under the filth

After Tang Cen and Eisen separated, they walked straight towards the direction they first came in. When they passed by the booth where they bought playing cards before, the stall owner sitting on a small bench holding hot cocoa noticed him and said Smiling and nodding towards him.

They stayed here for a long time just now, and it's not surprising that the stall owner would remember them, but seeing this stall owner, Tang Cen couldn't help but think of what they did here before, and the expression on his face was a bit strange for a while. Awkward.

After hastily saying hello to the stall owner, Tang Cen quickly left the place of right and wrong, and continued to look for the stall he had just discovered.

After bypassing several couples with children, Tang Cen found the stall selling homemade perfume in the corner of the market.

Lifting the curtain hanging from one side of the tent, Tang Cen carefully avoided the sachet hanging from the roof and walked into the tent.

Because this stall sells things like perfumes and sachets, it uses a tented space, and the internal structure is also different from other stalls.Inside the tent, rows of wooden shelves are neatly arranged, with all kinds of perfume bottles on them. The strange-shaped perfume bottles contain colorful liquids, and the bottles are carefully marked with stickers printed with flowers and plants. After reading the name of the perfume and the taste of the front, middle and back notes, there is also a box of test paper thoughtfully placed in the center of the shelf.

When Tang Cen and Aisen passed by this tent before, Tang Cen smelled an unusual smell. Now standing inside the tent and looking around, Tang Cen became more determined. A feeling of being out of the ordinary at this Christmas market.

On the other side of the shelf, there was a vaguely busy figure of a young girl. Tang Cen didn't disturb her, and picked up a bottle labeled "Early Summer" on the left side of the shelf and looked it over carefully.

The light orange quicksand-like liquid in the bottle flowed in the bottle as he picked it up, like a burst of warm orange waves.It was the first time for Tang Cen to see a perfume made of this material. Seeing such a perfume flowing like an ocean wave felt very novel, and he couldn't help holding it in his hand and playing with it.

Hearing the sound of liquid hitting the glass bottle behind her, the girl turned her head and found Tang Cen's presence. She quickly put down the things in her hands, lifted her long and heavy skirt and walked away from the other end of the tent Come over: "Sir, do you want to give it to your boyfriend?"

"How do you know?" Tang Cen turned around and asked in surprise when he heard the girl's voice.After seeing the dress of the girl standing behind him, Tang Cen was slightly taken aback.

However, a girl aged seventeen or eighteen is wearing a red floor-length dress embroidered with golden patterns, with bows made of green satin ribbons on the cuffs and neckline, and her thick and dazzling blond hair is intertwined with red and green thin satin ribbons. It was tied into a twisted braid hanging behind her back.

The girl smiled slightly at Tang Cen, who was staring at her in surprise, and didn't care at all about his impolite reply: "I just saw you walking past here holding hands."

Looking at the polite smile of the girl in front of him, Tang Cen realized that it was not polite to stare at a woman's face, so he quickly moved his eyes away.Tang Cen's eyes fell on the perfume in his hand, Tang Cen felt a little at a loss, his hands moved uneasily, the thick quicksand-like liquid in the glass bottle shook with Tang Cen's hand, and knocked on the glass bottle Narrow mouth.

"Do you want to try this one?" The girl seemed to see Tang Cen's embarrassment, and raised her hand to pick up another bottle of dark green quicksand perfume on the shelf. The label said "RaininMidSpring", which looked like It is in the same series as the bottle in Tang Cen's hand.

Tang Cen hesitated, and took the perfume from the girl's hand. The girl waited for him to hold it firmly, then took away the bottle from his hand, and put it back on the shelf.

Picking up the new perfume, Tang Cen looked at the same quicksand-like liquid in it, and couldn't help shaking it a few more times. This bottle was similar to the one just now, and there was a wave of dark green waves.

Seeing that Tang Cen took the bottle, the girl stopped talking. She tilted her head and took a sneak peek, and found that Tang Cen was very interested in the quicksand perfume in the bottle, so she simply stood aside and waited silently.

After playing with it for a while, Tang Cen realized that there was someone standing beside him, raising his head and trying to say something to the girl, but the girl smiled and handed over a piece of fragrance paper, and asked softly: "Do you want to try it?"

After playing at other people's stalls for so long, Tang Cen felt a little uncomfortable when the stall owner showed such indifference.

After receiving the paper, Tang Cen sprayed the nozzle twice on one end of the paper.After the dark green quicksand liquid turned into water mist, it did not have such a strong color. The light-colored liquid fell on the test paper under the action of gravity, and the clear, special smell like broken branches permeated the small tent. .

Tang Cen put the paper in front of his nose and smelled it carefully. After the smell of grass and trees dissipated, what remained on the paper was a soft scent of flowers. Among the flowers, there was a bit of steady cedar flavor and sandalwood.

Tang Cen didn't know much about perfumes, so he recognized the scents entirely by looking at the names on the labels.

There is something special about this taste.Tang Cen sniffed it carefully and then took away the test paper. The perfume test paper that was just stained with perfume moved from the shadow cast by Tang Cen to the light. bright light.

Tang Cen picked up the test paper and took a closer look, then shook the perfume bottle. After seeing the fine quicksand flowing inside, he realized that the uniqueness of this perfume is not its smell, but the quicksand-like texture.

I can't say whether the taste is suitable for Eisen, but the texture that is faintly shining under the light is unexpectedly suitable.Tang Cen handed the perfume and the test paper to the girl: "That's all, can you wrap it up for me?"

After the girl wrapped the perfume, Tang Cen stuffed the small package into the pocket of his coat, and then opened the curtain of the tent and left.

Tang Cen was delayed in that tent for a while, and when he came out, there were less than 5 minutes left before the agreed time.Tang Cen hurried to the agreed place, but I don't know if it was because of the end of the show, more and more people were walking in the opposite direction with him, Tang Cen was blocked by the crowd in the corner, walking a distance of tens of meters Stopped and stopped several times and still hasn't arrived.

There was another big wave of people walking towards the exit. Seeing that it was too late for him to go back on time, Tang Cen found an empty place, took out his phone and sent a text message to Eisen.

While standing there waiting for Eisen's reply, Tang Cen glanced at the slightly deserted booth behind him.

The stalls sell fabrics such as sweaters and scarves, most of which are mainly red in color, dotted with patterns woven with green silk threads.The soft woolen thread was scattered with thin fluff, which looked extraordinarily soft. Tang Cen stretched out his hand to touch it, and the tentacles were indeed soft.

But Tang Cen himself didn't need to buy any more heavy and warm winter clothes, and he already had several scarves. He just glanced at it, touched it, and withdrew his hand.

Originally, he just looked around casually, but Tang Cen just retracted his hand and saw a few obviously small clothes folded next to the sweater.He lifted the collar of the clothes and shook them off. The red one-piece hoodie also had a small green Christmas tree embroidered on the collar, which looked like it was worn by pets.

"This size is suitable for small dogs and adult cats. What kind of pet does your husband have at home?" The stall owner saw Tang Cen pick up the pet's Christmas outfit, and immediately came up to sell his products.

Tang Cen raised his eyes and glanced at the attentive stall owner: "It's a long-haired cat."

"Then this one is just right, how about a hand-woven cushion?" The stall owner didn't care about Tang Cen's reaction, and picked up the cushion placed in the corner by himself.

Tang Cen touched it, and found that the cushion was much softer than the original one used by Opera Cunningham. Opera Chow's cushion needed to be replaced with a new one, and he was in a hurry to meet Eisen. Tang Cen didn't ask the price any further paid.

When Tang Cen returned under the Christmas tree with the paper bag, Eisen was already standing under the tree waiting for him.

"Buy it?" Seeing Tang Cen carrying a big bag of things, Eisen naturally reached out to take it.

A cushion didn't weigh much, but Eisen took it away, and Tang Cen felt relaxed. He turned his wrist and moved twice: "Well, let's go home."

The two walked towards the outside of the market in the direction of the flow of people. Eisen was carrying the bag, a corner of the oversized cushion was exposed, and he rubbed his fingers back and forth with Eisen's arm swings, one after another, like scratching. The same in his mind.Not far away, Eisen couldn't help but opened the bag and took a look at the contents: "Is the bag in the gift for me?"

Seeing that he was so eager to know what was inside, Tang Cen smiled helplessly, took advantage of Eisen's time to lower his head, and lightly pinched the tip of his nose: "No, it's for Opera Culinary."

Eisen was suddenly pinched by Tang Cen's nose, and his cold fingers pressed against the tip of his nose, making him shiver from the cold.

"What about mine?" Eisen broke free from Tang Cen's hand, rubbed the tip of his nose and asked vaguely.As soon as he opened the bag, Eisen saw the small clothes and cushions inside. They didn't look like they were for him, but Tang Cen didn't take anything other than the bag in his hand.

Tang Cen's left hand, which had been stuck in his coat pocket, moved, and his fingertips stroked the glass bottle wrapped in kraft paper in his pocket: "It's in the pocket."

Aware of Tang Cen's small movements, Eisen understood right away, but he still complained endlessly: "My gift is not as big as Opera's gift?"

"eccentric."

Tang Cen saw that he looked naive and jealous of the kitten again, and instead of admonishing him like before, he smiled and asked, "Then what about the gift you bought for me?"

Just now, Tang Cen saw Eisen standing under the Christmas tree empty-handed and playing with his mobile phone for a long time. The playing cards he bought just now and the candies from the stall owner were all in his pockets. Now that he came back from buying presents, he still didn't have the bag in his hand. , which means that the Christmas present he buys for himself will definitely not be bigger than his pocket.

"I won't tell you." Eisen groaned softly as he spoke, and together with the expression on his face, he looked quite unhappy.

Hearing that Eisen was jealous of Opera Chow again, Tang Cen guessed that it was the reason why Opera always occupied the bed when sleeping these few nights, but he didn't want to coax this big kid at all, after all Eisen was in In this regard, it is the same as Opera Chow, the more he coaxes, the more he advances.

What's more, many of the things in this market are small gadgets, and Tang Cen couldn't guess what Aisen would buy for him. Now he just asked casually, so he didn't know he would hear this guy's answer.

Tang Cen laughed out loud, "Childish."

However, on Christmas Eve, when Tang Cen opened the gift from Eisen, he couldn't laugh at all.Eisen was jealous like a child at the moment, it was nothing more than a cover for that Christmas gift.

The Christmas gift Eisen gave was quite mature, so mature that Tang Cen couldn't stand it at all.