Chapter 113 The Old Lady is Angry
"Do you want to try it?" Yu Hui looked at Gu Qiuyan and Gu Qiuye and asked, "If you don't try it, I'll buy it directly."
They both looked at their mother-in-law Zhao Changying, who nodded helplessly with her eyes closed.
Gu Qiuyan and Gu Qiuye happily picked up the sandals to try them on. Yu Hui also tried them on and found the size was just right.
Gu Qiuye's shoes are a little bigger, but she doesn't plan to change the size. "My feet are still growing, so a bigger size is fine. I can still wear them next year."
Gu Dong and the others found the shoes to be just right after trying them on, but Gu Bin wanted to change to a pair one size larger. His feet were growing fast, and the larger size would allow him to wear them for a year next year.
Tighten the shoelaces by two clicks so they won't fall off even if you wear them too tightly.
Yu Hui asked the salesperson to change his clothes to a larger size.
Men's shoes below size 36 usually cost 1.2 yuan a pair, while sizes above 36 cost 1.4 yuan.
Yu Hui and Gu Qiuyan's women's shoes are more expensive because they have bows, costing 1.6 yuan a pair.
"Would you like to pick out a pair of sandals?" Yu Hui looked at Gu Huai and asked.
Gu Huai shook his head. "I don't want them. I rarely wear sandals. I have to wear rubber-soled shoes in the army."
As Yu Hui took out the money, she looked at Zhao Changying and asked, "Mom, are you really not going to pick out a pair of sandals? We don't have sandals like these in the countryside. If you wear them back, the villagers will definitely say they look good."
Gu Qiuyan: "Grandma, these sandals are so cool to wear. Buy a pair of these sandals so you don't have to go barefoot when you get home."
Since she wears such nice sandals, she also hopes that her mother-in-law can have a pair.
It’s hot in the summer, and my mother-in-law goes barefoot most of the time when she is at home. It’s easy for her feet to be hurt by stepping on stones.
Zhao Changying had indeed never seen anyone wearing such sandals in the town. After hearing what Yu Hui said, a scene emerged in her mind: she wore sandals and went back home, and the villagers praised her sandals for being beautiful and said that her son and daughter-in-law were filial.
"Just buy one pair, the blue one, size thirty-eight."
That's right, Yu Hui smiled and asked the salesperson to get a pair of size 38 sandals. Zhao Changying didn't even try them on and asked the salesperson to pack them up.
Yu Hui bought a lot, so the salesperson rounded off the price and charged her twelve yuan and fifty cents.
It was clearly twelve yuan and sixty cents, but they rounded it off by one cent. It was the first time Yu Hui had seen someone round off the money like this.
When Zhao Changying saw Yu Hui taking out the money, her heart ached so much that she began to regret taking the sandals.
After leaving the sandals counter, Yu Hui and her group went to the cloth counter.
"Don't buy cloth for us to make clothes. We already have clothes to wear." Zhao Changying said, holding Yu Hui's hand.
The latter glanced at Gu Huai who was holding Beibei behind her and said, "I'll give Gu..." She didn't know how to address Gu Huai for a moment. If she called him by his name, it would seem inappropriate since he was so much older than her.
After thinking about it, it’s better to call me Brother Gu.
"I'll buy some cloth for Brother Gu to make a short-sleeved shirt."
Hearing the call of "Brother Gu", Gu Huai looked at Yu Hui and frowned almost imperceptibly.
How come this is the same as how his brothers in the army call him? The brothers who are more familiar with him in the army all call him Brother Gu.
When Zhao Changying heard that he was buying cloth to make clothes for her, she loosened her grip and gave Gu Huai a look that said, "Look how good Xiaohui is to you."
"What material do you want?" Yu Hui looked at Gu Huai and asked.
Gu Huai took a look and said, "I want that light blue linen."
Yu Hui took a look and had an idea in mind.
"Make two more pairs of trousers, dark blue khaki, one knee-length and one long." They can also be worn with a linen shirt.
Gu Huai nodded and said, "Okay, I want a set of pajamas."
Yu Hui glanced at him and nodded.
It is indeed inappropriate for him to sleep in a room with me and wear a vest that exposes his back, chest and arms.
She looked around at the cloths on the counter and had an idea in her mind.
"Hello comrade, I want four meters of blue linen and twelve meters of dark blue khaki." These were not only bought to make pants for Gu Huai, but also for other people.
"Three meters of white muslin, four meters of that light green checkered cotton, three meters of white Dacron, three meters of navy blue striped cotton, that blue..."
Before Yu Hui could finish her words, Zhao Changying grabbed her and said in shock, "Are you going to buy back all the cloth on this counter?"
She was told not to buy cloth for them to make clothes, but with the cloth she bought, she could make two sets of clothes for each of them.
"Mom, I know what's going on." Yu Hui said, clapping her hands.
Zhao Changying: "I don't think you have any idea at all."
"Oh, Mom, don't worry about it." Gu Huai wanted to pull his mother away.
"What do you mean by 'don't worry about it'?" Zhao Changying shook off her son's hand. "If you buy these cloths, I'll take Qiuyan and the others back today."
She wasn't joking, she was serious.
Seeing that the old lady was really angry, Yu Hui and Gu Huai took real action and finally bought only two meters of linen, three meters of cotton, and four meters of khaki.
But Yu Hui still planned to buy these cloths. One day she would find an excuse to go to the city alone to buy milk powder for Beibei, and then bring these cloths back.
Once the cloth was bought, it could not be returned. No matter how unhappy the old lady was, she had no choice but to accept it.
After buying the cloth, Yu Hui went to buy some biscuits. Just as Zhao Changying was about to speak, she said, "This is what Gu Dong and the others need to eat. I buy it for them every week. If you don't believe me, just ask them."
Zhao Changying looked at her three grandsons, who nodded in unison. Only then did she give up and let Yu Hui buy it.
Gu Dong and Gu Nan felt that their grandmother was very different from their maternal grandmother. Whether before or after their parents' divorce, their grandmother would always tell their father that the family lacked this or that.
When my father heard this, he would give money to my grandmother to buy it. My grandmother always said no, no, and that she was not asking for money, but she always accepted the money.
But grandma was different. Not only did she never say what she lacked, she also told Dad and Mom that she had everything. If Dad and Mom wanted to buy cloth to make clothes for them, she would get angry and didn't want to spend Dad's money.
It was only ten o'clock when Zhao Changying said she wanted to go back. Her feet hurt after walking for a long time, so she walked slower and looked uncomfortable.
Yu Hui and Gu Huai had originally planned to have dinner at the state-owned restaurant before going back, but when they heard her say her feet hurt, they had no choice but to take a car home directly.
After getting off the bus, Yu Hui and Gu Huai saw her holding Beibei and walking briskly, even faster than them.
Gu Dong looked at his grandmother who was walking briskly and tilted his head and said, "Grandma, you walk so fast, and it doesn't look like your feet hurt."
Gu Bin: "My mother-in-law is just pretending. She didn't feel any pain even when she walked over ten miles to visit my uncle during the Spring Festival."
"Why does grandma have to pretend?" Gu Nan was puzzled.
Gu Qiuyan smiled and patted her cousin's head. "She's worried that if we go out too late, we'll have to spend more money to eat in the city."
She knew her mother-in-law too well. In her mother-in-law's words, she was the worm in her stomach.
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