After hiding the money, Xu Shiyan took his wife's hand and came out of the alley.
"Let's go, daughter-in-law, I'll take you shopping." Xu Shiyan was very proud. He took big steps and led Su Anying straight to the department store.
"What are you buying? Everything here is so expensive, right? Let's go home quickly."
Su Anying looked at the tall building in front of her, feeling frightened for a while.
Before Su Anying got married, she had never been out of Daying Commune, let alone Tonghua.
She stayed in a hotel last night, and she was surprised by the four floors. The floor in front of her was higher than the one in the hotel, and she felt dizzy just looking at it.
"Is that okay? We have finally come back to the city, why don't we buy something to go back to? If nothing else, we have to bring something for our family, right?"
With money in his pocket, Xu Shiyan has a strong back and a lot of tough words. "Come on, let's go shopping and buy what we like."
Su Anying was amused by her husband's arrogant look, "Just buy whatever you like. If you want to buy it, you have to have a ticket."
Thinking of this, Su Anying felt relieved. Anyway, they didn't have tickets in their hands, so they couldn't buy much, so they just went in and took a look.
Hearing Su Anying's words, Xu Shiyan shook his head secretly. This is a department store in the city. Do you really think it is the same as the supply and marketing cooperative in the commune?
The goods here are more complete and higher-grade, and there are often some free items. If you are lucky, you can find a lot of good things.
The two of them just walked in and started shopping mode.
As soon as she entered, Su Anying felt that her eyes were not powerful enough. She looked left and right, anywhere.
The dazzling array of products on the counter is a hundred times better than those in the supply and marketing cooperative. There are simply too many and they are too beautiful to look at.
When a country bumpkin comes into the city, everything he sees is novel. Su Anying doesn't even say she's leaving now. She goes to check out each counter and looks at the goods curiously.
Xu Shiyan couldn't help but feel funny and heartbroken when he looked at his wife's surprised expression.
"If you have a chance in the future, I will take you to the provincial capital for a stroll. It will be more lively there."
The two of them wandered around the department store for two or three hours.
The harvest was also huge. I bought a lot of things. In the end, if Xu Shiyan hadn't really been unable to carry them anymore, he would have wanted to buy more.
"Okay, I've spent all my two hundred yuan, and you've also spent a lot, so let's go back."
Su Anying finally found out. She didn't blame her father-in-law for calling the man in her family a prodigal. It really made sense.
Just at the department store now, he spent more than three hundred. If the cost of the hospital in the morning was included, it would be as much as a person's salary for a year.
With such a purchase method, no amount of money would be enough for him.
Seeing that Xu Shiyan still wanted to buy, Su Anying quickly grabbed her husband and dragged Xu Shiyan out of the department store.
The two of them were so happy shopping that they even forgot to eat lunch. When they came out, Xu Shiyan felt hungry.
"Let's go, let's take you to a state-owned restaurant for dinner, and we'll order some delicious dishes." It's a rare trip to the city, and I have to let my wife try the food in a big restaurant.
Su Anying couldn't resist her husband, so she was dragged into a hotel affiliated with Tonghua Hotel by Xu Shiyan.
In state-owned hotels of this era, there were no waiters, and the staff were not like those in later generations who would rush to greet guests when they came in.
They just sit behind the counter and you have to go over to order. There is no menu, only a blackboard on the wall with what dishes are available today.
When we get to the restaurant, we must have some hard food.
Considering that Su Anying's appetite was not very good during pregnancy, Xu Shiyan ordered a plate of pot-wrapped pork. It was sour and sweet, so he definitely liked it.
Let’s have another braised pork and tofu stew, which is both meat and vegetable, nutritionally balanced. Paired with two portions of 4 taels of rice, it’s almost enough to eat.
After ordering the food, paying and food stamps, the two of them sat there and waited.
After a while, the dishes were ready and served, and we started eating directly.
"Daughter-in-law, try this meat. It's sweet and sour. You'll definitely like it." Xu Shiyan put two pieces of hotpot meat into Su Anying's bowl and let her eat it.
This pot-wrapped pork is made by cutting large pieces of lean meat into large pieces, coating them in batter and frying them in oil. After frying, they are thickened with sweet and sour sauce, and each piece of meat is topped with sweet and sour sauce.
The well-prepared Guobao Pork is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sour and sweet, and when you take a bite, it is really delicious.
When did Su Anying eat this?
When a bite of meat enters the mouth, the sweet and sour taste suddenly fills the mouth, and the secretion of saliva immediately increases, which makes people appetite.
You've been shopping for so long and you're already hungry, so why don't you just open your cheeks?
The portions of Northeastern dishes are relatively large. In fact, one dish is usually enough for two people.
However, people in this age have empty stomachs and eat less food and water, so they eat more.
In addition, the two of them had been shopping for so long, so they were already hungry, and they wolfed down the food. They really didn't eat less.
Even so, there were still some dishes left in the end.
Su Anying quickly took out the newly bought aluminum lunch box, rinsed it with water, and then put all the leftovers into the lunch box.
"We don't need to go out to eat tonight, just eat the leftovers and pancakes." Su Anying glanced at the staff over there and whispered.
This meal cost several yuan. Su Anying felt distressed while eating, but she couldn't go out to eat at night anyway.
How could his own daughter-in-law be so thoughtful and hide it from Xu Shiyan? He didn't say anything, just nodded with a smile, packed his backpack, and went out with Su Anying.
After leaving the state-owned hotel, Xu Shiyan went to a snack shop not far away and bought one of the most famous snacks in the city, a fork and a fire spoon.
Mix the old soup and noodles to make a pocket-like fire ladle. The inside is stuffed with meat and the outside is sticky with sesame seeds. Use a fork to bake it on the charcoal fire. Brown both sides before putting it in the oven.
The meat stuffing in the fire ladle is made from more than 30 kinds of stomach-strengthening, nourishing, and seasoning Chinese herbal medicines. The pork belly is cooked to medium rare and then grilled.
To sum up, the characteristics of this fire ladle are its unique flavor, fragrant but not greasy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and golden color. It was rated as a famous snack in Jilin by the province in 1964.
Of course, the price was also very expensive, which made Su Anying frown in distress.
Xu Shiyan didn't care, why couldn't he eat something good if he was rich?
"Let's go back tomorrow and we have to take a long ride. Let's save some food for the road."
His wife is pregnant with a child. How can she not eat something good? It is rare to have this condition, so you must buy it. You should eat and drink as you should, and the most important thing is to take good care of your body.
In this way, with Su Anying's distressed expression, the couple returned to the hotel.
It was a tiring day. I didn’t feel anything bad when I went shopping. When I came back and lay on the bed, I felt pain all over my body and I didn’t want to get up at all.
I ate late in the afternoon and was quite full, so I simply didn’t eat anything at night and just slept until morning.
When they got up early in the morning, they ate the leftovers, pancakes, and hot water with gusto. After eating, they packed up and went straight to the train station.
At half past six, an express train from Shenyang to Baihe passed through Tonghua.
The two bought tickets and got on the bus. They wandered on the road for another six or seven hours and arrived at Songjianghe Station at around 1:30 in the afternoon.