Now that he has settled his lifelong affairs, Xiangnan has time to go shopping in the department store.
The department store is much bigger than the supply and marketing cooperative, and it is cleaner inside, with tiled floors.
It has three floors, and the ground floor sells daily necessities such as pots, pans, oil, salt, grains, meat, and electrical appliances.
It sells clothes, shoes, skin care products, and bed sheets.
Head south straight toward the bike area.
Bicycles of this era were all 28-inch bicycles, tall and big, but very stable to ride, and cost 120 yuan each.
This is something he urgently needs, so Xiangnan ordered one without hesitation.
There are a lot of women's products upstairs, and women's money is the easiest to make, so she wants to start by selling women's products.
Although women of this era have neither the time nor the energy to spend money on dressing up, who would hate beautiful things? If you dangle something in front of them, few would be able to resist.
There is a wide variety of goods upstairs. The gap between cities and the countryside is huge in this day and age.
The hairpins here are much more beautiful than those in the supply and marketing cooperatives in towns and villages. There are many colors and styles, and there are also hairpins inlaid with small diamonds. The hairpins on the heads are sparkling, which was very fashionable in that era.
But the price is also expensive, one dollar a hairpin, and there are also ones that cost five or ten dollars.
But in Xiangnan's eyes, the workmanship of those five and ten yuan items was just so-so, they were all made of plastic.
If she had the raw materials, she would make something better than these.
The sales clerks in the department store were not as arrogant as the supply and marketing cooperative members, but looking at Xiangnan's clothes, one could tell that he was from the countryside, so they were not very enthusiastic.
Xiangnan didn't say anything, and she didn't come over on her own initiative.
Xiangnan looked at the clothing area again. Some of the fabrics were Dacron, and the patterns and designs were pretty good.
Cotton ones cost three to five yuan a piece, while Dacron ones cost ten to fifteen yuan.
Xiangnan picked up ten Dacron skirts, five white shirts, and three cotton skirts with pretty good styles according to her own taste.
The salesperson then became enthusiastic towards her: "Comrade, do you really want to buy so much?"
“Well, I really want to buy it, but I’m not sure.
You know I bought so many for sure not to wear them myself, I want to take them back and make some money, but I don’t know if I can sell them..."
Xiangnan's face was full of worry.
There must be cheaper items outside than in the department store, but the goods are not as good as hers, so she wants to sell something better.
The salesperson immediately said, "Don't worry, we only have products from Yangcheng.
You can’t buy it anywhere else. If no one buys it in the countryside, you can easily sell it in other counties.”
"Really? Don't lie to me. I've put all my belongings out there, hoping to make some money."
"I'm absolutely not lying to you. If you go shopping outside and find something that you can buy from our department store, I'll give you double the money back.
And comrade, you have good taste. The skirts you selected are our best sellers. If you had come two days later, they would have been out of stock."
Xiangnan was delighted to hear this: "If I make money, I will come to you to buy goods, and I will look for you specifically."
The salesperson's face lit up when she heard this: "That's great. Would you like to order some other goods? Summer is coming soon, and sandals are also good to sell."
I'm not bragging, but our sandals are much better looking than those in the countryside."
Looking south, it was indeed better than the shabby one in the supply and marketing cooperative.
Although they are all plastic sandals, the styles are good and they have three-dimensional bows and three-dimensional flowers on them.
The more expensive ones have glitter added to them, and some even have high heels.
Xiangnan first bought himself the most expensive pair of shoes, which cost five dollars, and added glitter to them and had bows on the buckles.
Of course, there are more styles, but the material is still that rough plastic material, which does not look very high-end.
"Sister, can you give me a discount for buying so many? At least I can save a dollar or two on travel expenses." Xiangnan said to the saleswoman with a smile.
The salesperson thought she was a big customer and said generously, "Okay, let's calculate the bill together later and I'll round off the remainder for you.
Don't think I agreed to it so easily, I still have to report this small change to my superiors."
"Sister is good to me, let's visit each other often. I just bought some buns downstairs, sister, try some."
After standing at the counter for an entire afternoon, the salesperson Xiaoqing was also hungry. She didn't mind that it was just a few buns and readily took it.
Xiangnan briskly bought five pairs of sandals, ten hairpins, and some vanishing cream, Wan Zi Qian Hong body lotion, Maxam, glycerin, and stick oil.
I also took ten lip balms. There were no lipsticks in those days, so I used lip balms as lipsticks.
The total cost was 198 yuan. Xiaoqing felt a pang of pain in her heart. How could the last digit be so high? She had to erase eight yuan in one go.
But the words were already spoken, and I couldn't go back on my word. I felt a pang of pain in my heart as I saw Xiangnan off down the stairs.
Xiangnan bought two large baskets from the miscellaneous area downstairs, put all the things he bought into the baskets, and hung one on each side.
She got on her bike and rushed home. She just glanced at the big clock in the department store. It was 3:30 in the afternoon. It would take her at most two hours to ride home by bike, and it would not be dark yet when she got home.
Soon after leaving the county town, the road became difficult to ride. There were too many stones on the road, and the bicycle was bumpy and shaking, which made my butt hurt.
After riding for nearly an hour, Xiangnan couldn't hold on any longer and found a big tree by the roadside to stop.
It was hot and she sweated a lot from riding her bike. She fanned herself with her hands, took out a bottle of soda she had bought and was about to drink it when she heard a scream and then someone shouting "Help".
Looking back to the south, the sound came from a pile of reeds behind him.
Xiangnan weighed his body and thought that dealing with a few petty thieves should not be a problem.
She took a fruit knife with her when she went out.
Xiangnan hid the bicycle behind the embankment, and the bicycle was stolen after he saved the person.
Holding a fruit knife in his hand, he ran straight to the reed field.
Seeing the figures of three men and the weak voice of a woman begging for mercy: "Please let me go, I will give you the money you want..."
Xiangnan got angry when he heard this. Damn it, three men bullying one woman, they are really horny.
"Let her go!"
Several men turned around to look at her, all of them were a little surprised. How could a woman be so brave as to stand up for justice?
A man in flowery trousers shouted to Nan, "Don't come here to seek death. You don't know your own weight and yet you dare to act like a hero."
When Xiangnan saw his appearance, he thought that he had the face to become a star in the future, but he still did such a bad thing. Was he stupid enough to just seek excitement?
"I said let her go, otherwise I will beat you like bears." Xiang Nan shouted coldly.
A middle-aged man in his forties said, "Go away and mind your own business, or I'll take you with me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiangnan rushed in front of him and stabbed his neck with the fruit knife in his hand: "Don't move, or I'll kill you."
Yang Jun's expression changed slightly: "Don't... don't mess around."
Who would have thought that this woman was so brave!
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