Taking advantage of the fact that I didn't have to stay by Wang Xiaorui's side to take pictures of her in the past few days, I decided to take Xiao Yayun to the ancient town near Shanghai to have a look.

I told Xiao Yayun about this idea, Xiao Yayun immediately nodded in agreement, her eyes narrowed like a crescent moon, for a girl in her twenties who still has a dream about romance in her heart, the word ancient town is always more attractive than the city.

There are many ancient towns near Shanghai, Zhouzhuang, Wuzhen, Fengjing, Zhujiajiao, etc. are good places to go, Xiao Yayun took the mobile phone map and looked at it for a long time and finally made a decision - go to Xitang!

Xitang is located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, in the north of Jiaxing City. Xitang has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of ancient Wuyue culture. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the intersection of Wu and Yue, so it was called "Wu Gen Yuejiao" and "Yuejiao People".

I studied the route and decided to buy a high-speed rail ticket to take the high-speed rail to Jiaxing, Shanghai is very close to Jiaxing, and there are many high-speed trains with Shanghai to Jiaxing.

At nine o'clock, Xiao Yayun and I took the high-speed train to Jiaxing, and arrived in Jiaxing an hour later

"Do you want a day trip for brothers? A day trip to Xitang? ”

"Do you want accommodation in Xitang? There is a car to take you there, and the inn is right by the river. ”

"Go directly to Xitang, twenty yuan for one person, come and leave without waiting for anyone, brother take the car?"

I waved my hand as I walked past them and walked to the bus stop to wait for the bus to Xitang. It's noon, the sun is a little big, Xiao Yayun put her hand on her forehead to prop up the eaves, frowned and looked at it and complained: "It's so hot, or let's sit there." ”

I glanced at Xiao Yayun and said with a smile: "Which one?" Twenty yuan to go directly to Xitang? ”

Xiao Yayun nodded.

I smiled and comforted, "Wait, it's not safe, and there is no air conditioning in the car, and the car is very stuffy." ”

Xiao Yayun pursed her lips, "That's better than basking in the sun here." ”

I looked around, there was an ice cream seller not far from the bus stop, I walked over and bought two ice creams, Xiao Yayun saw that there was ice cream to eat a lot of resentment, and she kept licking the ice cream.

After eating an ice cream, the bus just came into the station. The train station is the starting station of the bus, and the bus is empty.

The bus drove slowly towards Xitang, and the conductor probably felt bored, so he sat in his seat and looked at me and Xiao Yayun and smiled: "Students, are you going to Xitang to play?" ”

I nodded, and when I first got on the bus, in order to make sure I didn't get on the wrong bus, I followed the conductor and asked if the bus was going to Xitang.

The conductor smiled and said: "It's good to go to Xitang now, there are fewer people, it will be more comfortable if you come two or three weeks earlier, when the weather is not hot." Now it's starting to heat up. ”

Xiao Yayun asked curiously, "Auntie, is Xitang fun?" Can you tell us what's fun? ”

The conductor thought for a moment and then smiled: "Xitang, there's nothing particularly fun, just to see a scene." I have been following this road for several years, and I have been in Xitang three or four times, and there is a very good boat ride, and there is a secluded place to put lanterns at night, you young people should like it. ”

As he spoke, the conductor took out a business card and walked over and handed it to Xiao Yayun, "Have you booked an inn?" If I didn't book, I have one here, by the river, quiet at night and not far from anywhere in town, I can recommend it to you. ”

"This inn doesn't hide it from you, because I know the boss, so I advertise him in the car to pull customers, but I promise that this inn is absolutely good, some of the people I introduced to come back and take my car, and when they see me, they tell me that the place is good. If you are interested, you can contact them, I dare not say how cheap the accommodation is, but I promise not to kill you. ”

I took the business card, glanced at the phone number on it, and was a little moved. I didn't book accommodation before I came, I was going to Xitang to look for it, and it was best to find one by the river, and now the conductor introduced this one just within the requirements.

Glancing at Xiao Yayun, this girl was looking at me, her eyes revealing a heartbeat. I immediately understood what she meant, took out the phone and called directly.

The person who answered the phone was a woman, who introduced me to the inn, and the room near the river, which was 300 yuan a night, and could be picked up, and there was a discount that you could buy tickets for Xitang at a lower price.

I didn't pay attention to this discount, because there were one hundred tickets for Xitang, and the lower price in the woman's mouth was only seventy, and Xiao Yayun and I only needed fifty to buy student tickets, which was cheaper than her discount.

After the bus arrived in Xitang, I was a little surprised by the impression of this legendary ancient town, I could not see any ancient buildings with blue bricks and tiles, but only saw the chaotic and crowded streets, and the three- and four-storey buildings on both sides that looked a little dilapidated.

This is almost an ordinary or even somewhat backward town, and it has almost nothing to do with the ancient town.

Not far in front of the bus stop, I saw the person who came to pick me up, an ordinary middle-aged woman, riding an electric tricycle.

After confirming my identity, Xiao Yayun and I sat at the back of the tricycle, and I couldn't help but ask, "This is Xitang?" I don't look like the photo. ”

"This is outside, Xitang is inside, not far away, I'll take you to buy tickets now. And then take you in, when it comes to tickets, I'll tell you first, you need a ticket to enter Xitang, and the ticket for the day can enter and exit Xitang at will, but tomorrow, this ticket will be useless. However, you can continue to walk around Xitang, but you can't get in to the places where you ask for tickets, and if you go out and want to come in again, you need to buy a ticket again. ”

After buying the ticket, the tricycle drove forward for more than ten minutes, and then suddenly turned into an alley, the woman stopped the car and pointed to the narrow aisle in front of her and said with a smile: "Passing through that alley, it is Xitang." ”

Walking through the alley, the landscape in front of you is instantly different.

An arched stone bridge that has become a little green because of the long years appears in front of you, connecting both sides of the river, and on the other side of the bridge, it is the ancient town of Xitang!

The white wall and ink roof, the boat shadow is shining, the still water is deep, and the vicissitudes are singing.

After several hours of traveling, after the disappointment of seeing the noisy and dirty road outside and the gray and low floors for the first time, this town, which has existed in this corner of the south of the Yangtze River for thousands of years, appeared in front of me in the most beautiful manner.