Liu Zi first browsed the household goods section. She found a stall with a wide selection of fabrics and started picking them out in front of a crowd.
This checkered pattern can be used as a bed sheet, and the floral pattern can be used as a curtain. There are also bundles of cotton on the side.
"Sister, can you make custom-made quilts?" Liu Zi looked around but couldn't find any ready-made quilts.
"Sure! But you'll have to pay extra for the labor."
"no problem!"
Liu Zi readily agreed and then explained her request.
She wanted two thick quilts, two thin quilts, and two thick mattresses.
Of course, she also asked for two pillows, one large and one small. These were readily available, and the older sister quickly put them in her pillowcases.
The pillow is filled with buckwheat hulls mixed with cassia seeds. My older sister said that sleeping on such a pillow would not cause internal heat and would be good for your health.
Next to the older sister's stall was a sewing machine, which could do simple processing, saving Liu Zi a lot of trouble.
After paying the bill and agreeing to come back later to pick up the items, Liu Zi went to buy other daily necessities.
Like ants carrying grains of rice, Liu Zi and her daughter rode their bicycles home little by little, finally managing to buy everything they could just before the market closed.
Around noon, Song Yan's parents came with their second son to deliver the bed, and they noticed that there were many more things inside and outside the house.
"Uncle and Aunt, Brother Song, you've arrived." Liu Zi shook the water off her hands and greeted them with a smile.
"Wow, you're quick on your feet! You've bought quite a lot of things!" Song's mother looked around and saw that there was plenty of rice, flour, and oil. She seemed to be a thrifty person.
"Things are cheaper at the market, so I can save a lot of money compared to the city. I don't have a job right now, and I have to support my daughter, so of course I have to be careful with my spending."
Liu Zi's words pleased Song's mother. Although things are much better now than before, everyone is still quite frugal.
"Yes, yes, that's how life should be lived."
Together, everyone set up the bed. Song's mother looked around and then asked, "Didn't you prepare any bedding? How are you going to sleep tonight?"
"I'm too pressed for time to make it myself. I already ordered it from the lady who sells fabric at the market today, and she'll deliver the quilt in a couple of days."
"What should we do these next few days? It's already the beginning of autumn, and it's still a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings. Adults can bear it, but children will get sick," Song's mother said worriedly.
"How about I go home and get you two beds first?"
"No need, Auntie. I've already bought two blankets for the child. I'll go to the city this afternoon to look around. I won't get cold myself." Liu Zi politely declined. Blankets are such personal items; she wasn't used to using other people's blankets.
"Okay, then come find me again if you need anything, don't hesitate!"
Song's mother didn't insist. She said goodbye and went home with the old man and her son.
Liu Zi washed her daughter's hands and took out the meat buns she had bought at the market for her to have for lunch.
I continued washing the sheets and duvet covers. The midday sun was strong, so after washing them, I hung them out to dry, and they would be dry by evening.
After arranging for her daughter to lie down on the bed for a nap, Liu Zi got busy again.
Bowls, chopsticks, buckets, washbasins, small pots...
It can be washed and rinsed clean immediately.
After finishing this task, I saw that it was already two o'clock, so I quickly went back to the room to wake my daughter. They had to go to the city, otherwise it would be too late to come back.
Zhao Qi was very obedient. When she heard her mother call her, she rubbed her eyes and sat up.
Liu Zi kissed her daughter's little face and lovingly smoothed her messy hair.
"Sweetie, wake up! Mommy's taking you to the city to buy you new clothes."
"Thank you, Mom." Zhao Qi smiled sweetly at her even before she opened her eyes.
There's only one main road from Songzhuang to the city, which saves Liu Zi from getting lost. After all, in later generations, everyone uses navigation apps when they go out, and not many people know the way.
Liu Zi wrapped the newly bought scarf around herself and her daughter. Since sunglasses were hard to find, this was the only way to protect them from the sand and dust.
Liu Zi pedaled hard for more than half an hour, and finally arrived at Lianzhou City.
Lianzhou is still quite small now; the department store and the post office are both on the same street.
She first went to the post office to mail the letter she was submitting, then exchanged some coins with them, intending to call her father from a public phone booth to let him know she was safe, but instead she ran into Song Yun, whom she had met just yesterday.
Song Yun glanced at her in a panic, then immediately ran away.
Liu Zi wondered, "Could it be that this girl is always doing something wrong, why is she always running away?"
Forget it, I can't be bothered with other people's business. Liu Zi picked up the phone and dialed her father, Liu Daqiang.
"Beep~ Beep~"
"Hello!" The phone was answered, and it was Liu Daqiang's voice.
"Dad, it's me, Liu Zi!"
"Where are you now?" Upon hearing his daughter's voice, Liu Daqiang immediately stood up excitedly.
"Dad, I'm safe now. I'm calling to let you know I'm alright."
"Nonsense! How old are you? Still playing this 'running away from home' trick? I don't care where you are, come home right now!" Liu Daqiang said fiercely, his anger rising even more as he recalled his wife's panicked expression that morning.
"Dad, if you can't calm down, then let's hang up!" Liu Zi couldn't agree to her father's request, so to prevent him from getting even angrier, she had no choice but to prepare to hang up.
"You've really grown bold, daring to threaten your father now. Fine, let me hear your reasons."
Liu Daqiang was so angry that he laughed. This daughter had been obedient since she was a child, but he never expected her to be so rebellious when she grew up.
"Dad, can I trust you?" Liu Zi's voice suddenly became very low.
Liu Daqiang was so angry he almost fainted.
"I'm your father, if you don't trust me, who will you trust?"
"Dad, don't tell Mom about this yet," Liu Zi said calmly.
"Your mother almost cried this morning, and you're still trying to keep it from her." Thinking of his wife's expression that morning, Liu Daqiang disagreed with his daughter's idea.
"What is it you want to say first?"
"Dad, I want to divorce Zhao Qian," Liu Zi said resolutely.
Liu Daqiang sat down in a chair, feeling dizzy and disoriented. He had had this feeling that morning, and now that it had actually happened, it wasn't so hard to accept.
"You were the one who wanted to get married in the first place, and now, just a few years later, you want a divorce? Do you treat marriage like a game?"
Although Liu Daqiang looked down on Zhao Qian, the two already had a child together, and divorce would be too damaging to the child's development.
"Dad, don't tell anyone what I'm about to say," Liu Zi said solemnly.
"I suspect Zhao Qian is illegally embezzling public funds, so Dad, you need to distance yourself from him immediately and not let him implicate you."
This was something Liu Zi insisted on calling to remind her father about, because she was afraid that Zhao Qian would drag Liu Daqiang down with him while she was distracted.
When Liu Daqiang heard Liu Zi bring up serious matters, he immediately narrowed his eyes warily.
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