"Well," Aunt Qiu Yun smiled and said mysteriously, "If Daddy asks, he won't like Auntie's younger sister." ”

"I don't like it when I ask, it's so hard to understand." I meditated in my heart. However, the scene in front of me made me have no time to think about it, I only felt that I had entered a shopping kingdom, and I repeated my praise to Aunt Qiu Yun many times: "Auntie, look at this department store, it is much bigger than the supply and marketing cooperatives of our commune, it is still a three-story building, and there are so many things sold that I can't see it." ”

"Eye-opening, huh?" Aunt Qiu Yun pointed to this and that as an introduction, and said happily: "If it is like a supply and marketing cooperative, the counter is only ten meters away, can it be called a department store?" ”

My father was three or four meters away from me and Aunt Qiu Yun, and he was also walking and watching, and when he walked to the valuables counter on the second floor, he stopped and turned around to greet: "You two come and see, how about this Shanghai-made women's watch?" When Aunt Qiu Yun learned that her father was going to buy it for her, she blushed and excused herself again and again: "Brother Daren, no, no, buy something else for Hailiu, I don't need such a valuable thing!" ”

My father stroked my head and said calmly, "Naturally, the current will be bought." It's very inconvenient for you to have no time in class, one hundred and sixteen yuan looks a little expensive, but it's accurate, and you can wear it for many years. But I want to make it clear that this is just a very ordinary gift from my brother to my little sister, and you will have to do that multiple-choice question again when you go back. ”

"Brother Daren, my little sister listens to you, but this watch is too expensive, it will cost you three months' salary, no, no, you can't buy it!" Aunt Qiu Yun burst into tears when she said it.

"Qiu Yun, seeing that you are in such a hurry, you are really a child, this is for work consumption, not spending money indiscriminately." Seeing that Aunt Qiu Yun was still prevaricating, his father continued optimistically and considerately: "My brother knows that you have only worked for two years, your income is low, and the economy is very tight, except for some living expenses every month, the rest will be used to pay off the debts owed by the family before, but you think about it, you can pay off the accounts calmly, and it will be good if it takes a little harder, don't worry about anything." ”

I approached the display case and looked at the most exquisite women's watch, and then shook Aunt Qiu Yun's hand and persuaded repeatedly: "Auntie, you just accept it, this watch is smaller, thinner and more beautiful than the one worn by Principal Rao Ruoguo, and the dial, hands and scales are still golden, I like it very much." Father also persuaded him for a long time, and Aunt Qiu Yun shyly agreed: "Okay, as long as our ocean current likes it, Auntie likes it, because Daddy likes it first!" ”

After paying for the goods and picking up the goods, my father filled the spring of the new watch, took it to my ear and listened to it, checked it carefully, and after confirming that there was no problem, he handed it to Aunt Qiu Yun, but she wanted to put it in the watch box, and my father smiled and said, "What are you doing with your time-loving wrist empty?" As I said just now, it's just an ordinary little gift, if you want to keep it for later, it's better to wait until a new style comes out. Aunt Qiu Yun's cheeks suddenly floated a red cloud, and while handing the watch to her father, she said shyly: "Little sister wants Brother Daren to help, wearing this is already the best new watch." ”

I took the watch box and looked at it while walking, but I was thinking in my heart that when Aunt Qiu Yun said "new watch", "new" was said lightly and shortly, so that people couldn't hear whether it was "new" or "love", but I was embarrassed to ask her, so I held the watch box and was surprised: "Auntie, look at this small box with a watch, fragrant and not to mention, it is simply a miniature version of a treasure chest, and there is nothing missing. ”

"I don't know you again," Aunt Qiu Yun introduced eloquently as if she had known it for a long time: "The box made of sandalwood is naturally fragrant, and the fragrance will never disappear. ”

Aunt Qiu Yun led me to run around the crowd with interest, although I didn't buy anything, my heart was very comfortable, but as I walked around, I suddenly remembered something, so I asked in confusion: "Auntie, we have been around for so long, I found that there is still a very important thing missing here, have you found it?" Aunt Qiu Yun looked at all sides and asked incredulously: "There is everything here, what important things will be missing?" ”

"I didn't see the counter selling books, did we miss it?"

"Heh," Aunt Qiu Yun said happily when she heard this, especially when she saw my stupid look of worry, "I don't think there are enough books in Daddy's bookcase?" At this time, I still think of books. Let me tell you, the books are sold in another special place, diagonally opposite the department store, called Xinhua Bookstore, which is as spectacular as this building. ”

"So, isn't there a lot of books in it?" I asked with concern.

"Of course, there are so many books in the bookstore that you can't imagine it, and the books inside are all placed on rows of shelves more than one person high, so that people who buy books can read them freely."

"If people are free to flip through it, can they pick up the books on the shelves and read them at will?" I asked curiously.

"Well, just put it back on the bookshelf if you don't like it after reading it, but you can't damage it, otherwise you'll have to pay for it."

As if I had discovered a big secret, I clapped my palms and said greedily, "If you look at it carefully, you won't be damaged." If you have time to read for an hour or two every day, isn't it possible to read all the books in Xinhua Bookstore without spending money? ”

"Heh," Aunt Qiu Yun replied humorously: "Unless you live in this city, but everyone is as smart as you, Xinhua Bookstore just won't close, and you have to drink the northwest wind." ”

We walked around and looked and looked, and we felt that it didn't take long for us to reach the third floor. The father seemed to have taken a fancy to something in front of the counter selling fabrics, stopped and called: "Qiu Yun, I am a layman when choosing fabrics, you bring the sea current over to pick and choose." Aunt Qiu Yun took me by the hand and walked to my father and said, "Want to buy fabrics?" The father then replied: "Are you worried that there is no cloth stamp, I exchanged the food stamps with my colleagues some time ago, and I happened to bring them with me." You two each pull six feet back to make a set of clothes, and there is the most complete variety here. ”

"Brother Daren, this is even more impossible, if you want to pull the fabric, you can only pull you and Hailiu, I still have clothes to wear, I can't ask for the same anymore." Aunt Qiu Yun heard that she was going to buy something for herself again, so she refused.

"Not to mention that we all have something to wear, if we really want to go to the provincial capital to buy it now, even if it is the order of the Jade Emperor, I can't let the girl come with me." Father said wittily, Aunt Qiu Yun smiled sweetly, and he said frankly: "Qiu Yun, don't shirk, I still have to be busy on the school construction site for three months, and I am running around the construction site in a new set of clothes, which is a waste." In fact, pulling cloth to make clothes is to save three or four percent of cash, said tailor-made to fit some, but also depends on the tailor's craftsmanship, of course, the main blame me, I didn't expect you to come in advance, the money is less, you see how good the ready-to-wear style over there is. ”

I stood on tiptoe to look at the big rolls of cloth on the counter, and then returned to Aunt Qiu Yun's side and recommended it beautifully: "Auntie, you just listen to Daddy, I like this kind of fabric decorated with small grass flowers as your blouse, I haven't seen anyone wear it yet; If you pair it with the kind of fabric with pinstripes as a bottom, it will show off your good figure and youthful vitality even more. ”

Aunt Qiu Yun took me to the counter and pointed, and said very painfully: "This is a precious orchid, which is the little grass flower you said, but the two kinds of fabrics are a piece of nine corners and eight per foot, which is too expensive, if you want to pull it, Auntie will pull four or five dimes a foot, this trip made Daddy spend too much money, don't you say?" ”

"Well, Hailiu still has a bit of vision, no wonder he can write poetry, Qiu Yun, I believe that the 'poet' can abstract the aesthetics of things, so decided." My father patted my little head and asked the salesperson to start measuring the cloth. The salesman in the provincial city is really thoughtful, every time she pulls a kind of cloth, she will personally fold it and wrap it in white writing paper, and finally remind that the clothes made of this high-grade cloth should be paid attention to when washing, ironing and drying. After tearing the fabric, I remembered that my father still had business to do, so I reminded, "Daddy, aren't you going to see teaching aids or something, let's go now." ”

"Oh," my father deliberately glanced around, and then said, "I've seen it all, and I've memorized all kinds of unit prices, and I just have to know it by heart, and someone will be responsible for purchasing it at that time." I looked at my father, then at Aunt Qiu Yun, and asked in great surprise, "Auntie, do you believe it?" Why didn't I find out? Aunt Qiu Yun bent down and pushed my head against me, and said, "I can't imagine that our ocean currents don't know much about Daddy, and I won't tell you the truth, five years ago in the provincial capital, Auntie was also as surprised as you were at this time." ”