Chapter 51
There are still two days before the Chinese New Year, and Xu's mother has no time to be sad as she has to prepare New Year's goods.
Since 1967, enterprises, institutions and government agencies across the country have not taken holidays during the Spring Festival.
It advocates a "revolutionary Spring Festival" and encourages people to actively participate in production labor during the Spring Festival instead of resting and returning home for reunions.
Although there is no holiday during the Spring Festival, people still hold some celebrations.
For example, on New Year’s Eve, families will get together to stay up all night and eat New Year’s Eve dinner around the stove, and children will receive gifts such as new clothes and toys.
Although material conditions were not as abundant as they are now, everyone can still feel the strong festive atmosphere and family warmth.
Not only do you have to prepare New Year's goods for your own family, but you also have to prepare New Year's gifts for your parents-in-law in the countryside.
Xu's mother is really busy. She sorted the things to be bought into categories and each person was responsible for a part.
If anyone needs to get up early and queue up, they will be left to Mr. Xu and Dali.
Although there is no holiday, the factory does not have heavy production tasks during the Spring Festival.
The most leisurely days of the year for Xu's father and Dali are the Spring Festival days. Especially Xu's father, as one of the few eighth-level fitters in the factory, he still has a very high status in the workshop.
Naturally, the apprentices will be responsible for some minor matters.
Xu Di was responsible for buying candies and dried fruits, and she happened to be in the department store, so it was convenient.
"Mom, give me the money, I want to buy some things too.
I only had one month of vacation in total, and I spent more than half a month on the road traveling back and forth. A few days after the New Year, I had to buy a ticket back. ”
Xu Mei wanted to buy something for Li Gengsheng, and she also wanted to buy two pieces of clothing for herself.
"Okay, I'll give it to you later."
Mother Xu dried her hands and went into the house to get the money, which she had withdrawn from the bank yesterday.
"Five hundred dollars, you decide for yourself. You won't listen to anything I say now, so leave yourself a way out."
Xu's mother felt that Xu Mei was too fanatical about Li Gengsheng. She didn't know what kind of person he was, what his character was like, and whether he could make Xu Mei happy.
"I know what's going on. Thank you, Mom and Dad."
Xu Mei took the money, a thick and heavy stack.
After breakfast, everyone received their tasks and went to work.
During the lunch break, Xu Di took the money and tickets to the front building to complete the task assigned by her mother.
I also have to buy some things for my grandparents, as well as Aunt Wang, Grandma Qian, and Kang Kang, and prepare New Year gifts.
For Grandma Qian and Aunt Wang, Xu Di prepared a rooster, a pound of leeks, ten eggs, and some dried vegetables for each family.
According to Kang Kang, Xu Di bought a toy car, which was really expensive.
Xu Di originally planned to buy one for Ping An as well, but then he thought that Xu Mei was also at home, and it would be embarrassing if she didn’t buy one.
It’s better to wait until the little guy’s birthday to buy it for him. By then, Xu Mei will have passed away.
Xu Di had quite a few wine tickets and had bought some good wines before, including Moutai, Wuliangye, Jiannanchun, Luzhou Laojiao and so on. She didn’t understand much about them, but she just bought some when she saw them.
The wine at this time is real pure grain wine, which can be saved for later drinking. It is said that these wines still have room for appreciation.
Xu Di bought everything that Xu's mother asked him to buy, and also bought a separate portion for his grandparents.
The original owner was raised by her grandparents, who doted on her. She must remember this love.
Moreover, after she came, she also enjoyed a lot of love from her grandparents.
Xu Di did not buy any clothes. When winter came, he knitted a sweater for each of his grandparents.
I learned the patterns from Sister Tang, as she only knows how to knit simple stitches.
Xu Di finished shopping in one afternoon and just took the things home in the evening.
As for Xu Mei, after finishing her breakfast, she went to the nearby post office and saved three hundred yuan from the money Xu's mother gave her, leaving only two hundred yuan outside.
Afterwards she went to find her classmate, whose grandfather and mother were both very good tailors, and they secretly took private jobs.
Xu Mei was not interested in the ready-made clothes sold in the department store. She wanted to make a set of nice-looking clothes for herself and Li Gengsheng.
When getting married, there should be some sense of ceremony.
According to her memory, Xu Mei found her classmate's home.
"Xu Mei, when did you come back?"
"I've been back for a few days, and I was wondering if you could be at home?"
Xu Mei also came here with the mentality of giving it a try. She didn't know whether Lin Wei was married or not, and whether she could still live here.
"Where am I if I'm not at home? You've been back for several days, why did you just come to see me?"
Lin Wei and Xu Mei have a good relationship. Her family lives in a housing estate for employees of a garment factory, and they both go to the same school.
"Ah, isn't this heartbreaking? By the way, didn't you say in your letter that you were dating someone? Are you married?"
"What are you knotting? It's yellow."
Lin Wei got angry when she mentioned this. She had never seen a family like that.
"What's wrong? Didn't you say everything was fine?"
When she received Lin Wei's letter, she was quite envious because she heard that the man was tall and handsome.
"Oh, don't mention it. He is good-looking, but he has a childhood sweetheart.
Their family disagreed, thinking that the girl's family was a heavy burden and a drag.
The lovers were forced to separate and follow their family's arrangements to go on a blind date with me. Everything was going well and we were engaged. Good boy, I saw him and his childhood sweetheart quarreling.
I, Lin Wei, have good looks, a family, and a formal job. Why would I want a fickle person?
I slapped him on the spot, went to his house, and called off the marriage. ”
When Lin Wei talks about it now, she still grits her teeth and thinks that the man is irresponsible.
Otherwise, you can fight your family to the end and just marry your childhood sweetheart.
Otherwise, you should just listen to your family completely, break up with your childhood sweetheart, and live a good life.
As a result, I can run both ends without worrying about getting tired.
"Your parents agreed to what they said."
"I agree. If you don't throw away a man like this, why keep him? My parents didn't raise me to be abused by him.
It’s almost the New Year, and I don’t have time. My parents have already made arrangements for us to go on a blind date after the New Year.
What about you, do you have a suitable one? What happened to the guy who could play the accordion? ”
"We are getting married. When we go back after the New Year, we will attend the collective wedding of the field office."
Xu Mei and Lin Wei have always been in contact. When she came back this time, the only person she wanted to see was Lin Wei. She had hardly any contact with other classmates and friends.
Knowing that she was engaged, I was afraid of disturbing her, so I thought about seeing her one last time before leaving.
Unfortunately, she didn’t have any clothes she liked in the department store, so she had to disturb them in advance.
"Your speed is pretty good. I don't know if it's really as good as you said, and why you're so obsessed with it."
"Oh, I just think he's good. I feel happy when I see him."
Xu Mei's heart is completely tied to Li Gengsheng.
"You, please be more careful. No matter how good a man is, you should be careful and treat yourself better."
"I know. I'm keeping an eye on it."
Xu Mei loves Li Gengsheng very much.
"Weiwei, is Auntie still taking jobs making clothes?"
"I was thinking, you guys, why don't you come to the temple for no reason?"
"It's not that we can't help it. You know the clothes in department stores are all the same, and there's no variation."
Xu Mei loves beauty and has loved beauty since she was a child. Lin Wei knows her friend's personality well.
"Whatever you want to do, I'll ask my mom to open a back door for you."
"Thank you so much, Vivi."
Xu Mei looked at the booklet that Lin Wei took out, which contained the designs of clothes that Lin's mother had drawn herself.
Xu Mei has chosen the style and fabric, and Lin's mother can also provide them. She is now a legal tailor.
Xu Mei didn't come empty-handed either. She brought back some dried fruits, dried mushrooms, and dried bamboo shoots from Yun Province and gave them to Lin Weiwei for them to try.
After the serious business was over, friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time chatted and talked about their lost childhoods.
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