Chapter 116: Lazy

Chu Hong was carrying a basket of eggs on her shoulders: "First, I'll go to the He family to deliver some eggs, and then go to the commune to ask if there is any news about the ducklings."

"Then I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things."

Gu Ci immediately said, "Before going to the supply and marketing cooperative, accompany me to the post office first."

Chu Hong had no objection. To be honest, she was also curious whether Gu Ci's father would send money and tickets to Gu Ci.

After all, it is not a small amount of money. Would Mr. Gu be willing to give it to this unfilial son?

When we arrived in town, we first delivered sixty eggs to the He family and also visited Grandpa and Grandma He who were still recovering from their injuries.

Thinking that Gu Ci was still waiting for her outside, she quickly said goodbye and left.

Afterwards, I went to the Women's Federation in the commune and received some documents that needed to be read to the women. Then I went to see the leader to ask about the ducklings.

The leader was also very disappointed: "I have contacted them, we booked too late, we have to wait until at least early March to get definite news."

After all, the leaders are also short of meat and eggs. In order to enrich their food baskets, they also wish there were more collective breeding sites.

Unfortunately, most of the village party secretaries are not brave enough. They are afraid that if they raise too many chickens and ducks, a plague will occur and all their wealth will be wasted.

Chu Hong could only wait for news.

This time I can go to the post office with peace of mind.

With his household registration certificate, Gu Ci also received 700 yuan and some banknotes that were remitted to him.

After Gu Ci counted the money and signed his name, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative with Chu Hong.

He took Chu Hong straight to the watch counter: "The watch ticket is Shanghai brand, which one do you like?"

This had already been agreed upon before. He would come to our house on the eighth day of February. Even though we couldn't get the certificate now, we could complete the process first.

Anyway, in the countryside, few people are willing to get a marriage certificate when they get married, because they think that piece of paper is useless.

As long as they give the betrothal gift and have the wedding banquet, they are considered husband and wife.

Gu Ci wanted to get a marriage certificate, but he was only twenty years old this year. He had to wait until his birthday on the eighth day of the first lunar month next year, when he would be twenty years old, before he could get the marriage certificate.

The prices of Shanghai brand watches range from one hundred and ten to one hundred and thirty thousand.

Chu Hong chose a smaller watch with a brown leather strap: "Comrade, can you let me try this one?"

The salesperson knew from what they said that they were planning to get married. After taking another look at their clothes, he was willing to take out a watch for Chu Hong to try on: "Be careful and hold it steady."

Some female comrades were so excited when they received the watches that their hands were shaking as if they had a stroke, causing the sales clerks watching nearby to break out in cold sweats.

Chu Hong put the single piece of bracelet into the hole steadily, took a look at it and was quite satisfied: "Very good, I want this one, please help us to issue the invoice."

The salesperson had never met such a straightforward customer.

You have to know that watches are expensive items nowadays, and a worker needs three or four months' salary to buy one.

Generally, people who come to buy products would like to observe carefully with a magnifying glass, compare prices from different stores, or simply come several times before they can decide which model to buy.

But today these two people came to buy watches, and it took no more than five minutes.

If she hadn't seen the man taking out money and tickets, she would have suspected that she had heard it wrong.

Only after she was sure they wanted to buy did she issue a ticket, tear off one and hand it to Gu Ci: "You go and pay for the ticket."

After Gu Ci left, the salesperson patiently said to Chu Hong, "Comrade, are you sure you want this one? The leather watch strap cannot be exposed to water frequently, otherwise it will be easily damaged."

"Once sold, no refunds or exchanges are allowed."

Nowadays, most people like to buy metal watch chains that are the same color as the watch case, so they are not easily damaged.

Chu Hong nodded: "If the leather chain breaks in the future, is there a place to replace it?"

She didn't plan to use a watch for a lifetime, so ten years would be enough.

Besides, this brand of watches is still in production after forty or fifty years, and the quality is still very good.

The salesperson nodded: "As long as you keep the receipt, we can send it back to the factory for exchange when the time comes."

"But you have to pay an additional five to ten dollars for repairs."

Chu Hong also thought it was reasonable.

Gu Ci quickly paid the money and ticket and took the receipt to the salesperson.

The salesperson held the receipt before handing them the watch purchase receipt.

Gu Ciyou asked her, "Shall we buy the bicycle, radio and sewing machine today?"

Chu Hong shook her head: "We already have a bicycle at home, so there is no need to buy this one."

"The sewing machine is a big item, and it's hard to carry it with a bicycle. I'll use a bullock cart to pull it next time."

Gu Ci hated himself for not thinking it through: "If I had known earlier, I should have driven a bullock cart to Lingxia Village."

Yes, he has learned the skill of driving a bullock cart.

But Chu Hong thought about how he almost drove the ox cart into the river last time, and she was not confident in his driving skills. She said, "Let my eldest sister help buy a sewing machine. We don't know which one to buy."

In fact, if the sewing machine ticket is Panda brand, you can only buy this sewing machine.

And there’s not much to choose from. Although the three major items are expensive and tickets are hard to get, the quality is not bad.

Just be careful when using it, and there will be no problem using it for thirty to fifty years.

Gu Ci was really fooled by her, so he went to buy a radio first: "I used to use a Red Lantern brand radio at school, shall we buy one today?"

"No, I don't want to carry a heavy radio back home. I'll buy it next time."

Chu Hong finished speaking and took the tickets from his hand and looked at them: "Five catties of meat tickets, eight feet of cloth tickets, three catties of sugar tickets, two catties of white sugar tickets, twenty-five catties of grain tickets, and also wine tickets and cigarette tickets. Isn't this a lot?"

Gu Ci wished he could spend all the money and tickets and send them all to Chu Hong's house, so that he could take the opportunity to let everyone know that he and Chu Hong were going to get married.

But she rejected him twice in a row, so he asked cautiously, "How about we use all these tickets?"

Chu Hong said, "Let's keep the food coupons for ourselves. We can have a meal at the state-owned restaurant later."

"The meat coupons must be saved for the eighth day of the first lunar month. It doesn't matter if you buy the rest today."

Then I looked at him and said, "You can also come to my house for dinner later."

Gu Ci immediately laughed: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

By the time they had bought everything they needed, it was already past three o'clock. The two of them left the supply and marketing cooperative. Gu Ci couldn't move his feet when he saw the photo studio diagonally opposite: "Chu Hong, we haven't taken any photos yet? How about we take two today?"

Chu Hong is also willing to spend money: "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten it. Let's go take a couple of pictures first, and then we'll have a chance to bring Chu Chu and the others to take a couple of pictures as well."

Photos are also a form of record that can freeze those special moments in the torrent of time.

Only with photos can she feel the reality.

I really exist in this era.

Thinking that Chu Chu should have been his grandmother, then wouldn’t Gu Ci be his great-uncle?

But now she is going to become Chuchu's cousin, and this relationship really makes her feel unreal.

Can't think about it, it's too addictive.