to the hotel, put their luggage away, and rested for a while without going out to play immediately. Then they went to a seafood stall on the island to have a meal.
The seafood stalls in Putuo Mountain are not very famous, but there are some fresh goods from time to time. They are definitely much better than Beicang. The two ordered some seafood and started eating casually.
"This fish is pretty good and quite fresh. Do you think it's wild?" Zhang Yiru pointed to the yellow croaker in the bowl. This is a common dish in Ningbo and Zhoushan, stewed yellow croaker with snow vegetables.
"What are you thinking? There aren't that many wild ones now. They're all farmed. But you can still go fishing now . When the fishing ban comes, these will be more expensive."
During the fishing ban period, seafood is scarce on the market, the prices of most fish and shrimps will increase significantly , and there are not many varieties to choose from.
Not all people living by the sea can eat seafood without any scruples, and it is also very expensive. We can only say that there are more varieties and higher freshness than in the mainland.
When traveling, Gu Junhao doesn't like the rush of checking in at various attractions. In his opinion, going to a place, even if not going anywhere, and staying leisurely in the hotel is much more comfortable than a crazy check-in tour.
Eat local delicacies and slowly appreciate the scenery. Even if there are regrets of not going to the places you want to go, these are all very good experiences and a compliment to life.
He also doesn't like traveling on a budget. Gu Junhao admires the willpower of those who travel on a budget, but if he were to do it alone, he wouldn't be able to do it. He prefers the kind of travel that is prepared, both in terms of money and various travel strategies.
In short, do whatever makes you comfortable.
The three-day and two-night itinerary is more than enough for two people to visit all over the island, including some well-known attractions such as Puji Temple, Foding Mountain, Fayu Temple, as well as some less famous small attractions. The last stop on the last day was the Nanhai Guanyin Buddha in Zizhulin. After worshipping here, the two people left the island.
Looking at the giant Buddha, Gu Junhao knelt down reverently and bowed in front of the Buddha.
"I don't know how they are doing in the other world." Gu Junhao thought of his parents in his previous life. He didn't know whether he had really died in an accident or had swapped bodies with the original owner.
If I died unexpectedly, I don’t know how my parents would feel. I hope I can swap bodies with the original owner so that there will be someone to take care of my parents when they are old.
"Xiao Gu, what wish did you make?" Zhang Yiru watched Gu Junhao bow down devoutly, stand up and then stand there blankly, thinking that he had made some extraordinary wish.
There is a saying when coming to Putuo Mountain, that is, if you make a wish in the first year, you have to come here for three consecutive years. If the wish is fulfilled, you have to come back to fulfill the wish. I don’t know where this saying came from.
"Ah? I didn't make any wish, I just thought of something. What about you, what wish did you make?" Gu Junhao came back to his senses and asked Zhang Yiru.
"I won't tell you, let's go back."
"Well, let's go."
Traveling is also a very important step for couples to deepen their relationship. When traveling, it can be seen whether the couple considers each other and whether the person who plans the itinerary has thought things through.
Overall, both were quite satisfied with the trip and agreed to take a longer, in-depth tour across the country next time if they have the chance.
After returning home and resting for a night, Zhang Yiru went back to work the next day, while Gu Junhao continued to trade stocks.
On April 8, Tuesday, the first trading day after the holiday, affected by the overnight plunge in U.S. stocks, both markets opened lower, with the Shanghai Composite Index opening at 2054.53 points and the ChiNext Index opening at 1335.39 points.
Dafu Technology opened at 23.25 yuan, 1.2% lower.
After the opening, funds quickly returned, driving the two markets to fluctuate higher. Especially in the Shanghai market, heavyweight stocks performed strongly today.
Stimulated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission's issuance of information , bank stocks became the leading sector today and were favored by major funds.
Heavyweight sectors such as banks, securities firms, and coal rose in turn, theme stocks were also relatively active, with sectors such as military industry leading the gains.
The ChiNext was also driven by this atmosphere and began to gradually rebound after hitting the bottom. Dafu Technology also began to rebound after pulling back to the five-day line at 9:48.
"Today should be the day for the main board, and the ChiNext is just a follow-up rebound, but this is also a good thing."
Any increase is always better than no increase. Today, major funds have entered into weighty sectors such as banks on a large scale, and the weights have taken turns to protect the market. There has been no capital outflow leading to a sharp drop in small and medium-sized start-ups, which also shows that it is not about pulling up shipments, but focusing on stabilizing the index.
Throughout the morning, the Shanghai Composite Index performed extremely strongly, while the ChiNext was suppressed by the six-month line. However, by the midday close, the ChiNext Index had risen to near the zero axis, with a drop of less than 0.2%.
Dafu Technology, which is held by Gu Junhao, also performed well today. After hitting the 24 yuan mark in the morning, it reached a high of 24.46 yuan and closed at 24.05 yuan at noon, up 2.21%.
During the afternoon trading, the Shanghai Composite Index continued to maintain its strength, and led by the banking sector, it hit the 2100 point level, reaching a high of 2102.45 points. The banking sector became the most popular sector today, and Xinye Bank even hit the daily limit in the afternoon.
"It's a pity that I don't have money, otherwise I could build a position in Ningbo Bank. It's less than 9 yuan now." In Gu Junhao's opinion, there are only three good stocks in the banking sector, namely Ningbo Bank, Chaoshang Bank and China National Petroleum Corporation. However, China National Petroleum Corporation has not yet been listed.
It is useless to look at the fundamentals of the banking sector. We have to look at its bad debt ratio. Currently, these three banks have the best bad debt ratios.
It is undoubtedly a very pleasant thing to buy the bank with the best bad debt ratio at a low price and benefit from its growth and dividends.
I remember that the highest price of Ningbo Bank rose to more than 40 yuan. Not counting dividends, the increase is five times based on the current price, not to mention that it has a good dividend rate every year.
If the dividend is distributed and the rights are filled, then it is a real dividend. Otherwise it is just hooliganism. The best one is the one that increases the dividend and fills the rights.
The dividend money can be spent, the purchase cost is reduced, and the stock price rises. It's really wonderful.
