Chapter 65: The Site of Shanghai Tang
But this time when I came to Shanghai, I didn't let Liu's mother come with me, she said that she would come whenever she wanted, saying that she would be my servant all her life and would take care of me for the rest of my life.
Mother Liu is not young anymore, although she does not have a great kindness to my wood seeds, but she has also cooked for me for several years and taken care of me for so long, how can I bear to let her accompany me to come here from home, not to mention that she also has children.
What's more, I have never thought of appealing to a person's thoughts, I am a person of the 21st century, and that kind of old thinking, class thinking, does not exist in my place at all, calling Liu Ma? It can't be, never will, I've always treated her as my own family.
But I really miss Mother Liu, she is so good to me. But I can't limit her personal freedom, I can only make the choice of my conscience.
"Mother Wang, you don't have to talk like this, can you eat together?"
In the past, when I was in the Lu family, I had never eaten at the same table as Liu's mother, because he was a servant of the Lu Ding family, and the servant was not qualified.
But after leaving the Lu family, I ate with Liu's mother at home, so that when I left, Liu's mother still held my hand and cried and said: "She has been a servant all her life, and she has followed the right person with me, I have never treated her as a subordinate, and he will not forget the matter of eating at the same table with me until he dies, and one day he will not forget it when he enters the loess." ”
Looking at Wang Ma, my heart was a little touched, as if I was touching the scene, and now I and Xu Zhimo are in this situation, and we are no longer qualified to pose and pose as a lady.
"Miss, how can this be? I'm just a subordinate, this is the rule, no! ”
I didn't expect Wang Ma to be scared when she heard about it, and hurriedly pushed a few steps, as if she had heard something very frightening, which was even stronger than Liu Ma's reaction at the beginning.
"Mother Wang, it's okay, Xiaoman is right, when we were at home, Mother Liu in the house used to eat with us, don't think about it, we don't mean anything else."
Xu Zhimo just put down the chopsticks for a short time, and said.
He follows me in everything, and he is also a person who has accepted Western ideas, which he also agrees with, don't divide ranks, don't divide honors, have a meal, everyone talk and laugh together, how good it would be.
"That's how, that's how. Nope! ”
Wang Ma retreated to the door, very scared and worried, at a loss.
Later, after all kinds of persuasion from Xu Zhimo and me, she timidly sat down at the table, and looked at the two of us incredibly, even eating and holding chopsticks was not natural and uncomfortable.
Eating and eating, she actually cried, still like Mother Liu, she said that she had never seen someone as close to us as before, and it was worth it even if she died in this life, and she would never forget this matter.
I am quite touched by these words, this era has given them too many injustices, at least the fact that there is still a hierarchy between human rights is enough to explain everything.
In the evening, I always thought about the scene of Wang Ma today, and I cried so much that I was relieved to taste it during the meal, and I was moved to cry.
In a lifetime, how many times have you been moved to cry by one emotion, whether it is family, love or friendship, or how many times have you been moved to cry by irrelevant people?
I think this is the first time for Mama Wang, and so is Mama Liu.
I am glad that I live in the 21st century, although there are still some problems, but it is already a disadvantage that will not last long, and with the progress of society, it will not take long to disappear. All those injustices, all the evils, will not exist, at least I have such an expectation.
Very early the next day, Xu Zhimo went out, and when he got up, there was a small note on the table, saying that he had gone to the newspaper office.
Listen to those who like this more primitive and romantic feeling, and leave a note if you have something. I have seen such a scene in the romance dramas of the last century.
Young people like us in the 21st century no longer have the need to write letters, just a message or a phone call.
Although it is much more convenient, it is a lot less romantic. And what I want is actually romance. Or maybe the idea of the 21st century is really fantasy and unrealistic, but here, I can get a good experience.
It will be something I will never forget.
"Mother Wang, I want to go out for a walk today. Do you know how to get around Baoshan District? ”
My family lives in Baoshan District, and my family still has an old mansion, which has a history of hundreds of years, if I look for it, maybe I can really find it.
"Baoshan District? What kind of place is this? I haven't heard of it, miss, I've been working long hours all my life, I've been a servant all my life, I don't know a few words, almost all of them stay at home, I haven't heard of this place in Baoshan District! ”
Wang Ma looked apologetic when she spoke, as if she had finally asked for something I asked for, something that could help me, but she didn't know, but she couldn't do anything about it.
"Oh, it's okay, then I'll just go out and take a walk by myself."
"Miss, be careful, you're here for the first time, don't be unfamiliar with the road."
Watching me go out, Liu's mother explained worriedly in the back.
I don't care, how can I get lost, I haven't lost it for the first time I went out in Shanghai, not to mention that there are not many high-rise buildings here.
Of course,There's no Baidu map or something that's the biggest drawback.,If you really can't remember the road, it's really difficult.,If you want to come back.。
However, for the sake of safety, I wrote down the address of this place, and I also called Fusu out and asked him to write down the road for me, so as not to be embarrassed when I lost it.
What's more, this is still free labor, so there is no need to use it in vain.
But Fusu was a little embarrassed, he was very unhappy, saying that he wanted to sleep, but there was no way, he had to listen to my orders, unless he was happy that I was lost.
As it turned out, he didn't want me to get lost.
In these years, Shanghai is very prosperous, with many people, and it is almost the most cutting-edge metropolis in the country, with all kinds of neon lights and so on.
But it's still very different from what we see in Shanghai today, there are not so many high-rise buildings here, and I don't see the world-famous Oriental Pearl.
But that's what I want to see. The big Shanghai here is what I look forward to seeing, and that's what I want to see in Kamo.
The change is quite big, I can't find it in Baoshan District, my family's old house can't be found, such a big Shanghai, where can I find it?
It was my first thought when I stood in the middle of the city, and I felt smaller than ever when I stood in the middle of the crowd.
At first, I thought I would be able to go to the old house and see what my ancestors were like, such as my great-grandfather when he was a child, but my grandfather was not born at this time.
But now it seems that this is impossible.
"Why is it her again?"
Suddenly, I saw the woman again, she was still wearing that cheongsam, carrying the big suitcase in her hand, and I looked, the little ghost was asleep in the suitcase.
She walked as fast as she could, locked among the pedestrians, as if searching for something, as if aimlessly.
But it's strange why she's still wandering around with her suitcase, shouldn't it be that she's already home or something? Does she carry a suitcase everywhere she goes? That imp can only be in the trunk?
This can't be, because I saw the little ghost get out of the suitcase and drink blood that day, and I still remember that scene.
Does she have nothing to do and just wander around every day?
Confused, I wanted to catch up with her and ask her, but Fusu suddenly shook his head at me and motioned for me not to go. I wondered, and when I looked back, the woman was gone.
Why did he disappear so quickly every time, and leave me every time?
I looked at Fusu suspiciously, hoping that he could give me a reasonable explanation, but he also shook his head helplessly, spread his hands, and didn't know anything.
Even he doesn't know, so who else knows? I was puzzled, but I couldn't ask, that woman, always elusive, felt as if she wasn't human.
Before I knew it, I had walked to Shanghai Beach.
Although this place has changed a lot with us, and all the old beach workers no longer have a place to work, I estimate the location, this is where we are now Zhabei.
The current Zhabei in Shanghai has changed too much, there is nothing, there is no charm of Shanghai Beach at all, and the original Shanghai Tang has long disappeared without a trace.
On the dock, there are many porters who are carrying sacks and shirtless.
When some big men looked at me, they all stopped, looking at me with naked eyes, and even forgot that they were still carrying a sack weighing no less than 100 catties on their shoulders.
As if they had seen a fairy, they were all stunned, and a few workers who were about to put on the sack stopped their movements, and also looked at me blankly, and said something in one ear to ear, but I couldn't hear it clearly.
"They're all saying you're beautiful!"
Fusu walked up to me and whispered. It's as if he's afraid that others will hear it, but no one else can hear him at all, no matter how loud he roars.
When I heard his words, my face instantly turned red, straight to the base of my neck.
Any girl is stared at naked by a lot of men, and she is still talking, I'm afraid it's strange not to blush. What's more, there are still strong men here, and more importantly, there is a look of hunger in their eyes.
"This young lady, are you here to find someone?"