Wang Fang asked Du Ruo, "Is your group five going to have a day off tomorrow? That's great! We actually have two days off. When have I ever had that kind of treatment?"
Du Ruo jokingly said, "How about you transfer our group five as well?"
Wang Fang immediately shook her head and said, "Forget it. You guys only get a fixed salary. You can only earn fifty or sixty yuan a month. What can you do with that?"
Du Ruo laughed. That was true. “People come from thousands of miles away to be officials just for food and clothing.” People become officials to support their families, let alone ordinary people like them.
Wang Fang asked, "What are you doing tomorrow?"
Du Ruo said: "Going to the department store with my son!"
The next day, Du Ruo found the best set of clothes for Xiaozhe, and she also dressed neatly, finding a piece of clothing with inner pockets. She put enough money in her pocket, and the mother and daughter set off to go shopping in the department store in the provincial capital.
It was rare for Xiaozhe to dress up beautifully and go out to play with his mother. In the past, his mother was very busy and always tired, but now, he felt that his mother smiled more often.
When his mother is happy, he is happy too.
Du Ruo called a "yellow taxi" and agreed with the driver to take him to the provincial capital department store for five yuan.
With her son, she didn't want to force herself to squeeze into the bus. Of course, that was because she didn't have to worry about money now.
She didn't rush to carve the imperial green jadeite yesterday. She needed to think it over carefully. Anyway, she had nothing else to do at work, so she could slowly carve it in the workshop.
The taxi took the mother and son to the door of the provincial department store. It was Xiaozhe's first time here.
Looking at the five- or six-story building, Xiaozhe excitedly hugged his mother's thighs and jumped high: "Mom, let's go in quickly."
In fact, Du Ruo doesn’t come here very often. The last time she came here was when Han Ming was still alive.
They had just gotten married at that time, and that bastard Han Ming had always been pretty nice to her.
I took care of most of the housework, and never forgot to buy things for her when I earned money. They lived a simple life with the daily necessities of life.
Unfortunately, they did not have a deep bond as husband and wife after all.
In her previous life, after losing Xiaozhe, she left this sad place and never came back. Her memory of the department store still remained at the time of her wedding.
Du Ruo led Xiaozhe into the building and took a look at the sign.
The first floor is the food area, selling milk powder, malted milk, and high-end nutritional products.
The second floor is for daily necessities such as pots, pans, and various cosmetics.
The third floor is the clothing area, which has all kinds of clothes for men, women, young and old.
The fourth floor is for fabrics, yarns, accessories, etc.
The fifth floor is the home appliance area. In the first few years, you had to use a ticket to buy a color TV. This year, the restrictions have been relaxed a lot, and the TV ticket requirement will be cancelled next year.
However, the tickets have been cancelled, but the price has gone up. This year it is less than 2,000 yuan plus a color TV ticket, but next year it will be more than 3,000 yuan per TV.
Du Ruo took her son to the counter on the first floor and bought a bag of milk powder and a can of malted milk. Both mother and son were seriously malnourished. The body is the capital of revolution, so we must not be careless.
Seeing Xiaozhe staring at the milk biscuits on the counter, Du Ruo smiled and asked for another pound for him and carried it upstairs.
Xiaozhe skipped ahead, Du Ruo following behind. Xiaozhe ran back, tugged at her skirt, and whispered, "Mom, it smells so good."
Du Ruo led her son past the cosmetics counters one by one. She had some impression of some things, such as the small blue iron box of Pechoin, the small white bottles of Great Friendship and Butterfly Cream, but she couldn't remember some other things clearly.
The weather is getting hotter, so Du Ruo bought a box of cooling oil for Xiaozhe. This thing is very effective in repelling mosquitoes.
I bought myself a box of Pechoin and a bottle of Dayouyi to wash my hands. It’s economical.
Seeing that she was neatly dressed and her sales were straightforward, the salesperson enthusiastically tried to sell her Oil of Olay: "This is a major international brand. Our country has just introduced it and we're just starting trial sales. Would you like to try it?"
If it were a few years ago, the salesperson would not have such a good attitude. But it’s no longer the case now, as we live in a market economy.
The director said in the meeting yesterday that everyone outside was busy in the market, and if they still had the same stern faces as before, they would just be waiting for Guan Ye to come home.
There are old people and young children in this house. Who would want to close the door and go home?
Du Ruo took a look. She really had no impression of Olay at that time. Let's try one.
The mother and daughter went to the third floor and bought a bunch of clothes, some for Du Ruo herself and some for Xiaozhe, and came downstairs with bags of various sizes.
There was a stall selling various snacks downstairs. I bought a popsicle and gave it to my son, and then bought two bowls of cold noodles, and the mother and I went home to eat.
After taking a yellow-faced taxi and going home, Du Ruo felt like a wealthy local tycoon, which was great!
The taxi drove all the way to the door of Han's house. Liu Mei, who was washing clothes at the door of her house, widened her eyes.
Oh my god, what's wrong with this little devil? Where did all this money come from? Or did she spend all her savings in one go? Is she going to live like this?
Liu Mei opened her mouth wide and took a long time to come back to her senses. She wiped her hands on her clothes twice and ran to Han's mother's room to complain.
Han's mother and father were whispering about Han Ming's affairs.
Han's father said, "The second son called last time and said that there were some things he couldn't say over the phone because he was afraid others would overhear him. He would write a letter home. Why haven't I seen any letters in the past few days?"
Han's mother said, "Maybe it's too late. I think it will be in the next two days. Second son, what's the matter that can't be said directly on the phone?"
Han's father said, "It must be about the mother and daughter. He's afraid that the news will leak out and make things worse."
Han's mother asked, "What should we do?"
Father Han said, "No problem. I've already made some inquiries. My second son's wife's uncle's family has moved to Pengcheng Special Economic Zone. I heard their son made a fortune there, so the whole family moved away."
Han's mother asked, "Does the second son's wife know about this?"
Father Han said, "You should know. How could they not tell the second son's wife about their move?"
Han's mother said: "She grew up without a father or a mother and grew up in her uncle's house. Now that the eldest brother Du's family has moved away, there is no one left for the second brother's wife's family to stay here."
Han's father said, "There probably isn't anyone else."
Han's mother asked, "What do you mean by saying this?"
Father Han rolled his eyes at her and said, "What I mean is, when the time comes, we'll just leave quietly and sell the house without telling her. When they ask her to vacate the house, she'll naturally know about it. It's Xiaozhe..."
Mother Han said, "Xiaozhe, what's wrong? The eldest daughter that the second son just married is not incapable of giving birth. If she gives birth to an heir to a wealthy family, I'm his grandmother. How can he treat me badly?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
