Chapter 24: Night Market
The summer evenings in Hwaseong are very comfortable, and the evening breeze blows away the heat of the day, and many idle earthlings will choose to come out for supper, call friends, and chat freely. There are many such small shops next to the commercial buildings in the city center, which gives people who can't stay idle a good place to go, and there are more idlers coming and going, making it particularly lively. This is also a place where aliens are reluctant to come, and since most of the small shops are for earthlings, few aliens like this kind of low-energy food on earth, so there are basically no aliens here.
"This way, this way, hurry up, there's still a vacant seat here."
"It's coming, it's coming."
"Whew~ Finally grabbed the seat"
"It's all your fault, Yuan Dou, if it weren't for your grinding and chirping, you would have been able to grab the seat a long time ago, and you would have been able to eat it now."
"How can I be blamed for this, who knows so many people." Yuan Dou was a little aggrieved.
Yuan Dou, who rarely eats out, knows that he has to use strong food to eat, and he can't let go of his hands and feet.
"I don't blame you, I already had a seat just now, and I didn't see that someone else's young lady was beautiful, so I gave up the seat to someone else," Lian Yan said angrily.
There was a vacancy just now, and Yuan Dou was about to sit up, but suddenly a young lady in her twenties came out to grab a seat with Yuan Dou, and it was very simple to grab a seat with Yuan Dou's skills, but at a critical time, Yuan Dou shrank.
"I'm a gentleman, how can I grab it with a lady" How could Yuan Dou tell Lian Yan that he was embarrassed to grab a seat with someone, so he could only harden his mouth.
"It's because of your gentlemanly demeanor that I searched for half an hour. What do you say? ”
"Isn't there a seat, at most this time I will invite you."
"Accompany me out shopping, you should have a treat, this one doesn't work, change another."
Yuan Dou racked his brains and thought about it for a long time, when he suddenly saw the store opposite, he suddenly had an idea, got up and walked over.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"You order something to eat first, and I'll be right back."
When Yuan Dou walked into the shop, the breath of history came to his face, all kinds of old objects were placed on the counter, and there were several yellowed calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. Yuan Dou looked at them one by one, and was immediately attracted by a small gourd, an unopened gourd, with a four-clawed dragon tattooed on the surface, and the dragon's body coiled on the gourd, covering the entire gourd belly. When Yuan Dou picked it up and observed, he suddenly felt a little strange.
"It's thousands of years old, if you like it, you can buy it back and play with it."
Yuan Dou didn't find the boss when he came in, so he looked around, and at this time he looked at the place where the voice came from, and found that a thin old man was sitting behind the counter, and he put down the gourd in embarrassment, a little embarrassed.
"How much is that gourd, boss?" Yuan Dou asked.
The old man rolled his eyes and said, "It's not expensive, it's not expensive, it's yours for two thousand." ”
Yuan Dou pursed his lips, this is not expensive, this gourd is not an antique at first glance, thousands of years of history, this gourd has long turned to ashes, which is like this, and it is still shining. Suddenly remembering the purpose of coming in, Yuan Dou asked, "Are there any exquisite gadgets to give away?" ”
"Yes, of course." After speaking, he took out a small box and handed it over.
"What is this?" Yuan Dou asked.
"Just open it and see."
Yuan Dou took the box, the palm-sized box was boxy, with exquisite patterns engraved on it, and with the opening of the box, crisp music came, and there were two villains dancing in the middle. This is a music box.,The workmanship is quite fine.,It seems to be pretty good.,Lian Yan should like it.。
Chengyuan Dou fiddled with the box, and the old man said again: "Don't you want that gourd?" It's really an antique, I can give you a cheaper. ”
To be honest, that gourd Yuandou was also quite curious, I don't know where that strange feeling came from, but I am sure that the dragon gourd is related to me. It's just that he doesn't want to be fooled by the boss, and he doesn't want the money he has saved so hard to be fooled away like this, so after thinking about it, Yuan Dou decided to ask again.
"Boss, how much does this music box cost?"
"This hundred, by the way, are you sure you don't want that gourd?"
Yuan Dou thought about it, this box is good, it should be worth a hundred, but how can this gourd be bargained?
"How about three hundred pieces of gourd and box together," Yuan Dou said tentatively.
In fact, this gourd and music box were collected by the old man for fifty yuan, and he could earn two hundred by selling three hundred, but he seemed to like this gourd very much, and he didn't want to sell it so little.
"Take it together for five hundred." The old man pretended to grit his teeth and said.
Yuan Dou thought to himself, after thinking about it for so long, he must still be fooling me.
"No, it's just three hundred, I only have so much"
Yuan Dou's tough tone made the old man hesitate, and after thinking about it, he finally gave in, and sold three hundred to Yuan Dou.
At this time, Lian Yan, who was eating alone, was already a little impatient, and she waited for a long time and didn't see Yuan Dou come back.
"Where have you gone, I'm almost done eating"
Seeing that Lian Yan seemed to be really angry, Yuan Dou hurriedly handed her the music box he had just bought.
"What, just a box?"
said so, but the movements of her hands and the expression on her face betrayed her.
Yuan Dou sighed, sat next to Lian Yan, and suddenly noticed that there were many empty plates on the table, and there was a table full of unfinished dishes. was stunned, how much did Lian Yan eat.
"Hey, how can you eat so much?"
"General"
Lian Yan replied absentmindedly, patronizing and fiddling with the music box. When she opened the box and looked at the little people dancing to the music, she suddenly danced as if she had discovered a new world. When he got up, he suddenly hugged Yuan Dou next to him and kissed him, which scared Yuan Dou.
After coming to his senses, Yuan Dou was a little dazed, and he picked up the chopsticks and ate vigorously, not even noticing the eyes that were secretly looking at him.
"This nerd," Lian Yan sighed.
The state of losing his soul continued, and it was not until the time of payment that Yuan Dou came to his senses.
"Okay, good, don't be angry, isn't it just a meal, what a big deal."
On the way back to the martial arts hall, Yuan Dou sulked and walked with his head down. Lian Yan kept explaining beside her, but she never answered.
"Don't do this, I forgive you for giving up your seat to someone else's young lady."
"Hey, it's killing or chopping you to say something, isn't it just that you eat a little more, as for it, at most next time I'll invite you to eat."
Yuan Dou suddenly turned his head to look at Lian Yan.
"What are you going to do? Looking at me like this, I'm so scared" Lian Yan joked.
"What am I going to do? What are you going to do, I ate two thousand oceans in one meal, and you are embarrassed to say. Yuan Dou said.
Thinking about the money that she had saved for a few years, Lian Yan ate half of it in one meal, and the rest of the money from bargaining with the boss was not enough for her to eat one meal, how did she find out that Lian Yan was so able to eat before. Yuan Dou wanted to cry without tears.