Zhou Die returned to the guesthouse carrying a lot of bags, and Gao Xier hurried to meet her.
"You went out to eat, didn't you? Why did you bring back so many things? It looks like you went shopping."
"My sister bought some things for her family, but it's not convenient for her to go back, so she asked me to bring them back." Zhou Die explained.
"Wow, did you buy it at the trade show yesterday?" She took some time today to go shopping and saw many novel and beautiful items. Although they didn't require a ticket, it was a pity that she couldn't afford them.
"It should be." Zhou Die didn't ask.
Gao Xier tried to please her, "It's not appropriate for us to take the gifts for the family. Do you have any? Show me what it is."
"Yes." Zhou Die happily took out her share, which was a small box the size of a palm, wrapped in a silk scarf. She hadn't had time to open it yet.
Gao Xier waited for her to open it herself. As soon as the box inside appeared, she was surprised.
"It's a Shanghai watch!"
Inside was a small and exquisite women's mechanical watch, which they were familiar with.
As one of the three major items for marriage in this era, even if you don’t own it, it is always on everyone’s lips.
"Zhou Die, you are so lucky. This watch costs one hundred and seventy or eighty yuan. Is your sister really just an educated youth who went to the countryside?"
Even parents can’t do such a big thing, let alone sisters!
Zhou Die didn't expect this either.
The long-forgotten memories seemed to explode in my heart again at that moment.
She was only a few days older than Jiang Nian. When she was 17 years old, her stepfather bought her a watch, also a Shanghai brand, for 178 yuan.
Although he gave it to Jiang Nian without her knowledge, they lived in the same room and the watch was worn on her wrist, so it was hard for her not to see it.
Zhou Die had repeatedly comforted herself in her heart that she had grown up with good food and drink, and she should be grateful, but secretly she could not hide her disappointment.
Jiang Nian took the watch off at that time and said that it belonged to both of them and whoever needed it could wear it.
Zhou Die was already clearly aware of the difference in status between herself and Jiang Nian at home, so of course she couldn't agree. She had to pretend not to care and told her that it was okay and that she didn't need a watch.
But this incident did not affect the relationship between her and Jiang Nian, but instead deepened it.
Because that night, the two sisters of similar age were lying on the same bed, and Jiang Nian told her that after they started working, they would save money together and buy Zhou Die an identical watch, so that they would both have one.
The watch in this box is different from the one Jiang Nian has, because Jiang Nian didn’t think about this matter at all when he was shopping yesterday. He just brought gifts for the whole family, and Zhou Die’s gift couldn’t be left out.
Zhou Die sent herself a small portion of her monthly salary, so she used the money she had given her during this period, about 70 or 80 yuan, and Jiang Nian added another 100 yuan to buy this watch.
Many things at the trade fair don’t require tickets, so it’s a rare opportunity to get this bargain.
Zhou Die didn't know that although the watches were different, the prices were not much different. She just felt that Jiang Nian still remembered those words and the promise they made.
And she... was so selfish.
After all, she was the one who was sorry to Jiang Nian, she felt guilty, and she was not worthy of being her sister!
Same sky, different moods.
The days in early summer are much longer than the nights, and it is only at around 7 o'clock in the evening that things get dark.
Song Yanbai and Jiang Nian went to the cinema. They spent ten cents to store their bicycles and another ten cents to buy two bags of melon seeds. Song Yanbai held two bottles of Beibing soda in his hands.
The movie playing was "The Legend of the White Snake". Jiang Nian was watching it attentively, but Song Yanbai was a little uninterested, and more of his thoughts and attention were on the people around him.
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