Lying Low to Scavenge in the Courtyard

Zhang Weiguo transmigrates to that era of scarcity, a time of lacking clothes and food.

He is a decorated veteran who has been transferred to a position as the head of the purchasing departme...

Chapter 69 New Three Years Old Three Years

In this era, there are no shopping malls, let alone food streets.

All people need are the common necessities of life such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

After all, in this day and age when you can’t even support yourself, how can you have the spare money to buy those useless and unused items?

There is no one like Zhang Weiguo who buys a few potted plants and raises a turtle.

A supply and marketing cooperative can solve all the problems in daily life. There is also a department store, which has a more complete range of things, such as bicycles, sewing machines, etc.

Zhang Weiguo visited the department store only a handful of times. He was not willing to go shopping in shopping malls in later generations, let alone in this era.

Today is the weekend, and Zhang Weiguo and Ran Qiuye have nothing to do, so they bring them here to buy some clothes.

In this era, very few people buy ready-made clothes, and most people make them themselves from the cloth.

Three years new, three years old, and another three years of mending.

One advantage nowadays is that we can have children. There are many children in the family, and there are not so many requirements for raising children. The clothes of the eldest child can be worn by the second child, and after the second child has worn them, the third child can wear them.

A piece of clothing can be worn for several years and can be worn by several people.

The two arrived at the department store and parked their bicycles. Zhang Weiguo held Ran Qiuye's hand and walked into the department store.

This era is relatively conservative and few people can hold hands.

Zhang Weiguo doesn't care about these things. What is there to be afraid of with his own wife? She is not someone else's wife. Why should he be afraid of others investigating?

When I came to the clothing store, I found a lot of clothes but few styles.

The color of the clothes was still gray-blue, not those bright red or purple colors. Two dresses were selected, and there were still some people coming to buy bridal dresses.

In this era, marriage requires three turns and one ring, and the next most important thing is thirty-six legs.

Very few families could afford a three-wheeler and a sewing machine. Any of them would cost more than a hundred yuan. A bicycle would cost more than a hundred yuan, and a sewing machine would cost more than a hundred yuan.

Even if you save up enough money, you still need a ticket, and bicycle tickets are very rare.

There are more than 10,000 people in the steel rolling mill, and there are only a few bicycle tickets every year. Tickets cannot be obtained through normal channels, so they can only be purchased on the black market.

On the black market, a bicycle ticket costs fifty dollars, a sewing ticket costs forty dollars, a watch ticket costs thirty dollars, and a radio ticket costs twenty dollars.

The radio tickets are cheap here.

These four tickets cost one hundred and fifty dollars.

Each person’s salary is less than 20 yuan, and it is considered good to earn 20 yuan a month.

There was only one second-hand bicycle in the entire courtyard, owned by the uncle. Even though it was second-hand, it cost nearly a hundred yuan.

Xu Damao has a bicycle that was provided by the steel rolling mill. In order to go to the countryside to show movies, he can't walk there carrying dozens of kilograms of equipment.

Watching others carefully choosing clothes, Zhang Weiguo thought that he got married too early.

He never came to choose clothes.

Zhang Weiguo brought Ran Qiuye to a counter, which was a shop selling gold jewelry.

“Buy whichever one you like.”

Zhang Weiguo pointed to the gold jewelry in front and said.

"These gold ones are too expensive and inconvenient to wear. Don't buy gold ones."

"This silver one is nice, cheap, and not conspicuous when worn."

Zhang Weiguo thought about it and agreed. In this era, wearing gold jewelry is still very conspicuous and might even be stolen by others.

This won’t happen with silver jewelry, as silver jewelry is cheap and many people can afford it.

Even if you can't afford it, you can use the money to make silver jewelry.

Just pay some processing fees.

Ran Qiuye chose a necklace, a pair of earrings and a silver ring.

Zhang Weiguo's behavior of not being short of money was noticed by some people.

Zhang Weiguo didn't know yet that he had been targeted.

Zhang Weiguo did not buy any gold jewelry but bought some cheap silver jewelry. Unexpectedly, he was still targeted.

Just when Zhang Weiguo went to the toilet, a thief felt that the time had come and walked straight towards Ran Qiuye.

Ran Qiuye was waiting for Zhang Weiguo and didn't notice this person at all.

The thief bumped into Ran Qiuye and fell down, touching her bag with his hand.

"Oops, I hit someone, I hit someone."

The thief lay on the ground, shouting.

"What's going on?"

In this era, there is never a shortage of people who are brave enough to do what is right.

It's just that their intentions were good, and they didn't understand what was going on at all, so they just followed suit.

Seeing all the customers in the mall gathered around and pointed at Ran Qiuye, the thief became even more arrogant.

The thief smiled and took advantage of this opportunity to put the stolen silver necklace and ring into his pocket.

He was still shouting “Ouch, ouch”, and if you didn’t know better you would think he was seriously injured.

"It wasn't me, he bumped into me himself."

Ran Qiuye was a little anxious. She had never seen such a scene before and was suddenly at a loss as to what to do.

"You're the one who hit me. I think my leg is broken. You have to pay for it."

"If you don't pay the money, you can't leave today."

He became even more arrogant, looking at Ran Qiuye as a girl who was at a loss, and kept putting forward his conditions.

"What's going on?"

Just when Ran Qiuye didn't know what to do, Zhang Weiguo came out of the bathroom.

Looking at a group of people surrounding Ran Qiuye and pointing at her, Ran Qiuye was at a loss.

"Who are you to her?"

"She hit me. You can't leave if she doesn't pay you today."

The thief was immediately delighted when he saw Zhang Weiguo. He knew that Zhang Weiguo was rich. The way he paid the money was so handsome and cool that it shocked the thief.

The thief's goal was to make Zhang Weiguo pay for his crimes. Not only did he steal the jewelry today, but he could also make some money later.

Thinking of this, the thief almost laughed out loud.

"Bumped into you?"

Zhang Weiguo glanced at Ran Qiuye in confusion without even moving.

This is too obvious a false accusation.

Ran Qiuye spoke to Zhang Weiguo pitifully.

The thief continued to persist and incited the people around him.

Looking at the guy with shifty eyes, Zhang Weiguo knew that he was a thief.

Zhang Weiguo went up and slapped the thief without saying a word.

The thief was stunned. What was going on? Why did he just attack him? Wasn’t he supposed to be reasonable?

"Wife, can you check if you have lost anything?"

Ran Qiuye checked immediately and found that the necklace and ring were missing.

"The necklace and ring are gone."

"Whoever calls the police will be paid two dollars as a commission," said Zhang Weiguo.

"I'll go."

A young man immediately said.

Zhang Weiguo watched the thief and didn't let him run away.

Ten minutes later, the police arrived.

Zhang Weiguo directly gave the man two dollars.

Zhang Weiguo told the police directly about the situation.

The police also knew that this man was a thief, so two officers went up to search him.

The necklace and ring were found in the thief's pocket.