Chapter 789

Su Xinghui planned to take the last bus of the afternoon back to Pengwan. The last bus was around five o'clock, so Lu Xiaoya planned to go shopping with Su Xinghui in the afternoon and take him to the station near five o'clock.

Before leaving, Su Xinghui also politely said goodbye to Grandma Lu and Lu Zheng and his wife, who all smiled and told him to come often.

After leaving the gate of the Provincial Committee compound, Lu Xiaoya took Su Xinghui's arm and said, "Where shall we go shopping?"

Su Xinghui said, "Let's go shopping and buy you some clothes, how about that?"

Lu Xiaoya said, "It's not a holiday or festival, why buy clothes?"

Su Xinghui said, "Isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow? Let's buy you some clothes; I haven't bought you anything in a long time."

Lu Xiaoya thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but don't buy anything too expensive, anything under a hundred yuan is fine."

Su Xinghui couldn't help but feel emotional. Twenty years later, no matter what the holiday was, girls would rack their brains to ask their boyfriends for gifts and compare themselves with others. How unlike Lu Xiaoya, who didn't even want a gift when he offered to buy her one, and even if she did, she didn't want anything expensive.

In fact, girls like Lu Xiaoya were the mainstream in this era. It could only be said that in these twenty years, social mores had gone from bad to worse, and some women who clamored for feminism on Weibo had completely distorted the meaning of the word.

Lu Xiaoya took Su Xinghui to a nearby street. There were many clothing wholesale markets on this street. The quality of the clothing was actually quite good, but they weren't famous brands, and since it was wholesale, the prices weren't high.

Most clothing stores in the counties and cities below came here to stock up, with wholesale prices ranging from 20% to 30% of the tag price. There were also locals buying clothes on this street, and there were quite a few of them. If it was retail, the price was generally 30% to 40% of the tag price, which was much cheaper than buying in a clothing store, where they would at most give a 20% to 30% discount.

When Lu Xiaoya was in college, she often went to this street with her classmates to buy clothes. Today, since Su Xinghui wanted to buy her clothes, she brought him here.

Looking at the messy appearance of this street, with people carrying those large snake-skin bags everywhere, Su Xinghui frowned and said, "Is it too much of a grievance for you to buy clothes here?"

Lu Xiaoya said, "What grievance? This is the largest clothing wholesale market in Jiangcheng. The owners of clothing stores in the counties and cities below all come here to stock up. If you buy clothes in a clothing store in your county, aren't they all stocked from here? It's much cheaper to buy here. As long as you know how to pick, you can pick clothes with very good quality and style."

Su Xinghui said, "But isn't this environment too terrible? You're just picking clothes here?"

Lu Xiaoya said, "It's fine, I often came here to buy clothes with my classmates when I was in school, I'm used to it. Didn't you say I'm like a sunflower? Sunflowers aren't that delicate."

Looking at Lu Xiaoya, Su Xinghui shook his head and laughed. He said to Lu Xiaoya, "Okay, then let's shop here."

Both sides of this street were shops. The storefronts in front of these shops were not large, hanging some samples, and behind them were warehouses piled with a large amount of goods. Many shops were very busy, and the shops were packed with people stocking up and locals coming to buy clothes.

Lu Xiaoya walked into a shop, and Su Xinghui protected her, helping her squeeze out a path. Lu Xiaoya was quite familiar with such scenes. She quickly looked at the samples hanging in the shop, felt there was nothing she liked, and went out.

Just like that, after visiting several shops in a row, Lu Xiaoya didn't see any clothes she was satisfied with. Anyway, the street was long enough and there were enough shops, so she continued shopping.

Su Xinghui didn't have a hobby for shopping, but seeing Lu Xiaoya's enthusiastic appearance, he certainly wouldn't dampen her spirits.

After shopping for more than an hour, Lu Xiaoya finally picked out a few pieces of clothing she was satisfied with: a white shirt, a small black suit jacket, and a pair of black trousers. These three pieces of clothing added up to less than two hundred yuan, which met Lu Xiaoya's standard.

Lu Xiaoya carried a few bags and said with satisfaction, "These clothes will be good to wear when interviewing at meetings, they look quite elegant."

Su Xinghui said, "It's just too cheap, I feel bad about it."

Lu Xiaoya said, "What's there to feel bad about? It's not like the quality of these clothes isn't good. I think the material and workmanship are quite good. What's wrong with buying them at wholesale prices?"

Looking at the girl in front of him, if he told others now that she was the daughter of a member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, most people wouldn't believe it. Who would believe that the daughter of a member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee would come here to buy wholesale clothes?

But this matter had indeed happened in front of Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui couldn't help but be filled with love for Lu Xiaoya. He really loved her too much; he loved this girl who was like a sunflower.

Perhaps some girls were more beautiful than her, more cute than her; they might be like peonies, like orchids, like roses, but Su Xinghui just loved this girl who was like a sunflower.

Su Xinghui took the bags from Lu Xiaoya's hands and took Lu Xiaoya's hand with his other hand, saying, "Xiaoya, don't worry, I will definitely let you live a good life in the future."

A brilliant smile appeared on Lu Xiaoya's face, and she nodded, "Okay, I believe in you!"

The two left the wholesale market street and walked on the main street, shopping in stores for a while, and resting on a bench by the road for a while. Lu Xiaoya would smile at Su Xinghui from time to time. Today was Sunday, and there were many young couples walking on the street. Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya were also as sweet as any ordinary couple.

After shopping for more than an hour, Su Xinghui raised his wrist and looked; it was already past four o'clock, and he should go to the station. He stopped by the road and said to Lu Xiaoya:

"Xiaoya, I should go, it's already past four."

Lu Xiaoya checked the time and nodded, "Okay, I'll take you there."

Su Xinghui said, "No need, the station is quite far from your house, you'll have to take a bus back after going there."

Lu Xiaoya said, "It's fine, I go out to interview every day, which day don't I have to take a few buses? I'm used to it."

As the two were talking, a police car screeched to a stop beside them. The window was rolled down, and a policeman poked his head out and said with surprise, "Township Head Su, when did you come to Jiangcheng? Why didn't you call me when you came to Jiangcheng? I could have treated you to a meal!"

Su Xinghui turned his head to look; it was Yang Jiong, the deputy captain of the traffic police brigade of the Jiangnan District Public Security Bureau. They had met during the Yan Qing traffic accident case last time. Yang Jiong had left him his contact information and had indeed said that Su Xinghui should contact him next time he came to Jiangcheng, and he would treat Su Xinghui to a meal.

But how long had passed since then? Su Xinghui had long forgotten. Seeing Yang Jiong now, he remembered and said with a smile, "Captain Yang, I'm sorry, wasn't there flood control work a while ago? I haven't been to Jiangcheng, this is my first time here, and I haven't had time to contact you."

Yang Jiong said, "It's fine, it's fine, Township Head Su, since we ran into each other today, why don't I treat you to a meal this afternoon? You didn't have time last time I said I'd treat you."

Su Xinghui said, "I'm sorry, Captain Yang, it's already past four, and I have to go to the long-distance station to catch the last bus at five o'clock to go back. I really don't have time to eat with you. Next time, next time I come, I will definitely contact you."

Yang Jiong asked, "That's easy, isn't it? I'll treat you to a meal, and after the meal, I'll drive you back to Shangjun County. It's only a few dozen kilometers."