Chapter 46: Autumn Forest Shopping Incident

  When Wang Weiye finished speaking, Sima Youlan didn't quite believe him, but when she heard that half of the money could be taken away, she immediately stood up from the ground, put a stack of RMB back into her travel bag, and without saying anything, took her bag and walked towards the dormitory.

  Simayouran's strange behavior confused Wang Weiye, and he asked inexplicably: "Wife, what do you want to do with that money?"

  Simar Youlan didn't care about Wang Weiye's question, she poured all the money from her travel bag onto the bed and then jumped on the bed to start counting the money. While Simar Youlan was counting the money, she also asked Wang Weiye: "You said you took out the money from the bank, quickly take out your passbook and let me see it, I want to know how much money you still have."

  Just now, Wang Weiye was deceiving Sima Youlan. His mother didn't know about this money at all. If his mother found out, she would have confiscated it long ago. Now that he heard Sima Youlan asking him for the bank deposit slip, Wang Weiye's heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself, "I'm in trouble." If this stinky girl saw more than a million being withdrawn, wouldn't she set fire to this house? But if he didn't show it to her, she would definitely go to his mother to tattle. The only solution now was to divert her attention, and not let her think about this matter anymore.

  Wang Weiye immediately jumped onto the bed, grinning from ear to ear and asked: "Honey, you don't need to count anymore. This money is a total of 100,000 yuan. Hurry up and change your clothes, we're going to the store to buy some things."

  Simar Youlan, who had never counted so much money before, was eager to indulge in the thrill of counting it. However, upon hearing Wang Weiye say that he needed to go shopping, she excitedly threw the money onto the bed and immediately jumped up from the bed, running to the corridor closet to start getting dressed.

  Going shopping is a woman's prerogative, and no woman can resist this temptation. Especially Sima Youlan, who has just become a real woman, with the man she loves accompanying her to go shopping.

  Looking at the pile of RMB, Wang Weiye couldn't help but smile wryly. He thought to himself: What's going on here? Taking out money is supposed to be a happy thing, but instead it's caused a whole bunch of trouble. Accompanying women shopping, Wang Weiye had plenty of experience with that. Ever since he got to know Little Hot Pepper Zhang Yaping, he hadn't spent less time accompanying her shopping. Until now, Wang Weiye still couldn't figure out why this woman would forget everything as soon as she entered a store, no matter how big or small the thing was. From top floor to bottom floor, as long as there were counters, they would definitely walk through them all. Through different stages of training, Wang Weiye's brain had finally opened up, and he summed up an experience: when accompanying women shopping, you absolutely cannot rush to say "let's go home". What was originally a very happy thing became a source of unhappiness for the men because they couldn't bear the hardship, and the consequences were severe, extremely severe, so severe that it varied from person to person.

  Seeing that there were two bundles of money that Sima Youlan had not yet opened, Wang Weiye hastily stuffed the money into Sima Youlan's military backpack and picked it up to head outside.

  Youlan saw Wang Weiye wearing casual clothes and quickly pulled him over. "Smelly rascal, are you going to wear this outfit with me on the street? Hurry up and put on your military uniform for me."

  Wang Weiye heard Sima Youlan ask him to change into his military uniform, and he was unwilling, so he hurriedly defended himself: "What's wrong with this outfit? It's the most popular one now. Look at me wearing it, don't I look handsome?"

  "Not cool! No matter how I look at it, you look like a stinky hooligan. If you dare to wear this outfit and go out with me, I'll call Mom right now and tell her you're bullying me." Sima Youlan had no choice but to use her trump card to tattle on Wang Weiye to his mother-in-law in order to prevent him from wearing that outfit when they went out.

  When Wang Weiye saw Youlan was about to call his mom, he panicked. If the call went through, his family's treasure would immediately turn into a piece of crap and would definitely be scolded by his mom until she was covered in blood. Wang Weiye knew that if he didn't change out of his uniform now, it might already be too late. He sulkily handed Youlan his military bag and took off his clothes. But what Wang Weiye never could have imagined was that because he wore this uniform, the people from the underworld no longer recognized him as the Northeast Three Brothers, and he also lost face in front of his wife.

  As soon as they left the house, Wang Weiye took Sima Youlan to Yimanzhijie Street and walked less than 100 meters before pointing to a four-story red brick building on the side and saying to Sima Youlan: "This is now the 69th Middle School. In the past, it was Yiman Primary School. You must have learned about Zhao Yiman's story in your primary school textbook. This school was built to commemorate her."

  As Sima Youlan had never been to Harbin before, she sat in the car yesterday and just took a glance at the various European-style buildings on both sides of the street.

  Wang Weiye was anxious to get home quickly, so he didn't introduce Sima Youlan to the various customs of Harbin. Now, Wang Weiye led Sima Youlan on a casual stroll, starting to take on the responsibility of being a host and acting as a tour guide.

  When two people walk out of Yiwu Street, turn left to Struggle Road, the spacious asphalt road has various buildings on both sides of different periods, and these European-style buildings represent humanistic ideas of different periods.

  Simayoulan gained a deeper understanding of Wang Weiye through his explanations. The seemingly ordinary building contains various humanistic thoughts, cultural arts and other knowledge. These knowledge can be said to be all-encompassing, even for locals, it is impossible to understand so comprehensively.

  Wang Weiye explained to Sima Youlan while sighing, "These European-style buildings do not represent the style of Harbin city. The most representative building is the Nikolai Church built over a hundred years ago in the center of Nangang District, at the intersection of Da Zhijie and Zhongshan Road. However, it was destroyed during the early days of the Cultural Revolution and has become one of the greatest regrets for the people of Harbin."

  Here is the translation:

  "Speaking of St. Nicholas Cathedral, it's a pride for us Harbin people. Its building area ranks first in Asia and third in the world. Unfortunately, you didn't come to Harbin before, or you would have seen its grandeur. This great cathedral was destroyed by those radical Red Guards who claimed to be 'destroying the four olds'. They used explosives to blow it up. Since it happened at night, few people knew about it. I once ordered my brothers to find out who did it. If I catch them, I'll make them pay dearly. Tomorrow, I'll take you to Daoli District's Central Street to see the European-style architecture. Then, we'll visit the Songhua River Flood Control Memorial Tower and have a meal at Madieer or Xime Restaurant, where you can try authentic Western food. There are only a few restaurants like this left in the country. Later, when we arrive at Autumn Department Store, we'll buy some big rye bread (a Harbin specialty) and some sausages, as well as some cheese. I'll make you a Western-style meal for lunch, guaranteed to make your mouth water. By the way, let me tell you something about Harbin's 'ten great weirdnesses': our big bread is like a pot lid, bicycle handles face outward, windows have paper stuck on the outside, girls drink liquor without eating, people kick their feet when getting off a bus, girls smoke big pipes, children are raised by being hung up, and couples date in driving schools haha."

  Since they were on the main street and both wearing military uniforms, Sima Youlan didn't take any rash actions against Wang Weiye. She glared at him fiercely with her eyes, pouted her small mouth, and let out a dissatisfied snort "Hmph".

  As soon as Sima Youlan walked into the Qiu Lin Department Store from the side door of Struggle Road, she was stunned by the crowd lined up in a dragon-like queue inside the store. Then Sima Youlan's whole body became excited, and she immediately pushed Wang Weiye aside and hurried over to see what good things made so many people line up.

  Wang Weiye was confused by Sima Youlan's actions, he watched as Sima Youlan squeezed into the crowd, Wang Weiye immediately knew in his heart that this stinky girl was just like Xiao La Jiao, once she entered the store, she wouldn't come out on her own, it seemed that today he didn't need to do anything.

  Wang Weiye didn't follow Sima Youlan into the crowd, he stood outside and waited for her. Because Wang Weiye knew that was where they sold big bread, but it wasn't time yet, and that stinky girl would soon squeeze out of the crowd.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, Sima Youlan squeezed out of the crowd with a big sweat on her head and saw Wang Weiye standing outside, watching the commotion with great ease.

  Simmering with anger, Sima Youlan walked up to Wang Weiye and pinched his arm hard, saying: "What are you doing standing here? Let me squeeze in alone."

  Wang Weiye looked at Sima Youlan's disheveled appearance and smiled, saying: "This is where you buy big Labas. It's not time yet, we have to wait until 9:30 before buying. Who told you to rush in without asking, like a daredevil, squeezing into the crowd? I'm not as foolish as you, squeezing in and then squeezing out again. Just wait a bit, I'll get them to deliver one over. I forgot to tell you, when I buy things here, I never have to line up."

  It would be better if Wang Weiye didn't say anything, but he always wanted to take advantage of the situation. When Sima Youlan heard the implication in Wang Weiye's words, she felt that he was saying she was stupid, and her heart wasn't happy about it.

  Seeing Sima Youlan's unhappiness, Wang Weiye hastily apologized and said: "Wife, I was wrong, let's go to the third floor to buy a watch now. As long as you like it, no matter how much money it is, I'll buy it for you. Is that okay?"

  When Wang Weiye told her that he would buy a watch for her, Sima Youlan asked strangely: "Don't you need a ticket to buy a watch in Harbin?"

  "Watch ticket? Of course, we'll use it. But when we buy a watch, we don't need a watch ticket." In fact, Wang Weiye didn't understand Sima Youlan's meaning at all, he just said it casually and pulled her hand to follow him up to the third floor.

  Simu Youlan misheard Wang Weiye's words, she thought it was her mother-in-law or father-in-law who gave him the watch ticket, and asked Wang Weiye to buy a watch for her.

  Just now, Wang Weiye was busy apologizing to Sima Youlan and didn't notice the people around him. In his mind, this is his kingdom, and whoever dares to make a move on him will be no different from looking for death.

  But things often happen so coincidentally, and there are just a few newcomers who don't even recognize Wang Weiye's name. As soon as he and Sima Youlan entered the Qiulin Store, they were targeted by these people.

  Wang Weiye thought he had reached his own territory, so he was careless and allowed Sima Youlan to squeeze into the crowded area. As a result, the money in Sima Youlan's bag was stolen cleanly.

  As soon as she walked into the second floor, Sima Youlan saw so many beautiful clothes that she said nothing and didn't go to the third floor to buy a watch first, but wanted to take a stroll around the second floor first.