After the New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone’s stomach was full.
But all the dishes on the table were cleared away, and even the soup from the braised pork was eaten up by people mixing it with rice.
There was a dinner party at the educated youth's residence in the evening, but Qiao Qingqing said early in the morning that she would not go. Everyone could understand that she wanted to accompany the Lu family in the evening, but in order to reduce the trouble for Qiao Qingqing, everyone kept silent tacitly.
A group of educated youth cleaned up and washed the dishes and pots. It was already 2:30 in the afternoon when they finished.
Mainly, we just spent lunch and chatted, which took a long time.
Taking advantage of the warm afternoon weather, Qiao Qingqing washed her hair and took a shower, then put on clean clothes.
What female comrade doesn't like to be pretty? But Qiao Qingqing is busy all day and basically has no time to rest. How can she have the time to make new clothes for herself?
You can buy ready-made clothes.
But Qiao Qingqing didn't pay any attention to this. She actually went to the supply and marketing office only a few times - Qiao Qingqing was used to buying things on the black market. Besides, Lu Heng was not a competent husband! The allowance was not paid on time!
Apart from the allowance Lu Heng personally handed to her last time, Qiao Qingqing never took any allowance from him again...
She even wondered if men were really dispensable!
If I couldn't earn money and had to rely solely on Lu Heng's allowance to support my family, I'm afraid everyone would be starving now.
Qiao Qingqing had her own way, so she didn't care whether Lu Heng's allowance was paid on time.
Yao Xiaoman and Zhou Lanfang both put on new clothes, and they were a little bit unbelievable when they saw Qiao Qingqing still wearing old clothes.
"No way, Sister Qingqing! You are a military wife after all, how come you are dressed even more shabbily than us?"
Qiao Qingqing lowered her head and pulled at her clothes. "Is it shabby? I think it's okay."
How good are the clothes these days? The styles are plain and the colors are dull.
It is said that Buddha relies on gold and people rely on clothes. If you wear such clothes, even if you are very beautiful, your appearance will be suppressed to only one point.
Qiao Qingqing herself was not a great beauty, so she knew in her heart that she must be very ordinary at this moment, no different from the girls in the village.
But so what?
She has never made a living by her looks.
Beauty can please men, but it cannot make you strong.
What's more, untimely beauty will only bring trouble to oneself.
Therefore, Qiao Qingqing never yearned for so-called beauty, which also caused her to neglect dressing up in her daily life. She herself did not think there was anything wrong with it, but her two good friends looked at each other in bewilderment.
Yao Xiaoman asked reluctantly, "Sister Qingqing, how did you celebrate the New Year in the past? Did you wear new clothes and shoes, or receive lucky money?"
Qiao Qingqing shook her head and smiled: "Do you think Shi Jingye and Wang Meifang are the kind of people who would be willing to buy me clothes and shoes? New Year's money is something only Shi Wang can get."
The two of them immediately had an expression of "Of course it is so".
"It's ok at other times, but at New Year, unless times are tough, we basically have to make new clothes. We've been saving cloth coupons for several months just to buy new clothes for the New Year." Zhou Lanfang paused after she finished speaking, then said tactfully, "Sister Qingqing, you are no longer the one who had to beg for a living in the Shi family. You have the right to decide your own life."
Qiao Qingqing nodded with a faint smile on her face, apparently not caring about it.
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