◎Second update◎
Liang Baozhen walked in last and locked the door. She couldn't help but smile as she looked at the father and daughter in front of her.
"Don't drop Shanshan."
Xu Shengjie was confident. He turned around and raised his eyebrows at his wife, "My hands are very steady."
Shanshan was also relieved and said crisply, "Dad is very annoying."
Today the three of them had dinner at the Hexi Restaurant near the guesthouse. Xu Shengjie had been here several times, mainly because he was brought here after he became familiar with Wu Er.
Water chestnut cake, pork knuckle noodles, glutinous rice and chicken with pork fat, winter melon and minced meat soup...
We ordered some special dishes, and everyone followed the local customs and tasted the delicious food.
As Liang Baozhen ate the delicious food, she finally understood the saying in the book: "It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books." No matter how many descriptions of local customs and people you read in books, it is not as good as taking a real trip there.
At least, no matter how many words she used to tell her how delicious these local delicacies were, it would not be as good as her actually taking a bite of them.
"Is it delicious?" Xu Shengjie had been here several times, but he was not as surprised as the mother and daughter.
“Mm, delicious!”
Shanshan heard it and followed suit with her mouth full of praise, "Great~"
They had dinner early and came out to digest the food. Liang Baozhen was used to seeing many street vendors in Beijing, but she never expected that the street vendor business in Guangdong was more prosperous.
There are all kinds of food and clothing for sale on the street, with even more varieties. They are almost next to each other, and there is an endless stream of people coming to buy things.
Liang Baozhen couldn't help herself and bought a small bow hair tie for Shanshan from a stall. The black hair tie was ordinary, but it had a red yarn bow on the end. Shanshan liked it, so she paid for it and tied it on her hair.
Of course, it was Dad who paid.
Xu Shengjie followed his wife and daughter-in-law all the way. There were many people on the street, so he stretched out his hand from time to time to protect them from being squeezed, and was always ready to take out money.
After a walk around, Shanshan had a bow on her head, a little rabbit candy figure in her mouth, and a beautiful bamboo helicopter in her hand.
Liang Baozhen bought several handkerchiefs. The handkerchiefs sold here were not the common plaid or solid-color handkerchiefs, but embroidered ones. There were many styles of embroidery, more than those in the department stores in Beijing.
“These are all goods from the other side.”
Liang Baozhen was dazzled by the choices. She had to bring some gifts back from her trip, so she counted the number of people and bought five handkerchiefs in one go, and then went to another stall to buy five scarves.
The scarf is also very unique, with prints in bright and bold colors. My elder sisters will definitely like it.
Xu Shengjie watched his wife shopping passionately, and he also became interested. Seeing that his daughter-in-law had a bow on her hair, he also started looking for it in the stall, and his eyes were fixed on a light blue hairpin.
The hairpin is a rectangular piece wrapped in light blue velvet. It is delicate and small, simple yet elegant.
"How much is this?"
"Eight cents."
Xu Shengjie paid for it without hesitation. Liang Baozhen came over with Shanshan after buying scarves. Seeing that Xu Shengjie had just paid, she didn't expect him to still be interested. "What did you buy?"
She glanced at the stalls in front of her and there didn't seem to be anything suitable for men.
They are all colorful and liked by lesbians.
Xu Shengjie opened his palm and showed it to her, "I bought it for you. Do you like it?"
Liang Baozhen looked at the light blue hairpin, which was delicate and beautiful. She nodded and looked up at Xu Shengjie, "I like it!"
When they walked out of the street, both the mother and daughter had something on their heads. Xu Shengjie shook the red on his daughter's head and the blue on his daughter-in-law's head, and felt that it was right for the family to go out.
As they walked further, the three of them saw a "photo studio" on the street. It was called a photo studio, but in fact it was just a stall without a facade. A worker was taking pictures with a camera. Each photo cost 80 cents, which was quite expensive, but everyone loved to take pictures.
Xu Shengjie also went to take a photo with his wife and daughter. He paid 80 cents and got a receipt. He came to pick up the photos five days later.
He handed the receipt to his wife, worried that he had lost it. Liang Baozhen naturally took it, folded it in a handkerchief, and then put the handkerchief into the compartment of the shoulder bag she was carrying.
After a busy day, the family simply strolled around the guesthouse and returned to the guesthouse to rest. Wu Er would treat the three of them to dinner tomorrow.
It is naturally a good thing when someone invites you to dinner.
Shanshan got up happily after a good sleep. Children don’t recognize their beds and can fall asleep anywhere. On the contrary, Liang Baozhen did not sleep well last night. She yawned several times when she woke up in the morning.
"After lunch, you and Shanshan come back and rest for a while."
"Yeah." Liang Baozhen moved her body, brushed her teeth and washed her face to wake herself up. "I don't know if it's because I suddenly changed cities. I've been dreaming all night."
"Let's see tonight. We can't do this every day." Xu Shengjie suggested, "If it really doesn't work, drink some white wine at night? It will be easier to fall asleep when you are drowsy."
Liang Baozhen looked away from him and said, "Bad idea."
Xu Shengjie smiled and looked at his daughter again, "Did Shanshan sleep well?"
"Yeah!" Shanshan nodded, "Shanshan slept well."
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Wu Er's business has grown greatly in the past two years. He has become a tyrant in the Cantonese clothing wholesale market. He owns two wholesale markets and purchases and ships thousands of pieces of clothing every day.
Although his business was booming, he still dressed inconspicuously, wearing a low-key gray top and black pants, with messy hair and unshaven beard, which made him look more rugged.
Knowing that Xu Shengjie and his family of three were coming, he, as a local tyrant, had to treat them to a meal.
At Jinling Restaurant, the best Cantonese restaurant, Liang Baozhen met her husband's business partner.
I almost couldn't believe it at first sight. If Wu Er were thrown into a crowd of people, no one would think that he was a rich man.
"Second Brother Wu, this is my wife Liang Baozhen and my daughter Shanshan."
Wu Er glanced at the people sitting opposite him. Xu Shengjie was young and handsome, Liang Baozhen was generous and pretty, and as for the little girl, she seemed a little shy and went straight into her mother's arms.
"Brother Xu, you are so lucky." Wu Er has not married yet. When he sees other people's happy families, he can't help but feel a little melancholy.
"Life is indeed good." Xu Shengjie clinked glasses with him.
"Sister-in-law, there's Shanshan, right? Try our food, it's not any worse than yours."
Liang Baozhen smiled and agreed naturally, "Second Brother Wu, it tastes really good. We all love it."
"How old are your girls?"
Liang Baozhen teased the child and let Shanshan answer herself.
Shanshan glanced at the uncle with a beard across from her and whispered, "Two years old~"
"You haven't called me Uncle Wu yet." Liang Baozhen continued to tease her.
Shanshan lowered her eyes again and called quietly, "Uncle Wu."
Wu Er had never teased a baby before, but he found the little girl's baby voice cute, though a little timid.
"Eat your food."
At the dinner table, Xu Shengjie and Wu Er mainly talked about their recent business. Compared with the previous year, business seemed to be a little tight this year, and there were some rumors outside.
"Second Brother Wu, there are rumors that we might arrest more speculators."
"Yes, there is such a rumor." Wu Er took a sip of wine, feeling hot, "But it's not a big deal. There are rumors every month. We have come to this point. Why should we be afraid of him? Can he catch me?"
Shanshan ate her food in small bites and whispered to her mother, "Mom, Uncle Wu has so many thorns on his face. It's so scary."
Liang Baozhen quickly blocked the child's food with vegetables, "Don't talk nonsense."
Shanshan knew that she couldn't tell anyone about Uncle Wu's thorns, so she continued to eat her food obediently, quietly, without making any sound.
The delicious food made her relax. She scooped the rice from the bowl with a spoon and ate it with the soft and tender egg custard, enjoying it.
Wu Er was sitting opposite them. He glanced at Shanshan and said to Xu Shengjie, "Your daughter is really easy to take care of. She can eat with a spoon by herself. You don't need to worry about her at all."
One of his subordinates is also a father. He has a child and he is so restless even when he has to eat that it gives him a headache.
Xu Shengjie was naturally proud, "Our Shanshan is very well behaved, especially when eating."
Shanshan heard her father and Uncle Huzi praising her, and she pursed her lips, but she couldn't hold back her smile, so she said to everyone, "I like eating."
Wu Er had never seen such a lovely little baby. He was tired of facing a group of rough men every day. Now that the business deal was almost done, he started to play with the child.
"Come with me these few days to check out the wholesale market, and take your wife and daughters out for a walk. Our Cantonese style is no worse than yours in Beijing."
"I'm planning on taking them there tomorrow."
"Do you want a camera? Someone gave me one last time. It's an imported camera. You can take pictures when you go out and have fun."
Before Xu Shengjie answered, Shanshan understood. Even though she was eating, her little ears were erected straight up.
"Is it the crunchy one?"
Wu Er heard her imitating the sound of a camera very well, and he immediately laughed. He softened his voice slightly to the little baby, "Yes, you also know about cameras?"
Shanshan puffed out her chest with pride and smiled, "Of course I know. I even took photos."
"Oh, your daughter knows a lot."
Liang Baozhen saw that Shanshan was no longer shy and smiled, "We took a photo on the street yesterday and we can pick it up in a few days. Shanshan will remember it."
"Then do you want to take some more pictures? Uncle has a really cool camera I can lend you."
Shanshan looked at her father, then at her mother. Seeing that they were both smiling, she nodded to the bearded man and said, "Yes."
After that, he added, "Thank you, Uncle Hu...Uncle Wu."
Oops, I almost called the wrong name.
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Wu Er asked his men to get the camera and give it to Xu Shengjie. This camera is really amazing. Most cameras in the country now take several days to develop photos, and the photos taken have average pixels. This camera is the most advanced brand now, with good imaging effects. The people or objects on it look vivid, so it is very expensive and difficult to buy.
Shanshan kept staring at the black thing, watching her father take the camera and listening to Uncle Huzi explaining how to take the photo. She reached into the inner layer of her cotton jacket and found a small bag sewn by her grandmother, which contained one yuan, her New Year's money.
Because the bag was too small and couldn't hold much, but Shanshan was happy because she had money.
She heard that the family spent 80 cents taking photos outside yesterday.
At this moment, she took out a dollar with great effort and handed it to the bearded uncle, "Uncle, it's 80 cents for a photo, give me 20 cents."
Then he made another small request, "Can you give me a little more change?"
The dollar she had was very new, a new bank note; she didn't want old money.
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