The next evening, after nearly 20 hours of shaking, the train finally entered the Shanghai Railway Station.

It was dusk, and the four people dragged their suitcases out to the north square with the surging crowds, which was different from the north, and their ears were full of Wu Nong's soft words, and they couldn't understand a word.

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

Huhai was already a modern city in 91 years, standing on the square and looking up, the eyes were full of high-rise building advertising signs. Although it was not yet dark, there were already lights in many places, and the streets were full of traffic and bustling.

Don't say that Xiao Hong is stunned, Gazi is starting to sweat again at this time.

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

Xiao Liu scratched his head and said, "Where do you want to go, there are maps that sell." "I walked to the side of the road and bought a map of the political district from an old lady, a map of five yuan in Fengtian and three yuan in Beijing, and it is five yuan here in Huhai.

Xiao Wei and Xiao Liu opened the map to look, Xiao Hong stood aside and looked at the street scene, rubbed her stomach and said, "Hungry, what do you eat?

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

Gazi said: "It's interesting for me to listen to Xiaohong, isn't this also China, can you still eat foreign food?"

Xiao Liu said: "Don't say it, there are many places to eat Western food here, cafes and bars are everywhere, my buddies have been here, and they have also gone to the Bund to play, saying that they are all buildings built by foreigners in the early days, one by one, just by the river." ”

Xiaohong said, "I'm going to Nanjing Road." Sentinel under the neon signs, I'm going to see the neon signs. ”

Xiaowei said: "Then let's go to Nanjing Road, I'll look for it." "Pick up the map and find the address.

Xiao Liu said: "You go to the riverside to look for it, I remember that my buddy said that Nanjing Road and the Bund are next to each other, just on the edge of the Huangpu River." ”

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

Xiao Liu said: "The Huangpu Military Academy is in Huangpu, Guangzhou, the Pu next to the soil word, the place name." This is the pur of the water word. ”

Xiaohong stuck out her tongue, and Xiaowei said: "I found it, Nanjing West Road, Nanjing East Road, the Bund, and the Bund are connected to Nanjing East Road, so let's go to Nanjing East Road? How do I get there? Take a taxi or take a bus?" looked up at the taxis surrounding the square. The north square is not big, and the high-rise buildings on the side can't be seen, and the bus stop is on the right.

Like in the north, the black car hotel or something solicited customers with a small card in their hands mysteriously came to pull business, but for the four people who went out for the first time, they couldn't understand a word, so they had to watch them keep talking, and they didn't know how to express it.

Xiao Wei looked for a long time on the map and said: "This, let's go here, Wu Palace Hotel, next to Nanjing Road and the Bund." ”

Xiaohong shrank away from Xiaowei's hand and said, "Why are they so annoying, they can't understand what they say, and they still do it." Let's take a taxi and go, don't lose it by bus? ”

Put away the map, four people to the side of the road to take a taxi, here is still a lot of rental, because of the luggage, four people took two cars, thirty yuan to arrive at the Wu Palace Hotel.

At this time, the Wu Palace Hotel is still a palace-style appearance, with the eaves of the gate lane, each floor is the appearance of an old-fashioned old house, and there is a huge signboard on the side.

The feeling here is different from that of the Jingcheng Hotel, where it is tall and heavy, and here it is magnificent. But there is one thing in common, expensive. A standard room costs more than 700 a night, and it rises to 1,003 in 01.

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

In 91 years, although Huhai is more prosperous than the northern cities, but it is also limited, many high-rise buildings have not been built, there are two or three storey old buildings and alleys everywhere, the streets are very narrow, two cars can just stagger the appearance, wires or something messy tangled above the road, the houses are narrow and high, and the long bamboo poles are stretched out to dry the quilt and clothes.

The alley on the side of the road is narrower, and two people can't walk away side by side, because the houses on both sides are two or three stories high, and the alleys are dark and dark, and the heads are also densely covered with clothes and quilts, and the wooden doors of the people are open, and you can see the wooden ladder on the second floor inside, which is very steep and narrow. There was a faint musty smell wafting through the air.

Xiaohong asked in a low voice: "Why do you have clothes and luggage outside, and you wash clothes every day?"

Xiao Liu said: "It's humid here, sometimes it doesn't dry for a few days, and the luggage has to be always dry, otherwise it won't be able to be used." ”

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

A few people stood at the head of the alley and looked inside, didn't dare to go inside, walked along Fujian Middle Road to Nanjing West Road, there were a lot of restaurants, all of them looked dilapidated and old, the small shop, turned around for a while, and was indeed hungry, Xiaohong casually pointed to one and said: "Just eat here." ”

This is a Benbang dish next to a used bookstore, the door is not big, the truth inside is not big, and it comes out from the second floor, and it feels very depressing to walk in. The four of them found a table and sat down to order.

Huhai Benbang cuisine is actually a characteristic, sweet. The people here are crazy about sweetness, and the portion of the dish is very small, including making it at home, which is basically a six-point plate, a shallow two-spoonful dish, but you have to put a spoonful of sugar, a real spoonful of sugar in it, no matter what you fry.

The four of them were defeated when the fried kelp shreds were also very sweet, and after eating a few bites of the dishes they wanted, they began to look at me and I look at you. Xiaowei beckoned to the boss: "Boss, are there any unsweet dishes?"

The boss came over and looked at it and said, "It's not sweet, it's not sweet, Allah told you, you should put more sugar at home, there is only a little bit here, it tastes good, it is not delicious if you don't put sugar, Nong tastes it slowly." ”

Xiaowei said: "You just say, if there is a dish without sugar, if there is, you can do it, and if there is one, we won't eat it." ”

The boss said: "Nong has figured it out, this is all about putting less sugar, not tasting fresh at all." ”

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

The boss shouted inside: "Table No. 3, how many miles of banknotes?"

Then the four of them found that the food here in Huhai is not only sweet, but also very expensive. Under normal circumstances, people here rarely invite people to dinner, and they usually come and go for a dime or two.

In fact, most of the locals in Shanghai are the worst in Shanghai in terms of income and living conditions, many people sleep in a room the size of a bed, living in the attic abounds, and most people's income in Shanghai is also very low.

Huhai was built by outsiders, and it is also used by outsiders, which is not a joke.

Then it is these locals who live in lofts and hold low incomes who call the whole country outside Shanghai and Haihai countrymen, and look down on them.