I don't know why she was so excited when I bought a gift.
But I was still very curious, so I ran out of the mall with her.
I called to her and said, "Slow down, I still have more time."
She then slowed down and said to me: "There is a folk master who makes clay figurines nearby, and his business is very good. You can go to him to teach you how to make clay figurines, and then go back and give them to your wife."
It turns out that this is why she is excited, but I am quite curious, why is she so concerned about my affairs?
I asked her: "Are you so excited?"
"I'm so happy! I just like doing these meaningful things. I'm still thinking about what your wife's expression will be like when you take the clay figurine you made and give it to her?"
I said speechlessly: "Then I'll videotape it for you."
"You can have this."
As she spoke, she soon arrived at the place where she was talking about making clay figurines. It was a small store with quite a lot of people inside, all of whom were making clay figures by themselves.
I curiously asked Xiao Siya: "Such a hidden place? How did you find it?"
"I used to come here often! Anal brought me here, I knew it."
I said "Oh" and didn't ask any more questions.
After following her into the store, we had a brief exchange with the chef in the store, and the chef took us to one of the empty seats and started to explain to us.
I listened carefully, but Xiao Siya had already started pinching.
After writing down all the steps, I started to do it.
Not to mention, this thing is very healing and relieves stress.
Although this store is small, there are still many people, but it is very quiet. Almost no one talks, and everyone speaks very quietly, for fear of disturbing others.
Xiao Siya was also very focused on holding the clay figurine.
I discovered that whether you are a man or a woman, as long as you do something seriously, you will be particularly beautiful and handsome.
I don't know much about this kind of folk craft, so the master was right next to me and taught me step by step.
Of course the ones I want to squeeze are An Lan, Xiao Man and my youngest son Yang Yang, but this is really difficult and the amount of work is huge for me.
Especially An Lan, I thought about it for a long time and didn’t know how to start.
So I humbly asked my master, and he asked me to show him the photo of the person I wanted to pinch.
I found An Lan's photo. After taking a look at it, the master patiently explained it to me.
I lost track of time and listened intently to the master's explanation, and then slowly started to try to pinch it.
This process is very boring, but it is really stress-relieving and can make people forget about everything and devote themselves wholeheartedly to it.
I really sincerely recommend that friends try it, preferably with their loved ones. This is a very simple but very happy thing.
I don’t know how much time has passed, but I finally finished making An Lan’s clay figurine.
I showed it to the master and he said that if the full score was 100 points, he could give me 80 points.
I'm satisfied, but I still need to add color later, which has to wait until the clay figurine is dried.
This time was quite long, so I looked at the time and it was already 12:30 noon.
My flight is at two o'clock in the afternoon. Logically speaking, I should go to the airport now.
But I have just finished shaping An Lan’s clay figurines, as well as those of Xiao Man and Yang Yang. I still have to bake and color them later, so this time is definitely not enough.
Fortunately, the flight I bought can be changed. I changed the flight directly to 7pm, and the handling fee cost 20% of the total ticket price.
After enough time, I relaxed and devoted myself to it.
After a while, Xiao Siya picked up the clay figurine he had made and showed it in front of me: "Look, does it look like it?"
I turned around and looked and was stunned on the spot.
"This, isn't this me?" I asked in surprise.
"It's you! Just say, does it look like it?"
Nonsense, I recognized it right away, of course it looks like it.
I nodded sharply and asked her again: "Why are you pinching me?"
"Then who would I pinch?"
I smiled helplessly and said, "Are you going to give it to me?"
"Why give it to you? I worked so hard to squeeze it."
"You pinched me without my permission and you still want to keep it for yourself. How can you behave like this?"
"If you don't accept it, you can pinch me."
I made a sound, stopped arguing with her, and continued to pinch myself.
Next, I pinched Xiaoman and Yangyang. Yangyang was the best to pinch because they were small.
After spending more than an hour, I finally identified the three most important people in my life.
Put together, they look really similar, and I feel a sense of accomplishment myself.
Seeing this, Xiao Siya asked me again: "Aren't you going to pinch yourself?"
I smiled and said, "Don't you understand this? I'm going to take the mud back and let An Lan pinch me, haha."
Xiao Siya shuddered, and then rolled her eyes at me: "I can't stand it anymore, it's so disgusting."
That’s what I thought, but it’s still too troublesome to take it home and knead it, and there are masters here to help explain it, and there’s also a dryer.
It’s not that easy to take it back and knead it. I thought that after kneading it here and drying it, I would take it back and let An Lan paint it.
Including her own and little Many Yangyang's, I'm going to take them all back for coloring.
This is not only a gift to me, but also a spiritual bond.
After I die, at least I will still have something to commemorate me.
Next, I pinched myself out and dried them all.
I bought some paint in the store, but since I couldn't get it on the plane, I had to mail it back.
I was busy in the clay kneading shop from eleven o'clock in the morning to three o'clock in the afternoon, a full four hours.
After leaving the clay kneading shop, I said to Xiao Siya: "I've wasted so much time on you, so hurry up and leave. Aren't you also in a hurry?"
Xiao Siya said indifferently: "It's okay. I didn't expect to solve the matter here so quickly. There is still plenty of time now. It's not too late to have a meal before leaving."
"Then let's call Anal?"
Xiao Siya thought for a while and said: "Forget it, she is very busy now. The company has a lot of things to deal with."
So Xiao Siya and I found a restaurant nearby. Although it was already mid-afternoon, we hadn't had lunch yet.
We ordered some Xinjiang specialties, all of which are mainly mutton.
While I was eating, Xiao Siya suddenly asked me: "By the way, regarding your health, I think you should find a chance to check it again, just in case it can be cured."
I didn't want to talk about these things, so I simply nodded.
After eating, Xiao Siya sent me to the airport, and we said goodbye.
Anyway, we will definitely be in contact more frequently in the future, so there will be nothing to say goodbye to.
After watching her leave, I walked into the airport lobby, received my boarding pass, and successfully passed the security check.
Before boarding the plane, I was about to send a WeChat message to An Lan to tell her that I would be back soon.
But when I took out my phone, I saw a missed call, it was from An Lan.
I don’t know if I didn’t have my phone with me when I went through the security check, so I didn’t hear the ringtone.
I quickly called back, but it was Xiaoman who answered the phone, and Xiaoman's cry came from the other end of the phone...