1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 26 Buying a car and making clothes

It’s spring and the sun is shining brightly.

The temperature in the capital these days is much warmer than before. After all, it is spring.

Dengshikou Primary School was particularly quiet in the afternoon, and the sunlight fell on Cheng Kaiyan, making her feel warm.

Standing at the window in the office filled with celadon flower beds, Cheng Kaiyan looked out.

The cold wind whistling from the north of the city blew the dense trees on campus, and yellow maple leaves fell all over the garden.

The Western Christian-style teaching and office buildings, amidst the shadows of trees and sunshine, convey an ancient atmosphere of a century of history.

Dengshikou Primary School is a well-known century-old school in Beijing. It was designated as a key primary school in BJ City in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The school was founded in 1864 by the American Congregational Church of Christ and named "Yuying" School (boys' school). It enjoyed a great reputation in Beijing and became the first choice for the children of officials and businessmen at that time. In 1952, it was nationalized and became a public school, and its primary school was renamed Dengshikou Primary School.

It is a good school for students and a good unit for teachers.

At least we don’t have to worry about massive layoffs in a decade or so.

In the office, Xu Yuxiu held the chopsticks and tasted the food in the lunch box. Her movements were gentle and her slow chewing was something Cheng Kaiyan often saw in her mother.

Her unhurried and impeccable gentleness and elegance cannot be simply summed up as a lady from a noble family.

This must be the result of receiving the best etiquette education since childhood.

Cheng Kaiyan suddenly felt curious about his maternal grandparents' home. As far as he could remember, Xu Yuxiu had always taught him various things by example since he was a child, and had never told him much about his maternal grandparents' home.

It was mostly just a few words, but he could sense the deliberate concealment in his mother's words.

After all, a piano that costs five thousand dollars is not something that an average family can afford.

"What are you thinking about?"

Xu Yuxiu held a clean white handkerchief and wiped her mouth carefully. She turned her head and saw her son looking at her absentmindedly.

"Nothing, let's go home after we finish eating."

Cheng Kaiyan shook her head.

"Do not."

"???"

"Go buy the car first, I don't want to walk back... take it."

The mother got up and packed her things. Teachers don’t have much to take back home every day, just lesson plans and homework books.

As for the lunch box, briefcase, coat and other things, her mother threw them to Cheng Kaiyan.

……

The two walked one after the other on the school street towards the Wangfujing Department Store.

Cheng Kaiyan walked behind and looked around. Although it had been several months since her rebirth, she had not yet looked at the streets of the capital in detail.

Walking in the streets with my mother.

The glaring sunlight, the broken shade of the trees, the oily manhole covers, the asphalt roads and the trademark signs on both sides of the street made Cheng Kaiyan feel as if he was shopping in the future.

The gray concrete houses and concrete streets are filled with the unique temperament of this era.

"The New Year is coming soon. I was thinking of making a few sets of clothes for my mother and me to wear during the New Year. What do you think?"

The mother's gentle voice came from the front.

"Sure, let's go check it out together after we buy the car."

Cheng Kaiyan has been wearing a military coat these days, because many of the clothes in his closet are the size for fifteen or sixteen-year-olds, and he is now 1.8 meters tall.

It's not that it's unwearable, but it exposes the ankles, neck and wrists, and it's short all over.

In the past, no one went shopping with him, and no one bought clothes for him.

Therefore, Cheng Kaiyan also mastered some tailoring skills, so making a pair of pants or a piece of clothing was no problem for him.

As for more complicated ones, such as skirts, he has made them before and even sold them online.

In order to survive, orphans have to learn various life skills, except cooking.

Dengshikou is not far from Wangfujing, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk to Wangfujing.

Because it was New Year's Day, there were quite a lot of people at noon.

At first glance, there are many time-honored shops crowded on the street.

The People's Bank of China, located on the north side of Wangfujing, provided savings services to citizens at the time and did not close on Sundays.

The gate of the People's Daily, as an authoritative central media, is guarded by soldiers with guns. Cheng Kaiyan went to Lisheng Sporting Goods Store when she was a child. I remember that they also sold hunting rifles there, Squirrel brand single-barrel hunting rifles, priced at 198 yuan.

The shoe shop is Tongshenghe, where many leaders customize their own shoes.

The engraving service department in Wangfujing not only attracts many ordinary people, but also many Japanese are keen to go there. Now basically everyone has a seal, for example, when going to work or sending or receiving letters, some people just press the seal, and the effect is equivalent to a signature.

BJ Art Shop sells works by famous painters such as Qi Baishi, Wu Zuoren, and Huang Binhong. Any one of them can start at one million.

Chinese paintings are not valuable at the moment. This year, an oil painting called "Father" worth tens of millions will be created. This realistic oil painting will be sold for more than two hundred yuan. Oil paintings are valuable and can make more money than writing novels.

"Luo Lizhong? I'm studying at a university in Sichuan. It's a shame that I can't buy it!"

A mother and her son came to the department store to buy bicycles.

The sign on the top of the first floor read BJ City Department Store in large red letters.

BJ City Department Store is a new department store built after liberation.

The first floor is for daily necessities and household appliances, the second floor is for leather shoes, hats, and stationery, and the third floor is for fabrics and ready-made clothes.

"Salesman, please tell me if you have any bicycles left?"

Xu Yuxiu walked into a bicycle store, where several couples were trying on bicycles.

Many people get married during the New Year, and a bicycle is one of the three major wedding items. Many girls’ condition for marriage is to have a bicycle, and they will not get married without it.

"Do you have a ticket? If not, leave now."

The saleswoman glanced over at me with an impatient look.

"What are you doing without me?"

Xu Yuxiu crossed her arms and frowned.

The female salesperson was angry and wanted to chase the person away, but when she looked again, she saw a young man in military uniform behind Xu Yuxiu, and they were obviously in cahoots.

I was suddenly shocked.

Wow! He must be about 1.8 meters tall, right?
This punch came down...

hiss!
Thinking of this, the saleswoman quickly put on a smile and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Come on, come on, which brand do you want? We can still get the license and license plate directly now."

"It's Forever."

Xu Yuxiu took out a dozen Great Unity banknotes and a folded bicycle ticket from her purse.

It took less than half an hour to buy the car, register the license plate and get the certificate.

There was a newly married young couple in the middle who came up stealthily and asked.

"Comrade, do you still have tickets? You know it's hard to get a ticket now... If you're willing, you can sell them to me. Ten dollars a ticket."

"No, no, go ask someone else."

Cheng Kaiyan pushed the cart and shook her head quickly. Are you kidding? Ten dollars?

All twenty-one tickets were wanted.

……

After leaving the department store, Cheng Kaiyan felt like she was riding the wind on her bicycle. She then went to a tailor shop and ordered two new clothes for the New Year. She also bought two pieces of cloth and went home to make them herself.

"Jingle Bell!"

The sound of bells rang out in the alley and entered the yard with a gust of wind.

"Hey! Yuxiu bought a bicycle? It looks shiny, so it must be new, right?"

Wang Cuihua, the loud voice, came over.

Aunt Zhao, who was eating in the kitchen nearby, also heard it. She squatted on the red bricks in the kitchen, eating steamed buns and porridge, and watched with envy.

Zhao Ruixue also felt a little envious. If she also had a bicycle, she could go home every day.

She turned around and asked, "Mom, when are we going to buy a bicycle? Didn't I give you all my allowance? It's almost a hundred now, right?"

Aunt Zhao kept silent, lowered her head to eat, and finally said: "What's the big deal! It's just a bicycle. What's the use of Cheng Kaiyan if she doesn't go to work?"

Zhao Ruixue shook her head and thought that it would be better not to upset Cheng Kaiyan with the fact that she was an assistant professor at Beijing Normal University.

So as to avoid getting sick from anger.

For no apparent reason, Zhao Ruixue suddenly thought of something Song Jianchun said a few days ago...

He sighed and said, "It's fate..."

(End of this chapter)