Chapter 136 Buying a Watch
After buying the meat, Zhou Ziwen did not delay and pushed his bicycle to the post office.
It is worth mentioning that when Zhou Ziwen sent things to the Chen sisters’ home, he also got their home address.
Zhou Ziwen carefully wrote down the address. This was his wife's parents' home, and he would definitely visit them in the future.
Because it was still early, there were not many people sending letters at the post office, and Zhou Ziwen completed the procedures quickly.
After coming out of the post office, he walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative.
There are a lot of things I want to buy today, but I can buy them all at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Soon, Zhou Ziwen came to the supply and marketing cooperative and first bought a saw, and then bought a set of stonemason tools.
Stonemasons use many tools, including crowbars, chisels, hand hammers, sledgehammers, second hammers, holes, etc.
Zhou Ziwen was not short of money, so he simply bought a complete set.
Chisels and hand hammers are used to process stones, while hammers and holes are used to mine stones.
A sledgehammer is used to mine large stones. For example, a sledgehammer is needed to build the stone vat that Zhou Ziwen wants to make.
A crowbar is a common tool used by stonemasons. It saves effort and is needed for both mining and subsequent processing.
Since chisels wear out easily, he also bought a bellows to facilitate grinding.
It cost me about ten dollars to buy this set of things.
Even Zhou Ziwen felt a little heartbroken about such a huge sum of money.
However, these tools can be used for several years if you buy them once, and if you take good care of them, you can use them for a lifetime.
Some old stonemasons treat their tools as heirlooms.
It can be used by this generation and passed on to the next generation.
Although Zhou Ziwen did not choose stonemasonry as a profession, he planned to keep these tools well so that when his children grow up, he can tell them how hard life was back then.
In addition to the saw and mason's tools, he also bought a sugar bowl, which he used to store honey.
After buying these, the next step is to buy a watch.
Zhou Ziwen came to the watch counter and counted the industrial coupons in his hand, thinking that they should be enough.
"Comrade, I want to buy a women's watch." Zhou Ziwen said to the salesperson who was knitting a sweater.
"Look for yourself and tell me when you're satisfied." The saleswoman wasn't enthusiastic. She just glanced at her and continued knitting her sweater.
"I want this Shanghai brand women's watch." Zhou Ziwen said.
There are many different kinds of people. Zhou Ziwen doesn't mind the salesperson's attitude because he is used to it.
Before going to the countryside, he had encountered people with even worse attitudes.
"Sixty-eight," said the salesperson.
"Let's issue the invoice!" Zhou Ziwen sorted out a stack of industrial coupons and collected enough money.
The watches of this era are rather old-fashioned in style, and their only advantage is that they are sturdy and durable.
But in this day and age, if someone has a watch on his hand, others will envy him, and no one will care whether it is old-fashioned or not.
What's more, in their eyes, any watch is fashionable.
"Give."
After seeing the actual money and tickets, the salesperson stood up, took out the watch from the counter, and then issued the ticket to him and went through the formalities.
Zhou Ziwen took the watch in his hand and examined it carefully.
This old Shanghai watch, like the one he wears on his hand, needs to be wound, but it only needs to be wound once a day.
The last time I wound it up, it lasted more than a day.
Zhou Ziwen was afraid of forgetting to wind up his watch, so the first thing he did when he got up every day was to wind it up.
While he was checking his watch, the salesperson had already issued the ticket.
After counting the money and tickets, the watch officially belonged to Zhou Ziwen.
After buying the watch, Zhou Ziwen had completed his business trip to the city today.
Seeing that it was still early, he pushed his bicycle to the bookstore.
This time I mainly want to find a few more technical books. Although I may not use them, it is better to be prepared. When there are more idle positions in the future, I can use some skills that I don’t usually use to idle.
It’s always a good idea to learn more skills, just in case you need them someday.
When he arrived at the bookstore, there were not many people inside. Zhou Ziwen didn't care about anything else and just took a look at any book he was interested in. Before he knew it, it was almost noon.
During his time in the bookstore, Zhou Ziwen also found several books that interested him.
One of them was about cooking. He found that Chen Shiying was very passionate about cooking, so he bought one so that he could read it with her.
There is also a book that talks about how to make soy products, which describes how to make tofu, dried tofu, bean skin, konjac, etc.
There is also a guide to woodworking techniques and a history of Chinese architecture.
These books are very practical skills for Zhou Ziwen.
Not to mention his cooking skills, although he came from the future and learned cooking methods from all over the world through the Internet and in daily life, there are still many cooking methods that he doesn't know.
After all, he is not a professional chef and does not have any specialized knowledge in this area.
This kind of book that specifically introduces cooking skills is quite useful to him.
As for soy products, he knew nothing about them. He used to buy ready-made ones and had no idea how to make them.
Carpentry and construction are also his blind spots in knowledge, and he needs to start from scratch.
Fortunately, he has an auto-play panel, so he only needs to read the skills in the book and learn them by auto-playing, thus avoiding the painful learning process.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhou Ziwen went to the state-owned restaurant and ordered a large bowl of shredded pork noodles.
He doesn't have any special hobbies when it comes to food, the only thing he likes is noodles.
In my previous life, I was busy with work and had no time to cook. I only had a bowl of noodles in the morning and evening.
He ate at all the noodle shops near his home and workplace.
In order to eat noodles, he even spent money to learn from several masters, and then opened his own noodle shop.
Of course, the results weren't very good.
After the noodles came, Zhou Ziwen huffed and puffed and quickly finished a big bowl of noodles.
When he came to the county town, he waited until noon just to eat a bowl of noodles.
Although he could buy noodles and cook them at home, the taste would always be a little off.
This is not due to cooking skills, but the heat.
The stove in the restaurant is a high-fire stove, so the taste of both the dishes and noodles is different from that at home.
After eating and drinking, Zhou Ziwen came out of the state-owned restaurant and rode his bicycle quickly towards home.
He had already imagined Chen Qiaoyi's surprised look when he gave the watch to her.
After a quick journey, Zhou Ziwen returned to his yard in just over half an hour.
At this time, the Chen sisters and Shen Zhaodi had already finished work and were having dinner.
Zhou Ziwen went home to put down his things, then took the candy jar to the Chen sisters' house.
As for the watch, he planned to give it to Chen Qiaoyi when they were alone together. He believed that the girl would be very touched by then.
(End of this chapter)
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