Chapter 8: The Turning Point
After the scarf was woven, Su Youling also went to see Lian Sheng, he had told her that he would be a little more free in the afternoon, so she picked an afternoon time to take the tram, and took the scarf that was not very good-woven, and put it in a fine canvas kun bag. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info She went to Hongding Fang on Qipan Street to find him, and asked the waiter there Zhao Liansheng was there, and the waiter said that Master Xiao Zhao was here, and he was not busy at this time, so let her wait a while, and he went to the back to shout. Lian Sheng came out to see that it was her, and gestured back to change his clothes before going out with her. He is such a person, doing the work of the tobacco gang, and he does not have such literary ingenuity, but he can't see any fireworks in his body.
The two chatted and turned to the four roads, and she was hungry for the oil-threaded tofu from the snack shop, so she sat down and ordered a bowl. He has never liked these, took the opportunity to buy a newspaper in the opposite bookstore to accompany her, she read the "declaration", some happily asked him if the daily declaration paper has been collected, she recently read a few Zhang Hatshui's serialized novels, the words are not yet fully understood, but I am addicted to it, and asked him if there is a part published before. He said that all the old newspapers were naturally sold, and after moving here, they were all there, and she would give them to her if she wanted, and he himself had never paid attention to them, and it was useless to keep them.
He took her to his residence, Mrs. Yan was rubbing mahjong in the guest room, and it was a few mahjong partners in the past, and they were familiar with each other, so he went in to greet her and got to know her. In fact, there is not much privacy in the alley house that lives on his side, the population is complex, so many are at the right time, and he is sophisticated after all, and he takes her into the pavilion without closing the door, just open and breathable - the floor slab between his pavilions is really not good, and the oil smoke in the stove and the room under the stove is all here, and he often has to open the window and open the door to disperse the smell, so the roll of declaration paper he gave her is also full of fireworks. He was a little surprised by the scarf she had knitted, and he tried to wrap it up for her, but the stitches were not very comfortable around his neck, and at last he took it off and folded it neatly and put it on the bed. The tenant in the front building came back, saw that the door was open, said hello to him twice at the door, and nodded to her. She really didn't want to stay here for a long time, he had something to go back to Hongdingfang later, and the two of them walked slowly all the way east in the direction of Hongdingfang...... The street scene in this area is covered with a faint autumn air, and there is an indescribable blankness.
On the tram platform on Qipan Street, he waited for her to wait for the train, she deliberately looked north, the sun on the tall building opposite obliquely shone over, hitting the window glass of a building here, reflecting a dazzling light, and the people in the car crowd below the bright swaying had a kind of distant gray, solemn and cold. The autumn street breeze had a special sense of time, brushing her shoulder-length hair, and she suddenly felt an irresistible vulnerability—he seemed to understand her unpleasantness, and came over to hold her hand, and unconsciously squeezed it a few times, wanting to say something but not saying it...... Later, when the car came, she withdrew her hand, and he did not call her again, but stood there and took a breath, and walked down the street.
She felt a great alienation for a while, and she even blamed it all on him, he was always so busy, even the environment he was in now seemed to unceremoniously squeeze her out, and she seemed to be back to the person she had been without him before, but far from her previous state of mind...... The tram was running on the Waibaidu Bridge, and the faint sunlight was shattered by the steel structure that crossed overhead, and it was like cool boiled water......
After that, she continued to live like this, buying two circles of dark red velvet, this time to weave a scarf for herself; also went out to buy snacks to eat, Zhao Xingji didn't go for a long time, because he was afraid of being embarrassed to meet people, so he bought them elsewhere, and he didn't know what to buy; The declaration paper is bought every day, and it is necessary to read the serialized novels above, and there are many encounters, and she also laughs with the boss who sells the newspaper, flying with her eyes, laughing and scolding. She does her thing every day, just doesn't look at him, and gets angry with him.
It had been a long time since he had come to see her again, and the leaves of the ginkgo biloba tree at the factory gate had begun to wither sporadically, and the ground was a shallow layer of gold. He beckoned to her, and she smiled lightly. She also happened to rest this afternoon, and the two of them walked along the road...... He brought a piece of news this time, Gui Sheng's Bi Fang Zhai merged the two stores next to him, and started another business of candy and cakes, and was adding manpower, if she wanted, she might as well go to Gui Sheng to do things, and at least she would be freer than here. In fact, he also has another layer of thoughts, he also thinks that leaving her here alone is not a way to stay here for a long time, in Gui Sheng's place, with Yu Fen Gui Sheng to take care of him, he is also relieved. She is naturally willing to go to Bifangzhai, the monotonous and boring life of the yarn factory has consumed a part of her heart, while another part of her characteristics has not been worn out for a long time, and she is tenacious waiting for an opportunity to break out of her shell. However, she still had to be angry with him, turned her face away from him, ignored him, he knew that she was playing with anger, and after a few laughs, it was all over.
She quickly resigned in the yarn factory, and the best friendship was Gu Xiaochun, she agreed with Sister Gu that she would go to Gu's house to play in the future, after all, she was like half of her mother's family. She didn't pack up much, the pot on the windowsill was going to be taken away, Gu Xiaochun sent her to the factory gate, Lian Sheng took advantage of the afternoon to pick her up, and the three of them walked side by side to the tram stop. Gu Xiaochun is still so bad at words, nothing more than three or two ordinary words, a bland farewell...... The tram came, Su Youling waved her hand and got on the car first, Lian Sheng said goodbye to Gu Xiaochun in the back, and was about to turn around and get on the car, Gu Xiaochun grabbed his arm, and finally rushed to say, "Lian Sheng, treat her well!" At that time, the tram was about to start, and she said a little loudly in a hurry, and Su Youling inside also heard it, and the suppressed emotions exploded with a "boom", and she cried on his chest like a......
When the tram drove through the streets of the French Concession, the leaves of the plane trees fluttered like rain this season.
Su Youling moved to Pushi Road to live, the house that Yufen was looking for, a family surnamed Ni, played cards with her a few times, the relationship said that she was not close, said that she was not sparse, she has always been good at taking care of her in this regard, and her girlfriend is naturally not good Now she is under the eaves of her own house, strangers are afraid that they will not take care of her, and those who are too close are afraid that Su Youling will live in restraints, only this kind of general friendship is just right, polite and will not take too much care. Mrs. Ni is from Shanghai, her appearance is quite clean, her hair on her head is combed smoothly and neatly, without a trace of burrs, and her smile can lead Liansheng Su Youling to the pavilion upstairs, and after a few words of concise care, she smiled and signaled to go downstairs.
In the end, they have a new style of alley here, and the environment is much better than that of the four-horse road Liansheng place. Mr. Ni works as a clerk in a foreign bank on Nanjing Road, and is also regarded as an upper-middle class "Mr. Writing Room", and Mrs. Ni has a daughter Jiayi, Jiayi is now studying in Chinese and Western Girls' High School, boarding system, and does not come back to live on weekdays, Mr. Ni has a lot of entertainment, and Mrs. Ni is inevitably too lonely at home, so a pavilion room is rented for a long time. After Lian Sheng helped for a while, it was time to go back to Hongdingfang, and he went downstairs to greet Mrs. Ni and politely asked her to take care of her. Not long after Lian Sheng left, Yufen came, and outside the back door, "Manyin, Manyin!" "Call Mrs. Ni and invite Mrs. Ni to Zhao's house for dinner, upstairs Su Youling heard the sound and came down, and Yufen also called her. Mrs. Ni was polite, and excused herself that Mr. Ni didn't have a phone call here, and he was going to come back for dinner, so he wouldn't go to Zhao's house, Yufen laughed and said, "Yo, when can't you and Lao Ni be in the world together?" Go to me today! I'm here to call Lao Ni, come over together, I'm a mahjong partner, I'm going to come a few laps after dinner...... "Yufen persuaded Mrs. Ni with a pull, and forced her to call Mr. Ni quickly." Today's dinner has the meaning of catching the wind for Su Youling, and it also has the intention of taking care of the Ni family and his wife, and Yufen also borrowed someone else's cook for this purpose.
Mr. Ni and Gui Sheng are simply two types of people, Gui Sheng always puts a robe and shoes and a hat every day, a sophisticated small businessman, Mr. Ni is a very foreign gentleman, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and the collars of the two shirts in the light gray velvet sweater are neat and crisp, he nodded to Su Youling politely, please Miss Su must tell his wife if necessary, don't be polite, Su Youling smiled and promised to thank him, and couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart, and even a little flattered, and quietly glanced at Mr. Ni timidly.
Bi Fang Zhai has a few original people transferred to the candy cake to bring the newcomer, the refreshment here and another newcomer, for the sake of safety, both sides are mixed with the old and the new, and the focus is still on the refreshment, after all, it is the old business of many years of craftsmanship, and it is just like the day is in the middle of the day. Su Youling came to Bifangzhai to do things, and of course Gui Physiology arranged some light and decent work for her, and it happened that a guy at the refreshment counter was transferred to the wedding cake, so Su Youling greeted customers at the refreshment counter first. On the first day, it was natural to catch a duck on the shelf, and the various refreshments were not yet known, all relying on the guy who stood at the counter with her to point out, which inevitably caused trouble to the customers, and she was very embarrassed, she could only apologize to explain to them over and over again, and it took a lot of tongues and lost a lot of smiles, and at the end of the day the brain was a mess, and it was dusk to be able to slow down a little. On their side, Gui Sheng's mother came to take care of the two meals, and the staff was replaced to eat at the back of the store, and Wang's mother has always been old in Ningbo, not to mention that most of the people here are people from Ningbo, a few follow the majority, and within a few days, Su Youling also adapted to it.
She is now in contact with all kinds of people every day, and her eyes are different, she began to apply alabaster lightly, and her two eyebrows have been carefully trimmed, painted in the most fashionable style of the moment, and the slender willow leaves look straight into the corners of her eyes, looking charming and heroic. Mrs. Ni gave her some clothes, which Miss Ni only wore once or twice and then put them away, and they had a party among their classmates, and they were very particular about dressing, and the number of times a dress was worn out was to make people laugh, Mrs. Ni saw that Su Youling and Miss Ni were almost the same, so she asked her to pick some and take them, all of which were of high quality and style. It's really a person who relies on clothes, and as soon as Miss Ni's cheongsam fashion is put on, Su Youling looks like she is on the body. Now in this season, she usually wears a velvet sweater over a cheongsam, stands at the counter with her head held high, laughs and talks with people, calculates the price, and ushers in the unhurried delivery. She also met Mrs. Zhang, who said that Mrs. Gu often missed her, and I wondered if she was used to moving here. Su Youling smiled and said some words of comfort to herself, persuading them not to worry. When Mrs. Zhang went back, she naturally spread it to Mrs. Gu, saying that she couldn't recognize Miss Su anymore, and she was as foreign as a young grandmother, so it can be seen that this Mr. Zhao is not bad, and she treats Miss Su really well! Although Mrs. Gu was also familiar with Mrs. Zhang's penchant for exaggeration, she was still very pleased to hear it.
After everything stabilized, Su Youling also went back to Hongkou South to see Mrs. Gu, it was late autumn, and the ginkgo biloba leaves in the alley were swirling on the ground with the wind, she was wearing a new coat and carrying two kinds of snacks from Bifangzhai.