Spring River Chasing the Moon

The next day, Luo Youyi got up early. He had an appointment with Chen Lili to go shopping in the city.

Chen Lili's school has started its vacation, and she finally has time to accompany Luo Youyou.

Today she wanted to buy some clothes for Luo Youyou, Luo Zhong, and her parents. She also wanted to see if there were any gifts for Zhu Yuying's birthday. Also, the gifts for meeting elders cannot be casual.

Their previous meetings were not very formal, and the situation and her own emotions were very chaotic. She completely forgot that she should buy some gifts when meeting the elders. Especially since Luo Zhong was in the army and could not take frequent vacations, she had to arrange these things for Luo Zhong so that he would have no worries.

"Mom, I'm ready. We can go now."

After Luo Youyou finished washing up, she opened the door and said to Chen Lili who was having breakfast downstairs.

"Yes, how about your breakfast? Don't you want to eat something?"

Li Muzhi was packing up yesterday's newspapers. Seeing his granddaughter was excited to go out, he was worried that she was hungry.

"Grandma, I want to go out and eat soup dumplings today. I heard from my kindergarten classmates that there is a place with delicious soup dumplings near our house."

"I'll go try it first. If it tastes good, we'll go together later."

As Luo Youyou spoke, she skipped downstairs.

Li Muzhi agreed with a smile, "Then please go first and come back to tell grandma how it tastes."

Luo Youyou raised his hand and saluted, then stood up straight and said, "Yes, sir."

This made Li Muzhi and Chen Lili laugh out loud.

"Youyouyou is really the happy pill of our family."

"Grandma, where's Grandpa? Why isn't he home?"

After talking for a long time, Luo Youyou still didn't see Chen Ze, and felt a little curious.

"Your grandpa went to visit his good friend and probably won't be back until the afternoon."

Luo Youyou didn't ask any more questions. After all, Nancheng was Chen Ze's hometown. He used to teach in school and knew a lot of people. It was not uncommon for him to visit his friends' homes.

"Then we're going out. Be good at home, grandma. Youyou will be home soon."

Luo Youyou was afraid that Li Muzhi would be bored at home alone, so she teased her before going out.

The effect was very obvious. Li Muzhi was so amused by Luo Youyou's adult tone that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and his face was full of happiness.

He also spoke to Luo Youyou very cooperatively.

"Okay, I'll wait for you guys at home."

"Mom, if we're not back by half past ten at noon, you don't have to wait for us to eat. Don't go hungry."

Chen Lili warned Li Muzhi.

"I know, don't worry about me. I'm rarely home alone, and I have my own things to do. Your mother isn't the type to just hang around you guys."

After hearing Li Muzhi's words, Chen Lili felt much more relieved. Just then, a car drove by. Chen Lili waved to stop it, took Luo Youyou into the car, took Luo Youyou to have breakfast, and then went to the city center.

The car stopped at the entrance of the mall, and Luo Youyou lamented the passing of time for a moment.

When she came to South City, their bus passed by here. Now this place, which is bustling with people coming and going, will be replaced by high-rise buildings in less than twenty years. There will be no such shopping malls in the city anymore, but all kinds of large shopping malls standing everywhere in the city.

After getting off the car, Chen Lili took Luo Youyou to the children's clothing area first. Many of Luo Youyou's clothes were too small. Now Luo Youyou has a rich and balanced nutritional diet every day, and his height and weight are changing day by day, so most of his clothes need to be replaced.

Seeing Chen Lili picking out red, green and colorful dresses, Luo Youyou quickly picked out a few black and white ones and handed them to Chen Lili.

"Mom, I like these."

Luo Youyou looked sincere and thought silently in his heart.

"Dear mom, I really can't wear those colorful and exaggerated skirts. I will feel ashamed of pretending to be cute. Please let me go."

Fortunately, Chen Lili respects children's self-awareness very much. She accompanied Luo Youyou to the dressing room and helped Luo Youyou try on clothes one by one. She found that the clothes her daughter chose herself were indeed more suitable for her than the ones they bought before.

"Are there any new ones among these? Please pack them up for me."

Chen Lili bought eight items for Luo Youyou at one time. The salesperson at the counter smiled from ear to ear and immediately spoke respectfully to Chen Lili.

"Okay, I'll pack it for you right away."

The salesperson continued to sell to Chen Lili without stopping packing the bags.

"Would you like to take a look at the children's shoes in our store? Your daughter is so cute. If these clothes are paired with small leather shoes, she will definitely look like a little princess."

Chen Lili looked in the direction the salesperson pointed.

There were all kinds of exquisite little leather shoes on display, and a pair of red ones were particularly eye-catching.

Chen Lili walked over, picked up the red leather shoes, looked at them, and touched them to feel the texture.

"You have a good eye. This is the best-selling model in our store. We only have two pairs left."

"Youyou, do you like it?" Chen Lili showed the shoes to Luo Youyou.

This pair of shoes is really exquisite and fits Luo Youyou's aesthetic taste. Thinking about attending Zhu Yuying's birthday party, he really needs a pair of shoes suitable for such an occasion. The red color is also festive. Luo Youyou nodded to show that he likes it.

Chen Lili looked at the size of the shoes and found they were exactly right, so she turned around and asked the salesperson to pack up the shoes as well.

After buying clothes for Luo Youyou, Chen Lili bought two short-sleeved shirts, two shirts, a pair of trousers, a pair of leather shoes, and several pairs of socks for Luo Zhong.

Luo Zhong is in the army and cannot wear his own casual clothes every day. Chen Lili mainly bought him a formal suit today to wear on Zhu Yuying's birthday. On such an occasion that day, he cannot be too casual and still has to dress more formally.

Chen Lili also bought two sets of clothes for Chen Ze and Li Muzhi respectively. After that, she brought Luo Youyou to the jade area.

Chen Lili wanted to buy a bracelet as a birthday gift for Zhu Yuying, so she came here today to see if there was anything that suits her taste.

Chen Lili knew nothing about jade and was overwhelmed by the choices.

"Yes, yes. Do you think this bracelet is nice? Will grandma like it if we give it to her?"

Luo Youyou was stunned when she saw the price next to the bracelet.

Although the bracelet looked quite good, she was a little worried that the two of them, who knew little about the price, would be cheated.

"Mom, why don't we go find my uncle and aunt? They'll definitely know what kind of styles someone like grandma likes."

Chen Lili felt that what Luo Youyou said made sense, but she was afraid that after asking her brother and sister-in-law, they would spend time helping her choose and would not accept her money.

Seeing Chen Lili's indecisive look, Luo Youyou could only pretend to go to the bathroom and take her away from this "sky-high price" area.

Luo Youyou never thought that she would meet Lin Yi again at the bathroom door.

"Hello, little friend, do you still remember me?"

Lin Yi recognized Luo Youyou at once, and laughed out loud as he saw her standing on tiptoe to wash her hands.

Does this girl have a special connection with the bathroom? She always appears at the bathroom door.

Luo Youyou looked at him for a few seconds and recognized who he was, remembering that he was Xu Zhiye's relative.

"Hello."

Luo You greeted politely. Since he was someone Xu Zhiye knew, he had to leave a good impression.

"Why are you here alone? Where are your parents?"

"My mother is waiting for me over there." Luo Youyou pointed to a place not far away, indicating that he was not here alone.

"Oooo."

Lin Yi touched his head, not knowing what to say to a child.

"I've already given Xu Zhiye the things you gave me last time."

Lin Yi thought of Xu Zhiye's abnormal behavior that day and asked.

"Where did you see the house in the painting?"

Luo Youyou didn't know why he suddenly asked her this. She looked at Lin Yi warily and didn't answer immediately.

Lin Yi quickly waved his hand, explaining that he had no other intentions, he was just curious.

“That’s my grandfather’s house.”

Lin Yi suddenly realized that Xu Zhiye and Luo Youyou's grandfather might have lived in that community, but Xu Zhiye's grandfather went abroad in his early years and the house had not been lived in for a long time. No wonder Xu Zhiye could tell at a glance that the house in the painting was not his.

"Can I ask where Brother Tomoya is now?"

Thinking of Xu Zhiye, Luo Youyou felt a little embarrassed to speak.

Lin Yi was usually carefree and didn't notice Luo Youyou's little thoughts.

"He went abroad some time ago and just came back these two days."

"You want to see him?"

Although Lin Yi didn't understand why Xu Zhiye ran away after seeing the painting that day, he knew it must be related to Luo Youyou, so he decided to help Xu Zhiye.

"If you want to find him, why don't you give me your family's contact information and I'll help you pass it on to Xu Zhiye."

Before knowing what Xu Zhiye was thinking, Lin Yi still didn't dare to give Luo Youyou the Xu family's contact information directly. However, he thought that if Luo Youyou didn't mind, he could help her pass her contact information to Xu Zhiye.

"really?"

Luo Youyou was very surprised. She didn't expect Lin Yi to take the initiative to help her.

"Yes, but I can't guarantee whether Xu Zhi will contact you."

"I know. My home phone number is 8*****. Please, thank you."

Luo Youyou thanked Lin Yi sincerely. She was sincerely grateful to Lin Yi for giving her the opportunity to see Xu Zhiye again in such a big South City and among the vast crowd.

Lin Yi was also startled by her attitude and quickly took a step back. "It's just a small matter. You don't have to be like this. Go back first and don't make your mother wait anxiously. I will go find Xu Zhiye tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. If he is willing, he will contact you."

"Okay, I'll leave first."

I didn’t expect to gain such a great deal from this trip. Luo Youyou was so happy.

"Mom, I'm fine."

Luo Youyou's tone of voice rose a little. Chen Lili didn't understand why and thought she was so happy to go shopping. She thought to herself that she should take her daughter out more often in the future.

Lin Yi watched Luo Youyou run to a woman, thinking that it must be her mother, so he turned around and walked out of the mall and went straight to Xu's house.