Chapter 37: Bright as the Stars
Du Xiaomeng looked to the side of the stall and saw a little girl with her head down and pulling the corners of her clothes. From her point of view, she could just see the side of the little girl, the gloomy look on her face, and the moisture in her eyes.
Seeing the poor little girl in coarse cloth clothes, Du Xiaomeng suddenly remembered herself many years ago. She noticed that the little girl's head was lowered slightly, and her eyes were fixed on the dough figures in the old man's hands.
As soon as her heart moved, a wave of blood rushed up, Du Xiaomeng walked over to the little girl and the old man without thinking too much, and asked, "Uncle, how do you sell these little people?" ”
When the old man saw that there were guests patronizing, he hurriedly turned around and said with a smile: "One penny." As if he was afraid that the guests would not buy it, he hurriedly became the Huang Po who sold melons: "Girl, the dough man pinched by my Uncle Lu is a must in the capital!" The handiwork is good, the price is fair, such a delicate and good-looking dough villain, if you go to other places to see, you will definitely not be able to buy it for a penny! ”
Du Xiaomeng took off the money bag, took out three copper coins, took the three dough villains in the old man's hand, and said with a smile: "I want these three." ”
The old man hurriedly collected the money and delivered the goods.
Du Xiaomeng handed the dough figure to the little girl and said softly, "Here you go." ”
The little girl raised her head, looked at Du Xiaomeng in surprise with a pair of fluttering eyes, and then set her eyes on the three dough figures. Her small hands tugged at the hem of her dress, hesitating whether she should accept a gift from a stranger.
"Don't you want it? If you don't want me, I'll throw it away! ”
Du Xiaomeng turned around and made a gesture to throw, but the little girl hurriedly grabbed her hand: "Don't throw it!" ”
Du Xiaomeng turned around and looked at the little girl with a smile, and then handed over a few villains.
The little girl let go of her hand embarrassedly, but instead of taking the villain, she whispered, "Daddy said that you can't just take what strangers give." ”
This kid really looks more and more like his own childhood. Du Xiaomeng squatted down, looked at the little girl's eyes, and said with a kind smile: "Then, you tell me the name, and I will tell you the name." We all know each other's names, so it's not strangers. ”
The little girl was stunned for a moment, and then a bright smile quickly appeared on her face. This big sister is so smart! She looked at Du Xiaomeng with adoring eyes, stood up straight and said loudly, "My name is Yu Xiaorui." ”
"My name is Xiaomeng." Du Xiaomeng smiled softly, took the little girl's chubby little hands, put the three villains into her hands one by one, and said, "We are no longer strangers, these three dough villains are all for you." ”
Yu Xiaorui nodded vigorously, and her round little face was full of sunny happy smiles. She lifted the three little figures, looked in one direction, and raised her hand a few times as if in a flash.
Du Xiaomeng followed her gaze and looked back, and froze when her gaze fell on a man in coarse cloth clothes a few meters away.
The man was about twenty-seven or eight years of age. He has a pair of eyes as bright as stars, and a smile as warm and bright as spring. He stood there quietly with his hands behind his back, handsome, as dusty and elegant as a jade tree in the wind.
Although he was wearing coarse cloth clothes with rough workmanship, and there were no valuables on his body, judging from the way he dressed, he was just an ordinary commoner. However, to be able to wear cheap clothes so stylishly, past experience tells Du Xiaomeng that he will definitely not be as simple as an ordinary ordinary person.
The man didn't mean to come over, he just smiled and nodded at Du Xiaomeng.
Du Xiaomeng retracted her mind and smiled politely at him. She didn't ask Yu Xiaorui who the man was, and she had little interest in digging into the origin and identity of a stranger she met by chance on the street.
She stood up and said to Yu Xiaorui, "Sister is leaving, you play slowly." ”
"Sister!" Yu Xiaorui grabbed her sleeve and looked up at her, with a serious look on her little face, "You give me a dough villain, I want to invite you to eat rock sugar gourd!" ”
Rock sugar gourd? This kind of ancient snack that the heroine must eat, after Du Xiaomeng crossed over, she didn't have a chance to eat it. Seeing Yu Xiaorui say that she wanted to treat her so seriously, Du Xiaomeng didn't object, just followed her and let her pull her to the rock sugar gourd vendor ten meters away.
Yu Xiaorui pulled Du Xiaomeng forward, and didn't forget to turn around and glared at the black man and the man in coarse cloth respectively, and deliberately said loudly with a small face: "I only invite my sister to eat, I don't invite you, don't follow me!" ”
The big man wanted to follow, but before he acted, he glanced back at the man in front of the calligraphy and painting stall, and the man winked at him and shook his head slightly.
The black man will understand. He stood in place, but his piercing eyes looked at Yu Xiaorui's surroundings vigilantly, without the slightest slackness.
Yu Xiaorui took Du Xiaomeng's hand, walked straight to the vendor selling rock sugar gourds, put the three dough villains into her waist, then raised her little face, stretched out two chubby fingers to the vendor, and said arrogantly: "Uncle, I want two strings of rock sugar gourds!" ”
The vendor handed over two strings of rock sugar gourds, Yu Xiaorui took it and held up one to Du Xiaomeng, smiled happily and said, "Sister, here you go!" ”
After Du Xiaomeng took the rock sugar gourd, Yu Xiaorui took a bite of the string of rock sugar gourds in her hand with a smile, and said inarticulately: "The rock sugar gourd in this capital is delicious!" Sister, eat quickly! ”
The vendor who was left hanging on the side reminded: "Little sister, you haven't paid yet!" ”
Yu Xiaorui then remembered to pay. Her little hand touched her body, her little face became bitter, and she said curtly, "Uncle, I don't have any money on me." ”
"You ......"
The hawker was about to make a difficulty, but Du Xiaomeng opened his mouth and asked, "How much does this little brother cost?" ”
"Two pennies!"
Seeing that Du Xiaomeng had paid the money, Yu Xiaorui lowered her head embarrassedly, blushed and said, "I said that I invited my sister ......"
Du Xiaomeng couldn't help but touch her round little head and said, "It's okay, you can invite it next time." ”
Yu Xiaorui raised her head, opened her eyes wide, patted her chest and promised, "Okay!" Next time, I will definitely invite my sister to eat rock sugar gourd! As she spoke, she raised her hand and held out her little thumb.
Du Xiaomeng didn't react for a moment, Yu Xiaorui smiled and said to her again: "Sister, let's pull the hook, and after the hook, we won't be afraid that I won't invite you." ”
With serious eyes and a sweet smile, facing such a cute little girl, Du Xiaomeng really couldn't refuse such a small request from her.