Shenzhen’s No. 1 Department Store was packed with people. Hu Xiaoman felt that his eyes were not enough to see all the people as he walked inside.

Most of the items on the first floor are sold as various household appliances, as well as watches, jewelry and the like.

She saw a counter selling fake flowers, so she went over to take a look out of curiosity. When she heard others discussing the prices, she almost dropped her jaw in shock.

Wow, a bunch of industrial fake flowers costs eight dollars.

Eight dollars!

Hu Xiaoman looked at the artificial flowers that looked very plastic and couldn't see how good they were.

This thing actually costs eight dollars, and people are still buying it!

I have really broadened my horizons.

She ran to other counters to see that they were also selling various new styles of watches.

Hu Xiaoman took a fancy to a Longines men's watch, and Lu Jianghe bought her a watch last time.

Thinking that I haven't given a return gift yet, I thought I could consider this watch.

She looked up at the salesperson and asked, "Comrade, how much is this watch?"

The salesperson smiled politely, and when he saw where she was pointing, he said, "This watch costs two hundred and eighty yuan, a watch ticket."

Hu Xiaoman didn't ask any more questions, just nodded and left.

She frowned and thought about it. She did have money, and quite a lot of it.

But the watch ticket...

Not really.

However, they had never seen Longines watches in any store in Chuncheng, and if they wanted to buy one, they would miss the store.

There is no rush now, she wants to look at other things first.

Hu Xiaoman went to other counters and looked around. A plastic bow hairpin cost five dollars and two industrial coupons.

This thing requires industrial tickets?

Tsk tsk tsk…

However, she had heard that any plastic product would require industrial coupons.

The wooden combs she had sold before were all made of plastic and required industrial coupons to buy in department stores.

She went up to the second floor, where they sold fabrics and ready-made clothes.

The fabrics have more patterns and are brighter than those in Chuncheng.

There are also some ready-made clothes that are very beautiful. The counters selling various long skirts are filled with young and beautiful girls and wives.

Hu Xiaoman had no interest in these things. Although she could wear them, she didn't like skirts, especially colorful long skirts.

Although white long skirts look good, they are not resistant to dirt.

For various reasons, she chose to ignore the skirt.

The third floor sold various household items, but she wasn't interested and went downstairs directly.

Looking around, Hu Xiaoman noticed that there was a Friendship Store opposite.

However, the people going in and out were all foreigners, and those Chinese people who were dressed very fashionably could only look at the door.

There was a look of longing and envy on their faces.

Hu Xiaoman walked over to a woman and asked, "Comrade, why is no one going into this store?"

In fact, there are people coming in, but they are all foreigners.

The woman looked back at her and thought she was a country bumpkin, but she didn't expect Hu Xiaoman to be very beautiful and well-dressed.

She softened her tone and explained, "You're from out of town, right? This place only accepts foreign guests, and you have to use foreign currency to buy things. Do you see those things? Our department store doesn't have them either."

She pointed to a visible spot in the window, where there was a nine-inch TV.

It’s just that there are no TV stations now, so even if we ask them to buy these things, it’s useless.

Hu Xiaoman was stunned for a moment. She was born in the 1990s, so she had no idea what Friendship Store was.

(Friendship Stores were not established until the early 1950s, and they weren't in every city. It wasn't until the 1980s that Chinese people were allowed to shop inside. The above information is from Baidu, so please don't criticize me if there are any discrepancies.)

Only foreigners are allowed in and can only purchase with foreign currency?

She pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and asked, "Sister, do you know where I can get foreign exchange?"

The elder sister looked at her in surprise and said, "Even if you have foreign currency, you can't get in. They only let foreigners in."

Hu Xiaoman smiled and said, "Sister, just tell me where I can get it."

Specifically, she already had an idea in mind.

After hearing what she said, the elder sister did not hide anything. She pointed her in the right direction and then continued to look at the store.

Hu Xiaoman followed her instructions and went to a small alley where there was a gate with a guard.

"Hello, comrade, I need to go in." She said the same thing as her elder sister said.

The man looked at her and opened the door to let her in.

There was no one in the yard, but there were voices talking in the house.

"Someone is coming." The man at the door shouted.

One of the doors opened and a young man came out.

"Comrade, what do you need?" he asked with a smile as he walked over.

Hu Xiaoman nodded. "I need foreign exchange. Do you have any?"

"Foreign exchange?" The young man looked at her in surprise and said, "Yes, I do have it, but the price is a little higher than outside."

It is impossible to exchange foreign currency now, and you need a letter of introduction and a lot of procedures.

Hu Xiaoman asked: "What proportion?"

"Out there it's two dollars and fifty cents for one dollar, here it's three dollars and fifty cents for one dollar." The young man looked her up and down, actually not knowing whether he could exchange it or not.

Hu Xiaoman took a deep breath and was a little surprised. He only lost one dollar in profit?

How much can you buy with one dollar!

However, she also knew that foreign exchange required many procedures to be exchanged.

Anyway, she had a lot of money, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Can you change me to 200 foreign currency?"

The young man looked at her with his eyes wide open in surprise. This was seven hundred yuan!

But since others have told him, he won't ask any more questions.

"Yes, come with me." The young man took her to another room, which looked a bit like a guest room.

He went into the house and fiddled around for a while before coming out.

He opened the wooden box in his hand, showed Hu Xiaoman the foreign currency, and then said, "Pay the money first."

There was more than two hundred yuan in foreign currency in it, so Hu Xiaoman did not hesitate and took out seven hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it over.

The young man counted it carefully three times before giving her the foreign currency.

Hu Xiaoman carefully confirmed that it was not counterfeit money.

I think it is impossible to have such technology in this era, so it should not be a lie.

She put the money away and went out.

The young man looked at her back and couldn't help smacking his lips. There are so many rich people.

He walked into the inner room and saw a young man in his twenties wearing a Zhongshan suit and a pair of glasses.

He asked, "What's wrong, Li Er?"

Li Er is the young man just now.

Li Er smiled and said, "Nothing. A female comrade came here wearing a scarf to exchange foreign currency. She exchanged two hundred foreign currency at once!"

"Boss Zhou, there are still many rich people in big cities. We have made a lot of money in the past two years." He smacked his lips, feeling a little emotional.

Hearing this, Boss Zhou looked calm and said, "Don't forget to recognize me outside. I will be away on a long trip soon, so you still need to take care of this place."

Li Er nodded, "Leave it to me!"