Huang Qinqin didn't answer her immediately, but looked at her seriously and asked, "Do you really like that dress?"
Xu Hongxia nodded quickly: "Yes, yes! I really like it!"
"Okay, if Mom doesn't want to buy it for you later, I can put in a good word for you, or I can buy it for you."
"But you have to promise me one thing."
After Huang Qinqin finished speaking, she continued walking forward on her own without immediately saying what it was about.
However, Xu Hongxia couldn't hold back. Regardless of what Huang Qinqin wanted her to promise, she immediately agreed: "I promise, sister-in-law, I promise!"
Hearing that Xu Hongxia had agreed, Huang Qinqin did not continue to make things difficult for her: "Okay, it's very simple. After you go home in the next few days, write an article for me. The content can be anything."
"But I need you to write this article to a point where it can be submitted. If it is rejected by the newspaper, you will need to rewrite it or revise it until it is successfully submitted."
Xu Hongxia couldn't understand why Huang Qinqin wanted her to write the article.
However, if writing an article could guarantee that the dress she liked would be bought, she would be willing!
"Okay, I'll write it as soon as I get back. Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Huang Qinqin nodded in satisfaction, and then followed Zhang Yumei and the others into the department store.
Huang Qinqin had this idea for a while now. Xu Hongxia still had more than half a year before graduation, but she was also gradually growing up.
Huang Qinqin believes that instead of waiting for Zhang Yumei to give her pocket money every month, it would be better to let Xu Hongxia learn to earn her own pocket money.
However, without a job, it seems that a young girl doesn't have many other good options besides writing articles to earn some money.
So Huang Qinqin wanted Xu Hongxia to give it a try, since she was familiar with earning royalties.
She started earning pocket money by writing articles several years ago, and don't underestimate these royalties.
Although the payment for each article isn't much, if things go smoothly and you write several articles a month, the payment won't be much less than a worker's salary.
Xu Fang was somewhat shocked when she entered the department store. She often went to the supply and marketing cooperative, but this was her first time visiting a department store.
"Sister-in-law, this department store is huge! There are so many people inside. Are the things here very expensive?"
Xu Fang rarely visited the department store, partly because she felt she didn't have anything to buy.
Another reason is that people feel the same items would be more expensive at department stores than at supply and marketing cooperatives, since department stores look more upscale.
"It's alright. Generally speaking, the prices are the same as those of the supply and marketing cooperatives, except for some higher-quality ones, which are a bit more expensive."
"But to be fair, the department store had a much better selection of things than the supply and marketing cooperative. Things like fans and radios were never out of stock."
"Since we have some free time today, why don't we do some shopping first and then go buy clothes?"
Anyway, Zhang Yumei's main purpose today wasn't to buy clothes, but rather to get Huang Qinqin out and about.
wrong!
Thinking of Huang Qinqin, Zhang Yumei suddenly realized that she had deliberately walked a few steps faster to avoid Xu Hongxia's nagging, and Huang Qinqin seemed to have been left behind by him.
Zhang Yumei and Xu Fang exchanged a glance, then immediately turned around and breathed a sigh of relief when they found Huang Qinqin and the others not far behind them.
When Huang Qinqin and the others approached, Zhang Yumei asked them for their opinions: "Do you want to buy clothes first, or would you like to browse the department store first?"
Huang Qinqin was fine with either option, but she felt that Xu Hongxia probably didn't want to wait any longer; she guessed that Xu Hongxia would want to go shopping for clothes right away.
"Mom, let's go buy clothes first. Clothes aren't heavy. After we buy clothes, we can stroll around at our leisure."
"Okay, I'll do as you say. Let's go buy clothes first."
Xu Fang held Chen Mai and Chen Liang's hands tightly and instructed them, "Don't run around, remember to stay close to your mother."
Chen Mai nodded obediently: "Mom, I understand."
Chen Liang nodded and said, "I know~ We've been here many times with my sister, we know the way, we won't get lost."
"Even if you know the way, stay close to Mom, okay?"
"I know!"
Mo Jiaxin was surprised to see Huang Qinqin: "Qinqin, weren't you resting these past few days? Why are you here again?"
Huang Qinqin linked arms with Zhang Yumei and said happily, "It's a break, but my mom said she wanted to buy me clothes, so we came to shop around."
Mo Jiaxin had met Huang Qinqin's family before and knew that Zhang Yumei was actually Huang Qinqin's mother-in-law. Hearing her words, she said enviously, "Your mother is so good to you."
"Take a look and see which one you like. If you want it, I'll give you a discount. I haven't used my employee discount for this month yet."
"Okay, thank you, Ah Xin~"
Huang Qinqin actually has quite a lot of clothes, but now that she's pregnant, many of them don't fit anymore. If she buys clothes that fit, they won't fit after she gives birth.
So Huang Qinqin hadn't thought about buying clothes for the past few months, but since Zhang Yumei wanted to buy them for her, she couldn't be a spoilsport.
Zhang Yumei enthusiastically picked out clothes for Huang Qinqin, and she immediately took a liking to a light yellow dress.
Based on Zhang Yumei's many years of experience in making clothes, she noticed that the waist of this dress was particularly wide, suggesting it was specifically made for pregnant women.
"Excuse me, little girl, could you please show us that yellow dress? Thank you!"
Following the direction Zhang Yumei pointed, Mo Jiaxin picked up the dress for her and added, "This dress is actually quite pretty, and the fabric is comfortable too."
"The only downside is that this is made for pregnant women, so it might not be very practical."
The department store only brought back three of these maternity dresses, and after so long, not a single one has been sold.
To everyone's surprise, when Zhang Yumei heard that it was for pregnant women, she laughed even more happily: "Who said it wasn't practical? This couldn't be more practical!"
The heat lasts for an exceptionally long time here; generally, it doesn't start to cool down until November, which is almost a month away.
Because Huang Qinqin was showing, most of her pants no longer fit. Zhang Yumei had no choice but to alter the size of several of her skirts for her.
But after the alterations, the dresses didn't look good anymore. Although Huang Qinqin didn't complain, Zhang Yumei felt that the altered dresses didn't suit Huang Qinqin.
Seeing that there were special maternity dresses available, Zhang Yumei thought this one couldn't be more suitable. She looked at Huang Qinqin expectantly and asked, "Qinqin, what do you think of this dress?"
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