Chapter 13: I spent a year's salary to buy
After returning to the guesthouse, Huo Jingchen borrowed a stove and took the cold food to the small kitchen.
Xia Mi also followed.
She sat on a small stool, staring at the stove. "What on earth do you want to tell me?"
"Once the marriage report is approved, the marriage certificate will be issued soon. I plan to go to the city to buy some things tomorrow. Do you have anything to buy?"
As a person who traveled from the future, Xia Mi attaches great importance to the sense of ritual.
It was obviously unrealistic to have a grand wedding in this day and age, but she still wanted a wedding dress.
She nodded and blinked, looking playful and cute. "Please buy me two pieces of red cloth, the kind I wear at a wedding. I see Sister Shengmei has a sewing machine at home, so I want to make a wedding dress myself when the time comes."
Huo Jingchen grinned, "What else?"
"There are also pearl flowers. You don't need too many. Just buy a few as a token of your appreciation."
Xia Mi tried hard to recall the wedding styles of that era and began to imagine what kind of hairstyle and outfit she would have on her wedding day.
Huo Jingchen agreed to everything and silently kept in mind everything she needed.
After dinner, Huo Jingchen had to return to the army.
Xia Mi locked the doors and windows and entered the space in meditation.
She earned a total of 225 from clams today, plus 45 from oysters, a total of 270. Including the money she earned from the previous few days, she now has about 300 yuan.
With the start-up capital, Xia Mi took the lead in launching a storage service, and a five-square-meter space appeared next to the mall.
Then I went to the mall and bought the tools needed for sea catching and stored them all in the temporary space.
After everything was done, Xia Mi fell on the bed, sighing at the joy of making money. While feeling happy, she recalled her previous life, when she was lying on the bed, sighing that money was hard to earn and shit was hard to eat.
As she thought about it, Xia Mi fell asleep peacefully, her sleeping posture was peaceful, her breathing was light. -The next day, at dawn, Huo Jingchen and the other two were already waiting at the dock, ready to take the earliest boat into the city.
The ship moved towards the shore, and after an hour and a half, it docked.
As soon as you get off the boat, the tempting aroma of buns wafts in the wind, making your stomach growl with hunger.
"Come on, it's my treat, you guys eat more, today won't be any easier than training."
The other two smiled happily and didn't take it seriously, thinking how many things could one buy for a wedding?
After entering the restaurant, the two of them didn't bother to be polite with Huo Jingchen. They just asked for five baskets of meat buns, three bowls of porridge, and three bowls of soy milk.
Under the shocked gaze of the waiter, the three of them quickly finished their breakfast.
The real ordeal had just begun, and the two complacent people soon couldn't laugh anymore.
Huo Jingchen took out the money first, and then put a thick stack of money in his pocket together with the bills he had saved over the past six years.
They first went to the department store, and the pots and pans they saw at first made them think they were taking a break today.
Next, they witnessed Huo Jingchen spending 125 yuan to buy a ladies' Plum watch without blinking an eye.
Little did they know that something shocking was still waiting to happen.
A radio that costs eighty yuan, a sewing machine that costs one hundred and fifty yuan, a dressing table that costs one hundred and eighty yuan, and a bicycle that costs one hundred and fifty yuan.
As soon as Huo Jingchen moved his gaze to the wardrobe, the two men were so scared that cold sweats broke out on their bodies. They took a few steps forward and pulled him.
"Captain Huo, you can ask a carpenter to make cabinets and other things. You don't have to come to the city to buy them. It's a waste of money and tickets."
Another person echoed, "Yeah, what kind of dressing cabinet costs 180?! This department store really doesn't rip off poor people like us."
"What do you know? Others sell this style. All three cabinets are made of the same wood. This one has a large oval mirror and two drawers built into the tabletop."
"It looks good, but the price is not good..."
Huo Jingchen raised his eyebrows slightly, and was very satisfied with this dressing table. He was sure that this was a style that Xia Mi would like.
Next, a striking landscape appeared in the department store.
Huo Jingchen and someone else worked together to carry the dressing table, while another person pushed a bicycle that was hung with pots, pans, and utensils packed in a net bag. There were also two thermos bottles hung on the handlebars, one on the left and one on the right.
Just when the two orderlies thought everything was alright, Huo Jingchen raised his leg and prepared to walk back.
"Captain Huo, do you have anything else to buy?!" He spoke so excitedly that his voice broke, causing the people waiting for the boat to look back frequently.
Huo Jingchen responded, "There are still some things. I can go alone. You guys stay here and take care of the things."
Huo Jingchen went back to buy cloth. The rough man was lost in terms of aesthetics and had to rely on the eloquent salesperson to sell him fabrics.
When he appeared in their sight again, his hands were full of cloth.
"Captain Huo used up all his savings of the past six years to get married?"
Another person calmly analyzed, "Do you think the battalion commander's salary is the same as yours? This may only be for one year."
Huo Jingchen calculated the time accurately. Before he even put down his things, the ship's steward notified everyone to get on board.
Everyone on the boat watched the three people moving things without blinking an eye.
After the things were moved, someone came over to ask tentatively, "Comrade, are we going to open a new supply and marketing cooperative on our island?"
The orderly was so tired that he was gasping for breath, his eyes were dazed, and he waved his hands to deny it.
"no."
"So you bought so many things, are they for your family members?"
"Our battalion commander is getting married soon, and these are prepared for his wife."
As soon as the words came out, he immediately envied everyone on the boat. Who wouldn't marry a daughter-in-law by piecing together thirty-two legs and three turns and one ring?
Everything the battalion commander spent was new. Although it was not his own money, his colleagues were heartbroken.
The ship was bumpy all the way, and Huo Jingchen was watching the things in the cargo hold, fearing that they would be bumped or hit, and he only came up occasionally to take a breath. - Xia Mi asked the eldest sister at the guesthouse about the location of the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning, and bought a bag of peach cakes and canned fruits to go to Jiang Shengmei's house.
The door was open, and Xia Mi heard laughter coming from inside before she even went in.
Xia Mi raised her hand and knocked on the door, and the laughter stopped abruptly.
Jiang Shengmei came out after hearing the noise.
Xia Mi smiled slightly and thanked her, "Sister Shengmei, I came to thank you for lending me something the other day. I'm really sorry for the trouble."
"I can't take it. Why are you so polite? It's not delaying me at all. Take it back now."
Jiang Shengmei took a closer look and almost popped her eyes out.
It was such a small thing, but he still bought peach cakes and canned fruits to express his gratitude.
Fan Chunhua stuck her head out to observe. This was the first time she met Xia Mi.
The woman's facial features were delicate and refined, just like a hibiscus flower after the rain, she looked delicate and beautiful.
Even she, a married woman with two children, liked him, let alone the hot-blooded Huo Jingchen.
Even so, Fan Chunhua didn't look kindly at Xia Mi. Her daughter cried all night last night, and her eyes were swollen like walnuts in the morning.
Fan Chunhua walked into the yard and interrupted their conversation.
She asked knowingly, and glanced at Xia Mi with a pair of shrewd eyes, "Is this Captain Huo's fiancée?"
"Yes, this is Xia Mi. By the way, Xia Mi, let me introduce you. This is Instructor Li's lover, Fan Chunhua. You can just call her Sister Chunhua."
Xia Mi nodded politely and took the initiative to greet, "Sister Chunhua, I just got here and I don't know a lot of things. Thank you for taking care of me."
"I dare not. If you don't pay attention, your Captain Huo's lion will eat people."
(End of this chapter)
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