After the tractor drove far away from the village, Shen Lingling slowly climbed out of the truck bed. The first thing she did was to take out a scarf from her bag and wrap it around her head. She didn't want to become a crazy woman after the commune.
"Shengsheng, it's you who can come up with all the bad ideas."
Shen Lingling suppressed her excitement and raised her thumb forward with all her strength. This finger almost hit Lu Wensheng's face.
Lu Wensheng subconsciously tilted his head and smiled faintly: "Are you praising me or insulting me? Why do I feel something is wrong..."
Shen Lingling: "Of course I'm praising you. Do I even need to ask?"
"Anyway, it doesn't sound like anything nice. You should get some sleep first. We'll be there in more than half an hour!"
Shen Lingling ignored her and took out the wool from her bag and started knitting a sweater. She was kidding, she didn't want to sleep in a tractor.
Just when I pretended to faint and lay there for a short while, I felt like my waist was about to break. I should knit a sweater for Shengsheng. She can wear it in half a month.
After arriving at the commune, Lu Wensheng first found a place to park the tractor, and then took Shen Lingling to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Today she was wearing a small gold watch that her uncle had brought her, and with her slender and fair wrist, she looked extremely noble.
Shen Lingling touched Lu Wensheng's watch and said enviously: "I also want to buy a watch to wear. Let's go and have a look later."
Lu Wensheng nodded: "Okay, let's go check the watch first, and then go buy some sugar."
"Okay! I brought 200 yuan, but I don't know if it's enough." Shen Lingling patted her bag excitedly.
Lu Wensheng thought about the prices of commodities in this era and guessed: "It should be enough. I remember that Sister Lanhua said last time that her Shanghai watch seemed to be bought for more than 100 yuan, not 200. Do you have a watch ticket?"
Shen Lingling nodded: "Yes, my dad sent me one, and I think there was also a sewing ticket."
Actually, Lu Wensheng wanted to get her one from the black market, but she didn't know how to say it without exposing her black market knowledge, so she could only say:
"Okay, go and see what kind you like first. Uncle Xiaoxie has quite a few connections in the city, so ask him if he can get it for you when the time comes."
Shen Lingling said excitedly: "Okay, let's go and enjoy the view first."
After arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative, the two went straight to the watch counter. Usually these more expensive items were kept in glass cabinets. The glass on the countertop was polished to a bright shine, and one could see at a glance that there were three watches inside.
There are two men's watches and one women's watch, and the women's watch is a Shanghai brand.
"Shengsheng, what do you think of this watch?"
Shen Lingling pointed at the only ladies' watch and asked the girls around her.
Lu Wensheng's eyes were not on the watch at all. She saw Director Ma looking at bicycles with a little girl not far away. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be his daughter.
When she heard Shen Lingling calling her, she looked back at the watch on the counter: "It's OK, you can try it."
"Yeah!" Shen Lingling also thought it was okay, so she looked up and looked for the salesperson.
"Comrade, could you please take out this watch for me to see?" Shen Lingling pointed at the ladies' watch and said to the salesperson.
The saleswoman at the watch counter was a young woman who looked to be in her early twenties. She first looked Shen Lingling and Lu Wensheng up and down, then sneered in a contemptuous tone:
"Do you have money? You want me to take it out and show it to you. It's not even dark yet, how could I be dreaming? This watch is a Shanghai brand, can you afford it?
Hurry up and leave. Don't stand here and get in the way." He said, waving his hands vigorously as if to shoo away a fly.
She took over her mother-in-law's job as a salesperson at the watch counter. She has been working for three months, but no one has bought a watch from her yet!
Although these two people in front of me are good-looking, what are they wearing? They are obviously from the countryside and they definitely can't afford it.
What a waste of having such a pretty face! A flash of jealousy flashed across the saleswoman's eyes.
However, Lu Wensheng also saw it, but she didn't say anything because she didn't want to steal the limelight from her little sister!
Shen Lingling was stunned. She just said one sentence, but was scolded. How could she tolerate this?
Of course not!
Without saying a word, he paid two hundred yuan and a ticket on the glass counter, and said with a gentle smile: "Excuse me, can I try it now?"
The salesperson was stunned for a moment when looking at the money on the counter. She, she, she, actually has money!
He immediately changed his face for the two of them: "Haha, I'm sorry, comrades. I just wanted to play a joke on you. I hope you don't take it seriously. Well, I'll get you a watch now."
As he spoke, he rubbed his hands on his clothes and took out the key to open the cabinet. With a flattering look on his face, he took out the watch and placed it in front of Shen Lingling.
The smile on Shen Lingling's face became softer and softer. She just looked at the watch in her hand without saying a word.
Lu Wensheng was watching with great interest: Hey! According to Lingling's personality, the softer her smile, the more unlucky someone is.
The saleswoman was getting a little impatient when she saw Shen Lingling hadn't made any move for a while, but she still held back for the sake of the two hundred yuan on the table:
"Comrade, do you want me to put it on for you or do it yourself?"
Shen Lingling took it and said, "Thank you. I don't like others touching me."
Then he took the watch and studied it with Lu Wensheng. He looked at it from left to right, and put it on his wrist without saying whether to buy it or not. The two even started chatting:
"Let's go to the state-owned restaurant to eat cold noodles later. I heard from Captain Shen that the cold noodles here are good."
Lu Wensheng resisted the urge to laugh and replied, "Okay, we'll go eat after we finish shopping."
The saleswoman, who had been somewhat unable to hold back her anger, suppressed her temper abruptly upon hearing what Captain Shen said, and reminded him with a fake smile:
"Comrades, how is it? This is the only ladies' watch in our Hongqi Commune."
Shen Lingling raised her wrist and looked around with an embarrassed look on her face: "Well... take out those two watches and let me have a look."
The saleswoman hesitated and said, "But...those two pieces are for men..."
Shen Lingling looked at her straight in the eye, but her eyes were cold: "Is there any problem?"
At that moment, the saleswoman felt like she was being stared at by a wolf, and her back felt numb for no reason: "No...no."
He quickly reached out and took out the remaining two watches, placing them on the counter without daring to look up.
Shen Lingling returned to her usual gentle tone: "I don't quite understand these watches. Can you recommend some to me?"
Lu Wensheng felt like she could hardly hold back her laughter. She looked up at the sky and down at the earth, except at her little sister.
The salesperson no longer dared to put on her condescending attitude and had to explain things to the two of them obediently.
There is no other way. Not only does he have money and tickets, he also knows the group leader. How can ordinary people like them know him?
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