Goodbye, Shanghai! With a special task - to welcome the birth of the baby, wait for the daughter-in-law confinement, stay in Shanghai for three months (in addition to the summer vacation and take a month's leave). For three months, in addition to accompanying her son in the third trimester to walk close to Zhangheng Park and Wetland Park, the farthest shanghai maternity and infant hospital was accompanying her daughter-in-law for obstetric examination and waiting for delivery. Frequent access is more often in and out of the Lianhua supermarket on the east side of the community where my son rents and the large Carrefour supermarket a little farther away, and I am well aware of my mission - to do a good job in logistics.
If it weren't for the elderly old man sitting on the bench in the community who spoke Shanghainese that I couldn't understand at all; if it wasn't for the rows of shared bicycles parked on the sidewalk outside the community; if it wasn't for the rental advertisements under the big trees or in front of the three or five people riding electric vehicles; if it wasn't for the many young people who rushed around in the morning and evening; I really didn't feel that I was in Shanghai, because the community where my son rented was really no different from the county town of his hometown.
There are also mahjong halls in the community. The second floor that my son rented, and the first floor directly below it was a mahjong hall. Mahjong tables have at least three tables, and mahjong players often smoke, so the door on the first floor has a wide slit, and the smell of smoke fills the corridor and chokes people's noses. In the dead of night, the sound of mahjong stirs people up sleep.
There are also scavengers in the neighborhood. In the community of dry and wet garbage sorting, every time the garbage is thrown, it is common for an old man to stand next to the dry garbage can, quickly picking up the waste that can be sold. There are also elderly people who reach out to you to take these things when you carry a cardboard box or plastic bottle to the garbage can. These elderly people live in the community, because of the demolition of the building, there is no retirement salary.
Young people in the community have many parents of second children. It is common for young couples with two children to play in the fitness park in the center of the community, perhaps these second-born parents are Shanghai natives, have a house and a car, a job, and have the financial resources and energy to maintain the children.
Roads are also being built behind the community. The road builder tapped the road surface with a click, hitting the eardrums. The middle was repaired, the two sides were repaired, the pipes were laid again, and the pavement was pressed. Construction began at six o'clock in the morning and remained until six o'clock in the afternoon. During the day, if you want to clean the ear roots, you can only close the doors and windows, turn on the air conditioner to go to the heat!
People in the community are dressed very plainly. Whether it is young or old, the dress is very simple, and it is rare to see delicate women wearing cheongsam and carrying small bags. People seek more than the comfort of the clothes to wear!
Goodbye, Shanghai! When my son sent me to the car, he specially took me around Nanjing Road and saw the prosperity of Shanghai again; went to the People's Park and looked at the blind date corner; went to McDonald's to eat hamburgers and drink Coke! It was a happy ending to my departure!
Goodbye, Shanghai! Three years ago, I saw the brilliance of the Lights on the Bund, the bustle of the Chenghuang Temple, the exquisite calligraphy and painting of the Palace of Chinese Culture, and the excitement and novelty of Disneyland! This time, I enjoyed another impression of Shanghai - simple and unpretentious.
