Chapter 13: The Gift of Cloud Chasing
The matter of the rouge shop has to be investigated slowly, and there is no hurry. There is nothing for her to deal with in person today, so it is better to set aside time to accompany the little one.
Children are playful and lively, but these days when she came to Dock City, she was busy with the opening of the 19th branch all day long, and she had no time to take care of him. The little guy has a strange temper, except for her, he refuses to let others accompany him, saying that it is better to be quiet in the house alone, so he can only let him stay in the room to read books and pass the time.
Thinking of this, Yun Zi felt more and more incompetent as a sister, and raised her eyes to see a peddler selling rock sugar gourds in front of her, and her eyes added a little tenderness.
"Boss, two strings of sugar gourds." Yun Chai was led all the way by Yun Zi, and suddenly stopped, and before he could ask, he heard a soft voice like water ringing in his ears.
"Girl, which one do you want to pick?" The boss who sold the sugar gourd was a short and fat middle-aged man, and when he saw a guest, he unfolded a smiling face and greeted him warmly, and his thick voice made the simple face look a little naΓ―ve.
"Just the two above."
"Okay! Girl, wait a minute! The boss responded, and quickly rolled it up with glutinous rice paper and wrapped it in a paper bag.
"Girl, the two strings are a total of five cents, you can take it!" The boss took the copper coin handed by Yun Zi with one hand and handed the paper bag to her with the other.
The bright red hawthorn is wrapped in a burnt yellow icing that glows in the sunlight and looks particularly attractive.
Yun Zi handed one of them to Yun Chai's hand, looking at Yun Chai's stunned expression, "You haven't eaten this?" β
Yun Chai shook his head honestly, "No, when my mother was alive, I was not allowed to eat this. β
Yun Zi thought about it, too, although the Yun family is also a big family in Yuzhou, the businessman is not as good as the official eunuch, and there are not so many rules.
The sons and ladies of the official eunuchs are very important to their identity, words and deeds, and eating cheap street snacks is a loss of identity for them, so they are naturally not allowed. But now that he is no longer bound by that identity, he naturally doesn't have to pay so much attention to what he wants, as long as he doesn't violate morality and national law, just have fun.
"Take it, you taste it first, if you don't like it, you won't eat it." Yun Zi put the bamboo sticks into his hand, squeezed his little hand, and looked at him with encouraging eyes.
Yun Chai's little hand clenched slightly, took a bamboo skewer to Yin Hong's lips, and took a bite, the sweet fragrance of the sugar coating and the sour taste of hawthorn filled the entire mouth, and it tasted a little like candied fruit, but the taste in the entrance was stronger than candied fruit. Yun Chai doesn't really like sweets very much on weekdays, but at this time, he was inexplicably moved by a rock sugar gourd, and couldn't help but swallow most of the remaining half.
"Sister, it's delicious!" Yun Chai smiled sweetly at Yun Zi.
"Sister also loves to eat this, but my father and mother don't allow me to eat more, and when I was a child, I was locked up by my father for three days because I secretly ran out to buy it." Yun Zi also took a bite, well, it's still so delicious.
The two of them walked down the street leisurely, just to relax, and there was no purpose at all. Passing by a jewelry store, called Wanbao Pavilion, it should be the largest jewelry store in the entire dock city based on the location and decoration. Yun Zi remembered that Yun Chai usually had only a simple form of white hosta to tie his hair, which was too simple, so he led Yun Chai into the store.
"Is there a man with a hairpin for his age?"
"Yes!" The owner, a middle-aged woman, heard someone asking a question and got up from a chair behind the counter and came out to greet her.
"Yes, please come here." The shopkeeper made a gesture of please and pointed to the counter facing the door, "This cupboard is full of hair accessories that can be used by a young man of this age." The female shopkeeper briefly introduced, and her voice did not fluctuate.
"Good! I'll take a look first! β
Yun Chai never wanted to pick anything by himself when he went out to buy things with her on weekdays, so he only asked her to help choose, so Yun Zi simply didn't ask him.
Yun Zi's eyes swept up and down the hair ornaments in the cupboard, and after consideration, he finally picked a Hetian nephrite jade hairpin carved with cloud patterns, a Ruyi silk golden hairpin, and a flower cloud brocade jade crown for him. After picking it, I found that Yun Chai walked to the counter next to the female shopkeeper and watched at some point.
Yun Zi walked over to look at it and smiled, "Ah Chai is full of women's jewelry here." β
"Huh? No...... No, I'm waiting for my sister here. β
Yun Chai was a little flustered, nervously explained, and subconsciously tightened his cuffs.
"Okay, I'll keep you waiting, and we'll be able to leave after my sister settles the bill."
"Wrap these up." Yun Zi walked up to the female shopkeeper and paid.
"Your brother is really sensible, and he will love his sister."
Yun Chai's heart tightened, he didn't expect that the female shopkeeper who looked cold from the time they entered the door to the present would talk so much.
"Huh?" Yun Zi was puzzled and stunned for a moment. It seems to be right, her Xiao Yunchai is indeed very sensible and well-behaved, but how does the female shopkeeper know.
"Sister, let's go!" Yun Chai had already walked outside the door and was waiting for her.
When Yun Zi heard this, he didn't have time to think about it, so he casually thanked him and walked out of the door.
After shopping all morning, and it was time for lunch, Yun Zi took Yun directly to the nearby Babao Zhai.
Yun Zi felt that the atmosphere between the two of them along the way was a little strange, although Yun Chai usually didn't like to talk much, but today it looked like he was a little preoccupied. After ordering a meal, the two sat at the table and waited, as if they had been sensed by something, Yun Zi suddenly looked at Yun Chai, just caught the nervous expression on Yun Chai's face, Yun Chai's head was raised, his eyes just collided with her, and he lowered his head to avoid her gaze like a weak heart.
Yun Zi is really rare, she has never seen Yun Chai's appearance like this. Although she really wanted to laugh, she was still very concerned about Xiao Yunchai's state, so she had to suppress the bad taste in her heart and cautiously said, "Ah Chai, you...... What's wrong? β
"Huh?" Yun Chai raised his head suddenly, stayed for two seconds, and his heart was down, and he hurriedly took out a delicate small wooden box from his cuff and handed it to her, the tips of his ears were red, and he awkwardly turned his face away.
"It's ...... Ah Chai bought it for me in that store? Yun Zi looked at the imprint of "Wanbao Pavilion" on the box and asked with some uncertainty. If that's the case, the inexplicable praise of the female shopkeeper just now will make sense.
"Hmm!" Yun Chai replied in a low voice, as if he was still a little embarrassed to hang his head.
"It's beautiful!" Yun Zi opened the box and sighed sincerely. A string of crystal clear pink chalcedony bracelets come into view, and in the middle of the bracelet is a silver lifelike little fox, which is smart and cute.
"Isn't it fun to buy jewelry for my sister? Why be so nervous? Yun Zi put on the bracelet and patted him on the shoulder to soothe his emotions. I thought to myself, this pink chalcedony beaded jade is transparent, and it must be expensive.