I'll wait for you in Xitang.

I want to write about the feelings of visiting Xitang, only to find that it is impossible to write Xitang without pictures, but the pictures seem to be unsatisfactory. Although none of the photos I took are willing to delete, I still feel that I can't convey the feelings that Xitang gave me. There are many pictures on the internet, and they are beautifully decorated, but they are really Xitang in comparison, lacking a sense of existence. Xitang is really beautiful, but the pictures on the Internet are flashy. The beauty of Xitang is all-round, and I only say her delicate feelings.

The first feeling is "I am waiting for you in Xitang". The phrase "I am waiting for you in Xitang" exists in some corners of Xitang in various ways: doorplates, stone pillars, piers, walls, small mailboxes, small wooden blocks ... all kinds of handwriting and words, inadvertently breaking into your eyes, looking at you affectionately, as if asking you out, as if suggesting a romantic story, as if deliberately reminding you of someone ... frank and enthusiastic, but also rude and rude. Unlike Xitang, I said softly, I will wait for you in Xitang. I'm sorry you didn't come, but I still have to come.

The fragrance of Xitang lingered on her porch. The house is built along the river, and the veranda is set along the house. Walking along the river, there is no sun in summer and no rain in rainy days. Every once in a while, there will be some wooden stools and stone tables under the shed for pedestrians to rest, and there will be a trash can next to it, but it looks like a fairy tale hut, and you can't bear to throw garbage. These winding corridors are not for one family, but for everyone. Not a certain section, but the whole street. As soon as I entered the ancient town, I walked into the veranda, just like welcoming my first master, and then I have to take care of it all the time. Courtyard corridors and sheds are constantly connected, which is common in Jiangnan. But the whole street is continuously connected, except Xitang. This is the characteristic, which comes from the spirit of kindness. It is said that the merchants in Xitang have always been Confucian businessmen, but they have cultivated the feelings of Confucian businessmen because of their failure to study. Obviously, it is a drugstore, but the couplet says, "I would rather have dusty shelves than get sick all over the world."

The meticulous feelings of Confucian businessmen in Xitang are not only manifested in benevolence and righteousness, but also in the aesthetic style of businessmen. Look at the inn names in Xitang: Xitang Day Theme Inn, Xitang Long Time No See Theme Inn, Xitang Queen Castle Inn, Xitang Qingcheng Theme Inn, Xitang Fangmanting Inn, Xitang Love Time Boutique Apartment, Xitang Xiangyuege Inn, Xitang Safe Consumption Love Theme Inn, Xitang Exclusive Memory Theme Inn ... All these are stories that lead you to explore a quiet place. Do you have the urge to stay at the store name for one night? What's more, those inns often don't let you have a look. You see the house number, you see the propaganda, and then you see a deep alley, which seems to take you to a mysterious area, and then you are suddenly enlightened. You seem to have entered all kinds of enchanted gardens ... Do you have the urge to travel through time and space? Interestingly, the name of each store has the word "Xitang" in front of it. Does it have a sense of pride to show that it is different? I visited four or five stores and inquired about the price, which was very close to the people.

There are many shops in Xitang, which can be said to have everything. Every shop is small and exquisite, with many flowers and trees, just like a small garden that cares about others. Shops also have poetic names. The name of the first shop I walked into was "red makeup", and an old wooden board that seemed to be brought by hand leaned against the wall. The word "red makeup" is written in red on the blackboard, and the next line reads "Be a beautiful woman" in black. The handwriting is easy-going like a third-grade child. The window is very big, only a few clothes are displayed. It doesn't seem to be for sale, just waiting for you to wear it. The purpose is to make you a beautiful woman. The word "woman" is well used and much more immortal than "beauty".

The "slow voice" shop gives "slow voice" a different flavor: which child's work is the old red phone on the door frame, the flowers growing in the sports shoes and the crooked little sign? The big "Welcome to the Internet" shows the host's enthusiasm. Under the sign of "Welcome to the Internet", there is the small print "Music, let us be so close", which seems to be an old friend. As for the prompt "You can drink, date, take photos, be ambiguous ...", you have to stop.

There is a small line under the name of Once Slow: I only love one person in my life. There is a small green mailbox in front of the store with the words: If you are in Xitang. There are many tourists living here, but they are not crowded. Everyone consciously left a space for each other. There are not many people taking pictures, just like me, just standing there, standing there without thinking, without thinking, or thinking: it used to be slow; Or hum: It used to be slow. ...

"Brain Water Alliance" is definitely the store you want to step into. The owner kindly reminded "please protect your man and wallet, and you will not be responsible for losing our store". Look at other people's brain water:

"From primary school to university.

The only constant is

Don't want to study. "

"I hate Qin Shihuang.

? Burn books

It didn't burn out. "

"If you don't love me.

I will cook a dish for you myself.

Stewed mushrooms with chicken

? Chickens use yours. "

Is your brain wide open? Sir, please-

Almost all shops in Xitang welcome taking photos. I remember that shops in many places are also very distinctive, but they refused to take pictures. Are you worried about plagiarism or are you not confident? There is a pastry shop called Algia in Xitang. You can try it for free. There is a separate place at the door, all kinds of props for people to take pictures, and a network for you to share your circle of friends. Ah, the shop is advertising its own Xitang!

The slogan of "Mom's Kitchen" is "Eat well and make progress every day". Such strong encouragement makes me feel that eating is so natural and full of responsibility.

"This delicious restaurant" is widely advertised: "If you take it skillfully, it will not kill you." "If you want to get a small business, please be coquettish." "If someone touches you, please don't be angry, which means he is drunk, which means the wine is real."

"Insect flavor" sells insects: Thai spiders, Yimeng scorpions, fried grasshoppers ... Do you dare to eat them? Although there is not much business, the young man is still unhurried. This is a style.

No one really pinned their wishes on a pillar. The problem is that Xitang gives you the opportunity to make mistakes by writing "here" and also provides a tool for committing crimes-a black pen. But you can't write everywhere. Oh, only this bridge. It suddenly occurred to me that many shop signs in Xitang were written on the blackboard with chalk. What the hell?

Xitang specialty shops abound and are really worth visiting.

Xitang at night is quiet and peaceful. Dim street lamps, red lanterns, covered with blue bricks and rubble, set each other off with the sky and running water, like a dream, making people wonder what night it is. But the bar on Dong Tang Street exposed the other side of Xitang, just like a woman who looked elegant all day suddenly exposed her wild side, but the time was limited. After 1 1: 30 in the evening, the lights will be turned off immediately, just like a good woman who keeps her parents' agreement and wants to go home at 1 1: 30. At that time, it was as if I didn't think I was a very excited person in the street, but when I arrived at Dong Tang Street, I was still absent-minded. Some secret and primitive things in my heart seem to be aroused at once. You have to dance with your hands and dance with throat songs to be happy. Every bar is like a mysterious zone, where the dancing lights are full of magnetism and attract every passerby. I looked around, and sure enough, everyone was like a "duck with a neck", with his head in one direction and his body twisting involuntarily.

The pace of life in Xitang is very slow, as if there is a huge magnetic field. As soon as people went in, they relaxed. Whether walking or resting, drinking tea or eating, shopping or selling things, it is so unhurried. Xitang doesn't smell of copper. Even if every family is doing business, you can't see the appearance of quick success and instant benefit, just like others are doing what they like. You are interrupted by a passerby, and as a result, you are included in their lives.

Xitang is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The antique of Xitang is different from the old and new in other places, or the old and new are true and false. Xitang is old, but this old is constantly merging with the new and full of vitality. For example, the bar, Xitang seems to have existed thousands of years ago, and now it is mature. I often wonder how Xitang preserved this quaint new era during the successive movements in China. Perhaps Xitang is located at the junction of the three provinces and is easily overlooked by politics, but the people here are not closed because they study and do business.

Xitang has been identified as a 5A scenic spot, and the government has strengthened the management of Xitang. The owner of my hotel is a man in his fifties. He looks rude, but dull and gentle. He only has a primary school education, but he is currently studying farmhouse management. According to him, the government also requires them to learn simple English and communicate with foreigners simply. When we left, the boss came mischievously: the old place-goodbye!

Some people say that ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River are all like this. I want to say that Xitang is different. If you want to ask me out, please wait for me in Xitang.