Chapter 255 Betting and Buying a Camera

"Who did you see?!"

Old Mrs. Zhao stared at Zhao Qingqing who was stealing the oil residue. Her voice was sharp and her words were trembling.

Zhao Qingqing looked at her grandmother, whose face had turned ugly, and was a little surprised: "I don't know her. She's a girl, not very old, but she looks a lot like my aunt."

After saying that, she tilted her head and thought for a moment: "It really is alike. Except for the eyes, it is almost the same as my aunt when she was young!"

"What do you mean by similar? I have nothing to do with your aunt! As a girl, if you don't want to go to school, you should stay at home and do housework instead of running around like a crazy girl!"

Old Mrs. Zhao slammed the knife on the chopping board in frustration and shouted angrily.

Zhao Qingqing was startled, then her eyes turned red, and she looked at her grandmother stubbornly.

"What did I say?! Didn't I just say there was someone who looked like my aunt?

What's the big deal?! There are many people who look like me! Why are you yelling at me like that?

If Jiang Sisi said this, would you scold her?

You are biased!!

Just don’t like me!!

Jiang Sisi and I are twins, sisters! We are the same age, so why did you only send Jiang Sisi to accompany my aunt and not me? !

Now Jiang Sisi lives in a small Western-style house, eats Western food, learns dancing and violin, and does whatever she wants?

What about me? !

I still live in a tube-shaped building, and there isn’t even a toilet!

If I want to learn the violin, I have to borrow Jiang Sisi's violin. Now she has taken it away and I can't attend the class!

Woo woo!

Born from the same mother!

Why should I live worse than her?

It's all your fault!

You are all biased!

I hate you!"

After saying this, she pushed open the small door of the kitchen with tears on her face and ran away crying.

Old Mrs. Zhao closed her eyes tiredly. Here it comes again!

Whenever something goes wrong, Zhao Qingqing makes a fuss about it, but the Zhao family finds it hard to explain.

Why let Sisi go but not you? !

Because you are not born from the same mother!

Old Mrs. Zhao once again blamed her daughter. Because of her selfishness, she had been worried for so many years and was even controlled by her daughter-in-law.

She's not having a good time either!

Hearing the crying, several neighbors who were getting off work came over.

"Grandma Zhao, what's wrong? Why is Qingqing crying again?"

Mrs. Zhao forced a smile and said, "She wants to buy some clothes, but I'm afraid she'll spend money recklessly. If I don't give her money, will she get angry?"

The neighbors looked at each other, smiled and said a few words of comfort, asking her not to get angry.

And buy clothes!

All the girls in the tube building combined don’t have as many clothes as Zhao Qingqing, right?

Tsk tsk, it’s different after all to have a good aunt!

After everyone left, Mrs. Zhao no longer had the mood to cook, so she packed up her things in a hurry and went out in a hurry.

Mingdai also arrived at the Friendship Store smoothly.

This time she came mainly to buy sanitary napkins.

She looked at herself and saw that her menarche was about to come.

But there were only a variety of sanitary belts in the space warehouse, no finished sanitary napkins.

She did have quite a bit of stock at home in her previous life, but this thing is a consumable, and she would not feel at ease if she did not stock up more, especially when she returned to Liujiawan, where there was nowhere to buy it.

She remembered that the Friendship Store seemed to be selling it, so she came over to take a look.

The Friendship Store looked much more luxurious than the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Its entrance was separated by a large iron fence, and there were high steps, glass doors and floor-to-ceiling windows inside, giving it the feel of a modern shopping mall.

The sign at the door reads: Our restaurant is open to foreign guests. No unauthorized persons allowed.

Mingdai silently took out the letter of introduction that Uncle Wei had written for her.

There were few people in the store, and as soon as Mingdai entered, someone greeted her warmly.

"Welcome to the Friendship Store, distinguished guest..."

After seeing Mingdai's outfit clearly, the fat aunt with curly hair stopped and disappointment flashed in her eyes.

"Comrade, this is a shop that only welcomes foreign guests. No unauthorized persons are allowed to enter."

Ming Dai nodded: "I know, I have a letter of introduction."

She handed over the letter and personal documents. The fat aunt took them, checked them carefully, and asked Mingdai if she had foreign exchange certificates and foreign currencies before letting her in.

The two people who came in after Mingdai also had Chinese faces, but because they were dressed fashionably and had overseas Chinese ID cards, the fat aunt's attitude was much more enthusiastic, and she personally took them to the counter they wanted to go to.

Mingdai curled her lips, what a double standard.

There were very few people in the store, only a few Europeans and Americans, all accompanied by staff.

So Mingdai, who had no one to greet her, seemed quite special, but she didn't mind and just wandered around on her own.

A wide variety of goods are neatly displayed on the counter, including canned luncheon meat, peanut butter, chocolate and other imported foods that are rarely seen outside.

Mingdai also saw a camera and was tempted to buy one to record her current life.

"Comrade, I want to see the camera."

She called the salesperson standing at the glass counter, who was wearing a red and white work uniform.

The saleswoman was a tall girl who looked like she had just graduated from high school. She still had short student hair with the ends slightly curled up, probably from a perm. With her slightly upturned fox eyes, she looked youthful and pretty, a very fashionable girl.

At this moment, I was stretching my head to see the foreigners opposite buying Su embroidery, and turned around when I heard the sound.

She saw that the person calling her was a girl younger than her, who was dressed in more ordinary clothes.

She frowned and said, "Cameras are very expensive. They require foreign currency and foreign notes."

The implication is: the camera is too expensive and you can't afford it.

He turned around and looked at the foreigner again.

Mingdai's mouth twitched and she was speechless.

At this time, Chinese people had a blind admiration and yearning for foreigners, especially the blond and blue-eyed Europeans and Americans. They always thought that their behavior of tipping represented that they were very generous.

Little do people know that the most stingy people are Europeans and Americans. In stores, they often just look without buying, and even if they do buy, they like to haggle and calculate over and over again.

Compared with Chinese women in later generations, they are so weak!

You know, Chinese women can sweep up 300 tons of gold in an instant and become a force that shakes the entire Wall Street.

Mingdai did not rush to argue, but walked over, stood with her, and looked at the foreign woman who was still picky.

After glancing at the work ID on her chest, Ming Dai said, "Comrade Tian Li, I'll make a bet with you that those two foreign women won't buy anything."

Tian Li turned around in surprise: "You know me?!"

Mingdai pursed her lips and indicated her work badge.

Tian Li coughed awkwardly and said stubbornly, "She is an American, very wealthy, and generous with her tips. How could she just look and not buy?!"

Ming Dai sneered: "Foreigners are much more shameless than us, do you want to bet?!"

Tian Li was enraged: "Okay! If they don't buy it, I'll give you five foreign exchange certificates!"

Mingdai looked at her puffy face and found it a little funny. The girl's facial expressions were too rich.

"I don't want foreign exchange securities, I want to buy a camera, please give me a discount later!"

Tian Li's eyes widened: "Do you really want to buy it?"

Ming Dai nodded: "Yes, if you don't want to buy it, why would I ask you? I am not thick-skinned."

"OK!"

Tian Li thought about it, gritted her teeth and agreed.

So, for the next ten minutes, the two of them leaned against the glass cabinet and watched the foreigner opposite them ordering the three sales clerks at the Su Embroidery counter around. He looked at no less than a hundred round fan ornaments of all sizes and kept picking and choosing, looking dissatisfied.

Just as they put down their things and started talking, Tian Li became excited and looked at Ming Dai proudly: "Look, they want to buy it!"

Mingdai looked at her strangely. This girl works in a store that receives foreign guests. Doesn't she understand foreign languages?

The two people were obviously complaining that the things were too expensive and didn't look practical, so they didn't plan to buy them.

Sure enough, after a while, the two foreign women waved their hands and left without buying anything, leaving behind the three miserable sales clerks. Not only did their voices become hoarse, but they also had to reorganize the counter without selling anything.

If this happened in a state-owned supply and marketing cooperative, he would have been scolded long ago. How could someone have such a good temper?