Who doesn't want to hear nice things? Even though this guy's expression acting was really exaggerated, Shen Chunhua still broke down and laughed for a second.
"See, I was right! Isn't it beautiful? Shumei, do you think your mom's sweater is pretty? Mom, give us your opinion too!"
Liang Shengdi couldn't put her finger on it. She'd say the red color was quite festive. Otherwise, it was just a warm wool sweater. Wearing it wouldn't make you immortal or hungry.
Lin Shumei rolled her eyes and turned around to her mother several times before nodding vigorously, "It looks good! Mom, this dress sets off your fair skin."
You see, the difference between boys and girls is reflected at this moment. When praising someone, the third child will only exaggerate and say "beautiful girl" while the fourth child will seriously tell you the reason for her beauty.
Although Chen Chunhua felt that she could not make any difference by riding a tricycle all day long, it did not stop her from believing her little daughter's words.
"Really? Then I'll leave it for the first day of the new year." After saying that, he happily went into the house and changed his clothes.
Lin Shuchao threw down his schoolbag and rushed to his father, "Dad! Did you bring me a toy gun?" This was what Lin Guoqing promised him before leaving.
Lin Guoqing was about to speak when Lin Shumei came up with her school bag and took out a few papers.
"Dad! I got 100s in both Chinese and math on my final exams!"
"Wow! That's great!" Lin Guoqing looked at the test paper with satisfaction. Although Lin Shuying and Lin Shugan also scored basically 100 points when they were in elementary school, this did not prevent him from satisfying his vanity as a father when his later children got full marks.
His Lin family really has a talent for studying!
"Third brother, where's your final exam paper? Take it out so I can see it."
There are four children in the family, and none of them can be left behind. When inviting the ancestors, he must praise the descendants of the Lin family in front of his father!
Lin Shuchao silently loosened his grip on his father's hand, stepped back to his grandmother's side, raised his head and asked curiously,
"Grandma, my second brother said that he and the rest of us will have winter break after school today. Isn't my eldest sister coming back yet?"
Liang Shengdi looked down at him with squinted eyes and uttered a "hmm" through her nose.
"She's coming back tomorrow. Your dad is asking about your grades. Don't come to me to change the subject."
Lin Shuchao closed his eyes in despair, and then he heard that damned girl Lin Shumei had already started to tell tales.
"Dad, let me tell you! Third brother got 82 points in math! He didn't even pass Chinese!"
"Lin Shumei! I don't want to be with you anymore!"
When Chen Chunhua walked out of the room, she heard these words and the backs of the father and son running out of the door together.
"Tsk! The nine sons of the dragon are all different, and even the Wenquxing can't be put together in the same nest! Guoqing is still a bit too angry~"
It wasn't the first time the third child had poor grades. In her previous life, she had also painfully finished junior high school and then refused to go to school. In her next life, her head was still the same one that couldn't concentrate on studying. She was completely flat on her back.
Lin Guoqing had traveled extensively and brought back a woven bag full of stuff. Chen Chunhua seriously suspected he'd spent at least two hundred yuan. Including her own sweater, the cost in Shanghai alone was probably over a hundred yuan.
Sure enough, the money in the Shanghai Stock Exchange had reached another level in the 1980s!
However, everyone in the family received a gift, which they all applied for before leaving.
Lin Shuying wanted a large scarf and two bars of soap. As a girl reaches adulthood, she wants to be beautiful and her clothes to smell good. So Lin Guoqing bought her a Shanghai-brand printed scarf and shawl, and the most expensive bee-flower sandalwood soap.
While ordinary soaps only cost 30 or 40 cents, this sandalwood soap sells for 80 cents. Exports of this soap outweigh its domestic sales, and its sales are exceptionally good. Even Shanghai locals often buy it but are reluctant to use it, preferring to give it away as a wedding gift.
Lin Guoqing asked a client friend there to help buy it for him. He guaranteed that his eldest daughter would be very happy when she got home!
Lin Shu received a pair of Warrior basketball shoes, which cost 12.8 yuan and were the most expensive gift among the children.
All he originally asked for was a pair of sneakers, any brand would be fine, because he was drafted into the school track and field team and had to run frequently. The soles of his previous pair had cracked a bit, so he applied some glue to secure them, figuring he could wear them as long as he could.
But since Lin Guoqing asked what he wanted before leaving, he just told him to buy him a pair of shoes.
After Lin Guoqing went out, he asked what sneakers were the most popular among young people in the city.
The customer said, "That must be Warrior! A couple of years ago, they released some WB-1 basketball shoes. They were super popular. My son cried and begged to buy them, but they were out of stock. So I ended up spending 30 yuan on a scalper! They're only a dozen yuan in the store. Damn, scalpers are making more money than the shoe factory!"
Oh, that must be a good thing, so just buy it. I was prepared to pay another thirty yuan. But now it may not be so popular. I bought it at the original price in the store, and Lin Guoqing still felt that he made a profit.
When Lin Shu rushed home and saw the shoes, he was so excited that he couldn't express himself. There was a student on their track and field team wearing Huili shoes! His father was a cadre in the village, and he had been showing off a pair of Huili shoes for almost a year! He didn't expect that he would be able to wear them today!
A few days later, Lin Shuchao secretly told Chen Chunhua that his brother would sleep with the shoes in his arms at night and kiss them when he woke up! Fortunately, he hadn't started wearing them yet. If he had, he wouldn't be bothered by the stench!
Of course, this is because Lin Shuchao's gift was temporarily confiscated. Lin Guoqing said that he promised to buy him a toy gun and he did buy it, but his grades hurt his father's feelings, so Lin Guoqing decided to wait until the Chinese New Year to give it to him.
The third child nearly burst into tears. He'd seen the gun before; his father had even shown it to him. It was a toy gun with a flint, bought from a legitimate state-owned store. Pulling the trigger, a wheel rubbed against the flint, making a buzzing sound and emitting a flash of fire in the darkness.
How fucking cool would that be! If he were to go out with this guy, all the boys in the village would have to call him "Big Brother"! And when Chinese New Year comes, everyone's going to visit relatives, where would he go to show off?
There's still more than a week until Chinese New Year. What's the difference between this and dangling meat in front of Liang Shengdi and not letting her eat it? The biggest difference is that Liang Shengdi is the elder. If you really don't give her any, she'll dare to flip the table.
And he, Lin Shuchao, is just a poor ten-year-old kid who doesn't have the ability to challenge his parents.
Even if he rolled on the ground and threw a tantrum, it would be of no use. No one in his family would buy it. Lin Guoqing didn't care, and Chen Chunhua didn't help him either. Who told him that he didn't want to study hard?
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