Chapter 32 A Young Lady
It's a good-looking young lady.
Su Jiuyue just took a glance and then quickly lowered her head.
But just this glance made her feel a little bit strange.
The lady was apparently astonished when she saw them. Normally, people wouldn't feel so astonished when looked at strangers. This was the second time for Su Jiuyue to Niutou Town, and she was sure that she never met that lady before.
So the lady was looking at Wu Xiyuan or her mother-in-law. Although she had no evidence, she vaguely felt in her mind that this lady probably knew Wu Xiyuan.
Would it be related to Wu Xiyuan's brain injury?
Once the idea was born, it could be suppressed...
When they were walking along the road, Wu Xiyuan could not help but join the fun everywhere.
Liu Cuihua kept in mind that she had to buy cotton, so she took out ten COINs and handed them to Su Jiuyue.
"Jiuyue, please keep an eye on Xiyuan and buy anything you want with the money I gave you. I'm going to buy some cotton. You can come to the cloth shop to find me later."
Then she added and asked worriedly, "Do you still remember how to go to the cloth shop?"
Su Jiuyue nodded obediently, "Yes."
Liu Cuihua also gave Wu Xiyuan a few words of warning, and then turned round to the cloth shop.
Su Jiuyue took Wu Xiyuan strolling in the street, and just spent two COINs buying Wu Xiyuan sugar coated-hawthorns (a kind of traditional Chinese snack, with a several coated hawthorns strung with a stick).
It happened that a person from out of the town set up a stall in the street. There were several books on the stall. According to him, those were his father's books, which his father was still not willing to sell even when they had to escape from famine and came here. But now his father was seriously ill, and the family couldn't even afford a steamed bun. He had no choice but to take out the books to sell.
There were actually many onlookers, but few bought it. For literate people, this books were naturally valuable. However, most people in Niutou town were local farmers.Only few of them can read. So most of the onlookers were just looking on.
Su Jiuyue was not a person fond of joining the fun. She was trying to take Wu Xiyuan to leave here, while Wu Xiyuan was attracted by the books on the stall.
He went over, squatted down and touched the cover of the book. Because of his outstanding temperament, the stall owner actually didn't stop him.
Su Jiuyue looked aside with mixing feelings in her mind. Originally, he was a intellectual with a pen and spent all day with these books. Now he would naturally feel very familiar with the books when seeing them, and it was normal for him to develop a preference for them.
He touched it a few times and suddenly turned to Su Jiuyue and said, "Honey, I want this."
The two strolled all the way, and Wu Xiyuan didn't ask her for anything. This was the first time he said he wanted something.
Just after a moment of hesitation, Su Jiuyue looked at the stall owner and asked to him, " How much is the book?"
The stall owner said, " Twenty COINs."
Su Jiuyue frowned, with the little hand subconsciously holding her pocket. It was actually twenty COINs... She didn't have that much...
"Can it be cheaper?" Su Jiuyue asked with a lack of confidence. After all, the book was still a rarity in her mind.
The stall owner actually was also worried. He had been setting up the stall here all morning, but the book just couldn't be sold out at all.
Although there were also schools in the town, intellectuals were all fond of Four Books and Five Classics, who would like to read such strange travel stories?
Finally, there was a person who wanted to buy it, so he asked, "How much will you pay?"
Su Jiuyue went through her pocket for a while, and then took out eight COINs to show him, "This... is all I have ..."
The stall owner frowned, "Don't you think it is too little?"
Su Jiuyue pointed to the only one on the stall, which was small, thin and looked tattered, and asked, "I'll just take that one, OK? That book is not half as thick as other books."