Chapter 182: Politeness and Favor
Of course, in the end, we have to talk about "sugar heart" separately.
This girl is very interesting in her attitude towards the New Year. On the surface, she seems to be careless, but I don't know when she has already prepared the same things for the Hong family.
She bought two bottles of wolfberry wine for Hong Yanwu's father, and gave Hong Yanwu's mother a silver mirror and a silver comb.
Send Hong Yanwu's eldest brother and sister-in-law two "thread" quilts. Give Hong Yanwen a cowhide belt and a sheepskin-faced notepad.
Give Hong Yanru two "handful" gauze scarves and a piece of corduroy material, and give Chen Liquan a silver watch chain.
Give Hong Jun a set of twelve-color watercolor pens and two packs of "White Rabbit Milk Candy".
In addition, there are also fancy rice cakes made by "Aunt Bao" of "Carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate" to be given to the whole family of the Hong family.
To say that with the economic conditions of "Sugar Heart", the cost of this gift is not much for her. But what is rare is that this is obviously prepared for each person's specific situation and preferences, and you can see that a lot of thought has been put into it at a glance.
As for what to send Hong Yanwu, it would be more intimate. Tang Xin'er actually knitted a long-haired gray wool scarf for Hong Yanwu with her own hands.
So when Hong Yanwu saw these things, his heart was completely hot. It feels like happy communism has been achieved.
It's a pity that "Sugar Heart" is a little bad. It's always too embarrassing to be embarrassed about when to reveal the relationship between the two of them.
This time it was like this again, and he refused to meet Hong Yanwu's request to meet his parents and relatives during the New Year.
She first said that she couldn't let her godmother spend the holiday at home alone, and then said that Hong Yanwu hadn't even reached the age of marriage, so it was unnecessary to go now, and it made people laugh.
In short, there is no compromise. Let Hong Yanwu hate it so much, there is no rut.
In the end, she saw that Hong Yanwu was really a little angry, so she had to compromise a step and say that if she can't do it, she will be "National Day" this year.
It's just that since Hong Yanwu already knows the temperament of "Sugar Heart", where can she be allowed to use delaying tactics again and again?
He snorted deliberately and said unquestionably, "No, I'll go on May Day." No matter how ugly the daughter-in-law is, she has to see her in-laws. What are you afraid of when you're so pretty? It's not like you're sorry......."
That's it, even coercing and coaxing, and finally let this girl agree with a pitiful look, and this matter can be regarded as having a visible period.
It should be said that so far, most people have made it clear to the Hong family's New Year's gifts.
If there is anything that is not mentioned, it is some things sent by the sister-in-law Xu Manli's maiden family and the three old neighbors of the Hong family.
The main reason is that the economic conditions of these companies are not good, and the things they can give are very limited. I won't go into detail here.
On the other hand, the Hong family also gave rich gifts to all these relatives and friends who treated each other with true affection.
First of all, of course, four gifts were carefully prepared for the Shou family, the Wanyan family, the Chang family and the Xu family.
The seafood that Hong Yanwu brought back was indispensable. Sea cucumbers, abalone, dried scallops, and dried shrimp were all prepared as last year, with two catties each.
Each family also has two bottles of Moutai, two bottles of fruit wine, two canned fruits, two canned meat, and two canned fish.
The difference is that this year, the ribs, cavity bones, and fruits are gone, and they are replaced by a live chicken and a live duck for each family.
And there are not many water chestnuts and leeks on the market, so I don't buy a little more and keep it at home to eat it myself.
However, mixed mix and high-end candy were given away by each family. The sausage category has also been enriched, and it has become the fist product of "Chunming Food Store".
There are also two jars of "marmalade" made by Wang Yunlin from oranges on the market in autumn.
In addition, on this basis, it is inevitable to make some additional emphasis and adjustment to several relatives and friends according to the specific reality.
For example, Xu Manli's father has been selling wine for half his life, and he both understands and loves wine. Yuntai's "Mandian Incense" always has to be filled with a few bottles for the in-laws to taste and taste. Fresh eggs also have to be given eight catties.
And Chang Xianzhang's father has not had a good cough in the past month since he caught a cold. Shou Jingfang's "autumn pear paste" can be just the right medicine. There are also eight pounds of eggs.
and promised Yuntai a long time ago to "pickle cabbage in sugar water", Wang Yunlin pickled two jars for her brother.
And she was also afraid that her brother would suffer from frugality, so she took out another 1,000 yuan and 100 catties of food stamps and 15 catties of oil stamps sent by "Big Preserved Fruit", and Tuo Zhaoqing handed them over to Yuntai.
At the same time, Secretary An of the family has been thinking about it, and he also asked his nephew to bring game. Can't you give back to others for lighting good cigarettes and wine? Two bottles of Moutai and two peonies were also added temporarily.
Even An Sun and An Yue accompanied Zhaoqing on this trip, and they couldn't work in vain.
Since they looked at the new pants of the Hong family's brothers, they were quite envious. Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan happened to be rich, so they were all transferred to them.
It's the same with the neighbors, no matter what they give, more or less. The Hong family treats everyone equally, and tries to treat them with peace of mind.
Therefore, the game was mainly divided with these three old neighbors, and each family was also given two catties of oil tickets and five catties of eggs.
It is worth mentioning that I heard that Bian Jiangong and Su Jin will not be able to come back for the Spring Festival this year, and they are busy walking the door, pestering the leaders to do the work of returning to the city.
Hong Yanwu hurriedly got a few Grade B cigarettes and a few catties of high-grade candy and sent them to Bian's family and Su's house.
He wanted to send it to these two people. Just by taking advantage of the festival, take these things and add more portions, and things may be easier. This touched the two families even more.
As for the others, it was all Hong Yanwu who went to meet alone.
In terms of feelings, Yang Weifan, Song Guofu and the "little hundred sons" and "little daughters-in-law" should be in the front. In addition, they are also policemen.
But the Yang and Song families don't lack anything at all. Hong Yanwu also means. Take some "dried white fish" and "linden honey" from Xingkai Lake that Chang Jia gave them, and bring them back to taste fresh.
As for the "little hundred sons" and "little daughters-in-law", they now have children in their hands, and they are all doing well, and they don't need to worry about anything else.
Hong Yanwu also went to the "Little Baizi" house with Chen Liquan, took a special look at his father, and sent some nutritional products to the old man to replenish his body.
Those three policemen, even less so.
Xing Zhengyi and Zhao Zhenmin are definitely the masters of principles and clean air. Hong Yanwu wants to give them something, and he has to provoke them to be wary. If you really want to maintain your relationship, it is enough to have a meal together in the third year of junior high school and have a good chat.
Zhang Baocheng is a little greedy, but he is still self-aware. After the National Day, it was not good to ask for so many seafood from Hong Yanwu just in white, Hong Yanwu gave him some eggs, a live chicken, and he was already very grateful.
In addition to feelings, there are also utilitarian ones. Some people can use it, Hong Yanwu is not short of money, and it is better to burn a pillar of incense than not to burn it. Lest you catch people temporarily when you use them, that's a fool.
So he planned to run to the homes of He Jiefu, Manager Sha, Master Si and Director Li of the street in one go, and greet others for the New Year. Good cigarettes and good wine are handed over, polite and face-saving, and this is enough.
In the final analysis, Hong Yanwu is like a mirror in his heart. Among all the people, the one who should really be valued by him must be the "sugar heart".
He has already learned one thing in his previous life, whether it is love or marriage, both parties need to work together and operate together.
What's more, comparing hearts to hearts, how people put their minds, and vice versa, it can't be too bad.
"Aunt Bao" said that she is from Huhai. The southern-style food of the old store "Puwufang" in Shanghai and Beijing must meet her taste.
Hong Yanwu bought some "fresh, sweet, crispy, and soft" "braised pork", "barbecued pork", "braised pigeon" and "smoked fish".
And like "dried white fish", "linden honey", "autumn pear paste", "golden cake", "marmalade" and "sugar water cabbage" at home, it is inevitable to prepare a little.
Because both "Aunt Bao" and "Sugar Heart" have a sweet tooth and like light, most of them like these things.
But the difficulty is that it's almost interesting to just eat. And there are very few choices to buy and wear these days, and these two girls and sons are exquisite people, and they don't look down on them in general. Where do you scratch your feet?
Fortunately, inspired by the meal at the "Beijing Hotel", Hong Yanwu really remembered a place where he could visit the "Friendship Shop" that specializes in receiving foreigners, diplomats and government officials.
He put on the leather shoes that his eldest brother bought, borrowed Chen Liquan's "American Leather Monkey", and dug out a sunglasses that his father wore from a drawer at home, and pretended to be a Hong Kong guest and blended in.
As we mentioned earlier when we introduced the "Service Department for Overseas Personnel", the "Friendship Store" in Beijing was established on the basis of the "Department Store Supply Department" and merged the foreign affairs business of three foreign-related stores.
It was originally at No. 25 Donghua Gate, and later in 1971, China resumed its lawful seat in the United Nations. In order to adapt to the new situation, a new building was specially built for it in Jianguomen.
In 1973, the "Friendship Store" was officially moved to a new location.
With a construction area of 15,482 square meters and a business area of 4,710 square meters, it was the largest foreign-related service store in the country and the largest high-end consumer goods store in the seventies and eighties.
If you want to talk about the good things in there, it's really the sea. Things like women, fashionable clothes, high-end cosmetics, jewelry, everything.
But there is one thing, the money spent here is not ordinary.
At this time, foreign currency coupons have not yet been issued, and foreign currency transactions are required. It's not that the renminbi is not accepted, but you also have to take out the overseas Chinese remittance vouchers to use them together.
Yes, it is said that Hong Yanwu can find a way to exchange overseas Chinese remittance coupons.
But once he goes out, he may not be able to blend in so smoothly. Second, the capital is not the hometown of overseas Chinese. The overseas Chinese remittance coupons on the market are already limited, and they are really not as easy to exchange as industrial coupons and cloth stamps, and the price is not very suitable.
So Hong Yanwu is uncomfortable, he has a ticket in his waist, and he looks at good things, but he can't buy it.
Luckily, it was a bit of luck. Just when he was in front of the jewelry and jade counter, he was hungry for grinding. A genuine Hong Kong man in his 40s came to the counter and asked for a return.
He just spent more than 5,000 Hong Kong dollars yesterday to buy a pair of Hetian jade bracelets, and after taking them back, he regretted it because his friend said it was not worth it.
You know, every sales group in the Friendship Store has a "foreign exchange task", so naturally I hope that customers will not return, so I try my best to persuade them. But the more this is the case, the more Hong Kong people believe that things are bad.
Hong Yanwu listened to the beautiful salesman talk about how the condition was, and of course he himself believed that things were real.
Because there is no private economy these days, who will cheat on jade?
Not to mention that the "friendship shop" is the face of our country. The style of our country has always been to die and suffer from sin. Buying from outsiders is all good things.
So, seeing that it was an opportunity, he took the initiative to talk to the side, saying that he could buy it with money. However, he can only trade in yuan.
As a salesperson, as long as you keep the foreign exchange, you don't care about the transaction, although it doesn't meet the regulations, you can let it go.
The Hong Kong man is quite a chicken thief, and when he sees that he really wants it, he wants to take advantage of the exchange rate. He said that you can sell it, but you have to give me 1,000 yuan in RMB.
Hong Yanwu is not a mallet, so he estimated it in his heart and felt that this old boy could earn more than forty yuan from the sky. didn't bother to bother with him at all, so the two of them counted the money on the spot to pick up the goods and reached a deal.
Interestingly, after the Hong Kong man left, the salesman expressed a few words of thanks. Unexpectedly, Hong Yanwu was so likely to put on magnetism with others, and then proposed, asking if he could sell him something else.
The salesman laughed and said you need to have foreign exchange. No, no, no. Because these jewels are to be exchanged for foreign exchange, overseas Chinese remittance coupons are not easy to use.
Hong Yanwu was also easy to talk to, and asked her if she knew anyone else at the counter, as long as she didn't need foreign exchange, she could just sell him something.
The salesman had never seen such an embarrassed master who could climb along the pole, so he said, "We don't need foreign exchange for our handmade silk embroidered slippers here, do you want twenty-five pairs?" How much and how much to have. ”
As far as she is concerned, it was originally a joke, thinking that the things used by women are so expensive, it is impossible for a young person to buy them. But I didn't want this to fall into Hong Yanwu's hands.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for twenty pairs. But it startled the salesman.
However, the people in the capital have a good face, and since they have said it, it would be too ugly to turn their faces and swallow the words back. The salesman reluctantly made it difficult for him, so he had to take him to ask for a relationship, and in the end he really sold him twelve pairs at twenty-five.
People can really help with this. Hong Yanwu left two pairs of slippers, one for the trustee and the salesman who sold the goods. This made both of them overjoyed, and they both thought he was quite sensible.
And the rest of the slippers, Hong Yanwu took them home. It's not much at all, just my mother, sister-in-law, and sister have two pairs of each person. "Aunt Bao" and "Sugar Heart" are also two pairs of one person. How fitting is that.
Hey, it really wasn't in vain. These things, whether they are praised at home or abroad, all women have a smiling face when they see them.
Especially Sugar Heart, I like the bracelet and slippers very much. praised him with a heartbeat.
All this made him really feel like a "friend of women".
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