Chapter 260 1974
After reading it, Su Mo put the letter away and didn’t show it to Lu Xiaolan to avoid upsetting her. Su Mo
felt uncomfortable just thinking about it. She didn’t know how Yang Jingming felt when he had to face his former and current father-in-law at the weekly meeting.
On December 30, Sunday, Su Mo asked her parents to go shopping in a department store to buy some things for the New Year.
It was 1974 soon. This year, the New Year was early, and it was January 23. It was better to buy things early to avoid being late and the good things were picked up by others. At the end of
every year, whether it was a department store in the city or a supply and marketing cooperative in the countryside, a batch of defective products without tickets would be released so that ordinary people could buy things and have a good New Year.
Therefore, the department store was a turbulent crowd. Lu Changzheng looked at the crowd and his mouth twitched.
He was thinking about telling the three ladies that he would lead the way and let them follow him closely, but when he turned around, he found that the three ladies had already slipped into the crowd with their flexible bodies.
Lu Changzheng:...
"What are you doing here? Hurry up and squeeze in, don't block others." He turned around and was rejected by his father-in-law again.
At this time, Lele, who was riding on Lu Changzheng's shoulder, also stabbed him in the back, "Dad, hurry up, Mom has gone so far."
Lu Changzheng silently covered his chest, because he was always the one who got hurt.
Sighing, Lu Changzheng began to push forward. After all, he had received formal training. If he couldn't squeeze out the common people, it would be unacceptable. If he couldn't show off in front of his mother-in-law, he could at least show off in front of his father-in-law.
Fortunately, I didn't wear a military uniform today, otherwise I really couldn't move freely.
With Lu Changzheng leading the way in front, Su Tingqian followed behind with An An in his arms and felt quite comfortable.
This son-in-law is only useful at times like this.
Su Mo and the other two first squeezed to the place where cloth was sold, and each of them grabbed a piece of defective cloth, no matter what pattern it was, just grab it first.
Because the defective cloth was limited, in order to ensure that more people could buy it, the department store only put out a few hundred pieces every day. They were all cut, and each piece was seven feet long, just enough to make an adult's clothes.
Therefore, every day when the department store opens, a group of people gather around the cloth selling area. As soon as the defective cloth comes out, they rush to grab it. The main feature is agility and quick eyes and hands. The powerful ones can grab some fashionable patterns.
Several employees from the department store security department surround this area, and their eyes are like radars, scanning sharply, for fear that someone will steal the cloth.
These cloths are seven feet a piece, and the price is fixed, cotton cloth is one dollar and a half, twill cloth is two dollars and a half, and khaki cloth is three dollars.
When everyone comes to buy, they all prepare change. After grabbing the cloth, they quickly give the money to the salesperson, get a receipt, and then they can leave. Each piece of cloth has a note, and there are security personnel checking at the exit, so basically there will be no theft of cloth.
This time, all the cloth released is cotton.
Su Mo unfolded the three pieces of cloth to have a look. They were said to be defective cloth, but in fact, they didn't have many defects, just the color was a little off. Maybe people who are particular in the city would dislike it, but for the countryside, it is the best cloth.
Su Mo plans to send these back to Lujia Village and make a new dress for each of the three elderly people.
As for her parents, she can just buy ready-made clothes for them. Then she will buy some wool yarn, and since they are not busy at work now, she will knit a sweater for each of them. Before, when they were in the cowshed, they were knitted with defective wool yarn with bad color, which is no longer suitable for wearing now.
After grabbing the cloth, the family went directly to the second floor, where the things were more expensive and there were fewer people.
Su Mo bought a new set of clothes for her parents and the two children, a coat for herself and Lu Xiaolan, and a white shirt for Lu Changzheng, spending about a hundred yuan in total.
As for pants, there were almost no styles of pants these days, so it was better to buy some cloth and make them yourself.
Seeing that Su Mo was also buying clothes for her, Lu Xiaolan was reluctant to take them, but Su Mo insisted, so she took them, but turned around and bought some more cloth, saying that she wanted to make clothes for the two children.
In addition to the coat, Su Mo also bought Lu Xiaolan a pair of small leather shoes. Thanks to her helping to take care of the children, she and Lu Changzheng could work so smoothly.
The family went shopping until the afternoon and left the department store with bags.
After returning home, Lu Changzheng took the things he wanted to send back to his hometown and went to the post office to mail them. The long journey had to be sent early so that they could be received before the New Year.
In addition to cloth, they also bought a lot of nutritional products, local specialties and snacks for the children. Lu Xiaolan also bought a pair of Jiefang brand rubber shoes for each of the three elderly people.
Lele was at home, taking out the new toys and candies he had bought, and they were playing peacefully with each other.
Seeing him like that, An An said, "I don't want it, I'll give it to you."
Le Le was flattered and asked uncertainly, "You really don't want it?"
An An waved her hands, "No, it's a toy for children." She played with it before because she had never seen it before and was curious, but now that she has seen it so many times, she has no interest anymore.
Le Le immediately pushed the things to his side, gave him a thumbs up and praised him sweetly, "Sister, you are great! You are a good child who can take care of your brother. I will ask the teacher to praise you tomorrow."
Su Mo looked at him with a smile and asked Lu Xiaolan, "Did you teach him?"
Lu Xiaolan shook her head, "No, he went to the senior class to see it himself." The senior class would tell the older children every day to love their younger brothers and sisters and not to hit others.
Many of the children in this compound are very naughty and will fight if they disagree.
In the evening, Lele saw Su Mo knitting a sweater. She was very curious and asked Su Mo what she was doing. After learning that she was knitting sweaters for her grandparents, she clamored for sweaters too. Su Mo had already prepared wool and knitted a vest for each of the two children.
After getting a positive answer, she happily went to play by herself.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was 1974 in the blink of an eye.
New Year's Day was Tuesday, and there was no holiday, but when Su Mo got off work, she still took some things out, and the family celebrated simply.
On January 5, Su Yichen's wife Zhuo Huiqin gave birth to a boy. Su Tingde called to announce the good news. Su Mo hurriedly went with Mo Yurong to buy some things and sent them over.
When Su Tingqian heard that it was a boy, he sighed and said that it seemed rare for his family to have a girl. At the same time, he was a little proud, because all the girls in the Su family seemed to be on his side.
Life passed like this, and after the Little New Year, something big happened.
A certain monkey country sent a fleet northward, and on the 17th, it occupied two islands of our country, killed and injured many fishermen and militiamen of our country, and also attacked patrol boats.
Lu Changzheng and his team received the order to set out that day.
This was during the Chinese New Year, and the whole family compound was shrouded in a tense atmosphere.
Once the war escalated and both sides went to war, I am afraid that many people would be sacrificed again. Those who have children and grandchildren on the front line are even more worried.