20 years of spring breeze

Chapter 588
In the evening of the next day, the train finally pulled into Shanghai Railway Station after nearly [-] hours of shaking.

At dusk, the four of them dragged their suitcases and followed the crowd to the North Square. This place was different from the north, and Wu Nong's soft language was heard in all ears, and they couldn't understand a word.

Xiaohong looked around and asked Xiaowei: "Where are we going? I feel like I've gone abroad, so I'm confused."

Shanghai was already a big modern city in 91. Standing on the square and looking up, you can see high-rise buildings and billboards everywhere.Although it's not dark yet, many places have already turned on lights, and the streets are bustling with traffic and people.

Don't say Xiaohong is confused, Gazi is sweating again now.

Xiaowei asked Xiao Liu: "Comrade, where are we going?"

Xiao Liu scratched his head and said, "Where do you want to go, there are maps for sale." Walking to the side of the road, he bought a map of Zhangzheng District from an old lady. The maps cost RMB [-] in Fengtian and RMB [-] in Beijing. It costs five yuan here in Shanghai.

Xiaowei and Xiao Liu opened the map to look at it. Xiaohong stood looking at the street view, rubbed her belly and said, "I'm hungry, what do you want to eat? Do you also eat Chinese food here?"

Gazi started to laugh, Xiaowei turned his head and asked, "What are you happy about?"

Gazi said: "It's interesting to hear what Xiaohong said. Isn't this also China, can you still eat foreign food?"

Xiao Liu said: "Don't tell me, there are so many places to eat western food here, and there are cafes and bars everywhere. My buddies have been here, and even went to the Bund to play. They said that there are buildings built by foreigners in the early days. , one by one, right on the riverside."

Xiaohong said: "I'm going to Nanjing Road. Sentinels under the neon lights, I'm going to see the neon lights."

Xiaowei said: "Then let's go to Nanjing Road, I'll look for it." Looking for the address with the map.

Xiao Liu said: "You look for it by the river, I remember my buddy said that Nanjing Road and the Bund are next to each other, it's on the bank of the Huangpu River."

Xiaohong said: "I have a question, the Huangpu River is in Shanghai, why is the Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou called Huangpu?"

Xiao Liu said: "The Whampoa Military Academy is in Whampoa, Guangzhou. The Pu next to the word Earth is a place name. This is Pu next to the word Shui."

Xiaohong stuck out her tongue, and Xiaowei said: "I found it, West Nanjing Road, East Nanjing Road, and the Bund, the Bund is connected to East Nanjing Road, so let's go to East Nanjing Road? It looks quite far from here. How to get there? Take a taxi or take a bus?" He looked up at the taxis surrounding the square.The North Square is not big, and you can't see the tall buildings on the side. The bus station is on the right hand side.

Just like in the north, solicitors from small hotels in black cars came over to solicit business mysteriously with a small card in their hand, but for the four of them, Xiaowei, who was traveling for the first time, they couldn’t understand a word. I had to watch them talk non-stop, and didn't know how to express it.

Xiaowei searched the map for a long time and said: "Here, let's go here, Wugong Hotel, next to Nanjing Road and the Bund."

Xiaohong shrank back to Xiaowei to avoid the hand of a soliciting woman and said: "Why are they so annoying, they can't understand what they say, and they still do it. Take a taxi and go, you can't lose it by bus? Inquire about it." There is no place to inquire."

Put away the map, four people went to the side of the road to take a taxi, there are still a lot of taxis here, because of the large luggage, four people took two taxis, and arrived at Wugong Hotel for 30 yuan.

At this time, Wugong Hotel still has a palace-like appearance, with green tiles and cornices at the gate, and each floor looks like an old-fashioned old house, with a huge signboard standing on the side.

The feeling here is different from the Jingcheng Hotel. The other side is tall and heavy, while this side is magnificent.But there is one thing in common, expensive.A standard room costs more than 700 yuan a night, and it rose to 01 yuan in [-].

Open the room and check in, put away the luggage and a few people came out to find food.Xiaowei said that he would eat in the hotel, and Xiaohong wanted to go out for a walk, so the three men gave in and went outside together.

At this time in 91, although Shanghai was more prosperous than northern cities, it was still limited. Many high-rise buildings had not yet been built, and there were old buildings with two or three floors everywhere. The houses are entangled in a mess above the road, and the houses are very narrow and high, with long bamboo poles stretched out above to dry the quilt and clothes.

The alleys beside the road are narrower, and two people can’t walk side by side, because the houses on both sides are two or three storeys high. The door was open, and the wooden ladder to the second floor could be seen inside, which was very steep and narrow.There was a faint musty smell in the air.

Xiaohong asked in a low voice: "Why are you drying clothes and luggage outside, and every family washes clothes every day?"

Xiao Liu said: "It's humid here, sometimes it won't be dry for a few days, and the luggage will always be dried, otherwise it will be useless."

A fat mouse looked at the four people on the side of the road, and turned away in a hurry. Xiaohong was startled, grabbed Xiaowei's hand and said, "It's so big, why isn't it afraid of people?" Gazi Said: "Maybe I'm used to it, but cats can't catch it in this environment."

A few people stood on the top of the alley and looked in for a few times, but they didn't dare to go in. They walked along Fujian Middle Road to Nanjing West Road. There were many restaurants, all of which looked dilapidated and old. , After walking around for a while, she was really hungry, so Xiaohong casually pointed to a family and said, "Let's eat here."

This is a local restaurant next to a second-hand bookstore. The front door is not big, and the inside is really not big. It also comes out from the second floor, and it feels depressing to walk in.Four people found a table and sat down to order.

Shanghai local cuisine is actually a characteristic, sweet.People here love sweetness crazily, and the portions of dishes are very small, including cooking at home. Basically, they are all six-point dishes. Two spoonfuls of shallow dishes have to be put in a spoonful of sugar. Put a tablespoon of sugar in it, no matter what you fry.

The four of them were defeated when the fried seaweed shreds were also extremely sweet. After eating a few dishes, they started looking at each other.Xiaowei waved to the boss: "Boss, do you have any non-sweet dishes?"

The boss came over and looked at it and said: "It's not sweet, it's not sweet, Allah told you, you need to put more sugar at home, here is only a little bit, it improves the taste, it's not good without sugar Yes, it’s better to savor it slowly.”

Xiaowei said: "You just ask, if there are any dishes without sugar, we will make them, if not, we won't eat them."

The boss said: "Nong figured it out, it's all made with a little sugar, it won't taste good without any sugar."

Xiaowei waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's settle the account, how much is it?"

The boss shouted inside: "Table No. [-], how much money is there?"

Then the four of them discovered that the food here in Shanghai is not only sweet, but also rare and expensive.Under normal circumstances, the people here rarely invite people to dinner, and they usually count the dime and dime clearly.

In fact, most of the locals in Shanghai have the worst living conditions in Shanghai in terms of income and living conditions. Many people sleep in a room as big as a bed, and there are many people living in attics. Most of their income is in terms of Shanghai Also very low.

Shanghai was built by outsiders and used by outsiders. This is not a joke.

Then these locals who live in lofts and earn low incomes call people from all over the country outside of Shanghai and Shanghai as country people, and look down on them.

(End of this chapter)