The three of them first went to the department store, where all kinds of things were displayed.
Li Ailan was dazzled for a moment.
I like everything and want to buy everything.
"I want to buy clothes like theirs!" Li Ailan said loudly, pointing at a female comrade wearing a cloth skirt with big buttons.
This kind of cloth skirt is popular this summer, and people can be seen wearing it everywhere on the streets, but the weather is cold now.
Li Jinfeng always wears a coat and pants when she goes out. Her skirt is no longer suitable, and even if she buys one, she'll have to wear it next year.
No one can predict what will be popular next year. It’s not like floral shirts and bell-bottom pants have been popular for almost a decade.
Zhou Qiao tried to persuade her kindly, "Li Ailan, you won't be able to wear this skirt right away. It's sunny today and the temperature is high. It will drop in two days.
Instead of buying this, you might as well buy a few feet of corduroy and go home to make a jacket or pants."
At this time, in the early 1980s, many people still made their own clothes.
Mainly because it’s cost-effective.
Especially for people like Zhou Qiao who had come from hard times, unless it was necessary, they would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy cloth and then go home to make their own clothes.
"I don't care, I want them! I'm happy to wear them just once, and I want their sandals too!"
Zhou Qiao: “…” Crazy! Crazy!
Li Ailan insisted on buying clothes and shoes out of season, and Zhou Qiao couldn't persuade her, so she just let her go.
A cloth skirt, a pair of sandals, and a silk scarf that was not suitable for wearing now, twenty yuan, was gone in an instant.
Li Jinfeng and Zhou Qiao haven't bought clothes and shoes yet.
Li Jinfeng picked out two pairs of shoes, both made of black patent leather with simple styles. Her pair had high heels, while Zhou Qiao's pair had flat heels.
Two pairs of shoes cost thirty yuan, and Li Jinfeng paid the bill.
After she and Zhou Qiao put on their new shoes, Li Ailan refused to work anymore.
"I want shoes too!" said Li Ailan.
"You spent your money on summer dresses and sandals, why do you want it?" Zhou Qiao said bluntly.
"I don't care. Since you have it, I want it too!" Li Ailan looked unreasonable.
Both Zhou Qiao and Li Jinfeng knew that this could not be done.
Once they bought shoes for Li Ailan, the next step was that when they bought other things, Li Ailan would also want them.
It’s not that I’m reluctant to spend the money, but it depends on whether the person is worthy of it.
"How about this, you can turn away the cloth skirt and sandals, along with the silk scarf you bought, and return the twenty yuan. You can use it to buy shoes with us." Zhou Qiao suggested kindly.
Li Ailan hugged the clothes tightly and said, "I won't return it. I bought it, so it's mine! You pay me, and then you can ask Dachou and Erchou for it when you get back. They'll get scholarships next year...next year. That's right, an advance for next year's money, and you still have to give me twenty yuan!"
Only now did Li Jinfeng understand what it meant to dig a hole for herself.
I thought Li Ailan could be dealt with with twenty dollars.
It turned out that she was overthinking it.
In this case, she will definitely ask for an advance on Dachou and Erchou's wages after they start working. Not to mention twenty yuan, even two thousand yuan may be spent.
Li Jinfeng smiled faintly. "Let's not talk about next year. We haven't even started yet. How do you know the children won't have any other use? Even if they don't, why should we give you an advance?"
"Since I am the biological mother of Dachou and Erchou, it is only natural for me to spend money on my biological mother!" Li Ailan was very arrogant.
"You still know that you are the biological mother of two children? Since I can't support you, you desperately try to gain connections when it comes to spending money?"
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