The eldest of the Yan family in the Siheyuan

Chapter 74: Chapter 73: Buying a Camera
Yan Jiecheng saw that the two of them knew each other, and he couldn't let go of the two of them here, so he said in order not to be a light bulb:

"You two talk, I'll go and see what delicious food my aunt is cooking." He got up and walked towards the kitchen.

Their kitchen is also a temporary construction outside the house. The house is not big, only about ten square meters, and there is a cupboard, a small table and a stove inside.

When I walked in, I saw Ma Lei's father gesticulating with a chicken in one hand and a knife in the other.

It seems that their family still attaches great importance to this blind date, and they didn't dislike it just because they are rural girls.

"Xie Cheng, why are you here? The kitchen is smoky, you'd better go to your room for a while, Auntie will be ready in a while." Uncle Ma watched Yan Jiecheng come in and said.

"It's okay, I just came to see what delicious food Auntie makes."

"Hey! Why don't you say that you have a good taste? See, I will ask your aunt to make a stewed chicken with mushrooms, and fry some peanuts. We will have a few more glasses later." The chicken let Yan Xiecheng take a look.

"That's good, by the way, Uncle Ma, what do you think of that girl as your daughter-in-law?" Yan Jiecheng asked.

"It looks good. Your aunt and I don't have any disagreements. As long as Leizi likes it, it's the two of you who are married. By the way, how are you and your partner? I heard from Leizi that you plan to get married after the Chinese New Year. ?”

"It's a good time. I plan to get married early. Isn't this not old enough? Just after the end of the year, I'm old enough," Yan Jiecheng explained.

"Old Ma, have you finished the chicken that I asked you to deal with? Hurry up and bring it here." Aunt Ma shouted at Uncle Ma.

"Okay, okay, I'll bring it here." After speaking, he walked over with the processed chicken.

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After lunch, a few people sat around the table. "Everyone stop watching, eat, Jingru, this is your first time here, you should eat more, don't be shy!" Aunt Ma greeted, and after she finished speaking, she brought a chicken leg to Qin Jingru.

"Auntie, don't worry about this, I will not be polite." Yan Jiecheng said, picking up the wine bottle on the table and filling it up for Uncle Ma.

"You see, Xie Cheng is still thinking about me, so he knows to pour me wine." Uncle Ma said to Yan Jiecheng with a smile.As he spoke, he glanced at Ma Lei.

"Look at what you said, didn't I sit far away from you, I didn't snatch Xie Cheng. Or if you finished it in one gulp, I'm pouring you a glass."

"Go aside, if you see you, you will get angry, and you will know that you are angry with me." Uncle Ma gave Ma Lei an angry look.

"You kid, why don't you talk to your dad? Look at how polite he is. You have nothing to learn. Don't let Jingru see the joke." Aunt Ma also came out to teach.

Ma Lei said while holding some food for Qin Jingru: "Xie Cheng is so good, why don't you just recognize him as your son."

"You bastard, when you get married, I have to give you a divorce right away, or your father and I will be mad at you to death."

"Well, that makes sense. We have to split it up with him, and we can live on our own." Uncle Ma also echoed.

Qin Jingru found it quite interesting to watch this family talk, not wanting to be as rigid as those people he had come into contact with before.If you marry yourself, you will definitely be able to live in harmony with your mother-in-law.

Ma Lei is also very satisfied with Qin Jingru. Although she is from the countryside, she is good-looking.He also had a few kisses, either he was satisfied with the other party, or the other party was not satisfied with him.

It's really not easy to find a pretty one in the city, the main reason is that he looks old, and even young and pretty people don't like him.

Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma have no objections, as long as the son is willing, his family also came from the countryside and there is no discrimination against finding a daughter-in-law from the countryside.

So Ma Lei and Qin Jingru were like this, planning to go to Qin Jingru's house to propose marriage in a few days, like Yan Xiecheng, and wait until they are old enough to get married.

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tonight after get off work

Yan Xiecheng was riding a bicycle and planned to go to the consignment store to buy a camera, and take pictures with Yu Li when he was resting.

After all, it’s hard to come to this era, so I have to take pictures of some landscape buildings of this era as a souvenir.

When I came to the consignment store, I walked towards the camera counter: "Hello, comrade, do you want to buy a camera?" A waitress said.

"Yeah, what brand of camera do you have here, and what's the price?"

"We have Huashan brand, Xinfu brand, Peacock brand, and Shanghai brand,"

"Huashan, Xinfu, and Peacock can be bought for more than 20 yuan, and the Shanghai brand is the most expensive at 80 yuan."

"Take out the Shanghai brand camera and let me have a look." Yan Xiecheng said.

Then the waiter took out a camera covered in a leather case: "Look, this is the Shanghai brand 58-2 camera, which is now, if you bought it two years earlier, you wouldn't be able to afford it without 200 yuan."

This is indeed the case. The Leica b3 model camera imitated by this camera was priced at more than 200 yuan when it was first produced, and the retail price in state-owned stores was around 300 yuan.

It's just that more products were produced later, and the price began to drop if they couldn't be sold.Now a new one in state-run stores costs only 120 yuan, which is more than half the price when it first came out.

Although the camera's ability to take pictures is not as good as the Huashan brand's small camera that costs more than 30 yuan, its appearance is really good.

In this era, the Shanghai 58-2 camera is equivalent to the Rolls-Royce of the camera industry. Even if you don’t take pictures, it can be used as a decoration at home to bluff people.

Yan Xiecheng took the camera and looked at it. There was nothing wrong with it, and it was quite new. It seems that the previous owner hadn't used it much.

"Comrade, just wrap this one up for me. You are helping me to hand in two volumes." After paying the money and issuing an invoice, he took the camera out of the entrusted store.

Riding a bicycle back to the courtyard, Yan Bugui, who was guarding the door, saw him as soon as he entered the courtyard.

"Xie Cheng, why did you come back so late? What's in the box of your car?" Yan Bugui said as he walked over and looked into the box.

"It's nothing, I went to the entrusted store after get off work and bought a camera." Yan Xiecheng said casually.

"Why did you buy it? You can't spend it like this if you have money. You might as well give it to me and I'll save it for you." Yan Bugui said with a painful face.

"I don't want to buy a camera to take pictures. It's more convenient. It can be rented out if someone uses it, and it's not a loss to earn some pocket money." Yan Xiecheng explained.

Telling this old man that nothing else will work, but when it comes to making money, he is more active than anyone else.

Yan Bugui looked at the camera in Yan Jiecheng's hand with bright eyes when he heard that he could make money.

I thought it was true, I didn't see anyone in the whole courtyard with this thing, and when people get married, rent it out and take a few photos, it can really make money.

(End of this chapter)