"There are many things to give as wedding gifts nowadays. If you want to give something nice, you can give a thermos, a porcelain basin, or a tea mug. If you want something more ordinary, you can give a duvet cover or pillowcase. If you want something less expensive, you can give some fabric or something."

Su He listened intently to these unique features of this era, and to be honest, he really learned a lot.

She originally wanted to give some nice gifts, but when she went to buy thermos flasks, she found that these required industrial ration coupons, so it was difficult for people in the countryside to buy them.

Although Su He's workplace issued some industrial coupons, she didn't save up enough. When other colleagues exchanged coupons together during the Spring Festival, she felt that her few industrial coupons weren't enough to buy anything, so she exchanged them for a lot of cloth coupons.

Even so, it wasn't enough to buy a pair of duvet covers, so she decided to buy a pair of pillowcases for her older cousin, which would give her just enough cloth coupons.

Tian Zhenzhen helped Su He choose the style of the pillowcase. Originally, Su He was thinking of giving it to a boy, so she chose a light blue one with camellias embroidered on it, which looked particularly elegant.

The result was directly rejected by Tian Zhenzhen.

Finally, she helped me choose a bright red peony with the character for "happiness" embroidered on it. It looked festive, and although it was a bit old-fashioned, it was definitely suitable for a wedding.

Looking at this style, Su He suddenly remembered that her grandmother's kang cabinet in her previous life seemed to have a similar one inside.

At this point, she realized that this was probably the aesthetic of most people in this era, so she didn't hesitate and bought it directly.

After buying everything she needed, it was time for Tian Zhenzhen to go next.

Tian Zhenzhen plans to buy herself a new outfit so she can wear it when she goes on a blind date during the Chinese New Year.

Su He knew that she took this blind date very seriously, since the person was introduced by her second uncle and aunt, so she wanted to dress up nicely.

However, I wasn't very satisfied with any of the several sets I looked at.

Actually, clothes from that era were mostly the same style, differing only in color; there was really no difference.

However, seeing Tian Zhenzhen's disappointed look, Su He thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you buy it and alter it yourself? Tighten the waist and make the pants tighter, it should look better, right?"

Tian Zhenzhen listened and thought for a moment, "Really? But I don't know how to change it. Can you?"

Seeing her expectant gaze, Su He shook her head shyly.

"I don't know either, but a professional tailor definitely does. You can go to a tailor shop and ask them. Tell them what you need, and they can definitely fix it."

Upon hearing this, Tian Zhenzhen agreed, "In that case, I might as well just buy the fabric directly, and I can save some money."

"That's right, then just buy the fabric and have a tailor make you a set."

"Okay, let's do it this way then. But the New Year is coming soon, is there still time?"

"Shouldn't it be enough time?" Su He asked uncertainly. "My grandma made my clothes in just one day, so their tailors shouldn't be slow either, right?"

Tian Zhenzhen nodded in agreement, "You're right, we can always pay more!"

Finally, Su He helped Tian Zhenzhen choose a piece of fabric and took it to a nearby state-run tailor shop. She explained her requirements, received a positive reply from the tailor, and then agreed to have it finished before the New Year. She left satisfied.

...

Before the official holiday, my workplace started distributing employee benefits. I must say, the benefits in government agencies are really good; there's rice, noodles, and fruit.

However, Su He was a temporary worker and wouldn't normally receive one, but Director Wu saw that she had performed well during this period and specially reserved a box of apples for her.

Su He was very happy when she received it. She hadn't eaten fruit since arriving here and had almost forgotten what it tasted like. Now she finally had the chance to eat it.

However, she didn't eat it right away after receiving it; she planned to take it home and eat it with her family...