"Yueyue, have you rested well?"
After cleaning two rooms by himself, Li Zesheng didn't even breathe heavily, but sweat was dripping down his forehead. He poured a cup of warm water for his new wife, and then squatted beside her like a loyal dog, guarding the woman.
Liu Ruyue had just been looking around the small house, thinking about how to decorate their new home.
Hearing the man's words, she turned her head and happened to see sweat running down the man's bronze cheek. She took out a handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiped the sweat from the man's face.
The moment the handkerchief with the elegant scent of jasmine was wiped on his face, Li Zesheng felt his heart beating faster. He squatted with a happy look on his face and let his young wife wipe his face. He felt happy in his heart: Hehe, it’s great to have a wife. When I sweat, there is someone to help me wipe it.
He had no idea that while he was cleaning alone, the woman was sitting by the window leisurely watching the scenery.
"Yueyue, I want to take you to the department store to buy some things. If you've rested well, we can go together and you can pick out whatever you want."
Li Zesheng took the handkerchief from Liu Ruyue that she had used to wipe his sweat, walked into the bathroom and washed while talking.
Hearing that they were going shopping, Liu Ruyue became interested and said to Li Zesheng, "Zesheng, I want to buy a Simmons mattress!"
"What is that?"
Hearing the completely unfamiliar name, Li Zesheng looked a little confused.
"It's an imported mattress with springs. It's very comfortable to sleep on."
Liu Ruyue saw that Li Zesheng didn't look like he was trying to trick her, and that he really didn't know about Simmons mattresses, so she added, "Of course, the price must be very expensive!"
"Oh, it's a mattress. Let's go buy it."
When he heard it was a mattress, Li Zesheng didn't ask the price, but said directly and cheerfully: "My Yueyue deserves the best of everything in the world. It's just a mattress, buy it!
If the money grandpa gave you for the new home isn't enough, just take some money out of the passbook I gave you earlier, and I'll pay you back when I get my salary and allowances!"
Li Zesheng said that the money he had given to Liu Ruyue was given to Liu Ruyue, and he didn't even plan to spend a penny of it.
Listening to the man's sincere words, Liu Ruyue felt warm in her heart: This era is so simple, and the feelings between men and women are so simple and sincere!
In fact, she didn't know that it was not the people of this era who were sincere and simple, but Li Zesheng himself.
Wang Fugui is also from this era. He is a domestic violence and gigolo with a lot of bad intentions.
After the two of them agreed, they happily went out, borrowed a military vehicle, and drove to the department store.
As soon as he arrived at the department store, Li Zesheng asked about Simmons mattresses.
The usually arrogant salesperson at the department store was so happy that he led the two of them to the Simmons store with shining eyes, like a vicious dog seeing a bone.
Fortunately, this is Kyoto, and Simmons mattresses are actually sold in department stores.
In a small county, even if Li Zesheng wanted to buy it for Liu Ruyue, he might not be able to find it.
"Tsk, tsk, so expensive?"
Seeing that a mattress cost 1,200 yuan without the ticket, Li Zesheng's eyes widened: This mattress must be made of gold.
If someone else said this in front of a salesperson in a department store, the salesperson would definitely roll his eyes and leave impatiently, thinking that the other person wasted his time.
However, the woman in front of him was wearing a cheongsam and white low-heeled leather shoes, looking spoiled; the man was also wearing a military uniform and was obviously of some rank. The salesperson suppressed his inner disdain and introduced the goods attentively:
"Oh, comrade, that's not what I meant. This is imported. We use the latest foreign technology. The independent springs inside can effectively protect the lumbar spine. You two are obviously newlyweds, so sleeping on this bed is perfect. This mattress can protect you and save you some energy when you're intimate at night!"
Hearing that he could protect the couple during their intimate moments, Li Zesheng blushed and felt a little moved.
The salesperson saw the man's excitement and immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Besides, comrade, you can tell at a glance that you love your wife. This Simmons mattress was once provided to the Empress Dowager Cixi. If you buy this Simmons mattress, it's like pampering your new wife like she's your old lover!"
When saying this, the salesperson deliberately lowered his voice so that only Li Zesheng and Liu Ruyue could hear it, for fear that outsiders would hear it and accuse him of being reactionary.
As a soldier, Li Zesheng should have been sensitive to these things.
However, his mind was now filled with the other person praising him, saying that it was obvious that he loved his wife very much.
Not only did he not think it was shameful for a man to love his wife like most men of this era, on the contrary, he was even a little proud of it.
He immediately said to Liu Ruyue cheerfully, "Yueyue, buy this!"
“…”
Liu Ruyue didn't say a word from the moment she arrived at Simmons, and watched the salesperson deal with Li Zesheng in just three sentences.
In the internet age, this salesperson could even start a class: "Three sentences made a man spend twelve thousand dollars on me!"
In 1978, a Forever brand bicycle cost 180 to 190 yuan, which was not affordable for many families.
However, Li Zesheng was fooled into buying a mattress worth 1,200 yuan after just a few words.
After buying a Simmons mattress for 1,200 yuan, Li Zesheng's choice of bed would not be too bad. It is an iron frame bed for 500 yuan, with a Western style and iron carvings on the headboard.
The reason for buying this bed was, of course, because Liu Ruyue expressed interest when she saw it, and the man immediately made the decision.
After another round of shopping in the department store and spending 2,500 yuan, Li Zesheng drove the fully loaded military vehicle back to the barracks.
He called Zhou Hai and a few others to help him move things.
When the security guards helped the couple move in that morning, they had already loaded a cart with their belongings: three essential wedding items from the 1970s: a sewing machine, a bicycle, a radio, various bright red satin wedding quilts, a kettle...
The things that were moved at that time made the women in the family compound feel jealous: It’s good to marry a good man, but the things he brought with him to the army are more than those of ordinary people.
Who would have thought that he would turn around and go to the department store to buy a whole car.
When other things were being moved, the family members in the compound were still able to suppress the jealousy in their hearts. But when they saw the last Simmons mattress being moved down, they all felt sour in their hearts.
Regardless of Lieutenant Li Zesheng's identity and the old man of the Li family, they gathered together and whispered:
“Tsk tsk, I originally thought that Lieutenant Li would marry a country girl so that she could live a down-to-earth life with a man like us.
Who would have thought that not only was she dressed lavishly, but she also spent money lavishly."
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