Seeing that it was rare for Carlson to be so courteous, Leena didn't refuse. "Then you can go!" She held her mother's hand and said, "Mom, let's wait for a while."
Mrs. Yang nodded and followed her.
Carlson crossed the road and went into the shop. But soon he came out and stood in line outside like others.
Leena felt strange. Her mother might have read her mind, so she said, "Maybe the people who buy steamed buns should wait in line outside, and people who eat noodles can sit inside."
Leena nodded and stared at the figure of Carlson who was waiting in line.
The line was very long, and the road's aisle was almost full of customers, so the line could only take a turn to the left, and a very spectacular long line could be seen. As soon as Carlson arrived, he stood behind. Leena had roughly counted that there were still more than thirty people left. There were too many people.
Mrs. Yang also sighed, "The business runs so well. If that shop is ours, I don't know how much money we can earn every day."
Leena didn't know whether to cry or
h a cold wind and snow and could not hold on to run away, but Carlson still waited firmly, lined up and moved forward slowly.
Leena and her mother went back home. About half an hour later, Carlson arrived.
As soon as he entered the room, he began to tremble. Because of the alternately cold and hot, he couldn't adapt to it at once and couldn't help shivering.
Leena saw that there were white snowflakes on his hair and shoulders. His face was black and blue, and his lips were purple. No one knew how cold he was.
When Mrs. Yang came out of the kitchen and saw that, she was frightened. She immediately asked him to come in and sit down.
Taking out the packed steamed buns from his coat, he handed them to Leena and said, "I bought them. They should be still hot. Eat them while they are hot!"
When Leena took it over, she saw that his hands were black and purple because of the cold weather, and even his movements were stiff. It could be seen that even if he was not afraid of cold, he was frozen to death after standing in the snow for so long.