After dinner, Su Ruo thought they would go straight home, but she didn't expect Han Zecheng to say they were going to the department store.
"Are we going to buy anything?"
Su Ruo asked casually.
When she and Guoguo first arrived at the military region, they had been to the department store once. He accompanied her and Guoguo to buy a lot of fabrics, clothes and shoes.
"The weather is getting cold. It will probably snow soon. You and Guoguo should buy some more clothes."
He said.
Women will never complain about having too many clothes.
What's more, it was impossible to buy too much at one time last time. Winter clothes have not come out yet, most of them are autumn clothes.
Su Ruo didn't want to wear the clothes she wore in Hanjia Village at all.
Since he could think of this and was willing to accompany her to buy it, Su Ruo naturally agreed happily.
Su Ruo felt sweet in her heart. Even though Han Zecheng still had a serious face, she didn't feel that he was difficult to approach... Well, ever since their relationship changed, she no longer felt that he was difficult to approach... He was just pretending. Every time she kissed him or hugged him, he liked it very much, and then, and then... her face became hot when she thought of this.
Wait, what was she thinking about?
However, after she finished the college entrance examination, she felt that she had done very well and was very happy.
He was so considerate and kind to her. Su Ruo felt very happy. She couldn't help but hugged his arm and smiled, "Okay, let's see if there are any clothes of yours that we can buy."
He was wearing everything assigned by the army, from vest to overcoat to shoes, all of them were military uniforms, but in many styles, suitable for all occasions... He didn't seem to have any sweaters or autumn clothes, but he wasn't afraid of the cold, so there was no use for them for him.
But Su Ruo thought there must be something to buy.
If not, just buy some fabric. She has finished the college entrance exam, so she can try to make underwear and pajamas for him...
Han Zecheng might as well have been held by her in the street.
I just walked out of the hotel and saw a lot of people coming and going outside.
What's more, Guoguo is by my side.
He coughed and pulled his hand away, but it didn't twitch...it was not good to use too much force.
I wanted to say something, but it was even harder to tell her that she should pay attention to her image when she was outside... If I told her that, she would be petty and I don't know how long she would be angry.
Finally, he thought about it and compromised by holding her hand with his other hand, dragging her to the other side and saying, "This way, let's get in the car."
This naturally pulled her off of him.
Su Ruo:......
You are so serious, why don’t you pretend to be serious at home?
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The family of three spent several hours shopping in the department store.
Su Ruo bought a lot of things. First, she bought Guoguo a lot of clothes and shoes, from head to toe, and even bought scarves and hats...but she didn't know how to knit.
In the end, I spent almost two hundred yuan and various tickets.
This is really a huge sum of money.
Su Ruo had looked at her previous account books. Her monthly salary was 25 yuan. After deducting 10 yuan for her mother and the few yuan for daily expenses, she could only save 10 yuan at most, and could only save 100 yuan a year... And this was later, when she first started working as a teacher. Her monthly salary was only a dozen yuan, and the amount increased to 25 yuan later.
After settling the bill, even though it was Han Zecheng's money, Su Ruo still felt very painful.
So when she wanted to buy something for herself, she felt reluctant and said, "Why not forget it? We still have some fabric at home. I should ask a tailor to make my clothes. It will save me a lot of money."
She doesn't even make any money, but still spends money like this. What's going on?
Han Zecheng glanced at her and said, "I'll give you my passbook and deposit slip when we get home."
ha?
Su Ruo looked at him.
Not sure why.
Did he think she was reluctant to spend her own money on buying things?
Isn’t his money money?
There are also passbooks and deposit slips and so on...
What did she want his passbook and deposit slip for?
Although, it seems normal for a wife to manage her husband's salary, she doesn't want to manage his money...
Su Ruo was still thinking, when she heard him say, "You just came here, so you bought a lot of things, and it won't cost much, don't worry. And those tickets, I have put them away, they are of no use."
"How can you say that this much money is not much to spend?"
Su Ruo immediately forgot the messy thoughts in her mind and muttered.
Han Zecheng smiled and whispered, "Buy it. Didn't Guoguo say that his father could support his mother? You won't let him laugh at me for not being able to support her, right?"
Su Ruo's face suddenly turned red.
It seemed like just a very ordinary sentence, but she felt her heart beating wildly for some reason.
This... this is in a busy department store, how could he say such heart-warming and touching words to her?
You can't blame her for this.
When she was at home before, her father didn't care about trivial matters. Lin Wanhua was in charge of buying clothes and other things. She and Su Jia were always treated equally. Although her father's money was used, if he bought a piece of clothing for her, he would definitely buy a piece of clothing for Su Jia, and then probably Su Zhen would have two pieces... The reason was that Su Zhen was a child and grew up fast.
At most, her father would occasionally give her more pocket money.
But Su Jia had more private money because Lin Wanhua gave all her own money to Su Jia.
So how much of a home can she feel in a home like that?
Perhaps he was the most unreserved person towards her.
So Su Ruo was very pleased with Han Zecheng's words.
She felt a little shy and thought that she was like a fool for being so moved, because she herself was not poor.
But since he said so, Su Ruo bought a lot of things later.
But this time she didn't know how much the total amount was, because Han Zecheng took the bill directly to the cashier to pay.
It was several hours after the purchase.
Su Ruo's legs went weak as she looked at the large and small bags of things...It was all thanks to Han Zecheng that he had already delivered the things he had bought back to the car.
She looked at her watch and said, "It's almost five o'clock. Guoguo is tired too. Let's go back early."
Han Zecheng glanced at her wrist and said, "There's still one place we haven't been to."
Su Ruo's legs and feet hurt, but she didn't want to spoil his fun, so she followed him to the top floor of the mall somewhat listlessly.
She looked at Han Zecheng, who had walked around for the whole afternoon without changing his demeanor, and Han Guoguo, a four-year-old girl who was still full of energy and looked around. She felt that she was indeed too weak. Maybe she should get up early every day and run a lap...
Finally he pulled her to a watch counter and stopped.
Han Zecheng pointed to a small women's watch and asked the salesperson to take it out for Su Ruo to try.
It is a Shanghai brand all-steel watch.
Su Ruo was stunned for a moment, and the previous tiredness and pain in her feet and legs disappeared.
Why did he take her to try on the watch?
She also has one on her wrist...but it was a gift from her father for her 18th birthday, so she wouldn't wear it unless necessary.
She glanced at the price tag: one hundred and twenty-eight.
She quickly calculated that this was more than five months' salary, not to mention that she was not making any money now.
Even if he had money, he wouldn't spend it like this.
She felt the one on her wrist getting a little warm, but she whispered, "No, I already have one."
Han Zecheng insisted that the salesperson take it out for her to try. The strap was a little loose, and after measuring it, it seemed that two pieces of chain should be cut off from each side to make it fit properly.
Han Zecheng asked the salesperson to take it and modify it, then said to Su Ruo: "This is a gift I give you after your exam. You must use it every day when you go to school."
Su Ruo bit her lip. She also felt it was necessary.
She also didn't want to wear the gift from her disowned father every day and make herself upset.
Especially if one day she sees her father again, still holding the gifts he gave her, wouldn't it be a shame to say that they have drawn a line in the sand and severed their relationship?
"All right,"
She struggled for a while, took the one off her wrist, stuffed it into her backpack, smiled at him, her nose a little sour, and said, "Thank you."
Probably to shake off the gray mood caused by thinking about her father, she took a breath and cheered herself up. Then, seeing Guoguo looking at something at another counter and not paying attention to this side, she secretly hugged his arm again, raised her head and whispered to him, "Why do I feel like I picked up a treasure, as if I married a very rich man."
She is really heart-wrenching like this.
Han Zecheng felt strange emotions surge in his heart. This time he did not pull his hand away. Instead, he stretched out his other hand and patted her head.
He lowered his head and looked at her, and after a while he whispered, "In the beginning, I was the one who picked you up."
Su Ruo blinked. What does that mean?
But before she could ask him, the salesperson had already altered the strap and returned to the counter.
This time, Han Zecheng didn't need to pull his hand away. Su Ruo let go of his arm herself and tried on the new watch as if nothing had happened. It was a little bit big, but it didn't feel tight when worn this way. It fit perfectly.
She turned to him and smiled, "Okay."
Han Zecheng nodded and took the receipt to pay. Su Ruo thought it was a good idea and asked the salesperson to take the box. She then put the watch on her wrist and never took it off.
This time all the tasks were finally completed. The three were about to leave when someone suddenly called Han Zecheng from behind.
"Zhecheng."
Several people paused.
Su Ruo turned around and saw a woman with thick eyebrows and big eyes. She looked pretty, capable, and a little arrogant walking towards her.
The woman kept her eyes on Han Zecheng, but when she approached, she glanced at Su Ruo and Guo Guo, then smiled at Su Ruo, and turned to Han Zecheng and said, "Zecheng, is it really you? You came to the provincial capital, why didn't you go home to visit? I just went to your house this afternoon and met Uncle Han. He was talking to me about you and said that you were transferred to the Biyang Military Region."
The tone is familiar.
The first thing he said was Uncle Han. He just went to your house this afternoon. The way he looked at Han Zecheng was friendly and gentle... It was obvious that he was a very close person.
She doesn't look gentle, but when she looks at Han Zecheng like this, she still looks gentle.
Han Zecheng frowned.
He hasn't seen Zhou Nianxue for five years.
To him, this person was no different from a stranger.
We just knew each other before.
But she spoke to him in such a tone.
This made him uncomfortable and unhappy.
He was never a fool.
It's not that men are just insensitive to some things.
He is a soldier, and a very good one at that. In fact, he is very sensitive to people's movements, behaviors and expressions.
It's just that people generally don't bother to pay attention.
She came over like this and spoke in such a tone, her purpose should be just to make Aruo misunderstand.
He turned his head to look at Su Ruo and saw that she was looking at Zhou Nianxue with a just the right smile, with a smile on her lips and a curious and thoughtful look in her eyes... She was not unhappy at all, and Zhou Nianxue's efforts were in vain.
He then turned around and nodded coldly to Zhou Nianxue, saying, "Hello."
Zhou Nianxue saw him turn his head to look at the woman beside him, and also saw his indifference towards her. Her heart felt like it was stabbed by something, and without waiting for him to say anything, she turned her head to look at Su Ruo, smiled very gently at Guo Guo, and then said to Han Zecheng, "Zecheng, who are these two?"
Han Zecheng said calmly, "This is my wife and child. Aruo, this is Comrade Zhou Nianxue. She used to study at the same middle school as me, but she was two grades below me."
Su Ruo instinctively resisted this woman named Zhou Nianxue.
Maybe it's women's nature.
And although she seemed to be smiling at him kindly, when she looked at him, Su Ruo felt as if she was being looked down upon by someone from a superior position.
And when she said "your family" and "Uncle Han", Su Ruo felt like she was demonstrating.
Su Ru nodded at her and said with a smile, "Comrade Zhou."
When Zhou Nianxue looked at Su Ruo, the smile on her face froze for a moment.
In fact, her face had already stiffened when she saw Han Zecheng accompanying a young girl to buy a watch from afar.
Seeing the children beside them made my heart ache as if being pierced by a needle.
She watched from the side for a long time, adjusting her expression for a long time, but finally she couldn't help but stepped forward to say hello.
But when Han Zecheng introduced her as his lover, and when she raised her beautiful, delicate and most importantly, young face, as if it had not been weathered by the years, all the adjustments he had made before could not suppress the turmoil in his heart.
Zhou Nianxue stared at Su Ruo's face in a daze.
It was as if the words I wanted to say were blocked and I couldn't say them for a while.
Han Zecheng said, "Aruo and I still have to hurry on our way. Comrade Zhou, please take your time."
After saying that, without waiting for Zhou Nianxue's response, he said to Su Ruo, "Let's go", then took Su Ruo's hand, said goodbye to his son, and left.
It seemed as if the greeting he had just run into that woman was no different from running into a sergeant colleague who saluted or greeted him while eating in the cafeteria.
But Han Zecheng thought it was unimportant.
But Guoguo and Su Ruo both felt that there was something wrong.
Su Ruo felt that there were some issues with the woman's attitude and tone of voice.
Women are naturally sensitive. She thought this was probably another one of his romantic interests...but she wouldn't be jealous, because it was obviously one-sided.
She was just a little curious.
But no matter how curious she was, she decided to at least wait until she got on the bus before asking him.
But thinking of this, she remembered Zeng Qianqian whom she met when she first came to the military region. She was also very curious at that time, but she was not familiar with him at that time and was embarrassed to ask directly. Now it happened that she had the opportunity to ask together...
Su Ruo thinks a lot, but Guo Guo is more proactive.
After walking a few steps, while Su Ruo was still thinking about how to ask later, Guo Guo had already said, "Dad, you don't like that aunt just now?"
"No."
Han Zecheng frowned and said, "But she is just a friend that Dad knew in the past. I haven't seen her for many years and we are not familiar with her now."
Guoguo blinked and said, "Dad, what did she say about Uncle Han? Going home... Did she mean the grandfather in the provincial capital? Is she very familiar with the grandfather's family in the provincial capital?"
Although he had never seen that grandfather or been to that grandfather's house, his father had told him about this matter in detail.
Han Zecheng hummed, and said, "Her father and your grandfather were comrades-in-arms, so he is very familiar with the people over there."
Guoguo sighed seriously.
Han Zecheng looked at him.
The son is getting upset on behalf of his mother?
Can't it?
Although he never treated him as a child when educating him, it doesn't mean that he is not a child.
But I heard Guoguo say: "Our teacher said a few days ago that...birds of a feather flock together..."
As if he was afraid that his parents were illiterate and didn't understand the meaning of this advanced phrase, he explained, "People who like to read play with people who like to read, and people who like to fight play with people who like to fight."
"After meeting this auntie just now, I finally understood why grandma was so troublesome and why you, dad, refused to go to grandpa's house in the provincial capital when you were a child."
"Because the people in Grandpa's family in the provincial capital have a good relationship with this woman just now, they should be of the same type. Just now, she smiled at me like that and I got goose bumps. If everyone in Grandpa's family in the provincial capital is like this, Dad, I also think Grandma should be easier to get along with."
At least no matter how bad his grandmother's temper is, she is usually the one who gets mad at him.
But think about that woman's smile just now. If they were together every day, it would really make people... make people feel uncomfortable all over.
It's such a suffering.
Su Ruo burst out laughing.
But thinking that this involved his father's family, and she didn't know anything about the situation, it seemed inappropriate to laugh like that, so she quickly held back her laughter.
Han Zecheng looked at his son, then at the uncomfortable Su Ruo... and felt that his wife and children were a cause for worry.
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