There is a popular saying now that poverty limits people's imagination.
Indeed, even though the Xu family is a direct beneficiary of the system, they can also be considered a part of the upper-class structure of the new society.
But they really don’t know what kind of life a wealthy person can live. They have never seen how far a truly wealthy person can go with their money.
To be honest, this color TV is just the beginning. There are still many things that the Hong family needs to purchase.
Hong Yanwen had just been transferred back to Beijing when he received the task assigned to him by Hong Yanwu. He took Xu Chongya to make clothes.
Of course they were not going to an ordinary place. Hong Yanwu took advantage of the situation and took them directly to "Zo Cun" to find Su Jin.
As for why he had to go through such a big circle, it is because instead of making one set and two sets, Hong Yanwu planned to make clothes for the two of them all year round.
There is another one, Xu Chongya doesn’t know who Su Jin is, so she does the measurement in private at home. Don’t misunderstand me anymore. The Hong family is just perfunctory. That would just be a matter of spending money and complaining.
But just because of this incident, the store manager was alerted. He didn't ask for the invoice and payment at all, but negotiated with Hong Yanwu and the others.
The manager said that Su Jin is now a popular "top chef" and often has to receive customers from various embassies, and is already overwhelmed with work.
If they have to make more than a dozen sets of clothes according to the order placed by Hong Yanwu, it will be impossible for Su Jin to accept new orders three months before May Day. This will definitely not work. They can only order four sets at most, or they will give up.
Appoint a tailor.
This incident made the boss Hong Yanwu unhappy.
Because other people in the family still have to order clothes, so I’m not allowed to do it, so where can I go?
And this also means discriminating against domestic guests. They all spend money, so why should they be superior to foreign guests? Not even mentioning first-come, first-served, domestic guests have to make way for foreign guests?
There's nothing you can do if you don't want to. In a unit like "Zo Cun", making money or not is secondary, and political tasks are above all else. What's more, Su Jin is still listening to others.
No matter what they do, they can't get angry or annoyed. They can only be patient and pester others.
Fortunately, Su Jin helped to speak, and Xu Chongya showed his father's "signature" again.
So the manager finally made some accommodations, and finally agreed that Su Jin would make six sets of women's clothing and four sets of men's clothing for them, on the premise that the delivery of some clothing could be postponed depending on the situation.
As a result, the rest of the Hong family would have to worry about Su Jin and his father working on the clothes at home. Both Xiao Su and Lao Su were busy.
After the clothes are settled, it stands to reason that the next step is to take photos.
Because taking photos and developing them takes a lot of time. If you take them earlier, you can still take more photos if you are not satisfied.
On the other hand, if you don’t have enough time, the result will be whatever you take, and you won’t be satisfied if you don’t.
But don’t forget, you have to dress up to take pictures first. Besides the ordinary group photos in the photo studio, Hong Yanwu also wanted to do something different for his second brother and second sister-in-law. The festival is coming soon, who has the heart to help?
So the next Sunday, he directly chartered Bian Jiangong's car and took Hong Yanwen and Xu Chongya to the Youyi Store to continue shopping.
Even though Xu Chongya is the daughter of the district mayor, she has never been here before. As soon as she entered the door of Youyi Shopping Mall, she almost thought that communism had been realized, and her eyes were not strong enough.
The goods are dazzling and numerous, as if good things from all over the world have gathered here.
For the first time, she saw flannel curtains, feather-filled sofa cushions, soft and delicate little Kun bags, colorful high heels. There were also big apples like children's heads, imported chocolate candies, and the legendary Coca-Cola and foreign cigarettes.
Foreign wine.
She and Hong Yanwen were dazzled by the various foreign trademarks in admiration, and unknowingly followed Hong Yanwu to the electrical appliances section.
What surprised them even more was that Hong Yanwu then actually took out several thick stacks of foreign exchange coupons. He told them to pick whatever they wanted. On this trip today, he simply bought all the electrical appliances.
As a result, on this day, in addition to tape recorders, refrigerators, washing machines, electric fans, cameras, and watches, they also bought a lot of cosmetics, fashions, scarves, and accessories for post-holiday photography.
At least for Xu Chongya personally, this time it is truly allocated according to needs.
But that's not all. What surprised Xu Chongya the most was that she actually got a gold ring set with gems and a gold necklace.
At that time, when she was satisfied and about to leave after buying something, Hong Yanwu Fei took her and Hong Yanwen to the jewelry counter on the third floor and forced her to buy it.
At that time, Hong Yanwu insisted that this was the treatment that the daughter-in-law of the Hong family deserved, and claimed that wearing jewelry would make her look good when taking photos. No matter how they tried to refuse and object, it was ineffective, so they had no choice but to accept this kind offer.
But to be honest, Xu Chongya has long been envious of the jewelry of rich ladies in novels and movies. She has always hoped that one day she can own such a small thing.
But these days, the only place where you can buy gold and silver jewelry in the entire capital is really the Friendship Store.
So with these two things, Xu Chongya, who has a strong petty bourgeois sentiment, unexpectedly fulfilled a dream.
She felt that she couldn't be happier. To Hong Yanwu, the third brother who spent money for them without blinking an eye, from the bottom of her heart, she was almost closer to her than her own brother.
Of course, the Xu family will not remain indifferent to this matter.
That night, after Xu Chongya returned home happily with some "foreign goods" from the Friendship Store, the Xu family also had a collective eye opening.
The situation at that time was quite interesting.
After dinner, the Xu family sat together and watched TV. As for the cynical Xu Xiaojun, after complaining to his parents about the fact that "Garrison Suicide Squad" was canceled by the TV station, he suddenly thought of his sister's marriage.
He began to urge his family to buy an original Japanese color TV set, not wanting to be outdone by the Hong family. He also said that he would never call Hong Yanwen brother-in-law in the future, as it was too vulgar.
As a result, his lack of knowledge earned him a lesson from his parents. Later, his father asked him about his studies and his chances of getting into college, saying that his eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Why didn't Xu Xiaojun quickly take the opportunity to escape?
Xu Xiaojun, who usually wouldn't hold the oil bottle when it was poured, jumped up and opened the door before the nanny. But he was surprised when he followed him.
Because there was a fashionably dressed strange girl standing at the dark door. She was wearing high heels, a beige coat, carrying a pearl white women's bag, black sunglasses, and lipstick on her lips. Her appearance was just that.
"Foreign" means overseas Chinese at first glance.
"Hey, hey, hey, you went to the wrong place. Who are you looking for?"
Xu Xiaojun's most immediate reaction was that he knocked on the wrong door.
Unexpectedly, this "overseas Chinese" actually smiled and opened the door and walked in as if he was familiar with it.
"Who are you looking for?" I'm looking for you. You haven't noticed yet, but I am your sister..."
Just when Xu Xiaojun opened his mouth and didn't know why, the girl's opening made him finally understand.
"I'll go! Xu Chongya? You... are really my sister. Why have you changed like this? You are an amateur Chinese."
Hearing Xu Xiaojun's exaggerated shouting outside, the nanny and Yu Wanfen couldn't help but come out to greet him. Then, they were also frightened and did not dare to recognize him.
Xu Chongya laughed loudly and entered the room, sitting on the sofa and grinning from ear to ear.
It wasn't until she held her stomach and laughed for a long time that she finally said out of breath, "I don't blame you... Just now, when I entered the courtyard, I was confused several times along the way..."
Just when everyone in the family gathered around Xu Chongya to look at her and asked for details, Xu Bingquan also realized from his shock that he was dissatisfied with his daughter's behavior.
"What's going on? Mahakala wore sunglasses like a spy. He also caused misunderstandings among the neighbors. This is the district government compound, and the impact is very bad."
But Xu Chongya didn't care, "Look what you said, you have such a beautiful agent like me. So what if there is a misunderstanding? It's just their poor eyesight."
Unexpectedly, Yu Wanfen also sided with Xu Bingquan and followed her to scold her.
"You're getting more and more shabby. Are you still pretty? What are you dressing up like? You're so weird!"
As for Xu Xiaojun, he firmly supported his sister.
"Mom, you and dad are just old hats. Isn't this beautiful? My sister's body is so cool! She looks like Zhang Yu in "Romance on Lushan Mountain". She will definitely be shocked when she goes outside. Do you understand?
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These words reminded Yu Wanfen. "Don't tell me, these glasses look familiar to me. It seems like someone wore them on TV..."
Xu Xiaojun continued to speak in the tone of a film and television expert, "Hey, that's the TV series "The Man from the Bottom of the Atlantic", Mike Harris, this is called Mike Mirror."
Xu Chongya immediately rewarded her. "Well, Xiaojun still knows the goods. I will give this to you as a gift."
Xu Xiaojun was immediately beautiful. Unfortunately, as soon as he happily took it, Yu Wanfen took it away before he could put it on.
"Wait a minute, what's stuck on your glasses?"
Xu Xiaojun quickly explained, "Mom, that's called a trademark. Look at this foreign word."
"It's true, they are all in foreign letters. But if you stick this in front of your eyes, if you don't feel dizzy, I will tear it off for you."
Faced with his mother's kindness, Xu Xiaojun was shocked.
"No! Don't tear it up! These glasses are only as valuable as the trademark. If you want to tear them up, who knows they are from a foreign country..."
"Hi!" Yu Wanfen finally understood what her son meant. She curled her lips disdainfully and returned the sunglasses to her son.
Moreover, he is still nagging, "The world is evil. In the past, we used to avoid foreign countries, for fear of being able to connect with foreign countries. Now it is the other way around. When I see these two foreign words, I want to hold up signs all over the world."
Yelling..."
Xu Bingquan scolded even more angrily. "We worship foreign countries! Is everything foreign? Then you should learn English better!"
Seeing her younger brother being suppressed and choking, Xu Chongya hurriedly went outside and brought two cigarettes in to appease her father.
"Dad, don't go online. Xiaojun is just trying to be fun and fresh. What do you mean? And you have to admit that after all, there are many good foreign goods, and everyone wants them. You see, Yanwen also asked me to bring them to you.
Two sticks of foreign cigarettes are back. Three five-packs. The price of one stick is as much as three sticks of Chinese cigarettes. Don’t you want to try it?"
As soon as he said this, Xu Bingquan shook his head helplessly. He took the cigarette and looked at it. But soon, he was also happy.
"Well, this kid Yanwen is quite sensible..."
At this time, Xu Chongya couldn't help it anymore. She sat down next to Yu Wanfen, took out two jewelry boxes and started to show off to her mother.
"Mom, this is what the Hong family bought for me today. Look, it's from Hong Kong."
Not to mention that Yu Wanfen's eyes lit up immediately. The nanny and Xu Xiaojun also came over.
Yu Wanfen opened the jewelry box and asked, "Aren't they all gold?"
"Take a look." Xu Chongya was deliberately reserved.
As soon as the result was opened, the golden light flashed, and Yu Wanfen started to praise it. "Oh, I haven't seen this thing in years. I saw a gold ring at my grandma's place when I was a child..."
Xu Chongya is beautiful. "This is pure gold, and it says 18k on it..."
The nanny couldn't help but interjected and asked, "Xiaoya, what is 18k?"
Hey, I really stopped asking now. Xu Chongya thought about it for a long time and couldn't say anything.
However, Xu Xiaojun was good at inventing and came to rescue his sister.
"18k probably means quite valuable, just like saying that the king of poker cards is the biggest. 18 kings, how valuable do you think..."
And following this kid was no longer satisfied, so he took advantage of his merits and asked for rewards.
"Sister, since you are so capable over there, can you help me get a digital watch? Our classmate has an uncle in Hong Kong, so I brought one to him. It's called a card. It's a Japanese brand. It has weeks and weeks.
The calendar never needs to be wound. He shows up every day in class. If your guy can really get me a piece, I will recognize him as my brother-in-law without saying a word, otherwise don’t blame me for ignoring him in the future..."
When he said this, Xu Bingquan and Yu Wanfen couldn't help but scolded them together. They scolded him for being ignorant and useless, and scolded him for being ignorant and useless.
Unexpectedly, Xu Chongya went to the living room again and took a picture when she came back. "Xiaojun, this is what you said, don't go back on it!"
Wow, this family of three has a nanny, and they are all dumbfounded. They really have the courage to do so!
But on the same night, the Xu family, who thought they had taken advantage, did not know that after Hong Yanwu returned home, he also gave Wang Yunlin four jewelry boxes.
Inside were two pairs of gold bracelets of different styles, each weighing at least forty grams.
Facing his surprised mother, Hong Yanwu explained.
"Mom, Chinese New Year is coming soon, let's wear these bracelets for fun. You have one pair, and my sister-in-law has one pair. As a son, I can't let you go wrong. As the Hong family, we can't let my sister-in-law go wrong either, right?"
Then, he touched his pocket again and took out another box. "By the way, I also bought a gold pen for Xiaoru. I have something to do tomorrow, so please help me give it to her..."
But Wang Yunlin is different from the Xu family who are overjoyed.
She smiled with approval, said calmly and calmly, "It's hard for you to have this intention, Mom thanks you for them," and then she accepted it.