The teacher asked everyone to buy a metronome. It is said that when playing the piano and rattle, if there is no metronome calibration, the beat is easy to get out of shape.

The teacher also said that the Xinhua bookstore on the street sells metronomes. He also said that if anyone is in difficulty, then it is enough to discuss the two of them to buy one and share it.

After lunch, I went to the Xinhua bookstore on the street to buy a metronome.

After going out, I suddenly remembered Nong's Qinghua.

Of course, Nong's Qinghua is in difficulty. All the tuition fees for her to come here to learn the piano were paid by Flying Fish Boy for her.

I heard that each metronome was 70 yuan, and she naturally couldn't afford it. Why don't I ask her to buy one with me?

Thinking like this, I hurried to the Tianqin Training Center. When I was about to reach the gate, I saw Nong's Qinghua standing under the tree next to the gate and looking at me eagerly.

Could it be that she is also waiting for me to buy a metronome?

When she saw me hurrying over, her white and red face immediately turned red. She greeted me shyly:

"Brother, are you going to the bookstore to buy a metronome?" She said this with a squirming and noticeably shortness of breath.

I immediately complained to her in my heart: I'm only thirteen years old! Standard minors! Can't you just come and say hello to me? If you were generous, even if you came to hold my hand and hold my waist, my body would never have some strange physiological reactions, but you are so shy, affectionate, twisting and pinching...... Instead, it made me blush and embarrassed.

Last time, the two of them were a lot haggard because they suddenly separated and missed each other. Fortunately, the two of us were not separated for a long time, and fortunately, we met again at the training center.

On the day of the class, when I saw her again in the training center, it seemed that I didn't know her, her original bright pink face became thin and pale, and her budding body like a flower also looked thin and thin, almost weak.

Soon after the start of the class, her face became rosy day by day, and she gradually became active after she was depressed, and her crisp and pleasant laughter like silver bells rang in my ears from time to time.

She lives in the dormitory of the training center. In order to solve the problem of accommodation for students from abroad and far away from home, the training center arranged collective accommodation for them in two classrooms of the Federation of Trade Unions. Meals were ordered at a nearby farmhouse.

"Yes, I'm going to the bookstore to buy a metronome, are you going to buy it too?"

As soon as I finished speaking, I regretted it a little.

I shouldn't have asked her that, because I knew she didn't have any money on her.

Sure enough, she lowered her head, blushed, rubbed the corners of her clothes back and forth in front of her chest, and was silent for a long time.

There are more than a dozen female students living with them, but no one wants to buy a metronome with her to share? Or is she just bent on buying one with me?

"I just want to share a ...... with you," she said, already embarrassed, and I saw her cheeks flush.

"Then let's go buy it together." I suppressed the happiness that swelled in my heart.

Xinhua Bookstore really sells a lot of musical instruments, and the metronome costs 70 yuan each. Naturally, I am not short of this small amount of money. On the way, I had already told her that I would pay for a metronome and take turns using it while practicing.

Actually, I already have a Roland brand metronome at home, and the price is several times more expensive than here, but I think that the teacher told us to go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy this metronome, and I still have to listen to the teacher, and besides, this kind of metronome is not very expensive, so I don't need to ask my mother to send it to me.

We quickly picked out the metronome, and I was about to pay for it, when somehow I had a whim: why not buy two, one for each person? Wouldn't it be nice if I gave it to her as a gift?

So I told the salesperson I was going to buy two.

Nong's Qinghua looked at me a little puzzled, she tugged at my sleeve and said in a low voice, "Didn't we say that we would buy one, and the two of us would use it together?" ”

"It's okay, just buy two."

She still looked at me puzzled, but she didn't argue anymore, she obviously didn't know, I was going to give her one.

I paid and we each left the bookstore happily with a metronome.

There were very few pedestrians on the street at noon, and we walked on the sidewalk, looking at the newly bought metronome as we went.

I solemnly said to her, "I don't have anything for you, I'll give you a metronome!" ”

She stopped and looked at me in surprise. His cheeks were as red as if they had been burned to his neck, and his two large, clear and bright eyes were shining with tears.

"You're so nice to me, I don't know...... Say something......"

She's right.

She has no relatives with me, and she hasn't known each other for a long time, but my Uncle Flying Fish paid her a thousand yuan for tuition, and I now buy a 70 yuan metronome for her, although the two things add up to 1,000 yuan, this money for us in the Pearl River Delta, is indeed as the Flying Fish Boy said, "just smoke a few cigarettes." But for Nong Thi Qinghua, an ethnic minority who lives in the mountainous areas of northern Vietnam, I am afraid that it is also as Flying Fish Boy said, "It is almost a few months' income for their whole family." ”

She didn't know what to say, and tears glistened in her eyes. Maybe she's grown so big that she's never met anyone to give her a gift! And now she was given a gift by the person she had missed for Twilight, and she must have been immersed in a kind of girlish happiness.

"Yes...... But I have nothing to give you......" she said with a low look of guilt.

When I heard her say that, I wanted to laugh.

Isn't this just a 70 yuan metronome? Don't think too much about it, I don't want anything in return from you, don't think about repaying the favor...... In particular, don't think about anything like "making a promise", otherwise it won't be interesting.

Years later, when I think back to this past, I often make this bold imagination:

If we were a little older at that time, would she have suddenly stretched out her arms and hugged me tightly in front of the eyes of passers-by, and said with tears in her eyes: "Brother, you are so good to me......

...... Oops, I'm thinking too much again.

I said that I was only thirteen years old, and this age was really not open to talking about marriage.

If it weren't for her shy answer, without her affectionate vein, I would treat her like an ordinary classmate, and I would hold her hand without scruples when I was happy, and make some intimate jokes with her, just like I was at my elementary school lesbian table, we usually chased and scolded each other, and occasionally we hugged each other's shoulders, but I wouldn't have thought about that aspect at all, because I had never seen her shyness from the face of the lesbian table, and I never saw the slightest trace of affection from her clear and bright eyes.

So...... It's really not my fault that the two of them are so embarrassed, the responsibility is entirely on your Nong's Qinghua!

I decided to give her a metronome, not only because of my affection for her, but also because of my future responsibility.

Because my mother had already bought me a very expensive Roland brand metronome, I bought two more here, and brought it back from far away, and my mother was willing to criticize me fiercely. So I have to send one out. In addition, at the end of the training, I used the other one myself, I'm afraid I'll have to give it to her. So that when I go home, my mother won't play me.

Think about the end of the training, I gave her a metronome, at that time, will the tears she has been holding back for a long time be as turbulent as a river that has burst its embankment?

Poverty, poverty, you have lowered people's tears of gratitude!

When we passed by the "Rosewood Furniture Store Connected by Mountains and Waters" in the mahogany market in Tay Son, suddenly someone in the store called my name, and I stopped to look for prestige, and it turned out that the proprietress named Nguyen Thi Jinhua called me.

After the two of us stopped, the lady came up to us with a smile, and she obviously remembered me.

She walked up to me and said with a smile, "Little Brother Jiuyin, where are you going?" ”

I told her truthfully that we went to the bookstore to buy a metronome and now went back to the training center.

She looked at Nong Thi Qinghua next to me, obviously seeing her wearing a traditional Vietnamese "cheongsam" Ao Dai costume, so she asked me curiously: "Is your little classmate Vietnamese?" ”

I nodded.

As the saying goes, when a fellow sees a fellow, his eyes are full of tears. The two Vietnamese people, one big and one young, met in a foreign country, and although they did not have tears in their eyes, they were also very affectionate.

The hostess invited us to sit in the shop and gave each of us a can of lemonade drink from the fridge and looked at us very kindly.

She asked Nong Thi Thanh Hoa where he was from Vietnam. As a result, the two became more intimate again, and it turned out that both of them were from the same place in Cao Bang Province, Vietnam.

The two fellows chatted in Vietnamese, but I couldn't understand a word.

"Your dad hasn't gone back yet, have they?" The hostess asked me suddenly.

"Not yet, they're going to play here for a while, and they won't be back until I start school."

"Where did they go today? Still going to see the furniture? ”

I told the proprietress truthfully that they went fishing at Xiangshui Waterfall in Longzhou today, and they came to the border this time to fish, and by the way, they came to see the mahogany furniture.

When I heard that such a big country came to the border to fish, the proprietress was very envious.

She said with emotion: "Rich people will really enjoy it!" In our country, fishing is generally considered to be unprofessional. And your dad they are fishing but enjoying life. ”

Then he smiled and said: "Our hometown is also a river, you are welcome to our hometown to fish, we have a lot of fish in the rivers there, people have no time to fish, if you go, I will accompany the whole process." ”

After the proprietress finished smiling, she asked me with concern: "Your Uncle Flying Fish heard that he wants to buy a lot of mahogany furniture?" ”

I said, "Yes, he has more than 20 new houses, and Uncle Ahai also has 20 new houses, and each new house has to buy a piece of furniture, and they say that when they have all the furniture, they will rent it out, and they will collect rent." ”

When the proprietress heard that one person had so many suites, she couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and her mouth was as round as an egg.

She didn't seem to believe it, "How can there be so many houses?" It can't be a small room in a building, right? ”

"No, it's a separate set, because we are engaged in the renovation of the old village there, and Uncle Flying Fish and his family originally had several buildings, and the old village renovation will compensate him for more than 20 suites."

"Oh, I see."

Seeing that the time was not early, the proprietress was probably worried about delaying us to go back to learn the piano, so she smiled and said to us: "I'll give each of you a small gift!" ”

Although I shook my head again and again and said no. After all, my parents taught me that I should not be allowed to do anything if I was a stranger.

But the proprietress didn't pay attention to me, she turned around and walked to the dazzling small ornament counter, took out a large plastic bag of things and came to us, opened the plastic bag, took out a string of black oil and oil is a beautiful bracelet from the bag, and personally put it on the small wrist of Nong's Qinghua, held her small hand, flipped it up and down, and asked Nong's Qinghua if it looks good?

"Beautiful! Pretty! Nong's Qinghua said again and again.

The proprietress said that this is made of small leaf red sandalwood, and when you wear it on your body, it can refresh your mind, and the longer you wear it, the brighter it will be. If the fragrance is weak, you take it off and put it in a plastic bag to seal it for a period of time, and its sandalwood fragrance will become stronger. ”

When she said this, she pointed to the plastic bag and said, "You see, I seal the bracelet with a plastic bag so that the smell does not evaporate." ”

After she brought the bracelet to Nong's Qinghua, she smiled at me and seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, she went to the dazzling cabinet of small ornaments, looked left and right, and finally brought a small elephant ornament about the size of my metronome, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiuyin, I see that you are a scholar, smart and clever, I will give you a little elephant ornament made of mahogany, you see, this little elephant trunk is raised high, you take it back and put it at home, and you will be able to become a big official in the future." ”

Later, I learned that the elephant ornament is an auspicious ornament, it is the same as the Pixiu beast, in Buddhism, the elephant is a very spiritual animal, and the ivory is one of the seven treasures of the Buddhas, and the mount of the Bodhisattva is the white elephant with six tusks.

In addition, like the large and graceful body size, Feng Shui is considered to be a backer, which can enhance the fortune of the placement;

In addition, the elephant's long trunk can absorb water, and water in feng shui symbolizes wealth, so the elephant's trunk is often considered to be a wealth-sucking nose, which has the same role as Pixiu to attract wealth. In short, the elephant means auspicious, and placing the elephant at home is of great benefit to the fortune, which can make the family more and more auspicious.

The proprietress said that I was a scholar, and there was a small elephant ornament at home, which meant that the whole family would "go out and enter the picture" in the future. ”

It can be seen that the proprietress has been doing business in China for many years and knows Chinese customs and habits well.

Although I said no, the proprietress wrapped the baby elephant in a large plastic bag, and put the two metronomes into the bag, and then worried that it would be too heavy to carry it like this, so she separated the two smaller bags and divided them into two bags, so that I and Nong's Qinghua each carried a bag.

It seems that this proprietress is quite caring and understanding.

When the proprietress took us to the store, she asked, "When will your father and them come back?" I would like to treat everyone to a meal. ”

"Didn't you just eat it two days ago?"

"Oops, I feel guilty about that meal. That night, I was supposed to go over to toast, but for a moment, I was careless and went over with half a bottle of foreign wine, but when Master Fangfang saw it, she was very unhappy...... Actually, how to say it? ...... Don't talk about it, you'll find out later. ”

She paused for a moment and continued, "I'm going to treat everyone to a good meal, oh, by the way, I'm also going to invite Heavenly Master Fangfang, I'm quite familiar with her." ”

Seeing that I was noncommittal, the proprietress said to herself: "Please have a meal, if the business is successful, it is called the icing on the cake, and if the business fails, we will be friends, and we will be just as happy." I often go to Guangzhou, there are several bosses in Guangzhou who often buy goods with me, you are not far from Guangzhou, I want to make a few more friends, and then go to Guangzhou Pearl River Delta or something, many friends and many roads. ”

After saying goodbye to the proprietress of the hostess, I walked with Nong's Qinghua in the direction of the Federation of Trade Unions, and when I was about to reach the gate of the training center, she suddenly took off the bracelet on her wrist and handed it to me to smell, asking me, "Is it fragrant?" ”

When I said, "It's very fragrant," she told me to put it on my wrist and look at it. I thought she asked me to try it on, but she blushed and said, "You give me a metronome, I don't have anything to give you, I'll give you this bracelet!" ”

A few years later, I learned from the Internet that the so-called bracelet has the meaning of keeping love and cherishing love, and that sending bracelets between men and women is a form of expression of love in daily interactions, and sandalwood bracelets are made of solid materials, which means to express solid and sincere love.

So this little Vietnamese girl, when she gave me the bracelet, did she really give it to me as a love object?

I still don't know.

In the evening, I told the Vietnamese proprietress that she wanted to invite them to dinner.

Fang Fang Tianshi was also by her side, she smiled when she heard this, and said: "This proprietress is really good-looking, and her mahogany business is also doing very well, not only in the border area, but also in Guangdong and even Beijing, there are often customers to buy goods from her." However, some people say that she is a Gu woman, and she invites guests to negotiate for dinner at every turn, and secretly tricks the guests when she eats and drinks, and the guests are confused, so they are willing to do business with her. ”

"And this horrible thing?" Flying Fish Boy was shocked.

"That's just what I heard...... Maybe it's peer competition, and it's not clear if it's slandering each other. Fang Fang Heavenly Master said.

Fang Fang said again: "Of course, whether she is a Gu woman or not, I am not sure. However, I have been to her shop several times, and found that although her shop is not messy, it is not as windy and spotless as the animal Gu people, and every day there are groups of people around her mahogany root carved coffee table to drink tea and chat, people come and go lively, this kind of occasion is not a place for animal Gu people. ”

Referring to the fact that the proprietress came to toast the flying fish boy that night, Fang Fang Tianshi said: "That night, I saw her come over with half a bottle of foreign wine and pour it into the wine glass of the flying fish boss, so I immediately stopped her and told her to take a big bowl to 'wear the glass'." It's not that I saw her bewitched, but just watch out for her, as the saying goes: you can't have the heart to hurt people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people. However, then again, even if she is a Gu woman, she doesn't dare to take Gu easily, once I find out, as soon as I fight back, she will be devoured by the Gu worms released by herself...... She didn't dare take that risk. ”

"As for whether that Vietnamese proprietress Nguyen Thi Jinhua is a beast Gu person? I don't dare to make up my mind, but in the current business world, sex is sometimes worse than poison! The father, who had been silent, said suddenly.