It's half past five.

In the north in winter, it is still pitch black outside, and it looks like the middle of the night. By six o'clock, the train station was getting more crowded. Station staff wearing dark green uniforms began to appear. People who rushed to catch the morning train came one after another, carrying large bags and small bags, and the loudspeaker reminded passengers that the broadcast of the train was also frequent.

The more you don't have anything to eat, the less hungry you are, and that's an irrefutable truth.

As for the reason, it can probably only be sublimated to the psychological level of people.

Anyway, Anna is very hungry now, and she is so hungry that her chest is pressed against her back.

Before leaving for the airport yesterday, because she got up late and was in a hurry, she hurriedly went out with only a few sips of coffee. Until now.

She had already eaten up the rest of the chocolate. Glancing at Li Mei last night, she was still sitting in the corner like that, and the few pieces of chocolate she grabbed last night didn't seem to have been eaten.

I don't know how she can afford to be hungry so much.

Anna wanted to care that she wanted to come back, but she was too embarrassed to speak. After swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva, I decided to try my best to find a place to sell the watch first.

Wait until the day finally dawns. She dragged her suitcase to Li Mei and called out.

Li Mei slowly raised her eyelids, and when she saw that it was Anna, a reluctant smile squeezed out of the corner of her mouth.

"That...... I have something to go out, it's inconvenient to take this box with you, if you don't go somewhere else, can you help me take a look at it first? ”

Li Mei looked at her suitcase and nodded.

This suitcase of hers is also a luxury brand. But now, in addition to being cumbersome, she neither eats nor uses it, and she is handed over to this Li Mei for temporary care, and Anna is not worried at all. If you really want to lose it, then it should be less of a burden.

Anna thanked her and pulled the box next to her. When he turned around to leave, he hesitated, turned around and asked, "Li Mei, where are you going?"

Li Mei was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Hongshijing ......"

This C city, Anna knows. But she hadn't heard of any red stone wells. Probably a small place. nodded, "I won't let you look at my luggage for nothing." Well, when I get back, I'll buy you a ticket by the way. ”

Li Mei looked at her steadily.

Anna smiled at her and turned to walk out the door.

On the side of the road outside the square in front of the station, there are already a few early stalls set up for you. Anna wrapped her shawl tightly, resisted the cold, passed by the stalls selling roast chicken, twist flowers, and steamed buns, smelled the seductive fragrance, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and walked towards the middle-aged man who greeted him with a strong smile.

"Girl, see you're not a local! From Shanghai?" The middle-aged man made a thick tongue-curling voice, wore a small white hat of the local ethnic minority on his head, and wore a greasy white coat around his body, and greeted Anna warmly, "Freshly baked hot lamb and green onion buns! Mutton and green onion are rich and strong powder, and the meat is thin and thin! Eight cents a piece, one dime and five or two! Buy two and try it, you still want to eat it after eating it!"

Anna swallowed her saliva again, resisting the tempting fragrance that was desperately drilling into her nose, and said with a smile: "Uncle, I'm sorry, I just want to ask, where is there a place to sell watches around here?"

"You buy a watch?"

"It's not. Is it that I want to sell...... It's about buying watches!"

Uncle Mutton Bun was stunned for a moment, sighed, and pointed to the direction of his right: "In the past, there was a supply and marketing building in front of it, and there were watches sold in it. It's just that people only sell it, but don't accept it. If you want to sell, go to the watchmaker. There's a stall next to the supply and marketing building. Just ask and see!"

Anna thanked her again and again, turning her head to leave.

"Girl, I said you really don't want to buy a taste?" Uncle Mutton Bun called her unwillingly, "My bun is famous nearby, and the residents have come to buy it." It's still early, and when there are more people, you can't buy it if you want to!"

Anna cried with a sad face: "Uncle, to tell you the truth, my wallet was stolen, and I haven't eaten since last night." I just asked you about the place, and I just wanted to sell the watch and go home. ”

Uncle Mutton Bun was stunned for a moment and closed his mouth.

Anna took one last look at the buns in the foggy glass of the cart, and turned her head reluctantly. After walking a few steps, I heard a sigh behind me, and Uncle Mutton Bun beckoned to her, "Come here, come here! I'll send you two! Eat well, go back to Shanghai and advertise for me! My surname is Yang, the third stall at the south gate of the railway station, Yang Ji mutton and green onion buns!"

Anna watched him take a newspaper cut into small square pieces, wrapped two steamed buns for herself and handed them over, overjoyed, hurriedly took it, and said gratefully: "Thank you Uncle Yang! Thank you Uncle Yang! When I sell my watch, I will pay you back when I have money!"

"Hey, let's go, let's go! It's not easy to go out!" Uncle Mutton Bun waved at her.

Anna thanked her again, and after walking forward for a while, she didn't care about her image, casually squatted against the wall in a corner, and bit on the white chubby bun.

With a slight pop, the hot soup in the bun bubbled out and soaked onto Anna's tongue, and the taste buds instantly seemed to bloom.

The taste of fresh green onions and pure northern mutton, mixed with gluten flour, is so fragrant, Anna seems to have never eaten such a delicious thing in her life.

She almost devoured the first bun, and the rest of the bun was dried into her stomach one by one, licking her greasy lips, and finally returning with all her strength.

Anna wiped her equally oily fingers with the oily newspaper and saw a "...... I didn't look closely at the title of "Cracking Down on Criminal Activities ......", I couldn't find the garbage can, I threw it on the side of the road and stood up, and walked in the direction pointed out by Uncle Mutton Bun. After walking about seven or eight hundred meters, I inquired with passers-by again, and finally saw a three-storey old-style building, with a wooden sign hanging at the door of "Heping Street Supply and Marketing Building of City C".

It was still early, and the supply and marketing building was not open. Anna searched around the building several times, and finally saw a small façade in an alley that appeared to be a watch repairer. It's just that the door is locked. On the wall was painted a line of words that read "Old Than a Watch Shop".

Anna sat down in a sheltered corner and watched the people and cars passing in front of her.

The streets are dusty. As the sky gets brighter, more people go to work and school. The most common trams on the street are boxy old trams with big braids, and occasionally you can see a few cars that Anna can't name. Other than that, there are passers-by on tripod bikes. Everyone has their own destination, and they are in a hurry. Occasionally, I noticed Anna, and I looked back frequently.

Although you can occasionally see one or two women on the street who permed her mother's curly hair and high heels, which were popular when she was young. But Anna knew she looked different from them.

It's like a pheasant that has been thrown into a flock of chickens, out of place.

When you have money, the first thing you do is to hurry up and buy a dress to wrap yourself in. In this way, she will not be seen to death, but will also be frozen to death!

At nine o'clock, the sun rose high, and the door of supply and marketing opened. But that old Yu's shop hasn't opened yet.

Anna continued to wait. Finally, at ten o'clock, I saw a thin old man in a shabby dark blue tunic, slowly walking into the alley and opening the door.

Anna immediately followed up and said, "Hello, uncle. I'd like to ask, do you buy watches here?"

The old man slowly posed his dick and asked, "What watch?"

As soon as Anna heard that there was a play, she came to her senses, and hurriedly took off the one on her wrist and handed it over, "Patek Philippe." The latest. I don't usually bring it much, it's like brand new. How much do you think it's worth?"

The old man looked at his watch, then at Anna.

"Overseas Chinese?"

"Yes. Anna lied to him.

The old man put on reading glasses, took the watch, took the magnifying glass and looked at it for a long time, then removed the back cover, continued to study the movement for a long time, and finally raised his head and said slowly: "One hundred." ”

Although Anna was mentally prepared, it was impossible for the watch to sell for a good price here. But this price is really surprising to her.

"Uncle, you have taken a closer look! This is an authentic Patek Philippe! Swiss imported watch! How can it be so cheap?"

The old man took off his glasses: "Girl, it's a hundred, it's a lot, and it's up to two months' salary." I know that you are a good watch, and I accepted it at this price. Let me tell you, if I take out your brand, it will be difficult to find one person in a hundred people who know it. I can't sell it, and no matter how good the watch is, I'll lose money, don't you say? If you take the plum blossom radar, I can sell it for 600 in this condition. Why? Some people are willing to pay a high price! Everyone knows that the plum blossom radar is a high-end foreign product, and wearing it out has more face than a seagull watch. As for your brand, I also saw it when I was a child and my grandfather repaired clocks and watches in Shanghai, and most people don't know it at all. Do you like to sell or not? ”

After the old man finished speaking, he handed the watch back.

Anna was dumbfounded.

No matter how valuable a watch is, if it can't be sold, for her now, it's just a lump of iron that can read the time. Where would you like to go like this. Relying on good words, he almost didn't wear out his mouth, and the old man finally opened the price to two hundred.

"The highest price! If you don't sell it, I can't help it!" the old man put on a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

Anna gritted her teeth and nodded.

The old man was amused, turned over the layers of clothes, pulled out a stack of great unity from a rag bag tied around his waist, counted twenty one by one, and handed it over.

Anna took the money, her heart was dripping blood, and said, "Uncle, you take it for me first." Don't sell. I promise, when I have the money, I'll come back to you and buy it back. I'll give you a price increase, and I won't let you suffer. ”

The old man smiled and nodded. Turn around and put away your watch.

Anna left a big unity by her side, rolled the remaining one hundred and nine into a roll, and saw that there was no one on the side, and secretly stuffed it into her bra to make sure that nothing was wrong, and then left in a hurry.