After leaving the hospital, Gu Qinghuan rode her bike to go shopping in the department store. Her family was very poor and had nothing, so she had to buy some things.
Department stores sell bicycles, watches, sewing machines, radios, clocks, clothes, cloth, rubber shoes, pencils, pens, paper, tools, toys, etc.
She must buy a bicycle, but not now, as it would be too conspicuous.
Besides, department stores require tickets, and she doesn't have a bicycle ticket, so she can just buy a high-end imitation bicycle from the vending machine when she goes.
As for the watch, the original owner had one before, but it was later taken away by his stepmother and daughter.
This is not a necessity, but a clock is still needed at home. You can buy one from a vending machine, it’s a bargain at 99 cents including shipping.
Sewing machine, this one needs a ticket, but unfortunately she doesn't have one.
As soon as the house was settled, she had to prepare everything and start making clothes and quilts for the whole family. She had to use a sewing machine, but sewing with a needlework machine was too slow and it would take several months to finish.
In her previous life, she learned how to use a sewing machine from her grandmother. When she was a child, her grandmother made all her clothes by herself. From what she saw and heard, she learned how to make clothes.
At first, she posted some videos of her self-designed clothing on the Internet and had a large number of fans. Unexpectedly, during a live broadcast, she became popular because her meal was too tempting, and later transformed into a food blogger.
Go too far.
Gu Qinghuan pulled himself back to his senses and walked straight to the children's clothing counter. According to the size of the two children, he chose a set of autumn clothes suitable for this period for each of them.
The rags on their bodies can hardly be called clothes. There is no time to make clothes now, so let's buy them some clothes first.
The clothing styles are really not that good these days, and the most common colors in the store are green, blue, black, and gray.
Other colors are basically invisible. It’s not that they can’t be worn, but few people buy white, pink, yellow and other bright colors for their children. They are not resistant to dirt and are difficult to wash.
Gu Qinghuan chose two pieces of blue clothes and black pants. Although the color was not good, the quality was good and they felt very solid.
Two sets of clothes cost four yuan in total. Children's clothes don't cost any cloth, so they are relatively cheap.
As for the madman, let's just forget about him. His condition is not suitable for wearing normal clothes.
After buying it, I went to the next door to get two pairs of cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles.
With the things I just bought, Gu Qinghuan came to the local product shop, where they sell iron pots, bowls and chopsticks, wooden furniture, etc.
There were four people in the family, and Gu Qinghuan thought about it and only took four sets of bowls and chopsticks.
The last stop was the Food Bureau, where she picked out some cheap white rice noodles, dark noodles, and brown rice, all of which were healthy whole grains she used to like. She didn't buy much, just 10 kilograms of each.
To be honest, coarse grains are ridiculously cheap these days, and all this food only cost her ninety cents.
Of course, I buy these just to show off. It's okay to eat them occasionally, but it's impossible to eat them all the time.
If she wants to eat rice or flour, she will place an order from the vending machine.
On the way back, we passed by a grocery store and took a look at the meat, eggs, fish, fruits, seasonings, etc. These were still in the villa, so we didn't have to buy them yet.
After shopping around, Gu Qinghuan thought it was almost time to go out, so he tied the things he bought on the back seat of the bike and pedaled hard back home.
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"Brother, the white flour meat buns are so delicious. When stepmother comes back, I will give all the sweet fruits I picked today to her." Beibei said while licking her fingers that still had the lingering fragrance.
In her heart, sweet fruits are the best things she can offer.
Dabao didn't say anything. He sat alone on the doorstep, looking at the door with a pair of deep eyes. He had already gone downstairs, but his stepmother hadn't come back yet. Maybe she thought they were too much of a burden and left.
That's good, she is such a good person, she shouldn't be dragged down by them.
In fact, he had heard of Gu Qinghuan a long time ago. The children in the village said that she was the most beautiful girl in the Xu family and many men wanted to marry her.
When he went out this morning, he heard Er Laizi telling others how Gu Qinghuan could be so desperate to sell herself to a madman as his wife. If he had known earlier, he would have sold everything to buy her. One hundred yuan for such a beautiful wife, it would have been a great bargain.
He didn't know why, but at that moment he felt a surge of anger in his heart, and he rushed forward like a bull and knocked the scoundrel to the ground. In the end, the scoundrel pulled him over and gave him a good beating.
Maybe it was because of the bowl of fragrant white porridge last night that he already regarded her as his own in his heart.
"Brother, I don't think stepmother is as bad as Erdan and Goudan say. She is better than grandma. At least she is willing to give us food.
"I'll work hard and eat more in the future, so my stepmother will stay with me forever, right?" Although Beibei is small, he has his own judgment.
Dabao smiled bitterly and raised his head to rub his sister's nipples. He couldn't give his sister the answer she wanted, for fear that she would become more desperate after having hope.
How could he not know that Gu Qinghuan had some kindness towards them, but how long could this kindness last in the face of the cruel life?
In the past, grandpa and grandma were pretty nice to them, but after dad got sick, things became like this.
At such a young age, he has already understood the cruelty of human nature. He is really scared.
They struggled too much in their dark lives, and regarded this sudden bit of warmth as a god.
But will the gods always care for them?
He doesn't know.
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As soon as Gu Qinghuan entered the Xu family's house, he ran into the "Xu Family Intelligence Team". Several talkative aunties were grinding mills and chatting at the same time.
Seeing the gossiping spirit figure enter the village, Qian Caihua hurriedly raised her head and greeted him, "Huai'an, you're back. What are you doing here, carrying so many bags?"
Gu Qinghuan was still not able to react when she first heard about Huai'an's family. She knew that they came with bad intentions, so she didn't look happy.
"We are short of everything at home. Let's go buy some daily necessities. The ladies, please get busy first."
Just as she was about to leave, several people stared at the bundle tied to the back seat of her bicycle.
Qian Caihua also went up to touch a handful.
"Are you buying rice?" My goodness, these educated youth from the city just don't know how to live. If she eats the way she does, how much can one hundred yuan go for?
"It's brown rice and dark rice noodles. There's no grain at home. We can't just starve." Gu Qinghuan opened the bag and showed it to her.
It's really black noodles and brown rice.
"Speaking of Huai'an Family, you just got some money, so you'd better spend it quickly. Your life now is not the same as when you were an educated youth."
Qian Caihua has a hidden meaning. In the past, people only needed to earn their own food, but now they have to open their mouths more often.
Gu Qinghuan could no longer bear it, rolled his eyes and said directly: "Auntie Cauliflower, I shouldn't spend money to buy it, should I bring the whole family to your house to eat?"
Qian Caihua's face turned black: "My family doesn't mean that."
Wang Xiaohua, who was grinding the mill nearby, was surprised to hear this and said, "Huai'an family, didn't your mother-in-law say that she would give you a hundred kilograms of grain, enough to last until next spring? Why are you still going out to buy food?"
"When did grandma say that? Why didn't you see there was a grain of food at home?" Gu Qinghuan's eyes suddenly lit up. She finally got the chance.
"In the morning! She said she would move it over to you personally, didn't she?"
Aware that the secretary's wife was lying, several people looked at her excitedly, watching the excitement and not minding the big deal.
Gu Qinghuan slapped his thigh and said, "I swear to you, my house is cleaner than a rat hole now, where can I get food? No, I have to go ask my mother-in-law for food."
After saying that, she got on her bike and rode away. The old ladies had no mood to continue working, so they quickly packed up and followed her. It was a fight between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, and it would be a shame not to watch it.
This was exactly what Gu Qinghuan wanted. She was determined to get some meat from that shameless old woman Liu Guifang.