The pedestrian street is the most famous landmark in the metropolis of Shanghai. It can be said that almost all tourists from all over the country and abroad will come to this pedestrian street to take a walk and have a look.
And on the entire pedestrian street, no matter what time you come, there always seems to be a large crowd of people.
Especially when coming out of the subway station at the intersection of the pedestrian street.
Standing on the higher steps above the subway station exit, you can see the flow of people on the entire street at a glance.
Feng Yifan and his friends did not take the subway. Shi Jiahui parked the car some distance away from the pedestrian street. Then everyone led the two little girls and followed the crowd to the pedestrian street.
Along the way, both Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi were stunned by the bustling crowd.
Even the two little girls were not as lively as usual during the journey, and they talked much less.
When we reached the entrance of the pedestrian street, under the instruction of Yang Zhiyi, we all went to the steps at the subway station entrance to look at the flow of people on the entire street.
Feng Yifan and Yang Zhiyi picked up the two little girls respectively so that they could see clearly.
After watching, Feng Ruoruo hugged her father's neck and said, "Dad, there are really so many people."
Yang Xiaoxi also said in her father's arms: "There are so many people, they are all human beings."
Shi Tao sighed beside him: "There are always so many people on the pedestrian street. It seems that there are always so many people. I don't know where all these people come from?"
Yang Zhiyi smiled and said, "Because people come here from all over the country, even from all over the world."
Shi Jiahui said: "Yes, because people from all over the country come here, so there are many people on this street."
At this time, the crowds at the statue and road sign at the nearby street corner had dispersed. Feng Yifan ran over with his daughter in his arms and said, "Okay, let's take a photo here too, and then send it to the mothers to let them know where we went to play."
First, we took photos of Shi Tao and his son Shi Jiahui. We took photos of the two pairs of father and daughter separately, and also took a group photo of their two families.
Afterwards, Feng Yifan found someone on the street to help him take a group photo of the three families together.
After taking the photos, Feng Yifan and Yang Zhiyi took their daughters and officially stepped onto the pedestrian street.
On the pedestrian street, in addition to some modern high-rise commercial buildings, there are also some very old-fashioned small Western-style buildings. One of them has a balcony facing the street.
When Feng Yifan and his friends walked here, there happened to be people playing music standing on the balcony.
Standing on the third and fourth floors respectively, two elderly men, one playing the cello and the other playing the saxophone, played a song together in the small Western-style building.
There were quite a few people gathered under the small western-style building, and everyone was looking up at the two old men who were performing.
This scene really feels like going back many years.
In the old Shanghai streets of the Republic of China, there was a hustle and bustle of traffic below the small Western-style buildings, but it did not affect the singing and dancing inside the buildings at all. It was a kind of luxury that one could escape into a corner.
But this scene now is the prosperity in a prosperous era.
Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi were listening to music upstairs, and the two little girls couldn't help but start dancing.
Feng Yifan saw it and encouraged his daughter with a smile.
Then the two little girls held hands and walked to the bottom of the small western-style building. At the door of the small western-style building, under the balcony where music was playing upstairs, they began to dance hand in hand to the beat of the music.
The crowd that was originally watching suddenly saw two little girls dancing, and suddenly more people gathered to watch.
Many people took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and at the same time everyone consciously moved back to make room in front of the small Western-style building.
This way, the two little girls will have a larger space to dance.
Secondly, you can take a panoramic photo with your mobile phone.
Two old people were playing music upstairs, and two little girls were dancing together downstairs.
As they danced, Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi linked their arms and danced in circles downstairs.
A burst of applause broke out downstairs, which soon attracted the attention of two elderly people who were playing upstairs.
The two old men stood up and looked downstairs.
I also saw two little girls dancing.
After a brief moment of daze, the two old people quickly continued playing, as if they were specifically accompanying the two little girls.
At this time, Feng Yifan and Yang Zhiyi respectively called the child's mother via video.
The two fathers held up their mobile phones so that the two mothers at home could watch their daughters dance.
Su Ruoxi was taking a nap. After answering the video call, she took a look and immediately sat up, watching the video carefully on her phone as her daughter danced with Yang Xiaoxi in front of the small Western-style building.
After watching for a while, Su Ruoxi got up and walked out of the room, calling the child's grandparents.
To Su Ruoxi's surprise, the child's grandfather was also there.
"Dad, Mom and Dad, come and see, it's Ruoruo, Ruoruo and Xixi are dancing."
Then Su Ruoxi held the phone in front of the three elderly people.
The three elderly people watched the video on the phone, and smiles appeared on their faces.
Lu Cuiling exclaimed: "Oh, these two little darlings are so amazing, they are actually dancing on the street? What place is this? It looks like it's in front of a very old building."
Before anyone else could answer, Lu Cuiling answered first: "Oh, this is the pedestrian street, the pedestrian street of Shanghai. This small western-style building is the one on the pedestrian street. Feng Jiandong, do you remember? Do you remember that when we got married, we took our wedding photos in front of this small building?"
Feng Jiandong was very excited to see his wife, and he smiled and said, "Remember, remember, don't get excited."
Su Ruoxi was a little curious and asked, "Mom and Dad, did you take wedding photos when you got married? Were they taken in Shanghai? Were they taken in front of the entrance of this small western-style building?"
Su Ruoxi was really a little surprised. She originally thought that her parents-in-law were from the country.
But I didn’t expect that my parents-in-law actually took wedding photos when they got married.
You know, at the time when my parents-in-law got married, there were probably not many people in the country who could take wedding photos.
What surprised Su Ruoxi the most was that the photos of her in-laws were taken on a pedestrian street in Shanghai.
This small Western-style building in the video is still a popular check-in spot for many young people who go to Shanghai to take wedding photos.
But when Su Ruoxi's parents-in-law were young, they actually took wedding photos in this small Western-style building.
This made Su Ruoxi very curious about what her parents-in-law's family background was like when they were young
When Lu Cuiling heard her daughter-in-law's exclamation and saw her surprised face, she couldn't help but smile and said, "In fact, when we were young, Ruoruo's grandfather and I worked as workers in Shanghai for a period of time, and Yifan's grandfather's family was actually in Shanghai, so when Ruoruo's grandfather and I got married at that time, we were able to take wedding photos in this small western-style building."
Su Ruoxi was still a little surprised to hear her mother-in-law say this.
Even if Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling worked in Shanghai, it would have cost a lot to take wedding photos at that time, right? And they took them in a small western-style building on a pedestrian street like this
Speaking of this, Su Ruoxi felt that her husband's parents must have been a very unusual family.
Feng Jiandong turned his head and looked at his wife. The couple didn't say anything, but recalled some things from the past at the same time.
Feng Jiandong still feels guilty towards his wife.
He always thought that if it weren't for him, his wife wouldn't have to go back to the countryside with him to farm. Maybe she would be a strong woman in a big company in Shanghai now
Lu Cuiling saw what her husband was thinking and reached out to hold his hand.
“I am very happy now.”
Feng Jiandong was stunned for a moment, then he took his wife into his arms.
Su Ruoxi looked back at her parents-in-law and became even more curious about their past.
On the other side of the video, the little girls had finished dancing. Seeing so many people watching, the two little girls were very surprised. They quickly ran back to Feng Yifan and buried themselves in his arms, too shy to look up.
But there was a burst of warm applause from the crowd around.
Feng Yifan hugged the two little girls and stroked their heads gently: "Don't be shy, you danced very well. Look, everyone is applauding you."
Just as Feng Yifan was comforting the two little girls, the door of the small western-style building opened and the two old men who had been playing music upstairs walked out.
The old man who played the saxophone stepped forward and spoke first.
"Hello, you are their father, right? They dance really well. Can we take a photo with your two daughters?"
The old man spoke with some dialect, which made Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi very curious.
Shi Jiahui was worried that Feng Yifan might not understand, so she specifically relayed it to him.
Feng Yifan pulled his daughters to stand up and said, "You old people played well. My two daughters just improvised and their dancing was not that good."
Then Feng Yifan pulled Yang Zhiyi over and said, "Oh, this is the father of my daughter."
The old man looked at Yang Zhiyi, then at Feng Yifan, and then at the two little girls. He was still a little confused about this relationship.
Yang Xiaoxi took the initiative to say: "This is my father, this is my father Feng."
After the little girl said this, the old man immediately understood.
"Oh, so that's how it is. It looks like your two families have a very good relationship."
Then the old man turned to the old man playing the cello and said, "Lao Quan, is the relationship between their two families similar to ours?"
The old man named Quan, who played the cello, stepped forward and said with a smile, "It's really the same, Old Lu. It looks like we should take a photo with them. Let the two fathers bring their daughters along."
At this time, the video on Feng Yifan's mobile phone had not been turned off.
Although no images can be seen, people on this side of the video can hear the sounds.
When Lu Cuiling heard the voices over there, especially the conversation between the two old people, her expression instantly became a little complicated.
But soon her husband held her hand and calmed Lu Cuiling down.
There was finally an image on the video. It was Feng Yifan and two little girls who appeared together to say hello to their family.
"The two elderly people who just performed here thought that Ruoruo and Xixi danced very well, so they wanted to take a photo with us. Let's hang up the video first, and after we take the photo with them, we'll send it to you."
Feng Ruoruo grabbed her father's hand and shouted into the phone, "Mom, Xixi and I were dancing just now, and the two old men upstairs were accompanying us."
Once the little chatterbox opens his mouth, it naturally feels like he wants to start the story all over again.
Fortunately, Su Ruoxi interrupted: "Okay, go take pictures first, and we'll tell you the story slowly when you return to your place tonight, okay?"
Feng Ruoruo readily agreed: "Okay."
Shi Jiahui walked over and said, "Don't hang up. Give me your phone. I'll ask Shi Tao to take pictures for you. I'll send them to your phone after I'm done. Such an interesting scene should of course be witnessed by both mothers."
The two fathers thought Shi Jiahui’s suggestion was very good, so they handed their mobile phones to Shi Jiahui.
Then Shi Jiahui held a mobile phone in each hand and helped continue the video so that the two mothers could see it.
Lu Cuiling was also staring at the video and saw two elderly people appearing in the video.
Both of them have white hair, but they are still energetic and in good health. If you look carefully, you will find that the old man surnamed Lu has some similarities with Lu Cuiling.
Lu Cuiling stared at the picture on her mobile phone screen and stared at the two old people.
Feng Jiandong held his wife's hand tightly.
The two old men called Feng Yifan and Yang Zhiyi to the door of the small western-style building, asked the two fathers to stand on the steps at the back, the two old men to stand in the front, and then the two little girls to stand in front of the old men.
After we took our positions, a young man who had come out of a small western-style building in advance, holding a very professional camera in his hand, said, "Okay, everyone, look at the camera, I'll count 'one, two, three' and everyone will shout 'eggplant' together, okay?"
Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi agreed immediately: "Okay."
Then the photographer started counting.
When the number reached "three", the people in front of the small western-style building shouted "Eggplant" together.
Click.
The photo was taken successfully.
At the same time, Shi Tao also took a photo with his mobile phone.
Afterwards, everyone exchanged positions, and the two elderly people even took the children upstairs and took photos standing on the balcony of the small western-style building facing the pedestrian street.
You should know that you have to pay to enter this small western-style building, and you have to pay if you want to take pictures on the balcony.
But with the two old men around, Feng Yifan and his group could travel unhindered.
Even in the restaurant in the small Western-style building, the two old people treated the two little girls to dessert.
However, Feng Yifan and his friends refused because they wanted to continue playing.
Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi held hands and said goodbye to the two old grandfathers with a smile.
"Goodbye, Grandpa."
"Goodbye, grandpa."
The two old men were also very happy. They waved and said, "Okay, goodbye. If you have time in the future, you are welcome to visit us at our home."
Feng Yifan and Yang Zhiyi also accepted the business cards of the two elderly people and said that if they had the chance, they would definitely bring their children to visit them.
The group walked out of the small building and continued strolling on the pedestrian street.
After Feng Yifan and his friends left, the two old people took a group photo.
When looking at the photo carefully, Mr. Quan suddenly said to Mr. Lu, "Old Lu, do you think this little girl looks familiar?"
The old man surnamed Lu pushed the reading glasses on his nose and stared at the photo carefully for a while.
Suddenly the old man muttered, "She looks familiar. The look of this little girl is very similar to that of my eldest brother's daughter when she was a child."
The old man surnamed Quan said: "Yes, they look alike. They really look like Xiao Lingzi when she was a child."
The old man surnamed Lu thought for a moment and said, "The little girl's family name is 'Feng'. It seems that the man that Xiao Lingzi married despite the opposition of my eldest brother's family was also surnamed 'Feng', right?"
The old man surnamed Quan exclaimed: "It can't be such a coincidence, right?"
The two old men looked at each other while holding the photo, not knowing what to say for a moment. At the same time, they were immersed in some memories of their youth.