Chapter 22 Spendthrift Woman

The proprietress smiled and glanced at the military coat standing next to her, and started to adjust the beads on the abacus again, "Look, let's count the adults first. Two shirts are forty-eight, plus two pairs of pants..."

In short, in front of Zhai Ximo, after much calculation, he worked out a sum of more than 140 yuan.

Wang Ziru's face flushed, she felt a little embarrassed, biting her plump lips, "Boss, other shops want to bargain, but I'm a straightforward person. I bought so many pieces in one go, and I haven't bargained with you yet."

"Hey, big girl, what do you think you're saying? You don't have to bargain when buying something, you also have to look at the quality of the clothes." The proprietress smiled and glanced at the military coat.

I have never heard of families returning from the military being short of money.

The proprietress was sure that the family could still afford to buy a few pieces of clothing.

"Then I'll just buy one cotton shirt, two sets of pants and autumn clothes, and two sets of clothes for Baoer to change into..."

Wang Ziru secretly accused herself of being a spendthrift woman. She came to the town today to buy not only clothes but also rice, flour and oil for her family.

Now that the Zhai family has split up and is living independently, she still has to make ends meet.

Zhai Ximo stared at his wife for a while, then took out a wad of money from the inner pocket of his military coat, "Here's a hundred yuan. You still need to buy some clothes. Buy two sets for Baoer."

"...I'll just buy a shirt, but I'll need two pairs of pants to change." Wang Ziru took the stack of money with a red face, secretly calculating how to allocate the money.

You can't spend a year's money in one day.

Baoer tilted his head back and said, "Mom, just buy it. Dad will pay for it."

Zhai Ximo stroked Baoer's little head and picked up the child, "I'll take Baoer shopping and buy him a hat."

"oh."

The father and son quickly disappeared outside the clothing store.

Seeing the father and son go shopping in other stores, Wang Ziru hurriedly picked out a new shirt and said, "Let me try it out."

"It's okay, big sister, take your time to choose. When buying clothes, you should choose the styles and patterns you like." The proprietress waited patiently by the side, just hoping that the customer would buy a few more clothes.

Wang Ziru took a set and hurried into the dressing room with the curtain drawn. She took off the dirty shirt that she had been wearing for who knows how long, put on a brand new cotton shirt and blue pants, and tidied her braid a little before coming out.

Just as she was standing in front of the mirror to see how she was trying on the clothes, she saw from the mirror that the man was coming back with the child in his arms.

“You bought a new hat so soon?!”

Wang Ziru forgot for a moment that she was still trying on new clothes and noticed that Baoer was wearing a blue cotton hat and a small red scarf around her neck.

The boy looked brand new in his new hat, and he looked radiant.

"Mom, this is the hat that Dad bought me." The little guy clapped his hands excitedly.

Wang Ziru's delicate face was filled with a gentle smile, "Dad bought you a hat and scarf. Baoer is a polite child, you should thank Dad."

But Baoer grew up in the village and was often bullied by older kids. So he couldn't learn to say thank you in a short time and could only shyly lie on his father's shoulder.

"Have you made your choice?" Zhai Ximo strode into the clothing store holding the child.

He saw his wife trying on new clothes. In his memory, Wang Ziru wore a new shirt when they got married...

Five years later, I saw Wang Ziru again wearing a peony flower cotton jacket and navy blue pants. Her two black braids were neatly draped over her shoulders, making her oval face look even more beautiful.

Zhai Ximo fixed his gaze on his wife and couldn't help but admire her in his heart. She was even more beautiful than those heroic female warriors in the army.

"Why don't you just wear this and throw away the original one."

"You think the same as I do, the hem of that shirt is a little untied..." Wang Ziru hurriedly pulled the hem of her shirt, fearing that the man would see that a large part of the hem of her autumn shirt had been untied and was in a mess.

The proprietress had a friendly smile on her face. It was rare to meet such a generous customer.

"What a pretty young wife." The proprietress couldn't help but praise her. She saw that Wang Ziru wanted to buy something but was reluctant to spend the money, so she urged her, "Women, buying more clothes will not only make you look good, but also make your man feel good when he sees them."

Wang Ziru was still not satisfied. Due to the financial situation of the Zhai family, she couldn't afford to buy so many clothes at once.

Finally, she decided to buy the clothes she was wearing for the time being, plus a pair of navy blue thick-legged trousers, two sets of autumn clothes and trousers, two pairs of cloth shoes, a pair of rubber shoes, and a red nylon scarf.

I bought Baoer a cotton shirt and pants, as well as autumn clothes and shoes.

The lady boss counted again and said, "Sister, you really know how to live. These clothes cost a total of ninety-eight yuan."

After paying the bill, the proprietress teased Bao Er and half-jokingly said, "You are a well-proportioned child. You are prettier than those other children out there. The old people say that if the first child is beautiful, your mother's second child will most likely be a sister."

When Wang Ziru heard this, two red clouds flew up on her cheeks. She smiled shyly and said, "How can it be so easy to have a daughter just because you want one?"

"It would be nice to have a younger sister, so the child would have someone to play with." The proprietress said with a smile.

Bao Er was so excited that she danced with joy and shouted, "I want a younger sister. She must be very cute."

However, the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.

Zhai Ximo became more determined to take his wife and children with him.

The whole family bought a lot of clothes. The proprietress tied them up with ropes and put them in Wang Ziru's backpack, making it look full.

More and more people gathered on the street. Zhai Ximo held Bao'er in his arms and followed his wife closely. "We have to buy another set of quilts."

"I'm going to buy a quilt now."

When Zhai Ximo went to buy quilts with his wife, he saw his old comrade-in-arms at the street corner in front of him from a distance.

At this moment, Zhang Kang smiled shyly, and kept touching his head and grinning. It looked like he had already met the girl he was going on a blind date with.

The girl standing opposite him was wearing a red cotton shirt with small floral patterns, navy blue pants, and two braids. The two of them seemed to be chatting happily.

There was also a village woman in her fifties next to them, who seemed to be a matchmaker.

Seeing that his old comrade was busy on a blind date with a girl, Zhai Ximo did not go over to bother him and followed his wife to buy a quilt.

I bought a set of quilt covers, sheets and a new mattress, and the boss tied them up with a rope and handed them to Zhai Ximo.

The family went to the grain station again and bought five pounds of noodles, three pounds of flour, three pounds of rapeseed oil, and some rice.

"Let's go to the clinic and wait for Mom first. She should be able to finish the infusion soon. When we go back, put these things on the cart and pull it back..." said Zhai Ximo.

Wang Ziru originally wanted to walk around for a while, but then she thought about how she had lost so many things today and had spent more than a hundred yuan.

She was also afraid that after the man took these things to the clinic, his mother-in-law would have some bad intentions.

I had no choice but to carry the backpack and go to the clinic.