Chapter 30 Dacron Shirt
After returning to comrade Lu Changzheng's home and changing clothes, it was almost five o'clock.
The two did not dare to delay, quickly locked the door, got on the bike and rushed back.
"Stop when you pass by the commune supply and marketing cooperative, I'll look for Xiaolan." Su Mo said to Lu Changzheng.
"What's the matter?"
"When I was in the hospital a few days ago, Xiaolan took care of me, I want to give her a gift to thank her."
"Okay."
Lu Changzheng would not say that there is no need to give a gift, he still agrees with his wife's way of dealing with people. Those who have helped him should be thanked.
Although Xiaolan is his sister, he does not think it is right for her to help him take care of his wife.
Because it was getting late, Lu Changzheng rode very fast. Normally, it would take about 30 minutes to ride from the commune to the county town, but Lu Changzheng got there in 20 minutes.
After Su Mo jumped off the bike, she glared at Lu Changzheng.
What was this idiot doing riding so fast? Her butt was almost shaken off.
Lu Changzheng was glared at and felt a little confused. What had he done to offend his wife again?
Su Mo walked into the supply and marketing cooperative and saw that all the sales clerks were sorting things. There were a lot of things piled on the floor of the counter.
They must have new goods. Su Mo's guess was not wrong, because the autumn harvest would be over soon, and by then the members who had been busy for more than a month would flock to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things like sheep that had been locked up for a winter. The supply and marketing cooperatives had to prepare enough inventory to meet the purchasing needs of the members.
The period from the end of the autumn harvest to the distribution of grain and money every year was the busiest time for the grassroots supply and marketing cooperatives. Especially when the brigades were distributing money, the counters were really crowded.
When the sales assistants saw someone coming in, they all looked up and saw that it was Su Mo. Lu Xiaolan stood up and said with a smile: "Su Zhiqing, are you here to buy something?"
They were taking inventory today, and everyone was very busy and had no time to ask about gossip, so she didn't know that Lu Changzheng and Su Mo had obtained their marriage certificate.
"No, I came to see you." Su Mo said with a smile.
"Hey, what do you want to talk to me about?" Lu Xiaolan put the things on the plate aside, marked them, and then came out from the counter and walked to the side with Su Mo.
Su Mo took out a gift bag made of brown paper from her bag and handed it to Lu Xiaolan: "Xiaolan, thank you for taking care of me a few days ago. This is my gift to you. I hope you like it."
"Oh, Su Zhiqing, you are too polite. It doesn't take any effort to take care of you. Take it back quickly." Lu Xiaolan waved her hands repeatedly. How could she accept it? What would happen if her third brother knew about it.
At this time, Lu Changzheng also came over and said to Lu Xiaolan: "Keep it. It's a gift from your third sister-in-law."
Lu Xiaolan's eyes widened for a moment. What's going on, third sister-in-law? So fast?
Su Mo also took the opportunity to stuff the gift bag into Lu Xiaolan's hands and said with a smile: "Take it, it's just a little gift from me, just don't mind it."
Lu Xiaolan was about to speak, but was shocked by Lu Changzheng's next words and was speechless.
"Your third sister-in-law and I got the marriage certificate this afternoon. We will set up the banquet on October 1st. You can come back to help then."
"It's getting late. Go and do your thing. We'll go back first."
After the two of them left, Lu Xiaolan came back to her senses.
Oh my God! He is really worthy of being her third brother!
He is so quick to do things. It's only been a few days and he has brought his wife home.
From the time he was discharged from the hospital to now, it's only been four days, right?
I really admire him!
I don't know anything else about that Su Zhiqing, at least they are top-notch in appearance and are a perfect match for her third brother.
Lu Xiaolan looked at the gift bag in her hand. The bag looked very high-end and exquisite. She didn't know what was inside. It wasn't heavy to carry. There were many people here, so she couldn't open it. She took it back to the counter and put it away, preparing to look at it after returning home.
On the way back to the brigade, Lu Changzheng also asked Su Mo: "Wife, what did you give Xiaolan?"
Mainly because the bag looked very high-end, Lu Changzheng was a little curious.
"Nothing, just a Dacron shirt." Su Mo said.
Lu Changzheng raised his eyebrows. Only his wife dared to say that.
His wife probably didn't know how difficult it was to buy Dacron outside of Haishi. I'm afraid that only Harbin had it in Heijiang Province, and it was estimated that it would be sold out as soon as it arrived. You can't buy it if you walk slowly.
Why did he know these things when he was in the army?
Because one of his comrades loved fashion very much, when he went back to Harbin to visit his relatives, he happened to see some Dacron cloth for sale in the supply and marketing cooperative, and wanted to make a shirt for himself. After struggling for a long time, he finally got in. As a result, when it was his turn, there was only one foot of cloth left. The fool bought the cloth, made a pair of underwear, and showed off in front of them every day.
[Popular Science: In the 1960s and 1970s, Dacron was popular in China for its characteristics of being crisp, wrinkle-free, strong and durable, and looking very high-end. Dacron cloth was extremely difficult to buy in other places outside Shanghai. It was not until 1974 that the first phase of the Shanghai Petrochemical Project was completed, and then 100,000 tons of chemical fiber products were produced annually, and the situation improved. Su Mo
had intended to give it to Ya Shuang, but since she was about to get married to Lu Changzheng, she felt it was a bit embarrassing to give it to Ya Shuang, so she simply gave away the Dacron shirt that the original owner had not worn, and found a vintage kraft paper gift bag from the space to put it in.
Although she herself did not like Dacron material, in this era, Dacron was still very high-end and difficult to buy even with money.
She was about the same height as Lu Xiaolan, and people were thin at that time, so the shirt was also suitable for Lu Xiaolan.
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The inventory at the supply and marketing cooperative was not completed until almost seven o'clock, and everyone packed up and hurried home after work. Lu Xiaolan did the same, taking her cloth bag and the gift bag and preparing to go back.
At this time, Sister Huang suddenly called her: "Xiaolan, what did your brother's girlfriend give you? Can you show it to everyone?"
Several other colleagues also stopped, they were also curious, mainly because the gift bag looked really high-end.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Lu Xiaolan had to stop and said with a smile: "I don't know, I haven't opened it yet, I'll take a look."
Then she opened the seal of the gift bag and took out a moon-white shirt with exquisite workmanship, 4 double-button buttons, small floral embroidery on the collar and cuffs, and a waist-tightening design.
Lu Xiaolan liked the shirt at first sight, and judging from the material, it seemed to be... Dacron!
One of the male colleagues had good eyesight and immediately shouted, "This is a Dacron shirt."
The director of the county supply and marketing cooperative who was in charge of connecting with them also had a Dacron shirt. He often saw him wearing it, so he was impressed.
The male colleague looked at Lu Xiaolan with envy. This Dacron shirt was hard to buy even if you had money.
"Oh, it's actually a Dacron shirt." Sister Huang said as she stretched out her hand to touch it, but Lu Xiaolan dodged it
. "Sister Huang, you haven't washed your hands yet. This shirt is white, don't stain it on me."
"Oh, I'm just too excited. Your brother's girlfriend is really generous. She gave me a Dacron shirt as a gift. I heard that it costs at least 18 yuan to make a Dacron shirt." Sister Huang looked envious.
Secretary Lu's family is really lucky.
Is it too late to ask her brother-in-law to dig up the wall now? Her brother-in-law is not bad either, he is a factory worker.
"They are no longer a couple, they got married this afternoon, and now she is my third sister-in-law." Lu Xiaolan said, her good impression of Su Mo was full, this third sister-in-law is not bad, we can get along!
Sister Huang: ...