【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 151 The Impoverished Mother-in-Law in the Period Literature 31

"Stay for dinner. We've ordered lunch from the restaurant."

"Okay, thank you, aunt. I saw that my brothers and sisters-in-law didn't go to cook, and I thought they didn't welcome me. Haha, I haven't seen the world." Zhou Lingling joked.

"How could I let you leave with an empty stomach? Besides, you're still young and will have plenty of opportunities to broaden your horizons. Unlike us old folks, we don't have many years left to live, so we'd never want to see the world."

Zhou Fu agreed very much. "When your cousin and I were trapped on the island, we changed our minds. We didn't want to die in ignorance like that. We wanted to see more of the outside world. After we made money, we realized that houses could be built like that and electrical appliances had developed to such a convenient level. I'm looking forward to what the future holds."

Zhou Lingling agreed, "Fourth Uncle is right. Before coming to university, I thought the ocean was the vastest place in the world. It wasn't until I arrived in the capital and started attending school that I discovered a whole other world. Technology is advancing rapidly here, and there's a vast ocean of knowledge and a dazzling array of delicious food. I was completely overwhelmed, but I slowly adapted."

"I heard that private individuals can install telephones. My neighbor next door has one, and it even has a camera. It can take clear photos of people. I never thought of that before."

Yun Xi smiled and said, "We don't need a phone anymore. We don't have enough at home. We can buy a camera to record the children's growth."

Zhou Guanxue, who had been slacking off, sat up straighter upon hearing this, leaning forward slightly. "Mom, are you really buying a camera?"

"Buy it! What's there not to buy? Are you interested? Then learn more and take pictures of your family. You can also take videos. When your father and I are a hundred years old, you can take them out and look at them when you miss us."

Yun Xi said it so casually that Zhou Fu's heart trembled. He didn't want to die. "Oh! Talking about death on New Year's Day, it's unlucky!"

"What does an old man know? Death is a happy event, how can it be said that it is not a big deal?" Yun Xi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Forget it, I am too lazy to argue with you. The meal is almost here, let's set the table and eat."

Wang Lili smiled and pulled her sister-in-law, who was still in a daze, to help.

Zhou Lingling didn't know what to say, so she just smiled foolishly.

Fortunately, the atmosphere at the dinner table was good, everyone was chatting and laughing, and the meal lasted nearly two hours.

After dinner, Zhou Lingling prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Yun Xi hurriedly said, "Tingyu, Guohong, take Lingling back to school and buy some toilet paper on your way back."

"Auntie, you don't have to send me off. I'm very familiar with the road."

"Let us take you a ride. We are worried about you, a girl."

Wang Lili gave her a lot of melon seeds and peanut candies and asked her to take them home and eat them slowly.

"Okay, thank you, cousin and his wife."

Send them to the gate and watch them go away.

The guests left and everything returned to calm.

Yun Xi said, "Niuniu, take your brothers and sisters to clean up the table, then go take a nap. We'll go shopping tomorrow."

"I'll go right away."

Niuniu said positively.

"Go ahead, you're so good." Zhou Fu was in a good mood. "Old lady, do you have enough money at home to buy a camera?"

Yun Xi: "It should be enough. We still have 48,000 yuan. How expensive can a camera be? Let's take a nap. I have nothing to do in the afternoon anyway."

There are no televisions or other electrical appliances here, so it's boring to stay here. There's nothing to do except chatting.

It's not that I'm stingy, but there's no point in putting electrical appliances here. Electrical appliances are updated very quickly and are getting cheaper and cheaper. The cost-effectiveness of buying one now is too low. You can buy a camera, as it is said to have some collection value. Even if it has no collection value, recording photos and videos of the family is invaluable and cannot be measured by money.

By the way, I also need to buy some Moutai and store it, waiting for it to appreciate in value. Yun Xi fell asleep with a mess of thoughts.

The next day, the family went to a store selling electronic products. All kinds of novel products caught the customers' attention.

Zhou Guanxue saw at a glance the various cameras displayed in the glass cabinet, some in Chinese and some in foreign languages.

Yun Xi walked over and saw brands like Mou Ni and Mou Ou, as well as the most popular "point-and-shoot" film cameras. The price was marked underneath each one. Fortunately, they were not so expensive that she couldn't afford them.

"Son, which one do you like?"

Zhou Guanxue asked the waiter to bring out several brands of cameras. After trying them one by one, he picked out a newest model of camera from a certain brand. It could take both photos and videos, and the photos it took were very natural.

"Three thousand nine? Not bad. Can you give me some film?"

The waiter shook his head. "This item doesn't come with film. Do you need some? There are three main types. The cheapest is domestically produced. Regular color film produced abroad is 18 yuan a roll, and positive film is 60 yuan a roll. Domestically produced film is about half the price. Normal people don't need positive film."

Dadan stared with his black eyes, eager to learn, "Why?"

"Because positive film is very expensive, it is used by professionals, such as professional photographers, for printing plates and making slides. Ordinary people can use negative film."

The waiters looked very professional.

After hearing the price, Zhou Fu's stingy nature kicked in. "The film is a bit expensive. How many photos can I take with one roll of film?"

The waiter quickly said, "A roll of 36-frame 135 film can take 36 photos, and each photo costs only a few cents. An average family can have a few rolls of film to use for several years, so it's not expensive."

"Hmm~ I just realized that photographers are all poor because film is too expensive and consumable." Yun Xi stretched out her words, "Comrade, I need five rolls of foreign brands and twenty rolls of domestic ones. Can you make it cheaper? We bought so many things."

The waiter smiled bitterly, "I can give you a discount of ten dollars at most. I can't decide if it's more than that."

"Okay, put it on."

Yun Xi didn't hesitate and paid four thousand one hundred and seventy yuan.

Zhou Guanxue held the camera lovingly and slowly got familiar with it under the guidance of the waiter. Others strolled around the store and took in the sights. This store was quite profitable. It reopened on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year and had more than 30 customers in the morning, with a transaction volume of about 15,000 yuan.

Zhou Tingyu was talking about his discovery, and Yun Xi said she understood. "Let's go buy a watch this afternoon, and buy some souvenirs for our relatives. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we'll go home."

A watch is something everyone always wants to buy but always forgets to buy because they always look at the sun, so it is not a very urgent need. I have an old-fashioned clock at home for the children to use for school. It is not very useful at other times, but it is a must for braised meat. With the precise time, I don’t have to check whether it is done or not, and check the taste every now and then, which is too troublesome.

“When you buy a mechanical watch, you don’t have to change the battery.”

Seeing that the price of electronic watches was almost the same as that of mechanical watches, Yun Xi immediately reminded people.