"Oh, Xiaoni, you can't say that. You usually wear work clothes to work, so shouldn't you wear something nice after get off work?"

"I'd better make you a new coat with this flowered cloth."

Mrs. Gu said words of concession, but her hand holding the flowered cloth kept reaching towards Gu Qingcheng.

But from her expression, it can be seen that she really can't bear to do it.

Seeing this, Gu Qingcheng secretly laughed but did not show it.

She raised her exquisite, fair face and said, "They say 'clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse.' But, sister-in-law, look at me. Do I need clothes to complement me?"

Mrs. Gu: ...Really, there’s no need!

With my sister-in-law's appearance, she would look good even if she wore a sack.

Seeing that Gu Qingcheng had said so much, Second Sister-in-law Gu no longer pretended to give in.

However, she still said happily, "I think this piece of floral fabric is quite large. I can cut it into two pieces of clothing, one large and one small."

The big one naturally belonged to her second sister-in-law, Gu.

As for the smaller one, give it to Qiao Qiao.

Mrs. Gu is so smart that she knows who Gu Qingcheng cares about the most.

"clever!"

Gu Qingcheng secretly admired it.

As I said, people can be bad, but they cannot be stupid.

Gu Qingcheng likes to deal with smart people.

Gu Qingcheng is really generous, and Gu Ersao is really smart.

Therefore, this pair of aunt and sister-in-law get along very harmoniously.

Mrs. Gu played the role of "housekeeper" very competently, ahem, not a nanny.

Because Gu Qingcheng's family has no shortage of people to work.

All Mrs. Gu had to do was to watch over the apprentices and do some more delicate work.

For example, making clothes, or chatting with the aunties and grandmas around.

Every day when Gu Qingcheng returns home, she can get the latest gossip in the alley from Gu Ersao.

Gu Qingcheng's courtyard is increasingly feeling like home.

…

"Ah! A bicycle?"

"Hua Zi, you're really good. You even managed to ride a bicycle? Tell me, where did you get it?"

"You didn't pick it up from your master, did you? Be careful with it when you ride it, don't break it!"

That evening, some aunts and grandmas in the compound sat at the door, chatting and looking around.

Don’t underestimate these middle-aged and elderly women. The so-called “bound-foot detective team” refers to them.

If there is any movement around, they will be the first to discover it.

Of course, their original intention may be just gossip, but the reasons and process are not important, the result is the most critical.

Sometimes, aunts can always play a magical role!

An old lady looked up and saw someone riding a bicycle coming towards the entrance of the alley. She squinted her eyes and looked carefully, and found that it was Lu Xinhua from the backyard.

The other aunties also noticed it and stood up, surrounding Lu Xinhua and the bicycle.

The 28-inch bicycle has a very sturdy frame.

The car body is painted with shiny black paint, which looks very imposing.

"Oh, this looks new!"

"Hua Zi, did you buy it?"

The aunties touched the bicycles carefully, with obvious envy and jealousy in their eyes.

"Yeah! Just bought it!"

Lu Xinhua has been working in the automotive class for more than two months.

He finally coaxed his master into taking him on a long-distance trip.

Just got back yesterday, and Lu Xinhua made a lot of money by using the usual tricks used by the drivers.

Lu Xinhua is bolder and more intelligent than his predecessors.

He earns the most extra money.

I went to the black market and bought a bicycle ticket, and I actually had enough money left to buy the bicycle.

No need to say, just one word - buy!

As soon as he got off work today, Lu Xinhua went to the department store with money and tickets, and then pushed a Phoenix brand bicycle.

If it were in later times, Lu Xinhua would simply look down on this clumsy and ugly iron thing.

But, in this era, bicycles are comparable to Maybach.

Oh no, that’s not right. It’s even cooler than a luxury car.

Because in later generations, not everyone knows luxury car brands, but in the 1960s, everyone knew the value of bicycles.

"Huh? Huazi should be considered the first young person in our compound to buy a bicycle."

People seem to compare easily and always like to be "number one".

There are more than ten households in the compound, and there are three or four young people of Lu Xinhua's generation.

Neighbors will inevitably compare themselves with their peers.

In the past, Lu Xinhua was not outstanding.

He has good conditions, but his family is too much of a burden.

On the contrary, Qiao Jianguo, who is the same age as him, is more respected than him.

There are also one or two children who are two or three years younger than them. After graduating from middle school and starting to look for jobs, they are also qualified to compare with "big brothers" like Lu Xinhua.

"Ma is truly Hua Zi's benefactor. Ever since she slapped him, Hua Zi has become more and more promising every day!"

"That's right, now he even bought a bicycle!"

The neighbors sighed again as they watched Lu Xinhua speed away on his shiny bicycle.

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