It also let the mother-in-law know of their filial piety and understand the price of clothes.
Mrs. Zhao then realized the spending capability of her daughter-in-law.
There were dresses, suitable ones, and she bought her two in one go.
Without even blinking an eye.
She also bought other clothes and trousers, and even got new clothes for her own old man.
Grandma Fang was aged and did not join them for the shopping trip, but parted ways with Yun Xiaoxiao halfway through.
"Mom, we’re going to send a telegraph to Dad, to let him know you’ve arrived, and also send these clothes and some food to him,"
Mrs. Zhao could imagine how much her old man would love receiving these clothes.
A white shirt, trousers, and even a pair of leather shoes.
And regular clothes as well.
After sending the telegraph and mailing the items for her old man, Mrs. Zhao thought they would head back home with their bags.
But Laosan’s wife pulled her into a restaurant.
"Mom, it’s getting late. Let’s eat first. Then I’ll take you to watch a movie," she said.
They were also going to watch a movie?
Mrs. Zhao had watched movies before.
It was when the projectionist came to the team leader to show films.
But she had never been to a movie theatre to watch a film, had she?
"Today we spent so much money, maybe we should..."
"Mom, today I took time to be with you. The Capital City is big, and we’ve only explored one district here so far," she explained.
One district of the Capital City?
Wasn’t that still big?
The places they visited today were considerably larger than their town.
"What would you like to eat?"
Yun Xiaoxiao immediately looked at the wall, which had menus and prices clearly posted.
"We’d like braised pork belly, stir-fried cucumber with eggs, and two servings of rice," she ordered.
"Alright, coming right up," the server responded.
Mrs. Zhao also saw the menu and prices on the wall.
She wanted to remark how expensive things were in the Capital City.
"Mom, no tickets needed,"
No food tickets, no meat tickets, it seemed the price was still acceptable.
The braised pork belly tasted very good.
Yun Xiaoxiao didn’t eat much, filling up after a bowl of rice and a bit of the dish.
Mrs. Zhao initially wanted to get more rice but seeing that there was quite a bit of braised pork belly and stir-fried cucumber with eggs remaining, and being accustomed to frugality and not wasting, she decided not to get more rice and just ate the remaining dishes.
After paying the bill, Yun Xiaoxiao took Mrs. Zhao to a nearby cinema to watch a movie.
She also bought Mrs. Zhao orange soda, sunflower seeds, and popcorn.
Upon exiting the cinema, Mrs. Zhao still felt a bit wistful.
It was her first time experiencing how different a movie theater was from the films shown by the team leader’s projectionist.
When she got back home, Mrs. Zhao told Grandma Fang all about it.
"The Capital City is so big, Shitou can take you there when he’s free to watch the flag raising ceremony; he can also take you to the former Emperor’s Imperial Palace, and you can even go boating..."
The Capital City was so big and had so many places to visit?
"Auntie, have you been there?"
Grandma Fang replied with a smile, "I’ve been to watch the flag-raising ceremony. As for that palace, it wasn’t open before, so I haven’t been there."
Nowadays, her grandson was the deputy director of a factory, and Grandma Fang was particularly pleased.
All this was helped by Shitou and his wife.
The next day, Captain Zhao received word from the postman that there was a telegram for him.
The postman was familiar with Captain Zhao already, and now they were even closer.
His youngest son and daughter-in-law had both been admitted to college in the Capital City.
From last year to this year, Captain Zhao had received several parcels.
Such clever and filial children were not common in the entire town.
Since the reinstatement of the college entrance examination, many children had registered to participate, but the best performer was Captain Zhao’s youngest daughter-in-law, who was the top scorer in the province.