Lu Fangfang, holding onto the military vehicle, looked at it carefully and suddenly felt a little dizzy.
Seeing Zhuang Mingcheng carrying things and about to enter the courtyard, Lu Fangfang grabbed his sleeve and quickly stopped him, "No, Comrade Zhuang Mingcheng, why did you buy so many bowls?"
Lu Fangfang pointed to the two large stacks of bowls in the car, looking somewhat distraught.
"Use it."
"Use? There are only two of us in the family, do we really need so many?"
Lu Fangfang roughly counted at least twenty bowls in the two large stacks on the car.
Adding to the sight of the small enamel basin beside her, she felt increasingly distraught; it was enough for several platoons of soldiers.
There are only the two of them at home; it'll take forever to use this.
Forehead……
Zhuang Mingcheng scratched his head, suddenly feeling a little embarrassed.
While in the city, he got a little carried away with his shopping spree and didn't realize he'd bought so much.
Seeing a group of women watching and laughing at him, he quickly whispered, "I was just worried that we wouldn't have enough supplies if we had too many guests. We...we're getting married soon, and we'll need them then."
After saying that, he grabbed his things and hurriedly slipped into the yard.
"cocoa……"
Lu Fangfang felt somewhat powerless.
In this day and age, if you're hosting a dinner party, you'll usually borrow some bowls and chopsticks from your neighbors; there's really no need to be so extravagant as to buy so many.
Sigh, Zhuang Mingcheng has already made the purchase; it's too late to say anything now.
"Comrade Lu, Battalion Commander Zhuang is really extravagant. You'd better keep his allowances safe from now on."
"That's right, that's right, such a big truckload of stuff, how much does it cost? Battalion Commander Zhuang just said that the wardrobe alone costs 150 yuan."
The sisters-in-law gathered around.
They watched the commotion while examining the items on the military vehicles.
"One hundred and fifty?!"
Lu Fangfang was quite surprised when she heard the price of the wardrobe.
This big wardrobe is only worth 150?
Unlike later generations, money was real in this era. A pound of pure white flour cost only a little over two cents. The price of this large wardrobe could buy more than seven hundred pounds of flour.
Of course, you needed grain coupons to buy grain, but that was still quite astonishing.
When the sisters-in-law saw Lu Fangfang's appearance, they all laughed.
One of the women, a woman with eyes darting around, quickly pulled Lu Fangfang aside. "Comrade Lu, you and Battalion Commander Zhuang will have many expenses in the future, so you can't be extravagant."
Lu Fangfang nodded quickly.
If she had known Zhuang Mingcheng would buy so much stuff, she definitely would have stopped him.
She was planning to save up the money slowly over time, but Zhuang Mingcheng bought it all at once, without caring whether she would ever need it.
"Look at that wardrobe, it's so expensive. It's not worth that much money. We should be thrifty, shouldn't we?"
Lu Fangfang continued to nod, agreeing with her sister-in-law.
"Ahem, Comrade Lu, look, my wardrobe at home is broken. How about you transfer this one to me?"
"ah?"
Lu Fangfang looked at her sister-in-law in surprise.
"Don't worry, your sister-in-law won't let you suffer any loss. I'll add another ten yuan, making it one hundred and sixty in total. How does that sound?"
Hearing this, Lu Fangfang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
She had thought her sister-in-law meant well and wanted to teach her life skills, but it turned out she just wanted that big wardrobe.
Shaking her head, Lu Fangfang said dejectedly, "Sister-in-law, that won't do. That wardrobe was bought for me by Mingcheng with great difficulty. How can I resell it?"
"Besides, this is speculation and profiteering, which is bound to lead to mistakes."
Originally, the sister-in-law wanted to say something more to persuade her, but she was startled when she heard Lu Fangfang's next words.
She dared not discuss transferring the wardrobe any further and hurriedly returned to the crowd.
Her sister-in-law, who had noticed the two earlier, teased her as soon as she returned:
"Sister-in-law Hao Mei, you got the short end of the stick, didn't you? She's the kind of person who doesn't even put the division commander's daughter in her eyes, let alone you, the deputy regimental commander's wife."
Hao Mei's sister-in-law looked a little awkward. "Go away, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Lu Fangfang also heard this. She glanced at her sister-in-law who was making sarcastic remarks, and the smile on her face faded a little.
She walked up to the military vehicle, took down a stack of bowls, and carried them home.
Once inside, she saw that a cabinet had already been placed against the north wall, so she put the bowls inside.
"Sister-in-law, where should we put these two folding chairs?"
"Just put it anywhere."
Lu Fangfang looked at the two busy soldiers and felt a little embarrassed.
Since she was helping her family, she wanted to treat them to something, but when she looked around the house, she found that while there was all sorts of furniture, there was nothing to eat or drink.
After thinking about it, Lu Fangfang realized there wasn't enough time to boil water, so she went to Commissar Xiao's house in the back.
Sister Shufen happened to be there.
Lu Fangfang told her about it, borrowed a thermos of water, and came back.
Wang Shufen, out of curiosity, followed along.
When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she was startled by what she saw in the military vehicle. "Girl, why did your family buy so much?"
"Who would have guessed it? I'm surprised myself."
Hearing this, Wang Shufen laughed. This Battalion Commander Zhuang was quite interesting; he actually loved to shop.
She rolled up her sleeves and helped carry things from the car into the house.
"Sister Shufen, you can leave it here and let Mingcheng carry it."
"It's okay, I'm just killing time anyway."
Lu Fangfang hurriedly ran into the house carrying a thermos.
She took four bowls from the cupboard, washed them with water, and then placed them on the table.
Seeing that Mingcheng had just bought some white sugar in the cupboard, she opened it, took some out, put it in a bowl, and then poured in hot water.
Serving guests sugar water or tea was considered a high level of etiquette in those days.
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