Chapter 11 Integrating into the City

Qian carried her luggage like a beggar walking aimlessly on the street as bright as day, she had no intention of appreciating everything around her except fear, or fear. What to do? What to do? And so she kept walking, not knowing where she went, not knowing how many streets she had walked, until late at night, and the more she walked, the more frightened she became. The street gradually receded from noise and entered a state of silence. Sleepiness, hunger, and fear occupied Qian's body and mind, and she wanted to cry, but she didn't dare.

Somehow I walked into a small alley, where there were no pedestrians, only quietly glowing billboards. Just when she was at a loss, she was delighted to see the word hotel shining in the dark night. Qian was overjoyed, great, finally saved. Qian timidly walked down a path to the glass door of the hotel, and after standing outside the door for a moment, she walked in softly. Qian saw a middle-aged woman lying on the sofa on the inside of the door and falling asleep, she stood in a daze and didn't know what to do, and finally mustered up the courage to call her aunt several times before waking up the sleeping woman.

When the middle-aged woman saw a timid little girl standing in front of her, she knew what was going on, looked up at the clock on the wall, and told Qian in a thick voice that it would cost fifteen yuan a night to live in the house now, and it would be almost a little sooner, and the house would be ten yuan after a little while. Qian looked up at the clock, there was still nearly half an hour to go, she didn't dare to wait outside, she whispered begging the middle-aged woman to have mercy on her, charge her ten yuan, and let her stay for one night. The middle-aged woman saw her pitiful appearance, so she took ten yuan and opened a room for her.

Closing the door, Qian looked at the room, the snow-white sheets, snow-white quilt covers wrapped in the quilt, neatly folded and placed at the head of the bed. The furnishings of the room made Qian feel so cold, and she even thought of the home where she had seen the dead before, putting the dead man on a wooden plank, and covering her with white sheets, and she didn't feel a shiver on her body. Growing up so big, this is the first time Qian has lived outside, she thinks of her home, and she thinks of her dear family. Although her home is dilapidated, she has a family and warmth, and she is never afraid. Here she felt the panic and uneasiness she had never felt before, she missed her parents, her brother, her single bed. But either way, it's safer here than on the road. Before going to bed, Qian checked the door again to make sure that it was closed before going to bed.

She did not dare to take off her clothes, and lay down with her clothes. Although she was extremely scared, she was so tired and tired after a day of running around that she fell asleep unconsciously. When she woke up, it was already dawn, she left the room, and continued to look for work on the street. Today Qian is not as scared as yesterday. She silently prayed in her heart that there would be a boss who was willing to take her in today. She didn't have much money on her, and it cost her money to eat and live, and she urgently needed a job to manage food and housing. Another day of hard searching, but the result was still disappointing, still there was no suitable place, and in the evening she returned to the hotel where she had stayed last night. The middle-aged woman saw that Qian came to stay again, because she was a regular guest, and the elderly person was originally kinder, so she asked Qian with concern why she stayed alone outside. Qian was embarrassed to open her mouth at first, and after being stunned for a while, she reluctantly said her situation. The middle-aged woman listened to Qian's story, and was very sympathetic to this little girl, but she only charged ten yuan for the original fifteen yuan room fee, and told Qian that she knew the owner of the barber shop and could introduce her to Qian. Qian only became the boss to see her small, comforted her, and didn't take it to heart, so she went to sleep in the room.

The next morning, before Qian got up, the middle-aged woman knocked on the door outside, told her to get up, and said that she was looking for her. After Qian got up, the middle-aged woman told her that she had already contacted the barber shop and could take her to work in the shop immediately, and the boss was absolutely reliable. Qian didn't believe it, she was afraid that she had bad intentions, just when she hesitated, the middle-aged woman saw Qian's thoughts, she smiled and told Qian that the reason why she helped her was because Qian was about the same age as her daughter, and she also felt sorry for her, and it would not harm her heart. Qian believed her. Qian followed the owner of the hotel to the barber shop, met the owner of the barbershop, she chatted with Qian for a few words, Qian felt that the boss was very good, so she stayed. The barber shop has two floors, with a storefront below and an unused utility room above.

After Qian came, the boss cleaned it up and let Qian live in the store at night. The boss is very accommodating, not as harsh as the master is with his apprentice. At first, the boss was afraid that Qian would be afraid if she lived alone, so she stayed with Qian for a few nights, and Qian felt embarrassed to let the boss accompany her all the time, so she offered not to let the boss accompany her. At first, she was still very scared when she lived alone, but after living alone for a long time, she got used to it. Eating is also in the store, and she eats whatever the boss eats, and she is never treated differently. Qian is still the same as before, taciturn, don't like to talk much, but she is diligent with her hands and feet, and often cleans the store, and she doesn't need the boss to say that she should clean up properly, and she never slacks off. The boss was very satisfied with her and took extra care of her. When she is not busy, she will watch her watch how she cuts the hair of customers, tell her how to use different scissors, how to use clippers, how to style hair according to the shape of the face, and always teach her. Qian is also very eye-catching and a quick learner. The boss knew Qian's situation, so he often gave his daughter's clothes to Qian to wear.

The barber shop is a place to help people become beautiful, first of all, they must have a good image and temperament. The boss often uses his own actions to tell Qian how to modify her appearance. Qian used to be a poor child who didn't pay attention to food and clothing, didn't care about trim, and wore other people's old clothes all day long, and she didn't have any pursuit and concept of beauty. Now what she sees every day is a beautiful figure dressed in colorful clothes and heavy makeup, as well as a fashionable and handsome guy, the guidance of the boss, and the surrounding environment have had a subtle impact on her. She was embarrassed to ask her boss to help her change her hairstyle and dye it with a beautiful color. Sometimes at night, she combed her hair over and over again in front of the mirror alone, secretly smeared the boss's face oil and foundation on her face, and then put on lipstick, turned sideways to look at the left face for a while, looked at the right face for a while, and looked at the nose for a while, Qian unexpectedly found that she was quite beautiful, and even she suspected that she hadn't looked at herself before, or she had never found out that she was good-looking. But Qian also found a fly in the ointment, that is, the clothes were too shabby, not worthy of her face, and she looked very undesirable.

After hesitating for a long time, Qian plucked up the courage and borrowed money from the boss in embarrassment, wanting to buy a few new clothes, and the boss generously lent her money. For the first time, Qian bought a few fashionable clothes that she had never worn before, which looked better than those rich students when she was at school, which she had never dared to think of before. The rest of the money Qian bought a few cheap cosmetics. When Qian put on the newly bought clothes for the first time, she was still a little twisty.

It's not pretentious, but she's used to wearing the clothes before, and now she suddenly changes so much, she feels very embarrassed, especially afraid of the boss's jokes. Seeing Qian's unnatural performance, the hearty boss encouraged Qian's new clothes to look good, and smiled and pulled Qian over the chair where she was cutting her hair and put on makeup for her. Paint your face fine and white, draw curved eyebrows, draw your eyes big with eyeliner and eye shadow, and finish with lipstick for the finishing touch. After everything was cleaned up, the boss asked Qian to get up and look in the mirror. Looking at her in the mirror, Qian couldn't believe her eyes, is this still the ugly duckling's self! Qian has always been very inferior, although she has never shown it, but in her heart she is very envious of those good-looking and beautifully dressed girls. Looking at her current self, Qian thought of her stinky and beautiful things before. When she was a student, there was no one at home, so Qian would often secretly use a small wooden stick dipped in the black coal at the bottom of the pot to paint herself black and thick, curved eyebrows, and then tear some couplets at the door to paint her mouth red, originally wanted to be beautiful, but always made herself look like a clown. Thinking of this, Qian smiled in the mirror, it was the first time she had really laughed in a long time. Later, Qian bought high heels, with thin heels, pointy heels, and the kind that gurgled when she walked, and the noise was particularly loud. I also bought a bra that girls in the city would wear, and slowly, Qian has integrated into the lives of people in the city, of course, not all, but in some aspects.

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