Chapter 125: Chapter 125 A Mouthful of Dog Food
He was like a glowing object in the crowd, immediately catching the eye, and you could tell from his leather jacket that his family was well-off.
Upon closer inspection, the craftsmanship and material of the young man’s leather jacket were even better than the ones she had hanging up here.
“Hey, miss, what are you looking at?” Jiang Changhai noticed the sales clerk staring unblinkingly at Yu Cheng and waved his hand in front of her eyes.
The sales clerk snapped out of it and asked softly, a bit embarrassed, “Oh, Comrade Jiang, is he your relative?”
In rural areas, boys around the age of sixteen or seventeen could already be in relationships.
Jiang Changhai saw right through her little crush and said with a smile, “Yes, a child from my relative’s family, only twelve years old but looking good, right?”
“Ah, only twelve years old?” The sales clerk’s face lost its flush of red the moment she heard Jiang Changhai’s words.
To be so tall and yet only twelve years old.
Jiang Changhai mused, “Yes, kids from the city are just different from ours.”
He also needed to give his daughter better food, trying to ensure she grew tall and beautiful so she wouldn’t be at a disadvantage in height if she ever had to fight someone.
“Hmm, that’s really true.”
The sales clerk nodded, knowing from his clothing that this child could not be from an ordinary family.
After calming her spring emotions, the sales clerk finally remembered her duty: “Comrade Jiang, what did you come here to buy this time?”
“I need to buy some Snowflake Cream; just give me two boxes.”
As the sales clerk went to fetch the items, she thought to herself what a good man Jiang Comrade was.
Spending a good fifty or so every month in her shop, and it was all for his wife and daughter, having never seen him buy anything for himself.
Meanwhile, Su Wanyu tugged at her husband’s sleeve, “Brother Hai, one box of Snowflake Cream should be enough.”
Jiang Changhai grandly declared, “One box is not enough for you two ladies to share. One each, to avoid any fights.”
“Cut it out, what kind of person do you take me for?” Su Wanyu glared at him playfully and chided.
While the two were talking, the sales clerk returned with the Snowflake Cream: “Comrade Jiang, two boxes of Snowflake Cream.”
Jiang Changhai did not rush to pay but reminded, “Wife, didn’t you want to buy some lipstick just now?”
“Right, I almost forgot.”
Su Wanyu nodded and asked the sales clerk, “Do you have lipstick here?”
The sales clerk looked at her surprisingly, “Yes, we just got a new batch of lipsticks two days ago, all from Shanghai City, it’s right over here, come take a look.”
After all, many rural people didn’t even know what lipstick was for.
A tiny tube costing five or six dollars!
Back then, lipsticks didn’t have as many colors as later on, and the Supply and Marketing Cooperative didn’t dare to stock too much, fearing they wouldn’t sell. They only picked two or three colors to keep.
Su Wanyu looked for a while and chose a water-red color, which was neither as conspicuous as red nor could brighten her complexion.
“I’ll take this one.”
“Comrade, your taste is really good, this is our best seller here.”
The sales clerk casually complimented, but Jiang Changhai was visibly proud: “Miss, you’re absolutely right, my wife has the best taste, otherwise, she wouldn’t have chosen me as her man. Of course, my taste is also the best, having married such a beautiful and gentle wife.”
The suddenly fed sales clerk: …Why must she, a single woman, suffer this kind of harm?