Chapter 22: The Gift
In department stores, everything from snacks to school supplies, to electrical appliances, to clothing and shoes, and even musical instruments such as the flute and erhu.
Although there are a variety of products, there are no skin care products or shiny bags that girls love more than ten years later.
Jiang Jiuling stood for a long time in front of the counter on the second floor that specializes in selling walkmans, since Concubine Zhao likes to listen to music now, the best gift, of course, is the kind placed on the counter, Jiang Jiuling was still popular in the first and second years of junior high school.
Many young people after zero have never seen this kind of thing.
The salesperson was a young girl who was not much older than Jiang Jiuling, and when she saw Jiang Jiuling looking around in front of the counter, she waved at him and asked Jiang Jiuling which machine did he like?
The Walkman on the glass counter did not indicate the price, and Jiang Jiuling casually pointed to the most elaborate Sony Walkman and asked for the price.
"Do you want to buy it?"
"This Sony DD9 is the best one we have here, it costs more than a thousand. This good-looking salesman winked at Jiang Jiuling.
"Multi-...... How much?"
Jiang Jiuling has been a handsome guy since he was a child, so Jiang Jiuling's surprised appearance seemed to the salesperson to be very funny, and he didn't hate it at all.
Electronic portable products in the nineties were the domain of Japan, even in Europe and the United States.
The price of an imported walkman that costs thousands at every turn is obviously not the place where the handsome guy who looks like a student in front of him can consume.
The salesman smiled embarrassedly, "I want a thousand two." ”
......
When he was in junior high school, a domestic walkman cost dozens of yuan.
Jiang Jiuling overestimated the purchasing power of more than a hundred yuan in his pocket, and also underestimated the price of imported electronic products in this era.
So when Jiang Jiuling walked out of the department store, he only had one more box of imported ...... in his hand Tape.
When I came to Go Lane and knocked on the door of Concubine Zhao's house, it was Aunt Xu who was angry yesterday who opened the door.
Aunt Xu was wearing an apron, looking like she was cleaning. However, she still had a smile on her face when she saw a guest come to the door, indicating that she should not have been angry with Concubine Zhao today.
When Aunt Xu welcomed Jiang Jiuling into the living room on the first floor, Zhao Xi, Concubine Zhao's father, was sitting in front of the sofa fiddling with the bottles and cans on the coffee table.
There were a total of six ceramic jars in front of him, which were about the same size as the canned food bottles that Jiang Jiuling had bought yesterday. There are different patterns on the surface of the bottle, there are more elegant plain three-color plum blossoms, and there are brighter pastel maids.
Jiang Jiuling also noticed that next to the bottle, there was a woven bamboo tube of larger size, which was filled with tea leaves.
The tea leaves in the bamboo tube are blue-yellow, curled up one by one, and there seems to be a layer of looming white on the surface of each tea leaf. Even if these tea leaves were not brewed, Jiang Jiuling could smell an extremely light aroma of tea.
Jiang Jiuling knows a little bit about tea tasting, and can recognize that the bamboo tube contains Biluochun tea, and it is also the top Dongting Biluochun.
Of course~
Jiang Jiuling can't tell the difference between good and bad just by the fragrance of tea, and he can guess that it is a top-grade Biluo spring tea because Zhao Xi, the father of Concubine Zhao, is carefully filling the ceramic jar with tea.
Generally, tea leaves are not worthy of this kind of beautifully crafted clay pots.
"Come so early?" Zhao Xi looked up at Jiang Jiuling, he was a little pleased that this young man could fulfill his promise yesterday, "The concubine just finished breakfast, have you eaten, there are still white porridge and buns in the kitchen, all of which are hot." ”
"I've eaten it before I came. Jiang Jiuling subconsciously touched the cassette box in his pocket, "Uncle Zhao, is Concubine Zhao still in the room?"
Zhao Xi sighed and said yes, since she couldn't see, Concubine Zhao almost resisted any outdoor activities.
"Don't rush up first, when I pack the tea, I'll tell the concubine that you're here. ”
Jiang Jiuling nodded, and then sat not far from Zhao Xi, he used to have a habit of drinking tea when he was sitting in the office, and now he smells the fragrance of tea, and he hopes that Aunt Xu on the side can help him make a cup.
Jiang Jiuling was embarrassed to say it clearly, so he found a topic and asked him why he put tea leaves into these porcelain bottles?
"Of course it's a gift~" Zhao Xi put down the small wooden spoon containing the tea, rubbed the corners of his forehead, and said helplessly: "Since the concubine's accident, I have put aside my business for a while and concentrated on taking care of the concubine." ”
"You also know that my business is exporting, and Biluo Spring Tea is one of my businesses. Every year when new tea comes on the market, I have to buy good tea from tea farmers and sell it to Japan. ”
"This time, because of the matter of the concubine, the export of tea was delayed for some days. The tea merchants in Japan were a little unhappy, so I thought about getting some top-quality Mingqian tea and sending it over to deepen the relationship. ”
"These are enough teas for two cans, but now there are six cans, and I wanted to pick two of the best-looking. ”
Zhao Xi also asked casually, "Which two tea cans do you think are better-looking?"
"These two are darker. Jiang Jiuling ordered two porcelain jars with his hand, he had been to Japan a few times, and he had the impression that the tableware and porcelain vases he saw there were a little darker in color, like the pure white porcelain that he loved in China.
Zhao Xiyi put the tea in these two dark-colored porcelain jars, in fact, he didn't care which one he contained, the key tea was better.
After loading the tea, Zhao Xi took Jiang Jiuling to the living room on the second floor, and then he gently knocked on the door of Concubine Zhao's room, and said cautiously: "That concubine...... Jiang Jiuling is here, do you want to see him?"
There was no singing in the room, and the air was quiet for more than ten seconds before Concubine Zhao's cold voice came out, "I don't see." ”
"I don't see anyone, you let him go, never come. ”
Zhao Xi helplessly spread his hands at Jiang Jiuling, after yesterday's experience, he didn't dare to open the door at all now, he was afraid that it would stimulate the concubine.
He didn't understand the world of young people, and he wanted to ease the relationship between the two very much, but he didn't know where to speak.
"Concubine Zhao, I brought you a cassette tape. Jiang Jiuling smiled freely and said disapprerovitically: "If you don't want to see me, then I'll leave." ”
"I'll come back next time, you can listen to this cassette tape, it's a good song. ”
After speaking, there was no need to wait for Concubine Zhao to open her mouth, after Jiang Jiuling handed over the tape to Zhao Xi, he went downstairs and left.
Jiang Jiuling was not outside this time, waiting for Zhao Xi to give feedback on the treatment he received as a gift.
He deliberately didn't say which singer's song was recorded in the tape, maybe it would arouse Concubine Zhao's curiosity.
......
After more than ten minutes, Zhao Xi carefully pushed open the door of Concubine Zhao's room.
His favorite concubine was half-leaning under the quilt at this time, and there were two obvious tear stains under her eyelids.
Seeing the concubine's godless eyes, Zhao Xi's nose was sour.
The original concubine's eyes are like the bright moon hidden in the flowing clouds, so smart and clear.
Zhao Xi thinks that the most successful thing in his life is not how enviable his business is, but that he has a concubine, a lively and beautiful little princess.
Seeing her daughter's sad and painful appearance, Zhao Xi didn't dare to persuade her to see Jiang Jiuling. Because the doctor has repeatedly explained, the concubine's emotions cannot be stimulated.
Zhao Xi looked at the tape box in his hand, it turned out to be still Japanese?
He couldn't understand Japanese songs at all, so he probably thought that this kind of imported tape was expensive, so he bought it from a department store.
He knew some Japanese, but he hadn't heard much of it. Now the songs on the Xiangjiang side are so popular that as long as there are shops selling cassette tapes on the streets and alleys, they are all Xiangjiang songs.
"Then the tape sent by Jiang Jiuling ......"
"I don't want it, you throw it away. Concubine Zhao turned her head, revealing a distressing side face.
Zhao Xi agreed, but he opened the plastic seal three times and divided it by two, and then put the tape into the radio.
He deliberately turned the volume down low.