Entering the door was a young man, with a black woolen scarf covering his sexy Adam's apple, and his jawline was extremely beautiful. He was upright and handsome, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose that concealed a gentle smile under the lenses.

The person who came was Shen Chuanyuan.

Axiu embroidery is still the same, the wooden table is covered with colorful brocade interlining, and the handicrafts placed on it are mostly embroidery, and there are also some sheep's horn ornaments and all kinds of polished copper products. There are all kinds of silver products hanging on the wood-carved jewelry shelves, including earrings and bracelets, as well as beads and carved silver bracelets with Miao Xinjiang characteristics, all of which are very fine small objects. If you look closely, you will find that there are a lot of new embroidery items that were not there last time, although the workmanship is not very exquisite, but the patterns and colors are bright, presumably Ah Cai's recent works.

After seeing Shen Chuanyuan, Ah Cai's eyes lit up significantly.

She threw aside the half-embroidered purse, and quickly got up to greet her: "You can count it as coming, you didn't say in the text message last time that you would come over one day, I thought it wouldn't come a year ago." ”

"A few days ago, the museum had some things to deal with, so it was delayed for some time, but I won't suddenly change my mind about the things I agreed. Shen Chuanyuan walked in from the narrow aisle and chuckled unhurriedly, "Haven't you been busy in the store recently, I see that you seem to have embroidered a lot of new works, all of which are beautiful." ”

Just such a casual greeting was enough to make the little girl happy.

Her eyes peeked at Shen Chuanyuan's face, wanting to see what kind of expression he had when he said these words, and couldn't help but confirm with a little coquettishness: "Hey, you really think it's beautiful?"

As if seeing through the girl's mind, Shen Chuanyuan did not hesitate to praise himself, and nodded generously: "Yes, I said last time, the things you embroider are very beautiful, both the composition and the color are very special, I like it very much." ”

"Oh, I'm all blind embroidery, grandma's embroidery skills are really good. ”

Most girls are thin-skinned, especially when they are praised by people who have a good feeling, they are even more reserved.

Shen Chuanyuan's words made Ah Cai's cheeks red, and he couldn't help but open the conversation box and tell him as if he was offering a treasure.

"My embroidery is all taught by my grandmother, which is different from the techniques outside, and only people in our clan can do it. However, there are a lot of more difficult skills, my grandmother has not taught me yet, she said that if the basic skills are not at home, no matter how many skills you learn, you can only realize the fur, and you can't embroider really good things, but will be stuck in those techniques. ”

That's a good thing to say, and it makes a lot of sense. Shen Chuanyuan smacked Ah Cai's words, nodded and praised, "It's not just embroidery, it's like this in many things, your grandma can see it thoroughly and live clearly, it's very powerful." ”

"That's where it goes, she has a lot of amazing things. Ah Cai said with great interest, "Let me tell you, only the best embroiderers in our clan can embroider sacrificial supplies, and normal people are not even qualified to touch sacrificial supplies, but my grandmother is a special embroiderer in the clan, and even the high priest's robe was embroidered by my grandmother earlier." ”

"Do you still have a tradition of sacrifice in your clan, and ethnic minorities do continue better in terms of New Year's festivals. ”

"It's not a minority, it's our customs...... But after the high priest left, there were no more sacrifices, and I participated in one when I was a child, and I almost can't remember......."

These things were obviously not finished, but only halfway through the sentence, Ah Cai quickly stopped.

In normal times, she would never mention the affairs of the clan to outsiders, which was also told by her grandmother many times, but when facing Shen Chuanyuan, her psychological defense line was very low, and these words were unconsciously said.

But to go deeper, it's to be evasive.

Even if she is not very old, Ah Cai also knows how to measure proportions, and after spending the first elated energy, she naturally stopped the chatterbox. Then, she quickly noticed Shen Chuanyuan's dress, the black woolen coat wrapped around the thin figure, handsome and chic, and he didn't look very resistant to the wind.

"You are so poorly dressed, is it cold, otherwise I will take out the electric stove in the back room for you, can you warm up?" the little girl said immediately, but soon felt that she seemed to be a little too enthusiastic, obviously not the attitude that a store owner should have towards customers, and hurriedly went back to make up for it, "It has cooled down recently, Mocheng is very cold these days, and it is the end of the year, so you should pay more attention to keeping warm...... Even this commercial street has closed several stores in advance, and there are few people who are willing to go out. ”

"No matter how cold it is, it can't compare to the north. Shen Chuanyuan smiled, "It's you, it's so cold and you have to look at the store, it's hard work." Has business been good lately, why didn't you enter the holiday early?"

"How can it be good, it's the New Year, and there are few customers who even enter the store, let alone buy things. It's the New Year, everyone is going home to spend time with their families, who would come to Meaux. Ah Cai muttered in a low voice, and then added a little aggrievedly, "Speaking of which, I thought you wouldn't have come over a year ago......"

The lenses blocked Shen Chuanyuan's vision, blocking all the sharpness in his eyes, leaving only a calm and elegant smile.

"How come?" Shen Chuanyuan hooked the corners of his lips slightly, "Since it is the time that has been agreed before, of course I will come over, and if there is a change in the plan, I will tell you in advance." ”

"Then we'll say we'll do it before we come next time...... Remember to tell me that I can prepare it too. ”

"So, are you waiting for me?"

Looking at Shen Chuanyuan's smiling eyes, Ah Cai subconsciously wanted to refute, but the words were swallowed back when they reached his mouth.

It's obviously a bit embarrassing to admit it directly at this time, but the rebuttal seems too disobedient. Otherwise, how can you explain that grandma has been urging for several days, and she still has to be embroidered by Axiu, waiting for someone who doesn't know if she will come.

As if seeing the shyness of the girl, Shen Chuanyuan did not continue to confirm, but chatted quietly about something else.

In terms of human sophistication, he is always calm and familiar, as long as he is willing and puts a little effort into it, he can completely make the people he deals with feel comfortable. Even Shen Chuanyuan is at ease in the social arena, let alone facing a little girl who has just come of age and has an obvious liking for him.

"Speaking of the Chinese New Year, today is the twenty-ninth day of the New Year, why haven't you returned to your family yet?"

Ah Caixin said, it's not because I'm waiting for you, I didn't deny it just now, I admitted it in disguise, how could this person be so dull, and he couldn't even hear such an obvious thing.

But the idea of complaining had just floated a little, and it was suppressed by Ah Cai's few senses.

If Shen Chuanyuan heard it, it would be too embarrassing, after all, this kind of hazy girl's mind is nothing more than looking at the moon in the fog and looking at the flowers in the water.

Thinking like this, Ah Cai opened her mouth with a careful tone: "Grandma is old, and she rarely comes to the store, and she lives in a village on the outskirts of Meaux. But the embroidery shop has to be watched by someone, I just know some embroidery, of course I have to help my grandma look at the shop. But..... I won't be here tomorrow, and I'll wait until the New Year's Eve to talk about business. ”

"I can't see that you are not only very good at embroidery, but also very independent. Shen Chuanyuan's eyes bent slightly, "However, it is not safe to watch the store alone, if the conditions permit, you can consider taking grandma over, the two of you also have a look after each other, besides, how can there be no one to accompany the little girl?"

"I'm not a little girl, and I don't need anyone to be with me. ”

If it were in normal times, Ah Cai would not bother to pay attention to such a question, and he would feel that this person was like a Pacific police officer, and he was too lenient.

Ah Cai is not tall, and her face is small, so she is still like a junior high school student even though she is an adult, and she is often asked by uninformed people, "Little girl, what time is the middle school this year", "Why do you come to the store at such a young age and don't go to school?" and so on. Once or twice, Ah Cai was also willing to explain, after a long time, she could only be upset when she heard such words again, and directly her inner favorability score dropped by several hundred, and she didn't want to deal with this kind of boring person anymore.

After all, it is a very uncomfortable thing to not enjoy the purity and beauty unique to girls in the unique girlhood, and can only be treated as a child. This means that girls are deprived of the right to be beautiful alone, to dress up clumsily, and to show their most fleeting beauty in front of the person they like.

Especially for a girl like Ah Cai, who has not been taken care of by her parents since she was a child, and her heart is more sensitive and delicate, the slightest emotion will be amplified. So this is not big, but it is not a small defect, and it has gradually become the source of inferiority complex buried in Ah Cai's heart, she refuses to dress up with self-abandonment, and is too lazy to care about these things, which is a bit of a cover for her ears and stealing the bell.

But because there was a very good person on the other side, she was stunned and held back an explanation.

"On my birthday in March, I am already an adult, and after tomorrow, I will be nineteen years old. ”

"That's a little girl, too. Shen Chuanyuan didn't change his words, his eyes stopped on Ah Cai's body for a few seconds, and then he laughed in a low voice, "The little girl should be taken care of and can afford all the beautiful words, just like you - your cuteness is different from others, and Ah Cai's little girl is the most special." ”

This sentence seems to have been said casually by Shen Chuanyuan, and it is precisely because of the understatement that it seems extraordinarily sincere.

It's as if that's what he thinks, so he says it logically, without any deliberate or artificial, and without any other intentions. is such a calmness, inexplicably making Ah Cai's cheeks flush with a faint redness, she has rarely dealt with boys since she was a child, and she rarely hears this kind of direct praise.

Especially from Shen Chuanyuan's mouth, it is even more indescribably moving.

Ah Cai has always felt that cuteness is quite a high evaluation for a girl. If you stand from an objective point of view, people can often come up with many exquisite words to express their good feelings, what is the quality of the blue heart, clever smile, well-behaved and sensible, intellectual and generous...... If you meet someone with a clever tongue, you will be sprinkling sweet words like no money, but there is a little less sincerity.

But it's simple and cute, as if all external conditions have been removed, just praising the girl herself.

- You are beautiful enough, lovely enough, worthy of all the moving words in the world.

After a while, Ah Cai finally stabilized her mind and hid the flush on her cheeks. She raised her hand to open the cabinet door and took out the brocade that had been stored in the cabinet all morning.

"Oh, this is the brocade embroidered by grandma, can you take a look?"