After returning from Changfeng's "family visit", although I rested for a night, it was still difficult to completely eliminate the fatigue caused by walking on the mountain road last day. Because the Chinese New Year was about to be celebrated in a few days, Aunt Qiu Yun cheered up her spirits, rode a bicycle and drove me to the grain store and food station, and bought all the savings of the family of three for a year on the grain purchase certificate - 7 catties and 2 taels of rapeseed oil and 7 catties and 2 taels of pork.

finally came all the way to do such a little thing, which is indeed very inconsistent with the character of a "strong man". No, Aunt Qiu Yun led me on the street of Qingshuihe Commune, from the street to the end of the street, and then bought some vegetables, eggs, poultry and soy products produced and sold by the members.

I thought to myself, this trip is really a good harvest, I should be satisfied and go back. If I want to buy something else, the items plus my weight will make Aunt Qiu Yun's beloved "Phoenix" (brand bicycle) unable to move. However, to my surprise and I had to be moved, she went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy three strings of 50 "electric light" firecrackers for me. I thought, "Thank you, Grandma!" But what he said was still "Thank you, Auntie!" "I really don't understand, why this mouth of mine is not as emotional as comforting as my heart?

I was secretly blaming myself, but Aunt Qiu Yun pretended not to notice anything, and whispered as if she suddenly remembered, "Oh, I almost forgot." You are here looking at our 'phoenix', waiting for me to sell some incense wax paper candles around the corner in front, but you can't tell Daddy first when you go back, and I will try to mention it on the 30th night. ”

"Yes." I nodded, but I always felt very sorry, so I hurriedly said, "Auntie told me how much to buy, you can rest here for a while, let me buy it." Aunt Qiu Yun stroked my head seemingly casually, and replied with a smile: "My Hailiu has this heart, even if you don't say it, Auntie can understand it, but you won't pick these things, it's better to wait here." ”

Before Aunt Qiu Yun had gone far, a few classmates came forward to talk to me, "I've been seeing you for a long time, because your aunt is here, we don't dare to come forward to say hello." ”

"It means that my aunt is very aggressive."

"If your aunt hears this, she will be careful."

"You guys think my aunt is too stingy."

"Your aunt is not stingy, but you guard such generous meat and don't give us a little to eat."

"If you want to eat it, you can hold it and nibble on it, I don't mind."

So, everyone blew nonsense for a long time, and the uncomfortable feeling in my heart disappeared immediately. When Aunt Qiu Yun returned, she was probably afraid that a few students would see what she had just bought, so she put her hands behind her back, but before she could speak, several of my classmates said, "Hello Teacher Qiu Yun!" We won't bother. And the smoke dispersed.

The grains, oils and vegetables that should be prepared for the New Year are almost purchased, and the New Year is getting closer. I don't know if the weather is good these days, or my father thinks that if the problem of "food and clothing" that is regarded as a priority during this period is not completely solved, even if the New Year is not in a good mood, so he led Aunt Qiu Yun and I to the provincial capital happily to buy a family's new clothes for the New Year. Since the provincial capital has been here, it is natural that Grandma Liu's enthusiasm for visiting the Grand View Garden is missing, so the process of entering the city will not be repeated.

To buy clothing and footwear, of course, you have to go to the city department store. Our family walked around the crowded building, and then bought my clothes and pants first, then Aunt Qiu Yun's clothes and shoes, plus a red scarf. When buying Aunt Qiu Yun's clothes, she dragged her father several times, and almost didn't burst into tears. This process is also narrated with a bit of a scene, so that the reader can feel like he is in it.

In front of the cabinet specializing in adult clothes on the third floor of the department store, Aunt Qiu Yun took her father's hand and begged repeatedly: "Brother Daren, this neon color dress is too expensive, you can't buy it, you can't buy it, the price of a piece of clothing is more expensive than the full set of Hailiu, and the two or three sets of new clothes that my sister bought when she got married haven't been willing to wear them, just buy yours, and I don't want any of mine." ”

The salesperson has a long pole in his hand, stands at the counter and looks at it in a daze, and waits for the person to shop to make a decision, and if he wants, he will pick up the hanging things hanging on the high place for you, no, at most he will say to you, "Oh, go slowly." Even the word "please" is rarely included.

Those who are not from this era may have difficulty understanding and imagining the characteristics of this era, so let's replace them with the following scenes. The salesman, who was more oily than the matchmaker, saw that "God" was visiting, and immediately raised his eyebrows and danced on the left and on the right. Look at your figure, image and temperament, this dress is going to be worn on your body, it will make the peacock embarrassed to open the screen, and let the phoenix hide its face in its wings. I see that you are quite expert in picking clothes, and you are quite appreciative, so I will go and ask our manager for a favor, give you a purchase price, make a friend in front of you, and next time you bring some acquaintances to take care of the business, okay? My dear sister!

"Qiu Yun," the father raised his hand and wiped the corners of Aunt Qiu Yun's eyes, and said with relief: "Look at your anxious tears." This dress is a bit expensive, but this is the eye of the current. We are a family of three, and the price is affordable, but if other families have four or five children at every turn, even if they want to buy, there is nothing they can do. Aunt Qiu Yun's cheeks turned red all of a sudden, she grabbed her father's arm, and said shyly: "Little sister only needs one sea current, he is all of us and us, even if you say so, little sister only needs one of my ocean currents!" ”

"Okay," the father patted Aunt Qiu Yun's wrist and said with a smile: "As long as there is one Hailiu, I will listen to you for my brother, but if you want to buy this year's latest neon color clothes, you have to listen to Hailiu again." Aunt Qiu Yun let go of her father, hugged me close to her, and said very distressedly: "My Hailiu is the most sensible, this dress is too expensive, I can't buy it anyway." If you really want to buy it, you can only pick the cheapest one, and none of our Daddy's things have been bought yet. ”

"Auntie," I smiled and pointed to the red scarf on the display shelf, and replied, "Didn't Daddy make a statement?" Although this dress is a little more expensive, it can still afford the price. This dress and that pepper-red scarf can make you as youthful and beautiful as a high school student. If I don't have enough money to buy it, I'd rather return my new clothes than let you have this beautiful one! ”

"Brother Daren," Aunt Qiu Yun turned sideways and shook her father's arm, happily and shyly, "Look, Hailiu's heart is still treating people as 'Sister', you must not be bewitched by him, and don't buy such expensive clothes if you kill me." When my father heard this, he was happy, stretched out his hand and patted my head, and said humorously: "Qiu Yun, who doesn't desire youth and beauty?" This hot color really has to be worn on the body of the brother, and the teachers and students of the whole school are not stunned, but they haven't seen it yet. Look at my posture, I want to wear it but I don't dare to wear it. Laugh, don't feel distressed to spend a few more dollars, it's better to buy a new set of clothes to wear festive during the New Year, than anything else. ”

"You can buy it, but there must be a condition," Aunt Qiu Yun picked at me, saying that it was because I had a bad idea, so I continued: "To buy your new clothes, let Xiaomei and Hailiu choose them together, otherwise, I won't buy them alive or dead." ”

Such a condition, not to mention my father, even I will immediately agree, because, there are only a few styles of boys' clothing to choose or not, but the color of the clothes is worth picking, I believe that Aunt Qiu Yun hopes more than me that my father will not show his old age prematurely. Aunt Qiu Yun also seemed to see through my thoughts, and when buying clothes for my father, I once again enhanced my understanding of "people rely on clothes". Speaking of which, it's just right, and then it's going to become a melon seller.

We all bought new clothes for the New Year, and we carried large bags and small bags and walked out of the department store happily. It's just that this trip comes and goes, and there are two full tickets plus one and a half tickets, which is fifteen yuan, and there is half a month's salary for Aunt Qiu Yun.

Theoretically, the cost of a single purchase decreases. My father probably thought the same way, because he then led Aunt Qiu Yun and me to a few small stores to buy some dried goods such as shiitake mushrooms, fungus and kelp that were cheaper than those in department stores. Although it cost an extra 10 yuan, strictly speaking, the cost of shopping has not been reduced, but it makes people feel a great balance psychologically. In the end, our family took the farm bus back to Qingshuihe Commune with peace of mind.