As for the old lady, she hadn’t seen any effect from the advertisements she had sent out, so she started to decide on the menu when she had nothing else to do.
The old man hasn't been to the shop recently, and there aren't many goods left, so a few young men are enough to stay there.
When he has nothing to do, Da Loudspeaker goes from street to street to see which families have girls or boys of the right age.
The old couple was thinking over the menu and attached great importance to this meal. To their family, it was a high-class wedding, so every aspect must not be bad.
"What should we order for our grandson's wife at the wedding?" the old lady asked the old man.
“Aren’t they all red envelopes?” The old man remembered that his first few grandchildren all gave red envelopes.
"We didn't have any money at that time, so we only gave five dollars. Can we still afford it now?" The old lady was unhappy.
"They are all the same grandsons. You can't treat them differently just because the third son married the director's daughter."
"If they have the ability, they can marry a director's daughter to make me proud, and I will give them more." The old lady also planned to show off in the village when she had time, especially to her sister.
The old man was cheerful and didn't argue with the old lady. She could give whatever she wanted. At most, she could give some to the two granddaughters-in-law. Who told them that they were too poor before? Now, it was really not enough to give them that little. As for the peacock, it was no longer among the granddaughters-in-law. Yang would not give it to her.
In the afternoon, Wu Zhiqiu didn't go to work. He went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy cigarettes, alcohol, candies, dried fruits, etc., and delivered them to the old lady.
The old lady asked Wu Zhiqiu to go out to buy jewelry for the engagement ceremony at noon tomorrow. If the woman is engaged, she would buy gold jewelry, and if she is financially well-off, she would buy silver jewelry.
The woman's family will also prepare an engagement ceremony for the girl. The Tian family definitely cannot prepare silver jewelry, so theirs cannot be too bad either.
The old lady also wanted to give some old items to bring honor to both families, but her family was so poor that she didn't even have a single Yuan Datou left.
Wu Zhiqiu also thought of this. "How about I go to the commission store to have a look? I heard there are a lot of good things there, but they are expensive."
Now is no longer the time to find bargains. Antiques are very expensive and not as cost-effective as buying a house, so Wu Zhiqiu is not considering them. She is only thinking about buying a house and nothing else.
The old lady was also tempted, "Okay, let's go to the commissioned store tomorrow to have a look. If it's too expensive, we won't buy it."
When the loud speaker came on, I heard this sentence: "Auntie, what are you doing at the consignment store? Buying antiques?"
Wu Zhiqiu did not hide it from Da Laba. She had no other problems except her bad mouth.
"The third son of our family and Qingqing are getting engaged, and I am thinking of going to have a look to see if there is any suitable gift. It's too expensive, and I can't afford it with my family's wealth." This was the truth. The two dollars she had were not enough to buy antiques.
The loud speaker rolled his eyes and lowered his voice to say, "The Zhang family in the alley has some old items left over from the past. Do you want them?"
Wu Zhiqiu... "How do you know?" This kind of stuff is kept secret by everyone, so no one would tell anyone about it openly.
Seeing the confusion of Wu Zhiqiu and the old lady, he said, "The Zhang family used to be a petty bourgeois family. They were sent down to the countryside. They have only been here for a few days and all their property was confiscated. The higher-ups gave them two rooms in our alley. When they first came here, no one paid attention to them. They were short of food and clothing. I secretly sold them food several times, so we have some friendship. As you know, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a cunning rabbit has three burrows. They must have hidden something." Da Laba stared outside with a sly look in his eyes, afraid of being heard by others.
Wu Zhiqiu and the old lady admired Da Laba and there was no relationship that he couldn't get along with. On the one hand, it also showed that Da Laba had a good heart and might not have intended to sell grain at the beginning.
The Zhang family had a little girl who was as thin as a pin. Da Laba felt sorry for her and gave her cornmeal cakes whenever he had time. As a result, the girl became familiar with the Zhang family.
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