No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 98 Shopping with Sister Qiaoyun
In Guan Ren's impression, the word "exquisite" has been ruined in the future world.

At that time, you will find that all consumerism is telling you that this must be "refined" and that must be "refined".

The actual result is that this costs money and that costs money.

Some of them were deceived into a trap, while others took the bait voluntarily.

But in fact, a truly exquisite person, a truly exquisite woman, is never determined by how much money she can spend, but should be determined by her own intelligence, love of life, etc.

Guan Ren was able to make such a judgment because of the vivid example of Qiao Yun.

……

Guan Qiaoyun has never worn any high-end brand names.

Many of the clothes were even chosen from street stalls with racks, just like those worn by some little old ladies.

But no matter whether she buys it in a store, online, or at a street stall, Guan Qiaoyun always washes and dries it carefully every time she buys it.

At the same time, her aesthetic level is also much more refined than many spendthrift women who only know how to spend money.

So no matter how cheap the clothes are, Guan Qiaoyun can always make them look classy when she chooses and matches them.

For example, in the early autumn weather, when Guan Qiaoyun went out on a date with her son, she chose a high-necked white chiffon shirt and a beige slim-fitting skirt with a small bias-cut slit that hung down to the middle of her calves.

The black pantyhose wrapped around her legs was about 15D, which was just right for this season and just revealed some of her skin's smooth color. Her graceful feet were stepped on a pair of dark green seven-centimeter high heels, which extended the entire line of her perfect figure from beginning to end.

Finally, she put on a thin gray windbreaker, and accessorized it with two pendant earrings and a simple silver necklace.

After dressing like this, Guan Qiaoyun can be said to be graceful and generous, perfectly interpreting the dignified and charming temperament unique to mothers of this age.

So much so that not long after they went out, Guan Ren beside him couldn't help but turn his head to look at Guan Qiaoyun from time to time.

At first, Guan Qiaoyun pretended not to notice his gaze.

But Guan Ren was raised by herself, so how could his every move really escape Guan Qiaoyun's attention?

As they walked, Guan Qiaoyun finally couldn't help herself. Her bright eyes flashed with anger, and she used an impatient expression to hide the inexplicable blush on her pretty face.
"Look, look... From the moment we left home until now, what's there to see? You're already grown up, can't you pay attention when walking?"

"Hey, haven't I seen this before?"

"Never seen it? What haven't you seen?"

"A fairy has descended to earth."

"..."

Guan Qiaoyun raised her hand to pinch Guan Ren's slippery lips, but Guan Ren dodged with a playful smile and jumped three feet away.

"come over."

Guan Qiaoyun stopped for a moment, restrained her expression, and her motherly majesty naturally emanated.

"No way, Sister Qiao Yun? Are you going to hit me?"

Guan Ren pretended to be exaggerated, but Guan Qiaoyun didn't bother to pay attention to him. She moved her bright red lips and began to count:
"One...two..."

"..."

Guan Ren came back speechlessly, feeling a bit amused and helpless:

"Sister Qiaoyun, you were telling me how old I was, but you still counted to three. Isn't that just for kids..."

"You're only a sophomore in high school, if you're not a kid, what are you?"

Guan Qiaoyun glanced at her tall and strong son with a blank expression:
"Forget about your second year of high school. Even if you're in college and working, or grow up to be as tall as Yao Ming, you'll always be a child in front of your mother. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand."

Guan Ren nodded like pecking at rice.

Seeing that he was well-behaved, Guan Qiaoyun pulled his arm over and put it back on:
"Let's go..."

"Oh."

……

Small county towns like Jiangzhou County are not big to begin with.

When it comes to shopping, it’s actually the same few places over and over again.

For example, New Century Department Store and Century Plaza in front of the department store.

There are also Renmin Road and Caoshi Street for shopping.

Xiangyuan Road and Shuguang Avenue for dinner.

If you want to take a walk at night, there is also a riverside road next to the reservoir.

Apart from these, there is basically nothing else.

But this is not important.

When it comes to shopping, the most important thing is the people, not the place.

Neither Guan Ren nor Guan Qiaoyun had actually gone shopping for a long time.

The first time the two of them went shopping together probably dates back to when Guan Ren was in junior high school.

In addition, Guan Ren also has the blessing of emotions, so the whole journey still feels quite exciting.

"Sister Qiaoyun, there's a ring over there, do you want to go?"

"Oh, that's not worth it, it's all a scam..."

"Come on, try your luck, I'll pay."

"I'll pay you back..."

Guan Qiaoyun looked at him with some amusement.

Didn't he earn his own money?

But on the other hand, Guan Qiaoyun still followed Guan Ren's lead and came to the ring-tossing stall.

After all, today is his birthday.

Guan Qiaoyun would satisfy her son's requests.

"Sister Qiaoyun, which one do you want?"

"You can just pick whichever one you want, and I can have whichever one I want."

"Then you go first."

The stalls sold everything from thumb-sized, low-quality porcelain ornaments to the last row of BB bullet toy guns.

Guan Qiaoyun aimed at a keychain and swung it carefully with her delicate hand.

Missed.

Ten circles for five dollars.

Guan Qiaoyun continued to trick.

This time I succeeded.

However, the small plastic circle was very elastic on the cement floor. It bounced twice the moment it was put on, and then popped off again as expected.

"No way."

Guan Qiaoyun reluctantly gave the remaining circle to Guan Ren:

"Son, come here."

"???"

A string of question marks, not from Guan Ren.

But it was the crowd of onlookers watching the fun around the stall.

son?

After all this time, these two...are not a couple?

I thought the worst case scenario would be siblings, right?

The result was that it was a mother and a daughter, which really surprised some people.

"There are still many circles, try a few more."

"If I fail, don't blame me for wasting my time."

"No, no, what's most important is that mother is happy~"

"Why should I be happy? I am just accompanying you..."

Guan Qiaoyun pursed her lips, but she knew deep down that she had indeed developed a certain interest in this kind of street game after a long time.

Guan Ren continued to watch her happily from the side.

Actually, he really likes watching Guan Qiaoyun tossing the rings. Outsiders may not notice it, but Guan Ren has already found that Guan Qiaoyun is very interesting when tossing the rings.

Not only were her hands moving cautiously, but her pretty face also showed a hint of nervousness.

Every time she swung out in circles, one of her high heels would involuntarily lift up and tilt back.

After seeing this for a while, Guan Ren felt that such a mother was particularly cute, so he wanted to look at her more and try her for a while longer.

……

But in the end, after throwing several circles at her, she still didn't catch anything.

"It's boring. Never do this again."

Guan Qiaoyun shook her head repeatedly afterwards and left quickly with Guan Ren.

While walking, he was still complaining:
"Everyone says it's fake. That ring doesn't work at all! Tsk, it hits the target several times, but it bounces away... It's so infuriating..."

Looking at his mature and beautiful mother in a windbreaker and high heels, muttering like a girl who lost her candy, Guan Ren laughed and couldn't help but think of himself when he was a child.

……

Guan Ren was only four years old at that time.

He also tried to toss the ring but got nothing out of it. As a result, the young me got stuck in a dead end. The more I thought about it in the hot weather, the more uncomfortable I felt. Finally, I started crying outside.

Guan Qiaoyun scolded Guan Ren harshly on the spot and stopped him from crying.

Then I went home and made mung bean soup that Guan Ren loved to drink.

After watching Guan Ren finish drinking, she gently embraced his little body and patted his back lightly with her delicate hands.

So, Guan Ren, who had been holding back for a long time, would start crying again at this moment, in the warmest place in the world.

After crying, she wiped her eyes and asked:
"Mom... am I still a little man like this...?"

"Of course."

Guan Ren will always remember that Guan Qiaoyun's smile at that moment was particularly beautiful, like a gentle breeze and a warm cloud:

"Jen'er will always be my mother's man, and my mother's little man~"

"But...but can a little man cry...?"

"Of course, but Ren'er, you have to remember that the only place a little man can cry is in his mother's arms."

……

A long time has passed and Guan Ren has grown up.

But that sentence seemed to have become some kind of instinctive memory, deeply engraved in my heart.

Perhaps this is why, when he saw Guan Qiaoyun again, Guan Ren did not cry in the office, but only cried in each other's arms at home the next day after returning home.

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After putting on the ring, the mother and son continued shopping and tried a few other street gadgets.

For example, the kind of pinball game where you draw prizes.

Not to mention, Guan Qiaoyun also won 5 yuan.

But she also knew that this thing was a scam, with magnets or mechanisms underneath, so she refused to play after winning, which made the vendor look unhappy.

Of course, what Guan Qiaoyun is most interested in is shopping.

[…Autumn night~withered in the falling leaves~…]

[…A funeral of roses~burying you, whom I love so deeply~…]

[…Clearance sale! Last three days! Everything is 20% off! Everything is 20% off! …]

Walking down the shopping street of a small county town in 2011, you couldn’t escape the frequent appearance of large speakers.

Guan Ren used to dislike it, but now he finds it quite interesting to visit.

Guan Qiaoyun would take him to one store and then to another.

But they just look and don’t buy.

On the way, she came across a dress that she particularly liked. When trying it on, Guan Ren even saw the same light in Guan Qiaoyun's eyes as when a little girl wears new clothes during the Chinese New Year.

"How much does this cost?"

"This one? Only 299!"

At the front desk, Guan Ren took off the backpack he was carrying when he left the house. Just as he was about to pay, Guan Qiaoyun came rushing over:
"Guan Ren, what are you doing?"

"To buy you clothes."

"..."

Guan Qiaoyun was speechless. She pulled her son aside and scolded him softly:

"Just look at it, what are you buying? And you're buying it for me... where did you get the money?"

“I earned it.”

"Yes, I earned it from me!"

Guan Qiaoyun's face showed worry and displeasure:
"Guan Ren, tell me the truth. How much money did you secretly save on food while I was away on business? You don't eat instant noodles every day, do you?"

"No no…"

Guan Ren smiled cheerfully and didn't explain much, letting her misunderstand him.

Two reasons.

First, they had just started shopping, and Guan Ren only had about a thousand yuan on hand. What if she found something she liked more later? If she spent too much money up front, she would be embarrassed later.

Second, it was still because it was too early. Explaining to her now that he really made money would affect Guan Qiaoyun's leisurely mood at the moment.

"Guan Ren, come here and try this."

"No, no, I won't buy it."

“Try it even if you don’t buy it!”

In the men's clothing store, Guan Qiaoyun couldn't help muttering while trying to fit some nice clothes on her handsome son:
"Today is clearly your birthday, why are you acting like it's mine... Go, put this on and let me see it."

Guan Ren obediently tried it and turned out to be quite addicted to it.

But it wasn't him who was addicted.

Guan Qiaoyun is addicted.

There is no doubt that dressing up your son handsomely is a very happy thing.

Guan Ren couldn't bear to disturb her happiness, but after changing several clothes, he couldn't stand it anymore. He took Guan Qiaoyun to other places on the grounds that it was getting late.

In the end, as Guan Ren expected, when they had almost finished shopping, Guan Qiaoyun found something she really liked.

A pair of burgundy suede high heels.

Guan Qiaoyun looked at it for a long time and was very skeptical at first:
"Is wine red suitable for me..."

"It will definitely fit! Sister Qiaoyun, try it on right away! It will definitely look good!"

"What are you so anxious about...?"

Guan Qiaoyun looked at Guan Ren strangely, feeling that she had not been so excited when she tried clothes on him.

But in short, at Guan Ren's urging, Guan Qiaoyun sat down, gently pulled out a pair of soft and tender feet, first raised her fingers, pulled the slightly crooked toe of the reinforced stockings, and then carefully rubbed her delicate feet into the new shoes bit by bit.

"How...how is it? Eh? Guan Ren?"

After looking in the mirror for a while, Guan Qiaoyun liked it more and more, but she was also a little embarrassed.

I originally wanted to turn around to ask Guan Ren's opinion, but I found that he was already at the cashier counter, handing out a stack of bills.

"Guan Ren!"

He actually paid for it, and Guan Qiaoyun was anxious, but she was afraid that the shoes in the store would be damaged, so she had to change them back obediently.

When he walked over again, the salesperson had already packed a pair of brand new size 36 high heels from the warehouse and handed them to Guan Ren.

"No! How could you, kid..."

"Shh..."

Seeing her anxious look, Guan Ren just smiled and signaled her to be quiet, then took her hand and walked out of the store quickly. On the way to Linjiang Road, he explained to her again:
"Sister Qiaoyun, I really do make some money. It's not much at the moment, but I can still afford a pair of shoes."

"you…"

Guan Qiaoyun listened to his words, her slightly frail hand being held by his large one, and her heart calmed down a little, but her doubts remained undiminished:
"Guan Ren, you wouldn't really do anything you shouldn't do, would you?"

"No, Sister Qiaoyun, I have a proper part-time job now. Let's go eat first and talk about it when we get there."

(End of this chapter)