Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 101, Shopping

Wang Li had experienced women's madness for shopping from several women in his family when they were stockpiling supplies in the early stages, and he thought this method was the most effective.

So Wang Li took Zheng Lan home, took out enough money, and rushed to the department store.

Considering that they had not bought any gifts after their marriage, Wang Li decided to go to the department store and buy all the necessary items at once.

Because Zheng Lan is pregnant, they need to buy some home appliances at home, and based on Wang Li’s experience in his previous life, this era is about to enter the era of bills.

If you don't take this opportunity to buy everything, it will be difficult to buy things in the future. Not only will you need money to buy things, but you will also need various receipts.

Although Zhang Lei and his family can be asked for help, the problem can be easily solved now, so there is no need to go through that trouble.

The two of them came to the department store and started shopping from the lower floors of the building. The first floor of the building was filled with larger items.

Among them was a bicycle. After seeing the bicycle, Wang Li said to Zheng Lan: Let’s buy a bicycle. When your belly gets big and it’s inconvenient for you to walk, I will take you with me on the bicycle.

Zheng Lan knew that her husband was concerned about her, so she nodded and said: Okay, I'll listen to you.

The two came to a place where bicycles were sold.

Maybe it was because Wang Li was tall and handsome, or because Zheng Lan was noble and beautiful, the bicycle salesman did not give them a cold shoulder as the legend said. Instead, he greeted them warmly and asked them what brand and style of bicycle they wanted.

After the two looked at the bicycles for sale, Wang Li decided to buy three Phoenix brand bicycles at once: two 28-inch large men's bicycles and one 26-inch women's bicycle.

The predecessor of Phoenix Bicycle can be traced back to the Tongchang Bicycle Company, which was founded in 90, the 2rd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. In May , Shanghai Bicycle Factory No. was established, and in June, an advertisement was published in the Liberation Daily and Wenhui Daily to solicit famous brand trademarks. One of the designers of the "Phoenix" pattern, Zhou Bairen, used gestures and words to express the connotation of "Phoenix": "Phoenix is ​​good, flying lightly, it is a lucky thing among the people, and is loved by the people." The design was approved by more than % of the employees. On January , , the "Phoenix" trademark was officially approved, and "Phoenix" was born. Since then, nearly million consumers around the world have chosen Phoenix bicycle products. This setting was made in advance here. After all, it is a parallel time and space, so some differences are normal.

The men's bicycle is for the father, the women's bicycle is for the mother. The last 28-inch men's bicycle is Wang Li's special bicycle, which will be used to take his wife to school.

The three Lai siblings and Zhou Mei could all use their parents' bicycles, so Wang Li bought three bicycles.

The man selling the bicycles was very glad that he did not treat ordinary customers with the same attitude he used to. Judging from the fact that Wang Li bought three bicycles at one time, he was not an ordinary person.

After Wang Li paid more than 500 yuan for the bicycles, the salesperson asked enthusiastically: Comrade, you bought three bicycles and cannot take them all back. Do you need someone to send the bicycles back to you?
After hearing his suggestion, Wang Li said happily: "Thank you very much, but please wait a moment, we just got married and need to buy some electrical appliances. Please wait until I buy everything and then help us transport them back."

The salesperson assured more enthusiastically: Okay, after you buy the things, please send them to me and I will find a car to transport them back to you.

After Wang Li took the three receipts, he continued to walk into the mall with his wife. Wang Li went to the place where sewing machines were sold.

I believe that the people born in the 90s or 00s may not have heard of the "Flying Man Sewing Machine", but the sewing machine has accompanied people in the s, s and s as they grew up. In the classic Shanghai, there is always an old bicycle and a sewing machine. In those days, the sewing machine was a "big item" in the home. With a sewing machine, you can start a small business. Now, with the development of society, the use of sewing machines has been greatly reduced.

Wang Li wanted to buy a sewing machine for his mother. Nowadays, people are very simple and often make their own clothes or mend worn-out clothes.

Having a sewing machine would greatly reduce his mother's housework, and he believed his mother would like this gift. He also checked out happily, took the receipt handed over by the salesperson, and told the salesperson to come back to pick it up after buying the things.

The two of them went to buy a radio.

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The two of them went together to buy some small electrical appliances such as electric fans, electric irons, table lamps, etc., and they bought more than one, after all, his family had many people and many houses.

This crazy shopping spree cost Wang Li a lot of money. If Wang Li’s family was not wealthy, he would probably have gone bankrupt this time.

After this crazy spending spree, Zheng Lan's mood also stabilized.

But they were struggling at the moment because they bought too many things.

In the end, it was not the bicycle salesman who helped to contact the car, but Wang Li himself used his connections to find a truck to transport all the items they purchased back to the courtyard at once.

Wang Li seemed to see his wife's dilemma and comforted her: It's okay, the things we bought are all daily necessities.

And if your mother knew you were pregnant, she would only applaud even if we bought several times more.

Soon after, the truck arrived outside the gate of Wang Li's garden. After learning about the situation, his father and Lai San in the garden were a little confused, but they still helped unload the goods from the truck quickly.

At this time, the lively scene in the garden attracted three women: Wang Li's mother, Lai Xiaomei and Zhou Mei.

Several people were a little surprised when they saw the man busy unloading the goods. After all, in this era, it was rare to see people buying things and shipping them home in this way.

Wang Li’s mother immediately brought two people over to help. After unloading the truck, it drove away and several people closed the door.

The mother complained to Wang Li: You are such a spendthrift child! Why did you buy so many things at once? You really don’t know how to live!

Wang Li explained with a smile: Mother, these are necessities of life. I saw them when I was shopping, and I thought I would need them in the future, so I bought them all at once.

Although Wang Li's mother was still complaining, she soon became attracted by these things and temporarily stopped accusing Wang Li of being a spendthrift.

With the joint efforts of several people in the yard, it took a long time to put the things Wang Li bought in the location he had planned.

After finishing the work, the mother came to her senses and began to complain that Wang Li only knew how to spend money and didn't know how to save money for life.

(End of this chapter)