Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 157 - 151 New Year’s Goods

Chapter 157: Chapter 151 New Year’s Goods

After they sorted out their respective small warehouses, the eastern sky began to whiten, and the day gradually brightened up.

Xia Yuan suggested to the other three, "Today is Sunday, and the eldest sister and the others won’t come. In a couple of days, you’ll be busy again selling the vegetables you stored over the summer. Why don’t we take advantage of today’s free time to go to the department store? We haven’t prepared for the New Year’s goods yet."

"Shopping for New Year’s goods? I have everything in my big warehouse. Mom, just make a list and I’ll take everything out," Lu Yun replied, with no interest in going to the department store. She had been dragged there by her mother a couple of times before and refused to go after that. Firstly, she felt the items in the department store were not as plentiful as in her own space. Secondly, she didn’t like the attitude of the salespeople there; she felt judged when shopping as if she owed them something. Not to mention, you couldn’t even pick and choose. She had seen people get mocked and sneered at by salespeople for asking a few more questions.

"It’s true that your big warehouse has a lot of stuff, but those clothes and fabrics are not really suitable to be brought out. Our family has made money this year, and it’s all thanks to the help we received from others. So, I was thinking that this year, we could prepare more generous New Year’s gifts for the families back home. Also, with the eldest sister, her husband, Wu Tan, Lin Weisheng, and Zhang Ming coming over to help, apart from the additional three months of wages we agreed on, we can’t forget their New Year’s goods. We will have our truck to go back anyway, so no matter how many things we buy, we won’t have to worry about not being able to transport them," explained Xia Yuan, counting on her fingers.

"The other day, sister mentioned casually that many families in Haicheng are buying semiconductor radios, and many people from her factory and brother-in-law’s factory have bought them.

I was thinking, why not also buy one for uncle and... our parents? It can entertain them on ordinary days, and the villagers will also see that we’ve made money without forgetting our roots.

Then there are nine people in uncle’s family, including the children; for our parents, along with Aibing and Zhang Cai; three people in the eldest sister’s family plus her in-laws, making five; four in the second sister’s family plus her father-in-law, also five. Rather than racking our brains not knowing what to buy for each of them, I was thinking of simply purchasing a new set of clothes for each person to look festive for the New Year. So just for these, we already have twenty-three people, which means a lot of clothes to buy.

The eldest and second sisters have come to help us, and their in-laws have also contributed, so giving them a new piece of clothing would also make them feel a bit happier," Xia Yuan reasoned, explaining why they should buy new clothes for Lu Aijiao’s and Lu Aimei’s in-laws as well. As for Lu Aimei’s mother-in-law, since they had divided the family, she naturally ignored her.

"Besides them, there are the four of us, sister, brother-in-law, Gu Feng, and Gu Meng; we can’t forget them either. Look, that adds another eight people. And we haven’t even counted the food yet, although we can take all the food from Xiaoyun’s big warehouse. But just with what I mentioned, I’m afraid we still have to go out today and bring everything back by bike," she added.

"Clothes for thirty-one people? If it’s one set each, that’s at least sixty-two pieces."

Lu Yun was stunned and feigned fainting, which made Xia Yuan, Lu Aiguo, and Shitou laugh. "Mom, are you really sure you want to buy so many clothes in one go? Do we have enough cloth coupons?" she asked.

"Yes, your father and Shitou collected quite a few cloth coupons when they were out selling things. Later, I especially asked your aunt to exchange many more with other kinds of coupons. I have calculated it all," Xia Yuan said with pride. She had planned to bring back a new set of clothes for each person in every family this year, and she was confident that it would definitely earn Aiguo some prestige.

Thinking of Aiguo’s prestige brought Shitou to mind. "Oh yes, Shitou, we should also get a new set of clothes for your uncle, aunt, and your three cousins to bring back as New Year’s gifts. Even though you’ve been away for a while, no matter how they treated you before, we must still keep up appearances. These things don’t cost much, but they are worth it if they can buy us a good reputation," she said.

As for Xie Jiang, Lu Aijiao, Wu Tan, Lin Weisheng, and Zhang Ming, they all knew that their initial capital came from the ginseng Shitou had found. Lu Aiguo had told them about it, warning them not to talk about it to avoid Shitou’s uncle and aunt pestering them.

"No need; they’ll never be satisfied," Shitou replied.

Shitou indifferently refused. He had long seen through the kinds of people his aunt and uncle were; it did not matter whether he gave them anything or not, they would always be dissatisfied. Without giving, they would still come to pester him.

Even if he gave them something, they would complain it was too little and feel they could take even more advantage.

Everybody present actually understood this logic. Xia Yuan couldn’t help but feel a twinge of pity in her eyes as she looked at Shitou.

"I know. But if we give them something first, making sure it’s showy, everyone has eyes. If they still make a fuss after that, the villagers will say they are too greedy.

On the contrary, instead of waiting for them to come knocking during the festive season, which is annoying enough, the villagers, envious of our earnings, might sympathize with them, thinking we are mean. Isn’t that right?"

"I’ll listen to my sister-in-law."

Shitou nodded absentmindedly. Whatever Xia Yuan felt was best would be fine; anyway, they were not short on money at all now.

Lu Yun hid to the side, snickering. Why did she feel like her mother had this air of wanting to show off and return to her hometown in glory?

If her mother wanted to flaunt, then just flaunt. It would be even better if they could annoy the old witch from the Su Family and that bunch of scumbags to death. Now that would truly be a service to the people, hahaha...

"Then let’s go together, and we can eat out as well," Lu Yun said, her interest piqued from before.

"Fine, when we go out on the bikes, apart from clothes, let’s buy some thermos flasks to take back to the factory. I realized when I went back last time that not having hot water bottles in the factory is really inconvenient. You have to boil water if you want a hot drink. Then, at noon, we’ll all go to the People’s Restaurant to have mutton hotpot," Lu Aiguo said, enthused.

"You didn’t mention the lack of hot water bottles at the factory as soon as you got back? What if you forgot again, wouldn’t that mean an even longer delay before we can get them?" Xia Yuan looked reproachfully at Lu Aiguo.

"I just forgot, okay? It only came to mind now as we talked about buying New Year goods." Lu Aiguo scratched his head and smiled ingratiatingly at his wife.

"I’ll go cook. Once we’ve eaten, we’ll set off. What do you guys want to eat today?" Xia Yuan asked without dwelling on the issue, turning to go inside, talking as she walked.

"Fried eggs, the kind where you only fry one side. Anything else is fine," Lu Yun quickly asked.

"I’ll have the same," Shitou chimed in casually.

"I’m okay with anything, I like all the dishes my wife cooks. Sweetheart, I’ll come with you to the kitchen," Lu Aiguo said, sweet-talking and hurrying to catch up.