sbdcsierra Chapter 1971 Buying Summer Clothes in Dacron and Sailor Shirts at the Department Store
Chapter 1971 Buying Summer Clothes in Dacron and Sailor Shirts at the Department Store
Chapter 1971 Buying Summer Clothes: Dacron and Sailor Shirts at the Department Store
Just as Zhao's group was staring silently at the sign at the entrance of Yong'an Supermarket, two women in their forties walked out of the door. One was wearing a white floral shirt, and the other was wearing a blue polyester shirt.
One of them was carrying a basket, and the other was carrying a triangular bag.
I don't know what's in the triangular bag, but I can see laundry detergent and pig pancreas in the basket.
Just as they passed by Zhao Jinhui, the woman in the floral shirt said, "Before I came to buy shampoo last time, that pretty girl didn't like it anymore?"
The Zhao family members all looked at her, and then the man in the blue cloth shirt asked, "What? Did she hit you?"
"Hmm?" The woman in the floral shirt paused, not having heard her daughter's words, and said, "I think that girl is quite nice. It just so happens that my second sister's fifth nephew is still single. I was thinking of introducing them to each other."
After saying that, the man in the floral shirt added, "That girl is so pretty."
"Good-looking..." The man in the blue shirt chuckled and asked, "Can't your second sister's fifth nephew take a beating?"
Floral shirt: "What the heck?"
"What the hell are you saying!" Li Ruhai said angrily as he watched the two women walk away. "Those two old women, always talking behind people's backs, aren't they afraid of their foul mouths!"
After Li Ruhai finished speaking, he noticed that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes.
Li Ruhai smirked and quickly changed the subject, saying to Zhao Jun, "Brother, let's go in."
"Forget it." Zhao Jun glanced inside through the door, then turned and pointed to the department store, saying, "Let's go over there and see what summer clothes they have."
The crowd remained silent, simply following Zhao Jun into the department store.
These days, not many men know how to shop, so Wang Qiang and the others all follow Zhao Jun. When Zhao Jun goes into a department store, they go in; when Zhao Jun goes up to the second floor, they go up.
Zhao Jun had been to this department store many times. After going upstairs, he easily found his way to the clothing section.
As you walk forward, you'll see blue and white, red and white striped sailor shirts hanging on the counter, as well as short-sleeved shirts made of polyester in various colors.
Li Ruhai looked down at his cloth shirt, which Jin Xiaomei had made for him. After all, it was summer, and wearing a Zhongshan suit would only cause him to get heat rash.
"Sister," Li Ruhai approached the counter, pointed to the white polyester shirt hanging there, and asked the saleswoman, "How much is this shirt?"
"Eight yuan." The saleswoman looked up and then gave Li Ruhai a price.
"And what about this blue one?" Li Ruhai asked, pointing to a light blue one. The saleswoman replied, "Same price, eight yuan."
"You always pick those clean colors," Li Baoyu nudged Li Ruhai lightly with his shoulder, saying, "If you buy white, can you even wear it out?"
"Yes!" Li Ruhai replied to Li Baoyu decisively, then said to the sales clerk, "I want a blue one and a white one."
"Are you going to wear this?" the saleswoman asked, whether she meant for Li Ruhai to buy it for himself or for his family.
“Yes, I’ll wear it,” Li Ruhai said, then looked at the pants over there.
While the sales clerk was looking for clothes for Li Ruhai, Zhao Jun said to Wang Qiang, "Uncle, you should get one too."
“I…I want this blue one.” Wang Qiang chose a dark blue one, while Zhang Yuanmin picked a gray one.
These days, sales clerks may not have the best customer service attitude, but they all have their own skills. They can tell roughly what size a customer is wearing just by looking at them.
“I want to be white too.” As soon as Xie Chen finished speaking, Zhang Yuanmin said to him, “Xiao Chen, can you even pull off a white look?”
"It's okay, don't worry." Xie Chen grinned and said, "Let my mom wash me."
Zhao Jun and his companions: "..."
Since being rehabilitated by Wang Meilan, Xie Sunshi has been able to prepare some simple dishes, such as noodles and dumplings.
Moreover, she could do housework, especially washing clothes. She was strong and could scrub the clothes very clean.
"I'll get one of these yellow ones for my brother, something similar to mine." Xie Chen picked out another one for Xie Zhong, then grabbed a light blue one and said, "This color is for my nephew, a size smaller than mine."
"I want this yellow one too." These were the words of Zhao Jinhui, but as soon as he finished speaking, the saleswoman who was rummaging through the clothes said, "You're unlikely to be able to wear it."
"Huh?" Zhao Jinhui was taken aback and asked, "What about the largest size?"
"I meant the largest size," the sales clerk said. "You probably won't be able to fit into it."
Zhao Jinhui: "..."
Just then, Li Ruhai returned, having changed his clothes.
A piece of cloth was stretched out in the corner not far away, serving as a makeshift fitting room.
"Brother, how do I look dressed?" Li Ruhai asked Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun smiled and nodded, saying, "Pretty good."
"Brother, why don't you pick one out and change into it too?" After saying this to Zhao Jun, Li Ruhai looked at Wang Qiang and the others who had received their clothes and said, "Let's all wear these, it'll make us look much more impressive!"
"Okay, let's try it on and see if it fits." After saying that, Wang Qiang picked up the clothes and went to the corner.
"Brother, pick one out too," Li Ruhai urged Zhao Jun again, adding, "I'll buy it for you later."
"You don't need to spend any money." Zhao Jun felt a warmth in his heart and said, "Just dress yourself up. I bought a lot, so I'll just pay for it myself."
As he spoke, Zhao Jun asked for four different colored clothes: two blue, two gray, one blue, and one black. He gave the two blue clothes to Zhou Jianjun and Ma Sheng, the two gray clothes to Ma Dafu and Zhao Youcai, kept the blue clothes for himself, and gave the black clothes to Xing San.
Zhao Jun often buys things for Zhou Jianjun, but this is the first time he's bought clothes for Ma Sheng. Mainly because everyone else in the Zhao family gang has clothes, and it wouldn't be good if Ma Sheng didn't.
"I'd rather lose a whole village than lose a single person, especially since that's my brother-in-law."
Since the eldest brother-in-law had already bought one, the younger brother-in-law couldn't be left out. Especially since the younger brother-in-law was practically a lucky charm and had made many outstanding contributions, a mere piece of Dacron was nothing to him.
“Brother, let’s wear the same color.” Li Baoyu returned after changing his clothes. He was tall and strong, and wearing dark blue polyester, he looked even more imposing.
Zhao Jinhui glanced at Li Baoyu, then became indignant. He immediately pointed at Li Baoyu and said to the saleswoman behind the counter, "If he can wear it, then I can wear it too... right?"
The saleswoman, who was looking for clothes for Zhao Jun, looked Zhao Jinhui up and down again and firmly shook her head: "You can't wear these."
Although Zhao Jinhui was more than ten centimeters shorter than Li Baoyu, he was originally thirty pounds heavier than Li Baoyu. And in the last two days, while Li Baoyu lost weight, Zhao Jinhui didn't; he's now almost forty pounds heavier than Li Baoyu.
After the salesperson finished speaking, she also felt that this was very discouraging, and immediately pointed to the sailor shirt and said, "There's one that you can wear."
"I don't want that!" Zhao Jinhui's chubby face creased in displeasure. These guys were always together, everyone else wore polyester shirts, but he didn't. How could Zhao Jinhui be happy?
"Jinhui," Zhao Jun said, seeing this, he quickly advised Zhao Jinhui, "Don't be like this. We'll go over there and get a piece of polyester fabric, and then we'll make it ourselves when we get back."
Hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhao Jinhui's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Brother Jun, who knows how to make this?"
"Go to Yongsheng and find tailor Feng," Zhao Jun said. "He can make the suits that Baoyu and I wore. We have the right style, so he can definitely make them."
“It can be done,” Zhang Yuanmin replied. “The tailor Feng is very skilled; he’ll definitely have no problem making this.”
At this point, Zhang Yuanmin craned his neck to look westward, gazing at the rolls of cloth stacked on a shelf not far away, and said, "I'll go get two feet of it later."
Zhang Yuanmin said this casually, based on his own situation. Because a normal person would need about two to two and a half feet of cloth to make a long-sleeved garment. Zhang Yuanmin was small, so two feet was enough for him.
No sooner had Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking than the saleswoman, who had just found clothes for Zhao Jun, looked up and said, "Two feet isn't enough for him, even four feet wouldn't be enough."
Zhao Jinhui: "..."
"If you want to be on the safe side, pull it five feet," the salesperson added. Zhao Jun quickly thanked the salesperson before Zhao Jinhui could.
Zhao Jun picked up a dark blue one to try on. Li Ruhai pointed at Zhao Jun's back and said to the saleswoman, "Sister, get me a gray one too, one size bigger than my older brother's."
"Ruhai, who are you buying this for?" Wang Qiang asked hurriedly when he heard that Li Ruhai was buying according to Zhao Jun's size.
“I’ll buy it for my dad.” Li Ruhai laughed. “My older brother bought gray for my uncle, so I’ll buy gray for my dad so the two old men can wear the same color.”
Li Ruhai really understood Li Dayong. Hearing his words, Li Baoyu said, "Okay, Dad, you buy them. I'll buy them for Mom and Little Sister later."
"Brother, you don't need to." Li Ruhai waved his hand and said, "I'll buy the things for Mom, Dad, and my little sister. After that, you take good care of my sister-in-law's family."
Li Ruhai's words were a reminder to Li Baoyu that Zhao Jun had already bought things for Ma Dafu, and Li Baoyu shouldn't forget his father-in-law.
Li Baoyu took these words to heart. After choosing a gray one for Teacher Liu as well, Li Baoyu said to Li Ruhai, "I'll buy it for your sister-in-law's family, and I'll also pay for Mom's and my little sister's."
After saying this, Li Baoyu saw that Li Ruhai still wanted to say something, so he immediately said, "I'll buy it for my father-in-law and mother-in-law, but I won't spend a penny on my own parents. You'll make me regret it when we get back."
Upon hearing Li Baoyu's words, Li Ruhai was taken aback, then burst into laughter.
Li Baoyu wrapped his arm around Li Ruhai's neck. The two brothers played around for a while. After Li Ruhai broke free, he stood on tiptoe, put his arm around Li Baoyu's shoulder, and whispered in his ear, "Brother, you buy Uncle Liu's clothes, and I'll buy Aunt Liu's and my young lady's clothes."
“Okay!” Li Baoyu agreed without hesitation. These families are together every day, so it’s not right for Li Dazhi’s family to be absent.
After discussing business with Li Baoyu, Li Ruhai, the lively one, looked at Zhao Jinhui, who was rubbing his face.
At that moment, Zhao Jinhui had just gotten a black shirt for his grandfather when he heard Li Ruhai say, "Brother Hui, aren't you going to buy one for my Uncle Peng?"
“I can’t even wear this, how can he?” Zhao Jinhui said irritably, “I’ll get him a piece of cloth later too.”
Everyone chuckled. At this point, everyone except Zhao Jinhui had changed into new clothes and then moved together to the women's clothing section.
“Brother Hui’er.” Li Ruhai tugged at Zhao Jinhui, then pointed to the skirt hanging on the wall and said, “You can’t fit into the pants he’s selling, but you can fit into the skirt he’s selling.”
"Get lost!" Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Zhao Jinhui pushed Li Ruhai, causing him to stumble.
The sales clerk covered her mouth and kept laughing. Zhao Jun looked up at the women's clothes hanging on the wall. There were stylish dresses, batwing-sleeved shirts, trousers, and even skirts, shorts, and tank tops.
The others didn't think much of it; they assumed that tank tops and the like were worn underneath.
These days, the South is still somewhat lacking, but the North still retains some traditions. There aren't many women in the city who wear skirts, let alone in the countryside and forest areas.
So no matter how pretty the dresses are, Zhao Jun can't buy them for his family. Even if he does, Wang Meilan and Ma Ling would never wear them.
So Zhao Jun bought a Dacron long-sleeved shirt for each of Wang Meilan, Wang Cuihua, Ma Ling, and Zhao Chun.
Wang Meilan and Wang Cuihua, being older, bought blue ones with pink flowers, while Ma Ling and Zhao Chun bought white ones with pink flowers.
Zhao Jun bought clothes for Ma Sheng earlier, but he didn't buy any for Xu Xiaoqing. It's understandable that he bought clothes for his brother-in-law, but it would be strange if he bought clothes for his sister-in-law.
Following Zhao Jun's choice, the others also bought these long-sleeved shirts for the women in their families.
Just then, Li Ruhai pointed to the trousers and asked the saleswoman, "Sister, why is there a hole in the leg of these trousers?"
"That's not a hole," the salesperson laughed. "That's a pair of stirrup pants."
As she spoke, the saleswoman gestured to Li Ruhai, saying, "After you put them on, slip your feet in..."
"Ah..." Li Ruhai seemed to understand, and then Zhao Jun pulled him aside.
Zhao Jun was choosing clothes for the children, from Xiao Lingdang to Lin Xiaobao, giving each of them two sailor shirts, one blue and white and the other red and white.
After the purchases were completed, everyone paid their share. When Li Baoyu was settling the bill, he said to Li Ruhai, "Ruhai, bring over all your clothes, I'll pay for them all at once."
"No need, brother!" Li Ruhai waved his hand repeatedly to refuse. Li Baoyu frowned. Based on his understanding of Li Ruhai, he had a feeling that something was wrong with this kid.
But Li Baoyu didn't think much of it. Neither of them were short of money, and since Li Ruhai said it wasn't necessary, he didn't insist.
Li Ruhai was the last to pay. At this point, Zhao Jinhui clamored to go get some cloth. Zhao Jun said to Li Ruhai, "Ruhai, let's go first. Come back later."
"Hey, big brother, you guys go ahead." Li Ruhai responded, then lowered his voice and said to the saleswoman who was checking his pile of clothes, "Sister, be quiet and get me a piece of polyester clothing for girls. The white one with pink flowers, and don't make a sound after that."
The sales clerk glanced at Li Ruhai, then at Zhao Jun and his group who had left, her eyes gleaming with gossip.
"How old is she?" the saleswoman asked. Li Ruhai whispered, "Fifteen years old, 1.6 meters tall."
"Ah..." Before the sales clerk could ask anything else, Li Ruhai urged, "Hurry up and find it for me, sis."
Two minutes later, Li Ruhai hurriedly went to meet up with Zhao Jun and the others. Then the group went downstairs, bought some snacks and candies, found out the location of the supply and marketing cooperative, and then boarded a car and headed south.
Ten minutes later, two jeeps stopped outside the supply and marketing cooperative.
Feeling sleepy in the afternoon, Zhao Jun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, almost fell asleep.
But as soon as he got out of the car, Zhao Jun perked up instantly.
"It smells good!" Zhao Jun sniffed; he could smell the fragrance.
It's not the food that smells good, but the melon.
It's not a watermelon, but a type of cantaloupe unique to Northeast China.
At this moment, not only Zhao Jun smelled it, but everyone who got off the bus also smelled it, and they followed the scent into the supply and marketing cooperative.