Chapter 227: Leave the Most Beautiful Memory ④
Nie Qiu looked at Nie Aifang. She really wanted a mobile phone, but she had to get Nie Aifang’s permission first.
Originally, as soon as Nie Aiwen said this, Nie Aifang wanted to refuse, but seeing Nie Qiu’s suddenly bright eyes, and then thinking about her current relationship with Nie Aiwen, husband and wife share property. Although they are not yet husband and wife, they have known each other for over thirty years. Since they are together, what does it matter if they don’t have that nine-yuan paper? Although she wouldn’t actively spend Nie Aiwen’s money now, she was very happy that Nie Aiwen was willing to spend money on her and her daughter. Seeing Nie Qiu looking at her, she nodded and said with a smile, “Okay, if Qiu Qiu does well on this exam, we’ll buy Qiu Qiu a mobile phone.”
Nie Aiwen and Nie Qiu were both happy to receive Nie Aifang’s special permission. Nie Aiwen held Nie Aifang’s hand, and Nie Qiu linked arms with Nie Aifang. The three of them pushed open the door of the mobile phone superstore and walked into the mobile phone shop.
Nie Aifang looked at Nie Qiu, who was holding her arm. It seemed that, as Aiwen had said, Qiu Qiu had grown up. Now, to look at Qiu Qiu’s eyes, she had to tilt her head up slightly and turn her eyeballs. Unknowingly, that little girl had grown up under her protection, and she herself would grow older and older, until she saw her enter another person’s embrace.
As soon as the people in the mobile phone superstore saw someone enter, a free salesperson walked up and asked with a slight smile, “Hello, can I help you with anything? Are you here to buy a mobile phone?”
Nie Aifang nodded, “Yes! We’re here to buy a mobile phone. Do you have any recommendations?”
“May I ask who will be using it?” the salesperson asked, leading the three towards the vivo counter with a smile.
Nie Aifang pointed at Nie Qiu and said with a smile, “It’s for my daughter. Please recommend one that’s good quality and looks nice.”
“Okay,” the salesperson said, taking out a recommended mobile phone from the glass cabinet and smiling, “How about this one? The vivo X3 is our best-selling model. The screen is clear, and the singing, recording, and beauty functions are all excellent.”
The mobile phone the salesperson took out was white with a white metal edge, looking very luxurious and dazzling. Nie Aifang, who had only ever used a button Nokia, was blinded by its brilliance. Thinking it looked good, she asked Nie Qiu, “This phone… how much is this phone?”
The salesperson smiled and said, “This phone isn’t expensive, it’s only two thousand four hundred and ninety-eight.”
Upon hearing the price, Nie Aifang frowned. She looked at Nie Qiu and asked, “Qiu Qiu, do you like it? This phone looks quite nice.” In her heart, she hoped Nie Qiu would say she didn’t like it. In her opinion, this phone was too expensive. Her own phone, which she had used for two years, was a gift for topping up her phone credit. For a three-hundred-yuan phone credit, she also got a three-jin bucket of oil, so her phone was naturally a better deal. Over two thousand five hundred yuan was equivalent to her salary when she worked at the supermarket.
Nie Qiu knew that Nie Aifang wouldn’t want her to buy such an expensive phone, which was why she asked her. She quickly and sensibly shook her head and said with a smile, “I don’t really like the look of this phone, Mom. Let’s go look at the Nokias! I heard people say that Nokias can be used to crack walnuts! Their quality is undeniably good.”
It wasn’t that Nokias were cheap, but for older people, Nokia, as an old brand, was naturally considered cheap. Nokia was just a brand, like any other phone brand. There were cheap ones and expensive ones. For example, Nokia’s Vertu was a luxury Nokia phone, with the cheapest costing over a hundred thousand yuan and the most expensive naturally over a million.
However, to Nie Aifang, Nokias were naturally cheap, so she quickly nodded, apologized to the salesperson with a smile, and then took Nie Qiu to the counter with the Nokia brand. In the end, Nie Aifang chose a three-hundred-yuan Nokia 5000 for Nie Qiu.
Nie Qiu didn’t have many requirements for a mobile phone; as long as it could go online, make calls, and send messages, it was fine. This phone was mainly small and portable, so since Nie Aifang liked it, Nie Qiu didn’t object much.
After buying the phone and the SIM card, they also received a palm-sized teddy bear as a gift. The three of them then left the mobile phone mall.
The three returned home. After Nie Aiwen put down the things he was holding, he went back to the company to work. Because people from the Xinhua Bookstore might deliver something home in the afternoon, Nie Aifang asked Nie Qiu to watch the stall while she waited at home. In her opinion, she wouldn’t feel at ease leaving Nie Qiu alone at home if outsiders were coming over.
When Nie Qiu returned home that evening, she saw that there was a desk by the bedroom window, with a clip-on desk lamp on it. Nie Qiu was overjoyed. She took out all the books and other items from the cardboard box and arranged them on the desk. The paper, pen, eraser, correction fluid, compass, and other small items were neatly placed below. There were too many small items, and although they were arranged neatly, it still looked a bit messy. Nie Qiu sat at the desk and thought for a moment, then stood up and went to the cabinet where she used to write to get the pencil case that Peng Yu Yang had given her. She opened the pencil case, intending to put the other small items inside, but unexpectedly, she found a small MP4 inside the paper pencil case.
Nie Qiu was surprised. She picked up the MP4 from inside the pencil case. Could it be that Nie Aifang had secretly put it in her pencil case at home this afternoon? Or was it a reward for her getting first place in the exam? After thinking about it, she felt it wasn’t right. Although Nie Aifang was a meticulous person, she was definitely not a sentimental or romantic one. She was like a rural woman from the liberation period; you could feel her diligence, capability, resilience, simplicity, and strength, but it was impossible to imagine such a woman wearing lingerie to surprise her husband at night. That would be unrealistic.
Therefore, Nie Aifang had explicitly stated that buying her a desk and a tent and sleeping bag were rewards for her getting first place. She wouldn’t give her a surprise in such a secretive way. This meant that this MP4 was likely already in this pencil case before.
Was it… given to her by Peng Yu Yang?
Nie Qiu took out her mobile phone, wanting to call Peng Yu Yang to ask, but then realized that she, having just bought a phone, didn’t have Peng Yu Yang’s phone number. To be honest, when they were practicing dancing, everyone had memorized Peng Yu Yang’s phone number, but it was all stored in their phones. This era was different. In the past, everyone would have a small address book to record their computer numbers, or they would memorize them firmly in their minds. Now it was different. With high technology, everyone stored numbers in their phones. Even without a phone, they would write them in a notebook. Who would memorize them firmly in their minds like in the past?
Nie Qiu sighed, looking at the MP4 in her hand. Inside the pencil case, there was a small card, which was the MP4’s instruction manual.
