Judging from the pictures, the mall is relatively small and may not have brand stores.
Are there any specific brands?
Yan Heqing shook his head, "Good resolution is fine."
His second-hand phone has too low a resolution, resulting in unclear video recordings. He needs to record videos in June.
He originally planned to buy it again when he returned to the capital, but Twenty Bridges was his hometown for the first time. He didn't really feel it when he came here, but his feelings were different when he arrived.
He rarely takes photos; from childhood to the present, he only has three graduation photos: elementary school, middle school, and high school.
But then he miraculously received a photo of his mother, and suddenly he understood the meaning of the photo.
Even the deepest memories will fade, but a well-preserved photograph is eternal.
Therefore, he brought forward his plan to buy a new machine so that he could keep a photo of Twenty Bridges.
Lu Lin smiled. "After listening to the past, it seems very close."
The tea was ready, and the waiter quickly brought it upstairs, also giving them an extra plate of melon seeds and informing them that they would be performing " Slow, Slow Song " soon.
As the waiter left, a familiar melody drifted down from downstairs.
The performance teacher is playing " Slow, Slow Song ".
Yan Heqing looked down at the performance stage, his expression focused.
Lu Lin had no interest in Suzhou storytelling; he picked up his teacup and took a sip.
The taste is average; the customers who come here are mainly there for Pingtan (a type of storytelling and ballad singing in Suzhou dialect).
Setting down his teacup, Lu Lin picked up the melon seed plate, gathered all the seeds into one pile, leaving half the space empty, then grabbed a handful of melon seeds, peeled them, and placed them in the empty space.
He quickly piled up a small mound and pushed it next to Yan Heqing's teacup.
At the end of the performance, a man and a woman came on stage, and a line of words flashed on the teleprompter above, indicating that they were going to perform "Qin Palace Moon".
Yan Heqing then turned around, just as he touched the teacup, and noticed the melon seeds next to it, each one plump and full.
He didn't look at Lu Lin, but quietly finished eating all the sunflower seeds.
After the performance, the two left the Pingtan (storytelling and ballad singing) hall.
After leaving the Pingtan Museum, it wasn't long before I exited the ancient street. Following the map, I arrived at the shopping mall, where there was a mobile phone experience store on the first floor.
The store had a well-known domestic brand and offered a variety of models. The salesperson asked Yan Heqing about his needs and recommended a newly released model.
"This model primarily focuses on photography and videography, with its night shooting capabilities being particularly outstanding."
Yan Heqing asked for one.
The price wasn't cheap, and I didn't have enough cash, so I paid by card.
Lu Lin laughed and said, "It seems that buying a phone wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision."
"Hmm." Yan Heqing suddenly raised his phone and snapped a picture of Lu Lin.
The colors are indeed very close to what the naked eye sees.
"I need a phone with good night photography capabilities." Yan Heqing saved the photos, didn't ask the shop assistant to pack them up, and put them directly into his pocket.
"You still need a professional camera for taking pictures," Lu Lin said. "I have a DSLR at my place; you can take it if you need it."
Yan Heqing's tone carried the poetic beauty of the Twenty Bridges, "Mm."
*
It was dinnertime, and after leaving the mobile phone store, the two randomly picked a local restaurant in the mall. However, every dish was cloyingly sweet, and they each only ate one bowl before putting down their chopsticks.
The food at Twenty Bridges is on the sweeter side. Last night, Old Li cooked a meal with less sugar, which Lu Lin specifically asked him to do. After discussing it, the two of them went to the supermarket to buy some ingredients to cook at home tomorrow.
I walked back the same way I came to the old house. Sure enough, there were three bottles of plum wine on the table in the main room. The plums in the transparent bottles had turned a darker color, but the wine was very clean. In addition to the plum wine, there was also a box of plum wine jasmine ice cream.
A note was stuck on the jasmine popsicle box: It tastes even better chilled overnight!
Yan Heqing carried the food to the kitchen, but stopped at the door.
In the kitchen, Lu Lin was putting ingredients into the refrigerator. It was very dark outside the window, probably because it was about to rain. Lu Lin turned on the light, which was a transparent light bulb from the last century, so you could see the bulb inside. The warm orange light fell on Lu Lin's back, Yan Heqing inexplicably thought of Lin Fengzhi's diary.
Uncle Lu's back feels so safe and secure! The person he carries must be very happy!
Lost in thought, Lu Lin turned around after putting his things away and saw Yan Heqing gazing at him with a distant look in his eyes.
The boy had never shown such an expression before.
Lu Lin smiled. "What's wrong?"
Boom!
A sudden clap of thunder caught everyone off guard, and a torrential downpour began in an instant.
The light bulb swayed slightly from the vibration, casting flickering light and shadows, making Lu Lin's face somewhat blurry. Yan Heqing stepped into the kitchen, and the closer he got, the clearer Lu Lin's face became. When he stood right in front of him, he could see him clearly.
Yan Heqing smiled and said, "It's nothing. I just suddenly realized that I've been happy twice."
Lu Lin didn't understand, and Yan Heqing didn't explain either. He opened the refrigerator and put the jasmine ice cream inside.
The rain came suddenly and poured down all night, continuing into the next day, threatening to engulf the world. Old Li called early in the morning, saying that the water level in the scenic area had risen and flooded it, preventing people from leaving and people from entering.
" Mr. Lu, Mr. Yan, you must be starving!" Old Li scratched his head anxiously. "I should have brought a few more boxes of pastries yesterday."
Yan Heqing said they bought groceries yesterday, and Old Li breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone.
Lu Lin made breakfast using whatever ingredients were available. He used the plum wine that Old Li had given him to make a dish of braised pork ribs in plum wine. He also made steamed pork patties with edamame, pomelos with shrimp, and a plate of stir-fried vegetables with the vegetables he bought yesterday.
The Qingqing and appetizing, and Yan Heqing ate two bowls of rice. At this time, the rain was getting heavier and the temperature was dropping sharply, so he went to the kitchen to find spare firewood and lit the stove again.
Outside the window, the sound of rain pattering against banana leaves filled the air. The banana leaves crackled and pattered against the windowpane as Lu Lin returned carrying popsicles and a water bottle.
The kettle was boiling on the stove. Lu Lin pulled out the chair next to Yan Heqing. "The weather forecast predicts it will rain until 3 a. m. tomorrow. We can't go out today."
Yan Heqing smiled and said, "It's not bad at home either." He got up, walked to the window, and opened it halfway.
The sound of raindrops falling on banana leaves became even clearer in an instant.
Yan Heqing's voice was light and cheerful, "It's a heavenly sound that you can't hear anywhere else."
The lights were off, with only light coming from the window. Yan Heqing was still wearing a white shirt, slightly thicker than the one he wore yesterday, but his back view remained slender.