I am reborn as a fashionista

Chapter 42
Back in the store, there were many customers and it was very busy. Zhou Xinglian and Guan Jinyue didn't even touch the ground, and they didn't even have time to sit down and take a rest.

The aunt came to help, and she was unfamiliar with the industry, she could only help to collect money and change, even so, it was a big help.

Fortunately, since the Chinese New Year is coming, there are fewer people calling to order. After all, things are expensive, so if you have trust, it’s better to go downstairs to the store and choose them yourself.

There is an endless stream of customers in the store.

At the end of the year, every household prepares new year's goods, such as chicken, duck and fish. The farmers' market is called a favor, and everyone comes back with big bags.

Blessed are the residents living in 'Anshun Street'. Their fruits and vegetables do not need to be bought outside.

The prices are about the same. I am a regular customer at 'Fresh Time', and I can choose some newly unpacked ones, and take them home when I finish buying them, saving me from having to buy a lot of plastic bags at the farmer's market in winter.

In 'Fresh Time', there are many people, but there are more goods. All kinds of Chinese New Year must-have dishes. Here you will find that you can't buy them all, and you don't need to ask people to unpack them. Almost every time they are put on the shelves, they are newly unpacked. Xiao Zhou's mother and son didn't take the remaining ones that were picked up, and directly reduced the price and put them in a pile separately, so that those who wanted to buy cheap goods had room to wait.

After Wei Tao came back, he took the electronic scale he just bought to the door. There were many customers coming and going, and the glass door was closed, which meant it was not closed.After he came back, he opened it directly, took two chairs, sat on one for himself, and placed one for electronic scales, so that everyone didn’t have to go inside to check out after buying. There were too many people, and the store seemed small, and it was inconvenient for everyone to go back and forth.

There is an electric heater under your feet, and you are not afraid of the power consumption. Light it up, wear a down jacket, and sit at the door to weigh and check out for everyone, making the whole process faster.

How much money can you make in the past few days?
On the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, when the goods in the store were sorted into different categories, Zhou Xinglian couldn't wait, and sat down at the 'simple bar' formed by a table with great interest and began to check the money.

With a total of more than 6000 yuan, Zhou Xinglian let Guan Jinyue watch the store, and took her son to deposit [-] yuan before the bank closed before noon.

When they came back, Guan Jinyue had already arranged everything. According to Zhou Xinglian's instructions, some unsold fruits and vegetables were packed into boxes and brought to her brother's home to eat during the Chinese New Year. Those who did this didn't ask their family members to prepare similar New Year's goods.

The three of them sorted out some goods that hadn't been unpacked, and continued to sell them after the opening of the third day of junior high. It's mahjong, I finally have a rest, and I'm going to fight hard for a few days.

Wei Tao didn't like going to his uncle's house very much, so he told his mother that he could play for a few more days, and that he could open the door alone in the third day of junior high school.

"Xiaoyue, just come with us. I don't worry about you being alone at home." Zhou Xinglian invited Guan Jinyue for the nth time to take her to her brother's house for the New Year. Guan Jinyue still smiled and declined, expressing that she was alone. It doesn't matter, it's just for learning.

"Okay Mom, I've had the reunion dinner and I won't stay there. It's okay to have me, so don't force her. She doesn't know anyone, and it's embarrassing to go, just like being at home." Wei Tao stopped his mother , let alone Guan Jinyue, she doesn't even want to go, let alone her.

Seeing her son saying the same thing, Zhou Xinglian didn't insist, but told her not to wrong herself at home, eat up all the fish and chicken at home and the fruits and vegetables brought back at this moment.

Guan Jinyue smiled brightly: "Don't worry, Auntie, I won't lose my stomach."

Zhou Xinglian took out a red envelope with 500 yuan in it, not just lucky money. These days, she has been busy from morning to night every day, even though she is the one who is kind to others, she still needs to thank with practical actions.

Guan Jinyue hesitated for a moment, and took it with both hands: "Thank you, Auntie, I wish you a New Year greeting in advance."

Men have gold under their knees, especially daughters. Kneeling and kowtowing to pay New Year greetings has long been out of fashion, but at this moment, Guan Jinyue knelt on both knees, and Zhou Xinglian was taken aback. Get up, what are you doing..."

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After packing vegetables and fruits and sending Guan Jinyue home, the mother and son set off for their uncle's house in the countryside tens of kilometers away from the city. Before going, they went to their aunt's mother-in-law's house. On the other side, the fourth aunt's family went to Uncle Wei Tao's house every year to celebrate the New Year because the fourth uncle's parents were gone. Their family set off early in the morning by car.

Typical Northeastern countryside.

Wei Tao's grandfather was long gone, and his second aunt passed away due to illness before she got married. The remaining three uncles and third aunts all settled in the nearby villages.

Wei Tao's father passed away when he was a child. For a while, his grandmother helped to bring him up. He had a deep relationship with his grandmother, but he had no relationship with the three uncles and third aunts who lived in the nearby area. Resisting, being looked down upon by others, made Wei Tao never go back after his grandmother passed away before rebirth, except to go to the grave to pay homage.

The blood relationship is close, but the accumulation and origin of this emotion can never be based on blood relationship alone, so after arriving here, Wei Tao sat beside his grandma and chatted with her.

The reality in rural areas is that each small family spends their own time on New Year's Eve. Here, because several sisters are in the city, they seldom get together a year, so they don't abide by the "convention" and get together every year to celebrate the New Year.

Zhou Xinglian brought back a lot of fruits and vegetables, including some high-end fruits, but even so, the uncles and aunts still muttered why they didn't come back earlier. Many people set off whips for the New Year's Eve dinner before one o'clock. They probably The latest in the village.

There is no specific statement, just to seek auspiciousness, and because of this auspiciousness, the New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten at night, from four o'clock to three o'clock, and some people even start eating before one o'clock in the afternoon, to snatch this 'auspiciousness' '.

This made Wei Tao feel very good. After eating a few bites at the table, he left the table. He went to the grandmother who could not eat much, and secretly handed him the 500 yuan he had prepared for the grandmother. The grandson is filial to the old man. .

Wei Tao smiled, pressed the hand of grandma's rejection, stuffed the money into her hand, and signaled her not to shirk, and not to let others see it.

"Keep this money for yourself and buy something you like to eat."

In 2003, there were still a few hours before the real arrival according to the customs of the Chinese people. Since last year, Wei Tao, who was full of people, was not eligible to receive New Year's money, and he didn't care. The money was uncomfortable to hold However, to listen to other people's seemingly well-intentioned advice is actually the nagging of "I don't like it".

Maybe he is the bereaved star in their eyes, dragging down his mother, or maybe they don't like his dead father, and even lack of recognition for himself, until he was reborn, he never really wanted to understand the truth, there is no need It's nothing more than an embarrassing behavior for the mother. If you don't get close or close, then each of you will be safe, which is fine.

After dinner, the mahjong game was set up, and the male and female fighters from the east and west rooms played one after another. Wei Tao also said goodbye to his grandma, greeted everyone briefly, and drove away.

My uncles and aunts said it was a waste of a van. I finally found a way to make some money, and I just went to enjoy it. Do you know how much it costs to maintain a car for a year?It is burning oil and insurance.

Wei Tao didn't make any excuses, even if there wasn't a trace of pleading eyes from his mother, he didn't intend to make any excuses. The real seventeen or eighteen-year-old Wei Tao would raise his neck to make an excuse. Once reborn, even if it was for his mother, he would Don't bother arguing with them.

A mother can be strong for her children, but in front of her brothers and sisters who have taken care of her since she was a child, even if she is a mother, she is unwilling to argue with her relatives about "little things".

After Wei Tao left, someone still murmured in Zhou Xinglian's ear: "You've got used to this kid, you can do whatever you want, that's fine."

"That's right, I heard from Xiaoju that he used the money to buy the goods, you can believe it, it's not going to happen."

Zhou Xinglian didn't try to defend herself. One was that she had been used to it for many years, and she was the one who heard what others said; the other was that she was not really honest enough to know that her wealth would not be exposed. Even if she was a sister, she should still maintain a certain distance.

Is it a bad guy?

No, at least they really take care of their sister. Wei Tao doesn't think it's a problem if they don't talk well or look down on him.

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At home, there are vegetables and rice on the kang table, and several bottles of beer on the ground.

The car drove into the yard, and Guan Jinyue was wearing a padded coat and standing at the door of the house. She liked to lower her head halfway, but only in front of this man, she could choose to look at him unscrupulously, and the respect that he could clearly perceive between each other made him She doesn't have to care about the predicament in front of her.

She knows that the other party can 'see' her own future, and her future self will definitely succeed, so she doesn't have to feel inferior in front of him in the current embarrassment.

"Drink?"

"Well, have a drink."

There is no embarrassment or embarrassment in being alone, the tacit understanding between the two has never been tried, and it is natural after a long period of time.

Chicken stewed with mushrooms, cucumber peeled, a piece of cooked sliced ​​pork dipped in garlic sauce.

There is no TV at home, so Wei Tao turned on the radio, tuned to the court radio frequency band, and listened to the content synchronized with the court station.

On New Year's Eve, from early in the morning, similar TV stations are full of New Year's atmosphere. The backstage of the Spring Festival Gala, the New Year's lively scenes across the country, and some interviews with celebrities, even listening to the radio, can feel the excitement.

The sound of the radio also added a new year flavor to the house, and it was no longer a lonely house with the sound of firecrackers outside.

"For Chinese New Year, tie up your hair and comb it well, and don't squint your eyes all the time. Looking at you now, I will feel very frustrated when you think that I am not good enough for you. By the way, New Year's gift , I gave it to you."

Wei Tao took out the gift bag in the car, a thick padded jacket that was not expensive, a light purple turtleneck pullover sweater, a pair that was not tight but not fat and bulky like what Guan Jinyue wore in the past Jeans, a pair of domestic brand sneakers.

Guan Jinyue also took out her gift, a sketch of Wei Tao, and then walked into the hut with the gift bag.

Ten minutes later, Guan Jinyue came out. When he no longer bent his waist on purpose, and when she was wearing a body-shaping sweater, some things that were deliberately concealed on weekdays were clearly presented, let alone this era. Whether there is a cushion, Wei Tao knows that she will never have such a luxury to support a certain part of her body, and being able to have a good curve is her own hard power.

"You say I'm not good enough for you. It's reasonable to be confident."

(End of this chapter)