After shopping at the Friendship Store, the two went to the Overseas Chinese Store. The items sold there were similar, so they didn't spend much time shopping there.
Gu Qinghuan was going to buy some domestically produced electrical appliances. Although Friendship Store sold electrical appliances imported from other countries, she still wanted to support domestic products. It was not easy for Chinese electrical appliances to get started, so she would support them as much as she could.
Domestic electrical appliances are sold in department stores.
During this period, common electrical appliances in Chinese households included black and white televisions, radios, fans, etc.
Of course, refrigerators and washing machines do exist, but they are not yet necessities for family life and are still quite a luxury for ordinary families.
Gu Qinghuan had consulted Gu Lanting's wish. Now he had no time to watch TV after school every day, so it was useless to watch TV at home.
Gu Qinghuan and Xu Huai'an knew that they would have to take their children back to Xujiatun soon, so they decided not to buy a TV for the family.
As for Ming Ruxue, she doesn't like watching TV. In addition to classes, she has many other hobbies, such as running, learning martial arts, and occasionally watching a movie, so the place where she lives doesn't need to buy a TV for the time being.
You can have two radios and use them to listen to the news or play some music.
A refrigerator is a necessity. It is convenient to store vegetables and meat.
However, due to the limitation of production technology, the current refrigerators are small in size and simple in function, but they are sufficient.
The only washing machine available was a semi-automatic model, but it was better than nothing, so I bought two.
She had not originally planned to buy a fan, since it was winter, but she happened to come across a sale.
In addition, it was summer, and Gu Lanting was reluctant to spend money and refused to buy it.
So she simply took two as backup.
White Orchid brand single-tub washing machine, 199 per unit.
Xiangxuehai 125L single-door refrigerator, 685 per unit.
Haishi brand floor fan, 135 yuan per piece.
Red Light brand dual-speaker radio, 98 yuan per unit.
All the items came in two sets, totaling 2,234 yuan, and of course there were corresponding tickets.
There was still a missing refrigerator ticket in the ticket pack that Ming Ruxue had prepared. Finally, a lady at the counter saw that Ming Ruxue had TV tickets in her hand and exchanged her refrigerator ticket with them.
Only then did I buy all the things.
People passing by the counter looked at them, because it was really strange to buy so many home appliances at one time, and two at that.
Let alone the tickets, the more than 2,000 yuan here is not something an ordinary person can afford.
An ordinary working class family would have to go without food or drink for years to earn this much money.
The lady at the counter smiled and wrote down our addresses for easy delivery.
After coming out of the department store, Ming Ruxue took out the money she had prepared from her bag and handed it over.
"Sister, this is my share."
Ming Ruxue felt that since she enjoyed these things, she should pay for them herself.
Gu Qinghuan waved his hands in disagreement.
Ming Ruxue was just staying in the small western-style house temporarily, so she shouldn't pay for its decoration. Besides, based on their childhood friendship, it was impossible for him to take her money.
"Ruxue, I'm already embarrassed to ask you to take the tickets. I will never accept your money. Although I'm away from home now, my family is not as difficult as you think. You don't have to bear any burden." Gu Qinghuan said seriously.
That's true. Judging from their daily consumption, food and drink, as well as the things Gu Qinghuan bought for the small western-style house, they should not be short of money.
Ming Ruxue thought about it and handed the money over: "Then I won't insist, but you have to accept this money as my rent for one year."
We had not agreed on the rent before, but Ming Ruxue would definitely not let us suffer a loss, so the twelve hundred yuan would be the rent for one year, which is one hundred yuan a month.
Gu Qinghuan smiled bitterly. This girl was really too generous. If she was given more, she would not be able to hold back. After all, she was not financially independent yet and had been shopping a lot recently, which seriously depleted her wallet.
Resisting the temptation of money, Gu Qinghuan returned it again.
"Those tickets you have are your rent. You don't need to pay more."
"My tickets were obtained for free, how can they be used as rent? Please take them, sister, otherwise I won't feel comfortable living here." Ming Ruxue was anxious.
"How can it be free? You got these tickets because of favors from people. Sometimes favors are more valuable than money.
Ruxue, given the relationship between our two families, you really don't need to give me money, otherwise how would I face Uncle Ming and Aunt Ming in the future?
If you really feel embarrassed, then do me a favor! ”
The last sentence successfully diverted Ming Ruxue's attention.
"What help? I will definitely help you."
"I have to go back to the Northeast in a while. I'm worried that I won't be able to handle Lanting alone here.
She just left home to live independently, and she is a bit silly, so I am afraid she will suffer losses.
You are smart, capable and independent. I want you to help me take care of you, watch over you, and make sure you don't do anything stupid or bold again.
If there is any movement, let me know."
Like before, she had been away from home for nearly two months, but she still found out from Zhong Luoxi.
She was worried that if she was not around and could not watch over the child, the child might do something again and ruin his future.
“Is this like the double spy in the movies?” Ming Ruxue was still young at heart and she treated this as a game.
"Sister, don't worry, leave it to me. I will definitely protect you. If anything happens, I will let you know right away."
"Okay, it's settled then."
It took a lot of persuasion to get Ming Ruxue to take the money back. It was really tiring. Others tried every means to get the money back, but she tried every means to push the money out.
Dabao kept watching the actions between Gu Qinghuan and Ming Ruxue.
Gu Qinghuan's way of dealing with people laid a certain foundation for his future social skills.
I began to understand gradually what it meant to love money and earn it in a proper way.
Does Gu Qinghuan love money? Of course, she even exchanges wild vegetables for money. She will not miss anything in the house that can be exchanged for money.
But some wealth cannot be loved. People must have principles to go further.
"Mom, have you bought everything?" Dabao tugged at her sleeve.
"What's wrong, Dabao?"
"Can you take me to a grocery store, Mom?" Dabao held his three yuan tightly in his hand, and he already had some preliminary ideas about what he would do with the money.
Gu Qinghuan saw that he had been hesitating all the way and finally made up his mind. She smiled secretly, and she probably knew what he was going to do.