I messed up the Siheyuan

Early the next morning, Wang Ping went out and went straight to the steel rolling mill.

When he arrived at the factory, he handed over the wild boar meat and five eggs to the section chief, Li Guangwen, and his mission was completed.

Li Guangwen, with a smile on his face, not only gave Wang Ping the reward from Deputy Director Li - a watch ticket, but also gave him ten days of vacation with a stroke of his pen.

Wang Ping shouted "Long live the section chief" and ran out of the office.

After leaving the steel mill, Wang Ping, unable to contain himself, went directly to Wangfujing Department Store.

He had long been fed up with looking at the sun and guessing the time every day.

Now that he had the watch ticket and he was not short of money, he naturally wanted to buy the watch back immediately.

Wangfujing Department Store at that time was the "boss" of department stores in Beijing.

On the opening day in 1955, the number of customers reached an astonishing people.

It can accommodate tens of thousands of customers and nearly a thousand sales staff at the same time.

Just from this number, you can imagine how big it is.

Even in the new century, there are probably not many shopping malls that can accommodate more than 10,000 people at the same time.

Moreover, even with such a large scale, people often queue up to buy things in Wangfujing Department Store.

During the planned economy era, this store was also the only department store in the country that was specially approved and enjoyed national purchasing rights.

It can not only purchase goods directly from major cities such as Chongqing, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Shanghai, but also sell imported goods from abroad.

Therefore, this is the department store with the most complete range of merchandise not only in the old city, but also in the whole country.

There is a saying in the old city to describe the complete range of goods here.

"If you can't buy something in Wangfujing, don't go anywhere else."

......

The first floor of Wangfujing Department Store mainly sells non-staple food products.

All kinds of old-fashioned pastries from the old city, candies from Tianjin, tea from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, various kinds of liquor, fruit wine, and wine, and famous brands of cigarettes from all over the country are displayed in various counters.

Although the packaging of various commodities is made of paper, it is colorful and very bright.

Looking around, you can see a sea of ​​colorful flowers, which can really arouse people's desire to buy.

Since they are all food and drinks, naturally more people buy them.

Therefore, compared to other floors, the first floor has the largest flow of people.

During holidays, the entire first floor is packed with people.

There are often long queues in front of the counters of some popular commodities, waiting to buy.

However, today is a weekday and there are fewer people, but the sales clerks at the counters are still busy.

When Wang Ping came in, he was stunned by the busy scene before him.

He had never imagined that in the old city of the 1960s, there would be such a place with a modern atmosphere.

Although the original owner also had memories of Wangfujing Department Store, since he did not experience it personally, the impression was naturally not very deep.

Wang Ping is not short of money now!

In his space, there was a huge sum of 180,000 yuan!

With so much money, he has enough confidence to sell as many pancakes as he wants in this shopping mall known as the "No. 1 Store in New China"!

But after he walked around, his original aggressiveness disappeared immediately.

It turns out that money is not everything!

Only if you have money and tickets can you buy whatever you want!

Almost all the goods on the first floor, including cigarettes, alcohol, candy, tea... require tickets.

If you have money but no tickets, no one will pay any attention to you.

While shopping, he tried to ask the prices of several items, but...

The first thing the salesperson said was, "Do you have any tickets?"

If you don’t have a ticket, no one will even give you a second glance.

Finally, Wang Ping, feeling dejected, took another look at the bustling first floor lobby as he went up the stairs to the second floor, and swore viciously.

"Damn! Why are there so many wealthy dog ​​owners with tickets?"

promise!...

Thirty steps away from Wang Ping, there was a young man wearing a Zhongshan suit and looking very energetic. He was holding a cake from Daoyun Village in his left hand and a bottle of Tianjin shrimp candy he had just bought in his right hand, and he was running towards the counter selling Maotai.

When Wang Ping saw the boy swiftly take out two wine tickets from his pocket, his eyes turned red with envy.

To be honest, he was ready to follow this guy and find a place where no one was around...

As a result, just after the boy bought two bottles of Moutai, a sturdy soldier in military uniform ran up to him with a loud laugh.

After that, the two started to pull each other.

Wang Ping was standing far away, so although he couldn't hear what the two were saying, he could guess...

The young man in the Zhongshan suit wanted to buy some more things, but the soldier was stopping him.

The soldier had a loud voice, so Wang Ping could hear it clearly.

He seemed to be saying, "It's your first visit, there's no need to spend so much money... We don't need anything at home..."

In short, that’s what it means.

Seeing this scene, Wang Ping, who had just had evil intentions, shrank his neck and ran directly to the second floor.

......

The items sold on the second floor are a bit more diverse. Most of the counters sell clothing, while a small number of counters sell children's toys and household appliances.

Compared to the first floor, the second floor has slightly less traffic. Moreover, the majority of traffic on the second floor is concentrated on the clothing counters.

There were very few people in front of the counters selling toys and home appliances, and the occasional few people were there to watch the fun.

After all, in this day and age, how many families can afford to buy toys for their children?

As for household appliances like refrigerators and washing machines, they are high-end luxury goods, not to mention ordinary people, even for some senior officials of a certain level.

For electrical appliances like radios, although many people bought them, you still needed a ticket.

Wang Ping walked around this floor and was so tempted by some of the things that his mouth was watering.

Unfortunately, even if he had a huge sum of 180,000 yuan, he still couldn't buy it without a ticket.

However, when he was walking around the refrigerator and washing machine counters, a salesman selling washing machines, who was probably too bored, wanted to tease him, a man in ordinary clothes, so he said with a smile: "Comrade!... Do you understand?

Do you know what this is?"

“You are so stupid!” Wang Ping cursed in his heart, and then replied coldly: “I am not blind, I can read.

Doesn't your sign say 'washing machine'?"

"Oh! ... You also know about washing machines!" The salesperson continued, "Then do you know what a washing machine is used for?"

"I know!... It's for washing clothes, right?" Wang Ping pointed to the side of the washing machine, which had a larger tub, and said, "Plug it in, fill it with water, put the clothes in, and twist the disc, and it will start spinning."

Then he pointed to the smaller disc on the other side and said, "The wheel is ready. Put it here and it will help you dry the water."