Chapter 150 Goodbye (Side Story 2)
Early the next morning, Xie Yuduo came to buy cakes again. As soon as he stopped in front of the cake shop, he saw that the woolen yarn shop opposite was also open.
The tall young man and the kind uncle I met yesterday went out one after another, leading a mule, as if they were going out.
He took the warm meat pie in his hand, paid for it, but was not in a hurry to eat it. He stood at the door of the bakery and looked across.
The young man harnessed the mule cart and shouted to the shop before driving off.
"Yue'er, let's go!"
A clear and sweet voice came from the shop.
"Okay! Daddy, brother, be careful on the road and come home early!"
The young man responded and drove away in the mule cart.
For some unknown reason, Xie Yuduo walked into a shop selling woolen yarn for the first time in his life.
The pearl-like girl from the Shen family, Yue'er, was busy arranging the silk threads on the counter.
Seeing someone coming in, she raised her head and greeted with a smile.
"Guest, what would you like to order?"
Xie Yuduo looked at her and lowered his head slightly. Why didn't he think of what to say in advance?
"Well……"
He looked at the things sold in the shop: colored threads, silk ribbons, gauze strips, lace... There was really nothing that a grown man like him could use.
"I want to buy...thread."
Since you are in the yarn shop, of course you have to buy yarn.
"Okay, what color thread do you want?"
Xie Yuduo was speechless for a moment, he looked down at himself and saw a blue satin belt around his waist.
He pointed it out to her.
"This color, cyan, look at it."
The girl leaned forward to take a look. The green satin tied around his body made his waist look thin and strong.
"Okay, wait a moment."
The girl was very skillful and quickly found the closest color among the layers of silk threads.
"Is the guest's belt torn?"
The belt was new, but he nodded.
"right."
"I just got a new batch of silk ribbons. They look great for corsets. Would you like one?"
The girl had bright eyes and a smile, and she did her business very skillfully.
"……OK."
She was quick and agile, and quickly brought out a box of silk ribbons of various colors and patterns, and placed them on the counter for the customers to choose from.
"Take a look."
Xie Yuduo was supposed to pick out the ribbons, but he couldn't help but look at the girl's lowered face.
"Which one do you think looks better on me?"
The girl raised her bright eyes and looked at his figure carefully.
The young man was tall, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist.
He is also very handsome.
She casually glanced at his appearance, then looked carefully at his waist, and picked out a jade-colored silk ribbon from the box.
"This one is a cleaner color and will go well with your robe."
"Okay, this one."
"Okay!"
She skillfully folded the silk ribbon neatly, cut the thread, weighed the thread, put the two together, tied them with a ribbon, and then handed them neatly to him.
"Sixty-eight cents."
Xie Yuduo knew the number was correct, but seeing that she didn't use an abacus, he asked deliberately.
"You... don't need to calculate?"
She looked up and smiled, her face as bright as spring breeze.
"Don't worry, my customers, I've never made a mistake in my calculations."
She is very smart.
The same goes for him.
He considers himself a smart person and likes smart people.
He smiled and nodded, then took out about one or two taels of silver from his pocket.
The girl was stunned. It was just a few dozen coins, and he gave her so much. It would take her a long time to find the change herself!
It’s okay, just take your time.
"Ouch...sister...it hurts..."
They both looked up and saw a child of six or seven years old running in, crying and covering his bleeding forehead.
The girl was just about to take the silver and give the change when she saw the young man bleeding. She wanted to go over and take a look, but she didn't want to leave the customer waiting there.
Xie Yuduo raised his chin and motioned her to go over and take a look first.
"Go ahead. I'll wait for you."
The girl smiled at him and immediately went to see her bleeding brother.
She asked her younger brother to sit on the bench, took out a handkerchief, and carefully wiped the blood off him. Her movements were gentle and soft, but her words were filled with anger.
"Little monkey, where have you been? Luckily, Daddy just left and Mommy isn't home. If they saw you, you'd definitely get a good beating."
"Woo woo... I was going to go play with Ermao..."
"It's him again. Just fight me, why can't I win?"
The little monkey who lost the fight felt very aggrieved.
"Sister, he is half a head taller than me! If I...if I..."
He wiped his tears and saw the young customer standing in front of the counter.
"If I were as tall as this brother, I would definitely be able to defeat him!"
Xie Yuduo was standing with his hands behind his back, smiling as he watched the brother and sister talking. When he saw them both looking at him, he immediately stopped smiling, coughed lightly, and stood up straighter.
"...You won't grow that tall for years! Since you can't win, why don't you cause trouble for the family and make Mom worry about you? Tell me, why did you fight today?"
"He said... he said bad things about you... he said you..."
The child suddenly stopped talking.
The girl was stunned when she heard that. She was always kind to others and never caused trouble. What bad things could a little kid say about her?
Probably, the children heard it from the adults, but they didn't understand and spread it around.
Needless to say, she knew what bad words they were.
It's nothing more than bad luck and being unlucky in marriage.
Xie Yuduo also remembered the gossip he heard yesterday and looked at her expression carefully.
After she wiped the blood, she also wiped the little monkey's snot and tears. Her expression was normal and her tone was calm.
"Is that stupid talk worth a fight? If you take it to heart, remember, you're the fool. Just let it go in one ear and out the other. Don't take it to heart. He's the fool. Remember?"
The little boy nodded obediently with tears in his eyes.
Xie Yuduo also remembered it.
Anyone would feel uncomfortable if someone said such dirty words to a little girl.
She has such a rare open-mindedness and clarity.
Having said that, she saw her younger brother injured and bleeding in order to stand up for her, and thought of the farce yesterday that embarrassed the whole family. She felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't help but wet her eyes.
She was about to wipe her tears when she saw that her handkerchief was covered with her brother's snot and tears. She threw it aside in disgust, letting the tears flow down her cheeks. She wiped them casually with her sleeve, bandaged her brother's wound, touched his head, and let him go back to the backyard to play.
After she took care of her brother and came over to give him the change, Xie Yuduo took back the one or two taels of silver and took out the copper coins that were given as change when he bought the cake.
He looked calm.
"I just remembered that I still have some change on me."
The little girl smiled with her bright eyes, took the money swiftly, and handed him the tied silk ribbon and blue thread.
He took the things and chatted casually for a few words.
"Children always love to fight. They grow out of it. How old is he?"
"He's six years old, and he's still so troublesome."
"Oh...you're his older sister, so you're a lot older than him, right?"
"Yeah, ten years older!"
“…”
He was secretly disappointed.
She looks quite tall, how come she is only sixteen years old?
Six years younger than him.
Although there are many girls in the local area who get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, he always feels that she is a little young.
He is twenty-two years old this year and has become a completely strong man.
…
This is just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go.
Go out, lead the horse, and cross the river.
After crossing the river, he rode back on his horse, still thinking.
That girl is very good.
Too bad he's a little too young.
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