Li Rui heard this song, looked at Tang Su with admiration and admiration, if there is no poor hearing, this ancient song should be her interpretation of the song, the singing voice is ethereal, pure and pure, so that the listener has a feeling of drifting into the fairy, no wonder some media commented that she is the top ancient singer in China, it is really because she has that strength, thinking that she has made friends with her, her heart is also very proud.

Tang Su took out his mobile phone, looked at the caller ID, listened directly, and said in a half-loud voice: "I'm not free, I'll accompany my friends, you can give me an excuse to push it off...... It's more important for me to accompany my friends, don't say anything else, push me off!"

Li Rui was secretly moved when he heard this, and persuaded: "Susu, if you have something important, go back and get busy, you don't need to accompany me and Cindy, we are not children, so you don't need to accompany us." Tang Su said lightly: "It's not a big deal, a famous director flew over from Beijing and came to my company to find Du Xiaolei, I don't know how to think of me, I have to ask me to come over to meet, I don't bother to pay attention to this kind of entertainment." Li Rui said: "Famous director, famous director, what if I ask you to join a blockbuster?"

Tang Su sneered: "Cut, first of all, I don't know him very well, he won't take special care of me; secondly, I'm not a first- or second-tier star, and his films won't use a third-tier star like me...... Forget it, let's talk about what he does, don't say it. ”

Li Rui asked with concern: "Then if he tells you not to go, won't you offend him?" Tang Su sighed: "If you offend, you will be offended, people are mixed in the circle, how can you not offend people? It doesn't matter if you offend one more." ”

Li Rui sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that everyone has a scripture that is difficult to read, even if it is a big star, on the surface, he looks infinitely beautiful, but in private there are unknown troubles and sorrows, from this point of view, God is still fair.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Li Rui, Tang Su and Jiang Meixian had already finished dinner, and at this time, the night was falling, the lights were on, and the bustling and lively Shanghai began to show the world her enchanting face at night.

Jiang Meixian drank two glasses of red wine during dinner, probably stimulated by alcohol, and after coming out of the restaurant, she said on a whim: "Mr. Li, I want to go to the alley where my grandfather lived, you and Miss Tang don't have to accompany me, if you are tired, you can go back to the hotel to rest, don't worry about me, I will go back by myself later." ”

Li Rui was a little puzzled, and said in his heart that if you want to visit the former residence, why don't you go during the day, but wait until the evening to feel the darkness passes, what kind of psychology do you have? Do you feel more comfortable remembering the former residence at night? I don't have anything to do right now, and I won't lose any time with you. ”

When he said this, he thought that Jiang Meixian would refuse euphemistically, but she nodded directly and agreed: "Okay, then trouble you, Mr. Li, in fact, I feel more at ease with you by my side, hehe." ”

Tang Su next to him pursed his lips imperceptibly, walked to Li Rui's side, wrapped his left hand around his waist and twisted it hard, but said with a smile on his face: "Then I will also accompany you, right?"

Li Rui gasped in pain, turned his head to look at her, and saw her glaring at him hatefully, only then did he realize that he had patronized and cared about Cindy, but he had left this big star aside, how could she be happy? It is estimated that even if she didn't eat Cindy's vinegar, she would eat it now, so she gave her a begging look, and said, "Come along, it won't take much time anyway." ”

Who knew that Tang Su unexpectedly refused, and said: "I want to accompany you, but I just remembered that there is something to do, and I have to do it immediately, so let's break up for the time being, and get back in touch." Li Ruiqi said: "It's all this, what else can you do in a hurry?" Tang Su said with a solemn expression: "I still have a car parked in the company's parking lot, it is my private car, usually parked with that nanny car, think about it, my nanny car is a trick, my private car is estimated to not be able to run, I have to immediately arrange for someone to go over to check and check." This is a big deal, and there can be no delay for a moment, Li Rui understood very well, and said: "Then you can arrange it first, and I'll call you when Cindy and I go back to the hotel." ”

The three broke up here, Tang Su drove away, and Li Rui and Jiang Meixian took a taxi to the old town, where the Jiang family's former residence was located.

On the way, Li Rui asked the driver about the situation in the old city, and the driver enthusiastically introduced the two.

When it comes to the old city box, we must first understand the meaning of "city box". In Chinese history, Chengxiang is a unique geographical region concept. Chinese cities basically have city walls, and people generally regard "the outside of the city as the outline, and the outside of the city as the suburbs". According to the convention, the city wall is called "Cheng", and the area outside the city is densely populated and has a certain amount of economic activities, so the term "Chengxiang" generally refers to the more prosperous areas inside and outside the city.

With a history of more than 700 years, this old city of Shanghai is located in the southeast of the old city of Shanghai, surrounded by the curved Renmin Road and Zhonghua Road, covering a large area. It is the origin of Shanghai City, and from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties to the early years of the Republic of China, it has always been the political, economic and cultural center of Shanghai, and it is also the most densely populated area of Shanghai, with a total of nine city gates. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the demolition of the city wall, Zhonghua Road and Minguo Road were built at the original moat (Minguo Road was renamed "Renmin Road" after liberation), but the old city still exists, so it is also called "the root of Shanghai".

There are many cultural relics and historic sites in the old city, famous gardens, celebrity residences, guild halls, and public offices, in addition to the famous Yu Garden, the old city god temple, the old city wall Dajing Pavilion, etc., there are a number of historic sites such as Xu Guangqi's former residence "Nine Buildings", and the exquisite "Shuyin Building" in the courtyard of the deep house. Visiting it, you can not only enjoy the antique monuments, but also taste the history of Shanghai from the bricks and tiles, which is a good place to go.

The driver also deliberately wanted to tour the old city at night, and said in Mandarin that he was not very proficient in: "It's also good to go to the old city at night to take a look, and there is another taste." But...... Hehe, it's not a good place to fall in love, there are a lot of people there. ”

Li Rui and Jiang Meixian looked at each other and smiled, knowing that they were mistaken by the driver for a couple, but no one said anything to refute it.

"Which gate are you going to?"

When he was about to arrive at the old city, the driver suddenly asked.

Li Rui looked at Jiang Meixian when he heard this, Yiren was a little frightened, and said: "I don't know, I only heard my grandfather say that his hometown is in the old city, but he doesn't know the specific address." ”

The driver said: "Oh, then stop at the nearest door, which happens to be the old West Gate, you can walk inside and look for it yourself." If you are impatient to walk, then go to take the 11th tram, we Shanghainese call it the ring road, go up and go around the old city to go around, the starting point is the end point, all the way through the nine gates, you can get off the car and go into the familiar place. But the inside of the old city is very big, and it will take you a long time to walk down. ”

The taxi stopped quickly, and when Jiang Meixian was about to take out her wallet, Li Rui had already handed over a hundred-yuan bill.

Jiang Meixian said embarrassedly: "Mr. Li, how can this make you pay, I should come." Li Rui joked: "Don't forget, this trip must be arranged by me." Jiang Meixian pursed her lips and smiled bitterly and didn't say anything more.

The two got out of the car, stood on the side of the road, and first took a look at the scenery near the old West Gate - just like an ordinary city intersection, there is nothing unusual, and the building is a little too low and old, which is very incommensurate with the name of Shanghai. However, this is understandable, because this is the old city, and the construction is naturally not as tall as the new district.

Jiang Meixian stood at the corner of the street and had no idea, and asked Li Rui: "Mr. Li, what should we do?" Li Rui said: "It's easy to take the tram, but it's not interesting to turn around like that, according to me, let's walk inside, how far can we go, enjoy the night scenery of the old city, and when we are tired, let's take a taxi back to the hotel, do you think it?" Jiang Meixian smiled happily: "Okay, just listen to you." ”

So the two walked to the northeast, straight into the hinterland of the old city, sometimes walking on the wide road, sometimes walking through the narrow alleys (not the northern alleys in the simple sense), and sometimes stopping outside the temple surrounded by green bamboo.

As they walked, a beggar came along the way, his hair was as messy as a bird's nest, his clothes were ragged, and he had a lot of black tattered pockets on his shoulders, which were bulging and I don't know what they were. He walked to a garbage can on the side of the road not far in front of the two, put all the bags behind him on the ground, reached into the trash can to find food, touched a few handfuls, found a boiled corn left over by someone who had been gnawed, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

When Li Rui saw this scene, he was so disgusted that he was about to vomit out of dinner, so disgusted that he frowned, pulled Jiang Meixian, and motioned for her to walk around the beggar.

Seeing the pity of this beggar, Jiang Meixian was moved by compassion, she stopped walking, took out her wallet, took out a fifty yuan bill from it, thought about it, put the fifty yuan back, took out a hundred yuan again, walked to the beggar, handed it to him, and said, "Don't eat the food in the garbage can, it's very unhygienic, you will eat bad stomach." Give you some money, you go buy clean food to eat. ”

The beggar was stunned, and reached out with both hands to get the hundred-yuan bill handed over by Jiang Meixian with his left hand, and the wallet in her other hand that she had not had time to put back in Kun's bag.