Chapter 114: Buying Clothes at the Market
Chapter 114: Buying Clothes at the Market
After Bai Songzhe fell asleep, Bai Qingxia walked to the door and locked it tightly.
I turned off the main lights and only left the small light on the table beside Dad's bed on.
She walked behind the curtain, opened the wardrobe, and took out a wooden box from underneath the wardrobe, which was clearly filled with clothes for all four seasons but the space inside still seemed empty.
The wooden box was not big, but the things inside were in a mess.
There was a Doraemon-shaped tumbler with its paint peeling off, a fountain pen with a broken shell, a piece of hairpin fragment enclosed in a small plastic seal, and a small note that read "Classmate, it's so hot, please open the window"... and so on.
Bai Qingxia placed the wooden box on her thighs and took out a stack of red banknotes from it. Adding the five hundred yuan, although she already knew the total amount, she still counted it and it was exactly one thousand yuan.
After thinking for a while, she reached into her trouser pocket to confirm the depth, then she put the thousand yuan under the pillow with confidence, ready to take all the money with her when she went out to buy clothes tomorrow.
The next day, Saturday, at nine in the morning.
Lu Yuanqiu rode his bicycle to the entrance of Guihua Lane. When he saw the girl in the blue and white school uniform, he immediately turned the bike around and patted the back seat.
"Sit on."
After Bai Qingxia sat up, Lu Yuanqiu said, "The weather is getting cold soon. How can we not put on more clothes?"
The girl responded quietly: "I have clothes, but it's not that cold yet, so I'm not wearing them."
"It's just that it's not that cold yet."
Lu Yuanqiu pouted, shook his head, and repeated her words in an exaggerated expression.
Bai Qingxia lowered her head, feeling a little embarrassed.
Lu Yuanqiu turned around and scolded loudly: "What is cold? When you feel cold, it's too late! You're already sick! Do you understand?!"
Damn, why did I say my mom’s lines…?
The girl was speechless after hearing Lu Yuanqiu's thunderous voice. She could only lower her head and whisper, "You said you wouldn't speak loudly to me..."
Lu Yuanqiu looked back, confused: "When did I say that?"
Bai Qingxia's face was serious: "Last Friday afternoon, during the break after the second math class."
How could he remember it so clearly? Lu Yuanqiu himself had forgotten it. He thought about it and it seemed that he had said something like he would never be mean to her again.
But that was just to thank her for helping with the test. Wasn't it just to make her happy? Did he say whatever he wanted? Did he take it seriously?
Lu Yuanqiu said in a serious tone: "If you do something wrong, I will be ruthless to you! Not only will I be ruthless to you, I will also hit you, especially on your little buttocks, slap slap slap, are you afraid?"
The girl looked cold: "I don't want to talk to you."
Lu Yuanqiu chuckled and turned around: "You've become more capable now, and you're even getting angry with me."
Seeing that the flow of people in the direction where Lu Yuanqiu was riding his bike was getting larger and larger, and the surrounding buildings were becoming more and more imposing and taller, the girl nervously grabbed the clothes behind him.
"Where are we going to buy clothes?"
"Wanda Plaza."
"No...I won't go there..."
Bai Qingxia was a little anxious and pulled Lu Yuanqiu's clothes hard.
She had indeed heard of this famous square many times, but it was also a place she dared not go to no matter what.
One could almost imagine that the glaring lights and smooth floor inside would make her feel at a loss standing there, and she would feel out of place even if she stayed in the corner.
Lu Yuanqiu stopped and stepped on the stone pillar.
"Where can I buy it?"
He turned around and asked.
Half an hour later.
Qingnian Road Vegetable Market. Lu Yuanqiu followed the girl's instructions and rode his bike to the Qingnian Road Vegetable Market, which he had only been to once.
Looking at the crowded, noisy and chaotic scene around him, Lu Yuanqiu now felt that he was out of place here.
His impression of the vegetable market is a place where a group of old men and women quarrel over a difference of a dime and spit all over the place.
After I came here last time, this impression became concrete in an instant.
On one side, the old men and women and the stall owners were shouting, and on the other side, the brothers in the cages were shouting, making Lu Yuanqiu feel overwhelmed.
Lu Yuanqiu parked the car on the side of the road, followed the girl and asked, "Isn't the vegetable market for selling meat and vegetables? How come there are clothes for sale?"
"Yes, it's in the innermost shop." Bai Qingxia said as he strode inside.
She was clearly more at ease here.
Lu Yuanqiu shook his head and smiled, then followed her.
The two of them walked through the crowd and headed towards the innermost shop. After turning a corner, Lu Yuanqiu saw the clothing store as expected.
There are clothing stores on both sides, with a hundred-meter-long path in the middle. The owners of the clothing stores are almost all middle-aged men and women in pajamas. They stand at the door, cracking melon seeds and chatting with the owner standing opposite.
Seeing this scene, Bai Qingxia, who had come here confidently, seemed to become timid in an instant. She hurriedly walked behind Lu Yuanqiu, grabbing the clothes on Lu Yuanqiu's back with her little hands and lowering her head.
Sure enough, the next moment, the owner of the clothing store standing at the door was like a hungry wolf smelling meat. When he saw Lu Yuanqiu and the others appear, his eyes lit up: "Come in and take a look! Who of you is wearing it? This store has all the latest fashions. Take a look, I'm sure you'll find something you like."
"Hey, isn't this the school uniform of No. 7 Middle School? My son goes to school there too. Come on, come in and take a look. There are also clothes for people your age!"
The two bosses who were closest to the place walked up to them as if to solicit customers.
Lu Yuanqiu finally understood why Bai Qingxia hid behind him as soon as she arrived here.
"Put them all on. Let's take a look at hers first."
As Lu Yuanqiu was speaking, the bosses on both sides were very enthusiastic. The aunt on the right even came forward to look at Bai Qingxia who was lowering her head behind her, forcing the introverted girl to almost stick her head into Lu Yuanqiu's clothes.
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Yuanqiu walked to the shop on the right, went in and took a look, his expression slightly surprised.
It’s true that the clothes here are not as tacky as one might imagine. They seem to be quite fashionable. Lu Yuanqiu has seen other students wearing several of these clothes at school.
"Clothes, pants, all of them. The black pants, and that... black and white baseball jacket. Bring them all over here and let me see."
The lady boss took the pole down from the wall, turned around and asked, "What size do you want, little sister? Forget it, try it on first and change it if it doesn't fit."
Lu Yuanqiu took the pants and clothes and handed them to the girl next to him. Bai Qingxia didn't dare to say a word and quickly stretched out her hands to take them.
"Where is the fitting room?" Lu Yuanqiu asked.
"Over there!"
The aunt quickly pointed to the corner.
Lu Yuanqiu took a quick look and only saw clothes hanging in the corner, but no small room or anything like a fitting room.
Seeing that the boy was indifferent, the aunt smacked her lips, walked over and pulled up a white curtain hanging in the corner, and casually hung the other end of the curtain on a nail on another wall, using this thin curtain to form a temporary space in the corner.
"Interview here."
"If it's not Auntie, what is it?!"
Lu Yuanqiu was immediately shocked and widened his eyes.
(End of this chapter)