V1.Chapter 176 (1/2)
It was on the third day of the new year that Zhou Cheng opened the things Xia Xiaolan had entrusted him with. He asked the messenger to send them out. It was also after the new year.
There are two strips of Chinese cigarettes in the package.
There are all kinds of cakes wrapped tightly.
There are cosmetics bought from friendship store in Beijing.
There is a small gun made of bullet shells.
The more valuable one should be the foreign exchange volume that Zhou Chengsai put inside. He said that in the cold winter, with foreign exchange rolls and money, we can buy two washing machines so that our future mother-in-law and aunt don't have to wash clothes in cold weather.
Oh, the word ”future” was added by Xia Xiaolan. Zhou Cheng said in his letter that he was his mother-in-law and aunt.
He was also concerned about whether the injury on his uncle Liu Yong's back was completely healed. He stuffed two ginseng into the package to make up for his uncle's body.
This package, don't say you don't care, these things are very expensive in themselves.
Cigarettes and cakes are the cheapest. Cosmetics are more expensive. It is difficult to get foreign exchange rolls. Both ginseng are as thick as Xia Xiaolan's little finger.
”... Xiaolan, do you like watching TV? I'll send it to you to buy a TV when I save foreign exchange. In fact, you can buy a TV first when you receive the foreign exchange voucher, but I still think the washing machine is the invention that can change the living standard most. Miss your sincerity. ”
Xia Xiaolan has acid toothache.
It's not that she can't afford appliances such as TV and washing machine, but she doesn't buy appliances because she thinks the money in her hand is more useful,
Zhou Cheng is right. It's OK to watch TV or not, but the washing machine is what she and her uncle need.
She is not as careful as Zhou Cheng. Liu Fen and Li Fengmei are the ”main laundry force” of the two families. The clothes in winter are very heavy. The cotton padded jacket can't go directly into the water. They all remove the cloth face and wash the outer layer. But jeans can't be disassembled. The hard denim needs hand washing... It's not only winter, but also troublesome to wash clothes at any time!
Xia Xiaolan took out all the things. Cosmetics are used by women, and cakes can be eaten by everyone. Chinese tobacco must be for Liu Yong, and two ginseng are also for Liu Yong. In addition to Xia Xiaolan, only Liu Yong heard about foreign exchange rolls.
Although they moved to the commercial capital, the mud spots on their trouser legs were not wiped clean. Where have they used any foreign exchange rolls.
How to use this thing and where to buy things. It must be one question and three questions to ask Liu Fen and Li Fengmei!
But Xia Xiaolan said that she could buy a washing machine, which was imported.
Liu Fen didn't say anything. Li Fengmei's eyes lit up: ”can I buy a TV?”
The washing machine is not washing machine. Li Fengmei really doesn't need it so urgently. She hasn't rubbed clothes with her hands for so many years. She doesn't want to wash them in the countryside. She becomes delicate when she lives in the city.
She wanted a TV very much. Xia Xiaolan said that she could buy imported color TV sets with foreign exchange rolls. Li Fengmei was moved.
People in the village also have access to color TV. At first, only uncle Da's family had a black-and-white TV. When they cool off in summer, the villagers like to run to Chen Wangda's house. They all watch TV in the yard until the TV program is finished and snowflakes appear on the TV screen. The people watching TV are reluctant to leave the yard.
Watching TV is to take a small bench and sit in the yard. Li Fengmei only went to see it twice because she suspected that mosquitoes bite.
If you have an imported color TV set in your home, you don't need much. Most of them are very satisfied.
Li Fengmei pondered and discussed with her niece whether she could change the foreign exchange volume for the TV instead of the washing machine. After all, it was a gift from Zhou Cheng. Liu Yong said that the foreign exchange volume was changed in US dollars and only foreigners could change it. If it weren't for Xiaolan, Zhou Cheng knew which onion she and Liu Yong were!
When Xia Xiaolan took out the two ginseng, Liu Yong and Li Fengmei were stunned.