I could just picture the scene. One person would say, "Hey, you're already here, you have to come in and sit for a while," and the other would reply, "Next time, next time. We have to go to the market first. We'll visit next time..."
A polite back-and-forth.
The home turf was Xiangyang Team's, so it was obvious who would lose that exchange. Xu Changqing chuckled and shook her head. As she walked toward the inner room, she lifted the bag in his hand and softly asked what was inside.
"Guess."
"Is that a candied hawthorn stick?" Xu Changqing felt the bag with her other hand. "The bottom feels like the sole of a shoe. Hmm, and the top is soft. Is it an unlined shoe?"
Shen Weimin nodded with an amused smile and wrapped an arm around her as they walked inside. "It's a shame you didn't go to the market today. It was incredibly lively. I even saw a lot of people who came all the way from the county town for it.
