Qi Zhenghui said that he was coming to Shanghai to visit relatives, but when he got out of the station, no one came to pick him up, but other people were picked up one after another, so he and He Jianguo and his wife found a state-run hotel after several screenings.

He Jianguo took Qi Shufang out for a tour, and there were many bus routes at the railway station, so they chose nearby.

Under the dark night, Qi Shufang didn't see the appearance of the train station clearly, and when she entered the hotel, the originally boring waiter saw the three of them coming in, and immediately straightened up to meet her, and glanced at Qi Shufang with a dead eye, and her expression changed from casual to stern, "Serve the people." What is this comrade's relationship with you?

Her eyes were very uncomfortable, and Qi Shufang was a little unhappy.

"Politics comes out of the barrel of a gun. Qi Zhenghui's waist was straight, he walked with the wind, and suddenly seemed to be a different person, and handed over his letter of introduction, "Hello comrade, my name is Qi Zhenghui, and I came to Shanghai to visit relatives." The two comrades were newlyweds, who came to Shanghai to purchase farm tools on behalf of the production brigade, and we met on the bus, and got off at the same station, but no one came to pick them up, so they came to find a hotel to stay. ”

He Jianguo handed over the letter of introduction quickly.

The waiter took a closer look at the light, but Qi Shufang didn't bother to look at her smile at Qi Zhenghui, so she stared at the bright electric light and thought, when will the production brigade be electrified, and when will her own house be equipped with this kind of light bulb? Doesn't it mean that electricity has been on since the sixties and seventies? But she is still using kerosene lamps, and she can't even buy a candle.

"The army and the people are united as one, try to see who can be the enemy in the world. Open two rooms or three rooms?" After reading it, the waiter returned the letter of introduction to them, and his attitude had eased a lot when he looked at Qi Zhenghui's letter of introduction.

Qi Shufang was stunned, she and He Jianguo were husband and wife, of course they opened the same room, two rooms for three people were enough, why did she have to ask whether to open two rooms or three? Please open us two adjacent rooms, my lover lives alone, and I live alone. Comrade Zhenghui, you have to open one, right?"

Qi Zhenghui nodded, "Don't use a pen, you must pick up a gun." I'll open one. "He can live in the same room with He Jianguo, but when you pay, you must push me to let me, it is better to have one room, anyway, there is no shortage of money in his hand.

Qi Shufang wondered, why can't husband and wife share a room?

She is determined to fit into this era, for fear of being caught, and must abide by the rules of this era, but now, is it so strict that it is a bit extreme?

This kind of question, she can't ask He Jianguo yet.

She and He Jianguo's room are adjacent, Qi Zhenghui is adjacent to He Jianguo's room, the room is powered and lighted, it looks clean and tidy, the waiter brings hot water and enamel basins for washing, but washing your face and brushing your teeth has to be carried out in a small square pool in the corridor outside, and there is a tap for tap water above the pool.

Accompanied by He Jianguo, Qi Shufang washed her face directly with running water, brushed her teeth with warm water, and used the enamel basin to wash her feet in the house.

After washing, poured the footwater, plugged in the door, Qi Shufang rolled to the still clean bed in a huff, she originally planned to be outside but not to exercise vigorously, the couple can also whisper affectionately, cultivate and cultivate feelings, and now it is all in vain!

Repression.

Whether it is living in the Helou brigade, or what she has seen and heard in the county seat or on the road, Qi Shufang always feels that there is a kind of depression in the sky, many people are brainwashed, their ideas follow the above, many words and deeds are restricted, husband and wife cannot be affectionate, men and women can not laugh, clothes cannot be fancy, and hair cannot be scattered...... Black, gray and blue were all the rage, it was hard to find colors, and the skirt was nowhere to be seen, and she remembered that Braggi had been very popular in the forties and fifties, and now she had never seen a girl wear a skirt.

Is it that this era is too extreme, suppressing the enthusiasm of the masses of the people, so that decades later it goes to the other extreme, and its openness is breathtaking.

Alas......

Qi Shufang looked up at Huang Chengcheng's light bulb, no matter what, there is always a time to let go, bear with it first, don't lose your character and characteristics, others, saving your life is the most important!

I thought a little too much at night, and when I got up the next morning, Qi Shufang's face was a little not good-looking, but fortunately, she was not an unsophisticated little girl, so she quickly adjusted her expression. After seeing the real scene of respecting Luo Yi first and then respecting people, coupled with the messy dressing in February and August, Qi Shufang felt a slight chill, so she covered the tweed coat she wore out yesterday over her shirt and buttoned it up.

"You can't come to Shanghai without eating authentic fried steamed buns, Comrade Jianguo, Comrade Shufang, I invite you to eat!" Qi Zhenghui proudly patted the army-green satchel embroidered with a red five-pointed star,

He Jianguo politely refused, he was not used to taking advantage of others.

Qi Zhenghui smiled helplessly, walked into the nearest dim sum shop from the hotel, and called two guests fried steamed buns, one guest and one dime and two, food stamps are necessary, and then asked for a bowl of sweet soybean milk, and He Jianguo and his wife asked for five guests fried steamed buns, one salty and one sweet two servings of bean curd, worried that it would not be enough to eat, He Jianguo ordered two more rice cakes, and at a glance he knew that he had lived in Shanghai, and had never been in Shanghai, so he would not know so well that the most authentic breakfast in Shanghai was rice cakes and fried steamed buns.

The shopkeeper, who had always been proud of Shanghainese, did not dare to slack off, and quickly asked the waiter to deliver the things they ordered.

Qi Shufang ate the golden and fragrant rice cake for the first time, and she liked it very much, and she also liked the fried steamed buns with meat and bean paste filling, "Jianguo, the rice cakes and fried steamed buns are so delicious, let's eat them again tomorrow." ”

He Jianguo saw that she was eating well, so he left the last piece of rice cake for her, drank the last few bites of salted bean curd, and agreed with a smile: "Okay." I remember that the pastries here can be taken away, and after eating in a while, let's buy some to take away for you as snacks. While talking, while thinking about Shanghai's authentic snacks, I must let my wife eat them in my mouth, and come to Shanghai in vain.

Qi Shufang smiled, she heard Qi Zhenghui mention Shanghai's cake in the car yesterday, she really wanted to taste it.

The things outside the body are okay, for eating, Qi Shufang can't resist any temptation at all.

It's hard to go out to Shanghai once, anyway, it's not bad for money, eat and eat!

Qi Shufang suddenly had the biggest goal of this trip.

Qi Zhenghui, who had already seen Qi Shufang's appetite in the car, saw that she ate no less than He Jianguo today, and even ate two more rice cakes than He Jianguo, and couldn't help but have a round mouth.

He Jianguo didn't care at all, he could eat, what could he eat?

Leaving the dim sum shop with the cake balls that could be taken out, Qi Shufang had the opportunity to observe the famous Shanghai, which is the ten-mile foreign field recorded in the history books, but what about the charm? What about the grace and elegance of the Shanghai women? The passers-by are in a hurry, the trams come and go, the color of the clothes is not more colorful than their hometown, and she only sees the iconic Shanghai Building.

There are not many buildings, there are many pedestrians, and it looks like it is bustling.

"Jianguo, you say, what's in that box?" Qi Shufang's nose was more smart than a dog's nose, and she smelled a sweet smell coming out of the carton, and she felt that her stomach was empty again after eating breakfast.

He Jianguo looked in the direction she said, it was a middle-aged man riding a bicycle past his husband and wife, with a small wooden seat tied to the front bar, a little boy sitting inside, and a middle-aged woman sitting on the back seat, Qi Shufang said that the carton was hanging on the handlebar, "It's a cake." Shanghainese go to relatives, and it is popular to send cakes and Le Kou Fu. ”

Have you seen and drunk it, cake?

"The cake is in this kind of carton?" Qi Shufang had a seizure, staring at the family of three and gradually moving away.

Qi Zhenghui said with a smile: "Then what's there? I'll ask Comrade Jianguo to buy it for you! This kind of cardboard box contains vegetarian cakes or all kinds of small cakes, or it may be dry snacks, which are far inferior to cream cakes and fruit cakes. ”

"Statehood. Qi Shufang immediately turned her head to look at He Jianguo.

"Buy, buy, buy. "When I come to Shanghai, I don't have anything else to do except eat or play, or purchasing.

Qi Shufang was very happy, then looked at the cake ball in her hand, and said bitterly: "It's better to buy the cake in the afternoon, the cake ball hasn't been eaten yet, it won't taste good after a long time, and you have to eat at noon." ”

"You are at your own convenience. Qi Zhenghui laughed and asked, "Do you bring enough food stamps?" In the car, you all brought your own dry food, so you bought noodles and soup. You have to use food stamps to eat and buy pastries here, and you can't buy them without tickets, no matter how much money you have. If it's not enough, I've got it here, so I'll give you some. ”

"Thank you, thank you, but we have enough food stamps to cover the cost of this time. He Jianguo replied.

"In that case, I'll go find someone first, and we'll see you later. ”

He Jianguo waved goodbye, not at all curious why Qi Zhenghui didn't go to visit his relatives first, but looked for someone.

The couple wanted to play in Shanghai for a few days, and they didn't plan to check out, so they didn't go back to the hotel after the money and tickets were on them, but followed the planned route, went to play and buy things first, and secretly inquired about Professor Jin's situation. He Jianguo received a lot of teachings from Professor Jin, and the most respected one was Professor Jin, who wrote many letters to Professor Jin and sent telegrams to his classmates to inquire, but there was no reply.

He Jianguo has a family and a wife, and he doesn't dare to take the risk of visiting him directly, for fear of being investigated, even if he is not as crazy as he was in the first few years, and his composition is good, he does not dare to publicize it.

Be careful, Qi Shufang raised her hands in approval.

He changed a lot of change in the dim sum shop, all cents, and took Qi Shufang on the tram, Qi Shufang and He Jianguo talked for a while, and then leaned on the window and looked at the scenery outside, which is completely different from his hometown county, it is more lively here, the spirit is better, and everyone is very proud.

Disdain, probably because of the disdain for the identity of her husband and wife as outsiders, Qi Shufang has heard many people mention it, envy, it seems to be envy of clothes, they are proud of being Shanghainese, and their clothes are completely inferior to themselves.

In fact, there are really few people who can compare to Qi Shufang.

The tweed coat, watches, and leather shoes themselves are high-quality goods, and Qi Shufang is beautiful, and the clothes are very colorful.

The trams in Shanghai are charged according to the road section, four stations are a section, the minimum is four cents, and each section is more than three cents, He Jianguo and Qi Shufang get off at Xujiahui, and the tickets for two people are a total of two cents.

"Professor Jin lives here?" seems to be Xujiahui is a particularly prosperous commercial area in the center of downtown Shanghai.

Qi Shufang asked in a low voice, and He Jianguo nodded slightly, "I went to a university near here, and the teacher also lives nearby, but I don't know if it's still there." "Take Qi Shufang directly to the road, walk into an alley, and pretend to be a tourist to sightsee.

"There's not much change here, there are still so many people, the sound is still so noisy, and I remember that there are a lot of people living here. ”

At this time, the people who go out to work are in a hurry, beating and scolding the parents of the children, talking harshly, crowding around a pool of tap water and scrambling to get water and wash their clothes first, talking with guns and sticks, people who go out to the public toilet with enamel spittoons, sleepy-eyed, boys playing spinning tops, you run and I chase after ......

He Jianguo led Qi Shufang back and forth in the alley several times, never stopping, Qi Shufang wanted to ask him if he had forgotten Professor Jì Jin's residence, but he suddenly walked out of the alley, not the intersection where they entered.

Qi Shufang followed and saw a gray-haired old man crawling on the ground, slowly crawling.