Zhao Qinglan trusted Li Huai so much, how could she possibly let him down?

Li Huai was initially worried that Xiao Duo would reject him, but after meeting the girl a few times, she became quite attached to him, and he began to look forward to their future life together.

When he left home, Li Huai took a lot of grain coupons and cloth coupons with him, and he also took a lot of money.

He took Zhao Qinglan into the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, and he was very generous.

Zhao Qinglan picked out a new outfit for herself and then started asking Li Huaiyan, Yan Sen, and Yan Xun how tall they were and what size shoes they wore.

Her overly familiar demeanor showed that she had completely embraced the role of a mother to her children.

Li Huai felt a warmth in his heart; he hadn't felt this at ease in a long time since his ex-wife started making divorce demands.

Before the divorce, Li Huai really didn't know what size clothes and shoes his sons wore.

Now that he's taken care of his sons for a while, he understands the situation better.

Zhao Qinglan was willing to be kind to Yan Sen and the others, and he also showed more goodwill towards Xiao Duo.

At Li Huai's insistence, Zhao Qinglan also bought new clothes and shoes for her daughter.

However, Zhao Qinglan only bought one set of clothes, and used the remaining cloth coupons to buy cloth.

Buying ready-made clothes is expensive, and she's good at craftsmanship, so it's more cost-effective for her to buy fabric and make her own clothes.

Actually, most people at that time bought fabric and made their own clothes; very few people bought ready-made garments.

Each person's annual cloth ration coupons were limited. In large families, adults' clothes were altered to fit the children, and the eldest child's clothes were altered to fit the younger child.

City dwellers still had cloth coupons to receive, but many people in the countryside still spun their own thread, wove cloth, and made their own clothes.

"Mending and patching for another three years" is the most accurate description of this era.

Although Li Huai received a considerable allowance, his family of five still had a lot of expenses throughout the year.

Zhao Qinglan still had to plan her spending carefully and dared not be extravagant.

It's unclear whether the supply and marketing cooperative was bad for Zhao Qinglan's feng shui, but as soon as she, Li Huai, and Xiao Duo came out with their things, they saw Wang Xiaofei, who was skipping class and playing outside.

"Wang Xiaoduo, you stop right there!" Wang Xiaofei ran over angrily.