PNB Chapter 306 Buying Clothes
Chapter 306 Buying Clothes
Shen Lao Er was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "Lao San, is it because your wife doesn't want to lend it? She..."
As soon as he said this, he quickly regretted it and quickly swallowed the rest of his words, his tone becoming more relaxed.
"Third brother, please talk to your third sister-in-law. She doesn't go out and doesn't need to wear too much."
"But your second sister-in-law has to walk such a long way to the county town to see mother. It's so cold and snowy outside now, so you have to wear more clothes."
"In our family, only your wife has more clothes and they look better."
"If I had no other choice, I wouldn't have come here. Third brother, go talk to your wife."
Shen Jingming was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Second brother, what you said is not right."
"Man Yue is pregnant now, and she can't stand the cold. Even at home, she needs to wear cotton clothes to keep warm."
"You can go back. Man Yue doesn't have many clothes. You can borrow them."
"My second sister-in-law wore it in previous years, and she should wear it this year too."
After saying these words, he closed the door directly, blocking Shen Laoer's sight.
Shen Laoer was standing alone in the cold wind. When he saw the closed door, his face suddenly turned ugly.
It was just a piece of clothing, but he didn't understand.
Nowadays, everyone has clothes that you lend me and I wear them. If anyone in the family needs to go out for something, what's wrong with borrowing some clothes from someone who has them?
Don't think he doesn't know that Xu Manyue has more than one cotton-padded jacket. She also has a military coat that the third brother brought her. The military coat is very warm, and she doesn't wear it now. What's wrong with lending it to her?
Shen Lao Er stood at the door for a while, with snowflakes falling all over his head, wetting his hair and clothes.
He turned and ran back into his room.
Lin Luoxia was stunned when she saw that he not only came back empty-handed, but was also soaked from the snow and his face was red and purple from the cold.
I walked over and wiped his face with a dry towel, "What happened? Why did you come back like this?"
Shen Lao Er's face was grim, and he was cold all over. "Don't mention it, they won't lend it to you."
"Alright, that's it. If you don't want to lend it to me, then don't lend it to me. At most, I'll get sick. Let's go and come back early."
Lin Luoxia was not surprised. If it were before, Xu Manyue might have lent her her cotton coat to her for the sake of their family.
But since she said that last night, I guess this person won’t lend it to me.
What's more, in Shen Jingming's eyes, she, the second sister-in-law, doesn't exist at all. Even if Xu Manyue is willing to lend, he won't let her.
Shen Laoer reached out to hold Lin Luoxia's hand, his eyes fixed on the skin on her face which was cracked due to the dryness of winter.
"We still have about ten or twenty dollars at home. When we go to the city this time, I'll buy you a cotton coat and a box of facial cleanser."
Cotton is in short supply, and cotton clothes have become much more expensive. Most people can't afford them at all.
However, they gritted their teeth and managed to buy one.
Lin Luoxia was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and smiled and shook her head, "Forget it, there isn't much money at home, and this money has to be saved for Baozhu's dowry in the future."
Even though the child is only eight or nine years old now, he will be able to get engaged in a few years.
The dowry should be saved early. The more you save, the more confident your daughter will be when she gets married.
Unlike her, when she first married into the Shen family, she had no dowry at all, only a tattered cloth bundle with a set of worn-out clothes in it.
Shen Lao Er looked at her without saying anything, but he had already made up his mind that after he went to the city to visit his mother, he would buy a cotton coat for his wife.
On the other side, inside the house.
When Shen Jingming closed the door and returned to the bed, he found Xu Manyue lying on the bed covered with a quilt, looking at him with her eyes open.
He paused, "Did you hear what I just said?"
Xu Manyue nodded, "Yes, I heard it."
Shen Jingming took off his coat, lifted the quilt and lay down beside her, gently holding her in his arms, and put his big hand on Xu Manyue's belly and touched it.
"So do you want to borrow it?"
Xu Manyue leaned in the man's arms and said truthfully, "I don't want to."
Nowadays, people are short of food and clothing, so it is normal to borrow clothes from others.
But she still didn't want to wear the same clothes with others, not to mention that her relationship with Lin Luoxia was not very good.
She didn't even have two cotton-padded coats, so how could she lend any extra to Lin Luoxia?
If Shen Jingming had not rejected Shen Laoer just now, she would not have lent it.
Shen Jingming smiled and said, "I don't want you to borrow it either."
He really couldn't accept having clothes that had been worn by others returned to him and then being worn again.
Besides, a cotton coat is not cheap. When he opened the wardrobe yesterday, he saw that she had no shortage of wearable clothes.
He only had two or three cotton-padded jackets, plus the military coat he brought back this time, so it was barely enough for him to change into.
"By the way, this is for you." Shen Jingming suddenly lifted the quilt and got out of bed. He took the coat he had just put on, took out a stack of money from it, took out three bills, and handed the rest to Xu Manyue.
A quick look at the thickness of this stack of Great Unity notes reveals that there are at least more than ten of them, or more than a hundred yuan.
"When the baby is born, you will need more money. Take this money and it will be available for emergency use if you encounter any problems in the future."
"After the New Year, I will send you thirty yuan a month for living expenses."
Shen Jingming paused and glanced down at Xu Manyue. "Don't be too frugal, especially with yourself. You still have to spend the money you need."
He looked at her closet and saw that there were not many clothes. However, based on the twenty yuan he sent back every month and her own salary, the total amount was thirty or forty yuan a month.
Logically speaking, buying a few clothes shouldn't be a difficult thing.
When Xu Manyue heard this, she knew that the man had misunderstood. She was about to explain, but then she thought better of it.
Little did she know that in Shen Jingming's eyes, she was being too frugal and wanted to make excuses.
This made Shen Jingming reflect on whether he had given her some illusion that made her live frugally.
Although there is not enough food, we can still afford the clothes we need.
Seeing that he misunderstood, Xu Manyue simply stopped explaining.
She reached out to hold Shen Jingming's arm and gently leaned her head on his shoulder. "Have you seen my clothes in the closet?"
For some reason, she sometimes felt a little uncomfortable when getting along with Shen Jingming, and sometimes she felt that he was not that cold to her.
The closet is basically full of her clothes, but there are only a few pieces in total. It looks empty, and anyone who sees it would think that she has nothing to wear.
But compared with most women in the area, she already had a lot of clothes.
What's more, as long as she wants, she can buy it from the system mall at any time. It's just that it's not suitable to wear such good clothes in the countryside.
Shen Jingming held her waist with his hand, fearing that Xu Manyue would fall accidentally. He lowered his head to look at her head and said, "You have almost no clothes in your closet. When I return this time, I will send you one or two pieces."
He will return to the military academy tomorrow morning and will go to the county hospital to visit the old lady later. He has no time to buy clothes for her, so he can only buy them and send them to her after he returns.