This week, Yang Yi and Xi Xi could not go to the fitness center to play boxing with Lanzhou Kai and Lan Xin. Although Xi Xi was in high spirits after hearing the news, because Murphy's concert in Shanghai was going to start this Saturday, Yang Yi and Xi Xi had to go to Shanghai to support Murphy's concert!
Because of this, Yang Yi also asked for two days' leave for Xi Xi. On Thursday, he set off with Murphy.
This guy was very bold. He directly drove Murphy to the hotel where she was staying, and he and Xi Xi booked a room on the other floor of the hotel.
"This is called darkness under the light. The more the entertainment reporters are guarding the place, the safer it is. Later, I'll swagger out of the hotel with Xi Xi. I'm sure no one will pay attention to us two ordinary people! " Yang Yi raised his eyebrows and said proudly to Murphy, who had settled down in her room with Mo Xiaojuan and then secretly came to visit.
"Xi Xi, look, your father is bragging. The bull is about to explode from his bragging!" Murphy couldn't help but laugh and pull her daughter along.
Xi Xi believed it. She turned her head in confusion, looked around, and said in confusion, "Where is the bull?"
This was really not bragging. Yang Yi was sure!
In the afternoon, Yang Yi took Xi Xi out to play. They walked out of the hotel with a few reporters holding cameras. However, when they looked up at Yang Yi and found that they didn't know him, they continued to play with their phones and ignored them.
"Papa, why don't we take Mom to play with us?" Xi Xi was in her father's arms. She looked around curiously and whispered in her father's ear.
Yang Yi walked past a reporter with a normal expression and said calmly, "Because Mom has to work in the afternoon! We're here to accompany Mom, not to disturb her work, right? "
Xi Xi nodded sensibly.
Yang Yi drove the car and shuttled through the streets of Shanghai with Xixi. However, he wasn't driving around aimlessly. Before Yang Yi came, he had inquired about it from some netizens on a travel forum. The place he was going to take Xixi to today was a very famous old street.
"Yuyuan Road!" When they arrived, after Yang Yi parked the car, he held Xi Xi's hand and pointed to a blue road sign with a white border.
"Yiyuan Road?" Xi Xi first looked around curiously, then she raised her little head and looked in the direction her father pointed. She repeated after him, but her pronunciation was not correct.
"It's Yuyuan Road, Yu …" Yang Yi corrected his daughter's pronunciation with a smile.
"Okay!" Xi Xi wasn't interested in this. She found a new world by herself. The little girl jumped and pulled her father's hand. She happily raised her head and said, "Papa, let's go there and take a look. It's so strange!"
What's so strange?
It turned out that what attracted Xi Xi's attention was a few old buildings. They were connected together like the walls of Tiananmen Square. However, they weren't as grand and seemed to have shrunk. Instead, a series of seven arched teak doors were very eye-catching.
Above them was a palace-like building. The yellow glazed roof tiles were like gold, plating these buildings with a layer of brilliant golden light. The heavy eaves, cornices, and arches all marked the rich history of these buildings.
However, it wasn't a palace.
"This is Jing 'an Temple." Yang Yi smiled and said to his daughter, "Do you know what a temple means?"
"What does it mean?" Xi Xi opened her arms and asked her father to pick her up. The little girl was short. Blocked by the cars on the road, she couldn't see anything.
Yang Yi picked up Xi Xi and said softly, "Do you remember the story of Journey to the West that Papa told you? Tang Sanzang came back from the West to bring back the scriptures so that Buddhism could have a better development in the Central Plains. Temples are where monks like Tang Sanzang live. "
"Then, is there a Tang Sanzang here?" Xi Xi's face showed a surprised expression.
"No, there's no Tang Sanzang in Shanghai. They're in the north." Yang Yi said.
"There's no Tang Sanzang?" Xi Xi was a little disappointed.
Because there was no Tang Sanzang, Xi Xi's expectations for Jing 'an Temple dropped a lot. Moreover, when she went in with her father to take a look, the deep courtyard and quiet and ethereal temple were not the type that Xi Xi liked. The little girl urged her father to leave after a while.
It didn't matter. There were many beautiful scenic spots on Yuyuan Road for the father and daughter to see.
What was interesting was that these scenic spots could only be found after turning into different alleys. In this deep and narrow alley, there were rows of newly sprouted sycamore trees along the way. That was not a bad scenery in itself!
Without the noisy traffic, Xi Xi was willing to get down and walk. Yang Yi looked at the innocent little girl and couldn't help but take a few photos of her with his SLR camera.
"You stand next to this tree. Yes, smile!" Yang Yi instructed. From time to time, he pressed the shutter and took a few photos of Xi Xi's cute moments.
"Hee hee!" The little girl's smile was like a flower. She leaned against a brown, slanted brick-patterned doorpost, her hand holding the trunk of a white, mottled French parasol tree. The green shrubs in the garden next to her poked their heads out and served as the background for the little girl.
"PaPa, make the photos and put them in my big one." Xi Xi forgot how to say "photo album" and could only try her best to gesture.
"Of course!" Yang Yi smiled and nodded at her.
Xi Xi didn't need to look at them anymore. She turned her head with satisfaction and walked forward.
"PaPa, look, this building is also strange!" Not long after, the little girl seemed to have found another amazing building. She happily turned around and ran back to her father, holding his hand and saying.
What Xi Xi found was also one of the scenic spots that Yang Yi planned to visit. It was the former residence of a famous person. Of course, Yang Yi wasn't familiar with this famous person, but his former residence was very luxurious. It was an Italian Gothic castle building.
That was what the book said, but Yang Yi didn't know how to classify it. He just admired it.
Xi Xi also admired it. The little girl was happy to share her discovery with her father. "PaPa, look, look at that!"
"Well, what's wrong with that roof?" Yang Yi squatted down and looked in the direction of his daughter's finger. The gray outer wall was inlaid with red bricks in the middle and the blue four-sloped roof. In the simple and elegant style, there was a clear sense of vitality.
"There are two of them here. This thing, a small house, just like my building blocks!" The little girl described seriously as she drew with her fingers.
Yang Yi understood that Xi Xi was talking about the two dark blue tiger windows on the roof. It was an evolution of the skylight. It looked like the building blocks that Xi Xi played with in kindergarten. It was very much like a miniature version of a house.
"You're very observant! PaPa will give you a thumbs up! "Yang Yi gave the little girl a thumbs up.
Only then did Xixi smile happily.
Yuyuan Road was basically an old building, but not all of them were famous people's former residences or scenic spots. There were many small shops with a literary atmosphere on this street.
Most of them were coffee shops and tea shops. Yang Yi visited a few and it was an eye-opener. Looking at the decorations of other coffee shops, Yang Yi suddenly felt that his own coffee shop, which had been open for more than half a year, didn't seem to have made much progress. Compared to others, the artistic atmosphere was much less!
Maybe there should be some changes! Yang Yi thought to himself.
In the evening, before the sun had set, Xi Xi, who had been shopping for the whole afternoon, was hungry. Yang Yi took her to eat Strawberry Napoleon at a restaurant called Mr Nice on Yuyuan Road. It was also a place that was highly recommended by a foodie netizen.
The Napoleon cake mentioned here was actually a misunderstanding in translation. The essence of this cake was the Thousand Layer Pastry. However, compared to the Thousand Layer Pastry, it was more advanced. The pastry maintained a crisp texture, and the interlayer of the pastry was richer in ingredients, such as fresh cream and cheese sauce.
Of course, it was Strawberry Napoleon. The interlayer naturally couldn't be lacking in bright and attractive strawberry slices!
Yang Yi had eaten this kind of cake before. He had also studied how to make it, but his craftsmanship was still a little lacking. There was nothing else, but this pastry, after being coated with fresh cream and cheese sauce, Yang Yi couldn't guarantee its crispness. Unless it was eaten immediately after being coated, it would soften after a few minutes.
However, this craftsmanship was the secret of other chefs. Yang Yi had studied it for a long time, but he couldn't find the trick. In his previous life, he didn't have time to catch a chef and interrogate him. In this life, he didn't have the chance either … He could only try other people's craftsmanship when he met them.
What made Yang Yi feel a little regretful was that the Strawberry Napoleon in this shop didn't reach the extreme crispness that he used to eat in Europe. However, for Xi Xi, it was enough!
The crisp pastry, fragrant and soft cream, and fresh strawberries were sour and sweet. They all suited Xi Xi's taste very well.
"It's delicious!" The little girl ate a mouthful of cream. She burped and then smiled foolishly at her father.
Yang Yi wiped his daughter's mouth in amusement. He said softly, "Just now, Dad sent Mom a text message. She didn't have time to eat dinner. She's still busy. Should we pack some cake for her?"
"Yes, yes, Mom can eat it too! I like it very much. "Xi Xi clapped her little hands and said happily.
"You like it very much, so Mom will like it too, right?" Yang Yi asked with a smile. "But only the cake isn't nutritious enough. Let's buy something delicious for Mom."
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