Chapter Twenty-Seven: Flower Clothes
Fushun is suffering happily every day. The already dark skin was peeled off, and the new cracked layer was eroded by sweat, he gritted his teeth and counted the steps under his feet step by step, looking at Gui Ying, who was also sweating, wearing his sweatshirt—the clothes that had fitted a month ago were already noticeably looser—the tall Gui Ying had lost a lot of weight, and the heavy back basket weighed down her back a little. The bump on his chest that made him blush could be seen through the cuffs - it was time to buy her clothes! Fu Shun buried his head, didn't think much about it, every step of the footsteps, every drop of sweat, is an extremely meager income and the basis of his voyage!
On this day, the ships arrived at the terminal earlier than usual, and the cargo was unloaded earlier. As soon as the face of the genius was blackened, the street lamps all over the city illuminated the whole sky again, and this brightly lit city that never sleeps, like the endless surging river and endless traffic, is always busy, running, and boiling......
Gui Ying followed behind Fu Shun. They are no strangers to the street, and they are not attracted by the big color TV of any shop, nor are they surprised by the train whizzing by the mountainside. Wealthy city dwellers brought their own chairs, sat on the side of the road to enjoy the shade, shook their fans and played chess, and bare-chested people who were boxing and drinking.
Fu Shun pulled Sister Gui Ying to a clothing store that looked similar to the Shiqiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative—this was the smallest clothing store that Fu Shun could find. Gui Ying screamed and pounced, rubbed her dusty hand against her pants, and tried to reach out several times and then retreated. The fat proprietress leaning against the door looked at the two dolls covered in dirt, thought that Hanako had come in, and threw over two one-cent coins, "Go over...... Get out of the way...... Begging! ”
"Eldest sister, let's look at Ha'er's clothes!"
"Look at what clothes, what looks good!"
Gui Ying was so angry that she didn't fight anywhere, and pulled Fushun away. Fu Shun looked at Gui Ying, whose trousers were torn, "Sister Gui Ying, you wait!" Fu Shun knew that Gui Ying couldn't stand this anger, and he would definitely have to make trouble again in the past.
"Eldest sister, we're buying clothes, can you see what kind of clothes the girl over there wears?" Fu Shun lowered his body and said to the proprietress angrily. Because judging from the door on this street, I am afraid that the price of this is the only one that will be lower!
When the fat woman heard that she was going to buy clothes, she immediately laughed, "Haha...... Little brother, I'm sorry to buy clothes, which one do you fancy wow? Take your pick! The woman regretted her contempt a little, after all, the income of these dock guys was not necessarily much worse than that of these decent, newly transformed self-employed people.
"Oh, I don't understand, which one do you look good?" Fushun was dazzled, what kind of material there was, what kind of color.
"This ......" the fat woman picked out a big floral cloth skirt, "That girl looks so good, she must look good in this!" ”
"Or, it's too fancy, let's do a living way!"
The fat woman glanced at her lips and changed into a linen blouse and large bell bottoms. "This, this is not fancy!"
The shirt is gray, and the pants are blue ink. "Well, this is a must! Do you think she wears so big? Fu Shun pointed to Sister Gui Ying, who was squatting on the side of the road and writing and drawing on the ground with a branch.
"Call her to try!"
"Don't try, we're dirty, don't get you dirty!" What Fu Shun said was from his heart, not to mention that this Sister Gui Ying would not come.
"Oh, that girl is tall, it's just so thin, buy a medium size!" She said as she took another set and wrapped it. "Twelve dollars!"
"That's a lot......" Fushun staggered. You must know that he and Gui Ying have only earned a few dozen yuan in the past half a month, and even the seventh uncle, who is a cadre in the county, only has a salary of more than 20 yuan a month! Gui Ying heard Fu Shun's exclamation, got up and ran over.
"Don't buy it, Fushun! Walk! When Gui Ying heard the price, she looked at the material again, but it was a good material, and it was so different to the touch. But if you pull a few feet of cloth on the stone bridge and find a tailor shop on the street to sew it, it won't cost a few dollars!
Fu Shun hesitated, looking at Sister Gui Ying's unclothed appearance, this girl still has to be ashamed in the countryside, how can she not buy it? "Less, big sister, we don't have any money!"
"Eleven, buy it, buy it, forget it if you don't buy it!" The proprietress said as she prepared to take out the clothes that had been put into the bag.
"Buy...... Buy, buy! Fu Shun hesitated, ignored Sister Gui Ying, and made a decisive decision. Gui Ying's heart was indescribably sour, and she watched this little man take out a large handful of neatly organized change from his pocket.
Fushun took out his trouser pocket, and the proprietress cleaned up for a long time, but there were still two cents missing. The proprietress looked at the poor boy and returned his anise, "Forget it, I'll sell it to you for ten yuan!" Little turtle! "This unkempt boy is about the same age as his own child, and he always has a little compassion.
The corners of Gui Ying's eyes were a little moist, and her clothes had almost worn out all her income in the past few days. I'm just a porter with a basket on my back, so what if it's a little tattered? However, she also envied the well-dressed girls who came down from the steamer, and looked forward to the day when she would too. I didn't expect this dream to come true so suddenly, the stubborn Fushun made her feel regretful and beautiful.
Fu Shun complained about the prices in the city, and counted the hard-earned money in the canvas bag, and dug up the daily food expenses and the money for a book he bought on the street once, and they exchanged their hard work for about forty yuan, in addition to the money spent on Gui Ying today, there were also some "savings". Fushun is very satisfied with this drop of sweat harvest, and looks forward to leaving here before winter comes, at least to buy himself and Sister Gui Ying another winter clothes. It's just that Gui Ying suffered, she would cry out in pain almost every night, this woman didn't do too much farm work in Yangjiawan!
In the evening, all the other bangbangs went to bathe in the river. Taking advantage of today's leisure, Fushun asked Gui Ying to find needlework and thread from her eldest sister who "shared the bed" and chained the torn books page by page. Gui Ying changed into her newly bought clothes and stood there looking at this handsome young man stupidly. Fushun is so focused, for fear that he will sew up the handwriting with a stitch and a thread.
"Fushun, sew it for you!" Gui Ying just said, she didn't dare to grab it, she also knew that Fu Shun would never give her the precious pages again-this guy was carrying that canvas bag when he picked up goods at the dock!
Fu Shun glanced at Gui Ying, lowered her head and raised her head, only to find that she was wearing new clothes, and she deliberately braided her big braids like those in the city, her slender figure, especially her long legs, with trendy bell bottoms, is really beautiful!
The beautiful Gui Ying tilted her head, played with her big braids, and looked at the cold bridge and cave wall. "You say it's good to do this every day, go to the docks to work during the day, and come back to your house at night, you read, I'll do needlework!" Gui Ying, who turned his head, found Fushun who couldn't take his eyes off it.
"What are you seeing? It's not like you haven't seen the clothes you bought! Gui Ying walked over with a smile, "Fushun, you say, can you build a house like that in this city one day?" ”
Gui Ying pointed to a pile of pebbled building models under the bridge, which were stones that Fushun had picked up from the river beach at night, and he sometimes stared at the pile of stones in a daze, and then built all kinds of small pavilions. The other bangbangs always bullied him, and pushed him down when he was about to be half a human tall. He was not angry, and said "thank you" to people stupidly. "Comfort" is the meaning of "thank you" in their hometown. The big guy didn't understand him, and slowly stopped teasing him, he was good, sometimes it was too hot, and everyone else was curled up in the bridge to sleep, and he built a bunch of stones by himself and went to knock him down, so that he was scolded several times when he was shocked!
"Oh, I don't know!" Fu Shun saw the beautiful Sister Gui Ying coming over, and buried his head to sew his baby, "Sister Gui Ying, you must be so tired every day!" Bear less, it's okay, the two of us have already earned a lot of money! ”
Gui Ying also wanted to carry less, but every time she saw this little man not far from him struggling to carry things with her steps, she mustered up the energy to continue. She is doing her best to help Fushun realize his dream, and she is working hard to realize her dream. Looking at the "high-end" clothes on her body, her dream was also close - Gui Ying thought.
These two poor children still don't know what happened in Yangjiawan, thousands of miles away?
Guiying's brother Yang Guiyong spent nearly half a month digging up the old house, and finally found some usable household goods and clothes, took out the buried pigs and cows, and took them to the stone cliff to stew soup, and the rest of the east and west families sent them. I didn't see a single sadness, so I finished emptying the fields in three or five times, and went to gamble on the street. It seems that he is quite satisfied with his "new home".
Gui Yingniang is usually alone most of the time, but this crazy old woman has become an "old witch" who is more mysterious than Wizard Yang, and she wears the robes of the Republic of China every day, and she doesn't go to the field or do laundry and cooking, and she mutters about the old mother of Lishan, claiming to be the reincarnation of the old mother, and she can cure the disease by grabbing the weeds and burning them to ashes. Not to mention, the sick scalper of Yang Laowu's family was turned upside down by her, and he was really cured. This fame spread farther and farther, and the people who came to this goddess for healing came one after another. Yang Guiyong simply didn't go to the field, and went around preaching that he had a witch mother, and he went to gamble after collecting the ticket.
Yang Zegui was finally able to barely hold on to his crutches, and when he saw the endless stream of superstitious people under the opposite cliff, he spat out, and really saved a "fake teacher" out!
The money and food for the disaster relief have been distributed to the affected households, and Yang Zegui has been given special care. Thanks to the capable seventh brother, otherwise how would I get through this day! Shufen popularized the method of secondary rice growth, and Yang Zejin decided to let this clever niece go to the county to participate in a farmer training class.
Shufen, who is generally knowledgeable, rejected Uncle Seven's kindness, and this broken family can't do without her. She handed over the three hundred yuan left by Fushun, and together with the disaster relief money, decided to repair the house properly - as for the saplings, put it on hold......