Chapter 206 Are you not capable enough?
"Okay, while you're here, make a few more sets, two for each season, and mom will buy them for you."
Zhao Min didn't force it, as she had already decided how many clothes to make for Xia Mi.
Huo Jinying next to her said, "What about me, Mom? I'm also short of clothes."
"Do it. Do it all."
Huo Jingchen asked in a provocative tone, "Mom is really kind-hearted. She supports the whole store by herself."
"This is also what mom wanted." Xia Mi tugged at Huo Jingchen's sleeve and gave him a silent look.
Before she came, Xia Mi thought that the relationship between mother and son would be very tense, but now, she realized that she was overthinking.
Zhao Min didn't care and pulled them in one by one. "You don't love your wife, so I'll do it for you. I guess you won't have much chance to buy clothes on the island, right?"
"Yes, but the chances are slim."
The clothes in the supply and marketing cooperative on the island are always the same ones, so he can be considered an old employee of the cooperative.
The styles of the supply and marketing cooperatives are limited and the prices are high, so people on the island tend to buy fabrics and make their own.
After entering the store, I found that the decoration style of the store is very simple. There are some ready-made goods hanging on the walls. There are three walls in total, which are hung in different areas. Men's and women's are separated, and the elderly and children are hung together. The colors range from light to dark.
Men's clothing is basically Zhongshan suits, or more casual jackets, and the styles are pretty similar.
There are many more styles of women's clothing than men's clothing, and most of them are winter clothing. The styles of base layers and outerwear exceed those of men's clothing.
The clerk came up to greet us, "Comrade, take a look at what you like. I'll take it down for you to try on. We can also make custom ones. Custom ones are more comfortable to wear than these, and you can choose the material, too."
The service attitude of the store clerks is very good, which is far different from that of state-owned department stores.
Xia Mi looked around and finally fixed her eyes on a maroon coat. The buttons were black and surrounded by a circle of gold. It did not look monotonous or old-fashioned. It was short and reached to the hips.
We haven't completely entered the 1980s yet, and the color saturation of the materials used for clothing is not very high, and dark colors are the main colors.
"Take this one down and try it on." Zhao Minggang was also choosing clothes. When he noticed that Xia Mi's eyes were on this piece of clothing, he quickly asked someone to take it down.
"Okay." The clerk took the clothes down from the clothes drying rack and handed them to Xia Mi. "Comrade, we have a place to try on clothes here. Why don't you go in and try them on?"
Xia Mi nodded, took the clothes and walked towards the fitting room.
The so-called fitting room is actually just a corner separated by a curtain.
After Xia Mi went in, Zhao Min walked over to Huo Jingchen and asked, "Have you and Xia Mi planned to have children? I heard that the older a man is, the worse his sperm quality is."
Huo Jingchen's eyes froze and he looked at his mother in surprise.
"You want to take care of the kids before you retire. You're so energetic, why don't you call Aunt Liu home?"
Zhao Min was very angry about this, but fortunately, at least Huo Jingchen was willing to talk to them. Before, he could only say less than ten sentences to her when he returned home.
"I'm speaking seriously to you. Xiao Mi is young, so I'm not afraid."
Huo Jingchen felt humiliated by his mother, but he didn't know how to refute.
It seems that he and Xia Mi haven't taken any measures for a long time. Xia Mi didn't react at all. Is it really that he is not capable? !
Huo Jingchen, who had always been confident, suddenly began to doubt himself, and his eyes changed from astonishment to surprise.
"Do you really have a problem?" Zhao Min caught the unconfidence in her son's eyes and raised her voice. "How about I take you to see it?"
"What are you looking at?" Huo Jinying also picked out two sets of clothes and came over when she heard the voice.
Huo Jingchen looked unnatural and coughed twice in embarrassment, "Nothing."
After Huo Jinying left, he spoke again, "I'm fine, don't worry about it."
When Xia Mi changed her clothes and came out, there was a mirror at the door, embedded in the wall.
"Comrade, you look really good in this dress. You are already fair, and this dress makes you look even fairer. Is there anything wrong with it?"
The clerk was the first to come up to me, gave me some warm compliments, and then asked if the clothes fit me well.
"The waist is a little big and the sleeves are a little long."
"What about the material? Is this material suitable? We have several other fabrics here. Would you like to come and take a look?"
The clerk held a book and turned the pages skillfully. There were six kinds of fabrics pasted on each page.
"You look good. Everything about you is good. Your looks and height are perfect. You're just a little thin. I'll take advantage of the New Year to help you lose weight." Zhao Min also came over and accompanied Xia Mi to choose the material.
It was already noon when I took measurements and chose clothes in the store and left.
In the afternoon, we have to go to the department store to buy things for the New Year. Many people have done their shopping a week in advance. As it is close to New Year’s Eve, there are fewer people shopping and it is not very crowded.
After shopping, the group went to the Friendship Store.
To buy things at the Friendship Store you need foreign exchange coupons, which are hard to come by and it can be said that most people cannot get them.
Zhao Min had been saving for a long time, and had previously exchanged it with other people for various industrial tickets.
The things in the Friendship Store are obviously different from those in the department store. They are more refined and advanced.
Xia Mi even saw ham, bacon and other things in the Friendship Store.
I didn't expect these to be available so early. The bacon was vacuum-packed, and five slices cost three dollars. Xia Mi's pupils shrank and she quickly put the things back.
"Xiao Mi, what do you think of these little leather shoes?"
Huo Jinying was holding a pair of low-heeled Mary Jane leather shoes in her hands. They were brown and had a bow in the middle of the shoe, inlaid with a large rhinestone. The heels were about three or four centimeters high.
"It looks good. It will look even better with a skirt. It is suitable for all seasons except winter."
There is no magic weapon to reveal bare legs now, and it is difficult to match this pair of shoes with the current clothing style.
Huo Jinying liked the shoes so much that she went to check out directly, fearing that they would be snatched away by others.
Zhao Min took a fancy to a washing machine and paid for it to be delivered to her door.
Xia Mi accompanied him shopping for a whole day and her back and waist ached. She yawned and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Tired?"
Xia Mi nodded, "A little bit, are you tired too? You seem to be in a bad mood since lunch, is it because shopping is too boring?"
Huo Jingchen, who had something on his mind, naturally did not tell the truth.
"I'm not tired." Huo Jingchen denied, "If I'm tired, I'll go back. I've almost bought everything."
Huo Jingchen looked at his mother and second sister who were shopping enthusiastically, and couldn't understand why they came to the Friendship Store so often, but it was like the first time every time? - It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when they got home, and Xia Mi fell asleep in the car in a daze.
Zhao Min and Huo Jinying woke them up.
After Xia Mi woke up, she and Huo Jingchen walked at the end.
"Go upstairs and sleep for a while. I'll call you when dinner is ready."
Xia Mi didn’t know what was going on. She felt very tired these two days, her eyelids felt inexplicably heavy, and she wanted to sleep all the time.
After thinking about it, she felt that it was probably because she didn't get enough rest on the train.
I just didn’t expect the aftereffects to be so strong. I felt very sleepy the whole day.
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