Sanya and Xiao Mao looked at Da Bao and Xiao Bao with envy.
Little Aunt couldn’t make clothes, but she would buy clothes for Da Bao and Xiao Bao.
They couldn’t wear new clothes for the New Year.
Not only did Da Bao have new clothes to wear, but he also had new socks and new shoes. Then they looked at their own cloth shoes patched up, and then at the rubber shoes on Da Bao and Xiao Bao’s feet, which were worth several dollars.
"Mom, do they look good?"
Xiaoxiao touched Xiao Bao’s head. She had been taking good care of the two brothers this month. Their skin had gotten whiter, they had gained weight, and even grown taller. In just one month, the two brothers had grown at least 2 to 3 centimeters. If they kept drinking milk powder, by the time she took her college entrance exams, they could easily grow another ten centimeters without any problem.
The children in the countryside were still lacking too much nutrition.
With nutrition kept up, how could they not grow taller and fatter?
"They look good, very good. It’s cold when you get up in the morning, so you can wear them then."
Xiaoxiao looked at Sanya and Xiao Mao, who were eagerly looking at her.
Actually, these things weren’t expensive, but she dared not give them away. It didn’t fit the female supporting character’s personality or the simplicity of that era.
At most, she could give them some food, but really couldn’t give them other things.
"Sanya, I bought some red cords at the Cooperative. Take them back and share them with Daya and Erya."
"Little Aunt, thank you."
Sanya’s hair was tied with a kind of yellow elastic.
All three sisters had their hair tied with yellow elastics, not red cords.
Xiao Mao touched his hair; he didn’t need to tie his hair, so he didn’t have a red cord.
After sending the two little ones away, Xiaoxiao saw they were still wearing vests. "Aren’t you hot?"
"Mom, we’re not hot."
"I also bought you long johns and a quilted jacket and pants, but it used up all the money in mom’s hands. Now dad has to provide for us."
Da Bao said seriously, "Mom is dad’s wife, so dad should provide for mom."
Xiao Bao echoed, "Right, dad should provide for mom."
Xiaoxiao gave a helpless smile.
She showed the clothes to the two little ones and then had them take the clothes back to their room.
There were also quilted shoes, quilted jackets and pants, and long johns.
Before leaving the house that morning, Tianlei had given Xiaoxiao some money. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have dared to buy so many things all at once, as it would’ve outright told Tianlei that there was a problem and he needed to come and question her.
Xiaoxiao suddenly thought, it was now 1978; many places had started to establish individual businesses, and no one cared about the black market anymore. Shouldn’t she also start making some money?
Could she profit by using Pinduoduo?
What could she purchase that would earn more?
In this era, the "three turns and a sound" was something many people needed for their weddings.
Bicycles, watches, radios.
It seemed that watches made more money.
When she had time, she should carefully examine a watch model, purchase several, and take them to the town for sale. She believed that could earn a lot of money.
"Brother, mom bought so much; I don’t even know how much it all cost." Xiao Bao looked at the clothes as if it required a lot of Cloth Tickets and quite a bit of money. "Did the money dad gave mom suffice?"
Da Bao opened the chest, putting all the clothes and shoes mom had bought for them inside.
"Brother, we have new clothes to wear again."
Despite being young, the two little ones knew that many children couldn’t wear new clothes all year.
But this year, mom had bought them quite a lot of clothes.