Chapter 40: Let's take a look at what's going on
After that, Miao Zhen tried a light blue long skirt and a purple knit sweater with black pants, which were very suitable to wear, I have to say that good-looking people look good in whatever they wear, and the right outfit is just the icing on the cake.
Xu Shuo asked the shopkeeper's mother-in-law about the price, and the price of each set was between two and three silver coins, which was not expensive for Xu Shuo, so he wanted to buy all three sets that Miao Zhen had tried and give them to Miao Zhen, but Miao Zhen himself was firmly against the idea.
"No, let Brother Xu Shuo send me clothes, I'm already very ashamed, one set is already the limit, three sets are definitely not good!" Miao Zhen said.
"Uh...... I don't care, but if you insist, so be it, have you figured out which one you want? Xu Shuo said.
Miao Zhen has looked at three sets of clothes repeatedly, and it seems that she likes them all very much.
Finally, Miao Zhen looked at Xu Shuo, "Brother Xu Shuo, can you help me choose?" ”
"Me? I'm a straight man, choose clothes or something......" Xu Shuo thought for a while, "Otherwise, it's just that pink one, right?" What do you think? ”
"Okay, then pink, Brother Xu Shuo will definitely not be wrong to choose for me." Miao Zhen said.
Xu Shuo was embarrassed, "You believe in me so much, it makes me very stressed." ”
At the end of the checkout, the owner's mother-in-law offered to help Miao Zhen fix her hairstyle.
"Such a cute little girl, if you can tie up her hair well, it will definitely look better." The owner's mother-in-law said.
"Tie your hair? How do you tie it? Miao Zhen asked.
"Did your mom teach you what to do with your hair?"
The shopkeeper's mother-in-law asked inadvertently, which made Xu Shuo nervous, he looked at Miao Zhen with some concern, but Miao Zhen seemed to be used to it, and there was no unusual expression on his face, he just shook his head and said, "No, old woman, can you teach me?" ”
"A simple hairstyle can be tied alone, but you are such a lovely girl, you need to braid beautiful braids." The owner's mother-in-law said with a smile, "I'll help you braid, let your brother learn next to you, and you can ask your brother to help you braid in the future." ”
As soon as Miao Zhen heard it, she knew that the shopkeeper's mother-in-law had misunderstood, and hurriedly said, "No, old woman, Brother Xu Shuo ......."
"Okay, let me learn, it's okay right now anyway." Xu Shuo looked at Miao Zhen, who was flattered, and said, "Don't care, I think it's good to learn something new once in a while." ”
In this way, Miao Zhen didn't say anything anymore, and sat obediently and asked the shopkeeper's mother-in-law to help her braid her hair.
The shopkeeper's mother-in-law first taught several simple ways to tie a single ponytail, and finally braided a three-strand braid for Miao Zhen, the bangs that were about to cover her eyes, and the shopkeeper's mother-in-law also kindly trimmed it with scissors for cutting clothes, and then put on new clothes.
Although compared to Lilian, a girl who has always lived in an aristocratic family, there is still a difference in temperament.
The owner's mother-in-law is really warm-hearted, if it weren't for the arrival of new customers, it is estimated that she would be able to teach Xu Shuo all the methods of braiding she knows.
Finally, before leaving, as a thank you, Xu Shuo bought two ribbons recommended by the shopkeeper's mother-in-law and gave them to Miao Zhen. Miao Zhen originally wanted to refuse, but Xu Shuo said that it was useless for him to keep it, so Miao Zhen reluctantly accepted it, saying that he would definitely pay Xu Shuo back in the future.
"Thank you, old woman, then let's go first." When leaving, Miao Zhen bowed very politely to the shopkeeper's mother-in-law.
By the time I went out, it was already getting a little dark, and it looked like night was about to fall.
"It's getting dark, I'll send you back." Xu Shuo looked at the three braids that Miao Zhen had just braided and said, "I almost don't recognize you the way you look now, and that bald boss must be surprised to see you like this." ”
Miao Zhen imagined the scene for a moment, and also covered his mouth and laughed.
When he walked into the alley, Xu Shuo vaguely heard a noisy sound.
"Brother Xu Shuo, I seem to hear someone arguing." Miao Zhen apparently heard it too.
"I don't know where it's coming from, but it's none of our business, so don't bother." Xu Shuo said.
The closer you get to the slums, the clearer the voices become, some people crying, some people shouting, and all kinds of smashing sounds, all gathered together, and it seems very noisy. Xu Shuo could have a premonition that something bad was happening.
When they turned a few corners, Xu Shuo saw a man with a black scarf tied to his arm - a black scarf thief, the other party leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, squinted his eyes, and looked at Xu Shuo with a scrutinizing gaze.
Miao Zhen grabbed Xu Shuo's arm with some fear.
(What's going on with this person?) Is it to collect tolls here? )
Xu Shuo tried not to look at the man's eyes, and pulled Miao Zhen to the side, the road was not narrow, he could completely avoid that person, provided that the other party did not deliberately stop him.
When the two sides were about to stagger by, Xu Shuo tensed his nerves, if this black turban thief attacked him, he would dodge it as soon as possible and then counterattack.
But the other party didn't do this, he leaned against the wall motionlessly, just kept his eyes on Xu Shuo until Xu Shuo entered the slum.
Walking into the slum, Xu Shuo thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, but he soon noticed another terrible thing - it seemed to be occupied by black turban thieves.
The streets of the slums were full of men with black scarves on their arms, some of whom were swaggering, eating their favorite food and teasing beautiful girls. Not far away, the owner of a small stall was lying on the ground holding a pile of debris and crying bitterly, and a young man in a black scarf was insulting him in ugly language. There are also many shops in a similar situation, and the few shops that are okay are all cowered inside and peeking outside. Families are hiding in their homes, and homeless homeless people huddle by the garbage heap, watching the black scarf thieves vigilantly.
There are no ordinary people on the street, most of them have already hidden, so as soon as Xu Shuo and Miao Zhen walked in, they were particularly conspicuous, and many gangsters of black scarf thieves noticed them and cast ill-intentioned glances, especially on Miao Zhen.
(…… Damn, it's not the right time. )
Xu Shuo turned around and pulled Miao Zhen and wanted to go out, but the black scarf thief who was standing at the entrance before reached out to stop him.
"I'm sorry, but now this place is only allowed to enter, not to leave."
Xu Shuo finally knew why this person was standing here, this guy was completely a sentry, and the purpose of standing here was to prevent people from the slums from escaping to find the guards.
He looked left and right, many black scarf thieves were already staring at him, if he broke through now, it was estimated that he would be chased by a large group of people immediately, and if he ran with Miao Zhen, he would undoubtedly be caught up.
(Or else...... )
Xu Shuo glanced at Miao Zhen, the latter's eyes showed fear and overwhelmed emotion, she held Xu Shuo's hand tightly, and already regarded Xu Shuo as her protective umbrella.
(What was I thinking, I wanted to leave Miao Zhen behind and run by myself for a moment...... No matter how selfish you are, are you still human if you do such a thing? Let's see what happens first. )