Hu Pingtao changed the topic again: "Since you have been friends since elementary school, do you still keep in touch with other classmates now?"

"Yes." Liu Ning nodded, but his mood suddenly became depressed: "I had a very close friend, but some time ago... he was gone."

These words aroused Hu Pingtao's alarm, and he asked calmly: "Do you know Xinqiu too?"

Liu Ning said "Yeah": "Her name is Zhang Yacui. We were in the same class in elementary school."

Zhang Yacui?

Hu Pingtao's brain was racing - one of the five students who died in the car accident had this name.

He frowned, pretended to think, and said slowly: "Zhang Yacui... I remember that in the school where Yao Xinqiu is now, there is a girl in the same grade as her named Zhang Yacui."

"That's her I'm talking about. They are in the same school, just not in the same class." Liu Ning was a little surprised: "Brother Pingtao, how come you also know Zhang Yacui?"

Hu Pingtao made a vague excuse: "I came back from France during the vacation the year before last and met him once at Xinqiu's house."

"So that's it." Liu Ning continued: "Zhang Yacui is a very nice person. We have been good friends since childhood. I didn't know anything at that time, and she taught me how to braid my hair."

Hu Pingtao pretended to be surprised and said "Oh", and asked with interest: "She is talented in this area?"

"She usually likes to do handicrafts." Liu Ning's face showed a nostalgic look: "Zhang Yacui's mother used to open a tailor shop, a very small one. She helped people hem trousers and refurbish old clothes. Some old people like to go to her shop.

When ordering cheongsam, they are all old styles, and her mother makes them very finely."

Hu Pingtao leaned forward, resting his elbows on the railing, and asked with a smile: "It sounds like you have a good relationship?"

"Yes!" Liu Ning did not deny: "We all call her "Cui Cui". Zhang Yacui said the name was too vulgar, but she couldn't resist us. The more times she was called, she got used to it."

"Cui Cui can make delicious cakes. When we are at her house, we will follow her to mix dough and beat eggs. That kind of cake can be made quickly after being put in the oven. The surface is coated with honey and syrup, and it tastes delicious.

very good."

"Cui Cui also makes braised chicken wings. We went camping several times when we were in elementary school, and every time she would bring a big bag of braised chicken wings. Everyone, including the teacher, licked their fingers after eating.

"

When Hu Pingtao heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and he pretended to smile casually and said: "When you were in elementary school, how many students were there in the class?"

"Forty-two." Liu Ning remembered clearly.

Hu Pingtao continued to ask: "One braised chicken wing for each person, plus the teacher who leads the team, it will be at least forty-three. According to this, Zhang Yacui's family's economic conditions are very good?"

Liu Ning said before that Zhang Yacui's mother ran a tailor shop. That kind of small shop is very simple, as long as it has an old-fashioned sewing machine. Similar shops can be found in many cities, and the profits are slim. After all, many people now choose to shop online.

When buying ready-made clothes, even if they are too big or too small, they will only choose to return them and exchange them for a suitable replacement.

sizes. Businesses such as hemming and closing trousers are mainly targeted at the elderly. Taking pants as an example, some elderly people stubbornly believe that "you must buy longer trousers." They will habitually send new pants to sewing shops.

Tuck in and hem the trouser legs. This means folding up part of the trouser legs that are too long along the bottom and sewing them before wearing them.

The advantage of doing this is that it doesn't waste fabric. If you feel that the trousers are too short after wearing them for a while, you can also cut the sewing thread and put them down. Anyway, it doesn't cost much, only about ten yuan for labor.

As for the old-fashioned cheongsam... Hu Pingtao knows the specific styles very well. With the development of the clothing industry, cheongsam has also changed over time. Su Xiaolin likes to wear cheongsam, but she wears improved cheongsam. The hem of the old cheongsam is too big

It is long, extremely inconvenient when walking, and the choice of fabrics is often relatively ordinary.

This refers specifically to the elderly - thinking from this, the financial situation of the customers targeted by Zhang Yacui's mother's sewing shop should not be very good. Naturally, the situation at Zhang Yacui's family is similar.

Liu Ning smiled: "Cui Cui's family is just like mine. How can she be allowed to pay for it alone? We all share the money to buy chicken wings in the supermarket. If you like to eat, give more. At that time, it was all from class fees.

The teacher is responsible for taking charge of everything inside and out."

Hu Pingtao nodded slightly: "So that's it."

Liu Ning sighed: "We were very innocent when we were young, but we changed when we entered middle school."

Hu Pingtao looked sideways at her: "Are you referring to Yao Xinqiu?"

Liu Ning bit her lower lip and then let it go: "I'm not saying bad things about Xinqiu behind her back. She...has indeed changed a lot."

Hu Pingtao didn't give her a chance to think, and then asked: "Which aspect?"

Liu Ning shrugged her shoulders: "It's in all aspects. Overall, it's like a different person. But it's normal. After all, her family's situation is different from the past. Since her father made money doing business overseas, Xin

Qiu has become more and more distant from us... She likes the cartoon "The Ugly Duckling" very much. She often says that one day, she will become a white swan."

Hu Pingtao smiled comfortingly and said: "This is normal. Everyone wants a better living environment."

Liu Ning's tone was a bit sad: "I also want to become a white swan! And Cuicui, she also has the same idea. But why is it that only the new autumn has changed, but we still stay in the same position without changing at all?

?”

Hu Pingtao explained: "Work hard and the future will be bright."

Liu Ning shook his head depressedly: "You don't understand, I will probably always be like this. It's not that I don't want to go to school, but I have no choice... My dad is a bad gambler. If he hadn't lost money in the casino, I

It won't be like this now. He has red eyes

When we were young, they even wanted to take my mother and I out to pay off the debt. I will always remember that night... If my mother didn't know a few uncles in Xiangtang and had a good relationship with them, and asked them to come forward to help us, I would have been afraid.

Already doing business in Temple Street."

The words were very obscure, but Hu Pingtao could understand them.

Liu Ning stared at the dark sea, his mood and voice were very low: "I started working when I was twelve years old. I sold fish on the dock, medicinal materials in the store, and sold cigars and beer in nightclubs... I have been in

I have five boyfriends, I have hugged them, kissed them, touched them, but I have never slept with them. I understand that a person must have a bottom line, and I will probably be like this for the rest of my life. If you want to blame me, you can only blame me for my miserable life."

With that said, she turned around and looked at Hu Pingtao with complicated eyes: "Will you look down on me?"

Hu Pingtao smiled and shook his head: "Look at what you said... everyone is the same, this kind of thing does not exist."

Liu Ning's eyes were clear: "I know you are a good person. In fact, I have been testing you."

"Why are you testing me?" Hu Pingtao asked puzzledly.

Liu Ning turned around, leaned towards him, puffed out her plump chest, pressed directly on Hu Pingtao, raised her head and asked, "What do you think I look like?"

This action was so sudden that Hu Pingtao was completely unprepared and could only answer vaguely: "...not bad...well, you are very beautiful."

Liu Ning said with a smile: "When I was selling cigars and beer at a nightclub, many customers would deliberately strike up a conversation with me. They would either ask me to have dinner with me, or ask me for a late-night snack, and some even said they would take me there in a luxury car.

Looking at the scenery from the top of the mountain... I know very well that they just want to play with me and don't take it seriously."

"I've met a lot of men, and almost all of them want to take advantage of me." Liu Ning looked into Hu Pingtao's eyes: "You are different from them. You are not perfunctory, and you do treat me as a friend. Let me follow you tonight

When we watched a movie together, you behaved yourself and didn't do anything... even though I was very willing."

Hu Pingtao quickly adjusted his thinking, leaned back slightly, and said seriously: "I have a girlfriend. I am responsible for her."

Liu Ning stood there without moving, but a smile slowly appeared on his face, and then he sighed: "God is so unfair. Why can't I meet a good man like you?"

Hu Pingtao smiled and said: "Yes. How old are you!"

Liu Ning did not delve into this topic. She turned around, held on to the railing, and said calmly: "I can see that you don't like Yao Xinqiu, and you have no intention of her in that regard. You will go to the bookstore with us today.

, maybe out of politeness, or maybe because you and her have an elder relationship. But for me...a girl who met for the first time, our identities are too different, and we are not interested. Why do you spend so much?

time on me?"

Hu Pingtao's eyes narrowed slightly: "Why do you think so?"

Liu Ning turned her head and looked at him, her eyes full of inquiring eyes: "If you have had the same experience as me, you will understand that this is an indispensable precaution when contacting strangers. The Hong Kong City in the past was not what it is now.

, Xiangtang is much better now than in the past, at least no one will carry a steel pipe and chop

There was a knife fight in the street, but there were still many things going on in private. I have been in Temple Street and nightclubs for so long, and I know very well what men think. You don’t want to date me, you don’t want to sleep with me, and you are not in the same group as me.

Circle, why are you willing to watch a movie with me? Come here with me to enjoy the cold breeze?"

These words made Hu Pingtao feel ashamed. He found that he had despised this little girl from the beginning. She was more difficult to deal with than he thought.

He decided to turn his back on the guest and asked: "Since you think so, you should already have the answer, right?"

Liu Ning said seriously: "To be honest, I didn't think much about it before. I really like you, especially when I played the piano in the bookstore this afternoon, I admit that I was fascinated by you. At that time, I really fell in love with you.

As the boyfriend who best meets the standards, I also want to compete with Yao Xinqiu and snatch you over."

Hu Pingtao still smiled: "What happened next?"

"I really like watching horror movies. Do you think I'm the kind of little girl who screams when seeing bloody scenes?" Liu Ning laughed as she spoke. She raised her right arm and made a gesture.

Bodybuilders' muscle-expanding movements: "Believe it or not, I can hit ten of them!"

Hu Pingtao was amused by her expression and movements: "Believe it, why don't you believe it? Your arms are thicker than my thighs."

"Hahahaha!" Liu Ning burst out laughing heartily and pointed at Hu Pingtao: "When I bought the movie ticket, I deliberately bought a double seat. I kept leaning on you while watching the movie, but you didn't even bother me.

I didn’t even touch it with my hands... Hahahaha, at that time I thought, maybe you like men, right? Or you should go out and advertise - here is the best butt in Hong Kong!"

Hu Pingtao deliberately looked helpless: "You are so powerful, you have seen through everything."

Liu Ning laughed for several minutes and finally stopped. She straightened up, took a deep breath, raised her eyebrows, and said with a hint of suspicion in her voice: "I really can't find a reason why you are willing to contact me..."

Well, why are you doing this?"

Hu Pingtao pondered for a moment, with a solemn expression on his angelic face. He decided to reveal some of the secrets to Liu Ning, but not all.

"Do you know Yao Xinqiu's mother?"

"Knowing, Auntie Chen Miaoyun."

Hu Pingtao paused: "There was a car accident at Xinqiu's school some time ago."
To be continued...