Chapter 59: Glasses
The sky was a little less bright, the sun was half-hidden in the white clouds, and the twilight light fell to the ground through the foliage, and the shadows of the leaves on the ground shook in the wind.
Recently, the weather has been getting colder and colder, and even in Jiangnan, without the blessing of various greenhouse gases, it is very cold.
Lao Bao tightened his body and put his hands in his sleeves—he didn't know how cold it would be further north, and he suddenly remembered the little beggar who was going north to find his father.
The gate of Xinxue North School was crowded with parents, and students came out one after another, bustling.
"Come to school tomorrow and bring more autumn clothes, in case the wind is cold, it will not be good."
A parent in a mink coat said to his child, who was dressed in a somewhat thin Western-style costume and was a little impatient after hearing his father's instructions:
"Okay, okay, what to bring, it's cold at night, and the autumn clothes don't look good and look fat."
"If you don't wear it, you won't wear it, and you'll freeze to death."
These words made Lao Bao a little stunned - the people of the Qin Mansion were still trying to find a way to raise an extra shirt for their children and prepare more thatch at home to keep out the cold, but the people here ......
Lao Bao's figure involuntarily fell down.
"Wang Ba calf is spicy, eight cents a piece! Clean and hygienic! ”
"Stinky big sister stinky tofu, spicy, garlic!"
"Li's wontons, boiling hot soup, warm the stomach and keep out the cold! The second bowl is 20% off! ”
Some small vendors, wearing warm cotton clothes, push clean and hygienic carts to sell.
These are all paid high booth fees, long-term cooperation with the school, and there are special personnel to check the hygiene, so as not to spoil the stomach, ordinary vendors are not allowed to come.
The peddlers shouted desperately—if they shouted a few more times, they would earn a few more coppers, and it didn't hurt to shout at a broken voice.
This winter has not yet arrived, but it has shown a harsh appearance, and many people have a premonition that this year will be a very cold winter, while they can still go out, earn more money, prepare more firewood at home, or add a short shirt is also good.
"Daddy."
Lao Bao was patted on the shoulder, and there was a familiar voice in his ears, and when he looked sideways, it turned out to be Bao Guowei.
"Guowei?"
Lao Bao looked at the man with oily hair in front of him, and he really didn't dare to recognize it, Bao Guowei at this moment looked even more noble than the eldest young master of the Qin Mansion.
"How did your hair get like this?"
He looked at Bao Guowei's hair and realized that it looked like the pattern painted on the bottle of egg soup oil he bought at noon.
"I smeared my hair with oily egg soup!"
With a "hiss", Bao Guowei explained the question again, this question has been asked by many people one after another, and it is a little annoying to answer too many times, so that he speaks a little louder.
Lao Bao nodded subconsciously, and his waist bent even more - Bao Guowei's appearance is really a bit bluffing, and he looks a bit like a foreign adult.
This is a daunting image for any ordinary person.
He wanted to touch Bao Guowei's hair, but he was afraid that his hand would mess up the smooth hairstyle, so his hand stopped in mid-air.
Lao Bao took off his black shirt and put it on Bao Guowei: "Put this dress on, it's too cold."
When the black shirt was taken off, a cotton suit was revealed, and the fabric of another crumpled old cotton suit was exposed in the placket.
Looking around, I'm going to get some food for Bao Guowei and some hot soup:
"Do you want to eat Malatang or wonton?"
"Don't eat, you can take me to get a pair of glasses."
"What, you can't see clearly? Have you been reading too many books lately? ”
"No, there is no problem with the eyes, but it looks much stronger and more gentle with a pair of glasses."
Lao Bao heard that most of those gentlemen need glasses, but in fact, most of them are not short-sighted, just to look sven and foreign - people who wear glasses, especially young people, are often defaulted to reading too many books and having some surplus money at home, so they configure this unnecessary thing.
This also leads some children to feel that wearing glasses is very powerful, and use their own eyes to look at the sun, hoping to make themselves short-sighted, and then pester the head of the family to give themselves a pair of glasses.
"Going now?"
"Let's go now, there is an optical store not far from the school, and I heard that there will be discounts for students."
It's not far away, and it doesn't take much time to wear flat glasses, so Bao Guowei thinks it's better to do it today.
……
Walking on the road with glasses, Lao Bao was a little happy in his heart.
The farther away from the school, the fewer people dressed nobly, most of them wore ordinary autumn clothes, cotton clothes, or long shirts, and Lao Bao's walking posture became erect, and he looked around:
When the people next to him looked at him or Bao Guowei, his heart seemed to be filled with something, and once he walked to a place where there were fewer people, no one looked at him, and he felt empty in his heart.
……
The optical shop is not large, surrounded by large posters of various head shapes, and there is an incandescent lamp on the ceiling, which is in the shape of a palace lamp, shining on the marble floor.
There is also an eyesight test chart in the middle, and a glass counter in the innermost part.
At this time, although the price of glass was not cheap, the method of mechanized mass production of glass had already appeared, so the price was not sky-high.
As soon as the shopkeeper sitting at the counter saw the two people who came in, he knew that the distinguished customer had returned.
This appearance, dress, temperament, very fashionable, very expensive, absolutely can't be fake, and there is an old housekeeper next to it.
Putting down the objects in his hands, the shopkeeper stood up and hurriedly poured a cup of tea, and pushed the tea tray to the front of the counter with both hands, with a flattering smile on his face:
"Would you rather have nearsighted glasses or flat glasses?"
"Flat mirrors, I'll pick them myself."
Bao Guowei didn't even look at the cup of tea, nor did he shake the shopkeeper's face, but just made his own request.
As soon as he heard what Bao Guowei said, he understood that those with flat mirrors often pay attention to dressing up fashionably, and they don't care much about the price, the more expensive things they are, the more they like them.
"Your face shape is more suitable for square-framed mirrors, and it's all on the counter, so please pick one yourself."
The shopkeeper removed everything from the counter so that the distinguished customer could come and see.
Through the glass counter of the store, Bao Guowei could see a dazzling array of glasses placed underneath, all in an open and exquisite wooden box.
Most of these glasses are round-framed, the technology of this era is backward, although there are square-framed glasses, but there are very few, I heard that it is much more difficult to produce than round-framed glasses, it is estimated that it is difficult to the lenses.
This Xiao Er is right, Bao Guowei belongs to the face is relatively rounded, if you wear round glasses again, it will only appear that the face is bigger, so it is best to choose square glasses, and you have to choose a larger one.