Chapter 30
What gifts should I give to female elders?
Although Lu Jin promised to accompany him to choose gifts, she actually didn't know what she should give. Now, unlike the future generations, who can directly send bags and jewelry, there are not many choices.
There is a small shopping mall in the county seat, with only two simple floors. Although it is not big, it can be considered complete.
She and Xie Yi first went to the shopping mall. The other things in the shopping mall were nothing special, and there were not many things. She turned around and didn't pay much attention to the others. Finally, she saw the transformation product counter and went there. Bought a can of vanishing cream.
After she picked it up, she saw Xie Yi paid the money and put the things in his arms.
"Do you like this?" Xie Yi asked, looking at the vanishing cream in his hand.
Lu Jin was thinking about whether to look at other things, but he didn't notice the subject in his words for a while, thinking he was asking if his mother would like it, nodded and said, "As long as women like to take care of their skin, auntie I should like it too, but will it be a little less to send a vanishing cream? Would you like to pull some more cloth?"
There are not many ready-to-wear in the county, although there are a few in the shopping mall, but not to mention the appearance is not good, and the material is also average. Most of the newly opened stores outside are food stores, as well as lifestyle stores such as sewing stores and barber shops. She did not see any stores that sell clothes.
So after thinking about it, I'd better pull some cloth and go to the tailor shop to make a suit.
There are two or three kinds of fabrics in the store that are good, and it is also close to the end of get off work time, so there are not many people, and they wait in line for a while before it is their turn.
Now the most popular and popular fabric is really good. It is a ternary blended fabric of polyester, nylon and cotton. The clothes are straight and flat. It looks good, but it does not absorb sweat. Fortunately, it is getting colder now, but it can be done. Wear it when you don't usually work.
But if it's uncomfortable to wear this when working, it's more comfortable to wear pure cotton cloth. Thinking of this, she pulls another pure cotton cloth, and plans to go to the tailor shop to make clothes together later.
Because it was for Xie Yi's mother to choose gifts, Lu Jin didn't save him money, and chose the latest styles and colors. She thought about Xie's mother's appearance in her mind and felt that this style would suit her very well.
Xie Yi was also very refreshing. He told her to pick a gift. He didn't say a word during the whole process, but he took out the money very quickly. Seeing that she was ready to leave after the selection, he just wanted to go forward and hold her, but he held it in his hand. It was inconvenient to get the material, so he called her: "Lu Jin!"
"What's wrong? You're not leaving? We're all sold out. We have to rush to deliver the clothes before the tailor shop closes, and we have to decide on the style." Lu Jin turned to look at him, and when he saw that he was standing still, he urged.
"Well... Do you like it? Look at you for helping me so much, and I have nothing to thank you for. You can pick one too." Xie Yi coughed and said in a low voice.
"Ah? No, let's go! It will be too late if the ink goes on." Lu Jin hurriedly looked at the sky and urged again.
Xie Yi could see the doubts in her eyes, as if asking him why he was so ink-stained today? He couldn't help but regret in his heart, why did he choose this time? I originally thought of giving her a gift, but now I can't give anything.
The sewing shop is not far from here. It was opened by an old tailor in the original county. He is quite famous for his craftsmanship, but recently he has passed on his craftsmanship to his daughter. He opened his first tailor shop, which is now run by his daughter most of the time.
When they walked in, the boss' daughter had just sent a guest away, and she saw them welcoming them in with a warm expression: "Do you want to make clothes?"
"Yes, I want to make two clothes, about women in their forties and fifties." Lu Jin motioned to Xie Yi to hold the fabric to her. After thinking about it, he said, "What style do you have? Can you take a look?"
"There are some." The boss' daughter took the fabric and put it on the table, and said quickly, As he spoke, he found a picture book on the table and handed it to Lu Jin, "I can do all the styles on it, you can take a look."
This booklet was drawn by the boss's daughter herself. The drawing is very clear. Although it is two-dimensional, you can see it at a glance.
She chose two styles, then returned the booklet to the boss's daughter and asked, "When will it be ready?"
"It will take a week at the earliest," said the boss's daughter.
"Is it in time? When is my aunt's birthday?" Lu Jin looked at Xie Yi who was beside him and asked worriedly.
Of course, it is too late, there is no deadline at all, you can do it whenever you want.
Of course I couldn't tell her that.
Xie Yi opened his eyes and said affirmatively: "It's too late, it's just right after finishing the clothes!"
Lu Jin doubted that he was there: "That's fine, boss, because this is for someone to give away, if it's not suitable, can it be sent to change it? Change?"
"Okay, I'll give you some relaxation when the time comes, you can come and change it if it's big or small." The boss's daughter said cheerfully, and after she finished speaking, she picked up the ingredients just now and spread them out on the table to have a look. , "Did you buy this material at the mall? It feels good to the touch, but in fact, we also sell materials in our store. If you need it next time, you can come directly to our store to buy it. You can take a look. The material is not as good as The shopping mall is bad. I got it back from the provincial capital. This red material is especially suitable for you, Miss. I didn't want to show her the guest who just came, just because I think she is the same as this one. The material doesn't match."
Lu Jin looked up at the boss's daughter, and saw that she took out a pair of red polka-dot twill material from the cabinet. This material looked really good, and the color was very bright. The most popular style.
"I don't hide it from you, I also took the goods from the provincial capital yesterday to find someone to get it. This is only obtained through the help of an old friend of my father. If you come a day earlier, you will not see it. Now the city wants to buy this. The cloth also has to be in line for a long time, it doesn't matter if you can't buy it, but it's a hot sale!" The boss's daughter said enthusiastically, "If you want me to say that this is fate, I just got it, and I happened to meet a beautiful girl today. Miss, this material should be yours."
The boss's daughter kept selling it, and what she said really made her feel a little bit moved. She hasn't worn a skirt since she came here. It's rare to see such beautiful fabrics here. She thought for a while, thinking about whether She just pulled a suit on herself. Before she said anything, she heard Xie Yi say, "please make the boss a skirt for her."
She turned her head and just wanted to speak, when she saw Xie Yi rushing in front of her and said: " I know what you're going to say, you've helped me so much, I just want to thank you, if you say no, you won't be my friend, you know, I've been with Hooko for so long, that's right I'm nothing, you should take care of my self-esteem and accept it!"
"...Thank you then." After he said that, Lu Jin couldn't refuse any more. Head down.
But she was originally unwilling to owe someone the slightest bit of character. Although she accepted it, she didn't feel that she had helped him, so she always thought about finding a chance to give him a gift in the future.
"Yes, our clothes are much cheaper than finished clothes, and they are of good quality. If the clothes are reeled in the future, you can come and go, I'm sure there is nothing else to say, miss, look at your material, what do you want to do? What about the style? How about I make you the most popular skirt style right now?" the boss's daughter asked.
Her attention was drawn back, and she immediately said, "I will draw the style of this skirt myself, you are like this..."
She asked the boss' daughter to borrow a pen and paper, and simply drew the heart of her heart. I explained the concept to her, and after making sure she understood it, she handed the drawing paper to the boss's daughter and asked, "Is it also in a week?"
"Yes, you can come and get it in a week, miss, you The skirt is really beautiful, can I use it to make a version when it comes out? Of course, I won't take it for nothing, I will give you this skirt." The boss's daughter asked.
Even if she doesn't want to do such a thing, as long as the boss is thick-skinned and privately uses it as a sample, she can't do anything about it, and the style she draws is not so unique. It is a slim dress that is more common in later generations. In fact, the most important thing about this kind of skirt is the tailoring and version design. As long as the details are in place, it will show off the figure. Of course, this kind of skirt also has high requirements on the figure, but any shortcomings in the figure will be magnified.
The boss only felt the unique line design and tailoring of this suit, but she didn't know much about the specific effect and didn't realize it yet.
After the clothes were ready, Lu Jin still didn't realize it when she tried on her clothes, because Lu Jin was really good-looking in her clothes and showed her advantages. Later, when more people made this model, she realized it. , at that time this style has become a style that her customers love and hate.
So Lu Jin didn't mind, nodded and said, "It's okay, you can use it!"
The two clothes made for Mother Xie were made of their own materials, so they only paid the processing fee, a total of three yuan, the red one. The polka dots are expensive, costing ten yuan, but the boss insisted that they waive it.
Xie Yi, who originally planned to spend money to buy a gift: ... very angry, it is rare to want to buy a gift, but the money is still not spent!
It was agreed that she would pick it up at 5 o'clock in the afternoon a week later. At that time, she was just off work, so she could turn around and go back after finishing her clothes. If there was something wrong, she could change it there.
Originally, Xie Yi also wanted to go get it together, but he happened to have something to do that day and didn't have time to come back, so he could only come back next weekend, so Lu Jin took all three clothes.
After trying on the clothes in the tailor shop, there was no problem, so she carried the clothes back. Xie Yi wrote to her before that she should leave the clothes at her house and pick them up when he came back, but Lu Jin remembered that she was at the tailor at that time. When he was in the store, he seemed to have said that Mother Xie's birthday was not long after he finished picking up the clothes. If he waited for him to come back, wouldn't the birthday be over? Then what's the point of giving gifts, it's not a happy birthday!
Anyway, she will pass Xie Yi's house when she goes home, or she will help deliver the clothes first, right? By the way, I would like to wish you a happy birthday.
Thinking about it, she went to buy something. Since she planned to go, she couldn't go empty-handed. She went back to buy a can of malted milk extract, weighed a few apples, and then went back.
When she arrived at Xie Yi's house, the door of their yard was open, so she walked in directly. Mother Xie was washing in the yard. When she saw her walking in, she quickly wiped her hand on the apron and welcomed her in: "Why is Lu Jin here? Hurry up and sit down. Do you want to eat oranges? I'll peel an orange for you?
" What Yi made for you, let me bring it to you, is the material he specially selected, you can try it to see if it fits, if it doesn't fit, you can change it." Lu Jin handed over the thing in his hand and said.
"It's coming, why do you bring something? But birthday? What birthday?" Mother Xie was taken aback and asked.
"Xie Yi said, are you too busy to forget your birthday?" Lu Jin smiled.
"But my birthday is too early! It was just last month. That kid didn't buy me a cake called it. It's sweet and greasy. It's not as delicious as pancakes!" said Mother Xie.
Lu Jin: ? ? ?
So she was deceived?
Xie Yi!
Lu Jin, who knew the truth, was full of anger, but he couldn't attack at this time. He still pretended to be nothing and said, "That may be because I misheard, but Xie Yi really asked me for these two clothes. Bring it to you, do you try it first?"
"When did this boy become so sensible and make clothes for me?" Mother Xie muttered, but she was very happy. This is the first time her son has grown up to give it to me. When she brought a gift, she touched the clothes and exclaimed happily, "Yeah, this one is really good!"
"Yes, this one is really good, and the other one is made of pure cotton." Lu Jin introduced it and said .
Mother Xie took the clothes and went to the house to try them on. They looked good and fit well. She felt happy and turned around quietly in front of the mirror.
But when she calmed down, she also understood in her heart that when her son had such a leisurely mood to choose styles and make clothes for her, he usually didn't bother to go shopping.
Mother Xie looked at Lu Jin who was on the side. Originally, she didn't have any feelings for her, and she was even a little unhappy that her son was close to her, but who told her that when she was trying clothes just now, she praised her as being very happy. That's how women are. When the two of you are the same in aesthetics, friendship will be established quickly, so at this moment, the more Xie's mother looks at Lu Jin, the more pleasing to the eye.
"You helped to choose the material and style of the clothes, right?" Mother Xie asked while looking at her.
Lu Jin was stunned for a while, but didn't deny it: "I don't know if you like it or not, Xie Yi said that you usually work too hard, so I want to give you some gifts, but I can't choose, so I asked me to help you choose. "
It's very good, it's very good, I like it very much, I just said that the stinky boy in my family hasn't given me anything for more than 20 years. It must be your credit." She changed it and put it away carefully. These were all new clothes, and she was reluctant to get dirty, so she kept them for later when she was visiting relatives.
"Auntie, then I'll go first." Lu Jin took a look. Since there was nothing to change, she was ready to leave.
"Hey, wait, you bought the malted milk essence and apples, right, take them back quickly." Seeing the things on the table, Mother Xie quickly took them and shoved them into her hands.
There is no one who gave something and took it back, but looking at the way Mother Xie said she gave it, she probably wouldn't accept it. She originally thought it was her birthday, so she bought these things. Hell, she couldn't even think of a serious reason.
It's all because of Xie Yi that he dared to lie to her!
Lu Jin gritted his teeth and scolded him in his heart again, with a smile on his face and said, "Auntie, keep it, in fact, this is what Xie Yi asked me to bring. He was afraid that you would usually be reluctant to eat it, so he asked me to bring some here. , if you don't believe him, wait for him to come back in two days, you can ask him."
After listening to her, Mother Xie accepted the things and sent her out of the yard.
As soon as she turned around and left the Xie family, Lu Jin's face darkened. She was so active in buying him things and choosing gifts. He didn't expect him to lie to her, and she almost lost her face. She said, Why do you have to store things in her house first, it turns out to be afraid of revealing the contents!
When Lu Jin returned home angrily, his expression had not recovered, but Lu Ma looked very strange: "What's wrong, who offended you?"
"It's nothing, I just found out that someone turned out to be a liar!" Lu Jin said.
"You can't make friends like this. People who often lie are not good." Lu Ma replied immediately.
Xie Yi, who was far away in the provincial capital, sneezed violently. He rubbed his nose and urged Le Yuanfan: "Hurry up, when will it be done, I have to go back this weekend."
"Go back? Didn't you just go back?" Le Yuanfan muttered, "I didn't expect you to be so sticky when you talked about your partner. Did someone miss you when you sneeze just now?"
"What nonsense? What? We don't have anything, don't ruin her reputation. " Xie Yi kicked him lightly and said.
"No way, didn't you give all the gifts? Didn't she accept it too? Why didn't you say anything? I didn't see it. Sister Lu is still a cruel person." Le Yuanfan tutted.
"...I didn't pay for that dress, it was given to her by the boss, so it doesn't count as mine." Xie Yi said after being silent for a while.
"Hahaha, I usually see how active you are, how can it be so difficult to give a gift?" Le Yuanfan said with a big laugh, "I think next time you'll just go ahead and buy the gift and send it over, then put the gift. The words are open to say."
"It makes sense." Xie Yi thought about it, nodded and asked, "Then what do you say to buy? What should I say then?"
"You ask me? There are so many people chasing you, you don't know how to chase girls?" Le Yuanfan pointed to himself, with an expression like you were joking.
"You also said that people are chasing me, and I don't know why I'm always a little nervous in front of her." Xie Yi looked innocent, looking like a shy young man who had not yet come out of society people.
"You.... Get out!" Looking at his pretentious expression, Le Yuanfan felt an eyesore.
Gee, why are you so angry all of a sudden?
Since he doesn't want to help, he can only rely on himself. Hey, he originally wanted to go back to get the clothes by himself. Who knew that something would happen suddenly. When she went back, she wouldn't meet his parents, right?
Some worried Xie Yi didn't answer Le Yuanfan's shouting at all on the weekend, and bought a ticket to go back. It was already evening when he arrived at the county seat, so he went home first.
As soon as he got home, he saw the malted milk essence and apples on the table. He took off his jacket and asked, "You bought this yourself? I asked you to buy it before, but I was always reluctant to give up the money. Why did you buy it yourself this time?"
"Didn't you buy this?" Mother Xie came out of the kitchen and said with a shovel, "You asked Lu Jin to send it over!"
"I bought it?" Xie Yi had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Yes, there are two more clothes! Have you forgotten?" Xie mother said and went to the kitchen again.
clothing?
He immediately walked to his parents' room and asked, "Did you put those two clothes in the closet?"
"Yes, why are you going?" He leaned his head down and asked.
Xie Yi didn't answer, walked to their room in three steps, opened the closet and saw the two clothes that he made in the tailor shop last time were neatly folded on top.
Done!
These two words came out of his mind in an instant, and he suddenly became a little flustered.
When he walked out of the room, he saw his mother standing in the middle of the hall looking at him, and asked a little strangely, "What's wrong with you? Weird?"
"It's alright, Lu Jin has been here?" Now that he knew that the lie had been exposed, he calmed down after the panic and began to ask about the day.
"Yeah, I came here two days ago and said that you bought me something for her to take with her. I didn't know it before, but now it seems that Lu Jin is a really good child. The material and style of the clothes I choose are very suitable for me. "Xie mother boasted.
"You know that I asked Lu Jin to help you choose the clothes?"
"Of course I do. I don't know about my own son? You don't have the heart to go shopping. Besides, the style and details of these clothes are only for girls. Be careful."
Xie Yi doesn't care if his mother knows about this, he cares about whether his mother told Lu Jin everything, such as...she had already celebrated her birthday.
"Then did you mention birthdays or something?" he asked tentatively.
"It seems to have been mentioned? But she later said that she had misunderstood, so I said that you just celebrated my birthday, why did you mention it again?" Mother Xie thought for a while and said.
It's over, it's over...
It's really overturned now...
"Then how did she look when she left?" Xie Yi asked, wanting to save her for the last time.
"I didn't see anything special, we were very happy chatting!" Xie mother said indifferently.
The bad premonition in Xie Yi's heart was getting stronger and stronger, like the tranquility before the storm.