Feast of Flowers: 26.Shocked

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The previous two times he sent Hua Jin home were at night, and Pei Yan had not fully seen Hua Jin's living environment. When he found that the alley was dilapidated and old, with a pothole in the east and a bulge in the west, he couldn't help but frown. Hua Jin had to walk this way when he went home every night?

After the alley, there is a small open space with thick dust accumulated on the open space, and the original appearance of the cement floor can hardly be seen. A few weeds grow in the cracks in the ground, and they live very tenaciously. The house behind the open space has mottled walls and dark gray lines on it. I don't know if it's moss growing on it or the traces left by being washed away by rain many times.

Clothes were hung in disorder on the balconies of each floor, and colorful quilts on the roof were fluttering in the wind.

"You live in a place like this?" Pei Yan suspected that the house was older than him. He glanced at the third floor, where there was a man standing smoking in the corner of the balcony, and he frowned instantly. Die tight, "Is it safe for you to live here alone?"

"I've lived here for a long time. The landlord is kind and doesn't raise the rent arbitrarily, and the neighbors are easy to get along with..."

As soon as Hua Jin finished speaking, she heard Grandma Chen on the second floor scolding her for stealing the dried vegetables she was drying.

If it weren't for the makeup, Hua Jin would have wanted to cover her face at this moment. She blinked and said, "I don't like to live with others. Although the house here is a bit old, the tenants live in separate areas, and the rents are not the same. High, pretty good." Seeing Pei Yan's look of disbelief, she couldn't help but smile, "For a girl like me who is single and working hard outside, living in this kind of house is already considered a luxury. There are more In order to save money, some people share a few square meters of basement or small shack with others. There is a saying that poverty limits the imagination of the poor about the life of the rich. I think wealth will also limit the imagination of you rich people about poverty."

"Who are you scolding?" Sister Qin stood on the balcony of the fourth floor, with her right hand on her hips and her left hand pointing downstairs, "It seems that no one cares about a few smelly and rotten vegetable leaves. Don't lose anything. Just curse, if you don’t bother others, they’ll get tired of hearing it.”

Seeing this woman, Pei Yan thought of the tofu-beautiful Yang Ersao in Mr. Lu Xun's "Hometown". Thinking of this, he couldn't help but worry. Although Hua Jin was quite sharp-tongued, compared to these two, he might be scolded without the strength to reply.

In the short moment when he was lost in thought, the quarrel between Mrs. Chen and Sister Qin had escalated from rotten leaves to personal attacks. Pei Yan had lived for twenty-seven years, and he was already well-informed, but this kind of He has never encountered an unreserved quarrel scene before.

For a while, I was amazed and dumbfounded.

"Bah, I'm not like some black-hearted and shameless women who married a bastard, ran away in a stink, and even introduced my natal family to beautiful girls. My natal family What is it? You don’t have any idea? Why do you want to harm others?!"

"Your children are all good people, and they are all good goods. It's a pity that they don't want to live with you. What is my natal family and does it have anything to do with you?" Sister Qin sighed, "Look at your The old lack of appearance, bah!"

Hua Jin pulled Pei Yan's sleeve and whispered: "Mr. Pei, let's go." If she doesn't leave, the fire will burn on her.

Pei Yan, who was listening with great interest, only reacted when Hua Jin pulled his sleeve. He asked in a low voice: "Will they fight?"

"No." Hua Jin affirmed, "The two of them sometimes quarrel, but they can't afford it. Grandma Chen is a lot older. How dare Sister Qin fight with her? They are just arguing. We People in the same building are used to it."

Unfortunately, Hua Jin dragged Pei Yan not even two steps before she was discovered by Mrs. Chen.

"Xiaohua, wait a minute!" When Mrs. Chen saw Hua Jin, her whole figure seemed to be boosted. She pointed at Pei Yan beside Hua Jin and said, "I also want to introduce relatives to Xiaohua. Look at this man. What are your friends like? They look better than your relatives, have longer legs than your relatives, and even wear better-looking clothes than your relatives."

Hua Jin and Pei Yan looked at each other. At this moment, they finally connected and understood the meaning in each other's eyes.

Pei Yan: Boyfriend? Is she talking about me?

Hua Jin: This is all a misunderstanding...

Pei Yan: If I take you home, not only will I waste gas, but I will also waste my reputation?

Hua Jin:......

She turned around and smiled awkwardly at Old Mrs. Chen. Just as she was about to explain to Old Mrs. Chen that Pei Yan was just her friend, she saw a young man in a sports suit walking out of the alley.

The young man's eyes lit up when he saw Hua Jin, but when he saw Pei Yan next to Hua Jin, he retracted his feet towards Hua Jin.

Sister Qin was about to scold Mr. Chen for being nosy, but when she saw her nephew appeared, she had to swallow her breath. If the argument continues, not only will her nephew be embarrassed, but Hua Jin and her boyfriend will also be embarrassed.

When Mrs. Chen saw Sister Qin’s nephew, she also chose to give up. The person she disliked the most was Sister Qin. This young man was handsome and had never offended her. She was afraid that if she continued to scold her, she would be in trouble. The young man is embarrassed.

The two of them chose a truce with a tacit understanding, but for the sake of face, they both stood on the balcony and refused to leave, as if whoever returned to the house first would lose.

"Hello." Hua Jin nodded slightly towards the other party.

Pei Yan tilted his head slightly and glanced at Hua Jin. He felt Hua Jin's alienation from this man.

"Hello." The young man with a straight haircut smiled reluctantly and stammered, "What a coincidence."

"Are you here to see Sister Qin?" Hua Jin pointed upstairs, "Sister Qin happens to be at home. Come up quickly."

"Oh...oh, okay." The young man seemed to have just come back to his senses. He reluctantly walked past Hua Jin, took a few steps and asked reluctantly, "This...is your man." Friends?"

Hua Jin smiled and did not answer.

The young man's eyes dimmed little by little, and the smile on his face could hardly be held back: "Sorry." He walked dejectedly into the dilapidated corridor without street lights. Hua Jin glanced at his back, expressionless. He withdrew his gaze.

"I'll take you out." Hua Jin raised his head and smiled at Pei Yan, "You won't get used to this kind of living atmosphere." Poor Mr. Pei, who was aloof and aloof, was so frightened by the quarrel that he could speak less. .

"I sent you in, and you sent me out again. Isn't this a fool's errand?" Pei Yan glanced at the dilapidated small building behind him. The old lady on the second floor and the woman on the fourth floor didn't know anything. When Shi had already entered the house, he asked Hua Jin, "Which floor do you live on?"

"Fourth floor." After Hua Jin replied this sentence, she saw Pei Yan's expression became tangled, and said with a smile, "Don't think too much, I get along very well with them. Sister Qin sometimes stews They would give me a bowl of soup. Grandma Chen would often give me dried vegetables and medicinal wine. They may have many unpleasant shortcomings, but they are not evil people. Like them, I am a member of all living beings, or the To be disliked or to be liked."

"You are different from them." Pei Yan blurted out.

"What's different?"

What's the difference?

Pei Yan didn't know what was different about Hua Jin from them. He said that she was more elegant and lovable than them, but Pei Yan felt that he couldn't say it. Isn't this a blatant compliment to her? If you really say that, why doesn’t this peacock raise its tail?

"You are younger and better looking than them."

"Everyone will grow old, and everyone will become less beautiful." Hua Jin couldn't help but smile when she saw Pei Yan's expression of "I don't want to praise you, but I have to praise you", " They also had their youngest and most beautiful years, but some things were worn away by life."

Pei Yan fell silent. Most of the women he often came into contact with lived exquisitely and elegantly. Even if their husbands and sons failed to live up to their expectations, they would still use their gorgeous clothes and accessories as battle clothes.

It would never be possible to cook everything for a few words or a few pieces of vegetables in front of everyone.

"We're here." Walking out of the alley, Hua Jin looked at the luxury car parked not far away. She looked at Pei Yan with a smile, "Be careful on the way home."

"You are a little different from them." Looking at Hua Jin's smile, Pei Yan hesitated for a few seconds and finally said what was on his mind, "There is hope in your eyes."

"Thank you." Hua Jin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I am one of the successors who will bear the future of Shu embroidery."

"In order to put gold on my face, I don't even have to give up my face." Being shocked by Hua Jin's shameless words, Pei Yan couldn't help but sigh. At that moment just now, how could he feel that he needed to What can I say to comfort Hua Jin?

Getting into the car and starting the engine, Pei Yan found Hua Jin in the rearview mirror still standing at the entrance of the alley, with a faint smile on her face, incredibly gentle. In the flash of lightning, he suddenly wanted to see Hua Jin's expression clearly, so he turned off the engine, unbuckled his seat belt, opened the car door and stood up to look towards the alley.

Hua Jin is no longer standing there.

At this moment, Pei Yan felt an unspeakable sense of loss.

In the next few days, Hua Jin and Tan Yuan did not receive any orders, but they sold a few of the finished products in the store. They have long been accustomed to this kind of desertedness. In addition to drinking tea and chatting, the two of them were doing embroidery and making lacquerware in the store, and their life was quite comfortable.

When the two of them were eating at noon, Tan Yuan talked about a not-so-famous female artist in the entertainment industry: "She is really pitiful. The family values ​​boys over girls. Her younger brother owes a loan shark, and her parents are making trouble for her sister to pay it back. When she walked on the red carpet two months ago, someone ridiculed her for being so poor that she wore hundreds of knockoffs. There will be an important event in two weeks, and now some netizens are speculating which knockoff dress she will wear this time."

Hua Jin looked at the pictures on Tan Yuan’s phone screen. The female artist was very beautiful, but her eyes were tired. She put down her chopsticks and said, “This kind of sick family relationship, if she doesn’t want to solve it, it will happen. You will be trapped in it for the rest of your life and cannot escape."

"Her parents are so cruel. Their daughter finally got some grades, so they tormented her like this. Instead of educating her son well, he spoiled her. Wouldn't he be harmful to others and himself when he grows up?" Tan Yuan couldn't stand this kind of behavior. The behavior of favoring boys over girls, "What age are we in, and there are still things that favor boys over girls, it's disgusting."

"It is not uncommon to favor sons over daughters, or to favor younger sons and younger daughters, so that the eldest son and eldest daughter suffer injustice." Hua Jin lowered her eyelids and spoke in a casual tone, "There is no shortage of such unfairness in the world. Something." Wiped his mouth with a tissue, "By the way, the customization of the cheongsam I received last time has basically been completed, but the cheongsam buttons I made are not as good as Aunt Gao's. You can take the cheongsam back tonight and let Aunt Gao make it. Please help with it."

"You can't call me that right?" Tan Yuan said helplessly, "Do you know that my mother often regrets that you are not her daughter."

Hua Jin reached out and pinched Tan Yuan's soft cheek: "I also want to have parents like Aunt Gao and Uncle Tan, but who told me to love you the most, so I can't do anything to rob your parents."

"It's a great regret to encounter a stunning beauty in life, but to be of the same sex." Tan Yuan sighed, collected the fast food box and threw it into the trash can behind.

"Sorry to bother you." A Huang Yanyan's head appeared at the door of the store, "Embroidery master, do you have time to order custom orders recently?"

"Mr. Yang?" Hua Jin came and greeted him with a smile. A customer like this who is rich and generous but is not picky will be sorry for his own wallet if he is not enthusiastic.

"I didn't expect that the flower embroidery master would still remember me." Yang Shao looked around at Hua Jin and Tan Yuan. I like your pandas, so I would like to ask you to help me customize a panda embroidered screen. The price is negotiable."

The embroidered screen needs to be embroidered on both sides, and the time of more than a month is tight. Fortunately, Tan Yuan can make the screen frame and help her with some auxiliary work. If the two of them work together, there will be no problem.

Hua Jin understood Yang Shao's needs and briefly explained the production process to Yang Shao. Yang Shao was so dizzy that he transferred a large deposit to them on the spot.

"Thank you so much." Hua Jin was willing to take this order, which made Yang Shao very happy. Now the old lady at home doesn't like any embroidery sent by anyone, but she likes the handkerchiefs made by the flower embroiderer. In order to make the old lady happy, his parents rushed him here to place an order.

"It's me who thanks Mr. Yang for taking care of our business." Hua Jin issued the deposit invoice to Yang Shao, and Yang Shao casually put it into his coat pocket, "Hua Jin, you are so polite, what do you need in the future?" For help, just make a phone call."

"Thank you." Hua Jin sent Yang Shao out, and Tan Yuan said with emotion, "These rich people are so generous."

"For these people with money and status, it is best if things can be solved quickly and perfectly. Things that can be solved with money are not a problem." This Mr. Yang was polite to her in everything he said and did. They are very considerate, but that is the habit brought by the people themselves. If she really took someone's casual comment "call if you need anything" seriously, she would be asking for trouble.

"But, I like it." Hua Jin said with a smile, "I'm going to the God of Wealth Temple recently to pay homage to Grandpa, the God of Wealth, and thank him for helping me with my fortune."

"Here we go again..." Tan Yuan sighed, "Mr. Yang's order didn't mention any requirements. What are we going to do?"

"Do it to the highest standards within the time limit." Hua Jin took out her mobile phone and sent a message to Pineapple Jing's WeChat, "You get what you pay for."

Two minutes later, the other party did as she expected, requiring them to make embroidery according to the highest standards within the time limit.

"It seems that your daily superstition is still useful, and you have the ability to predict things."

"What kind of prediction? I am fully understanding the customer's psychology." Hua Jin shook his head, "To become a successful craftsman, you must grasp both craftsmanship and the market."

"Sister Hua makes sense, and I admire her."

A few days later, Tan Yuan was painting lacquerware at home. Hua Jin was the only one in the store. The female customer who had made custom cheongsam came to pick up the clothes two days in advance. This time she still wrapped herself up airtight, even more carefully than last time, even wearing a mask.

"Your cheongsam is ready. If you need any modifications, please contact me." Seeing that the customer did not want others to see her face clearly, Hua Jin did not ask her to try it on in the store. As for clothes, I just briefly mentioned a few washing and storage methods.

"Thank you." The female customer swiped her card and noticed an embroidered handbag on the shelf, "This bag was pre-ordered by someone else, or is a finished product ready for sale."

"It's a finished product ready for sale in the store." Hua Jin put on fine velvet gloves, took off the bag and handed it to the female customer, "You can try it out."

"No, wrap it up for me." Seeing Hua Jin approaching, the female customer pulled up her mask uncomfortably.

Noticing her movement, Hua Jin took a few steps back: "Okay, please wait a moment."

The transaction had just been completed, and before the female customer had time to go out, a man and a woman walked in. The man held a camera in his hand, and the woman held a wireless radio microphone in her hand, and walked directly towards Hua Jin.

Hua Jin noticed that when the two people came in, the female customer who had wrapped herself tightly was a little flustered and turned her body away, pretending to look at the products in the store.

"Hello, do you need anything?" Hua Jin pretended not to see the female customer's reaction and smiled at the man and woman who had just entered the door.

"Hello, we are reporters from the column "True Love in the World". We saw a very touching story online. After contacting the person involved, we found out that you are the embroidery master who helped the person involved. Could you please be brief? Can I interview you for a few words?" The female reporter is very young and has a very friendly smile.

Hua Jin is a little confused, what touching story?

Did she do anything good that even the TV station would pay attention to?

Looking at the dark lens of the camera, Hua Jin's mind was in a mess. The makeup she put on in the morning was not messed up, right? The clothes on her body shouldn't look ugly in the lens, right?

Hua Jin was roaring in her heart, but she tried to show an elegant and polite smile to the reporter: "Of course, no problem, please come and sit here, but I don't know what happened, you can tell me Tell me what's going on?"

Aunt Gao, your good apprentice is going to be on TV!