Pan Ning, who had a bit of a motherly mentality even before getting married, didn't say much after she approved of her son's partner. She swiftly collected the money and weighed the pastries, then handed them to Gu Mingjing.

Because many more customers came later, Jianshu did not continue to disturb Pan Ning. After Gu Mingjing took the pastries, he greeted her and the two left.

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The department store has five floors in total. Apart from the office on the top floor, there are four more floors below.

After buying the pastries, the two started shopping on the first floor.

The first floor sells a wide variety of items, including daily necessities like pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. It can be said that most of the daily necessities are on the first floor. After a few rounds of shopping on the first floor, you can basically buy everything you need.

After leaving the pastry counter, the two went to Li Li's counter next.

This time they didn't buy anything because Li Li only sold daily necessities, such as enamel pots and thermoses, which the two of them didn't need at all.

However, this counter's business was less than Pan Ning's. After all, cakes were gone once they were eaten, and you had to buy more when you wanted to eat them. But it was different with daily necessities. People in this era were very frugal, and as long as something was not broken and unusable, they would still use it.

Got a hole in your enamel pot? No problem, just patch it up.

Got a chipped bowl? No problem, just keep using it and be careful.

In addition, things these days are particularly durable, so unless they are really unusable or you need to buy new ones when your children get married, you won’t spend more money on them.

For a housewife, every penny counts, so Li Li's job is often easier than Pan Ning's.

After a few scattered customers left, Jianshu chatted with Li Li for a long time before leaving.

Maybe it was because she was in a familiar place, seeing familiar colleagues, while they were at work while she was leisurely strolling around. Jianshu, feeling a little happy, was interested in everything she saw. Even though most of the things on the first floor were useless, she still read with great interest.

The two of them walked and ate as they went, just like on a picnic, very leisurely and comfortable. They would look at something that interested them for a while, and would glance at something that didn't interest them and leave. If they saw a long line, they would even join in the fun.

By the time the two of them had finished touring the entire first floor, half an hour had already passed, and Gu Mingjing's hands were full of things, all of which Jianshu was interested in. There were bamboo handicrafts, and some things he didn't recognize or what they were used for.

Only then did Jianshu really develop an interest in shopping. Every era has its own characteristics and unique advantages.

After storing everything in their hands with Pan Ning, the two of them walked towards the second floor.

The layout of the second floor is similar to that of the first floor, with counters of various sizes. A large area of ​​the second floor sells fabrics, ready-made clothes, and shoes, while the rest sell various textiles, wool yarn, and the like.

Men's, women's, and children's clothing, everything is available; work cloth, twill, corduroy, poplin... all kinds of styles; cloth shoes, leather shoes, Jiefang shoes, Huili sneakers... all kinds of shapes and sizes.

Women's clothing is near the stairs, while men's clothing is inside.

Gu Mingjing walked to a counter with Jianshu in familiarity and stopped.

He'd been to the department store quite a bit these days. Every day after dropping off Jianshu, he'd wander around the lower floors while she went to work. If he had nothing else to do, he'd spend half the day there, until Jianshu got off work.

So after a few days, Gu Mingjing knew the department store like the back of his hand, and he knew the location of every counter better than Jianshu, who had been there for more than two years.

The clothing counter is one of the counters he visits most frequently.

It must be that he wore military uniform every day, otherwise the salesperson with a bad temper would have been unable to hold back his scolding if he had just looked at the products without buying anything.

But since they were wearing military uniforms, they had no choice but to entertain them warmly.

As soon as the salesperson saw Gu Mingjing, his expression changed at first, and then he put on a perfunctory smile to greet him.

Jianshu noticed this and couldn't help asking, "What did you do to her? Why did she see you like this?"

"Really? That's quite enthusiastic." Gu Mingjing said.

He had been focusing on the clothes these days, so why would he bother to look at the saleswoman's expression? Besides, the saleswoman was a woman, and he already had a partner, so why would he bother to look at her carefully?

Jianshu glanced at him. "You call this enthusiasm?" His smile couldn't be more fake, could it? Even the smiles on the mannequins in the mall were more genuine.

"Oh, maybe I've come here too many times these days." Gu Mingjing thought for a while and said lightly.

"A lot? How much?"

"Maybe once a day."

Jianshu: “…”

Once a day? Good fellow, you come here every day, but you only look and don't buy. No wonder people are annoyed by you. Even in the future, customers like you would not be welcome.

Jianshu raised his hand and patted his shoulder, "It's a good thing you were wearing a military uniform." Otherwise, you would either be scolded or kicked out. Of course, it is also possible that you would be scolded and then kicked out.

"Hehe." Gu Mingjing touched his nose to hide his embarrassment. He also understood what Jianshu had left unsaid.

But there is no way, Jianshu is not here, how can he buy it? Not only may the product not fit him, but Jianshu may not like it either.

Although he has money, he can't waste it. Living in this era, Gu Mingjing, although not as frugal as many people, still won't spend unnecessary money.

"It doesn't matter. I'll buy a few more items today and make up for the ones I didn't buy a few days ago." Gu Mingjing said.

Shushu is here today, and he won't just look at things and not buy anything. Not only will he buy, he'll buy several.

Jianshu ignored him because he was rich and was showing off!

Buy a few more? These days, who doesn't buy fabric and make their own clothes at home? How many people buy ready-made clothes?

The few cloth coupons I was given couldn't even buy me two sets of clothes in a year. Buying multiple sets of clothes at once, are you trying to become famous? People who come here only buy one piece of clothing at best.

Not wanting to pay attention to the man who was not in a clear mind at the moment, Jianshu walked past him and went forward.

Looking at the salesperson's face, Jianshu felt for the first time that being a salesperson wasn't easy either. You know, in this era of a seller's market, there's no such thing as the customer being God. The salesperson is God.

The salesperson who was usually arrogant and free met a man whom he couldn't hit, of course, he couldn't beat; he couldn't scold, oh, he probably couldn't scold him either, after all, when Gu Mingjing became sharp-tongued, he could make the thick-skinned Ding Ming cry.

If you meet an ancestor like this, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck.