Chapter 38 Buying a red dress for a blind date

After work in the afternoon, Xia Qingxi took Wu Xiaodong's car and went directly to the department store. Mai Miao was already waiting at the door, and the three of them walked in together.

The department store has three floors in total. The first floor sells bicycles, sewing machines, watches... these expensive items. The items are good, but they cost one or two hundred yuan or more.

With Xia Qingxi's current financial situation, she is not allowed to buy things without looking at the price, so she did not stay on the first floor, and went directly to the second floor with Mai Miao.

Wu Xiaodong was fascinated by the latest radio at the door, so he did not go up with them and agreed to meet at the door later.

The second floor is divided into a daily necessities area and a food area. Xia Qingxing first went to the food area and bought five pounds of fruit candies. The fruit candies of various flavors were wrapped in different candy papers, which were colorful and very beautiful.

After buying the fruit candies, she bought another pound of White Rabbit milk candies. Although this one was more expensive than the fruit candies, it was made with real milk, and both adults and children loved it. After

buying the candies, she and Mai Miao went to the daily chemicals area together. Mai Miao came mainly to buy cosmetics today. There was a young wife in their commune who bought an imported agarwood powder here. It made her skin white and rosy when applied, and it was very easy to use, so she recommended it to them.

Soon Mai Miao bought the agarwood powder, and also bought a box of perfume and an eyebrow pencil.

Xia Qingxiong bought two bottles of moisturizing and anti-chapping special cream, which is especially useful for "red face", and Haiou shampoo. Finally, under Mai Miao's strong recommendation, she also bought the agarwood powder.

After the purchase, the two went up to the third floor together. The third floor sold shoes, fabrics and ready-made clothes. As soon as they walked up, Mai Miao went straight to the middle of the counter, looked at the red dress on the model, and said to Xia Qingxiong:

"Qingxiong, come and see, isn't this dress beautiful? Several of our colleagues want to buy it."

Xia Qingxi followed her gaze and saw a red dress placed in the most conspicuous position.

The skirt is made of Dacron, with a round neck, sleeveless and large hem, four large buttons on the chest, and a wide black belt around the waist with a large leather flower in the middle.

From today's aesthetic point of view, this skirt is really not good-looking, especially the leather flower on the waist, which looks cumbersome and tacky.

But the styles and colors of clothes in this era are very simple, and people have not seen beautiful clothes. Such a red skirt with a little design is indeed very eye-catching.

"Well, it's okay." Xia Qingying responded cooperatively. As a student studying fashion design, it is really a bit conscienceless to say this.

"Not bad?" At this time, a sharp and contemptuous voice suddenly came, followed by a "humph" from the nose and said:

"Such a beautiful skirt, and you say it's okay? You are indeed a country girl who doesn't know anything!"

The two looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhao Cuilan standing behind the counter, looking at Xia Qingling with disdain.

Xia Qingxiang did not avoid her gaze, and even smiled. She looked at her and asked,

"Auntie Zhao, are you still angry because you didn't get to eat the country folk's loquats yesterday?" After saying that, she looked at the red skirt and continued,

"It has four ugly buttons on the chest, and it's paired with such a rustic belt. If I say it's okay, I'd be underestimating it."

"What do you know? This is our latest style here. Can you afford it? You're making comments here! Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?" Zhao Cuilan sneered, rolled her eyes, and looked down on her.

Xia Qingxi glanced at Zhao Cuilan and asked calmly:

"Why should I buy it? Not only does it look bad, it's also hard to wear. It sticks to my body when I sweat, and it's hot and stuffy, and it's not breathable at all..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhao Cuilan interrupted her immediately. Her arrogance just now disappeared, and she even felt a little guilty.

What Xia Qingxi said was all right. The skirt looked good, but people who bought it also reflected all the problems Xia Qingxi mentioned above.

Mai Miao, who was standing by, was stunned after hearing this. He looked at Xia Qingxing with some confusion and asked,

"Are you telling the truth? Several of our colleagues are still saving money to buy it."

Xia Qingxing was about to speak when a rosy-red figure suddenly walked over, looked at her and said contemptuously,

"It's so funny, don't you see what she usually wears? She has worn those ugly clothes over and over again for years. How can she know what is good and what is bad?"

The speaker was He Shanshan. She had put on careful makeup today. She had a dark face and was covered with thick foundation. Under her thick eyebrows was a large area of ​​blue eyeshadow, thick blush and heavy lipstick. To Xia Qingxing, her whole face was simply horrible.

"Wow, Shanshan, you are dressed so fashionably today." Zhao Cuilan came up quickly to compliment her, and did not forget to belittle Xia Qingxing next to her:

"Unlike some country girls who pretend to know when they don't."

He Shanshan was overjoyed by the compliment. She used her sturdy body to squeeze out Xia Qingxing and Mai Miao in front of her, and said contemptuously:

"If you don't want to buy, just get out of the way. Why are you blocking others?"

"Why are you squeezing?" Mai Miao and He Shanshan had always been at odds with each other. Naturally, she was unhappy to be squeezed. She continued:

"We saw it first. Do you understand

the principle of first come, first served?" "So what if we came first? Are you going to buy it?" He Shanshan sneered and asked contemptuously.

"How do you know we won't buy it?" Mai Miao replied, obviously lacking confidence, but not wanting to lose face in front of He Shanshan.

"Then you pay, twenty yuan." He Shanshan stood there, with her hands on her chest, looking at Mai Miao with disdain and asked:

"Do you have it?"

Mai Miao's face changed immediately. How could she have so much money? Even if she did, she wouldn't be willing to spend it all on a piece of clothing.

"You don't have money and you're still telling me first come first served." He Shanshan became even more proud, looking at Zhao Cuilan and said proudly:

"Auntie Zhao, I've bought this dress, help me get a new one."

After that, she took out two big group cards from her pocket and deliberately shook them in front of Mai Miao.

Looking at the complacent He Shanshan, Mai Miao was holding her breath but couldn't utter a word. This was the first time that she was scolded by He Shanshan and had no power to fight back. She was feeling depressed when she suddenly heard Xia Qingxi beside her say with certainty:

"Well, not bad, this dress really suits your temperament."

Hearing her say this, Mai Miao felt even worse. He Shanshan was so arrogant, why was she still praising her? Just when she couldn't help but refute, she heard Xia Qingxi say the next second:

"Your makeup and this skirt, well, are really...ugly in a unique way."

He Shanshan, who was originally waiting for her envy and praise, lost her compliments after hearing this and shouted:

"Who are you calling ugly? I think you are just jealous." She rolled her eyes, looked at Xia Qingying and asked back:

"You said my makeup is not good, can you do it? You said my skirt is not good, would you be willing to buy it?"