Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

Crossing the square, there is a two-lane road with many cars, shared electric bikes, and shared bicycles parked on both sides.

Across the street, the ground floor shops house a variety of snack shops and milk tea shops.

"We're out here now, so we can't call each other comrades. You can call me Old Ma, Little Ma, or Hongwei, whatever you like."

Ma Hongwei said, "I'll call you Weiwei!"

Xia Weiwei thought for a moment and said, "You're a few years older than me, so I'll just call you Brother Wei!"

"puff!"

Ma Hongwei quickly waved his hand: "No, don't call me brother, just call me Hongwei."

"What's wrong?"

Xia Weiwei asked curiously, "Is there something wrong with the word 'Viagra'?"

She immediately guessed the reason.

"Um!"

Ma Hongwei said, "Anyway, it's not a good title. Let's go buy some milk tea first."

He led Xia Weiwei across the road and into Mixue Ice Cream on the other side.

Once inside, he scanned the QR code and ordered two cups of jasmine milk green tea.

The shop assistant packed it up and handed him the shopping bag.

"Thanks!"

Ma Hongwei thanked him and left the shop.

Xia Weiwei tugged at Ma Hongwei's clothes and whispered, "Ma Tong... Hongwei, haven't you paid yet? Or is it that in socialist New China, money is no longer needed, and you can just ask for whatever you need?"

She recalled the lessons she had learned: the future society would be extremely materially abundant, and people would distribute resources according to their needs.

"We certainly haven't reached the stage of distribution according to need yet; we're still distributing according to work."

Ma Hongwei explained, "I just paid through my phone."

He opened his phone and demonstrated to Xia Weiwei: "In today's society, whether it's buying clothes, food, or anything else, you can shop online directly through your phone, and then a dedicated delivery person will deliver it to your door."

"When we go to the store to buy things, we pay directly with our mobile phones because our mobile phones are linked to our bank cards, and our salaries are directly deposited into our cards."

Xia Weiwei's eyes widened as she looked at the various food pictures displayed on the other person's palm-sized phone.

She never imagined that in the future world, cash would no longer be needed; all that would be required was this mobile phone.

This method is simply unbelievable, science fiction to the extreme!

Xia Weiwei thought to herself, "People from our time could never have imagined that life in the future would be so amazing!"

"Click!"

Ma Hongwei took out a cup of milk tea, inserted a straw, handed it to the other person, and said with a smile, "Girls of our generation always buy a cup of milk tea or fruit tea when they go shopping. Have a try!"

"Thanks!"

After being fed by the other party multiple times, Xia Weiwei was no longer so resistant.

In her view, to understand the future, one needs to experience everything.

Xia Weiwei put her red lips to the straw and took a big sip.

"It smells so good, it's so sweet, and it's so refreshingly cool—it's delicious!"

The next moment, her eyes narrowed into crescent shapes, and she had a happy expression on her face.

The nationwide popularity of milk tea is naturally due to its unique characteristics.

"Let's go up!"

Ma Hongwei led the other party up the steps to the open space above the ground floor shops, which was a large shopping mall.

KFC, hot pot restaurants, jewelry stores, mobile phone stores, clothing stores, cinemas, and arcades are all available.

After passing through two plastic curtains, Xia Weiwei felt an immediate sense of coolness.

She exclaimed, "Wow, it's so cool in here!"

Ma Hongwei said, "The mall has air conditioning, so it'll definitely be cool!"

"I know about air conditioning."

Xia Weiwei said, "I remember once going with my family to a building in the Shanghai International Settlement. It had air conditioning. We even rode a single-person escalator with a wheeled belt at the Daxin Department Store!"

"There are escalators here too!"

Ma Hongwei led Xia Weiwei around a corner, pointed ahead, and said, "See? They're all elevators!"

Xia Weiwei saw that inside the magnificent shopping mall, two escalators led directly to the upper floors, and looking up through the gaps, she discovered that several floors above also had escalators.

In 1937, even the best department store in Shanghai only had two escalators.

In this future world, even a shopping mall in a county-level city has more than ten escalators.

Xia Weiwei looked at Ma Hongwei expectantly and asked, "May I ride with you?"

Ma Hongwei said, "Let's wait a bit, I'll go buy you a phone first!"

"No need, I don't need it!"

Xia Weiwei quickly waved her hand in refusal.

This phone looks high-tech; it must be very expensive.

"How can you experience modern life without a cell phone?"

Ma Hongwei leaned closer and whispered, "Besides, you can also record everything here using your phone."

As he spoke, he grabbed the other person's small hand and headed towards the mobile phone counter.

"ah!"

When she saw the other person grab her hand again, Xia Weiwei's pretty face flushed red once more.

She's never been in a relationship before, nor has she ever been this close to any man in her entire life!

As she walked, her gaze swept over her surroundings.

Xia Weiwei discovered that the department stores of later generations were incredibly luxurious, even more so than the Six Nations Hotel in Beiping.

The Daxin Department Store in Shanghai is nowhere near as good as this place.

"Hello, handsome!"

The clerk greeted me with a smile and asked, "What kind of phone are you looking for?"

Ma Hongwei asked, "What kind of mobile phone is generally suitable for girls?"

"This vivo X300 is pretty good!"

The sales clerk introduced, "12GB RAM + 512GB storage, 6040mAh battery, Zeiss 2MP super main camera, takes great photos!"

"This is it!"

Ma Hongwei didn't know much about mobile phones, but he had heard from others that most girls bought Apple and Vivo phones.

Apple products are too expensive, and they're an American brand, so they're not a good fit.

"Do you want WeChat Pay? Or Payment Insurance?"

The clerk asked with a smile.

Ma Hongwei asked curiously, "Can I pay with my fingerprint here?"

He wanted to demonstrate fingerprint payment to Xia Weiwei.

"There are some handsome guys!"

The teller said, "This way, please pay."

Ma Hongwei placed his palm on the paper and the payment was successful.

He glanced at the deduction information—4099 yuan—and immediately felt a pang of heartache.

After all, the Redmi he bought himself only cost 2000 yuan.

But when he thought about how it was meant for revolutionary predecessors, he felt relieved.

Xia Weiwei suddenly spoke up: "This is too expensive, let's return it!"

Ma Hongwei replied, "The payment has already been made, so it's not possible to get a refund. Let's leave it at that!"

"Hey handsome, I'll get you a new one!"

The teller found a new mobile phone, opened the box, turned it on, and handed it to Ma Hongwei.

Ma Hongwei tried it and found no problem.

So I said to the shop assistant, "Could you please give me a bag to put the box in?"

"middle!"

The shop assistant responded, found a shopping bag, put the box inside, and handed it to Ma Hongwei with both hands.

"Thanks!"

Ma Hongwei thanked her and led Xia Weiwei away.

After walking a short distance, Xia Weiwei couldn't help but say, "Hongwei, this little cell phone is worth a fifth of a car!"

She found it somewhat difficult to understand.

Why does such a small phone cost so much?

Even though cars are so big, they can carry people and goods.

"And this is still cheap!"

Ma Hongwei said, "Some of these phones cost over ten thousand or even twenty thousand yuan!"

As he spoke, he opened his phone's camera, leaned close to Xia Weiwei, and said, "Weiwei, look at the phone here!"

"Um?"

Xia Weiwei was taken aback.

By this time, Ma Hongwei had already snapped a few photos.

He opened the photo and handed the phone over.

"This...this is a photograph?"

Xia Weiwei's eyes widened in surprise. "This phone can take pictures? And in color?"