Nuannuan turned to look away from a group of foreign visitors in the distance and asked quietly: "What's the social status of a businessman in Chu?"
Uncle Tan answered with a smile: "Businessmen were already prominent among the four types of citizens. Ancient history has recorded the saying 'scholars, farmers, artisans and businessmen, none will abandon their profession'. This saying exactly represents life in the time of Chu State …"
Another big event that day after the ribbon-cutting ceremony was a guided tour of more than 50 tourists from America and Europe. They went to see the misty triangle at the center of the lake, with Nuannuan guiding the tour herself to make sure that nothing would go wrong. The clear water looked no different from usual when the boat stopped in the center of the lake. However, after a few minutes, a curtain of mist rose from the water, as though a farmer's wife had just lit firewood from her kitchen under the water. The mist grew thicker and expanded itself to the last corner of the triangle in the center of the lake before it slowly danced, rising up into the sky. The foreign tourists were amazed by the strange scene, and everyone's eyes were wide open. Nuannuan spoke in English, which she had begun learning a short time ago: "Ladies and gentlemen, please look up to the mist, and you will find the sight of your deepest wish."
The tourists followed her instructions and raised their heads. It took no time at all before people started calling out in Chinese and English: "I see two Mercedes Benz's …"
"I see a huge wine cellar …"
"I see an enormous manor …"
"I see a group of very, very beautiful women …"
Nuannuan raised her head to look above the mist, too. She had taken visitors here many times, and had seen various interesting things, including a herd of sheep, a tractor, a motorcycle and a man whose face she could not quite make out.
"What will I see this time?" She asked herself. She gazed upon the mist without blinking. An image emerged and grew clearer: a group of people were walking away; there were men, women and ceremonial flags. The man walking into the center of the group was wearing the clothes of a Chu king, and he looked just like Kuang Kaitian as King Zi …
The group of people walked further and further away …
King Zi, is it you? If it is you, please keep walking. Go as far as you can …
As far as you can, away from me …
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