77. On the bazaar
At this time, it was already a little dark outside the window, and I watched Ah Ping close the bed board and pull the mattress before asking, "Aren't you sleepy?" ”
He looked up, "Sleepy." ["He gave me a word and pulled me to lie down, found a comfortable position and closed my eyes.]
I was both helpless and annoyed at the handsome face that was close at hand, you didn't sleep in the middle of the night and secretly climbed down to the book to read, why did you pull me to sleep when you came back? Although he complained so much in his heart, he didn't really push him away and get up by himself.
However, he should have been really sleepy if he didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and his breathing was quickly even, and he slept peacefully. At first, I could still watch him sleep up close, but gradually I didn't know if he was infected or if he had been sleeping unsteadily, but then the excitement passed, and the sleepy worm descended, and the upper and lower eyelids began to fight, and one closed the eyes and fell asleep.
When I woke up again, I was woken up by the heat, my head was a little heavy, it was obvious that I had overslept, and my body was very sticky. The reason is that the person who slept with me in his arms in the morning has not even changed his posture when he arrives, and his body is completely close to him.
I turned my eyes to look at him, and my forehead was sweating profusely, and even the ends of my hair were wet, but I was still sleeping deeply. I couldn't stand the heat any longer, so I took his hand off my waist and got up again.
If you want to get down to the ground, you have to turn over him, and your eyes involuntarily fall on the mattress under him, and you are slightly distracted.
His gaze turned slightly to Ah Ping, who was sleeping peacefully. On weekdays, I don't look at his eyebrows and eyes because I look at him all day long, but when I look at him now, I find that he seems to be a little more mature, and this handsome face has changed less obviously.
It's not that I ignore it, but sometimes people who have really been around him can't see his growth, but when Xiaotong came to me that day, he found that he had grown a lot taller.
I was going to get off the ground from the end of the bed, but before my feet touched the ground, my waist tightened, and the whole person was dragged down again.
After being startled for a moment, he reacted that Ah Ping had woken up, and sure enough, he heard him muttering under him and asking, "Why do you want to leave?" I said angrily: "I can't afford to sleep for so long?" My stomach was hungry. ”
He buried his face in the back of my neck and stayed on the bed refusing to get up.
After a long while, the two of them slowly got up. I propped my hands on the edge of the bed and looked at Ah Ping, who was rummaging through the cabinets in front of the wardrobe to find a robe to wear, and couldn't help asking, "What are you looking through?" Aren't there just a few coats in the closet? ”
He turned his eyes and said dissatisfiedly, "It's not good-looking." ”
"How so? White or aqua blue is fine. He looked young and jade-eyed when he put it on, but he still shook his head dissatisfiedly, his eyes fell on the dark blue coat that rested on the chair, and he raised his eyebrows and walked over to pick it up and put it on.
Seeing this, I hurriedly stopped him: "Eh, I wore it yesterday, it's so hot that I have to change my clothes, and we have been lying on the straw." When he heard this, he was not happy, and frowned at me and said, "Then I won't wear it." ”
In fact, the weather is so hot, it's still too hot to wear only a Chinese coat, but how can it? In this era, you can add clothes but you can't take off your clothes, and your underwear can only be worn in the room, and if you wear it like this, it's a loss of etiquette, which is still light, and if it's a woman, it's even more serious, and once you're seen, your underwear can be considered unclean.
I sighed, patted the edge of the bed and said, "Come and sit here, I'll choose for you." ”
He obediently came over and sat down beside me, but he took my hand and didn't let me get up, and asked pitifully: "Lan, you can make me a dress." ”
Stunned, making clothes? I don't have that talent.
But in the face of that expectant look, I really couldn't say anything to refuse, so I had to find an excuse: "I need cloth to make clothes, but we don't have it at home." Seeing him silent, I secretly rejoiced in my heart, fortunately I reacted quickly, otherwise this would be a real problem.
As soon as my thoughts turned, I heard him say, "Let's go buy it." ”
Ah-I opened my mouth slightly and looked at him in amazement, go buy it? Where to buy?
Ah Ping replied calmly: "Bazaar." ”
Where is the bazaar? I haven't seen any markets in Ginkgo Village for more than half a year. Still stunned, Ah Ping decided with satisfaction: "Let's go to the market in the afternoon." Then he didn't bother anymore, and found a white robe to put on, and found a coat for me, and carried me out of the room with joy.
Originally, I was still worried about how to deal with the widow Liu, but I was in no mood to think about it when he interrupted me like this, and I was worried about cutting cloth and making clothes. I sketched out in my mind the possibility of becoming a tailor, and no matter how I thought about it, I didn't think it was reliable.
After the meal, Ah Ping ran out and came back and said to me with a sad expression: "The market is gone, and I can't go." ”
As soon as I heard it, my spirit immediately came, but I still suppressed my excitement on the surface and pretended to be very sorry and said: "I dispersed so early, that's no way, okay, don't be sad, wait for the next chance to ......" Before I finished speaking, I saw Ah Ping's eyes light up, and he grabbed my hand and said excitedly: "Then tomorrow!" Shall we go and wait for the market to open early tomorrow morning? ”
I really have the urge to bite my tongue off, why do you just want to say anything next time!
Ah Ping is in his own emotions, don't think he can understand my regret at this moment, looking at his happy appearance, even if I can't say it, I can't dispel his thoughts.
I don't understand, why can't he wear those clothes, and he has to let me make them for him?
The point is, I'm not that material. Take a bottom, make a pair of shoes, or learn from A-Niang, but in the past five years, the family has come and gone to those few clothes, and if they are broken, they will be mended and then worn. Besides, the poor clanks in the family have no spare money to buy cloth.
But now my family is different, I don't know how the spare money comes from, I only know that the family does not have to worry about food and clothing.
In fact, after going underground last night, I also made some guesses, maybe the Liu family was quite rich, but after Aping and his father were gone, they also fell into depression, and the two of them are probably living on the inheritance left by my father-in-law who has never met.
The next day, Ah Ping pulled me out of the bed early in the morning, and I opened my eyes in a daze to find that it was only bright outside the window. But his eyes were dark and bright, and the two of them went out after freshening up.
My legs and feet were inconvenient, so naturally Ah Ping carried me on his back.
When he walked out of the village, he heard Ah Ping refreshed and said aloud in front of him: "Lan, you sleep for a while, and I will call you later." I snorted angrily, and I couldn't understand why he was so entangled in this matter, and yesterday I asked him what was wrong with the clothes in the cabinet, and he didn't say anything, so he insisted on going to the market.
I was really sleepy too early, and with the bumps on his back, I was really confused after a while.
It was already dawn when Ah Ping woke me up, and I didn't react at first, just staring at the people coming and going around in a daze. It was Ah Ping's "Lan" that brought me back to my senses, and finally realized that we had really arrived at the market, and that it was not what I had thought at night.
I thought that the so-called bazaar was nothing more than the villagers in the neighborhood gathering in a certain open space and selling their belongings. I never thought we we'd be walking on the streets of a small town!
The shops on both sides, the gray tile roofs of the buildings, and the street vendors are no different from the old town in my impression.
At this time, it should not be the most crowded time in the market, and the street vendors are not in a hurry to shout and attract customers when they have just come out of the stalls, and they are still chatting with their counterparts next to them. The people who came and went also stopped to watch, and I don't know if it was the people who lived in the town or for what purpose.
Ah Ping's pace has already slowed down, and he can also let me see what is being sold at the stalls. Except for the surprise at the beginning, it was okay to come to your senses, nothing more than selling rouge gouache and jewelry.
I wasn't interested in any of that, but Ah Ping was standing in front of the jewelry stall. The vendor who was still putting things up immediately greeted the visitor when he saw the visitor: "Eh, little brother, take a look, pick something for your daughter-in-law." ”
Ah Ping put me off my back first, held me with one hand, and then picked up a jade hairpin from the stall and compared it to my head.
Seeing the opportunity, the vendor immediately lobbied: "Little brother, your vision is really good, and you have picked the best hairpin we have on the stall, which is made of pure jade." It is best to match this pair of jade earrings, and your daughter-in-law will definitely look good when wearing them. ”
I saw that Ah Ping really reached out and took the jade earrings, and couldn't help but be anxious with a heart-warming look, although I don't know much about jade, but I can also see that the color of this jade is not good, it should not be good news.
Then I intended to ask for the price, and when I heard the vendor say that the jade hairpin and the earrings together cost two taels of silver, I pulled Ah Ping and was about to leave.
Two taels of silver can be enough for a family for several months, and this little thing also needs this price, it must be because we are born to kill people. But Ah Ping refused to go, the earrings were put down but grabbed the jade hairpin and refused to let go, I was secretly anxious when I saw this situation, and then saw that the vendor began to preach how good the jade hairpin was despite regret.
Seeing that Ah Ping was going to dig out of my pocket, I hurriedly leaned into his ear and whispered, he looked at me hesitantly, put down the jade hairpin reluctantly, and then came to carry me again.
The vendor saw that we were leaving, and immediately became anxious, and called out repeatedly: "Eh, little brother, don't go, this is rare for me, I can't find it after my stall, so let's do it, you are my first guest, so I will sell it to you cheaply, even if you have one or two silver, what do you think?" ”
Ah Ping stopped to turn around when he heard this, I grabbed his hand and scratched it in the palm of his hand to signal him to be calm, and finally he was willing to listen to me, and this time he really carried me up. I also turned to the vendor and said, "It's really too expensive, we can't buy it, I'm sorry." ”