The supply and marketing cooperative has five floors, four of which are used for selling goods. Only the fifth floor is the office of the supply and marketing cooperative, and customers are not allowed to go up there.
Lin Yizhen has never been to the fourth floor and doesn’t know what is sold there?
When she reached the fourth floor, Lin Yizhen saw many things she had never seen before.
For example: the beautiful Nvzi coat; the pretty hair ornament; the complete set of cosmetics; the perfume in glass bottles; and the dark chocolate, etc.
If Lin Yizhen hadn't heard the names of these things from other people, she would have no idea what they were called.
She had been to the supply and marketing cooperative in Hai City before.
But at that time, all she thought about was how to make money. She would just look at things quickly and buy what she needed. She had no time to hang out at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Today really opened her eyes. She found out that the supply and marketing cooperative in the town also sold foreign products.
She always thought that only big cities like Haishi would sell these things.
After all, people in big cities have money, and foreigners also come there.
That’s why we sell things that are popular with foreigners.
However, what Lin Yizhen didn't know was.
All the things sold in the town are produced in Longguo, but they are made according to foreign styles, not imported goods like those in big cities.
After all, all imported goods require foreign exchange tickets to buy, and people in this small town don't have such tickets.
Everything on the fourth floor doesn’t require a ticket, but the prices are extremely expensive.
For example, the lake blue overcoat costs NT$150. The red one is even more expensive, NT$160. The money I spent on this coat could have bought me a larger item.
The sewing machine Lin Yizhen just bought only cost 160 yuan.
Seeing the price, Lin Yizhen backed off.
Although she could afford it, Lin Yizhen was unwilling to buy these expensive clothes.
She still thought that the silk and furs in the space were more beautiful, and the key was that those clothes were free of charge. This was the real reason why Lin Yizhen did not buy the Nizi coat.
Apart from the area selling clothes, Lin Yizhen didn't even look at the area selling cosmetics and perfumes.
After walking around, Lin Yizhen found that apart from food, she didn't seem to be very interested in anything on the fourth floor.
Finally, Lin Yizhen bought a lot of food on the fourth floor.
Lin Yizhen bought some things like milk powder, chocolate, and liquor-filled candy.
Although Lin Yizhen didn't know what these things tasted like, she decided to buy some when she saw the beautiful packaging.
If she doesn't like to eat it, she can give it away.
After buying these things, Lin Yizhen came down from the fourth floor. She had already browsed the third floor and went directly to the second floor.
There are many more people here than on the two floors above. These are basically selling daily necessities. What kind of needles, money, brains, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, all on this floor.
Lin Yizhen looked around and saw that almost every counter was surrounded by people.
She looked around but didn't see any place to insert it. She simply decided not to go in. Anyway, she had already bought all the things sold on the first and second floors, so she might as well get out early!
I went down the second floor and came to the first floor. It was still as crowded.
But there are fewer people than when she came, and at least there is room to walk.
Otherwise, Lin Yizhen would have to worry about how to take the things she bought out of the supply and marketing cooperative.
After all, there are a lot of people inside.
The oil paper and hemp rope are not very strong, so isn't it normal for them to break?
After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Lin Yizhen bought a bamboo basket on the street and put all the things she bought at the supply and marketing cooperative into it.
Then, we squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the state-owned hotel.
When we arrived at the state-owned hotel, we found that there were quite a few people inside.
However, most of them bought food that was easy to pack, such as steamed buns and dumplings. They probably wouldn't eat them on ordinary days, but now that it's Chinese New Year, they bought some to take home for their elderly and children to try the food from state-owned restaurants.
Lin Yizhen looked at her watch. It was only eleven o'clock.
There are still two hours until one o'clock in the afternoon, so it's just right to have lunch here and then go to the town entrance.
So, it doesn’t matter how many people are in the restaurant, there is still time.
Lin Yizhen waited at the counter for about twenty minutes before it was her turn to order.
Perhaps because it was Chinese New Year, the state-owned restaurants had a few more dishes. But the only filling for steamed buns was meat. There were several varieties of dumplings, but all of them had meat in them.
Therefore, many people buy buns and dumplings, and most of them are taken away.
Besides the steamed buns and dumplings, the braised pork with red sauce sold the fastest. By the time it was Lin Yizhen's turn, both the braised pork and the steamed buns were sold out.
Lin Yizhen had no shortage of meat to eat, so she didn't care at all whether she could buy meat dishes or not.
Seeing that there were no meat dishes, Lin Yizhen bought a red fish, a dish of stewed cabbage with oil residue, and a dish of stir-fried shredded potatoes, plus five taels of rice.
There are not many vegetarian dishes in winter, and the most common foods are cabbage and potatoes.
Sometimes we can’t even eat these, and it’s only now that it’s the Chinese New Year that the supply of meat and vegetables has been increased.
After Lin Yizhen ordered the dishes and paid, she found someone who was almost finished eating and stood next to them waiting.
Seeing that someone was waiting next to him, the man quickened his eating speed. He finished eating in a short while, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and gave up his seat to Lin Yizhen.
Lin Yizhen smiled and thanked the other party, then sat down.
Because there were so many people ordering food, the state-owned restaurant only had two chefs to cook.
So the cooking speed was not very fast. Lin Yizhen waited for a long time before she heard her dish being called out at the window.
Lin Yizhen quickly put the bamboo basket on the stool to get the vegetables.
The girl sitting next to Lin Yizhen looked up at her in surprise when she saw that Lin Yizhen ordered so many dishes by herself.
But she didn't say anything, she was just curious in her heart.
This girl looks thin and small, but I didn't expect her to have such a big appetite. She couldn't finish so much food in two meals.
I wonder if this girl can finish so much food?
Lin Yizhen didn't take the girl's stare seriously. She was used to being stared at while eating.
After all, there aren't many girls who eat as much as she does.
It’s okay for others to be curious.
After Lin Yizhen put the food on the table, she put the bamboo basket on the stool on the ground.
Then, we sat down and started eating.
Because she ordered fish, Lin Yizhen ate a little slower than usual.
By the time she finished eating, it was already 12:40. With twenty minutes to go until 1:00, Lin Yizhen quickly picked up the bamboo basket on the ground and headed towards the town gate.
There were fewer people on the road at this time, and the streets that were crowded in the morning became wider again.
It only took Lin Yizhen five minutes to reach the town entrance. She found a sheltered and deserted place and moved the bicycle out of the space and parked it.
Then, I squatted next to the bicycle and waited for the person who delivered the sewing machine to come.
Time passed by minute by minute, and it would be one o'clock in two minutes.
Lin Yizhen looked down at her watch for a while, then looked up at the entrance of the town from time to time.
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