Early that morning, Cheng Xiaohu drove a tractor and drove Cheng Lu and me to the county bus station.
I asked Cheng Lu to follow her. She had never left the county town, so I planned to take her out to see the market.
I also wanted to take Xiaohu with me, but there were still many jobs in the village that needed him.
It takes nearly five hours to take a bus from the county seat to the city. The journey is too long, but Cheng Lu was very happy along the way.
It really feels like a rural child coming to the city for the first time and everything he sees is new.
After more than four hours of shaky mountain roads, we finally arrived in the city at 1:30 p.m.
The city is naturally much more prosperous than the county town. There are high-rise buildings everywhere, the roads are busy with traffic, and people are coming and going on the sidewalks. It’s so lively!
Cheng Lu felt that everything was strange. She looked here and there.
She said she had never seen such a tall building, so many people, and so many cars in her life.
It was summer, and many girls on the road were wearing cool short skirts and shorts. She even felt a little embarrassed, saying that if she wore this in their village, she would probably get her spine pierced.
I understand what she said. After living in Yulin Village for more than a month, I can also see that the village and even the entire township are extremely conservative.
I asked her if she wanted to buy a skirt like this back home?
There was clearly a look of liking in her eyes, but she shook her head and said, "No, no, my brother will have to break my legs if I buy it back."
I smiled and said, "Then let's go to the head office and try it. I won't buy it."
She pursed her lips and thought about it for a long time before gently nodding and saying, "Is this okay?"
"Of course! It's not like you have to buy it after trying it."
She nodded immediately, so I took her to a nearby shopping mall.
The shopping mall is quite big, the floor is as bright as a mirror, and everything is full of modern atmosphere.
This made Cheng Lu, who grew up in a remote mountain village, very uncomfortable. It can be seen that she was a little timid and timid.
I don't have any of these feelings at all. Although I can't remember my previous identity, I always feel that I come to these places often, so I don't feel strange at all.
I led the way and took her to the entire floor, which was full of women's clothing.
I asked her: "Lulu, is there anyone you like?"
She pursed her lips and said, "There are so many, it makes me dazzled. I think they are all beautiful."
"Then let's just go to any store and try it." As I said that, I took her into a specialty store.
The store clerk was obviously a little indifferent when he saw what we were wearing, and he didn't even come up to talk to us.
I saw that Cheng Lu had been staring at a floral skirt with light blue spots, so I took off the skirt and said to her: "Go put it on and try it on."
"Is it really okay? Brother Dashan." Cheng Lu asked me guiltily.
"It's okay," I said, and asked the clerk who was chatting with me, "Hello, where is your fitting room?"
The clerk glanced at me, pointed casually, and said, "If you try it, buy it! If you don't want to buy it, don't try it."
Her attitude had already made me very annoyed. Just when I was about to say something to her, Cheng Lu pulled me and said, "Brother Dashan, let's stop trying it! I said I'll buy it after I try it."
"It's bullshit. Don't listen to her nonsense. Go there for an interview."
Cheng Lu was still a little timid and said: "Brother Dashan, just in case"
I waved my hand and said, "Nothing goes wrong, I haven't heard of the principle that you have to buy clothes after trying them on."
After some persuasion from me, Cheng Lu finally took the floral skirt into the fitting room, while the clerk was still chatting with other clerks there.
After a while, Cheng Lu walked out wearing that floral skirt. At first glance, she really looked like a different person.
Cheng Lu has very good skin and good-looking looks, especially her big clear eyes. She would really be stunning if she dresses up a little bit.
She was also very happy. When she came to me, she turned around and asked me: "Does it look good? Brother Dashan."
I nodded sharply and replied: "It looks good, it looks really good."
"Hehe" she couldn't put it down and touched the skirt.
The clerk finally came over and said with a contemptuous expression: "This skirt is 698, do you want to buy it?"
Cheng Lu's smile suddenly stopped, and I casually replied: "Let's see again."
But the clerk said coldly: "If you can't afford it, don't try it, country bumpkin!"
My heart suddenly became angry: "What did you say? Are you qualified?"
She coldly said: "I'm talking about quality. Please don't come in if you country bumpkins can't afford it. Look at how dirty my store is."
I looked down and saw that there was indeed some mud on the ground. That was because of the mud on the soles of our shoes.
Cheng Lu specially put on the newly bought cloth shoes in order to go into the city, but they were still stained with mud, but it didn't hurt. The clerk was obviously looking for trouble for us.
"Brother Dashan, I'm going to change out of my skirt now." Cheng Lu said to me immediately.
"What do you want to change? Just wear it like this. Let's buy it." I said angrily.
"Ah!? But" Cheng Lu was dumbfounded for a moment.
I wasn't joking, I just took out my wallet, took out seven hundred-yuan coupons from it, handed them to the clerk, and said, "I bought them."
Seeing me taking out the money, his attitude improved obviously.
When she was about to reach out to take the money, I suddenly said: "Wait a minute, I bought this dress, but you have to apologize to us."
"Apologise? What do I apologize to you for?" She looked at me blankly.
"Why did you scold us just now?"
"Aren't you country bumpkins? Am I wrong?"
"Yes, we are from the countryside, but let me ask you, are there no rural people in your ancestors? Including you, I am afraid you are from the countryside, right?"
She was a little confused by my question, and I continued: "There is mud under our feet. It is our fault, but when you run a business, shouldn't you clean it up?"
"What do you mean? Do you want to buy it or not?" She started to get a little anxious.
I laughed: "Of course I want to buy it, but you have to apologize to us."
"I won't apologize today. Do you want to buy it or not? Do I need your commission?"
"Okay, then give me your boss's phone number. I want to talk to your boss."
"Who are you?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a powerful female voice came from outside: "Apologise to the customer!"
I immediately turned around and saw a fashionably dressed woman walking in. It seemed like she must be the owner of the store.
Sure enough, the clerk was frightened when he saw her. He immediately lowered his head and murmured: "Boss, when did you come?"
"I came here while they were still choosing clothes. Is this how you usually work?"
"Boss, I" the clerk was speechless for a moment.
The female boss waved her hand and said coldly: "Okay, there's no need to say anything else. You can leave. I don't need you as a clerk either."
"Boss, I was wrong, and I will apologize to them right now," the clerk said hurriedly.
The female boss still said without changing her expression: "No, you can go, I won't lose a penny of your salary this month."