Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 347, Who is the eldest brother?

It was rare for the family to go shopping today. Yang Xiaole thought about it and finally decided to go together.

Nothing happened anyway.

Dad was left alone at home looking after the house.

They say they are together, but actually they are divided into two groups.

The eldest brother had already gone there with Ding Ruolan, while my mother walked over with a family of children.

From the alley's path, there was only a little more than five miles of land. In Wang Qiuju's opinion, it was a waste of money.

You can walk there in just over twenty minutes.

"You are all used to living a good life now. You have to take a bus for this distance, which costs 7 cents per person. There are so many of us, and it costs 8 cents for one trip. This is not money! Not to mention that we were in production before. How much work points does the team earn in one day? It’s enough for several days. Even now, it’s enough for your father to work for one day.”

（1-4站为4分钱，5-7站是7分钱，超过7站每一站是2分钱。）

While walking, Wang Qiuju was educating.

When everyone heard this, they stuck out their tongues.

Yang Xiaole rode a bicycle, performed slow riding, and followed the crowd.

He nodded when he heard this.

In the past, I had to walk for about forty minutes to go to school every day, which was much farther than this!

But everyone is like this. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Not to mention them, even the people in the city are used to taking buses, and they can't bear it if they are asked to walk too much at once.

Because most students at this time have applied for monthly passes.

Among the few people in the family, he is the only one who likes to run around, but he has a bicycle, so he was not given a ticket for the other months.

Because there are only so many places to move.

Mainly because there are too many children at home.

The tram ticket for students is 1.5 yuan per month, the bus ticket is 2 yuan, and the combined electric and steam ticket is 2.5 yuan.

Under normal circumstances, a combined electric and steam ticket will be issued.

Even if the parents don't take care of it, the rest of the children will get it, and they will get 15 yuan a month. His father's salary alone had to contribute more than half of it.

The eldest brother is an employee and is more expensive, 4.2 yuan per person per month.

After all, his father was an apprentice.

When they arrived at the place, several people in the family dispersed in a swarm, each finding his or her favorite area.

The old lady looked at the children scattered around and didn't pay attention.

Even if you don’t buy it, it’s fun just to look at it.

Therefore, no matter what time of year it is in department stores, there are always many people. If I don’t buy it, let me see if it’s not illegal!

Especially on weekends, it is even more crowded.

Today is it.

Yang Xiaole squeezed into the crowd and followed a few children at home, watching the excitement in the hall.

Look east, look west.

But everyone also knows that today we came here to watch my eldest brother buy things. After shopping for a while, we went to the third floor together.

This is where ready-made clothes are sold.

Not long after arriving, I saw the elder brother and two people in front of a leather shoe store.

Ding Ruolan was trying on small leather shoes.

(Summer 63)

"Aunt!"

Seeing everyone coming, Ding Ruolan first smiled and said hello.

"Sister-in-law~~"

Several other people were also shouting that they would have to change their story after getting this certificate.

Wang Qiuju rubbed her hands there and asked with a smile: "Are you sure?"

The quilt has been made, now only the clothes and shoes are left.

The eldest brother shook his head: "Not yet! Come over and take a look at the shoes first."

"Oh, how much do these shoes cost?"

What Wang Qiuju is most concerned about is naturally the price.

The eldest brother heard this and said: "12!"

When Wang Qiuju heard this price, even though she had seen it before, Wang Qiuju still felt a little pain. Half a month's salary was gone, so she just bought a pair.

These are still shoes!

One set of clothes costs more than 30 yuan, and three sets of clothes cost more than 90 yuan. The quality is relatively poor!

It would be even more embarrassing if you buy winter clothes in winter.

(The finished clothes in the mall were really expensive at that time...)

Ding Ruolan naturally saw the slightly twitching expression on Wang Qiuju's mouth, although the movement was very subtle.

After thinking for a moment, he still said to the waiter: "Well, this one doesn't look good, give me that one!"

Wang Qiuju took a look at the price, 8 yuan.

Although she didn't know whether Ding Ruolan did it intentionally or unintentionally, it at least made her feel comfortable.

After all, it was his eldest son who was getting married.

It is also the first time to arrange a marriage for a child.

And the other party's family is much better than theirs.

The purchase is too bad, I won’t whisper behind my back again when I go back.

In other families, women care about these trivial matters, but in his Ding family, it's just the opposite. The big men care about these things.

It's really incomprehensible.

Thinking of this, she suddenly said nonchalantly: "That one doesn't look good. It's not as good-looking as this one, so this one is better."

Then there are more than twenty pairs!

12 yuan is not the most expensive.

Ding Ruolan looked at her elder brother when she heard this. After all, the money came from their family, so she couldn't say anything.

The eldest brother looked at his mother, then at the shoes and said, "Just this pair, I don't buy them every day anyway."

This is finally settled.

After all, at this time, no one will disgrace the eldest brother.

After paying the money and wrapping up the things, several people went to the place selling clothes on the same floor.

"Lanlan!"

When they came to the door, a pair of well-dressed young men and women came over. When they saw a few people, the woman smiled and called out.

"Xiao Min! You are here too!"

Ding Ruolan looked at the other party and greeted him in the same way with a smile.

Tao Min looked at her and nodded with a smile: "Yes, we are all here for the same day. Guangsheng and I came over to look at the clothes. Are you buying wedding clothes too?"

"Well, we've almost seen it, you go and see it first!"

Suddenly, Ding Ruolan changed her tune.

These words made everyone stunned.

Wang Qiuju was about to speak when she was stopped by Yang Xiaole.

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. There must be a reason for Ding Ruolan to say this.

"Hey, you're here, I see you haven't gone in yet! Come on, help me take a look! How can Guangsheng know how to look!"

The other party said as he pulled her inside.

Seeing this, Ding Ruolan couldn't refuse, so she winked at her elder brother and followed him in.

The young man from Guangsheng next to him naturally followed in.

"Who is she?"

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole asked in a low voice to his elder brother: "What's going on? Do you have a grudge?"

"She is from a compound in Lanlan, and her name is Tao Min."

The eldest brother glanced at the two people who entered and shook his head: "It's not that there is any grudge. The two of them have a very good relationship. It seems to be because of something! They were a little unhappy in the middle. I don't know the specific matter."

After Yang Xiaole listened to his elder brother's words, he looked inside.

When I heard the conversation between the two people inside, I instantly understood what was going on.

……

Tao Min pulled Ding Ruolan and glanced at Guangsheng who was hanging in the distance.

She asked in a low voice: "Lan Lan, I really don't know what you are thinking. You said Brother Chunsheng is so good, but you don't like him. Why do you only like a worker? With your family's conditions, how can you still work in the agency?" Can you find one in the unit?"

Ding Ruolan glanced behind her quietly, and then said calmly: "How can you explain this kind of thing clearly? Besides, Brother Chunsheng is married, and I have always regarded him as my elder brother."

Hearing this, Tao Min became angry for a while: "I really don't deserve Brother Chunsheng! You said you..."

Seeing this, Ding Ruolan stopped her and said, "Okay, don't mention this matter anymore. It's not good for your partner to know about it!"

These words made Tao Min feel embarrassed for a while.

……

Following the two people's words, Yang Xiaole figured out the taste.

There is someone who likes Ding Ruolan, but Ding Ruolan doesn't like her.

But from Tao Min's tone, this woman probably liked that person. This was probably the main reason for the breakup between the two!

What others don’t want, you can’t get.

What could be more irritating than this!

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole thought for a moment and quietly stuffed some money into his elder brother's pocket.

In case something happened to Yao's son later, the eldest brother would lose face.

When the elder brother saw this, he dug into his pocket and was confused for a while when he saw the money.

But when he saw Yang Xiaole shaking his head, he thought for a moment, said nothing, and followed into the store.

Sure enough, something happened.

I saw Tao Min picking up clothes and letting Ding Ruolan see if they looked good or not.

There is no fitting room here. You just have to make some gestures on your body to see if it fits.

There were no sarcastic words.

There were no excessive words, he simply asked her if she looked good, as if the relationship between the two was very harmonious. But this woman picked out expensive clothes.

When this woman tries on clothes, it costs more than thirty yuan a piece, not the price of a set.

Comparisons are formed invisibly.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole winked at his eldest brother, and then pulled his mother who was watching there: "Mom, let's go outside and take a look!"

Wang Qiuju was confused for a while: "What are you going to see! Your eldest brother and the others are buying clothes!"

Although my heart is bleeding, I still have to watch it!

"You didn't buy them, so what are you looking at! I'm going to buy a pair of sandals, show me!"

"You just go by yourself."

Wang Qiuju said to him nonchalantly, "Others are fine, but this guy has money himself, and she still hasn't figured out how much money this son has."

Every time I say no, I buy this or that again a few days later.

Ask again, the money has been spent again.

You can’t fight!

As time passed, she became too lazy to ask.

"Hey, can't I buy it for you? Let's go!"

After that, he dragged her outside.

"Hey, what should I buy?"

Wang Qiuju shouted while walking, but she was still pulled away.

When the eldest sister saw this, they also followed out.

After Yang Xiaole came out, he smiled and said: "Mom, you said that when my eldest brother gets married, you are going to wear the same set of clothes at home! For such an important event, why don't you buy a suit?"

He would like my mother to buy a pair of women's leather loafers, that is, leather sandals.

However, in my mother's opinion, she is unwilling to buy any shoes because of what it looks like for a woman to wear shoes with her toes exposed.

I wear cloth shoes in summer.

"What nonsense! What kind of clothes do we want!"

Wang Qiuju wanted to go back when she saw this.

Yang Xiaole pulled him back again: "Come on, it's time for you and dad to buy a set. If it doesn't work out, keep it after wearing it and use it when I get married. It doesn't matter who gets the daughter-in-law or whose parents. Not dressed in glamour.

Just take our compound, look at it, even Uncle Liu, who pulls coal every day and makes it dark, even bought a set of clothes from the mall to wear during the New Year! "

My wife and I also have new clothes.

But I wore it last year, and I bought the cloth and had it made by someone.

How can it be compared with the finished clothes in the mall!

Wang Qiuju hesitated for a while when she heard this.

This was true, but as she was accustomed to saving, she still felt that there was no need to buy a set of ready-made clothes.

"Mom, just buy it! At least it will give dad some face!"

The eldest sister was also there to chime in.

My mother and father don’t buy them. They never have the chance to buy them. They only wear clothes made of cloth.

Of course, except for this guy Yang Xiaole.

My eldest daughter said the same thing.

After thinking for a while, he finally nodded: "Okay, buy it, and save it for Xiaole to wear when she gets married."

"Hey, isn't that right!"

Yang Xiaole chuckled upon seeing this.

Is buying a new outfit eye-catching?

Not hot-eyed at all.

In fact, their family eats well in the compound, but their clothes are not very good.

The courtyard is full of city dwellers, and the cloth used to be enough to make one or two new sets of clothes every year, but now the price of cloth is getting less and less every year, so the price has dropped.

But since they have been city dwellers for so long, they will inevitably encounter important things.

Most of them have a set of ready-made clothes bought from the mall to show off their face.

Then he took her to a shop selling leather shoes.

I didn’t buy anything too expensive. I bought a pair of leather shoes for 10 yuan, but men’s shoes are much more expensive. The cheapest ones cost 12 yuan.

I bought a pair for 15 yuan.

This made my mother like and feel distressed at the same time, and she kept thinking about it.

After the two of them bought their shoes, Xizi saw a pair of leather sandals there and couldn't leave.

Must buy.

Leather sandals are cheaper than leather shoes, the cheapest is 6 yuan and the most expensive is 8 yuan.

How could Wang Qiuju, who had just felt distressed, buy it for him?

I took him by the ears and took him to the place where I was buying clothes.

At this time, shopping for clothes there was almost over.

But when she saw the clothes the two newlyweds bought, Yang Xiaole clicked her tongue.

I thought Tao Min bought all expensive clothes!

In the end, all I bought were more than thirty sets of clothes.

Of course, the eldest brother also bought the same ones.

But yes, this set of clothes costs one month’s salary, and three sets of clothes costs almost three months’ salary.

Not much cheaper than the three gold coins of later generations.

Yang Xiaole looked at Tao Min's unhappy face, and the embarrassed young man next to him knew that something was going on.

"We're going back first."

Tao Min and Ding Ruolan said hello and left immediately.

Naturally, her target followed behind.

After the others left, the eldest brother saw the eldest sister's things and said with a smile: "Mom, you are finally willing to buy new clothes!"

These words made Wang Qiuju roll her eyes.

The eldest sister explained it from the side.

Hearing this, Ding Ruolan smiled and said: "Auntie, let me choose for you! Let Xiaogang take a look at my uncle's."

After saying that, he pulled her aside.

After the two of them went aside, Yang Xiaole asked with a smile: "What's wrong? I didn't buy any clothes! I think Tao Min seems unhappy."

The eldest brother shook his head: "I didn't buy it! They all agreed upon it just like us. Just when Tao Min picked the expensive one, the man said a few words and Tao Min became unhappy."

Then he took out the money, looked around, and handed it to him.

Yang Xiaole understood after listening.

That guy just picked out his clothes too hard.

This one set costs sixty or seventy, and three sets of clothes must be no less than two hundred?

Who can stand this as a serious person?

If I hadn't married the daughter-in-law of a city cadre, I wouldn't have bought ready-made clothes even if I beat her to death.

Pull out a few feet of cloth and let someone in the street who is good at making clothes make it.

Even if it's over.

Looking at the money handed over by the eldest brother, he shook his head: "You can keep it yourself! Just don't forget to give me the food at my mother's side."

Hearing this, the eldest brother was a little embarrassed.

Who is the big brother?

But I have taken a lot of money from him in the past two years.

After thinking about it, I put it away.

Then he asked: "What kind of clothes should I buy for dad?"

Yang Xiaole shook his head: "You'd better ask Mom, how do we know his size. But you can take a look at the style and ask Mom to come over and tell you the size later."

After hearing this, several people went to the men's clothing side.

When they came to the place where they were picking out clothes, Yang Xiaole thought of something and asked, "Brother, is there any story between you and your sister-in-law? How did she fall in love with you?"

Not only Tao Min, but also he felt strange for a while.

But every time I asked, the eldest brother just smiled and didn't say anything.

Something obviously happened.

Of course, it would definitely not be the kind of relationship he wanted to have in advance.

But he knew that asking was in vain.

really.

The eldest brother just smiled there and didn't answer him.

When Yang Xiaole saw that his elder brother was ignoring him, he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he looked at his mother and Ding Ruolan who were looking at women's clothing.

By the way, Ding Ruolan looks good for the time being.

Except having an annoying dad.

I hope we can be harmonious in the future, otherwise we will have a headache, because the eldest brother also has a quiet temperament.

After a while, I picked out my clothes and came back feeling distressed.

He kept saying it was too expensive.

But when it came to choosing clothes for my dad, my previous mentality changed.

If I hadn't been reluctant in the end, I would probably have chosen from fifty or sixty-one sets.

After everything was done, everyone was ready to go shopping downstairs.

Wang Qiuju regretted buying the clothes and kept thinking about them.

No one paid any attention to her words.

(End of this chapter)