Friday, December 23, 2013, Jincheng, Shudu

"Fatty, you can't come here yet, I'll wait for you until your ass is numb!"

"I'll be there soon!"

Putting down the phone, Xu Yan looked sideways at the window of KFC, and the image of a teenager was reflected in the window. In the window, Xu Yan saw himself: this was a very sunny handsome young man, tall, thin, fair and quiet, with bright and moist eyes—at first glance, Xu Yan gave people a very gentle feeling.

Xu Yan, 19 years old this year, is a sophomore college student in the Department of Business Management of the School of Finance and Economics of Shudu University in Shuchuan Province.

Today is Friday, and it coincides with Christmas Eve in the West, the market is very lively, looking out of the glass window of KFC, the entrance of the mall is displayed with bright colorful flags, colorful Christmas trees are placed, and Chunjiang Road is full of male and female couples leaning on each other. Looking at those sentient men and women who were immersed in sweetness, Xu Yan had some envy in his eyes, but it could only be envy: as a poor college student with no money, no house and no job, love is really a luxury for him.

After eating this unworthy couple's meal, Xu Yan's waiting friend was still nowhere to be seen, but the sky suddenly became dark, the sky was full of dark clouds, black and numb, and a few lightning bolts suddenly crossed the night sky, and the light even exceeded the colorful lights in the street market, reflecting the street white.

After the lightning, after two seconds, there was a banging sound of "Kara", and a huge thunderclap suddenly sounded, shaking Xu Yan's ears to buzz!

"What the hell is this weather?" Xu Yan said in surprise: "It's December, and there will be such a big thunder and lightning?"

After this sudden lightning, the heavy rain came down immediately, and the dense raindrops smashed down, this ferocious rainstorm came very suddenly, and there was an exclamation from the dense crowd on the street, people poured into various shopping malls to avoid the rain, and many people also poured into the KFC restaurant where Xu Yan ate.

Looking at the young couples wearing red Christmas fluff hats who were drenched and drenched, Xu Yan smiled. Suddenly, someone caught his attention, it was a girl dressed in a period robe and carrying a long sword.

"Huh?"

At the first glance of the girl, Xu Yan had a feeling of being shocked - this is a beautiful girl, she is of medium stature, with high hair in a bun, a slender figure, a melon seed face, and faint willow eyebrows. Under the light of the shop, the girl's face glowed with a faint soft light, like a clean and flawless white jade. She was wearing a white robe, with a purple belt around her waist, the robe was as elegant as a cloud, and the figure stood like a bamboo, fluttering like a butterfly.

Xu Yan knows that there are many Hanfu lovers in Jincheng, and there are often people who wear Hanfu to swagger through the market, and there are also many people who engage in Hanfu cosplay exhibitions, and see a girl wearing Hanfu in a KFC store, which is actually not an uncommon thing.

Xu Yan has seen the performances of those Hanfu lovers before, and he always feels that those performers have an indescribable sense of awkwardness - people are people, clothes are clothes, modern people's temperament and ancient costumes, the two cannot be fused together. Even if the performers put on movements such as, sword dances, and tea tasting, it doesn't feel much of the ancient rhyme.

But the girl in front of her is different, her eyebrows are picturesque, her quiet and elegant temperament, her dignified demeanor and steps, and that elegant and noble temperament are so consistent with the ancient clothes on her body, giving people a feeling of unity.

In the past, Xu Yan often read readers' magazines, and he had heard of the so-called aristocratic temperament, but he never understood what it was - it was not until this moment, the moment he saw this girl, that Xu Yan understood what the real aristocratic temperament was.

The real aristocratic temperament is not the nouveau riche style supported by piles of gold and silver, nor the politeness of pretense, nor the arrogance of no one in his eyes, it is a kind of real confidence and etiquette from the heart - now, in Xu Yan's eyes, every cell of this girl exudes a real aristocratic temperament, which makes the people standing around her have a sense of self-shame.

Xu Yan couldn't help but think: If this girl is willing to shoot costume martial arts film and television dramas, she will not need makeup with her appearance, and she can defeat all the actresses who are now popular.

Obviously, Xu Yan was not the only one who felt the girl's beauty, and the men and women in KFC who were hiding from the rain or eating also cast admiration or jealousy on her. She came all the way like this, and I don't know how many poor male companions were twisted by his girlfriend next to her.

Being watched by the crowd like this, the girl seemed very unaccustomed, she frowned slightly, looked around strictly, and her beautiful and childish face showed an awe-inspiring majesty. But it was very strange that in her eyes as she looked at the decoration of the KFC store, her expression was uneasy, her eyes were full of suspicion and vigilance, and she looked like a villager who had entered the city for the first time - majestic and shy, two completely different temperaments appeared alternately in her, which was very surprising.

When the girl passed by Xu Yan's side, it happened that Xu Yan's juice was also drunk, he got up and went to the counter to refill the glass, he stood up and followed the girl, and the two joined the queue to buy food one after the other. Standing behind the girl, Xu Yan admired the beautiful back of the girl, smelled the faint and elegant body fragrance emitted by the girl, the fresh breath like grass and trees, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

As if sensing something, the girl turned around and glared at Xu Yan angrily, she whispered something, and quickly turned her head away.

"What is she scold......ing me? Ascend to the disciples?"

Xu Yan took a step back embarrassedly: although he didn't hear what the girl said clearly, looking at her angry expression, it was obviously not a good word. In an instant, Xu Yan's face turned red. But now that you're in line, if you get glared at and walk away, it seems like you're a thief again?

Xu Yan was hesitating, and at this moment, the person in front of the team finished ordering, and it was the girl's turn to order.

"Welcome, what do you want?" the KFC cashier asked quickly.

Xu Yan heard the girl say, "Shopkeeper, I want to be like the one in front." ”

Hearing this strange name, the clerk was stunned, but she quickly reacted: "Understood, please wait." ”

The young cashier quickly pressed a few times on the machine: "A set meal of Maixiang chicken, a cup of Coke, a total of seventeen yuan and five cents, what else do you want to order?"

"That's it, shopkeeper, please serve. ”

"Okay, miss, please pay for the trouble, seventeen yuan and five cents, thank you. ”

"Pay the bill—that's what the bill means?" asked the girl, nodding herself, "I think so." ”

Then, she took out a money bag from her sleeve, took out something and handed it over: "Shopkeeper, seventeen yuan, take it." ”

Seeing the things handed over by the girl, the female clerk was taken aback: "Sorry, miss, we only accept RMB here." We don't accept this kind of thing like yours -- uh, this kind of thing. Please pay RMB, thank you!"

As she spoke, she blocked it with her hand, and a round object fell from the girl's hand, buzzing and whirling on the counter, making a crisp sound. Xu Yan went out sideways and took a look: looking at the shape and texture, it was a round copper coin with a square hole.

Seeing this scene, several customers in line laughed: "This girl is dizzy from playing costume games, right?

"Don't say it, that copper coin, it really looks like that, the sound is the same as the real thing, and it has a lot of weight. ”

In the laughter of everyone, the girl's jade face was slightly red, she showed a puzzled look, looked down at the copper coin in her hand, and then looked at the female clerk opposite, she thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Shopkeeper, please rest assured, this is not a private coin, this is the Daming Tongbao that the household is casting, full of weight, and there is no falsehood." ”

Hearing the girl say this, the onlookers burst into laughter: "Haha, this girl is really stupid!"

"Hey, beauty, stop playing! hurry up, it's over, we're still waiting in line!"

The clerk also smiled: "I'm sorry, Miss, we only accept RMB, Miss, we haven't heard of your copper coin, so we don't accept it." ”

The girl was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief: "Ah, you don't accept Daming Tongbao?"

"I'm sorry, I really don't accept it, miss, please pay RMB. ”

The girl was a little dazed, she was stunned for a while, as if to confirm that the waiter was not joking with her, and then, she touched her sleeve very seriously for a while, and took out a few small pieces of silver metal: "There are more than a dozen taels of silver, do you accept it?"

The waiter still shook his head: "I'm sorry, miss, we only accept RMB - sorry miss, please hurry up, there are other customers waiting in the back." ”

"Oh. The girl held the copper coin and the broken silver in embarrassment, and her face was flushed. was rejected in front of everyone, and she looked very embarrassed and at a loss. At this time, Xu Yan, who was standing behind her, couldn't stand it anymore, he took a step forward and handed the clerk a fifty yuan bill: "I'm sorry, my friend likes to joke." A barley chicken set, hassle plus an orange juice and ice cream, thank you. ”

The clerk glanced at Xu Yan and the girl, as if she had misunderstood something, she smiled understandingly: "Okay, that's a total of twenty-nine yuan, I'll charge you fifty yuan here, and I'll find you twenty-one yuan, please take it." Please wait a minute, things will be ready in no time. ”

Seeing that it was Xu Yan who bought something for herself, the girl was a little surprised, she took a step back, stared at Xu Yan vigilantly with wide eyes, and silently signaled with her eyes: What do you want to do?

Xu Yan smiled bitterly: Since I was a child, I have always appeared as a good student who follows the rules, and I was misunderstood as a ** with bad intentions, this experience is really the first time in my life.

He raised his hand and said calmly: "I don't mean anything else, when I go out, everyone has inconvenient times, it's just a gesture, this ......"

Xu Yan hesitated - in modern Chinese, the word "Miss" has been attached to too many ** meanings, and the girl opposite is already very vigilant, afraid that she will misunderstand, Xu Yan really doesn't dare to use this word anymore. Seeing that she should still be a student at her age, he simply said, "This ...... Female classmates don't have to care, it's just a small thing. ”

Perhaps because of Xu Yan's sincere tone, or because of a convincing righteousness in Xu Yan's dignified eyebrows, the girl stared at him for a while, but her expression gradually eased. She lifted the hem of her skirt and curtched her knees to say goodbye: "Thank you for your help today." Dare to ask Childe's surname, who is the origin? Leave the address, Childe's kindness today, let me repay it in the future. ”

Listening to the tone and words of the woman's speech, Xu Yan's head suddenly became big: I know that the sister is playing Hanfu cosplay, but you don't need to be so into the play, right?

"This girl is serious, helping others to do good, it's a trivial matter, why bother?"

Seeing that the girl was able to play the play, Xu Yan was also infected unconsciously, and dropped a sentence. He still wanted to talk about it again, but at this time the clerk had already brought out the order: "Two, this lady's chicken leg burger, a cup of iced tea, this gentleman's orange juice, and an ice cream, please use it slowly." ”

Xu Yan nodded goodbye to the girl, picked up his share of food and went back to his seat. He sat down, but before he could move, he was suddenly stunned: the girl was already standing in front of her seat with a plate.

"You ......"

Before Xu Yan could speak, the girl had already spoken first: "The son is generous, and I don't want to repay my kindness, but I am not ungrateful." My family's ancestral teaching, do not accept the favor of others in vain, since the son is of noble character and does good deeds and does not want to leave a name, then the cost of the son, I want to repay it with the treasure of the Ming Dynasty, I wonder if the son can agree?"

"Huh, what Tongbao?"

"Childe, may I sit down?"

"Ah...... Okay, okay, please take a seat, please take a seat. ”

The girl thanked her head slightly, and sat down across from her. She took out her purse from her sleeve again: "I just heard what the shopkeeper said, the son spent a total of 'seventeen yuan', I don't know how much 'seventeen yuan' is worth, and I want to compensate the son with Daming Tongbao seventeen yuan, I don't know if it is possible?"

As she spoke, she paused for a moment, and seeing that Xu Yan was stunned and didn't speak for a long time, she thought about it and bowed slightly: "Could it be that the food sold in this shop is very expensive, and the seventeen wen is not enough to pay for it......?" It's really rude to me, don't be surprised. ”

She groaned slightly, and took out a golden metal ingot from her purse: "This is five taels of gold for the household official, it should be able to make up for the child's expenses, please smile." ”