Night Fifty-Seven: Apples
In the early hours of the morning, the sky was bright, Huo Bai and Duan Ping yawned and cleaned up the food stalls.
"Brother Huo, I'm leaving, are you really okay alone?" Duan Ping put away the last stool, took off the hat on his head, and said to Huo Bai with some anxiety.
Huo Bai waved his hand, "It's okay, let's go, go back and have a good rest, and start delivering food tonight." β
Duan Ping finally nodded, shook the hat in his hand and left.
"Whoa-!" The roller shutter door in front of the food stall faΓ§ade room was pulled down, and Huo Bai pinched the car keys and walked towards his car.
Duan Ping can go back to rest, he still has to go to the morning market to bring back fresh materials.
Passing by the advertising sign occupied by the cats, he reached out and touched the cat boss's ear.
The cat boss didn't open his eyes, and his ears shook and he went.
"Dominate the light signs in the store every day, do I have to charge some rent?" Huo Bai said and suddenly felt funny, reached out again and pinched the cat boss's ears and left.
Because of the design of the community, the section at the mouth of the alley is darker than the general road section, and there were lights there.
But I don't know when it will break, and I haven't seen anyone fix it since.
After a long time, everyone thinks that there are no lights at the intersection.
However, when Huo Bai drove by, he found that he didn't know where to pull a line at the intersection, and a light was hanging at the end of the line.
Under the lamp is a fruit stall, and the fruits on the stall are very good in Huo Bai's eyes for many years, and the varieties are quite complete.
Sitting at the back of the stall was a middle-aged man in a gray coat with a black fanny pack buttoned around his waist.
The man was a little chubby, and he was sitting with his head down and picking up a basket of apples.
Through the light, Huo Bai could see that the man had picked out all the insects with insect eyes and put them in another basket.
He stopped and rolled down the window, "Boss, how do you sell apples here?"
"Three pieces a pound. β
Huo Bai took out a five-piece sheet from the buckle of the car door and handed it out, "Help weigh five." β
"Ah, okay. The man put down his work and reached out for a plastic bag to pick through the basket of good apples.
"Take it. The man weighed the apples and handed them to him before taking the money.
"Thank you. β
"You're welcome, you're my first business today. As he spoke, the man reached out and grabbed two oranges and stuffed them into the plastic bag in Huo Bai's hand.
Huo Bai didn't shirk either, took it with a smile and drove away.
He had seen this man some time ago, and had seen him come to the food stall for several days in a row.
The time is different every time I come, but I didn't expect him to set up a fruit stand here now.
The reason why Huo Bai has an impression of this man, in addition to the fact that men often come, is also because of the man's preoccupied appearance every time he comes.
But the last few times he's noticed that the expression on the man's face is much lighter.
While driving to the intersection and waiting for the red light, he pulled an apple out of a plastic bag placed in the passenger seat.
I took two tissues, wiped them casually, stuffed them in my mouth, and took a bite, which was crispy and sweet.
He is not afraid of whether there are pesticide residues on apples or something, and he never pays attention to what he eats.
But he is very particular about what he sells.
Today's red light is a bit long, and he has eaten an apple and the green light is not yet on.
Of course, it is also possible that he eats apples too quickly.
The sweet apple made Huo Bai feel very good, he propped his elbow on the car window, his fingers tapped on the steering wheel, and he whispered a minor tune that he didn't know what it was.
After a while, the green light turned on, and Huo Bai put up gear and drove out with one foot of the accelerator.
At five or six o'clock in the morning, the city was still relatively deserted, few cars passed by on the road, and the sky was white.
It wasn't until the sun came out that the sky began to be dyed in brilliant colors.
Huo Bai squinted at the road ahead, the sun was just rising in front of him, and the sunlight was still a little dazzling at this time.
The sun shone on the road, and to his squinting eyes it looked like a carpet with a red tinge in gold.
After all, he was still a little shaky, and he suddenly regretted that he didn't come out with sunglasses.
After the sun completely rose above the horizon, Huo Bai also went home with fresh materials.
Parking and unloading and packing up everything, Huo Bai closed the door and fell asleep blowing a fan.
Before, when his arm was injured, Duan Ping helped him go in and back to unload the goods, but now that he is almost ready, he can do it himself.
He hadn't done heavy work for a long time, and he was a little tired.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the food stalls opened.
The golden sunlight shone on the human hair, gilding the hair with a layer of gold.
Ah Zhai pulled Rui Rui, who had dyed his hair in the starry sky, and Doudou, who was learning to paint, who he had just met not long ago, to squeeze on a table, talking and laughing and waiting for food.
Huo Bai's hands are almost good, they can stir-fry, of course they want to come and have a good meal!
Rui Rui was motionless, sitting on the stool with a somewhat stiff posture, "Doudou...... I'm getting cramps in my neck. β
Holding the drawing board and drawing at Rui Rui, Doudou lowered his head and said while drawing: "Right away, right away, right away, right away, Rui Rui, you hold on for a while, just a while." β
Rui Rui was helpless, she couldn't live for her own sin, who asked her to just offer to let Doudou draw a sketch for her, "Okay......"
Ah Zhai sat on the side and smiled, "Rui Rui~ It's only been a few minutes, we are not in a hurry~"
"Can you stop talking to me in my mother's coaxing tone...... Goosebumps are up. Rui Rui couldn't turn his head in order to maintain his posture, so he could only roll his eyes in front of her.
While she was in a posture, Duan Ping and Huo Bai came in and served a dish respectively.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Ah Zhai kept attacking the salt-and-pepper shrimp on the table, and she yelled in a hurry: "Put down the shrimp in your hand!"
Ah Otaku touched his nose embarrassedly, huh...... She was so happy that she had just eaten most of the plate.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, come on, come on, I'll feed you, ah~" Ah Zhai grabbed a Jiwei shrimp with chopsticks and came to her to feed her.
At this time, Doudou, who was concentrating on lowering his head to paint, put down the brush in his hand, "Painted!"
When Rui Rui heard this, she quickly jumped up and moved her arms and legs, if Doudou said this later, she would really have cramps.
She also deserves it, why can't she think of such a crooked pose.
After the event started, she didn't feel uncomfortable anymore, chewing the salt-and-pepper shrimp that didn't need to spit out the shell in her mouth, and walked over to admire the masterpiece of Doudou.
She didn't see it, and before she thought she must be painted as beautiful as she imagined.
However, after seeing the painting, her whole face stiffened, and she pointed to the drawing board in Doudou's hand in disbelief, "I...... I look so ugly in your eyes?!!!"
Doudou looked at the painting in his hand and then at Rui Rui himself, "Well, no, it's that the small painter is not enough, cough ...... That one...... Here you go. β
Rui Rui pursed his lips and took the painting, "It seems that you still need to hone your skills......"
Ah Zhai also saw the painting, to be honest, the painting is really not very similar to Rui Rui himself, "The painting is good, the relationship between lines and shadows and the proportion of facial features are handled well." β
Doudou's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Really?!"
Ah Zhai nodded, "Really, it's good to practice more." β
"Then, can I draw one for you?" Doudou looked at her expectantly holding the drawing board in his hand
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Ah Zhai hurriedly changed the topic, "Let's eat first, and then we'll talk about it after eating." "She didn't want to sit still for more than ten minutes!
Doudou sighed, put down the drawing board and grabbed the fried wontons with chopsticks and Rui Rui.
The fact that the three of them can become friends is due to the cats who have been dominating the advertising lights in the food stalls.
Rui Rui was scared and screamed by the cat's eye in the dark that day, and then she met Ah Zhai, and the two did not have much to do with each other after that.
Until that day, Rui Rui and his friends came to bathe the cats, and they became familiar with Rui Rui as soon as they went to the house.
Doudou became friends with Otaku because he fainted that day.
Rui Rui and Doudou also became friends through the house and the cat, and they both found that the interests of the three of them were very similar, and they became best friends after chatting.
The three of them didn't let anyone, the food on the table was swept away, and there was no girlfriend in front of the food!
Doudou rubbed his stomach and hummed quietly, "Rui Rui, you won't let me!
Rui Rui took his mobile phone and turned on the front camera to look at his Shengshi beauty, "You should thank me, if I hadn't eaten that string of shrimp, you would have a stomachache now." β
Doudou snorted twice and didn't mention it again, Rui Rui was right, even if she really gave it to her, she couldn't eat it.
Sure enough, the things are still rushing to eat delicious.
"By the way, Doudou, are you done with your homework?"
Doudou's hand touching his stomach stiffened, and after a while, he relaxed again, "No, don't worry, it's still early to start school." β
Rui Rui picked a pose that she thought would best highlight her beauty and took a selfie, took a picture and carefully retouched the picture, "Isn't it early? You started school on September 1st, right? There are only a few days left." β
Doudou took out her phone and stared at the date on the screensaver, and then she cried with a sad face and a finished expression, "Really...... How can time be so fast...... I thought it was only a holiday now......"
"Kid, recognize the reality. β
Ah Zhai echoed on the side, "A real warrior dares to face the bleak life and dare to face the dripping blood!"
"Well, I haven't had vacation homework for years. Saying that, Ah Zhai showed a smile that seemed very annoying to Doudou.
Doudou sighed, and grabbed Ah Zhai's left hand and Rui Rui's right hand one by one.
"Comrades, the next time is to test our revolutionary friendship!"
Ah Zhai and Rui Rui looked confused.
"What?"
Doudou looked at the two of them with a sad face, "I'm a science scumbag!
Ah Zhai withdrew his hand, "Wait, aren't you a liberal arts student?"
Doudou nodded, "That's right." β
"Then why do you still have to do physical chemistry?" Rui Rui was also a little strange.
Doudou looked loveless, "Because I have a sister who teaches physics, huh~"