My Girlfriend Catherine (novel) Zhang Baotong 2016.3.21

4. Go shopping in town

I went to Qu Zi Temple, and my cousin took Catherine and me to the city along the way. Because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, the roads are full of cars and the streets are crowded with people. Everywhere you go, it's selling and shopping. Because my mother told me many times that Catherine was wearing less clothes, she asked me to buy her a warmer dress, and then I would buy her what she needed. For this, my mother gave me 3,000 yuan, and I was afraid that it would not be enough. Because my family really has no money, my mother borrowed it from others.

There are one clothing store after another in the city, and each store is full of people. I took Catherine to a larger clothing store. The clothes inside can be said to be all kinds of clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter, and there is a wide variety of clothes. I saw that a yellow down jacket was quite good-looking, and the texture and fabric also looked very high-end. I asked Catherine to try it on. Catherine tried it on, and the effect was really good, but at first glance, the price was 1880 yuan. Catherine said, "It's too expensive." ”

The saleswoman said, "If you want, you can get a discount." ”

I wanted to ask if I could get a discount, but Catherine pulled me out and said, "I don't need clothes." ”

I said, "This is a task that my mother has repeatedly told me, and besides, you didn't have enough clothes when you left Xi'an." ”

But, Catherine said, "you can't even buy clothes that are so expensive." Then he asked me, "Have you ever bought clothes?"

I shook my head and said, "No." "Because my mom bought me all the clothes I used to wear. Later clothes were all bought by Catherine. And I'm not going to bargain with people yet.

Catherine said, "So, buy clothes, you have to listen to me." ”

I said, "I'm going to listen to you." ”

I followed her from one clothing store to another. I walked to many clothing stores, and I was so bent that my legs were bent and my heart was annoyed, but Catherine seemed to be more and more energetic the more she shopped. Moreover, she is a foreigner, and she will attract a lot of onlookers wherever she goes. So, I urged her to buy her clothes as soon as possible and go home as soon as possible. Seriously, if it hadn't been for Catherine, I probably wouldn't have really shopped until now.

The whole street was almost all over, and after shopping around, Catherine bought me a gray jacket and a cotton coat for my parents. I said to her, "Baby, we came to the city mainly to buy something for you, but we haven't bought you a single thing after a long time." ”

She said, "Well, I'm going to buy myself something." ”

So, she came to a small wooden cart on the side of the road, picked up a pair of beautiful earrings and looked at them. I immediately pulled her up and said, "Baby, this is a fake." ”

But she said, "I know, but I love these earrings." ”

Since she likes it, then I can't let her be ruined. Watch her bargain with the hawker.

She asked the vendor, "How much do these earrings cost?"

The vendor said, "Twenty dollars." ”

Catherine was surprised, "Too expensive, isn't it?"

So, the two began to negotiate the price, and the price was five yuan, I think it should be the reserve price, but Catherine got the price to two yuan. I laughed in my heart: my beloved foreigner girlfriend is more savvy than us locals, and she can make a price.

When we left the cart, I said to Catherine, "These two dollars are fakes for you to play with, but I'm going to buy you a pair of real earrings." ”

She didn't want it, but I dragged her into the gold shop. I asked her to choose the right earrings. But she looked at it all and either she didn't like the cheaper ones, and she didn't like them because they were too expensive, and I didn't bring that much money. So, we had to leave the gold shop.

At this time, my cousin called and asked how long we would have to wait. I said wait another ten minutes, and then I'm going back to the store and buy the yellow down jacket. Catherine, however, pulled me hard and didn't let me go. We tugged and pulled, and the streets were full of people looking at us. Just as my cousin had already driven the car, Catherine took the opportunity to pull me into the car.

As soon as I got in the car, I got angry and had a long face, because my mother had asked me to bring Catherine to buy clothes, but I went home empty-handed, and my mother would definitely scold me for being useless. Catherine put her arms around my neck and coaxed me.

My cousin asked me what was wrong. I told my cousin that Catherine wouldn't let me buy clothes. My cousin said that he would drive into town tomorrow, and that I would come with him and buy the clothes. As soon as I thought it would be a good idea, I didn't get angry.

It was afternoon when I got home, and my mother was so happy to see that I was carrying three pockets, and wanted to see what clothes I had bought for Catherine. However, when I looked at the clothes, my face immediately changed, and he asked me, "How did you buy these clothes?" because these clothes were also bought for one or two hundred yuan. And my mom wanted me to buy Catherine those expensive clothes.

I didn't say a word, I returned the money my mother gave me. When my mother counted the money, it was still 3,000 yuan, so she frowned and asked me, "Why, didn't you spend a penny?"

I said, "Catherine bought all these clothes." It's for you and Daddy, and mine. ”

My mom asked Catherine, "Why didn't I buy you anything?"

Catherine immediately pointed to the earrings on her ears and said, "I bought a pair of earrings." ”

My mom looked at the earrings carefully and asked, "These earrings are pretty good, but they cost a lot of money?"

I teased and said, "It's a fake, it's only two yuan." ”

My mother's face immediately turned pale, and she turned at me and asked, "How did you do what I asked you to do?"

I said, "I'm going to buy it for her, but she's too expensive to buy it." ”

My mother glared at me and said, "You're just afraid that you're reading all day long, and you don't know how to do this little thing?" ”

Catherine saw that my mother was angry and angry with me, so she pulled my mother down in a chair and said apologetically, "Mom, don't be angry, okay? I have a lot of clothes, I can't finish them, I really don't need them." ”

My mother said to Catherine, "Son, I know you're afraid of us spending money. However, Bin Bin is too ignorant. The first time you came to our house, you didn't know that it was cold here and you didn't have enough clothes, so I asked him to buy you a better dress. I gave him 3,000 yuan, but he didn't have to spend a penny. My mother took a breath and said, "The first time you came to our house, we didn't have to buy you anything, and let others know about it, and you want to laugh at our family." ”

Catherine said incomprehensibly, "I don't want you to buy things, it's normal, what's so funny about them? ”

At this time, it happened that seven or eight girls from the village came to visit Catherine at our house, some of whom were my classmates when I was a child. When they saw that Catherine was so foreign and beautiful, they asked her how much money she wore clothes, how much money she wore scarves, and even how many money she wore earrings.

Catherine let them guess.

Chunyan said, "It will cost at least 5,000 yuan." Because that's what my boyfriend bought me earrings. ”

Catherine waved her hand and said, "No. ”

Qiu Yue said, "Seven thousand yuan." ”

Catherine said, "That's even more wrong. ”

Xiuhua said, "Three thousand yuan." ”

Catherine said, "No. ”

So, everyone started shaking their heads and saying, "I can't guess." ”

Catherine said proudly, "It's only two dollars." ”

Everyone was stunned all of a sudden, and some people didn't even believe their ears, because even if it was fake, it wouldn't be only two yuan.

Chunyan said, "I still don't believe it. ”

Catherine laughed and said, "If you don't believe me, I can give it to you." ”

Listening to this, everyone began to believe it. So, Qiu Yue said to Catherine enviously, "Two yuan fake earrings, worn on your ears, are just like the real thing, very good-looking." ”

I said, "Because my Catherine herself is noble and beautiful, no matter how cheap things are worn on her body, they will become noble." ”

At this time, my mother took out the clothes that Catherine bought for us to show everyone, and said, "I gave Bin Bin 3,000 yuan to buy clothes and other things for Catherine, but she bought one dress for each of our families, but she didn't let Bin Bin buy her anything." It made me and his dad unhappy. ”

Xiuhua said, "Catherine's family has a lot of money, and she doesn't care if others buy her things, but she can't let us do it." If my boyfriend doesn't buy me anything, he's looking down on our family. ”

Catherine said, "If that's the case, it's not love." Love is when two people truly love each other, and it should not be conditional. ”

But Chunyan said, "Love can't always sleep on the street, and you can't drink the northwest wind." ”

Xiuhua said, "If my partner refuses to buy me anything, and he wants to tell me that he loves me, I won't believe it." Love should not be in words, but in deeds. ”

Qiu Yue also said, "If any man tells me that he loves me, I will see that he is willing to spend a lot of money on me." How much money you spend is the best way to see if he really loves you. ”

Of course, I know that our local girls spend other people's money, but they are not as polite as the girls in Xi'an, and it is your luck not to scare you when you open your mouth. If it wasn't Catherine who went out shopping with me today, but any girl in front of me, the 3,000 yuan might not be enough to buy her a mobile phone. Because almost all of their mobile phones are iphone5 or iphone6, they cost at least 4,000 yuan, and Catherine's mobile phone was bought for 800 yuan.

I saw that Catherine made everyone babble and couldn't answer, so I helped Catherine and said, "The more money you spend, the cheaper your love is." Because their relationship is more like a transaction, a marriage for sale. Such a marriage will not be too happy. ”

Qiu Yue said to me, "Xu Bin, you don't have a toothache when you speak." You find a foreign girl who doesn't spend money, and sticks money upside down, which means that you are blessed. If you find a girl like us, it's not the same as your mother to death. ”

I said, "If it's such a girl, I don't want it." Anyway, my family has no money. ”

Qiu Yue said, "Then you have to beat the single." ”

But Catherine said, "Actually, there are many girls in the school who like him, but he likes me the most, and loves me the most." ”

The sisters chatted for a while, and then invited Catherine to go into town with them tomorrow morning to buy something. However, when Catherine saw that I would not go, she said that she did not want to go.

When I went to bed at night, Catherine asked me, "Mother told me that you didn't buy me clothes, saying that it would make your family lose face, but why did she tell people happily that I didn't let you buy things, but I bought you clothes, isn't my mother afraid of other people's jokes?"

It may seem contradictory, but I said to Catherine, "My mom told me not to buy you anything because they liked you, wanted to make you happy, wanted you to feel how much they loved you." And she told others about it in order to let others know that our family had found a good girl, and she not only didn't ask for things for our family, but also bought things for our family. You can't find such a good girl even if you run around the world with a lantern. ”

Catherine laughed and said, "yes, I deserve a reward for saying that." ”

I asked, "What reward do you want?"

Catherine laughed and said, "You're going to kiss me a hundred times." ”

I said, "A hundred strokes is too much, and I'll die of exhaustion." Otherwise, I'll whisper something to you. ”

She said, "Okay." And he put his ear to my mouth.

I secretly rejoiced, "We slept together last night, but my mom didn't say anything about me today." ”

She smiled and said, "Really?"

I said, "If I had slept with another girl last night, she would have scolded me to death." ”

Catherine said, "Mom, she has no objection to us sleeping together. ”

I said, "Because she loves you so much." She always wants to make you happy. ”

Catherine said, "Mom, she's so nice. ”