Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 76, Sweet Married Life

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After marriage, Wang Li and his wife live a very sweet life, after all, they are just newlyweds.

Moreover, Wang Li is influenced by modern society and does not have the chauvinistic ideas of most contemporary men. He respects women very much. After all, in modern society, women already hold up half the sky.

Wang Li's attitude was rare at the time. The transition from the old society to the new era had just begun, and the idea of ​​male superiority and female inferiority was still very serious and could not be changed all at once.

Wang Li's behavior surprised Zheng Lan. Even when she was studying abroad, the so-called equality abroad still existed in which men were superior to women.

Therefore, in daily life, she is more willing to take care of and accommodate Wang Li.

Wang Li felt the benefits of marrying a wife who is older than him: someone who knows how to care for people and love them.

Wang Li did not disappoint Zheng Lan. Knowing that Zheng Lan had experience of studying abroad, he took Zheng Lan's ideas into consideration when it came to living habits and daily necessities, especially the items used in the three courtyards of the two of them.

Now Wang Li is in a consignment shop, looking for items he likes.

This pawnshop is called Bell and Drum Tower Pawnshop. Before Kyoto was recaptured, it was the largest pawnshop in the area. Now it has become a public-private partnership.

Because the living conditions of the people living in this area are relatively good, the quality of the items consigned here is also very high.

Many of the things here are foreign products purchased by wealthy families before the founding of Longguo.

Now many families have fallen on hard times and so they consign their goods to consignment shops.

This time, Wang Li wanted to buy some Western daily necessities for his wife. At this moment, he was looking at a coffee machine, a hand-grinded coffee machine with a bronze body.

At first glance, the coffee utensils were quite old. Wang Li knew that his wife liked to drink coffee, so he wanted to buy Zheng Lan a coffee machine so that she could drink the coffee she ground by hand.

After communicating with the salesperson, I learned that the price of this coffee machine is 150 yuan.

Wang Li bought the coffee machine without bargaining, and also bought two large bags of coffee beans on consignment.

Ask the salesperson to put the coffee machine and coffee beans in a large bag.

Wang Li continued to stroll around the consignment shop, and soon he saw another large item, which was a square mahogany box.

Wang Li could tell that this was not an ordinary box, so he asked the salesperson: What is this?
The salesperson said: What a coincidence this customer has come here. This is a phonograph that a customer just placed here for consignment. This phonograph was imported from abroad and is housed in a precious mahogany box.

The main body is made of pure copper, which is of great collection value. The family was in trouble, so they put the phonograph and some records in the consignment shop for sale.

When Wang Li heard this, he showed an interested expression and asked: Can you open it and let me listen to it?

The salesperson said: If it were someone else, I wouldn't be able to open it for him, after all, this thing is very expensive. But you are someone who really likes these things and is an expert, so I will give it a try.

After saying this, he opened the lid of the box, revealing the brass horn inside. After some operation, he propped up the horn, wound it up, and placed the record on the phonograph.

After a while, the sound of melodious piano music came out. Although Wang Li didn't understand music, he could tell that the sound quality was very good.

He also knew that there should be no problem with the phonograph, so he asked: I want both this phonograph and these discs, how much do they cost?

The salesperson said: This is the price set by the seller. The seller wants 500 yuan. Is that okay with you?

Wang Li was slightly shocked and thought: It's really expensive! This is almost as much as an ordinary worker's annual salary.

But whether considering the collection value of the phonograph or because Zheng Lan would like it, Wang Li wanted to get it.

So Wang Li did not hesitate and said: Please pack it for me, I want it too.

The salesman was slightly stunned. Although he knew that Wang Li was a big customer, he didn't expect him to be so rich. He came to the consignment store with several hundred dollars in his pocket. He was really a wealthy customer!

After taking the money and issuing the receipt, the salesperson handed Wang Li the coffee machine and phonograph that he wanted.

After taking the things, Wang Li took out a box of Peony cigarettes from his pocket.

This cigarette was given to him by Zhang Lei, who said that it was for Wang Li to use as a favor.

Wang Li handed him the cigarette and said: Brother, if you have these things in the future, please keep them for me. I won’t treat you unfairly. I will come here every Sunday. Thank you for your help.

When the salesperson saw that it was a pack of Peony cigarettes, he looked at Wang Li with a higher opinion. After all, this cigarette was hard to buy, as it was smoked by city-level leaders.

I thought to myself: No wonder he is so rich, it turns out he has such a strong relationship, he must know a big boss! He must be a child of a big company, otherwise he wouldn't be able to appreciate these high-end products so well, nor would he be so rich and be able to get such good cigarettes.

He immediately promised: Okay, comrade, if I have similar good things in the future, I will keep them for you, and when you don’t want them anymore, I will sell them to the public.

Wang Li was very happy to hear his promise and said: Thank you so much. Well, I will leave today and see you later.

Wang Li did not go anywhere else. He carried his things and went back to the courtyard. His parents were working in the yard and asked him: What did you buy now?

Wang Li replied: It’s nothing, I saw two good things that should be suitable for Zheng Lan, so I bought them for my wife.

After hearing this, Wang Li's mother was very happy and praised her son: A man should love his wife, it's not easy for women, go quickly, Zheng Lan is cleaning the room.

Wang Li responded and walked quickly towards his own courtyard. When he entered the living room, he saw Zheng Lan cleaning the living room. He said to Zheng Lan: Look what I brought you!

When Zheng Lan heard him talking, she looked up and complained: "You're wasting money again, aren't you? Besides, don't just buy things for me, buy some for my mother and Lai Xiaomei, too, otherwise it won't be good."

Wang Li nodded in agreement: "Don't worry! They won't think too much. Mother also saw that I bought something for you and was very happy."

But I'll listen to you and bring them gifts next time. Come and see what I bought for you.

(End of this chapter)