81. Your good days
Xu Wenqiang followed Su Xiaoshan to the barber shop next to the night market. Fortunately, the barber shop was still open and there was no need to wait in line.
Seeing this, Xu Wenqiang said, "Su Xiaoshan, you get a haircut. I'm going to the night market."
But Su Xiaoshan said, "I also want to go to the night market, how about you wait for me?"
"Okay, I'll wait for you." Xu Wenqiang found a seat and sat down.
When they were little, night markets were a happy place for Xu Wenqiang, Su Xiaoshan, and Chen Yang. Summer nights were especially long, and night markets were the perfect place for them to while away the summer nights.
After dinner, the three of them met and went to the night market. Each of them had a little change in their pockets, and they wandered from one end of the night market to the other. There were delicious food and fun things to do at the night market, and they would try everything they wanted to do and eat, only then could they say that the night was a complete success.
Later, Su Xiaoshan and Chen Yang stopped going to the night market. Chen Yang said, "Apart from the food, everything else at the night market is fake. There's nothing good to see."
So-called "fake goods" refer to the clothes, shoes, and various small household appliances sold at night market stalls. Without exception, these items are all imitations of the originals. The more authentic the imitations, the higher the price, while the inferior ones are sold at a lower price. Regardless of the authenticity or the price, when the goods arrive at the stalls, the vendors shout, "This is great stuff! It's exactly like the real thing!"
"They're all fakes, why do people keep buying them?" Su Xiaoshan was also very puzzled. His confusion was a complete disdain for those who were used to shopping at the night market.
Why do people always buy it?
The reason is simple, because there is no money.
Rich people can naturally buy genuine and good things, while poor people can buy fake and inferior things, so what's wrong with that? Although this matter is not open to public, people are divided into rich and poor people. Different people will buy different things, which is naturally excusable.
Later, Su Xiaoshan and Chen Yang stopped coming to the night market. Only Xu Wenqiang would still come from time to time to buy clothes and shoes. She had the same idea as everyone else who came to the night market: she was looking for good quality and good prices.
After Su Xiaoshan finished his haircut, he and Xu Wenqiang went to the night market after a long absence.
The night market nowadays has actually changed a lot compared to when they were young. The stalls that were originally mixed together have been divided into categories. Those selling clothes, shoes and hats are in one place, various snack stalls are in one place, and various toys are also in a separate place.
Su Xiaoshan hadn't been here for a long time and felt it was fresh, "If Chen Yang were here too..."
He didn't finish his words, and his voice disappeared in the noise of the night market.
Xu Wenqiang seemed not to hear and was concentrating on looking at the colorful socks on the stall in front of her.
During the Chinese New Year, it is time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. She and Xu Yanmei don’t have to buy new clothes every year, but they still have to buy socks every year.
After Xu Wenqiang picked out some, she handed the selected socks to the boss.
"Boss, I want these six pairs. How much are they?"
"Little sister, I'll give you a discount. Give me twenty dollars."
"Twenty? That's too much, twelve."
"Little sister, how can you bargain like that? Give me fifteen."
"Boss, this isn't my first time buying things at the night market. I know all the prices. Your socks are only two yuan a pair at most. If you don't sell them to me, I'll buy them from someone else."
"Where else can you buy this quality?"
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Xu Wenqiang was busy bargaining, and Su Xiaoshan noticed a pair of gloves on the stall next to him.
After Xu Wenqiang bought the socks and turned around, Su Xiaoshan handed her a pair of furry gloves and said, "Put them on."
"For me?" Xu Wenqiang was surprised.
"Well, it's a New Year's gift." Su Xiaoshan handed the gloves forward.
"But I didn't prepare any gift for you."
"You don't have to prepare it for me."
After Su Xiaoshan finished speaking, he changed his mind and said, “But if you want, you can give me something.”
There were actually quite a few of Xu Wenqiang's things in his room, such as sandbags, rubber bands, etc., but there was nothing she had given him seriously.
"Okay, I promise to give and receive." Xu Wenqiang knew that this was Su Xiaoshan's intention, so she did not refuse and took the gloves and put them on her hands.
"It's really warm." Xu Wenqiang rubbed her face in the gloves for a while, then raised her gloved hands to show Su Xiaoshan, and asked with a smile, "Does it look good?"
Su Xiaoshan's chest trembled, and he whispered, "It looks good."
"Hey, there are two more buttons here. This button can be opened..."
Xu Wenqiang was studying the gloves when she heard Su Xiaoshan ask her, "Xu Wenqiang, I want to apply to Tokyo University."
Xu Wenqiang was stunned. In just one day, two people were already going to take the entrance exam for Tokyo University.
"With your strength, there will be no problem." She patted Xiao Cheng.
"What about you?" Xiao Cheng looked at Xu Wenqiang and asked, "Which university are you going to apply to?"
"Me? God knows." Xu Wenqiang said while pulling at her gloves.
"Xu Wenqiang, why don't you apply to a university in Beijing?" Su Xiaoshan's gaze drifted off into the distance, where they were born and raised. However, he had already made up his mind, "Let's leave here together."
Xu Wenqiang didn't say anything and continued to pick at her gloves. She had known for a long time that Su Xiaoshan was going to leave, but she didn't know whether she would leave or not.
"Ah, I suddenly thought of a way to give you something." Xu Wenqiang suddenly pulled Su Xiaoshan away, "Let's go to the ring-tossing place. I'll give you whatever you like."
"Xu Wenqiang, answer me first..."
"Let's go to the ring first..."
The ring-tossing area was unusually lively. From a distance, one could tell there were many people gathered there.
"Wow, I hit it again!"
“This is amazing!”
…
As I got closer, I heard cheers erupting from the crowd.
Xu Wenqiang muttered in her heart, "Is this another expert here?"
"Xu Wenqiang, there are so many people here, let's just forget it." Su Xiaoshan said.
"I have to see where the master comes from." Xu Wenqiang refused. As she spoke, she went to the center of the crowd.
Seeing this, Su Xiaoshan had no choice but to follow Xu Wenqiang in.
As soon as Xu Wenqiang showed up, the owner of the ring-tossing business lamented, "What day is it today? Why are you here too?"
"What? You won't let anyone come?" Xu Wenqiang said to the boss with a smile, then looked at the person who was putting the ring on.
She had seen that person this morning, it was Xiao Cheng.
"Why is Xiao Cheng here?" Su Xiaoshan was very surprised.
Xiao Cheng glanced at Xu Wenqiang and Su Xiaoshan beside her, and then his eyes fell on Xu Wenqiang's gloves.
The gloves were dazzlingly new, no doubt having been bought at the night market. It was unclear whether Xu Wenqiang had bought them herself or someone else had bought them for her.
The three of them looked at each other from a distance, smiled at each other, and said hello.
"Boss, today is definitely a good day." Xiao Cheng said, threw out a hoop, and hit a hat.
There was another round of cheers from all around, but the boss had a bitter face, but he also smiled apologetically, "Yes, it's your good day."
After Xiao Cheng put on the scarf, he still had a few rings in his hand. He walked up to Xu Wenqiang and Su Xiaoshan with the rings and asked, "Do you want to play?"
"I'd like to try..." Xu Wenqiang glanced at the items on the stall and found a dark blue scarf in the corner. It was a perfect gift for Su Xiaoshan. So she took the ring from Xiao Cheng and said, "Let me try."
Seeing Xu Wenqiang deliberately putting on the scarf, Xiao Cheng took another look at the gloves she took off and stuffed into her pocket, but a part of them was exposed.
It felt like someone was pushing him, and Xiao Cheng staggered, and his arm just happened to touch Xu Wenqiang who was throwing the hoop.
The ring thrown by Xu Wenqiang deviated from the direction and naturally did not hit the scarf.
"Let me try again." Xu Wenqiang was not giving up and tried again.
"That scarf is too far to the side. You should try something else." Xiao Cheng said from the side.
"I just want a scarf." Xu Wenqiang insisted.
"I can give you the hat I have in my sleeve."
"That hat is for women, and I want that scarf for men."
"What do you want a man's scarf for?"
"Xu Wenqiang wanted to give that scarf to me." Su Xiaoshan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke and interrupted the conversation between Xu Wenqiang and Xiao Cheng.
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