1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 80 Buying Gifts Separately

Cheng Kaiyan retracted his gaze. He and Liu Xiaoli came to the market to buy vegetables, because they wanted to make a hot pot.

The two of them used the vegetable coupons and egg coupons that the four people in the dormitory had saved. Among them, the meat coupons were New Year's meat coupons, a special type of meat coupons.

The two of them went their separate ways and bought some cabbage, radishes, pork, beef and mutton. By the time they finished lining up, it was already ten o'clock.

Cheng Kaiyan glanced at Liu Xiaoli, who was buying fish with a freshwater fish ticket not far away, and snuck into a department store with the bag in her hand while she was not paying attention.

After all, he was going back to the capital in two days, so he bought a New Year gift for her.

In fact, it was a piece of clothing. He had noticed these days that, apart from that tweed coat, the clothes Liu Xiaoli wore in Jiangcheng in winter were basically ugly cotton coats and military coats.

It doesn't match her image, but being too different is not good either.

When you walk into a department store, you can see a lot of people buying clothes, but not as many as buying vegetables.

Cheng Kaiyan looked around the store, but she didn't know what clothes to buy, so she went to the salesperson, a fair-skinned girl, and asked, "Salesperson, what kind of clothes do you think I should buy as a gift for a girl?"

The girl was a bit arrogant at first, but after seeing Cheng Kaiyan's appearance, she immediately swallowed her saliva and coughed lightly, "Why bother looking at that! Of course it's a woolen coat, jeans, and a red scarf!"

“She has all of these.”

"Then why don't you give her a mink? It'll be warm in the winter and it'll look nice."

The little girl rolled her eyes and pointed slyly at the most expensive piece of unsold clothing in the store.

There is a mink coat in the store, it is shiny and sleek, but this is not Northeast China, but Jiangcheng. Who has the free time to wear a mink?

Besides, there is no such custom here, right?

Cheng Kaiyan's eyes lit up. This is good!
But he couldn't hide the little girl's thoughts from him, and he knew what was going on as soon as he thought about it.

"It's good, but I can't afford it."

"I'll give you a discount."

"Eight hundred, plus a dress."

"Row!"

The little girl immediately laughed and happily went to pack her things: a mink coat and a floral dress.

Cheng Kaiyan took the coat, the fur was completely white, pure and flawless. She touched it with her hand and found it was indeed shiny and glossy.

Then he blew on it again, and the fur fell down, then slowly stood up again.

A definite masterpiece!
This money is well spent. If it were in later times, it would cost tens of thousands of dollars.

"That's it."

He paid quickly, packed up his things and left.

……

At the same time, on the other side, Liu Xiaoli finished buying vegetables, looked around, and didn't see Cheng Kaiyan, so she turned into the department store and headed straight for the industrial area.

Rows of glass cabinets are filled with all kinds of watches, and the scene is just like a wholesale market in later generations.

All watches are made in China. Foreign brands can only be purchased at Friendship Stores or Foreign Exchange Stores.

"Comrade salesman, how much is the watch?"

Liu Xiaoli held two watch tickets in her fair and tender hands. These were rewards given to her by the hospital leaders in the past few days.

Originally, she was planning to ask Teacher Jiang Ling to act as a middleman to buy one, but unexpectedly, the leaders of the academy saw her contribution in the performance and decided to reward her. After Liu Xiaoli learned about it, she took the initiative to ask the leaders to exchange the reward for two watch tickets.

"There are Jiangcheng, Wudang, Xinghuo, Baijitun, and Youyi brands manufactured by Jiangcheng Watch Factory... There are Shanghai, BJ, and Seagull brands manufactured by other factories... BJ watches are cheaper and have older styles, while Seagull is more accurate and Shanghai has more styles."

"Little comrade, of course we Jiangcheng people buy Jiangcheng brand! Look, this is our Jiangcheng brand that won the title of Jiangcheng City's high-quality product this year and was identified as a national first-class watch by the Ministry of Industry!"

The salesperson found she looked familiar and said a few more words to her.

Liu Xiaoli was overwhelmed by the long list of "such and such" brands. After thinking for a while, she said, "Then let's go with BJ brand. He's from Beijing."

"Okay... give me the money." The salesperson shook his head and held out his hand.

"for you."

He looked down and found that the work unit on the two tickets was Jiangcheng Song and Dance Theater. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked up at Liu Xiaoli and exclaimed, "You, you, you! Are you... Comrade Liu Xiaoli who sang "Xiao Fang"? Wow! You are much prettier in person than the photo in the newspaper! I'm your fan!"

Liu Xiaoli nodded calmly, then asked, "Can it be cheaper?"

"no!"

The request was sternly rejected by the salesperson.

"how much is it?"

"Men's watch or women's watch? Men's watch is 110, women's watch is 90."

"One for each, two hundred dollars in total."

Liu Xiaoli gritted her teeth, took out twenty Great Unity notes from her pocket and paid.

Now the third and second sets of RMB schemes are used together. There is no one-hundred-yuan note yet, but there was a one-hundred-yuan note in the foreign exchange coupons in 79.

In fact, there are not even coins now, such as coins of one, two, fifty cents, and one yuan. These will not be issued until April 5 this year.

Liu Xiaoli took the watch and touched it.

Men's watches have steel straps and women's watches have leather straps, which look delicate and beautiful.

Liu Xiaoli finally understood why some female comrades in the hospital had to have this as their wedding gift.

If she wasn't buying it for Cheng Kaiyan, she wouldn't have bought one for herself.

Because it’s too expensive!
Liu Xiaoli touched her empty purse; all the money she had saved was gone!
After buying, she pretended nothing happened and walked out with the basket, looking around for her partner who had disappeared.

Finally, they met in front of the department store, a physical meeting.

"Sister Xiaoli! I've been looking for you for so long!"

"Kai Yan! I've been looking for you for a long time!"

The two asked in unison, then looked at each other and smiled awkwardly yet politely.

The two of them tacitly did not ask each other where they were going, nor did they tacitly ask each other what was in the bag they were holding, and then they tacitly walked towards the theater.

It's such a tacit understanding.

……

Return to the theatre dormitory.

Liu Xiaoli habitually glanced at the slightly open mailbox door, and a hint of white appeared, as if there was a letter inside.

"Kaiyan, please help me check if there is any letter for me."

Liu Xiaoli took the dish from his hand and said.

Cheng Kaiyan nodded, walked over and took a look. Sure enough, there were two letters inside, both from Liu Xiaoli.

I picked them up and took a look. One letter was sent from my aunt in Jiangcheng, and the other was sent from my mother-in-law in Harbin.

"Sister Xiaoli has one for you. It was sent by Auntie and Auntie Wan."

"Take it first, and we'll talk about it later."

The small hotpot for lunch was in the girls’ dormitory. Cheng Kaiyan stood at the door and hesitated for a moment.

"Come in quickly, it's okay, many people have gone home."