The next day, Chen Qiangwei took the Beijing Eight Pieces and two packs of Great China clothes and went to the city to visit Xu Qianjin and Li Xianghong.
Although it was Sunday, Xu Qianjin was working overtime due to busy work, and Chen Qiangwei didn't see him.
Li Xianghong enthusiastically poured water for Chen Qiangwei and added two full spoons of sugar to the water. "Sister Qiangwei, come here and have a drink of water."
Chen Qiangwei took the bowl with both hands, the warmth from the bowl warming her hands. "Thank you, Sister Xiang Hong. Brother Qianjin isn't home?"
Li Xianghong said, as if it were normal, "His job is like this. When he's busy, he's gone for ten days or half a month. During the busiest time, he didn't take a single day off for three months. My Xiaowei almost forgot what his dad looked like."
Xiaowei is the youngest son of Xu Qianjin and Li Xianghong. He is only three years old this year. They also have a daughter who is already in elementary school.
Chen Qiangwei nodded with deep understanding, "My eldest cousin and second cousin are the same. My aunt often says that if they didn't come home every once in a while and show up, she would almost forget she has two sons.
What I admire most are people like my eldest cousin, my second cousin, and my eldest brother Qianjin. It is because of their spirit of sacrificing their own families for the sake of the public that countless families are filled with laughter and joy, and our country and society are able to enjoy peace and prosperity.
Chen Qiangwei's words made Li Xianghong unable to stop smiling. Sister Qiangwei really knows how to talk.
After chatting for a while, Chen Qiangwei learned that Li Xianghong had asked for leave today to handle the admission procedures for her son's kindergarten, so she quickly stood up and said goodbye.
Li Xianghong quickly stopped him: "Why rush? The formalities will only take a few minutes. There's no need to rush. Let's talk for a while."
Xiaowei's enrollment has been decided. Today he just needs to go and pay the tuition and food fees as a formality.
She hadn't had such a happy chat in a long time. Although there were many people in the compound and they lived close to each other, Li Xianghong went to work on time every day and only had two days off a month.
I have to take care of my children during holidays and have no time to make friends, so there are not many people I can talk to.
After finally getting a holiday, the compound was in chaos every day. Either one family scolded their children, another family beat their children, or someone else's child was beaten to pieces in order to get a little more meat.
Li Xianghong continued to chat with Chen Qiangwei for a long time. The more they talked, the more excited she became. She asked Chen Qiangwei to eat at home before returning. "Let's go shopping. If we pass by the kindergarten, we can go and get Xiaowei's admission documents."
Unable to refuse the kind offer, Chen Qiangwei had to follow Li Xianghong to the kindergarten to complete Xiaowei's admission procedures, and then go for a walk on the street.
Compared to the commune, the city is much larger. There are three supply and marketing cooperatives alone. She also saw a Friendship Store. Unfortunately, the Friendship Store serves international friends and overseas Chinese. If Chinese people want to buy things in the Friendship Store, they have to use foreign exchange coupons.
The two also went to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables, and their last stop was the North City Supply and Marketing Cooperative where Li Xianghong worked.
The city's supply and marketing cooperative is much more magnificent than the commune's, with a total of three floors.
The first floor is filled with daily necessities, school supplies, skin care products, needles and thread, and dry goods; the second floor is filled with fabrics, ready-made clothes, bedding, wedding supplies, etc.; the third floor is filled with high-end goods such as bicycles, radios, watches, cameras, and other electronic products.
Li Xianghong took Chen Qiangwei from the first floor to the third floor and came to the counter responsible for fabrics. Li Xianghong first greeted her partner.
Then he said to Chen Qiangwei, "I usually work here and am in charge of the fabrics. When you come to the supply and marketing cooperative in the future, come find me here."
Chen Qiangwei looked around. The cloths on the counter were much more abundant in color, variety and quantity than those in the commune's supply and marketing cooperative. She estimated that there were quite a few defective cloths distributed.
Chen Qiangwei joked, "Sister-in-law, I really won't be polite to you. If you have any good things, remember to save some for me."
Li Xianghong said generously, "I will never forget you even if I forget anyone else."
If she hadn't used the defective cloth she got last time to make clothes for the three people in her family, she would have wanted to give some to Sister Qiangwei. After all, Sister Qiang liked her so much, so next time there was defective cloth, she would definitely save some for her.
Then the two of them came to the third floor, and what caught their eyes was a row of 28-inch Golden Deer Phoenix brand bicycles. Chen Qiangwei almost couldn't walk when she saw them. She now walked on her two legs, and she really needed this thing.
Thinking back to her previous life, she had a driver to pick her up and drop her off whenever she went out. When buying a car, she only looked at Maybach and didn't even bother looking at Mercedes-Benz and BMW. But now, she can only drool over two-wheeled iron lumps, but she can't afford them even if she has the money.
Li Xianghong greeted the bicycle salesperson, "Sister Feng, it's amazing! There are so many bicycles today."
Liu Jinfeng looked up and saw that it was Li Xianghong and laughed heartily, "Of course not. After all, our manager is this guy. He snatched so many for us in one go."
Liu Jinfeng gave a thumbs up when talking about their manager. Their manager had snatched up half of the bicycle supply in Nanshi. I heard that the managers of the other two districts were so angry that they couldn't eat.
Liu Jinfeng glanced at Chen Qiangwei and said, "Xiang Hong, is this your sister? She's really pretty."
Li Xianghong, "Yes, she's the younger sister of my old comrade Qianjin. She just came here to work in the production team. Oh, and I remember that she's in the same production team as your nephew."
Li Xianghong introduced Chen Qiangwei, "Sister Qiangwei, this is Sister Jinfeng. Her sister is the wife of the captain of your Huaihua Brigade."
They had all seen Liu Jinfeng's nephew. He was tall, well-behaved and cute. He smiled whenever he saw anyone, and his two dimples appeared when he smiled.
Liu Jinfeng had no male children in her family, so she raised her nephew as her own son.
Liu Jinfeng was even more enthusiastic when she heard this. "What a coincidence! That's great! My brother-in-law is the most fair and just. There will definitely be no problem for your sister there."
Chen Qiangwei's eyes flashed, and a blushing face flashed through her mind. She stood obediently beside Li Xianghong and greeted Liu Jinfeng.
"Hello, Sister Jinfeng, I'm Chen Qiangwei. Our team leader and Aunt Jinhua are indeed very fair and take good care of us educated youth. It's my honor to be assigned to Huaihua Brigade as an educated youth."
Chen Qiangwei's words pleased the two of them. Liu Jinfeng was so happy to hear Chen Qiangwei praising her sister and brother-in-law. She looked at Chen Qiangwei with kinder eyes and a friendlier attitude.
Li Xianghong was also very happy to hear this. No one knew better than her how Chen Qiangwei got to the Huaihua Brigade. Her family had put in a lot of effort in that.
After chatting with Liu Jinfeng for a few more words, Li Xianghong took Chen Qiangwei to the watch counter. The watches here were of both domestic and foreign brands, including Shanghai, Hongqi, Beijing, etc., and foreign brands included Rolex, Omega, Longines, etc.
Foreign watches do not require tickets, but they are much more expensive than domestic ones, and only ordinary people can afford them.
Nowadays, everyone is proud to wear a Shanghai brand watch. If a man has a Shanghai brand watch, he will never have trouble finding a wife. The watch on Chen Qiangwei's wrist is a Shanghai brand watch.
She bought them when she got engaged to Wang Hongjun. They were one watch for each of men and women. She put the one she took from Wang Hongjun's hand into the space.
Coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Chen Qiangwei quietly asked Li Xianghong, "Sister-in-law Xianghong, do you have any way to find a bicycle ticket?"
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