In fact, Mei Fang and Lin Youxi rarely have the opportunity to go shopping together alone, because Mei Fang does not have this habit. Most of the time, it is Xia Yuan who looks for Lin Youxi, or Xia Yuan looks for the three of them to go together.
After the two got off the bus stop, they were very embarrassed to find that the door of the Xinchun Supermarket was not open at all.
"Don't we officially open at 8 o'clock? It's already 8:15 now."
Lin Youxi was a little frustrated. "Why aren't these people in a hurry to make money?"
"It will probably take a while to open in the morning, so let's just take a walk around the area first."
Baimei County is located in the central region of China. There is no heating and the air is very cold and damp. At the end of November, when winter was approaching, Lin Youxi could not help sneezing even when wrapped in thick cotton clothes.
When girls sneeze, they don't make an exaggerated sound like boys do. Generally, there is a [ah-chiu] process, but when Lin Youxi sneezes, there is always only the second half of the [chiu], and the sound is particularly small, which gives her a unique kind of cuteness.
Mei Fang handed Lin Youxi a tissue and saw that the milk tea shop next to her had just opened, so she asked, "Do you want to sit in that shop first?"
"Yes, sure."
Lin Youxi nodded, wiped her nose, carefully folded it into a stack, and threw it into the trash can in front.
"Your rhinitis is still the same as before. It flares up when the weather changes. Didn't you go to the hospital for a checkup?"
"My father took me to Xunyang City to see a doctor before, and the doctor said that I had to wait until I grew up before I could have the surgery."
Lin Youxi put his hands in his pockets and lowered his head as he walked side by side with Mei Fang. "How much does an electric car usually cost? Is 3,000 yuan enough?"
"You can certainly afford an electric car, but there are good and bad ones, depending on what car is being drawn in the supermarket raffle."
“I hope it’s not too expensive…”
Lin Youxi and Mei Fang came to the milk tea shop. At this time, the young lady in the milk tea shop was busy cleaning and tidying up. Seeing the guests coming, she hurriedly greeted them with a smile:
"Hello... classmates, what would you like to drink?"
Mei Fang looked at Lin Youxi and said, "Look at what you want to drink. I'll order some for you."
"ah?"
Lin Youxi shook her head. "Why do I need you to order something? I'm the one asking you to accompany me today, so of course it's my treat."
"Well... I don't really want to drink anything in particular, I'll just watch you drink."
"If you don't drink, then I won't drink either."
Seeing the smile on the face of the milk tea shop lady who had greeted her with a smile gradually become stiff, Mei Fang quickly changed the topic, "Drink, drink, drink. I want a cup of red bean milk tea."
"Me too... It's eight dollars in total, right? Please make us a cup of hot water."
After Lin Youxi paid the bill, he sat next to Mei Fang.
"Why did you order the same thing as me?"
She explained: "I don't know which one tastes better."
"You and Yuanyuan have never been to these milk tea shops before?"
"Very little, no impression."
Lin Youxi thought for a moment, "Besides, haven't milk tea shops only started to increase in the last one or two years? The bubble tea shops before were all small stalls, and they all felt very unhygienic. When I was in elementary school, the boys in my class always liked to take out bubble tea pearls and throw them on the wall to play with, making the wall wet and sticky and very disgusting."
"Hahahahaha! I'm quite impressed by what you said."
Mei Fang held up her chin and teased, "You still complain that the bubble tea at that time was unhygienic, but I see you ate a lot of potato chips, didn't you?"
"That's different."
Lin Youxi smiled slightly, "Potato chips are a precious intangible cultural heritage of our Baimei County. We must protect their business and keep them alive."
"If you really think it's delicious, that's great."
"Aren't you enjoying your meal too?"
"I guess so..."
Mei Fang breathed a sigh of relief.
In his previous life, he was also a real fan of Baimei County potato chips. When he was a child, when he ate potato chips, he always thought that when he had money, he would buy potato chips and eat as much as he could in one go.
However, when he actually had some money, he came back to buy potato chips, spending dozens of dollars on them, and put them down after only a few bites, then sighed, "Oh, they're not as delicious as they were when I was a kid."
It seems that these most delicious memories only remain in childhood.
Mei Fang was lost in thought about some memories. When he came to his senses, he saw that Lin Youxi had been staring at him.
"Hmm... I was thinking about the past."
"Why do you look so sad when you're thinking about the past?"
Lin Youxi pondered, "Weren't we happy when we were kids?"
"You don't understand. Boys' minds are very complicated."
"… "
Lin Youxi frowned and thought for a while, "This seems to be a phrase commonly used by girls."
"Hey, but I've never seen you use it."
Lin Youxi pouted and gave Mei Fang a cold look. At this time, the milk tea had been prepared and the young lady brought it to Mei Fang and Lin Youxi's table.
Then he handed me a small notebook with heart-shaped sticky notes.
"What is this used for?" Lin Youxi wondered.
"Post it on the wall of our milk tea shop. Post your various opinions and ideas about our shop, your evaluation of the taste, or any thoughts you want to keep as a souvenir. These are all left by former classmates. You can take a look."
"Is that so..."
Mei Fang suddenly thought that since this place is close to Baimei No. 1 Middle School, this milk tea shop should be frequently visited by high school students.
After the young lady reminded her, Lin Youxi held the hot milk tea in her hand and curiously looked at the contents on the stickers. Some of them commented on the excellent taste of the milk tea in the store, and some copied sentimental youth literature, for example:
[There is no shadow of you in the sky, but you have truly flown across my colorful world. That faint shadow is the only track I am following for you at this moment.]
Of course, there are also many inexplicable original youth sadness sentences, such as:
[I am looking up at the bright sadness in the sky at a 45-degree angle—by Huan Long Shang]
Mei Fang saw Lin Youxi looking at the stickers with great interest and couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Since you are so interested, would you like to write something?"
Lin Youxi shook her head. "There's nothing special I want to write right now. Next time Yuanyuan and I come, we'll write together."
"Can we both write something?"
"No, I don't want to."
Lin Youxi shook her head. “The ones written by boys and girls together are all lovers. I don’t see any childhood sweethearts writing here.”
"Ah, this..."
Mei Fang showed a helpless expression.
Seeing him like this, Lin Youxi suddenly called him out for no apparent reason.
"Afang!"
"how?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to call you."
Lin Youxi squinted her eyes and smiled sweetly, a smile she almost never showed in front of outsiders.
"Ha... Are you not used to being called that when you're in school?"
“A little.”
After Lin Youxi finished speaking, she lowered her head and sucked the milk tea seriously with the straw. Mei Fang held her chin and stared at Lin Youxi for a while, then she also lowered her head and began to drink the milk tea.
“This milk tea tastes good.”
"Yeah, that's right! Next time I'll bring Yuanyuan along to drink."
After the two stayed for a while, they saw that the New Year Supermarket in the distance finally opened its roller shutter doors.
"It's about time. Let's go to the mall and see what the winning electric car looks like."
Sorry, I'm playing with the Balance of God again!
(End of this chapter)