Stargirl's guide to life in the 70s

The next morning, Lu's mother woke Yu Jiang up and, contrary to her usual behavior, quickly finished breakfast and took Yu Jiang to buy clothes.

only……

"Mom, it's so early in the morning, the department store and the Friendship Store may not be open yet!"

Lu's mother naturally knew that the department store and the Friendship Store were not open yet, but wouldn't it take time for them to get there?

It will take some time on the way out, and it will be almost time by the time we get there.

There was only one bicycle belonging to Lu's mother at the old house of the Lu family, so Lu's mother took two kilograms of cakes to the neighbor's house next door and borrowed another bicycle.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law then left the yard, each riding a bicycle.

Currently, the Friendship Store in China is not open to Chinese people. Only foreigners or people with certain backgrounds can enter. However, the Lu family is among these people, and Yu Jiang has previously obtained the right to enter and exit the Friendship Store freely. So it is naturally not a problem for the two of them to go to the Friendship Store to buy something.

However, because the department store is closer to home, and based on the principle of proximity, Lu's mother and Yu Jiang decided to go shopping in the department store first.

Yu Jiang originally wanted to go directly to the clothing counter, buy some clothes and then go back.

But the pace of progress was stopped by Lu's mother.

Lu's mother is not like Yu Jiang, a straight woman who has no desire to go shopping.

After much difficulty finding some time, she reserved it specifically for shopping. Mother Lu insisted on having a good time shopping!

"Jiang'er, let me tell you something. Don't be fooled by the fact that others envy me and say how good my job is, how easy it is to get along with my parents-in-law and sisters-in-law, and how my husband and son are doing well.

But even the simplest thing, which is to find someone to go shopping with me, I don’t have the chance!

Your father-in-law is devoted to the army.

I have three sons and one daughter, and none of them are reliable. One by one, I haven’t seen them for ten days or half a month, not to mention there has been no news for a year or half a year!”

I have to say that although Lu's mother was playing the victim, she was indeed speaking from the heart. Not to mention Lu's father and the four children of the Lu family, even Lu's mother herself is a busy person. When she is not at work, she doesn't even have time to rest, let alone go shopping.

Now that I have finally caught Yu Jiang, my daughter-in-law, I must let Yu Jiang accompany me to have a good look around!

Mother Lu took Yu Jiang shopping, buying shoes, bags, and watches, and they had a great time. Finally, the two of them went to the clothes floor and started looking for the clothes Yu Jiang needed.

Lu's mother is also a hidden master of matching. When her four children were still young, she was keen on dressing them up.

But it was a difficult time, and even if Lu's mother wanted to dress her children, she didn't have the conditions. Later, when conditions improved, Lu's mother found that her sons were not at home, either busy with work or busy with study.

Comrade Lu Xixi, the only daughter of Lu's mother, moved directly to the teacher's apartment of her middle school to avoid getting married. This naturally led to the failure of Lu's mother's plan to find someone to help her go shopping.

But after shopping for a long time, Lu's mother couldn't find a piece of clothing that she thought was worthy of her daughter-in-law.

It’s not that the clothes in department stores are bad, it’s just that there are only a few popular styles and they really aren’t good-looking.

In addition, Yu Jiang is now wearing clothes designed by his mother specifically for him. How can the clothes in the department store compare to them!

Lu's mother frowned, picked up a piece of clothing and tried it on Yu Jiang. Without asking Yu Jiang, Lu's mother herself felt that it did not look good, so she had to frown and put the clothes back.

If the salesperson hadn't noticed that Lu's mother and Yu Jiang were well-dressed and both wore watches, and that they weren't the kind of people who were short of money, they wouldn't have been so patient and would have chased them away long ago.

However, the salesperson could tolerate Lu's mother's pickyness, but some people with red eye disease around them could not stand it, especially when the person who made them jealous was someone they knew.

Mother Lu was still concentrating on choosing clothes, but she heard a sarcastic voice from the side: "Hey, isn't this Director Hua (Mother Lu)? I heard yesterday that you asked for leave for something. What's the matter? Your job is to bring your daughter to the department store?!"

The two looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman in her forties or fifties. She was dressed decently, but her face showed that she was not someone who would be easy to get along with.

What's more, even Yu Jiang could hear malicious intent in this man's words, let alone Lu's mother who understood this man's character.

Before Yu Jiang could help her, Lu's mother spoke first: "Isn't this Comrade Wang? After listening to you for so long, I don't know how I can ask for leave from my leader. When will it be your turn as a pharmacist to take care of such things?"

The woman was obviously dissatisfied and wanted to say something, but Mother Lu did not give her a chance: "My daughter-in-law was sent to Beijing on a business trip by the government. As a mother-in-law, what's wrong with me taking a day off to accompany my daughter-in-law? I need an outsider like you to control me!

Besides, instead of spending so much time on other people's affairs, you might as well take care of your own family first. I heard that your son dropped out of school last year and stayed at home, and he didn't go out to find a job. Just this year, the Youth League Office has visited your home so many times!"

The implication is that you should clean up the mess in your own home first, so as not to be laughed at by others...

Seeing his mother-in-law debating with a group of scholars and winning over everyone, Yu Jiang resisted the urge to offer her a cup of tea. He didn't care that the people on the other side were as popular as pufferfish, and just stood by and cooperated with Lu's mother.

"Yes, Mom, look at how hardworking our Nan Chi is. When he was sent to the countryside as an educated youth, he was a labor model in the brigade. Later, he became a regular worker in the machinery factory with his own efforts.

If you ask me, among the 17-year-old kids nowadays, who can compare to our Nan Chi!"

Seeing the opponent's angry and embarrassed look after his defense was broken, Lu's mother was in a good mood!

Humph, you dare to come and cause trouble in front of me?

You can't stand this anymore?

Now she has only talked about their youngest son who is not doing well. The remaining three children in their family are all very good. She is worried that the woman's heart cannot bear it if she tells them.

But the woman really couldn't stand it anymore and started to talk without thinking: "Hua Minan, what are you so proud of? You just married a good husband and gave birth to a good son! What are you so proud of? No matter how capable you are, you are still doing the job of serving people in the hospital!"

Hearing this, Yu Jiang and Lu's mother looked at each other, wondering if this woman was mad at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, how could she dare to say anything out loud.

I can only say that Comrade Wang is a brainless person.