Chapter 440 Parental Love (Seventeen)
After getting the certificate, the two went shopping in the department store. After some thought, Gao Xiulan finally chose a sewing machine.
Nowadays, most people make their own clothes and rarely buy ready-made clothes because they are too expensive and not cost-effective.
I bought a sewing machine and used it frequently, so it wouldn't be idle for a long time.
Moreover, when the house is not in use, neighbors will come to borrow it, and they will never come empty-handed, but always have something in their pockets.
When she used to make clothes at home, sewing with thread was troublesome and tiring for her hands. Her mother died early, so she learned needlework from her aunt next door.
It is easy to get distracted after doing it for a long time. If you are not paying attention, your finger will be pricked by the needle. After finishing a set of clothes, your fingers are almost numb from being pricked.
The cloth that Xie Da Jiao bought last year was made with the help of Aunt Sanda, and the size was slightly larger.
"Once we have a sewing machine at home this year, it will be much faster to cut cloth and make clothes."
"That's what you say, comrade. We'll take this one."
When Xie Zhiqiang heard the word "home", he felt warm in his heart. He was also a married man.
After paying the money very tactfully, the two of them went home with the big item.
Gao Xiulan saw that it was time for dinner, so she made plans to go back to the compound and took Xie Zhiqiang away who was still looking at fabrics downstairs.
"Xiu Lan, I think that piece of material suits you very well. It will look good on you."
"Take it easy, this month has just begun, and you just bought me a suit of this material last time, so I don't need it for now."
"All right."
Xie Zhiqiang touched his not-so-full pockets and thought to himself that he had to work harder.
When he becomes a master chef like his father in the future, he will earn dozens of dollars a month, which will definitely be enough for him to spend.
The two of them returned to the compound with the sewing machine, and the third uncle saw them at the door.
"Zhiqiang, you bought something big."
The third bad boy rushed out, took a look at the shiny sewing machine, a hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes, and he ran away with his eyes squinted.
The third aunt shouted from behind: "We are ready to eat, where else are you going?"
"I'm not going to eat anymore. You guys can eat by yourselves. You don't have to wait for me."
Sannozi had been having a hot affair with Guo Xia recently. He went home to ask his father for money, but instead of getting any, he was scolded and left in anger.
The third uncle scolded him, "You can eat wherever he wants. He never comes home every day."
Xie Zhiqiang got a cold look from San Naozi for no reason and secretly remembered it in his heart.
Next time if Sannozi forgets to bring toilet paper when he goes to the bathroom, he won’t be so considerate as to bring it to him.
Gao Xiulan also took a special look at Sannozi, the person who was the least intelligent among her father-in-law Xie Dawei.
As the name suggests, he is just a pure fool.
The two men said hello to the three uncles and aunts and walked to the backyard. Wu Shengli bent down by the sink to wash vegetables.
He raised his eyelids and was about to speak when Diao Yulian stepped hard on him.
She gasped in pain, "Yulian, why did you step on me?"
Diao Yulian looked at this tactless man and was filled with anger.
Other men know to buy big things for their wives, so why can't her husband be more proactive?
When Aunt Wu lifted the curtain, her face was longer than a horse.
"Your man helps you with kitchen chores when he gets home from get off work, but you don't care about him and just make things more complicated."
Because of the high bride price, she disliked the new bride and tried to find fault with her every day.
The two grown men in Old Wu's family are cowards when faced with problems, and the quarrel between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is a mess.
Diao Yulian lowered her head, flicked her sleeves and left.
She is the only young wife who is so unlucky to marry into the compound this year. She has a wicked mother-in-law.
Not only is he sarcastic at home, but he also gossips about all the embarrassing things happening at home all over the place. He is such a brainless person.
But she was not a pushover. After being upset during the day, she tortured Wu Shengli on the bed late at night, pinching and twisting his thighs.
"Oh my god, what's her attitude? I spent money to marry a great guy!
I'm so angry that my heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys ache all over my body!"
Aunt Wu clapped her hands and stamped her feet in the courtyard, singing, reciting, acting and fighting.
"Dad, why don't you roast some peanuts when you drink?"
The young couple of the Xie family saw Xie Dawei sitting on a chair in the main room with a small cup of sorghum wine at his side and the door was slightly open.
Old Man Gao sat nearby, having nothing to do. He took out the carpentry tools from the corner cabinet and sat on a small stool to tinker with them.
Two old fathers stayed in the same room, doing different things, and no one disturbed each other.
Xie Dawei nodded and pointed outside the door.
"Isn't there already a lot of excitement outside?"
Gossip goes well with wine, the more you drink, the more you gain.
Gao Xiulan's mouth twitched. Her father-in-law was really interesting.
He really enjoys life and is happy all the time.
When Old Man Gao saw the big thing in Xie Zhiqiang's arms, his eyes lit up.
"Why are you back? Didn't you say you were eating out? And you bought this? Did you get the certificate?"
"Brother, this wedding definitely requires some big purchases."
Gao Xiulan took some out of her bag and handed them over, just enough for each person.
"We just came back from the department store and have a lot of stuff on us, so we decided to come back."
Father Gao came closer and stroked the name on it with his hand: "Good, good, good."
Xie Dawei's focus was quite different: "Hey, the comrade who issued your certificate is actually called 'Blessing'. That's a great name."
In the 1950s, in addition to the personal information of the newlyweds, the name of the marriage registration officer was also written in the blank space in the middle of the left side of the Beijing marriage certificate.
Old Man Gao held the thin paper in his hands, looked at it left to right, up to down, and was extremely satisfied.
"This man is meant to do this."
Xie Zhiqiang put the sewing machine on the cabinet in the room, came out and looked at the wall clock.
"Shall we go out to eat?"
"It's already this late, no wonder I'm hungry. Come on, brother, let's go to Quanjude to eat roast duck today!"
Xie Dawei touched his stomach. Everyone had agreed yesterday to go out to eat.
But dinner was changed to lunch, and we both went out to eat, so it wasn’t a big problem.
Anyway, it's not him who's spending the money, it's the children's money, so it feels different.
Gao Xiulan took off her cross-body bag, which contained a few fruit candies, and thought of something she had forgotten to do.
"Dad, do we need to give each family some wedding candy?"
Xie Dawei had just stepped out of the threshold when he retracted his foot and smacked his lips.
"That's right, then you guys go ahead and we'll be waiting at home. No need to chat any more, just send it over."
It’s mainly lunchtime, so it’s not appropriate to stay at someone else’s house for too long.
The young couple nodded, and Xie Zhiqiang told Gao Xiulan about the personalities of the neighbors in the compound.
Old Man Gao continued to polish the woodworking tool in his hands. The work made by his son-in-law was really disgusting.
It's so ugly and crooked that it hurts the eyes even if you glance at it accidentally even if it's placed in the corner.
The young couple started dividing the candies from the whole compound, and each family got six pieces of fruit candies, which was quite decent.
If you divide it too much, you will also attract the sour words of people with red eyes.
Gao Xiulan took this opportunity to get to know her neighbors. They would be seen together every day in the future, so just getting to know each other would be enough.
"Zhiqiang, this is your wife, she is so pretty, with a nice nose and nice eyes.
Even an old woman like me feels relieved just by looking at this. I will definitely eat an extra bowl of rice at noon today."
"His mother, your eyes are so good."
"That's natural. Can't I tell whether this looks good or not?
If you looked like me, I certainly wouldn’t say you were pretty.”
"The young wives who married in this year are not ugly, and their children will definitely be handsome."
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