My wife is a dragon.

Chapter 180 If You Don’t Ride, I Will! (4.4K)

As soon as the Chinese New Year arrives, the old city and the new city of Qingcheng City form a sharp contrast.

Most of the people in Xincheng District are from other places who have moved to Chengdu. After the New Year holiday, they all return to their hometowns. The city center is even quieter than before.

On the contrary, the small streets and alleys in the old city are crowded with people. The pedestrians passing by are all strangers, but they nod and greet each other.

In order to boost the economy, Wanniu District has rarely opened up the streets, allowing citizens to set up stalls in designated locations.

In the past, the urban management officers would chase after the small vendors, wishing to catch all of them in one fell swoop. Now it is different. The urban management officers not only maintain order on the streets, but even join in and take the initiative to help some elderly vendors carry their goods.

As the end of the year approaches, every citizen has a kind smile on his face and the city is full of joy.

"Fireworks are so expensive..."

Lucia had never seen so many people. The small street was full of vendors sitting on the ground. The two-lane road was so crowded with people that there was no room for cars to pass. The sound of people talking and car horns continued.

This place is even more lively than Chunbei Road where Xia Li took her...or rather, more crowded.

Taking a look at the red and green firecrackers on the street stalls, Lucia couldn't take her eyes off the price tags.

"You want it to ring or not ring."

Xia Li grabbed a firework cannon that looked like a missile and turned around to ask Lucia.

Lucia replied, "It's silent."

Xia Li held back his laughter.

This silver dragon's breath can melt stones.

Afraid of the sound of gunfire? ?

This is so integrated into modern society...

After buying a bag of small silent fireworks for two hundred yuan, Xia Li went to the next store with the bag in his hand.

Lucia clung tightly to Xia Li's arm, alert to the people passing by.

"Will there be any bad guys..." she said anxiously.

According to probability theory, the more people there are, the easier it is to encounter bad people. Lucia encountered one on the subway last time.

"Where are there so many bad guys?" Xia Li said. "There are so many policemen patrolling nearby. Even if there are bad guys among the people, they won't dare to act rashly. However, I am worried about pickpockets."

Glancing at the short female dragon beside him, Xia Li thought that there were no valuables in Lucia's pockets, so there would be nothing to steal if a pickpocket came.

However, he still pulled Lucia over and whispered with his head tilted.

"Keep an eye on me, or some bad guy will snatch me away and you won't be able to catch up with me."

Hearing this, Lucia subconsciously exerted force with her hands.

She held Xia Li's three fingers tightly, and after thinking for a moment, she felt that Xia Li was deliberately lying to her, so she snorted and held him even tighter.

Xia Li bought some melon seeds and candies at the market, which are essential for festivals.

These snacks remain in his childhood memories. When he was a child, the things he missed most during the Chinese New Year, besides the red envelopes, were these two pieces of candy.

But after entering high school, these things disappeared quietly. It was not that they were gone from the house, but that Xia Li never paid attention to them again.

Now that Lucia is by her side, Xia Li wants her to experience the New Year atmosphere she had as a child, so she bought all the necessary New Year goods.

The goods sold at the stalls here are all similar, probably all purchased wholesale from the same vendor. Food, toys, clothing and daily necessities are all dyed a festive red color.

In the other world, the bright red wherever you look is the battlefield and despair.

But on Earth, especially in China... bright red is no longer a terrifying color, but a color of joy and blessing.

Xia Li finally squeezed out of the crowd. Looking back, he saw that only the dragon claw was left in his hand. Lucia's body was still blocking the back, so he let go of the dragon claw and said.

"Wait for me a moment," he said, turning around and pointing at the goods on the shelf, and said to the vendor, "Give me a couplet and two lanterns."

First couplet: Dragon dances in the sky and sings on the earth
Second line: Fortune befalls all families and happiness arises
Horizontal banner: Forever and ever

Young people don’t have much to be particular about when buying New Year’s goods. The main thing is to go with the look. They just take whatever they like. It’s simple and rough.

After paying the bill, Xia Li took the couplet and broke through the siege. She saw Lucia waiting for her there. Her little face was hidden under the scarf, making her fair cheeks look pink.

"Come to think of it, this year happens to be the Year of the Dragon."

Xia Li unfolded the couplet and took a look. This couplet with the word "dragon" on it would definitely bring good fortune if hung at home.

"Year of the Dragon?" Lucia looked up at him.

"Have you heard of the twelve zodiac signs?"

"I understand a little... but not very well." Lucia replied.

She had seen those netizens discussing on the Internet about "Why there is no cat in the twelve Chinese zodiac signs". She only knew that there was no cat, but she didn't know what exactly there was.

"So there are dragons?"

Lucia feels that the years in human society are truly magical.

Obviously there is no such species as "dragon" in this world. Dragons are fantasy creatures to them, but a dragon can appear among the twelve zodiac signs.

"So, this year is my zodiac year." Lucia suddenly thought of this word.

Xia Li smiled and said, "That's not how you calculate your zodiac year... Next year is still my zodiac year. Next year is the Year of the Snake, but I have nothing to do with snakes."

Lucia looked him over for a while.

How does this hero resemble a snake?

In Lucia's perspective, snakes are those thin and long species, but Xia Li looks thick and flat (referring to his body shape), and indeed has nothing to do with snakes.

Oh, yes.

Snakes entangle people...

Xia Li was very clingy when she slept at night. He would secretly hug her in the middle of the night and wished he could be together with her.

"Then you do look like a snake."

The dragon nodded his head and concluded.

Xia Li couldn't keep up with her train of thought, he was still thinking about the Year of the Dragon.

In the Year of the Dragon, bring home a dragon wife...

How festive.

She silently glanced at the dwarf dragon beside her. The soft white scales on the dwarf dragon's face shone brightly under the natural light, making her pretty little face look even more gorgeous.

"Magnificent" may be an inappropriate word to describe a human face, but when thinking of Lucia's true form as a silver dragon, the word becomes very appropriate.

Noble, gorgeous and extraordinarily beautiful.

Why didn’t I think the dragons in Azer were beautiful before?

At that time, because of preconceived notions, after concluding that the dragon race was a symbol of evil, Xia Li never looked at this race with a straight eye. Now that he hadn't seen them for a long time, when he suddenly thought of those towering figures, the only word left in Xia Li's mind to describe them was "beautiful".

broken.

He suddenly came back to his senses.

Xia Li felt that there was something wrong with this habit of his.

Have you begun to appreciate dragons in giant dragon form?

He hadn't even gotten enough of dragons in human form.

Xia Li squeezed the little paws in his hands, cleared his throat, and continued what he was saying.

"The Chinese dragons are different from your species. The Chinese dragons are auspicious and represent good fortune. Your appearance is more like a Western dragon, which is ominous..."

"Breasts?" Lucia raised her head.

“Different worldviews can’t be generalized.”

Xia Li shook his head and denied what he said again.

The evil dragon beside her was still touching her chest. She wanted to hear more about what happened to the Western Dragon's chest, but Xia Li didn't continue talking and pulled her into the mall.

……

The small shopping mall in the old town has entered its busiest period of the year.

The sounds of hawking were getting louder and louder, and bright purple and red billboards were filled with promotional activities. Merchants took advantage of this wave of traffic to frantically boost their year-end performance.

"Xia Li."

"Ok?"

"Do you want to ride a dragon?"

"I...what???"

The indoor shops were filled with the sound of people talking. Xia Li thought he had misheard and bent down to listen.

Lucia stood on tiptoe, put her hand to her lips, and spoke loudly in Xia Li's ear.

"Have you ever ridden a dragon?"

"What do you think?" Xia Li asked back.

"I'm asking you!"

"I haven't had one!!" The two of them were talking loudly at the top of their lungs, and Xia Li's head was buzzing with the noise.

After staring at Lucia's snow-white face for a long time, he pulled Lucia aside and asked.

"You...what do you want to say?"

"there."

Lucia crossed her arm and pointed to the door of a shop.

Xia Li looked in the direction he was looking and saw a shop selling children's clothes. Usually, such shops would place a few game consoles outside to attract children's attention.

There are also game machines outside this store, including the common bull-catching game and a rocking car.

The direction Lucia was pointing was exactly the rocking car.

Perhaps because of the upcoming Year of the Dragon, the appearance of this rocking car is a red Chinese dragon, with a fat body, cartoon eyes, and two dragon whiskers wrapped around its body for a long distance.

"I want to ride it." Lucia said, pointing to the rocking chair.

Xia Li: “…”

"That's for children to sit on. You, you..."

He looked down at the dwarf dragon, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

To be honest, although Lucia looked thin and small in Xia Li's eyes, her figure was not at all like a "child" and she was an out-and-out girl.

It is somewhat strange for such a young girl to sit in a children's rocking chair.

But if she doesn't mind the eyes of people around her, this is a deal that both parties are willing to make.

"I want to ride a dragon," Lucia said loudly.

Xia Li replied in a low voice: "I want to ride Longlong too."

"Then let's ride together!"

"…I'll forget it. You can ride it yourself. I'm overweight."

Xia Li touched his trouser pocket. It had been a long time since he had carried change with him when he went out. He went to the store to ask the boss to exchange a few coins, and then put them in Lucia's hand.

"See that coin slot in the middle of the rocking chair? You'll put your coins in there later.

You queue up here to ride the rocking...dragon, I'll go across the street to buy something."

Xia Li pointed to the electrical appliance store opposite the children's clothing store and said.

The evil dragon nodded, with some reluctance in his eyes.

"Then when will you come over..."

"I'll be back after I finish shopping. You wait here."

Xia Li rubbed Long's head and turned away.

It just so happened that there were too many people over there, so Lucia had to queue up for the rocking chair and sit on a small bench.

It's the end of the year now, and although there are many petty thieves, it's rare to see people robbing others. And Lucia is so strong, who can rob her...

Unless she lets go.

Thinking of this, Xia Li looked back vigilantly.

Lucia sat obediently on the small stool, staring at Xia Li with her eyes.

Like a kindergarten kid waiting to be picked up by his parents.

That look, so eager.

Xia Li went to an electrical appliance store and bought a knee pad warmer. This was for her grandmother. Her grandmother's cold legs would hurt a lot when it rained, and this heater could relieve the pain to a certain extent.

I turned around and found Lucia still queuing there, so I went to another store and bought two boxes of fruit and milk. When passing by a daily necessities store, I stopped and bought a set of skin care products for Ms. Fang.

Women's skin care products are not cheap, a set can cost thousands of dollars.

Xia Li didn't know what this thing was used for, but he knew that Ms. Fang would be happy when she received it.

As long as the Queen Mother is happy, everything else is secondary.

When we got back to the children's clothing store, Lucia just happened to be sitting on the rocking car.

The human cubs around her cast envious glances at her, and when she didn't know where to press the start button, there were human cubs who helped her find the way.

"I have horns on my head and a tail behind me..."

The rocking car began to rock.

Lucia was still curious about the structure of the rocking chair one second, but her eyes lit up the next.

With the background music of the nursery rhyme about the little dragon man, Xia Li felt that the dragon sitting on the dragon was quite appropriate.

"Hey hey hey..."

"is it fun?"

"It's fun. I want to do it again a billion times."

"Forget about it. The human cubs queuing behind you are about to cry."

Xia Li lent a hand and helped Lucia down.

Lucia was still smiling, her little mouth pursed into a wavy line, and her clear eyes curved into little crescents.

“Then let’s ride again next time.” She said reluctantly.

Xia Li picked up the box on the ground. In just over ten minutes, his hands were already full of things.

If a girl came shopping, the amount of purchases would be enough to take her half a day to shop, but it is different for boys. Boys buy things quickly and efficiently, and their main focus is accuracy and speed.

"this is for you."

Xia Li handed one of the small boxes to Seluccio.

Lucia thought Xia Li asked her to help carry it, so she took it in her arms without hesitation.

However, Xia Li said, "Take it apart and have a look."

"Ok?"

"this is for you."

"For me?"

Lucia looked at the gift in her arms with some surprise.

"Didn't you say that the Year of the Dragon is your zodiac year, so I'm giving you something." Xia Li said.

"Is it the red underwear?" Lucia started to open the box.

Xia Li was at a loss for words: "...what have you learned?"

"It's said on the internet that if you wear red underwear during your birth year, the color will fade and your butt will turn red... Next year it will be your turn to wear it!"

"But these aren't underwear!"

Xia Li felt both angry and amused.

This Long speaks in a very different way. Where did she learn so many things?

Lucia opened the box and blinked.

There was no stuffed toy, beautiful crystal ball, gloves or hat inside.

Those things look good but are useless. They are just cheap things to fool girls. They are not within Xia Li's purchasing range.

He bought two sets of skin care products in total, one for Ms. Fang and one for Lucia.

Lucia's attention was first attracted by the beautiful little bottle on it. Then she picked up the box and began to look around, tapping her fingers on the surface of the box.

"What are you doing?"

"Why is there no price tag?" Lucia said with great concern.

This gift is so well wrapped that you can tell it's very expensive.

Based on the pictures and text above, Lucia could roughly guess that they were things used for skin care, but she actually had no need for these things.

"Why do you care about this???"

"I don't need anything too expensive. My face isn't worth that much..." Lucia said with awe.

Instead of working so hard on her dragon face, she might as well buy two more bricks to build a new nest!

"Who said your face is worthless? Didn't I tell you it's priceless?"

"Not worth a dime..."

"Bullshit! Priceless means priceless and priceless, priceless and priceless!"

Xia Li's hands were full of things, but he still freed one index finger and pulled Lucia's hand over and hooked it.

This Long's previous way of thinking was easy to change. As long as Xia Li corrected her, her concept would change immediately.

But now I have my own ideas and have become stubborn.

(End of this chapter)