Chapter 100 - 99 Watching the Show
It must be market day, as the marketplace is especially lively. It’s the first time Gu Fuqiao has seen such a bustling marketplace since she arrived in the 1980s.
On the road, there are people with loudspeakers buying vegetables, and itinerant doctors selling herbal medicine, which perfectly fits the situation of the country at this time.
Gu Fuqiao has rarely been to such lively places. Before, she rarely went out; as a homebody, she could get by with just a phone, but now she finds that without a phone, looking at the world more often is quite beautiful!
So, she squeezed over to see the acrobatics with Chen Bajin. They say it’s acrobatics, but there hasn’t been any acrobatic performance yet; there are just a few performers swinging snakes around, with a sign that says the show starts here at 7 p.m., with tickets priced at thirty cents per person.
Although the show hasn’t officially started, watching the acrobats handling snakes captivated Gu Fuqiao’s eyes; she wanted to look at the snakes, but was also afraid they might slither over.
After watching for a while, Chen Bajin noticed how fresh the vegetables were nearby and started heading over, but the crowd was too big; she took just two steps and couldn’t see Gu Fuqiao anymore.
Worried that Gu Fuqiao wouldn’t know where she was going, she walked forward a couple of steps and patted her shoulder, saying, "Ah Jiao, I’m heading next door, wait for me!"
Gu Fuqiao turned to look at Chen Bajin, but the crowd was too noisy; she couldn’t hear a word Chen Bajin was saying—just saw her mouth moving as if saying the acrobatics were good, so Gu Fuqiao nodded and said, "Yes!"
After saying that, she continued watching.
But they were just rehearsing acrobatics at this time, so after a while, the performance stopped.