Chapter 249 Buy Buy Buy
After saying goodbye to He Aiguo, Gu Dali and others, everyone went shopping.
I finally made it to the county town and I still have so much money in my hands.
Everybody wants to go shopping.
Buy something.
They planned to go find Jiang Yue together later.
Fan Xiuying and her daughter Jiang Xiaoxiao went to a department store and started shopping.
Jiang Laoshi and Song Moting looked at each other, and both the father-in-law and the son-in-law smiled bitterly.
When women buy things, they are completely irresistible.
They all had a hunch that they would have to buy a lot of things today.
It’s really a shopping spree.
Fan Xiuying thought that now that the ginseng had been harvested, she had plenty of time, and she and Old Lady Song had discussed arranging the marriages for the two children in the next two days.
Some time ago, I prepared a lot of things for them in preparation for their wedding.
But now Fan Xiuying felt that since the two children had received such a large sum of money, the marriage should be handled properly, so she pulled her daughter and insisted on buying clothes for her.
In fact, Jiang Xiaoxiao herself didn’t think it was necessary to buy any clothes.
After all, the style and taste of clothes of this era are not suitable for me.
According to her mother, if she gets married, she will probably have to wear a red cotton jacket and red cotton pants.
In such hot weather, if you cover yourself up like this, you will probably get prickly heat for the rest of your life. This is what the old people think.
But don't disbelieve it, that's how marriages were done in that era.
So in the end she had to make her own decision, otherwise, according to her mother's opinion, she would be finished.
Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't like the style of the clothes, but she just bought a few pieces of cloth. After all, she was also a person who came from that era, so it was no problem for her to use a sewing machine to make clothes.
Although there are ready-made clothes in this era, most people prefer to make their own clothes.
When we got to the place selling fabrics, the colors were very monotonous: blue-grey, white and red. There was nothing worth buying in other colors.
Of course, there are some Dacron with small floral patterns, but they are all very monotonous in appearance and it is really difficult to make them look different.
Jiang Xiaoxiao bought a lot of cloth, which made Fan Xiuying worried. Her daughter didn't have a sewing machine now, so she had to borrow one to make clothes. She didn't know if the forest farm had one, so she had to ask when she got back.
Of course, Fan Xiuying is very confident in her craftsmanship.
Nowadays, there are basically no lines on the clothes people make. The clothes are all baggy and big, and the same goes for pants.
Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't tell her mother. She didn't plan to let her mother make it. Since she was going to make her own wedding dress, she planned to make it herself.
The farm manager has a sewing machine in his home, and it is the only one on the farm.
Anyone who wants to make clothes has to borrow them from others.
It’s still inconvenient.
Of course, I also bought some homespun cloth and cotton cloth to make bed sheets and quilt covers.
Quilt covers are not popular in this era. People usually make sheets and bedspreads. However, Jiang Xiaoxiao still made some sheets and quilt covers for her own convenience of washing.
Add to that a series of things like towels, blankets, pillowcases, etc., and you've bought a lot.
As the head of the girl's family, Fan Xiuying naturally had to buy a lot of things for her daughter.
All their furniture was made by their own men, except for some toiletries.
For example, the DHS washbasin, thermos, pillowcase, towel, toothbrush, cup, all these things are the bride's dowry.
Especially Fan Xiuying, who actually saw a radio in the department store.
You can't buy sewing machines, bicycles or anything like that in this place, and radios are barely considered a rare item.
I immediately became interested.
Old Mrs. Song is an open-minded person. She made it clear that the three major items in the man's house are definitely all there.
It will only be more, and they will never treat their daughter badly, so the girl's family will have to give at least some dowry.
In fact, I couldn’t afford the other things, but I made all the furniture myself and it didn’t cost much.
My daughter just gave me 10,000 yuan, and my son-in-law knows exactly how much this 10,000 yuan is.
If the girl's family doesn't give something, they would feel a little unfair to their daughter and their family would be looked down upon.
So I made up my mind and bought a radio.
Fan Xiuying felt that she was smart. When she came here to see her daughter, she was afraid that she would need tickets to buy things here.
She put all the tickets in the house in her pocket. These tickets were saved over many years.
There are bicycle tickets and even a TV ticket, but unfortunately you can't buy them here. However, the radio ticket is still fine and can be used.
He was also very generous and bought two red suitcases for his daughter.
Jiang Xiaoxiao originally refused to accept it.
In this era, a red suitcase is required for marriage.
In fact, most people couldn’t afford a suitcase. They only had two red painted wooden boxes.
A red suitcase like this one would be out of reach for most people if it were displayed in a department store.
She is not as generous as Fan Xiuying. The salesperson knew at first glance that she was definitely marrying off her daughter.
She had no choice but to buy two red suitcases.
By the time they bought all the things, Song Moting and Jiang Laoshi's hands were already full.
The two of them really smiled bitterly, knowing that nothing good would happen when two women got together.
Looking at all this shopping is going crazy. I wish I could move this department store back home.
Jiang Xiaoxiao was afraid of mistreating her little niece, so she would remember to buy milk powder, canned food, and some snacks for the child when she was not shopping. In fact, there were not many delicious snacks in that era, just glutinous rice noodles, trough cakes, and the like.
Even if you want to buy something else, it's not available here.
Seeing that the floral cloth was very pretty, she tore off several pieces to make some small clothes for her niece.
None of the ready-made clothes sold outside are suitable for my niece.
By the time they finished buying things, it was almost dark, and I guess Gu Dali, He Aiguo and the others had already gone back.
This time they couldn't go back to the farm even if they wanted to.
The shuttle bus had already left, so they carried a lot of things to Jiang Yue's house.
Jiang Xiaoxiao guessed that her elder sister and brother-in-law definitely didn't know they were coming. Everyone had finished dinner at this time, so they bought some cooked food on the way.
Sure enough, when they arrived, Jiang Yue and the others had just finished washing and cleaning up the pots and dishes.
Unexpectedly, there was a knock on the gate. When I opened the door, I saw my father, mother, sister and brother-in-law.
Jiang Yue was also stunned, mainly because of how much stuff these four people carried. Did they move the department store back home?
Qin Ming quickly let the people into the house and asked everyone to come in and sit down.
Then fetch water for them to wash their faces.
Jiang Yue went straight into the kitchen to boil water and cook. She could tell at a glance that they hadn't eaten yet.
When Jiang Xiaoxiao arrived at her eldest sister's house, she didn't show any courtesy at all. She went straight to the kang, held her little niece in her arms and played with her. The little girl is almost one year old now.
He started speaking early and could even call "Dad" and "Mom" simply.
Because of Jiang Xiaoxiao's help this time, the child grew round and white, and looked plump.
It’s so fun to hold it in your arms.
(End of this chapter)
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