Chapter 440 Wedding Gift
Xia Qingqing looked at her mother's happy face, was speechless for a while, and then nodded helplessly.
The two sisters were balancing their clothes and trousers, patiently comparing them piece by piece. Pan Wenjun was watching them from the side, and would occasionally pick up an item to compare with.
As a mother, under limited conditions, she will definitely give priority to meeting the needs of her own children, but Xia Zhizhi and Zhitanzi have done so many things, and seeing someone she likes, Pan Wenjun, as a lesbian, can't help but be moved.
Pan Wenjun was not fat, so she could wear most of Xia Qingqing's sizes. But after all, she had given birth to several children, so her waistline was not as big as that of a little girl. She could not wear Xia Qingqing's pants, so she finally chose a long gray woolen winter skirt.
The skirt has hidden buttons, so it can be made an inch wider so she can wear it.
Pan Wenjun held up the skirt and gestured happily, and asked Xia Sihua: "On the day when Qingqing and Zhili get married, I will wear this skirt with that gray-pink sweater, and wear the silver-gray coat that Zhizhi bought for me on the outside, and you will also wear the gray one."
Pan Wenjun didn't know that this was a couple's style, she just thought it was more suitable.
After the two sisters had divided the clothes, there was a pile of woolen socks at the bottom. Xia Zhizhi gave a few pairs to everyone present, including the relatives who had not returned.
After finishing the distribution, Xia Qingqing looked at the last big package and said, "Could it be clothes in there too?"
To be honest, the clothes are nice-looking. Xia Bangguo and Zeng Zelan earn about a thousand yuan a month together. Xia Sihua and Pan Wenjun don't make much less than them. Except for Xia Zhizhi, all the other children are self-sufficient.
Nowadays, apart from food and drink, there is basically no other place for people to spend money. Even if they want to play, there is nowhere else to go except visiting the park. Apart from daily expenses, the bulk of the salary is saved.
But Xia Zhizhi had done too much this time.
These clothes are all made of good materials, a thick woolen coat and trousers, a set of woolen warm underwear and a sweater. The quality is rare in department stores. Just this set, Pan Wenjun roughly estimated, must cost at least two hundred yuan?
The old couple of the Xia family plus the couple, plus their two sons, each got two sets, and their two spouses each got one set, that's fourteen sets in total, plus the ones for Xia Qingqing and Xia Zhizhi, they both have a lot of inner wear, but as the number increases, the price won't come down.
Pan Wenjun swept the clothes piled on the sofa and silently estimated in her heart, wondering whether she and the child's father's income for half a year would be enough.
"This, this is not clothing." After hearing Xia Qingqing's question, Xia Zhizhi unwrapped the last bundle and said, "This is the wedding gift I prepared for you."
A silk quilt is the kind where half of the quilt core can be removed when it's hot, and put back together when it's cold.
And a set of four silk bedding sets, a light jade pink color, with large petals embroidered on the corners with slightly darker thread of the same color.
And a couple's two-piece set of solid-colored (jade pink for women, light brown for men) silk pajamas.
When getting married these days, if the bride's family has a little bit of financial resources, they will definitely prepare bedding as a dowry. There is no doubt about the quilt, it will definitely be a bright red type with blooming flowers, which the elders will definitely like.
But Xia Qingqing still liked the set prepared by Xia Zhizhi more. She couldn't let go of the smooth and delicate material, and her love was beyond words. She put down the things in her hands, held Xia Zhizhi's face and rubbed it: "Where did you get these good things?"
Xia Zhizhi boasted: "My friend in Jiangnan helped me with this. His family runs a silk shop and it was very difficult for them to find these materials."
Xia Qingqing was surprised: "Shouldn't they have started preparing a long time ago?"
Xia Zhizhi said nonsense: "Yes, I have asked them to keep an eye on it for me. Don't you have to get married soon? It will come in handy."
Xia Qingqing was suddenly stunned, then hugged Xia Zhizhi, deeply moved.
Looking at the child's sparkling eyes, Xia Qingqing suddenly felt guilty and felt that she had failed in her duty as a sister.
Xia Qingqing once thought about taking her sister out to play, or buying her some clothes and getting her some delicious food.
But her sister often hangs out outside, and although she doesn't come home for long, she is more familiar with the whole city of Beijing than she is. And Xia Zhizhi doesn't like to stay in the military camp for long.
As for clothing, Xia Zhizhi has her own aesthetic taste. She thinks all the clothes in department stores are ugly.
When she first came back, Zeng Zelan and Pan Wenjun took her to a tailor shop to make two sets of clothes for her. She wore them once for the sake of politeness, and then put them in the bottom of the suitcase.
As for food and drink, this job was basically taken care of by Xia Zhi alone. At the beginning, Zeng Zelan and Pan Wenjun were so kind that they wanted to cook for their children themselves.
Compared with the ones from Master Yu and Xia Zhi at home, the taste was so bad that not only Xia Zhizhi, but they themselves also disliked it. Xia Zhizhi had to bite the bullet and express her opinion. The two of them knew their own weight, so they didn't make things difficult for the child in this regard.
So, apart from giving her some money, there was really nothing else our family could give her.
Xia Qingqing was the same. She could only give her sister some pocket money occasionally and told her to ask for money if she was short of money. However, no matter who gave her the money, Xia Zhizhi always said she had more in her pocket.
Xia Qingqing thought that it should have been given by her grandma and parents, but they are who they are and she is herself, so they have to give what they deserve.
Xia Zhizhi did not refuse. Seeing that her family really wanted to give it to her, she readily accepted it.
Compared with the considerate Xia Zhizhi, Xia Qingqing felt that her behavior of occasionally giving some money seemed very perfunctory.
Xia Qingqing hugged Xia Zhizhi and felt distressed: "How come our Zhizhi is so sensible? You can be less sensible."
Xia Zhizhi smiled and said, "Because we are family."
And there is a difference between family members.
Xia Zhizhi brought back so many things in one go. If it were someone else, they would have exploded long ago.
Xia Qingqing, however, felt sorry for her younger sister, who was so young and had to take care of her family in every possible way.
Zeng Zelan and Pan Wenjun, the two people in charge of finances, while expressing their admiration for their children's filial piety, were only calculating in their hearts whether their half-year salary was enough.
Even Xia Bangguo, who was relatively disappointed, only grumbled a few words about how he couldn't wear so many clothes and it was a waste of money. But he only said that it was a waste for him to wear them, and didn't ask Xia Zhizhi to save money with her.
Xia Zhizhi naturally understood them. It was precisely because she knew her family's personalities that she came up with so many things. If her family liked to nag, she would not make trouble.