It's rare for a family to go to the mall today, Yang Xiaole thought about it and finally decided to go over together.

Nothing happened anyway.

Leave Daddy alone at home to take care of the house.

said that it was together, but in fact, it was still two ways of fighting.

The eldest brother and Ding Ruolan had already gone first, while the old lady was carrying a family of children over on her legs.

Walking from the path in the alley, it is only more than five miles of land, and in Wang Qiuju's opinion, spending money is too bad.

It takes more than twenty minutes to get there.

"You are all used to living a good life now, you still have to take a bus on this road, 7 cents per person, there are so many of us, you have to pay 8 cents 4 for a return. It's not money! Not to mention how much money I earned a day in the production team before, it was enough for several days. Let's just say that now, it's enough for your father to work for a day. ”

(4 cents for 1-4 stops, 7 cents for 5-7 stops, and 2 cents for each stop over 7 stops.) ）

While walking, Wang Qiuju was educating there.

When they heard this, they stuck out their tongues.

Yang Xiaole rode a car, performed slow riding, and followed everyone.

Hearing this, he also nodded.

I used to have to walk for about 40 minutes to go to school every day, which is farther than that!

But people are like this, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift difficult.

Not to mention them, even the people in the city are used to taking buses, and they can't stand it if they walk too much at once.

Because most of the students at this time have applied for monthly passes.

There are a few people in the family, he likes to run around, but he has a bicycle, and he has not been given a ticket for several other months.

Because there are so many places to move.

The main thing is that there are too many children in the family.

The tram ticket is 1.5 yuan for students a month, the bus ticket is 2 yuan, and the combined electric and steam ticket is 2.5 yuan.

Under normal circumstances, a joint electric and automobile ticket will be issued.

Even if the father and mother don't do it, the rest of the children will do it, and they will get 15 yuan a month. His father's salary alone has to go in more than half.

The eldest brother is a worker, which is more expensive, 4.2 yuan a month.

After all, his dad was an apprentice.

When they came to the place, several people in the family scattered in a swarm, each looking for their favorite area.

The old lady looked at the scattered children and didn't care.

It's a pleasure not to buy it, just looking at it.

So no matter what time it is, there will be no shortage of people in the department store, I don't buy it, I'll see if it's illegal!

Especially on weekends, it's even more crowded.

Today it is.

Yang Xiaole squeezed into the crowd and followed a few small people in the family, and also watched the excitement in the hall.

Look east, look west.

But everyone also knows that today I came to see my eldest brother to buy something, and after shopping for a while, I went to the third floor together.

This is where finished clothes are sold.

Not long after I came up, I saw the eldest brother and two people at the door of a leather shoe store.

Ding Ruolan was trying on small leather shoes there.

(Summer '63)

"Auntie!"

Seeing everyone coming, Ding Ruolan first smiled and said hello.

"Sister-in-law~~"

Several other people were also shouting that they would have to change their minds when they got the card.

Wang Qiuju rubbed her hands there, smiled and asked, "Have you seen it?" ”

The quilt has been made, and now all that remains is clothes and shoes.

The eldest brother shook his head: "Not yet!" Let's take a look at the shoes first. ”

"Oh, how much do these shoes cost?"

Wang Qiuju's main concern is naturally the price.

When the eldest brother heard this, he said, "12! ”

Hearing this price, even if she had seen it a long time ago, Wang Qiuju still felt a pain in her flesh, and her salary was gone for half a month, so she would buy a pair of them.

It's still shoes!

One set of clothes costs more than 30, and three sets are more than 90, and the quality is relatively poor!

If you buy winter clothes in winter, it will be even more choking.

(At that time, the finished clothes in the mall were really expensive...... ）

Ding Ruolan naturally saw the expression on the corner of Wang Qiuju's mouth twitching slightly, although the movements were very subtle.

After thinking about it for a while, he still said to the waiter: "That, this is not good-looking, bring me that!" ”

Wang Qiuju glanced at the list price, 8 yuan.

Although I don't know whether Ding Ruolan did it intentionally or unintentionally, at least it made her feel comfortable.

After all, it was his eldest son who got married.

It is also the first time to arrange a marriage for children.

And the other party's family is much better than theirs.

I bought it so badly, go back so as not to mumble behind my back.

Other people's families are women who care about these trivial things, but his Ding family is just the opposite, and the old men care about these.

It's incomprehensible.

Thinking of this, she suddenly said indifferently: "That's not good-looking, it's not good-looking, it's better to have this." ”

Then there are more than 20 pairs!

12 bucks is not the most expensive either.

Ding Ruolan looked at the eldest brother when she heard this, after all, the money was from their family, and she couldn't say anything.

The eldest brother looked at his mother, then at his shoes and said, "Just this pair, I don't buy it every day anyway." ”

That's settled.

After all, at this time, no one will lose the face of the eldest brother.

After paying the money and wrapping up the things, several people went to the place where clothes were sold on the same floor.

"Lan Lan!"

When they came to the door, a pair of well-dressed young men and women walked over, and when they saw a few people, the woman laughed and shouted.

"Xiaomin! You're here too! ”

Ding Ruolan looked at each other and greeted each other with a smile.

Tao Min looked at her and nodded with a smile: "Yes, we are all one day, Guangsheng and I came over to take a look at the clothes, do you also buy wedding clothes?" ”

"Well, we're pretty much there, let's go see it first!"

Suddenly, Ding Ruolan changed her tune.

These words made everyone stunned.

Wang Qiuju was about to speak, but was stopped by Yang Xiaole.

There must be a demon when things go wrong, Ding Ruolan said this, there must be a reason.

"Hey, it's all here, I don't think you haven't gone in yet! Let's go, by the way, help me take a look! Guangsheng, where will he look! ”

The other party said as he pulled her inside.

Seeing this, Ding Ruolan couldn't refuse, gave her eldest brother a look, and followed the other party in.

And the young man next to him naturally followed.

"Who is she?"

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole whispered to his eldest brother and asked, "What's the matter?" Got a grudge? ”

"She is from a compound in Lanlan, called Tao Min."

The eldest brother glanced at the two people who went in and shook his head: "It's not that there is a grudge, the relationship between the two is very good, it seems that it is because of something!" There was some unhappiness in the middle, and the specific things were not clear. ”

After listening to his eldest brother's words, Yang Xiaole looked inside.

When I heard the conversation between the two inside, I instantly understood what was going on.

……

Tao Min pulled Ding Ruolan and glanced at Guangsheng hanging in the distance.

asked in a low voice: "Lan Lan, I really don't know what you think, you said how good Brother Chunsheng is, you can't look down on it, just look at a worker?" With the conditions of your family, how can you find one in the government unit? ”

Ding Ruolan quietly glanced behind her, and then said lightly: "How can this kind of thing be said clearly." Besides, Brother Chunsheng is married, and I have always regarded him as an elder brother. ”

Hearing this, Tao Min became angry for a while: "I'm really not worth it for Brother Chunsheng!" You say you'......"

Seeing this, Ding Ruolan stopped: "Okay, don't mention this matter in the future, it's not good to let your object know!" ”

These words made Tao Min feel embarrassed for a while.

……

With the words of the two, Yang Xiaole figured out the taste.

There are people who like Ding Ruolan, but Ding Ruolan doesn't like people.

But listening to Tao Min's tone, this woman should like that person, which is the main reason why the two broke up!

What others don't want, you can't get.

What could be more infuriating than this!

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole thought for a while and quietly stuffed a little money into his eldest brother's pocket.

lest something happen to his son for a while, which will make the eldest brother lose face.

Seeing this, the eldest brother took out his pocket, and when he saw the money, he was puzzled for a while.

But seeing Yang Xiaole shaking his head, he thought for a while, didn't say anything more, and followed into the store.

Sure enough, something happened.

I saw Tao Min picking up clothes there, so that Ding Ruolan looked good or not.

There is no fitting room here, but it is all a little bit of a comparison on the body to see if it is suitable or not.

There are no sarcastic words.

didn't say anything excessive, just asked her if she looked good, as if the relationship between the two was very harmonious.

But this woman chooses expensive clothes.

This woman tries on clothes, and it costs more than 30 yuan a piece at every turn, not the price of a set.

Invisibly, a comparison has been formed.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole glanced at the eldest brother, and then pulled the old lady who was watching there: "Mother, let's go outside and have a look!" ”

Wang Qiuju was puzzled for a while: "What to see!" Your eldest brother and they buy clothes! ”

Although my heart is dripping blood, I still have to look at it!

"It's not you who bought it, what do you see! I'm going to buy a pair of sandals and show me! ”

"Just go yourself."

Wang Qiuju said to him indifferently, others are fine, but this guy has his own money, and she hasn't figured out how much money this son has in his hands until now.

Every time I say it's gone, I buy this and that after a few days.

Ask again, the money is spent again.

Hit and can't fight!

After a long time, she didn't bother to ask.

"Oh, can't I buy it for you? Walk! ”

After saying that, he dragged her outside.

"Hey, what am I buying!"

Wang Qiuju shouted as she walked, but she still pulled her away.

Seeing this, the eldest sister and several people also followed.

After Yang Xiaole came out, he smiled and said: "Mother, you said that you, the eldest brother got married, and you are ready to wear the set of clothes at home!" For such a major event, how can you buy a set! ”

He wanted the old lady to buy a pair of women's leather loafers, that is, leather sandals.

However, in my mother's concept, what does a woman look like when she wears shoes and shows her toes, she is not willing to buy it.

They wear cloth shoes in the summer.

"Nonsense! What kind of clothes do we want? ”

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju was about to go back.

Yang Xiaole pulled it back again: "Come on, you and your father should also buy a set, it's really not good, keep it after wearing it, and use it when I get married." Not to mention whose family marries a daughter-in-law, which parents don't wear glamorous.

Let's just say that our compound, you see, even Uncle Liu pulls coal every day to make it black, and he also buys a set of clothes from the mall to wear for the New Year! ”

The old lady's clothes are also new.

But it was worn last year, and it was a cloth that I bought and someone made clothes.

How can it be compared with the finished clothes in the mall!

Wang Qiuju also hesitated for a while when she heard this.

That's the reason, but she's used to thrifting, and she still doesn't feel the need to buy a set of finished clothes.

"Mother, just buy it! At least save face for my father! ”

The eldest sister was also there to echo it.

My mother and father don't buy it, they never have a chance to buy it, and they wear clothes made of cloth.

Of course, except for Yang Xiaole.

Look at the eldest daughter who said the same thing.

After thinking about it, he finally nodded: "That's okay, buy it, and keep it for Xiaole to wear when she gets married." ”

"Hey, that's right!"

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this.

Is buying a new outfit eye-catching?

Not hot at all.

In fact, their family eats well in the compound, but the clothes are not very good.

The compound is full of city people, and the cloth used to be enough to make one or two sets of new clothes every year, but now the cloth ticket is getting less and less every year, and it has only declined.

But they have been city dwellers for so long, and it is inevitable that something important will happen.

Most of them have a set of finished clothes bought from the mall to fill their face.

Then he took her to a shop that sold leather shoes.

I didn't buy too expensive, the old lady's leather shoes bought a pair of 10 yuan, and the men's shoes were much more expensive, and the cheapest ones cost 12 yuan.

Spent 15 bucks on a pair.

This made the old lady like it and feel distressed, and she kept thinking about it there.

The shoes of the two people were bought, and Kiko saw a pair of leather sandals there, and she couldn't leave.

You have to buy it.

The price of leather sandals is cheaper than leather shoes, the cheapest is 6 yuan, and the most expensive is 8 yuan.

Where will Wang Qiuju, who was distressed just now, buy it for him.

Pulling his ears and taking him to the place where he was shopping for clothes.

At this time, the shopping for clothes over there is almost over.

However, seeing the clothes bought by the two couples, Yang Xiaole sighed.

I thought Tao Min was buying expensive clothes!

As a result, I bought more than 30 sets of clothes.

Of course, the eldest brother bought the same.

But also, this set of clothes is a month's salary, and three sets of clothes are almost three months' salary.

It's not much cheaper than the three golds of the later generations.

Yang Xiaole looked at Tao Min's unhappy face, and the embarrassed young man next to him knew that something had happened.

"Let's go back first."

Tao Min said hello to Ding Ruolan and left directly.

Her subject naturally followed.

After the others left, the eldest brother saw the eldest sister's things and said with a smile: "Mother, you are finally willing to buy new clothes!" ”

These words provoked Wang Qiuju's eyes for a while.

The eldest sister explained on the side.

Hearing this, Ding Ruolan smiled and said, "Auntie, I'll help you choose!" Uncle's asked Xiaogang to take a look. ”

After saying that, he pulled her and went to the side.

When the two of them went to the side, Yang Xiaole asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" I didn't buy good clothes! I don't think Tao Min is happy. ”

The eldest brother shook his head: "I didn't buy it!" They are the same as us, they are all discussed, just now Tao Min picked the expensive, the man said a few words, Tao Min was unhappy. ”

Then he took out the money, looked around, and handed it to him.

Yang Xiaole understood after listening.

That guy picked out his clothes too hard just now.

This set is sixty or seventy, and three sets of clothes must not be less than two hundred?

Who can stand it for a serious person?

If the old lady hadn't married the daughter-in-law of a city cadre, she wouldn't have bought finished clothes if she was killed.

Pull a few feet of cloth and let the people who make good clothes on the street do it.

That's it.

looked at the money handed over by the eldest brother, and shook his head: "You can keep it yourself!" Don't forget to give the food on your mother's side when the time comes. ”

Hearing this, the eldest brother was a little embarrassed.

Who is the big brother?

But I have taken a lot of money from him in the past two years.

After thinking about it, I put it away.

Then he asked, "What kind of clothes do you buy for your father?" ”

Yang Xiaole shook his head: "You still have to ask my mother, where do we know his size." But you can look at the style, and let the mother come over and report the size later. ”

Hearing this, several people went to the men's clothing.

When he came to the place where he picked out clothes, Yang Xiaole thought of something and asked, "Brother, do you have any story with your sister-in-law, and how did she fall in love with you?" ”

Not only Tao Min, but even he was strange for a while.

It's just that every time he asks, the eldest brother laughs and just doesn't say it.

Something clearly happened.

Of course, it definitely won't be the kind of early relationship he wanted.

But he knew that it was in vain to ask.

Really.

The eldest brother was just there smiling and didn't answer him.

Yang Xiaole saw that the eldest brother ignored him, so he didn't ask much, but looked at the old lady who was looking at the women's clothes and Ding Ruolan there.

Anyway, it's not bad to look at Ding Ruolan for the time being.

Except for having an annoying daddy.

I hope that we can be harmonious in the future, otherwise I will have a headache, because the eldest brother's temperament is also a dull master.

After a while, the old lady picked out her clothes and came back with a sense of distress.

It's too expensive to keep talking about it.

However, when picking clothes for my father, he changed his previous mentality.

If you are not reluctant in the end, it is estimated that you can choose from fifty or sixty sets.

When it was all done, everyone was ready to go downstairs.

Wang Qiuju, who bought the clothes, regretted it for a while, and kept thinking about it there.

No one paid any attention to her for this remark.

(End of chapter)