Chapter 2 second quarter

Dan Carlos hesitated for a while, and finally decided to walk into the store.Although I didn't see the signboard, it should be an antique shop.After closing the door, the sound of the rain that just started suddenly sounded much quieter.While Dan was concerned about his suit, he moved his face closer to the bustling jugs and portraits in the store.There is not a trace of dust on the product, it seems to have been cleaned carefully. When Dan was attracted by the swords and other things hanging all over the wall of the store, someone greeted him from behind.I don't know when it was there, but at this time the shopkeeper stood behind him with his arms crossed.This is an oriental beauty that can make people forget the time.She declared her name to be Ling.

"This is my first time visiting your store. I really regret that I always walked past the store and didn't come in to have a look." "That's what everyone says." Dan went to the counter and after chatting with the owner for a while about the nonsense, he told the owner that he was looking for a birthday gift for his daughter who was about to turn ten. "Oh, what to give. What about the animals that shit all over the house and give dad a headache?" Dan listened to the soft voice of the bell, and looked around the store in a good mood. He thought of a movie. A rat-like creature.The creature seemed to be designed so that if you watered it, it would grow larger, if you fed it after twelve o'clock at night, it would become violent, and if it was exposed to sunlight, it would die.Dan told the owner Bell what he thought of.

"The antique shop that appeared in that movie is based on our shop. The director who made that movie is a frequent visitor to our place and often comes here. My grandfather sold him a lot of things, and the one that only uses water will grow up. The mice were also bought from our store. But all the mice have died, and there is nothing left." "What a pity." Dan took her words as a joke, but Suzu nodded with a serious expression. "The mouse that was put in the cage couldn't be taken out of the air-conditioned room. As soon as it was taken out of the room, fine droplets of water formed on the surface of the mouse... just thinking about it makes people feel sick .By the way, water droplets will also form on the surface of the cup containing ice juice? This phenomenon also happened to mice. The mice continued to grow in size in the cage, and they were all squeezed to death in the blink of an eye. in the cage..."

The bell stopped for a while, then asked Dan again: "By the way, what kind of gift are you going to buy for your daughter?" When Dan mentioned that his daughter has a hobby of collecting dolls, Ling couldn't wait to say: "We happen to have good puppets here." "Couldn't it be the kind of toy with computer chips developed by the army in its guts, which can be freely manipulated to attack people?" "That kind has sold out recently." "I never want that kind of moving puppet. If it has this function, I will take it back." Dan said this as a joke, but Bell put his hand to his mouth and thought about it for a long time, then walked into the store with a smile as if hiding something.

A minute later, the beautiful shopkeeper brought five puppets and put them on the counter.Four of them are very lovely and made with great care.My daughter will be happy if I buy this.Dan stretched out his hand and touched it. It felt very good, and his fingertips were shocked, as if an electric current passed through it. "Excellent job." "This is the work of a very famous puppet maker." It was the first time Dan had heard the term "muppet maker," which seemed to refer to someone who made a living out of the puppets they made at home. "These puppets are the posthumous works of a very famous person named Kelly. Her work is often reported in magazines and is still being traded at a high price. She herself killed herself with a pistol."

Ah, yes, Dan can only be surprised.He suddenly had a strange feeling that no matter how high the price was, he had to buy these puppets in front of him.When he came to his senses, he had already taken out his wallet. "I want these four puppets. I'm an amateur at puppets, but it's strange. I seem to feel that these puppets are very good. Really nice puppets." "Huh? Only four? Don't you want this one? Are you going to exclude it alone?" The fifth puppet of Lingzhi looks very strange: the whole body is twisted, like a cheap one.Could it be that the person who made this puppet is the same person who made the other four puppet?The face, hands and feet of this puppet are blue, and the clothes are dark blue, reminiscent of a witch.Can't say it's cute at all, not sure, but it doesn't feel like someone in their right mind made it.

"I don't want this." "I don't want your money, this is a free gift." Unable to resist the temptation of free, Dan asked Ling to wrap it in gift wrapping paper and tie it with a ribbon. (Unable to withstand the temptation of free, Dan asked Ling to wrap all 5 puppets in wrapping paper and tie them with ribbons.) Along with other puppets, Alan was temporarily taken inside the shop by the young female shopkeeper.Suzu prepared the large red wrapping paper and yellow ribbon, and spoke in a low voice, as if to prevent the customer in the shop from overhearing. "Listen up, everyone. I'm going to sell you now. There is one thing I want to remind everyone. Hey, don't move this horse!"

Bell used both hands to force the puppet horse to sit down. It had been restless beside Ah Lan just now.After getting along for many years, Alan knows that Baima has a character that can't stay for a while. "The customer doesn't want you to move at all. He said that if the doll can move, it will be returned. You don't want to be returned? Then you must not move in the guest's house. You have to behave Like a normal Muppet, get it?" Alan nodded seriously, trying hard to engrave Ling's words in her head so that she would not forget them.But at this moment, it was very uneasy in its heart, and there was nothing it could do.It thought wildly: What kind of family will it be taken to later?If only a clean and nice house.What kind of child will it be given as a gift?What kind of expression will he have when he opens the package?Ah Lan pictured in her heart the smile on the child's face when she opened the present, her heart was already beating non-stop.

"Don't come back again." Bell put the five puppets together and wrapped them in gift wrapping paper with her big hands.At the moment when he couldn't see anything around him, Alan shouted with the loudest voice: "Goodbye, Bell!" Although Alan knew that human beings couldn't hear her own voice, she still couldn't help but speak out. In the box, Alan could feel that the ribbon was tied on the outside, and at this moment, he looked at the other people around him.Although the inside of the box is pitch black, the presence or absence of light has no effect on them.

"Oh, oh, there is finally a buyer. Even Ah Lan wants it, what a whimsical person." The white horse is still fidgeting, it often laughs that Alan is different from everyone else, but it doesn't hate Alan.It feels that Alan is a precious partner who has lived with them for many years. Restless white horse. Proud prince. Kind princess. The silent knight. They have not been bought and sold separately, rest assured. (Reassuring not to be sold separately.) In short, it is a good thing for everyone to be together. A Lan could feel the packing box being lifted up and handed from Bell's hand to the guest's.It would be great if the child could like it. Because of A Lan's full of anticipation, the needle hole in his chest seemed to be about to burst.