It seems that apart from knives and beds, which are considered customary items, I bought her everything else I could think of. I bought so much that I couldn't transport it all, so I even left an address with the department store staff to have it delivered to her home.
Suti wanted to stop her, but seeing her grandmother excitedly picking things out as if she was going to empty the department store, she realized that she was doing the same.
"That's all for now. There are still a lot of things that are hard to buy. We'll ask your dad to figure something out later."
Guo Xuqing scribbled on the paper with a regretful look on his face. That's how it is now; even if you have money and tickets, you can't buy many things without connections.
Compared to other places, Shanghai is already considered good, but some rare things are still scarce.
After all, there is never a shortage of rich people. Some things are kept secret as soon as there is a hint of them, and they never have a chance to be brought into the open.
However, those things are not a big deal for the Guo family; let Su's father raise the money later.
"Mom, that's enough. If you buy too much, it'll be difficult to transport it to Beijing later." Su Ti felt that many people around them were looking at them.
Their actions frightened quite a few people.
"It's alright. Your grandfather has many comrades-in-arms, and quite a few of them know the Li family. They will definitely attend your wedding."
"Let them go through our side first. Just put a little bit on each vehicle. If that doesn't work, I'll have your dad talk to the transportation department and find a truck to deliver it over there."
In Guo Xuqing's view, none of these matters mattered; these were all things to support her daughter, and it would be best if she entered the family on the same day as her.
"..."
Suti thought about it and decided to give up. She couldn't stop them anyway, since her family was really not short of money.
Moreover, for her, getting married doesn't mean she's been abandoned; she still has to take care of her family in their old age.
When they left the department store and were about to head to the Friendship Store, Guo Lili's cousin, who had been standing there in a daze, finally came to her senses.
"Lili, who exactly is that person? Didn't they say they were still in the countryside?" She grabbed Guo Lili's arm excitedly.
Good heavens, the way they were buying things just now, even the department store manager came out, like they were buying things for their wedding.
Could it be that, like her, he's preparing for a wedding? If so, he must have gone back to the city.
"Sister, I don't know him well." Guo Lili shook off her cousin's hand.
"Didn't you say you met her in the countryside? You were both sent-down youth from the same place, and you two seemed to get along quite well when you met just now!"
“Lili, tell me about her background. You know I’m going to marry someone from Shanghai. If I can befriend someone powerful, my in-laws will think more highly of me.”
"I'll introduce you to someone from Shanghai later. We're like sisters, your friends are my friends."
Guo Lili's cousin was very excited. She thought that the woman she had just met was probably married to someone even better than her. She was determined to make friends with that woman.
"Sister, I don't know. I only know that she's from Shanghai. You can tell that her family must be well-off."
"How close can we be to an ordinary person like me? We'll definitely have to be polite when we meet, but we're really not that familiar."
Guo Lili used to think her cousin was snobbish, but now she thinks she's shameless.
"How could you be so stupid? Couldn't you have gone and asked around?" Guo Lili's cousin was angered by her words.
I used to think that my uncle's family was too honest and inflexible, and I also thought that my cousin was not very bright.
She always gave way to her two younger brothers, never fighting or grabbing anything, unlike her, who was the only child in the family and had everything.
"Sis, you're so smart, why don't you go and ask around yourself? See if they'll even bother with you." Guo Lili ignored her sister and pulled her mother away.
Her older sister has been causing trouble since she was little, taking advantage of the fact that she's the only one in the family. Her uncle is unambitious and only thinks about crooked ways.
My aunt always felt insecure because she didn't have a son, and she was always dejected at home, to the point of being miserable.
Fortunately, Grandma and the others were sensible and separated the family property for them early on; otherwise, people like them would have been dragged down to death.
“Lili, don’t be soft-hearted. I can tell that Comrade Su’s family is not simple. If your cousin really gets involved, forget about any benefits. If she angers them, we will all suffer as well.”
Guo Lili's mother was afraid that her daughter would be soft-hearted. Her daughter had been sensible since she was a child. Back then, after graduation, time was tight, and they hadn't been able to arrange a job for her.
She wanted to give up her job, but her daughter disagreed. Her two younger brothers were still young, otherwise she would never have been allowed to go to the countryside.
But the policy was there: if you didn't have a job after graduation, you had to go to the countryside. She tried everything she could to get her daughter back.
She truly loves her daughter, unlike the eldest son's family, who only has one child and has raised him poorly.
She's always thinking about marrying into a better family. She's an only child, so she doesn't have to go to the countryside or work. She just stays at home waiting to get married and enjoy a life of luxury.
In her opinion, women still need to be capable on their own; it's not advisable to place all your hopes on a man.
"Mom, I know what I'm doing. I don't care about her. Besides, Suti isn't someone who's easy to coax."
Guo Lili recounted some of Su Ti's past exploits in the countryside.
Even if her sister really had the ability to find the person, someone like her sister was no match for Suti.
Moreover, given Su Ti's family's status, if they really angered them, not only would the marriage be off, but her sister wouldn't even be able to stay in Shanghai.
Guo Lili's mother was relieved to hear her daughter say that. She didn't want to benefit from her eldest son's family; she only hoped that they could live honest and down-to-earth lives.
If it weren't for blood ties, she really wouldn't want to get involved; she had no opinion on this marriage from the bottom of her heart.
This girl's marriage depends not only on the man, but also on his family. The groom's relatives who came that day all acted superior.
None of them were easy to get along with, and she didn't want her daughter to marry someone like that in the future; she just wanted someone from a similar social class.
Being a daughter-in-law in a wealthy family isn't easy!
Suti and her mother then swept through the Friendship Store again, but there was only so much they could buy, since foreign exchange notes were so rare.
Even though the family had saved up a little over the years, they couldn't buy much. After spending all the receipts, the group of them went home with bags and bags of things.
When they arrived home, the whole family had already finished lunch. The housekeeper rushed to prepare food for them as soon as she saw them return.
"Eat quickly, I've already contacted the hospital, we'll go after you finish eating." Commander Guo was also looking forward to it, this was the first of his great-grandchildren.
"Okay, let's go after we finish eating. Haven't Baichuan and my brother come back yet?" Suti handed all the food to her mother and told her to distribute it.
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