"We are all back to the city. We haven't been back for many years and we are so excited." Ningxia snuggled in Ren Jingxiao's arms and thought that it was a good thing that they returned to Beijing early last time.
Otherwise, with so much luggage and two children, they would really be squeezed.
After finally getting out of the train station, Ren Jingxiao finally let the person go. Ningxia was well protected by Ren Jingxiao, and he himself had marks all over his body.
"Xia Xia, how are you? Did you get squeezed?" Ren Jingxiao was really glad that he followed her.
"I'm fine, I wasn't touched at all." Ningxia patted the dust off Ren Jingxiao.
"Let's find a place to rest first." Ren Jingxiao, carrying his bag, looked around cautiously.
Shanghai is a strange place to him, and he also has to protect his wife.
"Okay, let's go to the guesthouse first." Ningxia was not nervous at all. She was looking at the Shanghai market with interest at this moment.
"Where are you going, Nong? Are you taking a bus?" As soon as he got out of the platform, several people surrounded him. Ren Jingxiao protected Ningxia behind him and looked at the people in front of him with a cold look.
"They should be soliciting customers." Ningxia probably understood what they meant.
Those people were also frightened by Ren Jingxiao, and nodded quickly when they heard Ningxia's words.
"We are going to the guesthouse." Ningxia saw them nod, pulled Ren Jingxiao's hand, squeezed him soothingly, and told him not to be nervous.
After the two of them got on the rickshaw, Ningxia looked at the scenery along the way until they passed a row of European-style buildings, and her eyes lit up.
Ren Jingxiao was also shocked along the way. Unlike the courtyard houses and alleys in Beijing, even if they were clean, they were just buildings passed down from ancestors.
When he was a child, he had seen many landlords build houses that were better than those.
No matter how good it was, Ren Jingxiao could imagine that at most it would develop much better than the countryside.
But compared to this place, Shanghai is too Westernized, with all kinds of buildings he has never seen before.
No wonder when those educated youth said they were from Shanghai, others would look envious.
People in Beijing represent power, while people in Shanghai represent the economy and being at the forefront.
Whether it's food, clothing or living environment, it's something a country bumpkin would never experience in his entire life.
"Does it look good?" Ningxia looked at Ren Jingxiao's surprised expression, as if it had overturned all her cognition.
Ren Jingxiao never concealed himself in front of Ningxia. Surprise was surprise, and ignorance was ignorance.
"It looks nice, Xia Xia. Do you want to buy a house like this?" Ren Jingxiao began to understand why Ningxia liked houses.
He also thought it looked nice, and Xia Xia said that these houses would be very valuable in the future.
"Of course." Ningxia came here for these villas.
The current Shanghai market is not as well developed as it is in later generations, and many places are still rural like Beijing.
Even in the countryside, life is much more comfortable than in the countryside in Heilongjiang Province.
The location determines a person's height. Even if those cities are equally developed, they will never be able to compare with Shanghai.
Ren Jingxiao wondered how much these houses would cost and whether the money they brought was enough.
"Go and have a rest first, and then come find someone." His father has an old classmate here.
We have been in contact for many years. I wouldn’t say that our relationship is that close, but it should be no problem for me to just ask about housing availability. I just use this as an excuse to find a better one.
The two men arrived at the guesthouse and presented all their documents, including a letter of introduction, which stated that they were visiting relatives and friends.
By the end of the year, there were many such cases, and no one investigated them strictly, so they just opened rooms for them.
"Xia Xia, you rest first. I'll go out and buy you some food." Ren Jingxiao settled Ning Xia down and let her sleep on the bed for a while.
They bought food along the way and they only took a small package.
Even though Xia Xia had food in her pocket, Ren Jingxiao was already cautious and would not take anything from there unless necessary, especially in this unfamiliar place.
"I'm not hungry yet. Why don't you take a nap and then we'll go eat together." Ningxia really didn't feel that hungry.
The main reason is that I’m afraid that Ren Jingxiao won’t understand the local dialect when he comes here.
Ren Jingxiao was worried about Ningxia being alone in the guesthouse, so he thought it was okay to go back later, so he simply washed up and hugged her to sleep for a while.
When the two woke up, they looked at their watches and saw that it was almost six o'clock.
Ren Jingxiao got up and looked down from the upper floor of the guesthouse. The lights outside were bright and it was very lively.
Ren Jingxiao was stunned. If it were in the countryside, everyone would have gone to bed after dinner. Even in Beijing, there were not many people outside in the middle of winter.
Ningxia missed such scenes very much. How long had it been since she had seen the night view of later generations?
As expected, Shanghai is at the forefront of fashion, and everything develops one step ahead of other places.
Ningxia looked at Ren Jingxiao in a daze and thought that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.
When it is convenient for you to go out in the future and you don’t need a letter of introduction, you should take him out to visit often.
It is also good to broaden their horizons so that when they are old, they can travel around the beautiful mountains and rivers of our motherland.
"Let's go out and take a look." Ningxia took Ren Jingxiao's hand and went out.
At night in Shanghai, the streets are brightly lit and people seem to have become accustomed to this pace of life.
People would go out for a stroll at night, and neither the restaurants nor the department stores would be closed at this time.
Ren Jingxiao took Ningxia out for dinner. He couldn't accept the fact that every dish here had a sweet taste.
"Xia Xia, are you full?" Ren Jingxiao touched his stomach and felt that the portion was too small.
Ningxia knew that he was not full, so she ordered another serving of wontons for him. Ren Jingxiao had never eaten this before, so he was obviously interested in it.
Ren Jingxiao was barely able to fill his stomach until he had eaten two more bowls of wontons. The two of them did not want to take a car, but wanted to walk to see the night view of Shanghai.
"Xia Xia, do you want to go to the Friendship Building?" Even though he was ignorant, Ren Jingxiao knew that the things here were incomparable to those in Beijing.
Due to the natural geographical advantage, many foreign goods are shipped to Shanghai first. Many styles are selected first in Shanghai, which is much more fashionable than those in other places.
Not to mention the passers-by, many of the clothes they were wearing were things Ren Jingxiao had never seen before.
Although he thought the clothes made by his wife were better looking, he couldn't hide his curiosity.
"Okay, didn't you tell the kids I was here to buy clothes? Then I'm definitely going to buy some clothes to take back, and I'm also going to bring gifts for my family!"
Ningxia also had this plan. When she came here, her father gave them a lot of foreign exchange coupons.
The Friendship Store and the Friendship Hotel in Shanghai are connected. It is specially used to receive foreign guests and there is an iron railing outside the door.
The iron railing on the side of the road faces the department store, which is like a threshold, clearly separating the two sides. Most people can only stop and look, without even the courage to step in.
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