In the eyes of Xu Xiangjuan, who had seen big supermarkets and shopping malls, the department store was still not good enough. She just had to take a closer look and calculate what was missing at home.
It was Zhou Chengning’s first time in a department store. He looked calm on the outside, but a little nervous on the inside.
Xu Xiangjuan was not in a hurry to ask the price of the bicycle, but walked around first.
"Juan, I want to go and take a look at the stationery area." Zhou Chengning saw his lover stop to look at socks and pointed to the stationery area.
Xu Xiangjuan nodded and took out a handkerchief wrapped in money from her trouser pocket. "Here's fifty cents for you. You can buy a pencil and a notebook if you see it."
Zhou Chengning felt that the two yuan he brought was enough, "No, no, I have money, the pocket money you gave me, I have two yuan."
Xu Xiangjuan heard him take the two yuan with him and put away her handkerchief. "Okay, go shopping. I'll wait for you here."
It's quite strange to wrap money in a handkerchief. I'll buy a wallet next time.
"OK."
Xu Xiangjuan ignored Zhou Chengning and continued looking at socks.
Nylon socks are mostly red and blue, and there are ten pairs in a bundle, and each bundle costs one yuan. Xu Xiangjuan looked at them for a long time and bought two bundles, one for men and one for women.
Neither she nor Zhou Chengning has sweaty feet, so it's okay to buy a few more pairs of nylon socks. If they had sweaty feet, these nylon socks would be uncomfortable to wear and would smell bad.
Seeing that Aning's socks were thin and had holes in them, she decided to buy some new ones today. After buying the socks, she went to buy some underwear. The underwear area was next to the socks, with both men's and women's underwear. Xu Xiangjuan bought three pairs for herself and three pairs for Zhou Chengning.
After she gave birth, Zhou Chengning came to do the laundry. Although he has never touched her clothes, he has seen her man's underwear hanging in the yard.
At this time, Xing said, "New for three years, old for three years, mended for another three years, how many patches have been put on her man's underwear?" She thought it was really shabby, so she just bought new ones.
Unlike later times, when prices are unified, men's items are just a little more expensive than women's and use more fabric. Men's underwear is 60 cents a pair, while women's is 50 cents. Socks cost two yuan, and underwear costs three yuan and thirty cents.
Zhou Chengning came back very quickly. Xu Xiangjuan had just paid for his underwear. Seeing that he had nothing in his hands, she didn't ask any more questions.
Later she bought three boxes of soap, two hair flowers for Gua Gua, each costing five cents, and a milk bottle for Niu Niu.
Buying a baby bottle is like cutting into Xu Xiangjuan's flesh, and it's actually 6 yuan for a baby bottle. This baby bottle also has a shelf life, so it's impossible to use it for a long time, but it is really useful.
A bottle of milk costs most of the money.
Zhou Chengning carried all the things they bought while Xu Xiangjuan went to look at the bicycles.
I asked, and found out the cheapest one is 150 yuan, and requires a ticket.
"Juan, does our family have money to buy a tricycle? I want a tricycle. It will be more comfortable for you and Guagua to sit on, and there is room for storage." Zhou Chengning took a fancy to the only small tricycle at first sight, leaned over and spoke in a low voice into Xu Xiangjuan's ear.
This little thing probably has no one to buy, so it's just been left here.
Xu Xiangjuan was a little embarrassed. It took more effort to pedal a tricycle than a bicycle. Besides, who would ride a tricycle to work now? They were mostly used to deliver goods or sell things. Her man had such a unique vision...
But it is true that putting a small stool in the bed of a tricycle, or sitting directly in the bed, is more comfortable than sitting on a bicycle.
Xu Xiangjuan then asked about the price of the tricycle, and found out that she needed a bicycle ticket, which cost 260 yuan.
Xu Xiangjuan could accept the price of two hundred and sixty, but she had to remind Zhou Chengning that the next time they came to the city, when the bicycle tickets arrived, if the tricycle was sold, they would buy a bicycle.
Zhou Chengning nodded and said he understood.
After shopping in the morning, Xu Xiangjuan took Zhou Chengning to a small private restaurant not far from the department store and ordered a bowl of egg noodles and a bowl of wontons.
The egg noodles are Zhou Chengning’s and the wontons are hers.
After the noodles and wontons were served, Xu Xiangjuan opened the bag of dry food and took a brown sugar steamed bun for herself. As for Zhou Chengning, he took the vegetarian bun and gave the egg on the noodles to Xu Xiangjuan.
Xu Xiangjuan did not refuse. She finished her eggs and then ate the wontons, feeding Zhou Chengning a few bites of wontons from time to time.
Zhou Chengning ate most of the wontons. Xu Xiangjuan only took a few bites as she felt they were too delicious. After Zhou Chengning finished eating, they left the restaurant.
"Your cooking is still delicious, Juan."
If Zhou Chengning hadn't tasted his lover's cooking every day recently, he would have thought that wontons with meat and a bowl of noodles were delicious. But after tasting what his lover cooked, he felt that they were not delicious enough.
"If it tastes good, eat more. You don't have much meat on your body... But don't eat too much. Your stomach won't be able to handle it."
Xu Xiangjuan feels that cooking should also be done step by step. She didn't have any meat before, and her stomach was empty. Now suddenly eating a lot of tonic food is not good for her stomach.
Fortunately, there was not much meat to eat at home, and she would not let men and children eat greasy food.
There is only one bus back to the town in the afternoon, and it returns at 4pm. It is not even 1pm now. Xu Xiangjuan has already planned to take the bus to Hongshan Town and then walk back home.
There is a bus in each town, the departure time in the morning is the same, but the return time in the afternoon is slightly different.
The bus to Hongshan Town leaves at 2pm. The smell on the bus is really unpleasant, so they take their time to breathe in the fresh air before going.
There are not many people taking the bus from Hongshan Town, because it is relatively early to go back. More people from Hongshan Town take the later bus from Dezao Town. The two towns are adjacent, so it only takes a few more steps to go back.
There was an empty seat, so she didn't have to sit on Zhou Chengning's lap when she went back. Xu Xiangjuan could also open the window, and a cool breeze blew in, which was a lot more comfortable.
The things he bought were placed in a small bag, which Zhou Chengning held in one hand and placed on his lap.
Xu Xiangjuan was looking out the window, her thoughts drifting away. She wasn't thinking about anything. All the things she had been thinking about before drifted away, and she felt calm.
Zhou Chengning hesitated for a while, but finally stretched out his empty left hand and grabbed Xu Xiangjuan's right hand.
When Xu Xiangjuan was a girl in her parents' home, she was not asked to do much housework. When she was earning work points, she was young, and with the relationship between her parents and brothers and sisters, the work she did was light and not tiring. After she got married and took care of the housework, she did not work much after she became pregnant, at most cooking. There were no calluses on her hands. Although they were not soft, they were soft, different from Zhou Chengning's hands.
Zhou Chengning was not born a scholar. He worked hard when he was a child. As a scholar born among farmers, his hands were slender with distinct joints, which looked very good, but they were covered with thick calluses when touched.
After having her hand grabbed, Xu Xiangjuan came back to her senses and looked at Zhou Chengning, wanting to ask him what was the matter.
Zhou Chengning looked straight ahead with a serious look, not looking at her, but the blush on his face betrayed him.
It’s okay. Xu Xiangjuan didn’t pull her hand away. She let him hold it and continued to look outside the car.
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