The last time Xia Qingyuan came here, she didn't go shopping properly.
After Jiang Peilan and Xue Caifeng's introduction, we learned that Diancheng is a city where ethnic minorities live together. Even the research institute was the land of ethnic minorities that was purchased before.
Xue Caifeng also pretended to be mysterious and said to Xia Qingyuan: "I heard that our area used to be a mass grave for the Dai people.
When they were building houses, the bones of the dead were transported to other mountains by carloads and buried."
Jiang Peilan frowned in fear: "No way, why didn't I hear about this?"
Seeing that they had listened, Xue Caifeng said again: "Hey, how can you talk nonsense about such things in this school?
This is not what I said. Just two rows behind our house, Minister Zhai’s wife once dug up a vegetable patch and dug up a root."
Xia Qingyuan was not calm this time. She swallowed subconsciously, and then said: "The evil will not prevail against the good. There are so many of us living here, so what are we afraid of?"
Although she said this, she had already made up her mind in her heart. From now on, she would sleep next to Shen Yizhou every night.
After Jiang Peilan heard this, she felt as if there was a faint wind blowing around her.
She and Xia Qingyuan held hands tightly and said in a very tacit understanding: "Let's leave quickly before the sun comes out."
Xue Caifeng originally thought that she could use this topic to establish prestige among the three people, but she didn't know that Xia Qingyuan and Jiang Peilan left.
After saying that, she was a little scared and quickly followed him.
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Many buildings in Diancheng are built on mountains, and the research institute is one of them.
There happened to be a car going down the mountain, so they took a ride down the mountain together.
The so-called hitchhiker is still a tractor, but it is much larger than the one in Xishui Village. It runs more steadily and is faster.
The mountain road starts with a section of cement road, and then comes a gravel road paved with cobblestones.
After a long period of rolling, the cobblestones have been deeply pressed into the soil, so the car does not feel bumpy when sitting on it.
There are tall trees on both sides of the road, which are so dense that they can block out the sun. There are often birds jumping and singing on both sides.
At the foot of the mountain is a mountain stream winding down, and you can still hear the sound of gurgling water.
Along the way, Xue Caifeng was still using her sharp tongue to spread the news to them that she didn't know where she got it from, while Xia Qingyuan's eyes turned red silently.
Because these scenes were so common in Dian City, after Xia Qingyuan left her hometown and went south in her last life, she never saw them again until her death.
After about ten minutes' drive, they arrived at the bottom of the mountain, which happened to be a medium-sized market.
The market here is very lively. Not only Han people, but also many Dai compatriots are buying and selling things here. You can even occasionally see monks wearing yellow or brown robes.
Most of the Dai people have darker skin color. They wear traditional ethnic costumes and become a beautiful sight among the crowd.
Xue Caifeng's eyes shone when she looked at the tube skirt worn by the Dai woman.
She said to Xia Qingyuan and Jiang Peilan, "How about we buy a set too?"
The clothing colors of Dai women are usually bright. The upper body is in a tube top style dress, which just exposes a small waist, and the lower body is in a slim cylindrical skirt that reaches almost to the ankle.
It can be said that a set of clothes reveals all the curves of a woman.
Jiang Peilan's eyes flashed with embarrassment: "No, I don't think I can wear it."
She felt that if she took a few steps while wearing it, she would have to lift the piece of cloth on her chest.
When Xue Caifeng heard this, she laughed: "What age are we in and are we still so feudal?
Once you put this dress on and stand in front of your man, won't you be obsessed with me?"
"I want to buy a set." Jiang Peilan wanted to refuse again, but Xia Qingyuan spoke.
In fact, the clothing of the Dai people is somewhat similar to the clothing of Thai women on TV later.
Although it is a bit revealing for people of this era, adding a shawl to the outside can cover it up well.
She remembered that she also had a top that looked like a short blouse. She probably didn't put it on display because the climate here was too hot and it was early summer.
Jiang Peilan didn't expect Xia Qingyuan to want to buy it.
She looked at Xia Qingyuan's figure and sighed secretly. Xia Qingyuan should wear such clothes to better show her beauty.
So, the three of them each picked a suit in the ready-made clothing store, Xue Caifeng's gold, Jiang Peilan's goose yellow, and Xia Qingyuan's peach.
Xia Qingyuan also chose a piece of cloth and made it into a curtain to block some privacy.
She originally wanted to observe the prices here to see what business was suitable for her.
But Xue Caifeng and Jiang Peilan were present, so she couldn't bring them to accompany her, so she picked some necessities and vegetables that were still lacking at home, and went home together.
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After I went back, I washed my clothes and hung them to dry in the yard, and Zhou Yang brought me food.
Seeing the pink clothes hanging in the yard, he praised: "My sister-in-law has fair skin and looks good in this color.
Several of the wives in our office also buy these styles of clothes and wear them.”
However, the skin of the people here is tanned and their arms and shoulders are exposed, which always creates an incongruous visual experience.
Xia Qingyuan responded with a smile and asked, "Isn't Yizhou very busy today?"
Zhou Yang nodded: "Yes, I'm still working overtime now.
He also said he wouldn’t be back for dinner tonight and asked me to bring it to you.”
He thought for a while and then said: "Shen Ke is a benchmark in our unit. He took a few days off and the office almost stopped running.
Normally Shen Ke can't get away and go back, sister-in-law, don't be angry with him."
Xia Qingyuan could tell that he was saying good things for Shen Yizhou.
She was not a ungrateful person, so she smiled and said, "It's a good thing that he contributes to the country. I can understand it."
Zhou Yang chatted with Xia Qingyuan for a few more words, and then hurried back to the office.
Xia Qingyuan ate by herself, rested for a while, then took out the cloth she bought, cut it, and started making curtains.
As I was doing it, it was past five o'clock in the afternoon in the blink of an eye.
Xue Caifeng knocked on the door again.
Xia Qingyuan opened the door and saw that she was wearing the clothes she bought in the morning, and Jiang Peilan, who was also dressed in the same style, was standing next to her.
Xue Caifeng said happily: "Qingyuan, let's go take a bath!"
"Take a bath?" Xia Qingyuan was stunned.
This is not a bathhouse in the north. Can we still make an appointment to go together?
Seeing her confusion, Xue Caifeng explained: "Isn't there a river next to here?
We put on these clothes and went to bathe in the river together.
Don’t be afraid, there are many people.”
Xia Qingyuan suddenly reacted.
It seems that Dai women have the custom of going to the river together to bathe.
A group of women were in the river, laughing and chatting happily. It was so lively.
Xia Qingyuan's heart felt a little itchy.
Thinking that Shen Yizhou would not come back for dinner tonight, he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go."
So a few people went together to the river Xue Caifeng mentioned. On the way, they met other women from the family area, so they went together.
The river Xue Caifeng mentioned was actually the big stream behind their house.
As the water flows downstream, the water surface gradually widens, and there is just a pool of tens of square meters. It is so clear that you can see the pebbles on the bottom of the water.
When they arrived, there were already several Dai women in the river.
They didn't take off their clothes either. They wore the same dresses as themselves. When washing, they buried their bodies in the water and put their hands under the dresses.
Several Dai women untied their hair and let their hair hang down, all of which was past their knees or even their ankles.
Xia Qingyuan was stunned.
Xue Caifeng touched Xia Qingyuan's shoulder in a funny way: "Qingyuan, I thought nothing could catch your eye.
I didn’t expect that you would like to watch women take a shower.”
Saying that, he laughed and swam away.
Xia Qingyuan was a landlubber, so naturally he couldn't chase her, so he could only laugh and curse: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Jiang Peilan also couldn't let go: "The sky is blue and white, and it's the sky when you look up. I don't feel at ease no matter what."
Xia Qingyuan also wanted to say that she took a shower under the cover of night last night.
Since Shen Yizhou didn't come back, the promised bathroom would naturally not be built.
They washed for about half an hour, and when they saw that it was getting dark, they headed back.
Their clothes were soaked and their hair was disheveled, looking like a female ghost emerging from the water.
The evening breeze blew, and Xue Caifeng sneezed: "What a mistake, I should have brought a change of clothes."
Jiang Peilan smiled and said: "Hurry up and go home quickly, so as not to catch a cold."
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When Xia Qingyuan returned home, she saw that the house was still dark and thought that Shen Yizhou must not have come back yet.
She covered her wet shawl tightly, took out the key under a stone at the door and opened the door.
How do you know, the door opened with a slight push.
Is Shen Yizhou back, or is a thief coming in?
She subconsciously thought of Li Guanghua's naked eyes when he looked at her.
At this moment, half of her body had reached in, and she wanted to withdraw with some fear.
In the next second, someone grabbed her wrist from the inside and pulled her hard!