Feast of Flowers

"I really don't need me to take you upstairs?" Driving the car out of the alley, Pei Yan opened the door for Hua Jin and glanced at the high heels on her feet.

"I can walk home on this road with my eyes closed, and I won't wrestle." Hua Jin shook his head, and Ye Feng took her fragrance and hid secretly in Pei Yan's nose. His eyes circled her white neck and moist red lips, and finally stopped at her wrist.

"Every New Year's Day, the store will take advantage of the good days to do activities. To attract the attention of customers, Tan Yuan and I will put on hand-embroidered clothing and high heels." Hua Jin raised her feet, "The height of these shoes, Not bad."

"Then be careful when you walk." Pei Yan sent Huajin into the alley, and did not go any further.

Da da da.

Every step of Huajin is not fast or slow, and it is full of rhythm. When she was about to walk out of the alley, she stopped, turned and looked at the end of the alley, Pei Yan was still standing there.

In this dim alley, she could not see the expression on his face, nor could he see her clearly. But Hua Jin knew that Pei Yan was watching her.

She curled her mouth: "Pei Yan, good night."

The man at the end of the alley was silent for two seconds: "Good night."

This time Hua Jin didn't look back, she walked out of the dark alley and entered the courtyard full of moonlight.

The sound of high-heeled shoes drifted away, until he could no longer hear, Pei Yan turned back to the car. There were countless unread messages on the phone and more than a dozen missed calls.

"Brother Pei, don't worry, my grandfather won't be angry about this little thing. We all know what Xu Changhui is. This time we didn't think carefully enough to make the embroiderer wronged." This is a message from Yang Shao.

"Mr. Pei, I'm sorry to let you and the flower embroiderer encounter such a thing, the hospitality was not complete, please forgive me, Mr. Pei and the flower embroiderer, I will definitely come to visit in the future." This is a message from the Meng family.

As for the news from the Xu family, Pei Yan didn't even look at it and chose to delete it. He doesn't have a son like Xu Changhui, so he doesn't need to be used to him.

Back in the rental house, Hua Jin removed the makeup from her face and sat on the bed to read the news from Yang Shao. After a few polite words, she threw the phone aside and lay down on the bed.

After lying down for a while, the phone rang, Huajin glanced at the caller ID, Mark?

She pressed the answer button: "Mr. Mark?"

"Sorry, Miss Hua, I didn't disturb you when I called you so late?" Mark's voice is very nice, and his gentle tone seems to be full of infinite affection.

"No." Hua Jin glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 9:53 in the evening. It's not early in this world, but it's not too late for many young people, but it's definitely not the perfect time to talk about work. .

"It's okay if I didn't disturb you." Mark chuckled on the other side of the phone. "As soon as I got the inspiration, I couldn't wait to call Miss Hua. After dialing, I regretted it. Fortunately, I didn't disturb you."

"What inspiration does Mr. Mark have?" Hua Jin focused on the point.

Mark's laughter came out again: "I suddenly thought, many of our Huafeng costumes love the context chapter of flowers, birds, insects, and fish, why not change our thinking?"

Huajin didn't interrupt, waiting for Mark's following.

"For example, we have inherited the dazzling culture for thousands of years, even myths and legends, and everything is a national treasure." Mark said, "Miss Hua has seen "Huainanzi"?"

"Sorry." Huajin's tone was soft. "Mr. Mark may not know. I started working very early and my education level is not high."

Mark didn’t seem to expect that the topic would end in this way. He froze for a moment and said: “Then I will draw the drawing and send it to Ms. Hua. Appreciation of beauty has nothing to do with diplomas. In my eyes, Ms. Hua You don’t need those certificates to prove your charm."

Hua Jin smiled: "I am looking forward to Mr. Mark's whimsy." Hanging up the phone, she gave an inexplicable laugh, got up and put a mask on herself.

When we first met, although Mark said that he did not dare to surprise the four with delusions, in Huajin's view, this was a very ambitious man. His ambition is not in his mouth, but in his actions. Moreover, he is very courageous. The various strange legends in "Huainanzi" may be really attractive to foreigners. But it is a very risky decision to pour these elements into fashion design.

Cooperating with ambitious people is not a bad thing, at least it can make more people understand embroidery by taking advantage of this shareholder spirit.

Sitting next to the embroidery frame, stroking the embroidery patterns on it, Huajin's heart was calming down a little bit.

For others, embroidery is just an intangible cultural heritage and a traditional craft, but for her, embroidery is salvation and hope.

In her darkest time, the colorful embroidery thread is the light in her life.

When Tan Yuan returned home, her parents were still sitting on the sofa watching a family ethics drama about dog blood. She lay down on the sofa: "Today Huahua is not here, but I am exhausted."

"There is the soup your father has cooked in the pot. Go and scoop it yourself." Gao Shulan glanced at her daughter. "Now I know how tired it is to look at the store alone. How many times did Huahua visit the store alone when you dated that person?"

Weakly went to the kitchen and filled a bowl of soup. Tan Yuan smiled and praised Tan Qing's cooking skills: "Dad, you can open a restaurant as a chef."

"You know that I relied on this cooking skill to coax your mother home." Tan Qing was a little proud. "Your uncles and uncles can't cook as much as me. So, men look good. What's the use? Can it be used to eat or drink, knowing how to cook is the last word."

"Yeah, dad, you make a lot of sense." Tan Yuan nodded repeatedly, "I will also find a boyfriend like you in the future."

"That Cao Yi, have you looked for you again recently?" Gao Shulan has always had an opinion on Cao Yi. Such a big young man can't cook and doesn't have much energy. If he gets married in the future, will the housework of the family be necessary? Let her daughter do it alone?

"He contacted me, but I didn't reason." Tan Yuan didn't want to talk about this person. Thinking of what he said Hua Jin said, Tan Yuan felt that there was a problem with his eyes, otherwise there would be no such ex-boyfriend.

"Emotional matters, we parents don't want to intervene more, just know what you know." Gao Shulan sighed, "No matter how bad, your dad and I can still be your safe haven. What I worry most is not you, but... "

She still remembers that winter six years ago, the thin and haggard girl stood outside the store with a cane, her eyes staring at the embroidered pictures on the wall, her face pale with cold.

At that time, she didn't know what to think, so she got up and opened the door and greeted her to enter the store: "Little girl, it's cold outside, come in and see."

The skinny little girl entered the shop with difficulty, standing at the door of the shop but was afraid to walk in: "My feet are dirty, I can't pass."

The tips of her hair were a little wet, as if frost had met the heating and turned into water.

"Like this embroidery?" The original picture of this embroidery is an ancient painting titled "Bamboo Reports Peace". The naïve child is covering his ears with firecrackers, which is very warm and interesting.

"I'm sorry." The little girl bowed her head and shook her head. "I have no money."

"You can watch if you don't have money." In winter, there were not many customers in the store. Gao Shulan saw the little girl's hands were blue with cold, and poured her a cup of hot water. "There are fewer young people who like these things. It's rare that a little girl would appreciate them. I'm too happy to have time."

Later, the little girl always came to see her embroidery with a cane. Gao Shulan could see that she was not financially rich, so when she came, she always brought fruits, flowers and other things.

Once, when she met an unreasonable customer, when she was about to lose money, it was this little girl who seemed very silent to stand up and talk about the customer blushing, losing streak.

Later, she accepted this little girl as an assistant and apprentice, but she was exceptionally talented in embroidery. In just five or six years, she was able to use various stitches freely.

Thinking of these past, Gao Shulan sighed and said to Tan Yuan: "She has no family, no house here, and no interest in the boys who pursue her, and she doesn't know what to do in the future."

"Mom, don't worry, she still has me." Tan Yuan put the half-drinking soup bowl on the coffee table, "She doesn't have a room, I have one."

"You." Gao Shulan sighed and smiled, "I believe you are telling the truth now, but your heart will change. When you have someone you like and a baby with him, your focus will gradually shift to Family and children. Huahua’s character, definitely can’t bear to cause you trouble, and even if she has suffered anything, you won’t have time to notice."

"I won't." Tan Yuan affirmed, "We must be sisters for life."

Gao Shulan smiled and touched her head, "Okay." She was very thankful that her child didn't have to suffer so much, and she felt sorry for Huajin to suffer so many things.

How could she, a daughter who has not suffered much, understand that there is too much helplessness in the world. What's more, she treats Hua Jin as a sister, and Hua Jin also values ​​her. One day, how could Hua Jin be willing to disturb her peaceful life.

Only when you are young and fearless can you say "no" for sure. The older you are, the more you understand that many things will not change because of human will.

She not only hopes that her daughter will become mature, but also that her daughter will not have to experience this kind of helplessness and pain for the rest of her life.

The events at the Meng family gathering did not affect Hua Jin's life. Pei Cunhai, who threatened to buy the shop and prevented the Fanhua Studio from opening, did not act. Huajin embroiders things and sells things every day, and the life is still peaceful.

In order to make Yang Shao's customized embroidered screen, Huajin has hardly made appointments with other friends recently.

As the date gets closer and closer, Huajin arrives at the store earlier and earlier. Almost every day when she opens the store, several nearby shops have not yet opened.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and there was not much coolness at six or seven in the morning. Huajin yawned and poured herself a few sips of tea, barely keeping herself up.

"Hello, excuse me."

Hua Jin looked up and looked at the young girl at the entrance of the store, and smiled instantly: "Hello, please feel free to watch."

"Thank you." The girl approached the store, looking a little uncomfortable. "Excuse me, are there any smaller pendants in the store?"

"Yes." Hua Jin got up and carried out a box of kits and peace symbols. "These are all."

The girl picked in the box for a while, then turned to look at the flower brocade: "I, can I order a small kit like this?"

Huajin glanced at her twice: "I can ask a little more, do you want to use it yourself or give it away?"

"Give it away." The girl smiled bitterly, "I want to give it to my ex-boyfriend."

Hua Jin glanced at her and said nothing.

"He and I are classmates. We have been in love for four years since freshman year." The girl's voice was trembling, but she didn't cry. "I found a good job here, but he didn't want to stay. He said that life here is too stressful, and he wants to return to his hometown to find a job."

"Maybe I am a cold-blooded person in my bones. I don't want to give up my current development opportunities in order to marry a son." The girl's eyes were red. "He bought a plane ticket back to his hometown and said that he would not come to this city again. I don't want to send him away. , I don’t want to force him to stay. From now on, on each side, I only hope that in the future there will be a girl who suits him, and a happy life with him."

Hua Jin has an impression of this girl. She met her on the subway that night. The girl and her boyfriend were arguing on the subway over whether to stay in the city, and the quarrel ended with the girl whispering. She thought it was just passing by countless times in her life, but she didn't expect to see her again here today.

Love in a young age is beautiful, although the ending may not be complete. Huajin smiled and asked, "What do you want to embroider?"

"Can it be customized here?"

"Of course." Huajin invited the girl to sit down, "Customer satisfaction is our greatest success."

"Embroider a mouse, embroider ingots and food beside it." The girl sniffed.

"It seems that your ex-boyfriend is a rat." Hua Jin wrote down the request, "It will be completed in three days. Do you want to express it in the same city or pick it up in person?"

"Express delivery in the same city." The girl paid the money, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Hua Jin looked at her and said with a smile, "You are welcome to visit next time."

The girl thanked again. After walking out of the store, she couldn't help but look back at the store.

Blooming...

May your future be blooming and smooth.

She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and laughed slowly.

Three days later in the morning, as soon as Hua Jin walked to the door of the store, she found a girl squatting on her knees at the door. She was shocked: "Hello?"

"Hello." The girl raised her head, her eyes red and swollen. It was the girl three days ago.

"Your customized sachet is ready, I'll get it for you." Hua Jin sighed in her heart, looking at the girl's appearance, I am afraid that something has happened again.

Sure enough, after she opened the store door and gave the sachet to the other party, the girl stared at the sachet for a long time: "It's no longer needed."

Hua Jin was afraid that she couldn't think about it, so she pulled her to sit down on the sofa, and poured her a cup of sweet glucose water.

The sweet glucose water entered the mouth, and the girl's bitter heart seemed to be more sweet. She raised her head to Hua Jin and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"He left by car early last night and walked cleanly without leaving a trace."

The store door was pushed open, Pei Yan walked in, carrying a food box in his hand.

Hua Jin looked up and met his eyes.

The girl covered her eyes and didn't know someone came in: "Maybe, two people from different worlds shouldn't be together from the beginning."

"If there is no beginning, there will be no end, and there will be no sadness..."

The author has something to say: Pei Yan: We are different~