This trip to the market today was worthwhile; I actually managed to buy all these novelties.

In a typical black market, you'd only be able to buy everyday items and fruits and vegetables.

"Mom, why do you always buy these strange and unusual things? What's the use of them?"

Gu Shaoxuan took it and asked.

"What do you know? Mom will be useful."

Xia Enruo spent the afternoon shopping with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, but she didn't find anything she liked. In the end, she picked out some ingredients she would need for cooking lunch the next day, and then bought Shaoying a turquoise bracelet.

Seeing that she picked it up and loved it so much, I decided to give it to my sister-in-law as a gift.

I haven't given any gifts to my family since I got married.

In the past six months, she has clearly felt that with the advancement of reform and opening up, bills have been gradually replaced by money.

In the past, many things couldn't be bought even if you had money; you still needed to use receipts.

Now it's gradually becoming less strict; as long as you have money, you can buy it, but rice, flour, and other grains still require ration coupons.

The four of them spent the afternoon sightseeing. Xia Enruo took the bus back first because she needed to go back to the shop to cook dinner.

Gu Shaoxuan led the two, still not quite done, and although snowflakes were falling from the sky, Wang Meihua and Gu Shaoying did not feel cold at all.

Before leaving, Wang Meihua specifically told Xia Enruo not to bring dinner home that night, but to cook dinner herself and to go home early after she finished her work.

Xia Enruo suddenly felt that having a mother-in-law was quite nice. Apart from urging her to have children, her other actions were really satisfactory, and she felt like her own mother.