Chapter 329 Buying Clothes
Zhu Xiuyu doesn't plan to buy clothes.
Hongbin doesn't need to buy clothes. Huang Ling arranges clothes for Hongbin, Pengfei, Dongzhe and other children on a regular basis and in fixed quantities, just enough, so they never have the chance to wear out.
She knows the preferences of each child and can arrange the most suitable clothes for them, which are neither too luxurious nor cheap, but always just right.
Song Ying sometimes laughs and says that as a mother, she doesn’t even know what size clothes her son wears.
Zhu Xiuyu also felt this way.
When winter came, someone called to remind Hongbin to take out his winter clothes. He told Zhu Xiu Yu that Aunt Huang had asked someone to bring him new winter clothes.
That day, Zhu Xiu Yu was busy at the stall when Tuanan, Xiao Ting and Hong Bin came.
"Auntie, let's go."
Tuanan and Xiaoting took her away without saying a word, and Hongbin stayed to look after the shop.
"Where are we going?" Zhu Xiu Yu was confused.
"Going upstairs to do something." Tunan replied.
"Your mother wants to talk to me about something!"
The two men didn't speak, but instead of going up to the office on the third floor, they went to the second floor and turned into the merchandise area. The entire second floor was dedicated to selling clothes.
Xiaoting pulled Zhu Xiuyu and stopped in front of a row of women's clothing racks.
The clothes of "Nichang" are divided by age. Children, girls and mature women each have their own area. Now several people are standing in the area for mature women.
"Aunt Zhu, I will be responsible for picking clothes for you, and my brother will be responsible for paying." Xiaoting said with a smile.
"No, no, Tunan, buy it for Xiaoting. A little girl needs a lot of beautiful clothes. Auntie sits there selling stewed food every day and doesn't need new clothes. It would be a waste to wear new clothes."
After saying that, Zhu Xiuyu was about to run away, but Xiaoting smiled and hugged her arms:
"Auntie, if I don't finish my task today, my brother won't buy me a new book. Please, Auntie."
Zhu Xiuyu looked at Tunan, then at Xiaoting:
"Kid, buying books is a big deal. Tunan won't buy them for you, so let your brother Hongbin take you there and I'll pay for it."
Xiao Ting shook her head: "No! The book I want is only available in Beijing."
“…”
"Auntie, I've chosen! You can't leave." Xiaoting let go of Zhu Xiu Yu and started picking clothes.
Xiao Tingjiao's pleading worked, and Zhu Xiuyu stood still.
Tunan and the salesperson stood by and laughed.
Xiaoting took out a coat, and Zhu Xiuyu almost threw her hands off it when she saw it:
"No, no, it's expensive, so expensive!"
She knew without even looking at the price tag that "Nichang" coats were notoriously expensive. Any one of them could cost an ordinary worker a month's or even several months' salary, and the whole of Suzhou knew it.
Tunan glanced at the salesgirl, who immediately held up five fingers:
"Sister Zhu, we have an internal discount, 50% off."
“50% off is still expensive…”
"I think the coat may not be convenient for Aunt Zhu to wear. She should buy her a padded jacket. It is warm and comfortable and can be worn for a long time." Xiaoting had a new plan.
She put down her coat, walked to the row of cotton-padded jackets, picked out a maroon padded jacket, and tried it on Zhu Xiu Yu.
"This is too red..." Zhu Xiu Yu rarely wears red clothes.
"Not red." Tunan said.
"It looks good." said the salesgirl.
"Auntie, try it on." Xiaoting pulled her to the fitting room.
The salesgirl hurriedly took the clothes, picked out the right size for Zhu Xiu Yu, and chose a pair of matching black tweed trousers. At Tuanan's instruction, she tore off the price tag and took her to the fitting room.
When Zhu Xiu Yu came out after changing, she still felt a little embarrassed.
"Xiaoting really has good taste," the salesgirl praised.
"Is this... expensive?" Just now, when she was changing it, she couldn't find the price tag for a long time.
"The money has been paid. I paid for the cotton coat and Hongbin paid for the pants. You can wear them directly and go." Tuanan said with a smile.
"Ah!" Zhu Xiu Yu was a little at a loss.
Before she could react, Xiaoting and Tunan carried her downstairs again.
"Oh, my old cotton-padded jacket!"
The salesgirl craned her neck and replied, "I'll pack it for you and bring it down!"
Along the way, everyone who knew Zhu Xiuyu greeted her and praised her:
"Sister Zhu, this dress is so beautiful!"
Zhu Xiuyu blushed and replied, "The children insisted on buying it for me. It would be a waste to let me wear such nice clothes!"
“No waste, looks good!”
"What a filial child!"
Zhu Xiuyu's face was flushed with praise from everyone.
Back at the stall, Hongbin was working hard at his business, and he seemed to be doing it properly.
Seeing Zhu Xiuyu changed into new clothes, Hong Bin praised:
"Mom, it's beautiful, Xiaoting has good taste."
Across the street, Zhuang Chaoying looked at Zhu Xiuyu, who was wearing new clothes at the door of the department store, with three children surrounding her.
He reached into his pocket and grabbed the hundred yuan he was going to use to buy clothes for Zhu Xiu Yu.
Today, he mustered up a lot of courage to come to Yuesheng Department Store, wanting to accompany Zhu Xiu Yu to buy some clothes, but he was afraid of running into Huang Ling and Yiming, so he stood across the street and watched for a while, and unexpectedly saw this scene.
Zhuang Chaoying mustered up his courage and walked over.
"Dad." Tunan and Hongbin called first.
When Xiao Ting saw him, she was stunned for a moment before she called out, "Dad..."
"Xiaoting." Zhuang Chaoying smiled gently at Xiaoting.
"Dad, why are you here?" Hongbin asked.
"I told your mother yesterday..."
Zhuang Chaoying was halfway through his speech when Zhu Xiuyu interrupted him and took over the conversation:
"Your dad is here to help your grandparents buy New Year's goods."
"Oh." The three nodded.
It has been a long time since anyone mentioned her grandparents to Xiaoting, and except Zhuang Chaoying, no one wanted her to go to the Zhuang family.
"No, no, no, the main thing is to buy New Year's goods for our own family." Zhuang Chaoying looked at Zhu Xiu Yu with a pleading look.
Zhu Xiuyu didn't say anything else.
"Oh." The three children responded again.
"Xiaoting, what do you want to eat? Dad will take you to buy some food and also buy you some new clothes." Zhuang Chaoying said to his daughter whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Thank you, Dad. I don't need it. I'm going home." Xiaoting was polite and treated him as politely as a stranger.
"Dad, Aunt, you guys go shopping. Xiaoting and I will go back." Tuanan saw that everyone was embarrassed, so he wanted to take Xiaoting away.
Zhu Xiuyu stopped them and said, "Tunan, wait a minute. I'll get some fried fish and pickled duck for you to take home."
Having said that, he returned to the shop to pack the vegetables.
While I was waiting, Yuanyuan came over with a clipboard:
"Tunan, Manager Li asked you to go upstairs to answer the phone."
Tuanan was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and immediately ran up to the third floor to answer the phone. After a while, he ran down again.
He ran to Zhu Xiuyu's stall and hurriedly explained:
"Hongbin, please help me take Xiaoting home. I have something to do!"
"Okay! Don't worry, brother!" Hongbin responded.
Everyone followed Tuanan a few steps and saw him jump on his bicycle and leave quickly.
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