"No, don't overthink it. Your mother and I aren't that old-fashioned. We just want to spend the New Year with you. Now that there are more people in the family, your house in Songzhuang and the family compound can't accommodate so many people, so I was thinking that you might move here first, so that it won't be too cold and you won't have to travel back and forth for business." In the past two years, as we've gotten older, our thinking has changed. We want the New Year to be lively and festive.
Liu Zi immediately considered the possibility of this matter.
"Has the partition between the upstairs rooms been removed?"
"No, we only had time to build a wall between the two houses," Liu Daqiang said.
"It's a bit cold, but we can light two more honeycomb briquette stoves, it should be fine." Having been reborn, Liu Zi also wants to stay by her parents' side.
“That won’t work, it’ll cause gas leaks. Don’t worry about it, I’ll find someone to install a temporary pipeline. We’ll have to buy a stove sooner or later anyway, so let’s just buy it now!” Liu Daqiang immediately offered a solution.
Liu Zi didn't know much about this, but she knew that stoves weren't cheap these days, so she simply took out five thousand yuan from her bag and gave it to her father, asking him to decide how to use it.
Liu Daqiang refused to accept his daughter's money no matter what. His daughter had so much debt outside, and he had to pay interest every month. As her parents, they could afford this amount.
Liu Zi has already taken 200,000 yuan from them, which has probably emptied the two old people's pockets. How can they tolerate Xi doing this?
The father and daughter argued for a long time until Liu Zi revealed to Liu Daqiang that she had made another sum of money and now had a sufficient cash flow, at which point he accepted the money.
Just as Liu Zi had predicted, the elderly couple had scraped together 200,000 yuan by taking out their entire savings for their funerals.
At this time, the family's expenses were basically covered by Mr. and Mrs. Liu's salaries, and the two of them were very frugal.
With the heating problem solved, all that's left is to buy furniture.
In addition to the tables she buys for the fruit drink shop, she also needs to choose two beds and buy some tables and chairs for her own use.
"How about we move the room from the second bedroom over and use it temporarily?" Liu Daqiang suggested, thinking it would be a temporary solution.
However, Liu Zi shook her head and refused, saying, "I'll have to buy it sooner or later, and it's too much trouble to move it around."
Since we're already in Beijing today, let's go to the furniture factory and place our order first.
So a day meant for buying new clothes turned into a day for buying furniture.
By the time Liu Zi and her entourage boarded the bus home, it was already past three in the afternoon.
The festive atmosphere was still quite strong. Having learned her lesson from yesterday's shopping trip to Beijing, Liu Zi decided to give up on that and instead went to the department store in the county town.
Although some items are not as high-end as those in Beijing, the overall style is similar, and most of the clothes come from the wholesale market in Beijing.
Knowing she had a lot to buy, Liu Zi rode a motorcycle this time.
Aunt Zhang told Liu Zi to take the child and leave first, as she was going to ride her tricycle to the county town.
Aunt Zhang, who had just learned to ride a tricycle, was in high spirits and would even ride it to buy a bag of salt.
Liu Zi thought about it. It takes 30 minutes to ride a bicycle from Songzhuang to the county town, but Aunt Zhang estimates it will take 40 minutes, which is really too tiring.
But Aunt Zhang felt that since it usually took her children two hours to go out to play, this distance was nothing.
In the end, Liu Zi couldn't win against the old woman. Watching the old woman pedal away briskly, she shook her head helplessly.
"Mom, hurry and chase after them!" Qiqi anxiously urged Liu Zi to start the car as her mother-in-law was almost out of sight.
Liu Zi really underestimated Aunt Zhang's physical strength. Aunt Zhang didn't even take a break in between and made it to Lianxian County in one go.
Liu Zi gave her a thumbs up, and Aunt Zhang smiled shyly.
This year, denim is all the rage in shopping malls, with spring styles including denim jackets, denim pleated skirts, jeans, denim shirts...
As far as the eye can see, it's all blue.
Both children love denim skirts, so Liu Zi bought them matching outfits, and also picked out two sweaters and a pair of leather shoes for each of them.
When they got to Aunt Zhang's side, she hesitated a bit when she saw the jeans. She had never worn clothes like that before in her life. The waist and hip lines were too tight!
Having been widowed for many years, Aunt Zhang always dressed conservatively in the countryside, fearing that someone would criticize her attire.
The clothes she's wearing now were all bought for her by Liu Zi after she came to Beijing. She said that her previous clothes were all drab and dull, making her look listless and unattractive.
"Why don't you try it? You've taken everything out." Liu Zi glanced at Lingzi and gave her a meaningful look.
Lingzi immediately understood and started to act coquettishly. Aunt Zhang had no way of refusing this girl in her life, so she had no choice but to change her clothes.
Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Aunt Zhang felt a little embarrassed; she really did look good.
The trousers have a clean cut, a stiff fabric, and no unnecessary embellishments, giving them an air of dashing elegance when worn.
"Auntie, you don't know, these pants are not only durable, but also thick and windproof. They're much warmer than other pants," Liu Zi explained with a smile, pulling up the pant legs for her.
Aunt Zhang gently stroked the fabric, and she grew to love it.
Liu Zi, of course, didn't forget herself. Not only did she buy a complete set of denim clothes, but she also picked out two cashmere coats.
One pure black one was for Aunt Zhang, and the other dark red one was for Liu's mother, Xu Mei.
When Aunt Zhang learned the price of the coat, she kept waving her hands in refusal. This one coat was worth more than her monthly allowance. How could she work if she dressed so nicely?
It's more suitable for someone like Liu's mother, Xu Mei, who works in an office. It would be a waste for her to wear it.
Ignoring Aunt Zhang's advice, Liu Zi decisively paid again and left with the clothes, much to the surprise of the sales clerk.
Because they were going to Beijing for the Chinese New Year, Liu Zi and her family didn't prepare much for the holiday and planned to buy the goods in the city to avoid the hassle of moving them around.
Seeing that the sun was already high in the sky, Liu Zi decided to take everyone out to eat.
The group happened to arrive at the small restaurant opposite the motorcycle dealership that Liu Zi had visited last time.
Looking at the store across the street, which had doubled in size, Liu Zi realized she had really misjudged the situation. The owner had been playing dumb, appearing hesitant at the time, but then turned around and made a fortune using her marketing strategy. It was truly infuriating.
The endless stream of people on the other side made Liu Zi angrier and angrier. She told the other three to wait for her there and then charged towards the other side alone.
The shop assistant immediately recognized Liu Zi's impressive attire and knew she was a big customer, so she quickly went to serve her.
"Miss, come and look at the cars! Tell me what model you like and I'll introduce it to you."
This service attitude instantly transported Liu Zi back to her past life. It seemed the boss had remembered all the details she had mentioned back then; he was truly too shrewd.
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