Having reached an agreement, the grandfather and grandson happily set off.
The poor old man only changed his clothes upstairs, and when he came downstairs, the house was empty.
As soon as they entered Wangfujing Department Store, Grandma Huo led Jiang Si to the fourth floor, where large furniture items were sold, with practiced ease.
Xiaozhou hasn't lived at home in years, and his room doesn't have a single decent piece of furniture. Now that he's finally getting married, of course he has to furnish it properly.
Grandma Huo patted her bulging wallet. "Choose whichever one you like. Don't be afraid to spend the money."
From this, it seems Grandma is going to pay?
"Grandma, I have money on me."
Jiang Si said, "When Mom went to Qiongzhou Island, she gave me the betrothal gifts and the settlement allowance, as well as the savings book that you and Grandpa gave her, which she also took with her."
When Jiang Si received the passbook, she did not open it.
She only found out after returning to Beijing that there was actually 3,000 yuan in the savings account her grandparents had given her.
Grandma Huo disagreed: "Your money is your money. Now we need to renovate your wedding room. How can you pay for it?"
Jiang Si couldn't persuade the old lady otherwise, so she could only focus her attention on the furniture for the time being.
"Okay, I'll take a look first."
The two walked around inside for a long time, but Jiang Si still couldn't find anything she liked.
"What, don't you like any of them?"
Jiang Si nodded and hummed in agreement.
"It's okay. Don't force yourself if you can't find something suitable. We can go look at other places."
As soon as Grandma Huo finished speaking, the salesperson at the furniture counter immediately snorted.
"Our department store has the most complete selection of goods in the entire city of Beijing. If you can't find what you're looking for here, you might as well not go anywhere else."
Although the person's tone was not very pleasant, what they said was true.
However, Jiang Si had her own ideas.
The furniture I bought on Qiongzhou Island before was just for daily life, so I chose simple and practical styles.
But this time, Jiang Si still wants to choose some with better quality.
In fact, she has a lot of furniture in her space, and each piece is priceless!
However, those are not available right now and must be released after reform and opening up.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Si whispered a few words to Grandma Huo, "Grandma, I want to go and take a look at the nearby state-owned trust store."
Grandma Huo frowned upon hearing this, "Those places only sell secondhand furniture."
"It's alright, Grandma." Jiang Si didn't seem to care much about it.
In those days, all timber was allocated by the state through planned allocation, and species like rosewood, huanghuali, and golden nanmu were basically not sold to the public.
If you want to buy these, you can only go to state-run trust stores.
This is similar to the "Huaiguo Old" market in Shanghai. Although everything inside is second-hand, the prices are cheap and no tickets are required.
Most importantly, after the movement began, a large portion of the confiscated supplies flowed into this area.
Jiang Si had seen so many wonderful things since she was a child that she developed a keen eye for identifying treasures.
She can tell whether something is real or fake after just a few glances.
Seeing that she insisted, Grandma Huo let her go, saying, "Alright, let's go then, but we'll have to buy a new bed."
Newlyweds sleep in a new bed; this is a tradition that has been passed down for many years.
Even during the campaign to destroy the Four Olds, Grandma Huo was not exempt from the custom.
Jiang Si nodded in agreement.
That morning, the two of them visited several state-owned trust stores in the vicinity.
After having hot pot for lunch, Jiang Si went to the store of a hardwood furniture factory in Beijing in the afternoon.
Before the public-private partnership, this company, named 'Tongxinghe,' was a long-established brand in Beijing specializing in imperial furniture.
After browsing around inside for a whole afternoon, Jiang Si finally found the furniture she wanted.
Although they were not quite as good as the ones in the space, they were still all exquisite. In addition, she also found quite a few cups, bowls and plates.
I left my address and arranged a delivery time.
The two of them happily went home.
As soon as I entered the house, I heard the old man's excited voice.
"Si girl, hurry, hurry, there's a phone call for you—"
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