Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Chapter 37 Wangfujing Goods

Generally speaking, you can buy daily necessities in the stores of supply and marketing cooperatives, but in the old city, Wangfujing Department Store is irreplaceable, as the merchandise here is the most complete.

Zeng Wangcai and his friends now had money and tickets, so they went straight to Wangfujing Department Store.

"Brother, let's go take a look at the bicycles." Zeng Hu said excitedly.

In Zengzhuang, Zeng Laosan is the only one in the village who owns a car. At this time, a bicycle is not just for showing off, it is very useful. It can carry both people and goods, greatly improving work efficiency.

"Why look at bicycles? Let's look at watches. Watches are so nice. They make you look good when you wear them..."

"With your four first graders' level, you can understand a watch? Look at a bicycle."

"Brother, I'm not polite if you say that. I have four first-grade students, and at least I didn't repeat a grade. What about you? You have three, one first-grade student, and two second-grade students..."

"Hey, let's settle the score, huh?"

"Come, come, come..."

The fact that they had to repeat a grade was an everlasting pain in the twins' hearts, and no one was allowed to mention it, including themselves.

Zeng Wangcai was speechless and stood between the two of them: "Don't say anything to each other, you are crazy. Can't we look at the bicycle and the watch at the same time? It doesn't cost money to look at them!"

"Uh......"

"Pfft!"

Zhang Xiuzhi was amused by the two brothers.

You can just shop in a mall, no one says you have to buy anything.

Four people walked side by side into Wangfujing Department Store. Today was a working day, Monday, and there were not many people in the building, but not too few either. After all, this was currently the center of the country's commercial centers.

The inside of the building was rather dim, far less bright than the lights in shopping malls of later generations. There were shadows of people swarming under the fluorescent lights, and all kinds of banners and slogans were everywhere, with slogans that everyone was familiar with.

Many of these slogans seem to be very exciting now, but they had the opposite effect in later generations.

Each store is basically a combination of a glass counter and a wooden back cabinet. The glass counter is generally divided into three layers, and each layer is filled with merchandise that fits the counter space. The back cabinet is taller than the counter and can hold more merchandise.

As soon as Zhang Xiuzhi and others came in, they were dazzled by the dazzling array of goods. Who would remember to just look at bicycles and watches? They just went shopping.

The four of them came to the cloth counter, which was quite crowded and the salesperson inside was quite busy.

There were several wooden signs hanging inside the counter, one of which read "Beijing Floral Cloth" and the other read "Artificial Cotton". Rolls of cloth were placed on the counter, waiting for customers to choose.

The cloth at that time did not have many patterns, and was mainly made of cotton and linen, with a single color, white, green and blue as the basic tones. The Beijing floral cloth was similar to the patterns of the Northeast floral cotton-padded jackets in later generations, and is very festive today.

This new thing, artificial cotton, is actually the first set of chemical fiber equipment introduced from Germany a few years ago and settled in Baoding. This thing is not as good as cotton, but people nowadays don’t know this.

"Xiuzhi, do you want to buy cloth?" Zeng Wangcai found that Zhang Xiuzhi could not move her legs, with her hands in her trouser pockets, and she obviously had the urge to take out money.

"I want to buy a few feet of cloth for my grandma. After I came here, she altered her clothes and gave them to me. This floral cloth is nice." Zhang Xiuzhi did not hide her thoughts.

Zeng Wangcai glanced at the clothes Zhang Xiuzhi was wearing. No wonder they looked familiar.

He smiled and said, "Don't buy it here. Everything else in our family is good. Cloth and clothes are much better than other families. You may not have forgotten what my father does. Don't worry, I have arranged it. I gave the money and tickets to my father this morning."

"That's you, what I bought was what I bought!" Zhang Xiuzhi shook her head.

In the end, with Zhang Xiuzhi's insistence, they bought six feet of floral cloth at 40 cents per foot, spending a total of two dollars and two cents. The cloth coupons were paid by Zeng Wangcai.

Shopping is more interesting now. After you choose the things, the salesperson will issue a receipt and collect the money. Then you put the ticket and money on the clip above your head. The clip is put on a wire. The salesperson pushes hard and the clip with the money slides to the other side, and the goods are shipped based on the money and ticket.

After buying the cloth, Zeng Wangcai put it in his bag and the four of them continued shopping.

Coming to the food counter, the scarcity of supplies is even more evident. There are very few candies, few types of side dishes, and few customers. This shows that everyone is saving their resources for necessary food and drink.

Zhang Xiuzhi walked around here for a while and suddenly glanced at Zeng Wangcai and said, "You didn't lie, you are honest!"

This incoherent sentence almost confused Zeng Wangcai: "What do you mean you didn't lie?"

"White Rabbit milk candy is not sold here," Zhang Xiuzhi explained.

Nonsense, just designed it!

Zeng Wangcai said that he had asked someone to buy some candies and would give them away when they left in the afternoon. Then he took them away from the food counter.

Going to Xinhua Bookstore again, Zeng Wangcai bought a red-cover notebook, a Hero fountain pen and a bottle of ink for Zhang Xiuzhi.

It is worth mentioning that the Hero fountain pen with a classic maroon shaft and a Baotou pen, not a high-end product like an iridium pen, cost 100 cents. Zeng Wangcai originally wanted to buy a Hero which has appreciated greatly in value in later generations, but Zhang Xiuzhi thought it was too expensive and refused.

The classic Hero 616 is not available yet.

As for Zeng Hu and Zeng Bao, in the words of their father Zeng Youhuo: If they touch the wrong thing, they will never be able to touch the pen.

Therefore, stationery has nothing to do with them.

"Write a few words for me!" Zhang Xiuzhi did not refuse Zeng Wangcai's gift. After getting the pen and notebook, she opened the cover of the notebook and asked Zeng Wangcai to write something.

Zeng Wangcai thought about it, picked up the pen and wrote: Zeng Wangcai presented this to Comrade Zhang Xiuzhi on a certain day in a certain year.

At this time, you can only write these. Writing about love and affection is just hooliganism.

Zhang Xiuzhi looked at Zeng Wangcai's handwriting and said enviously, "Your handwriting is so beautiful!"

This is not Zhang Xiuzhi's compliment. As mentioned before, the greatest wealth left to Zeng Wangcai by his original body is his calligraphy. He has a real master, and both his penmanship and his calligraphy with a brush are considered to be at a high level.

"Okay, learn from Comrade Zhang Xiuzhi." Zeng Wangcai said with a smile, "If you are interested in writing, I can teach you in the future. Don't worry, it's not difficult."

Zhang Xiuzhi nodded and kept it in mind.

She actually had very good academic performance and wanted to continue to high school after graduating from junior high school. At that time, her biological mother was still alive and supported her studies. Later, her biological mother passed away and her mother came into the family, so her studies fell through.

But even so, it was a remarkable thing for a rural girl to graduate from junior high school at that time.

After buying a few things, it was already past noon, but no one was hungry and in high spirits, so we decided to continue shopping. This time, we followed the Tiger and Leopard Brothers to the watch counter.

The salesperson ignored them and chatted with his colleagues.

In fact, this situation is very normal. The sales clerks at this time basically do not have a good attitude. The ones in Wangfujing are even worse. For sales clerks in other places, it is common to fight with customers.

Moreover, there is a shortage of goods now, and the counters of stores in many places are empty. Wangfujing is special because it can guarantee supply, so the salespersons are more awesome.

"Comrade, I want to see this Shanghai brand semi-steel watch..."

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