After the rehearsal ended, Jiang Siming kept his promise and didn't go home. Instead, he took Dongfang Weixi out to explore the capital.
The two of them went to the Wangfujing snack street.
With New Year's Eve approaching, the capital was filled with the festive spirit. Spring Festival lanterns hung everywhere.
The entire Wangfujing snack street was packed with people coming and going, decorated with lanterns and streamers.
The vendors had set out all kinds of New Year goods and snacks, while the pedestrians there were picking out supplies for the Spring Festival.
"Candied hawthorn~ Candied hawthorn~"
"Spring couplets for sale! Twenty yuan a pair!"
"Sugar figurines! Sugar figurines for sale!"
"Sugarcane! Sweet, crisp, refreshing sugarcane!"
The vendors' cries mingled with the conversations of passersby.
On top of that, the street had always preserved its old-fashioned architectural style. Walking into it truly felt like returning to the past.
It was as if they had returned to twenty years ago, to an era filled with the festive spirit as soon as the Spring Festival arrived.
Unlike now, when high-rises stood everywhere and people in the city didn't even know whether the person living across from them was human or ghost. The New Year had become a mere formality, without any of the flavor it used to have.
This snack street, on the other hand, let people experience that long-lost atmosphere.
"Come on, Brother Jiang will take you from one end of the street to the other today."
Jiang Siming said with a smile.
"Mm-hmm~" Xiao Weixi nodded excitedly like a pecking chick.
She had never been to such a lively place before. She hadn't been able to go out before she recovered, and after getting better, she hadn't wanted to go out alone. She was also timid around strangers.
Now that