People in the alley: A woman dressed as a man shouldn't be foolishly filial, Zhuang Chaoying

Chapter 125 Digital Watch, Rubik's Cube Book!

The stall owner looked up. "Two and a half cents!"

Zhuang Chaoying paid without hesitation and put the book in the bicycle basket.

Then, they walked a little further and Zhuang Chaoying saw someone selling tape recorders.

A tape recorder was a rare item back then, and he couldn't help but ask curiously, "How much does this tape recorder cost?"

The stall owner was a middle-aged man wearing a pointed-collar shirt with the collar slightly open. He looked up at Zhuang Chaoying and said slowly, "This is a Sanyo dual-cassette recorder, 825 yuan. It's a rare find on the market, and it even comes with two of the most popular cassette tapes from Taiwan. It's definitely worth the price."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Chaoying was secretly astonished: Damn, it's so expensive, even more expensive than a TV!

Picking up the two cassette tapes, I saw familiar song titles and photos of singers printed on the tape covers. These were Sister Deng's tapes!

"Small Town Story", "You Ask Me How Deep My Love Is", "Boat Song", "When Will You Return", "After Tonight's Farewell"... each song is a classic old song, and the familiar melodies seem to gently resonate in his ears.

Zhuang Chaoying shook her head and quickly handed over the cassette tape: "It's too expensive, I just want to take a look."

Ah Quan accompanied Zhuang Chaoying for a while, eventually taking him to the head of the black market.

Ah Quan: "Brother Zhuang wants to buy a radio cassette player?"

Zhuang Chaoying straddled the bicycle, one foot on the pedal and the other on the ground: "It's too expensive, I'd better not buy it. The price is way beyond my budget, I'll pass for now."

Ah Quan nodded thoughtfully and agreed, "It is indeed expensive, but there is a market for this kind of thing now. The original 'three turns and one sound' were a bicycle, a watch, a sewing machine, and a radio, which were things that every household wanted."

Times have changed, and so have the "three turns and one sound" (refrigerator, sewing machine, watch, radio, and radio). Wealthy families now focus on televisions, refrigerators, watches, and radios. As people's living standards improve, their needs naturally change.

Zhuang Chaoying: "Times have changed, and it's normal for people to have higher demands. Quan, I see your business is doing well lately. Do you have some tricks up your sleeve to make money?"

Ah Quan, hands in his waistband, a smug smile on his face, said, "It's nothing, Brother Zhuang. The market is tight on supplies lately, and I happen to have some connections, so business is doing alright. Well, Ah Quan won't see you off then. Take care, and if you need anything in the future, just come to me."

Zhuang Chaoying smiled and waved, then rode her bicycle home.

After returning home, Zhuang Chaoying locked the courtyard gate and the house door.

He tiptoed into Xiaoting's room, covered her stomach with a towel, gently placed the digital watch next to her pillow, then turned and went to the attic, placing the mechanical watch next to Tu Nan's pillow and pushing it in a little further.

After doing all this, Zhuang Chaoying took off her clothes and lay back down on the bed.

At this moment, Ah Ling, who was beside her, turned over and unconsciously stretched out her hands and legs. She asked groggily, "Chao Ying, you're back?"

Zhuang Chaoying gently patted her hand: "Go to sleep, I'm back."

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In the early morning, Xiaoting turned over in her sleep and groggily opened her eyes.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, she quickly got up to check and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there were no marks on the small mattress.

I quickly grabbed a sanitary napkin and went to change it, then walked to the sink, turned on the tap, and washed my hands.

After washing her hands, Xiaoting returned to the small room and immediately saw the box next to her pillow.

I walked over and opened the box. "Wow, a digital watch!"

Xiaoting couldn't help but exclaim softly.

But she immediately realized that her parents were still sleeping, so she quickly covered her mouth with her hand to stop herself from making any noise.

She gently pulled back the curtain and looked outside.

At this moment, Zhuang Tunan was also awakened by Xiaoting's voice. He poked his head out of the attic, his eyes still sleepy: "Xiaoting, what's wrong?"

Zhuang Chaoying was also awakened by the commotion and sat up: "Xiaoting, what's wrong?"

Xiaoting couldn't contain her joy. She pushed open the door, walked quickly to Zhuang Chaoying's side, and sat down on the bed, clutching the digital watch tightly in her hand: "Dad, did you and Mom buy this watch for me?"

Zhuang Chaoying looked at her daughter's happy face and asked, "Do you like it?"

Xiaoting nodded vigorously, extremely excited: "I love it! Digital watches are so popular now, Dad, I love you so much!"

Zhuang Chaoying covered her stomach with a towel: "If you like it, that's good. Let your mom sleep a little longer, don't wake her up."

Tu Nan also saw the watch by the pillow in the attic. He couldn't wait to open the box, put the watch on his wrist, and looked at it from left to right, with a happy smile on his face.

After the whole family got up one by one.

Xiaoting kept showing her brother her digital watch.

Tu Nan stood by, smiling, and occasionally discussed the watch's functions with her sister.

Zhuang Tunan: "Mom, Dad, thank you, I really like this watch."

Zhuang Chaoying smiled slightly as she looked at her son's happy expression.

"Tunan, now that you're in university, your studies should definitely be your top priority, you can't slack off. But you also need to think about your personal life, after all, you're growing up. Having a watch can give you some confidence, right, Tunan?"

Tu Nan blushed slightly upon hearing this, feeling a little embarrassed: "Mom, look at Dad!"

Huang Ling couldn't help but laugh out loud, her eyes narrowing into slits: "Your dad is just concerned about you. Going to university to study is important, but personal matters are also important. When you get to a new environment, you also need to learn to take care of yourself and make more friends."

Huang Ling quickly cooked some porridge and fried a few golden poached eggs, which she served with pickled vegetables.

The family sat around the dining table and ate a simple bite.

After the meal, Zhuang Chaoying handed another brand-new digital watch to Huang Ling, saying, "This is for Dongzhe. Let's deliver it to him together."

Huang Ling took the watch: "It's quite expensive, isn't it? Did you add your own money? I saw similar watches in the mall yesterday, and they cost over a hundred. Is the money I gave you enough?"

Zhuang Chaoying replied with a smile, "That's enough. Tu Nan's watch costs 100 yuan, and three digital watches only cost 110 yuan. I thought they were cheap, so I got one for Pengfei too."

Huang Ling's eyes widened: "So cheap?"

Zhuang Chaoying: "This was brought back from Guangcheng, and it's much cheaper here than here."

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