Chapter 36: A Short Old Lady
"Hey, you really know the two of them! I said what are you doing with a big man standing in front of her shop in the middle of the afternoon, are you here to find the boss? Boss...... Normally, she should have come to the store to clean up at this time, maybe there is something to delay today", the old lady glanced back at the road that Jian Yuqin had to pass when she came to the store, and kindly explained it for her.
Yun Shunan followed her gaze and also looked at the road leading to the direction of Wanhua Hutong.
"If you want to wait, you can wait, maybe she'll be here in a while, I'm leaving, and I'll have to send this bottle home, and then go to another store to collect it."
After saying that, the old lady squatted down and tried hard to carry the heavy bag on her shoulder, but today I don't know what happened, I tried several times and failed, and the bag always slipped off her shoulder before she could stand up.
"Auntie, I'll help you, I don't have anything else to do at this time."
"No, no, this bag is dirty, don't rub your clothes dirty, your clothes are not cheap at first glance, I can do it!"
As she spoke, she slowly crouched down again, trying to carry a bag about her size.
The old lady looked sixty-seven or eighteen years old, and several times she got up and squatted down several times in a row, so she was already a little out of breath, Yun Shunan couldn't see such a picture, and when she squatted down and threw the bag on her body with her backhand, she grabbed the mouth of the bag, and with a little force, she dragged it into her hand.
"Ah!", exclaimed the old lady, who had easily thrown the bag behind him.
When carrying this bag of bottles, he thought of the scene when he was eighteen or nineteen years old, when he first came to the city, he was also carrying a big snakeskin bag like this, which was filled with cotton bedding, and when he left the station, he stood alone in the bustling crowd of the station, looking at the neon flashes not far away, and the feeling of dizziness that he can't forget now.
"Let's go, Auntie, you lead the way."
"Yo, I'm really bothering you, you're also a good person! Come, I'll help you carry the pears, I bought them from Lao Luo at the intersection! His pears are delicious, crisp and sweet, they are grown in my own garden, and they haven't changed their taste for so many years, and I always buy them to eat!"
Yun Shunan nodded with a smile, but he didn't shirk it, and handed the bag of pears in his hand to the old lady beside him.
In the afternoon sun, a middle-aged uncle dressed in a famous brand carried a full snakeskin bag on his back, laughing and walking with the old lady who was half a body shorter than him.
"Boss Jane!".
While the two were chatting and moving forward, the old lady suddenly waved vigorously to the other side of the road.
The two people across the street heard the shouting and turned their faces in unison.
Yun Shunan was stunned, and the bag that was originally placed firmly on his shoulder slipped down somehow.
"Boss Jane!", the old lady shouted at the graceful figure again.
Soon, the two figures appeared side by side in front of her and Yun Shunan.
"Boss Jane, your friend went to your store to look for you, you weren't there, he had to be kind enough to help me send the bottle back, are you going to go to the store?", the old lady pointed to the kind person next to her, and said familiarly.
After Jian Yuqin turned her face and saw the middle-aged man beside her just now, her heart was confused, her eyes were still a little flustered at this time, and her mind was a little blank.
But Bai Yu, who was standing beside her, answered for her: "Auntie, Yuqin and I are going to eat!"
As he said this, his eyes swept over Yun Shunan's face vigilantly, and found the latter's gaze stopping on Jian Yuqin's face.
"You are not young people anymore, you don't know how much your body hurts if you don't eat on time!", the old lady glanced at the man next to Boss Jian with dissatisfaction, it was also the first time she saw him, and her impression of him was far worse than that of Yun Shunan.
"Auntie, what you said is, blame me, I have a lot of things in this game...... It's really wrong to let Yuqin wait for me hungry", when Bai Yu replied, his eyes were on Jian Yuqin.
Jian Yuqin felt the temperature in his eyes, smiled reluctantly, and replied: "I ate breakfast late, but I'm not hungry."
When the three of them were chatting, Yun Shunan stood in place like a transparent person, slightly embarrassed.
"This brother is your friend, then why didn't you know that you had an appointment with me today, why did you run to the store at this time", Bai Bai Yu raised his chin slightly, glanced at Yun Shunan, and finally his gaze fell back on the face of the woman next to him.
"I ......", Yun Shunan just wanted to explain that he was not friends with her, it was his aunt who misunderstood, but as soon as he said a word, Jian Yuqin replied first: "It's an old friend from the tavern, it used to be common, and I haven't been in touch for a while, so I naturally don't know a lot of things......."
"Oh, was he a tavern regular like me before?", Bai Yu unconsciously carried vinegar and another deep meaning in his words.
Jian Yuqin is so smart, how could she not understand, after a short silence, she looked at Yun Shunan's face and shook her head gently, and answered the questions of the people around her: "Unlike you, of course you are different."
Thinking that she was saying that she was important and special, Bai Bai Yu nodded with satisfaction, and said to the man with a somewhat surprised expression: "Brother, if you want to drink and come to the tavern at night, I will accompany you, we will not accompany you much at this time, and if you don't go to dinner, the eldest mother should say that I won't take care of Yuqin."
The old lady felt unpleasant when she saw him with a smug expression, and pulled Yun Shunan next to her: "Let's go too!"
Yun Shunan hurriedly withdrew his gaze from Jian Yuqin's face, picked up the big bag that he had just placed at his feet again, and nodded and said yes.
"Yuqin, let's go! you guys should eat too", looking at Jian Yuqin and explaining sincerely. The old lady tugged at Yun Shunan's sleeve again.
The latter immediately followed her steps away.
Jian Yuqin looked at their backs, and finally her eyes fell on the bag of pears that the old lady was carrying.
"Yuqin, let's go too, the restaurant you said, I've been looking forward to it since last night", Bai Yu's face was full of smiles.
"It's too late to go to that restaurant, why don't you eat nearby?
"Blame me, blame me, I should have picked you up earlier, next time I must arrange the work in advance, I will invite this meal, it can be regarded as an apology", Bai Bai Yu was actually not very interested in eating, saying that he was looking forward to the night, mainly looking forward to the alone time with Jian Yuqin, so when he heard that she couldn't eat at the restaurant she originally planned because of time, she didn't show any loss.
"Or ...... There is a wonton noodle shop in the street and alley in front of him, let's go to his house to eat?", Jian Yuqin didn't argue with him about who should pay the bill, and directly said the address of the restaurant he wanted to eat.
"Wonton noodles, Yuqin, don't have the idea of saving money for me, I have saved a lot of pension money over the years, even if I take out some of it...... For other purposes, it's still rich, go eat something good, it's better for women to eat bird's nest, why don't we go to the 'Tianhai Palace' to eat? It's open 24 hours a day."
"Tianyu, the most important thing to eat is not what to eat, but who to eat with, right? Just eat wonton noodles, I want to eat ......", Jian Yuqin raised her eyes, her eyes were soft.
"Okay!Eat whatever you say!Let's go!Wonton noodles!Actually, I love noodles too!", Bai Baiyu couldn't stand her eyes, and compromised in a second.
Jian Yuqin nodded, wanting to give him a smile, but his mind was still full of the figure carrying the snakeskin bag, and he couldn't laugh.
It's a pity that Bai Bai Yu fell in love, and his IQ was negative, except for the natural hostility when he faced Yun Shunan just now, he didn't notice the strangeness of her expression when he was by her side at this time, completely like a stupid big man with a brain full of mush.