apples more than anything

Chapter 40 Ferrules and Soulmates

Not far from the house where Leiqiu and Song Pingguo live now, there is a pedestrian street.The shops inside the pedestrian street are naturally doing very well, and it has also driven the business of various stall owners in the next street. More and more small vendors come here to sell their stalls - in short, there are so many delicious foods here. .

Leiqiu would occasionally come here to buy something to take home to eat, but he had never really walked around. Today, when he came to see, the types of vendors were more abundant than they imagined.

There are not only all kinds of fried food and snacks, but also street stalls selling clothes and small jewelry. What shocked Leiqiu and Song Pingguo the most was that there was actually a small playground on the square, and many parents were taking their children to ride electric cars. A small plane, an electric train, and Lei Qiu stood there staring blankly at the small plane that was jubilantly moving up and down in the air for 30 seconds. Song Pingguo nudged her: "What are you looking at? Do you want to sit?"

Lei Qiu shook his head with his mouth half-opened: "No, I just feel like a villager who has just entered the city - why does this good night market have an amusement park?"

After 5 minutes, Song Pingguo realized that Leiqiu said that she didn't want to play because she just didn't want to take the small train or plane, and she still wanted to play other sports.

And had a great time.

She first asked a woman next to her who sold hairpins and headbands for change, then went straight to the two bright white claw machines in the dimly lit square, and smacked her lips in disappointment: "Why are they all so ugly?"

This is true. Although the claw machine itself looks no different from the normal machines in big shopping malls, the dolls in this machine look too magical and realistic. They are all recently popular animation character dolls. Originally The design may still be quite cute, but the real thing is like being run over by a steamroller after leaving the factory.

However, Leiqiu's life principle of focusing on the process and not on the result is also in effect here. This disappointment has not lasted for a few seconds, she threw the coin into the machine, half of her face was pressed against the glass of the claw machine, carefully Observe the movement of that mechanical claw.

"Aren't you too cold?" Song Pingguo looked at her while crossing her arms, "Have you finished the nonsense? I'm still waiting to hear it."

"Wait a little longer, when I catch this doll first, I'm almost there..." Leiqiu almost lifted up the whole claw machine, "Oh, why don't you come here and do me a favor..."

Song Pingguo asked her dumbfoundedly, "What can I help you with?"

"Help me see if there is anyone next to me." Lei Qiu quietly lifted one side of the claw machine, and the doll that was hovering at the entrance of the hole lost its balance in an instant, and fell out of the exit with a bang .

"...Don't talk to me, I don't know you."

Lei Qiu giggled and hugged the extremely ugly doll: "Oh, use your own advantages reasonably. I invested a dozen or twenty coins, and I can buy three or four of such ugly dolls."

"I mean, if you dare to keep holding that doll, then I won't know you when we go shopping."

Without further ado, Lei Qiu gave the doll to the daughter of the stall owner who gave her change just now. The little girl said thank you politely, but she couldn't hide her dislike for the doll in her eyes.

"Hey, everyone likes good-looking things. It's a cruel world. Let's go eat something to calm down." Leiqiu turned around and walked straight to a stall selling fried food, "Boss , Fried Jiji mushrooms."

Song Pingguo corrected in a low voice: "That's an oyster mushroom."

"Oh, it's not the same thing." Leiqiu looked at the boiling oil in the pot, "Don't talk, let me explore my heart quietly, so that I can tell you why you are my soul mate."

"If you can't make it up, just say it, I don't blame you."

"Things about love stories, how can they be called making up? That's called the natural expression of inner feelings, you have to let me brew it!"

While eating fried oyster mushrooms and wandering aimlessly, Song Pingguo's eyes suddenly lit up—she discovered a traditional entertainment item that interested her very much.

ferrule.

When Song Pingguo was a child, she often encountered similar ring stalls when she went out to play with her parents.In fact, there is nothing too valuable on the stalls, mostly toys, small ornaments and the like, just for fun, often parents reluctantly take out their wallets at the begging of their children, and then take them from the boss. Received ten ferrules.

Because of the working hours, Song Yong seldom had time to go out with Song Pingguo. It was a rare opportunity to visit the night market. He pointed to the roadside stalls and asked Song Pingguo one by one: "Do you want to eat this? Do you want to eat?" Play this? Is there anything you want to buy?"

It's a pity that Song Pingguo didn't give him room to play at all, no matter what answer he asked, he just shook his head. When Song Pingguo finally stopped and said that he wanted to play hoops, Song Yong was very excited and put the money into the boss's hands. In exchange for ten ferrules, they were handed over to Song Pingguo.

However, let a primary school student throw the hoop, excluding the special situation that the day's luck is so good that it explodes, the result can be imagined.

But at that time, Song Pingguo still held a grudge.

When Song Yong had the opportunity to take her to the night market again, she looked at the ring stall and said something coldly.

"It's all a lie."

Then Song Pingguo never played hoops again.

After many years, she really wanted to try again.In contrast, Raichu was as interested in hoops as he was in claw machines. He immediately bought ten hoops and began to look for what he wanted in the field.

Seeing her excited like a child, Song Pingguo couldn't help laughing.

Thinking about it now, Raichu really didn't enjoy a childhood where she could play as much as she wanted. In other words, when she had time to play when she was a child, she had nothing to play with. Later, when she had something to play with, she didn't have the time anymore.

From the moment he was taken away by his master Pichu to learn opera, Raichu put all of himself on the stage.

This is exactly what Song Pingguo is worried about. Of course, she believes that Lei Qiu likes her, and also believes in Lei Qiu's character, but how much weight does she play in Lei Qiu's life?Will there be a heavy weight in acting?

Knowing that it is silly to worry about gains and losses like this, but it is difficult for people to use their reason to overcome their emotions.

After throwing more than 50 laps, Raichu finally won the second trophy of the day, the keychain.

Or couple keychains.There is a small plastic bear on both hoops, and the bear's two hands are jagged just to close.

Lei Qiu actually felt that the two bears on the keychain were actually a bit ugly, obviously trying to make them cute, but the limitation of craftsmanship not only made them uncute but also had a unique magical quality.It was in the same style as the doll she grabbed from the claw machine just now.

But it doesn't matter, the point is not what the bear looks like, the point is that this is a couple keychain.

It is an important prop for Leiqiu to express his emotions and cook chicken soup for the soul.

"Look." Leiqiu showed Song Pingguo the process of how the bear keychain was buckled together, "Can it be closed?"

Song Pingguo nodded while thinking to herself what are you doing, are you going to perform magic tricks?

"Closing your eyes now, can you tell what the serrations on their hands look like? How many teeth are there, and what angle are they?"

Song Pingguo shook her head honestly: "I don't know."

"Then do you know what your own soul looks like?"

"do not know."

"I don't know," Raichu said with a smile, "but they're closed."

Can this be made up? !

Song Pingguo felt that if she refused to give such an answer, she would be too sympathetic.

The two stood in a dimly lit corner of the square, holding hands and neither of them spoke, but they both knew in their hearts——

closed.

It took a while for Leiqiu to pluck up the courage to ask: "...Speaking of which, why did you suddenly ask me this?"

Song Pingguo also casually made up a reason—no, she searched for a reason from the bottom of her heart to answer Leiqiu: "Oh, because I think you're making up your lines while yelling in your heart. It's so cute to fool me."

Alas, how can human love be so hypocritical.

After a long time, Song Pingguo said slowly:

"Raichu, have you ever said before that you think the most important thing about acting is a sense of security?"

"Yes." Raichu nodded without hesitation.

Only with a sense of security can you not be timid on stage, and you can abandon everything in reality and devote yourself to a certain role.Leiqiu heard a joke from the head of the troupe, saying that an actor realized that the gas was not turned off when he came on stage, but the curtain was drawn and the lights were turned on, so she finished the performance calmly. After getting off the stage, she didn't even take off her clothes and ran home without even changing her clothes. Everyone was puzzled, and after following her, they realized that she had forgotten to turn off the gas.

"So..." Leiqiu added cautiously and proactively, "So whether you quarrel with me or lose your temper, you must not stay overnight, otherwise I will always remember that you are still angry, and nothing will be able to act... "

"You see, I'm not a rich second generation, and I don't have any contacts accumulated over the years. The only thing I can do is not to let you lose this open sense of security. I think it's quite simple." Song Pingguo ignored Leiqiu's gaze, and turned to look at the small stall selling fried food next to her, "Do you want to eat fried bananas? I ate too much just now. I can't eat one by myself."

"Then buy two fried bananas, I will eat one and a half and you will eat half." Leiqiu clapped his hands suddenly, "This idea is good, from now on we can order two servings of everything, and I will eat one and a half. You eat half."

Song Pingguo smiled and patted her on the back: "Those who didn't know thought you abused me."