Chapter 397 Queuing
After returning to her parents’ house for lunch, Jiang Xia took a nap for an hour before getting up. Jiang’s father and Jiang’s mother both went to work.
Jiang’s mother packed two red, white and blue plastic bags for Jiang Xia to take home.
One bag contains baby clothes, quilts, and diapers that she asked workers in the factory to help make.
They are all made of the softest and breathable fabrics that she personally selected.
The factory started holidaying in January, and now it’s relatively free at the end of the year, so I’m busy catching up on summer clothes when I come back.
The other bag is the maternity clothes she bought for Jiang Xia. It will be time to show her pregnancy in a while, so she prepared some in advance.
Jiang Xia left two chickens and a pound of sea cucumbers for Jiang's father and Jiang's mother. She asked her aunt to kill the chickens and put them in the refrigerator, and then left with Zhou Chenglei.
The couple first went to license the tractor.
There is not enough time in the morning to do this.
Fortunately, I had submitted the information to apply for the license before, and the license was ready, so I could apply for it directly when I arrived.
After playing cards, the two went to Friendship Mall. Jiang Xia wanted to buy underwear. She went in to buy it herself and let Zhou Chenglei look at other things.
Nowadays, there are no styles of underwear. Fortunately, she is still young and good-looking, so she doesn’t need any functions.
I picked out some of the most comfortable vest-style sports bras and old-fashioned cotton ones.
After buying, she went to find Zhou Chenglei.
Jiang Xia saw something in his hand: "What did you buy?"
"Clothes and a hair dryer."
Jiang Xia smiled: "Did you buy a hair dryer?"
Every Out of stock every time I come.
Jiang Xia took a look and saw that he bought her two more sets of clothes.
"There are too many clothes, no need to buy them. My mother gave me another bag today."
"These two sets are not that thick and can be worn when the weather is not so cold." He felt like Jiang Xia at the first sight It looked good on me, so I bought it.
Jiang Xia: “There is no space in the closet now.”
“There is still room on the second floor, so I will build a few more closets to put clothes in.”
He took the things in Jiang Xia's hands and carried them himself.
Jiang Xia asked: "Have you bought the water heater?"
"It's out of stock."
Jiang's father knew that they planned to buy a water heater, so he said it should be out of stock.
It is still winter and water heaters are selling very well.
The main reason is that the only domestically produced water heaters in this era are Yuhuan direct-discharge water heaters, and the four major families of water heaters have not yet appeared.
Zhou Chenglei asked the other party when the goods would be available, and the other party said that the goods would be available tomorrow, first come first served.
Father Jiang said he would buy one for them, but Zhou Chenglei wanted to buy three, at least two.
One on the first floor and one on the second floor.
He was thinking about asking someone to help him buy it, so as not to trouble Jiang's father.
The couple went to buy three more chandeliers and saw electric fans for sale. There were three Diamond brand base fans and one ceiling fan.
Zhou Chenglei took out the industrial tickets without hesitation and bought them all.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to buy electric fans in the summer, and you would have to queue up.
It’s already past five o’clock when things are done.
Normally Zhou Chenglei would go home, but now it’s dark at six o’clock and he can’t see the road clearly, so he can’t drive the tractor so steadily.
He also took Jiang Xia with him. He didn't take the risk and simply went back to Jiang's house to stay one night.
Zhou Chenglei called back to the village and told his mother that he would not go home until tomorrow and would stay at Jiang's house tonight.
Then he got up at 4:30 the next day and queued up to buy an electric water heater.
When he arrived, it was not yet five o'clock, and there was no one else there yet.
There are no people on the street.
Probably because the weather is very cold today.
After waiting for a while, Father Jiang also came to line up.
Zhou Chenglei: "Dad, it's so cold, why did you get up so early? Go back! I can just line up here."
Father Jiang said with a smile: "I get up early to exercise every day, it's okay. We lined up together and bought one more, so we can have it upstairs and downstairs." While eating, he realized that the house built by his daughter and son-in-law had three floors, and he thought that one water heater might not be enough.
Anyway, he gets up early to exercise every day and comes to line up.
So Weng and his son-in-law stood in the biting cold wind, talking and waiting.
In the dim sky, you can see the breath of the two people talking.
After a while, people came, and then people came one after another.
By daybreak, the queue was already very long.
At half past six, someone came to the team to sell steamed buns.
Zhou Chenglei bought steamed buns, and Jiang's father reminded him not to buy too many, as Jiang's mother would bring breakfast.
Zhou Chenglei bought four steamed buns, two for each of Jiang’s father.
The steaming buns are not that cold after you eat them.
At seven-thirty, Jiang's mother drove Jiang Xia over and brought breakfast to the two of them.
The mother and daughter got out of the car and said to them: "There is breakfast in the car. You can go and eat it in the car! Let's line up."
Jiang Xia said again: "Dad, you go to work after breakfast! Mom, you too, I'll just line up."
"Okay." Jiang's father responded and took off the scarf around his neck. He came down and wrapped his arms around his daughter's neck.
A reporter on the way to work saw this and quickly took a photo of the scene.
Father Jiang put a scarf on his daughter before getting in the car to have breakfast with his son-in-law.
Both of them were not full just now, they only ate two steamed buns to fill their stomachs.
The people in the team looked at the car, then at the mother and daughter.
If you are so rich, do you still have to get up early and line up to buy a water heater?
Some people even recognized Father Jiang and were even more shocked!
Everyone who is waiting in line knows that the first person will arrive before five o'clock!
After having breakfast, Zhou Chenglei returned to the queue.
Jiang's mother told them to be careful on the way home, and then went to work with Jiang's father.
As soon as eight o'clock arrives, the shop opens.
Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei bought a water heater each.
Someone asked the couple why they bought two. Zhou Chenglei said: "One is for my parents."
Then he carried a water heater in one hand and returned to Jiang's house with Jiang Xia, driving a tractor back. village, and stopped by a textile factory.
The fabrics ordered by Jiang Xia have come out and they took them home smoothly.
It was only after nine o'clock when we returned to the village.
Mother Zhou is filling sausages.
The yard is covered with pieces of bacon, fat and thin.
Jiang Xia washed her hands, put on an apron and sleeves, and stepped forward to help.
Mother Zhou smiled and said: "I made pig's feet vinegar, you go and eat some."
Jiang Xia: "I'll eat it later. Are all the bacon and sausages made from one pig?"
"Almost , I left some lean meat, and put the pork leg meat in the refrigerator where I bought it to keep it fresh. Ah Lei said I would keep it to make pork jerky, and the pig head, pig meat and pork offal were left over and I planned to give them to my neighbors. Be a pig today Chicken belly. Your sister-in-law originally wanted to sell half of the pig and keep the other half as bacon. Isn’t it okay for Ah Lei to give it as a gift at the end of the year?
"We still have a pig. If we kill it the day before moving to our new home, we won't have to buy pork. The remaining half will be given to your elder brother."
"Okay." Jiang Xia responded. .
Jiang Xia was an expert at stuffing sausages. After Zhou Chenglei moved everything, he came to help.
The three of them are all quick workers, and they can fill up dozens of kilograms of meat in an hour.
Zhou Chenglei took the rooftop of the new house to dry.
Mother Zhou took some toothpicks to poke some small holes in the sausage. In the living room, she saw several fans placed on the floor, "Why did you buy so many fans?"
Jiang Xia smiled and said: "It just so happens that our family has one unit per room, and the ceiling fan is installed in the dining room. When summer comes, it won't be hot even when eating or sleeping."
Jiang Xia imagined for a moment that installing a ceiling fan wouldn't look ugly. There's nothing that can be done about it. Practicality comes first. It's really hot to eat in summer!
"This costs too much money. We are not afraid of the heat even when we are old." Zhou's mother felt sorry for her son who spent too much money on them, but she felt warm in her heart.
My son and daughter-in-law are filial. They buy the best for them and never leave them a share of anything. Can they be unhappy?
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Early the next morning, the people from the production team personally delivered the newspapers ordered by Zhou Chenglei and said excitedly:
"A Lei, Xiao Xia, you are in the newspaper!"