Chapter 13 Money Can't Buy You Happiness
Chapter 13 Money Can't Buy You Happiness
"That...that, let me tell you, for a beggar like me who has been disliked all my life, someone suddenly said that I am good-looking, and I am very happy in my heart! I wish they would praise me for my good-looking!"
"Is it?"
Shu Wuxia's ending sound rose, and Lu Xiaochan couldn't fathom his joy.
Or maybe Shu Wucha didn't have any emotions at all.
"Let's go! Let's go! The sugar figure painter is ahead!"
Lu Xiaochan pulled the bamboo branch, Shu Wucha continued to walk forward, and did not mention the matter of plucking people's eyes, but Lu Xiaochan let out a sigh of relief.
In front of the small booth where the sugar figurines were painted, a group of children surrounded them.
They are all spinning a turntable.
One penny turns once, and monkeys, birds, butterflies, dragonflies, etc. are drawn on the turntable. When the turntable stops, old man Chen will take a spoonful of syrup and draw something.
The children don't have spare money every day, and they mostly watch from the sidelines.
Lu Xiaochan said loudly: "Old man Chen! I want to turn the dial, draw one for me!"
As soon as Old Man Chen, who was cooking sugar, looked up, he saw a young man in a green shirt.
Because Lu Xiaochan has been begging all the time, hungry and full, she looks thinner and smaller than boys of the same age, 16 years old is like [-] or [-] years old.
On his fair face, there are big eyes, as bright as stars falling into the mirror lake, the tip of his nose is a bit playful, and the corners of his mouth are curled up. It is obviously a smug smile, but it is a bit wanton and innocent.
Just look at him once, and think about looking at him twice more.
"Hey, where did this young master come from? Are you here for an outing in Lushu Town?"
Lu Xiaochan blinked, pointed at herself and said, "Old man Chen, take a closer look! It's me, the blind little beggar!"
"What?" Old Man Chen rubbed his eyes, "You...do you look like this?"
"Then what should I look like?"
Old man Chen thought, yes... This little beggar has disheveled hair all day long and his face is dirty. No one likes to get close to him, so no one has carefully identified what he looks like.
"You are fine now...this is...why suddenly..."
"So clean?" Lu Xiaochan looked proud, and pulled the bamboo pole beside her, "My family is looking for me, hahaha!"
"I see!"
"Wait for me to take a look. Don't lie to me about what it is! I know that butterflies and dragonflies use less syrup! My family is watching!"
"If you can really spin the flying dragon, I will definitely draw it for you!" Old Man Chen smiled.
He has already done this turntable, no matter how he turns it, he can only turn it to birds, butterflies, etc., but not to the flying dragon that needs a whole spoonful of syrup to draw.
Lu Xiaochan clasped the turntable with both hands seriously, and swung it downwards.
"Has the turntable stopped?"
"Not yet." Shu Wucha replied.
"Have you stopped now?"
"not yet."
"Why don't you stop?"
Old man Chen was stirring the syrup with a spoon, when he raised his head, the turntable finally stopped.
Looking at the pointer, the old man almost jumped to his waist.
"What am I spinning?"
"Feilong." Shu Wucha replied.
"Great! One penny has been transferred to a flying dragon! Draw it for me!"
Lu Xiaochan is very sure that this time she really has a fortune!With Shu Wucha by his side, his luck seems to be particularly good.
Lu Xiaochan propped her chin, squatting in front of old man Chen and waiting.
Although old man Chen felt sorry for the whole spoonful of sugar, he still drew a flying dragon for Lu Xiaochan.
Lu Xiaochan clenched it in his hand and shouted, "Shu Wucha, pay a penny for me!"
"En." Shu Wucha stretched out his hand, and put a silver bean in old man Chen's hand.
Old man Chen was stunned: "Young master... I can't find it for a small business..."
But Shu Wuxia walked behind Lu Xiaochan as if he didn't hear anything.
Lu Xiaochan pulled the bamboo branch, turned around and asked softly, "Did you give me a penny?"
"I don't know." Shu Wucha replied.
When Lu Xiaochan heard it, she almost burst into flames: "You gave it without knowing? Then how much did you give?"
"A silver bean."
"One...a silver bean?" Lu Xiaochan's eyes almost fell off, "You must have a lot of money!"
"Yeah, the wealth is incomparable to a country." Shu Wucha replied.
"Really?" Lu Xiaochan opened her eyes wide.
"You said it before."
"I said...you are as rich as a country?"
"Yeah." Shu Wucha replied lightly.
Lu Xiaochan swallowed, it seems that he is really lucky!
"You... are really rich... have no idea about money?"
"All I know is that money can't buy you happiness."
This sentence was read from Shu Wuxia's unique voice, which made people's heart tremble.
It seemed as if he had been frozen in the ice and snow for a long time, and suddenly he was covered with both hands and pressed against his chest to keep him warm.
"You... who taught you to coax people like this?"
"you."
"Me? When will I teach you again?"
Money can't buy you happiness... How does it sound like a rich man coaxing a little girl?
"One day, you carried a bag and put all the golden beans and gold leaves in it. I asked you why you took those things away. You answered me that money can't buy you happiness."
Lu Xiaochan choked up for a moment...was he a money fan before?
"You won't just let me take away your golden beans and golden leaves?" Lu Xiaochan asked.
"Well, you're smiling happily holding the golden bean."
Lu Xiaochan held her head down, why didn't he remember what Shu Wucha remembered?
Since Shu Wuxia is so rich, he definitely wouldn't care if Lu Xiaochan took a bag of golden beans or something.
He can't remember the past, but now he has to restore his image in front of Shu Wuxi.
"Well, Shu Wuxia, it's not Jindouzi who makes me happy."
"What's that?" Shu Wuxia asked.
"It's because of your willingness to me."
Lu Xiaochan tried her best to make her expression look serious, determined and credible.
At that moment, the bamboo branch in Lu Xiaochan's hand trembled slightly.
"Ah."
Shu Wuxia responded lightly, as if there was no ups and downs, but Lu Xiaochan knew that Shu Wuxia liked to hear him say that.
"Let's go! Drink pig's blood soup!"
Since Shu Wuxia is rich, he will add a double portion of pig's blood!
It's a pity today that Mrs. Wang, who sells pig blood soup, didn't open today. The reason is that the butcher in the town didn't kill the pig today, so there is no pig blood.
Lu Xiaochan sighed regretfully, and then smiled again: "It's okay! Anyway, I transferred to Feilong today!"
"Aren't you going to eat?" Shu Wucha asked.
"I want to see more of it."
"You can't see."
"I just want to hold it like this. It's gone when you're done eating."
Lu Xiaochan suddenly became quiet.
He was suddenly a little scared, afraid that Shu Wucha would melt away like a sugar painting, would fall to the ground and shatter, and would disappear as soon as he woke up from the dream.
He has never been loved by others, so he doesn't care whether others treat him well or not.
But it's just a few hours of getting along with each other, Shu Wucha seems to have given him everything that Lu Xiaochan occasionally fantasized about.
"Lu Xiaochan, why are you silent?" Shu Wucha asked.
Lu Xiaochan felt strange: "Why do you keep asking me to talk? Don't you get annoyed when I keep talking?"
"If you keep talking, I know you're always there."
Shu Wucha's voice was always calm.
But under this calmness, there is an imperceptible cautiousness.
Maybe other people can't hear it, but Lu Xiaochan can feel it.
"Then don't stay too far away from me. I know you're here just by smelling your body."
"it is good."
Shu Wucha brought Lu Xiaochan into Wusi Winery.
The waiter led them to the window and sat down. Just as Lu Xiaochan was about to touch the bucket of chopsticks, Shu Wucha pushed it in front of Lu Xiaochan.
Lu Xiaochan put Feilong in the chopstick bucket with a smile, touched a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Shu Wuchi. Although it was a flattering expression, it didn't make people feel flattering, but rather childish.
Shu Wucha took the chopsticks.
The waiter said enthusiastically: "Aren't you two locals? The most famous thing here is wine..."
"Xiaoer! You don't even know me anymore! Me! Me! Me!" Lu Xiaochan pointed at herself excitedly.
"Have I seen you? Your voice is familiar..."
"I'm Lu Xiaochan! I'm the beggar under the window of your restaurant!"
The waiter was stunned for a moment, then staggered.
"What? You are...you are a little beggar? So you look like this?"
"What do I look like?"
"Handsome and pretty! I knew you should clean yourself up before you come out to beg for food! Maybe Renerniang would be willing to raise you! She treats you like a sweetheart every day, why would you be willing to let you be beaten on the street!" the shop waiter While pretending to wipe the table, he lowered his head and whispered to Lu Xiaochan.
Lu Xiaochan has been hated by others all her life, this time even the waiter in the shop said he was good-looking, and it was like pouring a big bowl of honey in her heart.
"You say I'm good-looking, so I guess I'm really good-looking!"
There was only a "click", which seemed to be the sound of chopsticks being broken.
Lu Xiaochan took another pair from the bucket of chopsticks and passed them to the other side.
"However, why are you so politely mentioning Erniang Ren? That crazy woman..."
"Let me tell you, Ren Erniang is sitting diagonally across from you! Ever since you came in, she has been looking at you with her tricks! She has made several rounds of glances. You are the only one who is blind and didn't see it!"
"I'm already blind... Has Ren Erniang been so daring? Dare to stare at other men, and her family's officials won't beat her to pieces?"
At this time, almost all the guest officials in the restaurant noticed that Ren Erniang was looking at Lu Xiaochan with a smile on his face.
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