The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 45, Shopping

At 7:30 in the morning, Li Weiguo was preparing to go out early in the morning.

I made an appointment with Zhou Can a few days ago to go to his house for lunch today, so I asked for leave from Master Wang Zhenhai in advance.

For this meal, you have to prepare some decent gifts, not too shabby.

Apart from food, there are very few other things in the space. There are a lot of tickets, but I haven’t had time to buy them yet.

Simply get up early and go shopping in the department store.

Put on your clothes and shoes and leave as soon as you want.

She closed the door, pushed the car, and walked out of the courtyard.

Suddenly, the little girl He Yuyu appeared from behind.

He patted Li Weiguo on the shoulder: "Hey Brother Weiguo, where are you going during your break today?"

"Go to the department store and buy some things." When he turned around and saw that it was this girl, Li Weiguo smiled and gave her a slap on the head.

"Department store? Wow, I want to go too. Can you bring me Brother Weiguo?" Yuyu leaned over and hugged Li Weiguo's arm with both hands and said coquettishly.

Since becoming acquainted with Li Weiguo, this little girl has become much bolder and doesn't see anyone outside at all.

"Okay, let's walk."

Li Weiguo secretly shook his head, and the pair of A's imitated other people's clasping hands and acting coquettishly.

After working so hard, it wouldn't be appropriate to go without her, so forget it, just take her.

"Okay~ let's go."

After leaving the courtyard gate, Li Weiguo took He Yuyue and rode slowly to the Imperial Department Store.

There are still many pedestrians on weekends. It is rare to have a day off, so many people get up early.

There are more people shopping, playing and buying things as you walk towards Wangfujing Street.

When we arrived at the Imperial Department Store, there were even more people. You could see a large number of people coming in and out at the gate, and the nine entrances and exits seemed not enough.

Store your car in the parking shed, hold Yuyu's hand, and slowly walk inside along with the flow of people.

It took several minutes to get through waves of people before reaching the stairs.

Don't say anything, just hold Yu Yu's hand and hurry upstairs. It's impossible to walk around on the first floor. There are so many people and noisy people, and it's uncomfortable to be crowded.

Once we get to the second floor, there aren't that many people around, and even breathing feels much more natural and smooth.

He Yuyu looked at the various products around him curiously, almost fascinated by them. He grabbed Li Weiguo's hand and asked, "Brother Weiguo, what should we buy?"

"Well, I haven't decided yet. Let's go shopping first. We can buy whatever we like."

The two of them wandered around aimlessly on the second floor, which mainly sells clothes, shoes and hats, cloth, children's clothing, toys, models, etc.

Although there are not many varieties, it is one of the very popular places.

Ordinary people only save a few feet of cloth throughout the year, but don't they just hope to buy a few feet of good cloth to make tailor-made clothes?

When he came to the wardrobe counter, Li Weiguo realized that he didn't seem to have much clothes. He usually wore uniforms to work and his daily clothes were relatively shabby.

I didn’t know how to make it myself, so I simply bought ready-made clothes and wore them first. I pointed to the polyester-cotton khaki men’s uniforms hanging on the wall behind the counter and asked, “Comrade, how do you sell poly-cotton khaki men’s uniforms?”

"The top is 19 yuan, and the cloth ticket is 7 feet and 14 inches; the pants are 7 yuan, and the cloth ticket is feet."

"Take one set and two of the other handkerchiefs." Li Weiguo saw the finished handkerchiefs and pointed to the plaid and plum blossom pattern handkerchiefs to the salesperson.

The salesperson took the abacus at hand and made a calculation: "A total of 35 yuan, 14 feet 6 inches of cloth tickets, and 2 handkerchief tickets."

"Okay, let's issue the ticket." Li Weiguo took out the money ticket and handed it to the salesperson.

The salesperson took the money and counted it for confirmation, then quickly opened a bill, sandwiched the money and the bill together, put them on the wire above his head, and pushed hard to the cashier on the other side.

After a while, the cashier threw the bill back again.

After taking off the receipt, the salesperson quickly packed the clothes and handkerchiefs and handed them to Li Weiguo.

Taking the clothes, Li Weiguo took out a handkerchief and handed it to Yuyu: "Yuyu, this is for you, plum blossom suits you very well."

"And me too. Thank you, Brother Wei Guo. This is the first time someone has given me something." Yu Yu's cheeks were slightly red and he took it happily.

After visiting the second floor, Li Weiguo led He Yuyu to the third floor. Most of the third floor was large household items, such as bicycles, watches, sewing machines, radios, televisions, and various non-staple foods, all of which were relatively high-end products.

It was the first time I saw so many big things, and even the rain was lost in my eyes.

When he walked to the watch counter, Li Weiguo suddenly remembered that his master seemed to have given him a watch ticket, and he almost forgot about it when he threw it in the space.

Now that you're here, buy it. It's really hard to tell the time without a watch.

After all, this is not the future, where everyone has a mobile phone and can determine what time it is at any time.

Pulling Yu Yu, who was fascinated by the look, he walked to the watch counter and took a look at the dazzling array of watches on the counter.

Shanghai card, plum blossom card, seagull card, peacock card, Roman card, Yingnag, gas needle

When Yu Yu saw Li Weiguo looking around at the watch counter, he asked curiously: "Brother Wei Guo, do you want to buy a watch?"

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Well, I happened to have a ticket and bought a good time to watch it."

As he spoke, he took out the watch ticket from his pocket and took a look at it.

Oh, you can only buy Shanghai brand. Foreign brands require imported watch tickets, and you can't buy them without tickets.

That’s all, it’s just used to tell the time. They’re all the same. Our domestic ones are not bad either, they’re classics.

Then he pointed to the Shanghai brand on the counter and asked: "Comrade, get me a Shanghai brand watch. How much does it cost?"

"The all-steel shock-proof watch is 120 yuan, and the semi-steel shock-proof watch is 90 yuan. Tickets are required." The salesperson glanced at the two of them and said lazily.

Li Weiguo thought for a while and decided to just buy the good ones. It would give him face when he goes out.

"I want a piece of all-steel anti-shock." He took out the money ticket and handed it to the salesperson.

The salesperson took the bill and performed the same operation again. The bills were flying around above his head. When he was done, he took out a brand new Shanghai brand all-steel shock-proof watch from the counter and handed it to Li Weiguo along with the bill. .

Take the watch, adjust the time, put on the bracelet, and put it on directly.

Fortunately, Li Weiguo's wrist was big enough, so he didn't need to adjust the strap, it just fit.

Shanghai brand watches were launched in Shanghai No. 1958 Department Store on July 7, 1. Once on the market, they became a new fashion and were so popular that they even had to queue up all night to buy them.

The poor play cars, the rich play watches.

In this era, wearing a Shanghai brand to work and go out on the street is fashionable, and you look better than riding a 28-meter bar.

"Brother Bai Erwei Guo, one hundred and twenty yuan was spent like this?"

It cost one hundred and twenty in the blink of an eye, which made Yu Yu’s head buzz with shock, and he couldn’t calm down for a long time.

Silly Zhu would always pay her a few cents for food when she ate at school. I had never seen someone spend 120 on one occasion.

"Well, isn't it about spending money? Silly girl, let's go buy some other things." Li Weiguo smiled and touched her head.

"oh oh."

Then the two of them held hands and looked around, and before they knew it, they reached the non-staple food counter.

Yu Yu couldn't walk now. She looked straight at the dazzling array of snacks on the counter and kept swallowing, which made her ravenous.

Li Weiguo glanced at the greedy cat next to him, shook his head helplessly, took her hand and walked to the non-staple food counter.

He collected a lot of non-staple food tickets, such as candies, biscuits, canned fruits, canned meat, candied fruits, peanuts, melon seeds, etc., a lot.

When he came here, Li Weiguo was not polite. He took out a stack of food stamps from his pocket and handed them to the saleswoman: "Comrade, please help me calculate how much it will cost."

The saleswoman was stunned, looked at the ticket in her hand, and then looked at the brand new watch on Li Weiguo's left hand, her eyes were shining.

"Oh, comrade, you are really capable of getting so many good things."

Such old tickets really made the saleswoman look at her with suspicion, and even her attitude became extremely enthusiastic.

He took the abacus and divided it by three times five and divided it by two: "If you buy all these tickets, you will get eighty-six yuan."

"Okay, let's buy them all. I'm too lazy to run away next time." Li Weiguohao took out a wad of money, counted out the corresponding amount, and handed it over.

The saleswoman took the money and asked jokingly while packing: "Young man, do you have a partner? How about I introduce you to one? Girls in our department store are in short supply, and the families who can work here are all in good condition. The work is decent.”

Before Li Weiguo could answer, Yuyu said out of nowhere: "Yes, I don't have to worry about it, just pack it up quickly." After saying that, his face suddenly turned red, as if on fire.

"You can't tell, the little girl has such a sharp eye, she has been eyeing her for a long time. Little girl, you have to hurry up, there are many people who are greedy for such a good target, hahaha," the saleswoman said with a smile.

This fifteen-year-old girl was no match for the veteran driver. She blushed with embarrassment after just two words and didn't dare to raise her head.

After the saleswoman finished packing, she quickly grabbed five or six packed large net bags, grabbed Li Weiguo and ran away.

Alas, there are always people telling me that if I hold hands, I have to eat peanuts. It’s really hopeless. I need to explain it here.

I don’t know if you have seen the department stores of that era. They were so crowded that you couldn’t find anyone without holding your hand for a second...

In addition, you can check when Liu Mang most came out, and you will probably know whether the idea of ​​holding hands and eating peanuts before the 1980s is reliable. The atmosphere at that time was conservative at best, not as scary as everyone thought. I don’t know when it started, and I don’t know who made it up. It described the environment at that time in such a bad way, but most people believed it. Readers who don’t know the truth can just believe it, but some writers actually believe it too, and continue to write and deceive along with it... I’m really speechless. Here, I want to say something, fellow veterans, every era has its own characteristics, so don’t jump to the wrong page. Again, when reading chronology, you need to read and think for yourself, don’t follow what others say...