Feast of Flowers

Around three or four o'clock in the afternoon, when business was the most deserted, Tan Yuan poked the needle in her hand, feeling sleepy again and again. She tilted her head and glanced at the half-embroidered lady's picture. She couldn't help sighing. The craftsmanship of Huahua was really appreciated For dinner, she has been exposed to embroidery since she was a child, but the things embroidered are inferior to her in terms of stitches and spirituality.

Putting down the needle, she got up and stretched, ready to pour two cups of tea. Turning around to see two elderly ladies walking into the store, she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Welcome."

"You are the Flower Studio that has been on TV, right?" The old lady who was speaking was full of energy, "Excuse me, can I order a long-lived red belt with you?"

"Longevity hundred years old red belt?" Tan Yuan secretly wondered. They only made fashionable belts that ladies like in their store. What does this customer mean by "Longevity hundred years old red belt"?

"Sorry……"

"Yes." Hua Jin stood up from the embroidery stand, rubbed a bit of sore eyes, and walked to the two old people, "What do you want, is that kind of belt for your birth year?"

"Yes, that's it." The old lady nodded, "Next year is my father's birth year. When I watched TV recently, I found that he had secretly pressed the show several times to rewind the show. Your store happened to be in that show. I am dead. After thinking about going, your shop has nothing to do with ours. He has seen it for so long and he must want something from yours. Girl, let me tell you, the belt must be made of red cloth, and no other colors are allowed."

When I was a child in the countryside, Hua Jin heard a legend that he gave the old man a red belt when he was born in order to tie up his lifespan and pray for him to live a hundred years without disease and disaster. She remembered very clearly that an old man in the village was very proud and happy when he received the golden belt from his son. He stood by the washing pond and bragped loudly all afternoon, which aroused the envy of many fellow villagers.

At that time, she squatted beside her grandmother and told her seriously that she would study hard, and after being admitted to college, she would buy her the most beautiful red belt. At that time, my grandmother was very happy and praised her as a good boy and she would definitely be able to get into a good university.

"Girl, I look familiar to you?" The old lady was very happy to find someone understandable to her, but the more she looked at Huajin, the more she felt that she had seen her.

Her companion took a look at her: "The little girl from this family has been interviewed by reporters, of course she looks familiar."

"Is that so?" The old lady frowned, feeling that there was something wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

"Auntie, you and I did see it a few months ago." Hua Jin didn't expect to receive the order from the old man in the morning, and the aunt came in the afternoon. In front of the old lady, she told her how the uncle and aunt had taken her to a taxi by the artificial lake a few months ago.

"It turned out to be." The old lady showed joy on her face, "How have you been recently?"

"Very well, thank you for your concern." Hua Jin helped the two old people to sit down on the sofa. She did not tell her aunt that the uncle secretly ordered her a pair of embroidered shoes, but based on the aunt's opinion, the style of the belt Confirm with the embroidered picture.

The old lady was very satisfied with the final plan. She sighed: "If I can be 20 or 30 years younger, I will make one for him. It's a pity that the years are not forgiving. Not only is the hand not good, but the eyes are not good."

Hua Jin smiled and coaxed a few nice words, and the old lady smiled openly: "I came out this time, tricked him to travel with friends, and sneaked over. You young people don't often say, life should have a sense of ritual... Yes, with this word, we old people can also prepare a surprise or something."

"Since I was young, I have a stronger personality. His tolerance has kept me for a lifetime. I bought a red belt to make him happy. I tell you, men, no matter how old they are, sometimes they are like children. Need to coax and tease." The old lady smiled, "If men and women are together, if you want to live a happy life, no matter how hard your life is, you still need to have the sense of ritual, when you should say sweet words, That can't be less."

"You." The companion laughed and said to Hua Jin, "Little girl, quickly write down her husband's experience. She has been with her husband for fifty years, and she made the one at home submissive. She said that going east will never go west, she is a lot older, and she often shows us affection."

Hua Jin saw a sweet smile on the face of the old lady. She nodded, pretending to be serious: "I remember."

"Don't teach your children indiscriminately." The old lady patted the back of Huajin's hand with a very kind smile on her face. "Child, this shop is very good. If there is a chance in the future, the aunt will take care of your business again. Don't..." There was also her friend and another clerk here. The old lady couldn’t say too much, but took a few more shots on her back, “Be good, the road to the future is very long, and the whole road will be in full bloom. Don’t miss it."

"Thank you, I took it down." Looking at the gentle face of the old lady, Hua Jin thought of her grandmother. At that time, my grandmother was already very ill. She was lying on a wooden bed that would creak when she turned over. She held her hand tightly and said, "Jinwazi, you must study hard. There is nothing to let go, just worry about you..."

She remembered that she promised her grandmother that she would study hard, go to college, and take her to the city to enjoy her luck.

But not long after, her grandmother passed away. As a granddaughter, she could only kneel at the back of the line of filial sons and grandchildren wearing a xiaopa. She didn't even have the qualifications to show her a photo and scatter dirt, and her name was not even on the tombstone.

Sending away the old lady and her friends, Hua Jin felt a little depressed. Tan Yuan walked to her worriedly, "Huahua, what's wrong with you?"

"I think my grandmother." Hua Jin tried to squeeze a smile, but was unsuccessful. "Before she left, she let me study hard and get admitted to a good university, but I let her down."

"That's not to blame you." Tan Yuan reached out and hugged Huajin, "You have worked very hard to do your best. In the past few years, you were embroidering and staying up late to study and enter university. I saw it all in my eyes."

"It's different." Hua Jin shook his head. Since her senior year in high school, her family died unexpectedly. After she moved into the uncle's house, her destiny changed.

On the day of the college entrance examination, the uncle's family locked her in the room, no matter how she begged or cried, they were not willing to let her out. Even if she said that she was admitted to university without spending them a penny, they would not agree.

The uncle said: "What is the use of girls reading so many books?"

The eldest mother said: "In case your college entrance examination scores are too good, if it spreads that we don't want you to go to college, isn't it about letting the whole village poke our backbone?"

In order for them not to be pierced in the backbone, to prevent her from studying and marrying others, her future is optional in their eyes.

Every time she remembered the day when she was locked up in the house and called the earth not working every day, she felt like a struggling monster with hatred. The well-wishers that I met along the way were the cages that shut her hate back, allowing her to catch the tail of fate a little bit, struggling and unwilling to live.

"Come on, have a sweet ice cream." Tan Yuan took out an ice cream from the refrigerator, "Summer is hot, blowing on the air conditioner, blowing on ice cream, happy like a fairy."

The cold and sweet ice cream melted in the mouth, Huajin was stabbed with the coldness and stuck out her tongue: "It's cold."

"It's good to be cold." Tan Yuan saw that Huajin's mood returned to normal, "Today's two orders, you are going to keep them for yourself, or do it with the newly invited colleague."

"Today I will do these two by myself." Thinking of this interesting couple, Hua Jin's face smiled, "I had a relationship with them."

"Okay." Tan Yuan had no objection, "but you have to pay attention to rest. Recently, my mother sometimes takes you to visit colleagues. You also have to communicate with Mark. It is not easy in the store. Now there is more daily routine. , I'm worried that your body can't bear it.

"What's the routine?" Hua Jin was stunned, there are other tasks in the store that need to be done every day?

"Let's fall in love with Mr. Pei." Tan Yuan blinked, "Such a good-looking man, are you willing to let him keep the vacant room alone every day?"

Flower brocade "..."

"My dear, I think you are getting more and less serious now."

"No way." Tan Yuan sighed, "I'm with you every day, it's dark near Mo."

In the eyes of the charity staff, Pei Yan is a generous but idle philanthropist. He donates a lot of money and charity packages to their organization every year, but unlike others, he doesn't care after donating. He will come in person almost every quarter to check his donation use process.

This behavior has been going on for six or seven years, and they are almost used to it. Everyone accompany him to watch the process of using the perfect money, thinking that he would refuse their dinner invitation as usual. When leaving by car, this Mr. Pei suddenly asked a strange question.

"Are there any charity projects to support traditional art and culture?"

"Support for traditional art and culture?" The person in charge was taken aback for a while, and then explained, "This kind of project is available, but it is not a special long-term support. In the area of ​​intangible cultural heritage, the state and the government invest a lot in each year, but the effect is It’s not good. Old craftsmen are getting older and younger. Young people are not interested in these. Long-term development requires the efforts of the entire society. Our organization cannot do this."

"I understand." Pei Yan nodded, closed the data chart of the donation use process, and thanked the person in charge, "Thank you."

"You are welcome, it is our responsibility to thank you for those out of school children in the mountainous area." The person in charge said this sincerely. Over the years, Mr. Pei's contribution to charity has been a huge expense.

Pei Yan was noncommittal, these were just small things for him, he just wanted to do what he wanted to do.

Leaving the door of the charity organization, Pei Yan asked her assistant: "If I plan to set up a project to support traditional art, how long will it take to prepare for the early stage?"

Assistant: "If the funds are sufficient, it will take about three months to six months to make the preliminary preparations."

Their bosses are so different when they fall in love. Other rich men give diamonds to sports cars, crazy for her, crazy for her, and smashing into the wall for her. But his boss is different. He chats with his girlfriend on WeChat. From time to time, he blushes and panics. He is even willing to fall in love with the entire traditional art industry for her. This kind of love is great, noble and admirable.

"Mr. Pei, do you need to discuss this matter with your partner?" If you are planning to spend money on such a big thing, why should you tell your girlfriend to please her, right?

"Why discuss with her?" Pei Yan looked at him puzzledly, "I set up this project because it is not easy to see traditional art. What does it have to do with her?"

The assistant smiled: "I understand."

The boss can chase the girl he likes, thanks to his beautiful face.

No matter what the assistant thinks, Pei Yan turns on his phone and finds Huajin's latest circle of friends. He has read it several times and then opened the Yang Shao WeChat chat box.

Pei: Have you seen the new circle of friends that Hua Jin posted today? What do you think he means?

Following his father, Yang Shao, who was so busy, finally sat down to rest, and saw the news of Pei Yan. He curiously opened the circle of friends, and he collapsed.

What do you mean? !

What else can this mean? This is what it means to force him to see the show of affection!

Why didn't he know that Brother Pei was so boring, and that such naive things were done?

He gritted his teeth and opened the chat box, crackled and responded to Pei Yan.

Dongdong: I think the flower embroiderer seems to be very happy. She should like the roses you sent very much. By the way, she secretly shows off that she has found a good boyfriend.

Yang Shao lied on the desk weakly and was stuffed with dog food abruptly. He also grinned and said that the life of dog food is really delicious, it is harder than Huanglian.

Don't men who are not handsome enough have human rights?

Seeing Yang Shao's reply, Pei Yan's mouth twitched, and he knew that the woman was very satisfied with him. Saying that it is troublesome to send so many flowers, I definitely like it very much in my heart.

"Xiao Guo, the flowers to be given tomorrow are still ordered in the shop today."

Assistant: "Okay, Mr. Pei."

When the boss asked him to order flowers last night, he didn't say what he had to give them tomorrow.

After Hua Jin and Tan Yuan finished their ice cream, they started embroidering again. But today may be the day when the deceased is destined to meet again. After Hua Jin just picked up the needle and embroidered it, another person she knew came along.

Stepping into this store again, Zhou Dong made a long mental preparation. When he saw the flower brocade embroidering beside the embroidery frame, he regretted it.

Maybe he shouldn't be here and break her tranquility. Why she disappeared, why she didn't take the college entrance examination, why she never contacted any classmate in the class, it was not so important anymore.

He stopped, turned and prepared to go outside.

"Zhou Dong?"

Zhou Dong was taken aback, he turned around and looked at him, facing Huajin. Hua Jin's eyes are very calm, as if these years have passed so peacefully, and he is just a passer-by who happened to appear in her life.

At the moment Hua Jin called his name, he didn't know what his mood was. He seemed a little excited and a little relieved. The knot that had been lingering in his heart for many years seemed to be untied at once.

"I..." Zhou Dong stood at the door helplessly, "I'm sorry."

Putting down the needle, Hua Jin stood up and said to Tan Yuan: "Tangyuan, I'll go out for a while."

"Okay, okay." Tan Yuan nodded, "I'm watching the store, don't worry."

Hua Jin pulled up her bag and walked to Zhou Dong and said, "Please follow me."

Zhou Dong dumbly followed Hua Jin, and went to a nearby leisure drink bar to sit down. Hua Jin handed the drink list to Zhou Dong: "I'm sorry for the previous few things."

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhou Dong waved his hand repeatedly and said with a smile, "You are doing well now, but it's actually pretty good." There were too many rumors about her at that time, but every one of them was so bad. He was very lucky. , Huajin is luckier than the rumors.

Facing the little girl who had a crush on, Zhou Dong was a little shackled, and when Huajin was in high school, he didn’t have much friendship with Zhou Dong, so the two of them sat together after seven or eight years. They didn’t know what to do. Where to start.

Order a good drink, Hua Jin said: "How are the classmates all these years?"

Zhou Dong nodded and shook his head: "Some are good, some are not going well." He didn't ask Hua Jin, why he pretended not to know him before, instead he mentioned the current situation of some classmates.

Some of these names were blurred in Hua Jin's memory, but she did not interrupt Zhou Dong until her mobile phone rang.

"Miss me so soon?" Hua Jin smiled, and the whole person was alive.

Zhou Dong looked at her like this and lowered his head.

"Who misses you anymore, I am worried that you will not eat well at night and make my girlfriend hungry and thin." Pei Yan gave a dry cough, "So I decided to take you to dinner later."

"Okay." Hua Jin chuckled, "Then you wait for me to come and pick me up."

"I'm not in the store now." Hua Jin reported the address of the leisure drink bar to Pei Yan, "You come here to pick me up, I'm chatting with an old classmate."

"Old classmate?" Pei Yan frowned slightly. Hua Jin told him that he had never gone to college and didn't want to mention the previous things. Now he suddenly said to him that he was drinking a drink with an old classmate. Could it be something? accident?

"Don't move around there, I'll come over immediately, and call me if you have anything to do." Pei Yan covered the call hole with her hand, "Go faster."

"Okay, Mr. Pei." Seeing that Pei Yan's expression was a little wrong, the driver immediately increased his speed.

Hua Jin looked at the phone in a puzzled manner. How did Pei Yan's tone sound like she was kidnapped? After hanging up the phone, Hua Jin smiled apologetically to Zhou Dong: "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Zhou Dong took a sip of tea, "On the phone..."

"He's my boyfriend." Hua Jin smiled and curled her eyes.

Looking at the brilliant smile of Hua Jin, Zhou Dong remembered the thin and thin girl with ponytail back then. His eyes were watery, making him flustered.

"Very good, good." He lowered his head and took another sip of the tea, which was bitter and unbearable.

"Well, I think he is very good, too." Hua Jin tilted her head and looked out the window, with smiles on her eyebrows.

The author has something to say: Yang Shao: Appeal for single dogs and severely condemn the bad behavior of forcing single dogs to eat dog food!