My stomach is full, so I went to the department store to digest the food.

The department store in H City is a long, two-story building. The first floor is filled with small, open-plan stalls, one next to the other, offering a dazzling array of goods. The second floor is home to various stores, all of which are of higher quality than the first floor.

When they arrived at the department store, Zhao Lihai didn't sit in the car. He followed Lin Qingqing and Xiaomei and helped carry things.

Lin Qingqing didn't refuse, as she would have to buy a lot of things later.

Xiaomei stood at the entrance of the department store, looking at the various things hanging for sale, her eyes almost popping out.

She clenched the small wallet in the cloth bag again, trembling, feeling that she could not keep her money.

Lin Qingqing took Xiaomei to the clothing area first.

"Xiaomei, what do you think of this dress?"

Xiaomei looked at the pink dress that Lin Qingqing was pointing at. It had a white doll collar and a bow at the waist.

How is it? It's so pretty! It looks like something a city girl would wear.

Lin Qingqing pointed to a yellow dress with white dots and asked, "What do you think of this one?"

Xiaomei looked at the yellow dress with a wide collar and a bow print with envy. The sleeves were three-layered and the hem was also double-layered.

Lin Qingqing has a good eye. Xiaomei nodded repeatedly after seeing them: "They look good, they all look good. They will definitely look good on you, sister."

After hearing this, Lin Qingqing smiled and asked the salesperson to pack the two skirts.

"Forty-one in total."

Lin Qingqing took out the cloth coupons and money, handed them to the salesperson, took the skirt and stuffed it into Xiaomei's hands.

Xiaomei carried it obediently and followed Lin Qingqing to the next stall.

The children's clothing area has clothes for children from a few months to a teenager. Lin Qingqing picked out some baby bellybands and close-fitting underwear for her, which cost a total of nine yuan.

"Sister, are you buying this for your fifth cousin?" When she saw Lin Qingqing picking these things, she thought of the pregnant cousin she saw at her second uncle's house.

Lin Qingqing nodded, and the fifth sister-in-law was about to leave, so she sent some clothes to the child.

The two went to the shoe stall again and Lin Qingqing bought two pairs of white leather shoes, which were perfect to wear with her skirt.

She had two bolts of cloth coupons left, and she used them all to buy thick cloth for winter.

Finally, I bought various snacks, apples, pears, a large bag of melon seeds, and various canned fruits in the food area on the first floor.

Zhao Lihai couldn't carry the things in his hands anymore, so he put them in the car. He did this twice. When Lin Qingqing and Xiaomei finished shopping and came out, they saw that the car was so crowded that there was almost no room for anyone.

The trunk was full and the back seats were also mostly stuffed with stuff.

Finally, Lin Qingqing sat in the front and Xiaomei sat in the back.

"Comrade Zhao, please take us to the post office again so we can mail some things."

Zhao Lihai smiled and nodded, asked a passerby where the post office was, and took the two of them to the post office.

When they arrived at the post office, Lin Qingqing took out the children's clothes, four cans of malted milk, two pieces of thick cloth, snacks and four cans of fruit, and asked Zhao Lihai to park the car aside and wait for them.

She sent these things home, along with the industrial coupons, meat coupons, and sewing ticket coupons given by the army.

The industrial tickets would be used to build the house and make furniture, she put ten kilograms of meat tickets in her pocket, and the sewing ticket tickets were to be saved for her brother to get married, but she couldn't even get them if she put them in her hands.

Seeing Lin Qingqing writing a letter, Xiaomei also went to the counter to buy envelopes and stamps, and lay down with Lin Qingqing to write a letter.

When Lin Qingqing finished, Xiaomei was still writing a letter, frowning and smiling at times.

Lin Qingqing thought of the remaining twenty kilograms of meat coupons and took out three kilograms of meat coupons and handed them to Xiaomei.

"Put this in the letter and send it to Second Aunt. Just consider it as my filial piety to Second Aunt."

Xiaomei knew Lin Qingqing's character well, so she didn't refuse and decided to pay her back when she made money selling herbs.

It was already 2:30 when they came out of the post office. They had to go to the county's state-owned pharmacy, so they hurried to get in the car.