After enrolling Xiaobao at the Children's Palace, Liu Meiyun took her sons shopping.
"Your little baby is really good. He can even make flowers out of a ping-pong ball."
Wang Xiuying sighed, she really didn't know how Liu Meiyu's family brought up these three children. When they were little, they were all disliked by everyone and their cries were louder than the army's calls, but now they have grown up to be quite smart.
The eldest is smart and will have an easy time getting into college. The second is sweet-talking and clever, and is the best at making people happy in the compound. The youngest is so good at playing table tennis that the coach noticed him and said he would focus on his training.
Why is there such a big gap between people?
“It’s all because the children like it.”
Although Liu Meiyu said it modestly, she must have been happy in her heart.
Xiaobao likes playing table tennis so much. It would be great if he could become a professional athlete. At least he wouldn't have to look for someone to practice with him every day...
If she can make it into the national team and win a gold medal, she will be the mother of an Olympic champion.
Liu Meiyu couldn't help but smile. In her mind, she had already gone through the script that the reporter would read when he interviewed her, the champion mother, at her home.
So when she took Xiaobao to buy a table tennis racket for him, she generously picked out the most expensive and best one, a pair of table tennis rackets for him at $18!
Xiaobao was so happy that Dabao and Erbao could only stand by with envy on their faces.
The eldest child just made a mistake and was afraid that his mother would be angry, so he behaved well all day and didn't ask for anything. The second child didn't care so much. When he saw his mother bought a racket for his younger brother, he also wanted it: "Mom, can you buy me something too?"
"What should I buy you?" Liu Meiyu asked.
Erbao rolled his eyes around the shelves and said tentatively, "I haven't made up my mind yet. How about you just give me ten dollars, and I'll buy it myself when I remember it later."
"I'll give you ten brain blasts, do you want them?"
Liu Meiyun tapped Erbao on the forehead, turned around and bought him a pair of badminton rackets, and coaxed him gently: "Go back and practice well. If you play well, Mom will take you to the Children's Palace again."
Lu Erbao: “…”
Wang Xiuying also bought a pair of hairpins for Tiantian in the department store, which only cost her 2 yuan. But Liu Meiyu spent almost a month's salary on this purchase.
Not only that, after coming out of the store, she bought them some soda and asked them to wait at the door, and then she took Dabao to the bookstore next door.
"Mom, aren't we going to the bookstore?"
Dabao, who had been listless the whole day, finally did not forget about him when his mother bought things for his younger brothers. His expression instantly brightened up, but the Huaxin Bookstore was not on this street.
"Let's buy some on our way back later." Liu Meiyu pulled him and went straight to the scrap collection station.
Dabao was curious all the way until he saw his mother find a broken radio from a pile of junk. She said to him in a gentle tone: "Dabao, the electrical appliances at home are fine, we can't dismantle them, but we can dismantle these old ones. The parts inside are still there. You can dismantle them as you like after we buy them back."
"Mom, I get it!" Dabao's eyes sparkled and he was instantly very happy.
"Can I choose something else?" he asked tentatively.
Liu Meiyu nodded generously: "Sure, pick whatever you want, just take it yourself."
They're all broken anyway and don't cost much.
So, Lu Dabao, like searching for treasure, found a bunch of scraps of copper and iron near the place where his mother had just found the radio and held them in his arms as if they were treasures.
While Liu Meiyu was waiting for him, she also looked through the books. She remembered someone who had searched for antiques at a scrap recycling station. At first glance, she felt that the broken bowl, the chipped vase, and the half-broken inkstone over there were all valuable.
It's a pity that she didn't have the vision to find gold in the waste, so she simply gave up and didn't do such a thrilling thing.
However, Dabao found a pen holder. The little figures carved on it looked quite interesting. Although it was a little broken, it was still usable. It was just right to put on the desk when he took it home.
Liu Meiyu didn't pay any attention to it. She paid the bill together and took Dabao to the bookstore to buy a few books before returning to join them.
While having lunch at noon, Liu Meiyu noticed that there was a barber shop opposite the restaurant that seemed to be doing good business. There were even a few posters of female celebrities with curly hair pasted on the door.
Fashionable curly hair was a feature of the 1980s. At that time, not only women liked to imitate the curly hairstyle of the heroines in movies, but many men also liked to perm their hair.
Liu Meiyun also wanted to keep up with the trend, so she permed the ends of her hair and gave the triplets a haircut as well.
"Sister Xiuying, why don't we get our hair done first and then choose clothes? This way the effect will be better."
Wang Xiuying touched her shoulder-length hair and was a little unsure: "Can I style my hair like this?"
"Sure." Liu Meiyun nodded: "You have such good hair. Just perm it a little bit, like the ones on the posters, and you will look at least ten years younger."
It is said that Liu Meiyu has a good mouth and is very adept at sales. Just because of the words "she is ten years younger", Wang Xiuying insisted on going in to give it a try.
The three Dabao brothers sat on the stools and just like on an assembly line, each of them had their hair cut in less than ten minutes. The barbers just used the clippers to cut their hair.
Liu Meiyu also gave some advice and asked them to just shave the back and sides instead of giving them all a buzz cut.
The result is naturally fashionable and good-looking, with a cool and handsome look that even the barber is full of praise.
Liu Meiyu also came up with the idea on a whim, thinking that since it was summer vacation and they didn't have classes, she designed hairstyles for them based on later popular styles, and they all turned out to be handsome and cool young men.
The triplets are good-looking. When they get their hair cut and go to a barber shop, customers coming in and out can't help but take a second look at them. They are more attractive than the celebrities on the posters at the door.
After the three brothers Dabao had been boasting for a while, they began their long wait...
"Mom, how long are you going to do this?"
This was the third time Xiao Bao asked while looking at the steaming thing on Liu Meiyu's head that looked like a "pot lid".
"It's almost done." Liu Meiyu said perfunctorily, and she felt a little regretful for coming in to get her hair permed.
She had an electric heating cap on her head, and there was only one ceiling fan in the barber shop, but it didn't work at all and she was sweating profusely because of the heat.
Seeing an unused palm-leaf fan in a shop, she borrowed it and gave it to her youngest son, saying, "Xiaobao, come and fan Mommy."
Xiao Bao did as he was told and used his two arms vigorously to slap Liu Meiyun, finally giving her a brief cool down.
When he got tired of fanning, he turned to the second baby. When the second baby ran out of energy, the eldest baby took over.
The sweaty customers who were getting their hair done next to her all looked envious when they saw how Liu Meiyun was treated.
After raising three sons for such a long time, Liu Meiyun only now feels that she has gained some rewards. If she could be a little more patient, it would be more perfect.
"Mom, it's been forty minutes, why aren't you done yet?" Erbao was fanning himself absentmindedly, already feeling sleepy.
"It will be done soon, don't keep rushing me." Liu Meiyu's ears were about to be irritated by the nagging.
After a while, Dabao came over again and asked, "Mom, why does it take so long for a girl to do her hair?"
Wang Xiuying, who was listening nearby, laughed and joked: "When you find a wife in the future, it will take you this long to do your hair."
Dabao shook his head decisively, "Then I'll find a wife with short hair."
The customers in the barber shop all laughed, but Liu Meiyun said angrily: "If you are so impatient, you will probably never find a wife in the future!"
"Then I don't want a wife." Lu Dabao looked nonchalant, and just whined and urged: "Mom, it's been more than an hour!"
“…”
Liu Meiyu closed her eyes and turned on the blocking function again.
Let them go home first, but they are unwilling to go back, and stay by their side, urged by the one who is urging them.
Whenever this happened, Liu Meiyu would compare it to the Long March.
After finally finishing their hair, Liu Meiyu and Wang Xiuying each held a mirror and looked at each other.
"Meiyun, your hair is so beautiful. It looks better than a movie star's."
"Sister-in-law, yours looks good too. Curling it like this makes you look more than ten years younger."
Wang Xiuying fiddled with her hair and looked at herself in the mirror, looking "refreshed". The curve of her lips never faded.
She hasn't changed herself like this for several decades since she got married. Today, she did a little bit of it and instantly felt like she was back to the time when she was in the art troupe. Her whole mentality became younger.
But speaking of beauty, the effect of Liu Meiyun's curled hair is more stunning.
She has a charming look to her name, with her hair slightly curled at the ends and a few strands of bangs on her forehead, making her look even more pretty and charming than before.
It is not an exaggeration to say that she is prettier than the actresses in movie magazines. Many customers who get their hair done in the store want the same after seeing the results of Liu Meiyun's work.
Dabao and his two brothers couldn't tell the difference, they just knew that they could finally leave the barber shop, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
You can leave the barber shop and there is also a clothing store.
Liu Meiyu took Wang Xiuying to the Huamei flagship store in the nearby central city to pick out clothes.
Zhao Hemei and Yu Cuicui, two salespeople from the head office, had just finished greeting a group of customers when they saw Liu Meiyun come in with her three sons and a strange woman. They all stepped forward to greet them politely.
"Hemei, help pick out two sets of clothes for Sister Xiuying. Let's see if your taste has improved recently."
In addition to sales eloquence, improving aesthetics is also important in selling clothes.
Liu Meiyun had previously asked Yao Shunliu to bring a number of fashion magazines from Hong Kong from Guangzhou and placed them in the store for the sales staff to read frequently, urging them to improve their aesthetic sense so that when they were matching clothes for customers, it would be easier to stimulate their desire to spend.
Zhao Hemei smiled and nodded, then took Wang Xiuying to the side to pick out clothes for her.
Liu Meiyun also picked out two outfits for the triplets, one set of denim overalls with a white shirt, and one set of navy blue striped T-shirts.
There are not many styles of children's clothing in the store. Their target consumer group is generally young women, and there are also a few styles for middle-aged and elderly people.
However, during her time in the store, Liu Meiyu noticed that there were many more customers bringing their children to the store to buy clothes than last year, and one or two even complained that there were too few styles.
Children's clothing has always been a very popular market. With the improvement of people's economic spending power, more and more parents are willing to spend money to buy ready-made clothes for their children, rather than just making clothes for them with cloth or picking up other people's leftovers.
Especially with the implementation of family planning, money becomes even more valuable when there are only one or two children in the family.
Liu Meiyu feels that by the end of the year, she can open a children's clothing store.
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