Lian Xiaomin patted Yufang's shoulder and said cheerfully, "Why not? Just tell Grandma Cui and I'll take you there for two days. She'll definitely agree."

If it were someone else, two sixteen-year-old girls going to the county town to play? Their families would say, why don't you go to heaven!

But for Lian Xiaomin, this is not a big deal. She has first-class bodyguards, the security is too strong, and they go out frequently.

As expected, Zhang Dacui agreed without hesitation and went to her eldest nephew Zhang Shengli in person to get a letter of introduction. The county town was so far away, they had to stay overnight at least, just stay in a guesthouse and don't bother the Shenglin family.

In fact, she didn't know that Lian Xiaomin had a courtyard in the county town. It had been empty since Sun Xuefeng's family left, so she didn't need to live in a guesthouse at all.

When Zhang Dacui issued the certificate, she said that the two of them went to see Xiao Lingzi and then went to the county town to visit relatives.

What could Zhang Shengli say? Just open the door and give it to him for three days.

During this period, let Xiao Bingzi do the work in the cowshed for Yufang, just feed the animals.

Zhang Dacui said, no need, she would go anyway.

So, on November 8th, the two girls set out early in the morning and took a bus to the county town, arriving at about noon.

Lian Xiaomin took Yufang to the department store first according to the places she had been to. It is now called "Zhanqian Department Store" and has three floors in total. It was very grand in that era.

It was the first time that Yufang had entered such a place. As soon as she entered, she saw the floor was as shiny as a mirror and she wanted to take off her shoes before leaving.

There were big slogans in the window saying "grasp the revolution, promote production" and so on, as well as many paintings.

Before leaving, Zhang Dacui must have brought money for her daughter, asking her to buy any clothes she liked. She gave her twenty yuan and a few feet of cloth coupons.

Yufang also saved up a few pieces of money and took them all with her.

They went up to the second floor to the clothing area, which was actually not very big. On the same floor, the cloth area had more counters.

What little girl doesn’t like new clothes? But Yufang took a look, didn’t buy any, and continued walking forward.

I walked all the way to a place selling wool and then stopped.

"Xiaomin, what color yarn do you think looks good? I want to knit a sweater for my mother."

"Do you have a yarn ticket?"

Yufang's face wrinkled: "Uh, I don't have any, I only have a few cloth coupons."

She took a few glances and had to leave.

Lian Xiaomin didn't have any wool coupons, but she had wool, so she whispered, "I'll go to the black market tonight and buy you two kilograms of wool."

"Don't go to such a dangerous place. Let's talk about it later."

"It's okay, don't worry."

They talked in low voices, continued walking, and returned to the counter selling ready-made clothes.

"Yufang, do you like that cotton jacket?"

There is a sky blue corduroy floral cotton jacket that looks nice and is quite thick.

Yufang's eyes lit up and she realized that he liked her, but she didn't say anything.

The waitress at the counter didn't even bother to raise her eyelids, but she didn't say anything either. Just watch. She wouldn't stand up and ask if you weren't buying anything.

"Forget it, Xiaomin, if you can help me buy some wool, I want to buy some for my mom and Xiaoli brother. It's better not to spend money on clothes."

"Huang Liyuan? Didn't you make him a set of clothes in the summer?"

She accompanied him to the small black market in front of the commune hospital and pretended not to know Sun Xuefeng and bought it.

"Well, you were away from home later, so I don't know. He seemed to have made some money and gave me a gift in return. Look at this pair of little leather shoes. They were given to me by him."

Lian Xiaomin looked down and saw that it was a pair of brown leather shoes. The style was simple but very nice.

I know in my heart that Huang Liyuan is following Sun Xuefeng's cousin Shen Chunqiao to sell goods on the black market, and he probably has some income during this period, so his life will be a little better.

It seems that he has a conscience and is nice to Yufang, and he knows how to repay her kindness.

"Yufang, I'll give you this dress. It's a rare trip to the county town, and the other clothes you wear don't look good. This sky blue corduroy jacket is good and suitable for you... Comrade, please bring me that dress, a medium size will do."

She didn't even ask the price and started paying for the ticket.

It was only about twenty dollars at most, and it was considered the best women's clothing.

The waiter who was eating melon seeds finally raised his eyelids.

Seeing that the two girls were young and were well dressed without any patches on their clothes, he said nothing and was about to turn around to get his clothes.

At this moment, two girls in their early twenties came over, both wearing army green clothes, holding hands, and hurried to the ready-made wardrobe counter.

One of the girls with short hair and big eyes panted and said, "Comrade, can you give me the ticket for the blue cotton jacket I saw this morning?"

The hand pointed to the clothes that happened to be the one Yufang liked.

Lian Xiaomin's heart tightened. Could it be such a coincidence? What? Was there going to be a clothes snatching scene later?

She and Yufang had asked the salesperson to get it first, so they had to make sure it was on a first-come, first-served basis.

Yufang didn't think too much about it. She was about to say that she couldn't let Xiaomin spend money on her, but since someone else wanted it, she didn't say anything.

The salesperson was a woman in her early thirties. She flicked her braids and said, "Let me make this clear first. Two pieces, one small and one medium. No third piece."

The short-haired girl who was about to buy clothes realized that the two people in front of the counter also liked this piece.

Next to her, another round-faced girl with two pigtails who was waiting tilted her head, took a closer look, and suddenly spoke.

"Eh? Isn't this Yufang? Sister Yufang, you don't recognize me! I'm Sister Xiaoqiu."

It was Yufang’s first time in the city. She didn’t dare to look around, and she didn’t dare to look people in the eye. She was quite shy.

My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It’s even more exciting later!