"Brother Pang, I'm going to buy some more cloth. My cousin's clothes are old and torn. My grandmother's hands are not convenient now, so she asked me to make some clothes for my cousin, Brother Pang. Come with me to take a look," Gu Qingtong chattered all the way. At this time, they saw a cloth store on the side of the road. Pang Yi stopped the car in a hurry, and then got out of the carriage, tilted her head and smiled at Pang Yi. "I know that Brother Pang must disdain these needles and threads on weekdays, but I really need your help. I have never picked cloth for a man to make clothes. This is the first time. It's really a headache. Brother Pang, please help me. Come with me to pick some clothes for my cousin, okay?"
Now that it had come to this, Pang Yi was impatient and couldn't refuse. He nodded and jumped off the carriage. He tied the horse to the hitching post in front of the store and said to Gu Qingtong, "Miss Gu, please come down slowly."
"Thank you, Brother Pang... Ouch!" Gu Qingtong nodded to Pang Yi, and jumped down while holding onto the wall of the carriage, but her feet suddenly went weak. Seeing that she was about to fall to the ground, Pang Yi hurried forward and helped Gu Qingtong up by the waist. Gu Qingtong was extremely frightened, staring with eyes wide open and snorting a few times, and then thanked Pang Yi profusely, "Brother Pang, thank you so much, if it weren't for you, I don't know how badly I would have fallen just now..."
"Since you are afraid of falling, then be careful with your steps and walk carefully." Pang Yi said in a deep voice as he let go of Gu Qingtong.
"Yes, thank you, Brother Pang." Even though there was something fishy in Pang Yi's words, Gu Qingtong still greeted him with a smile. "I am so lucky to meet Brother Pang today. First you sent me to the street, and then you helped me. Brother Pang, you are such a good person."
Pang Yi looked down at the earnest smile on Gu Qingtong's face, and also at the pair of hands that were tightly grasping the handkerchief. He knew that Gu Qingtong was pretending to be calm, but in fact he was very panicked. Pang Yi felt a little puzzled and even helpless. He didn't say anything at the moment and followed Gu Qingtong into the clothing store.
"Sir, please come in with your wife," the shopkeeper greeted Pang Yi and Gu Qingtong as soon as he saw them coming in, smiling broadly, "How can I serve you?"
Gu Qingtong immediately blushed with shame. She covered half of her face with a handkerchief and said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, stop talking nonsense..."
Pang Yi did not say anything, which was unusual. His mind was suddenly a little confused. Many pictures came to his mind at the same time. In the inn in Jilin, in the aunt's house, or in the inn in his village, he and Xiao An were a couple in the eyes of many people. They were misunderstood all the way from south to north. From the anger at the beginning, to the inexplicable feeling in his heart, to the bitterness after he woke up, to the emptiness now...
Pang Yi stared silently at the colorful fabrics on the shelves, his lips tightly pursed.
Once upon a time, on this street, in this clothing shop, Xiao An knelt in the snow, crying so heartbreakingly, and every tear was for him.
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"I said the wrong thing, please don't blame me, young lady!" The shopkeeper patted his lips a few times and said to Gu Qingtong with a big smile on his face, "Young lady, what kind of fabric do you want to buy? Don't look at my small shop, I have a full range of things!"
"Come and get some cloth to make clothes for my brother," Gu Qingtong said, turning his head to look at Pang Yi. Pang Yi stood aside, staring at the dirty snow outside the door, motionless. Gu Qingtong walked over, gently patted Pang Yi's arm, and said, "Brother Pang, what are you looking at?"
"Nothing... nothing." Pang Yi suddenly came back to his senses, wiped his face, and looked at Gu Qingtong, "What's wrong? Have you bought it?"
"I haven't bought anything yet. Didn't we just enter the store?" Gu Qingtong said with a smile. She timidly tugged at Pang Yi's sleeve and said, "Brother Pang, come and see which color of fabric looks good. I really don't know how to choose fabrics for men's clothes."
Pang Yi brushed away Gu Qingtong's hand calmly and followed her to the counter. The shopkeeper was busy introducing them, "Young Master and Young Lady, these colors are especially suitable for young men to wear. Jujube red is festive, bamboo green is elegant, royal blue is uplifting, crimson purple is steady, and stone blue..."
"Brother Pang, what do you think?" Gu Qingtong looked up at Pang Yi, "Which color do you think is better?"
Pang Yi casually pointed at the roll of stone-blue satin and said to Gu Qingtong, "This one is good."
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