Chen Ming looked around and said, "This is the legendary Caishikou." Before school started, he only went to some tourist attractions. This was his first time to visit such a bustling place.
"In the early days, this was a place where people were beheaded. Who would have thought it would be so lively now?"
The brother and sister went into the department store. In fact, they had bought most of the things before school started, and today they mainly bought some daily necessities.
Let’s buy batteries first. The students in Chen Ming’s dormitory are just as busy as those in Xu Manman’s. Batteries are the most wasteful thing when reading at night, so everyone bought a few batteries.
Xu Manman also bought soap, shampoo, ink, a sewing box, and other miscellaneous daily necessities. Most of the items she bought were in double quantities, with Chen Ming paying and Xu Manman paying for the receipts.
Chen Ming is not so short of money now. He lives in the countryside and his clothes are all made by Xu Manman. He will pay the bill when he finds her when they go shopping together occasionally, or buy some delicious food from the state-owned restaurant. There are really not many places to spend money.
In the past two years, he has saved more than 300 yuan in work points, and his family also sends him money from time to time. After they were admitted to university, he received red envelopes from his family and aunt's family, totaling 100 yuan. Of course, Xu Manman received more than him.
In addition, the school also provides a living allowance every month, so he now has some extra money.
Xu Manman came to the counter selling fabrics and picked out some corduroy and Dacron. These are now relatively popular fabrics. Although they may not be comfortable to wear, she and her cousin must have them.
Considering that they needed to exercise in physical education class, they each bought a pair of Warrior shoes.
After coming out of the department store, Chen Ming was also carrying a large package. The two walked to Niu Street, which is also the Muslim Street here. When they turned around, they could smell the rich aroma of beef and mutton.
Seeing the copper pot hot pot meat sign in front, Xu Manman's mouth was watering, but she had just finished breakfast and couldn't swallow any more.
Xu Manman made up her mind, "Cousin, let's come over to eat this at noon. Let's go buy something first." After saying that, she pulled Chen Ming out.
She took the bus to the Guanyin Temple in front. The most famous place here is Daoxiangcun. She came here specifically for this.
Xu Manman waved her hand and bought eight boxes of Beijing Eight Pieces, and also weighed out ox tongue biscuits, black sesame and pepper salt biscuits, jujube paste square cakes and mung bean cakes separately. She sent two boxes of the boxed ones to each family, and kept the loose ones for the two of them to fill their stomachs when they were hungry.
Dazhalan is indeed a bustling area recommended by locals, with people coming and going and traffic. There are not only many shops nearby, but also many restaurants selling food, such as noodles with soybean paste, roast duck, and even copper pot hot pot meat. Now you can have a big meal without going back to Niujie.
It's still early, so there's no need to rush to eat. Xu Manman, who is rich, has free time and can work hard, will of course do some shopping when she comes here.
There is also a special clothing store here, but the clothes hung here are only winter clothes. The styles are just average in Xu Manman's opinion. After a round of shopping, she finally bought a few pairs of socks.
Many of the shops here are well-known old brands. Xu Manman wants to go into any of the ones she finds interesting, but she doesn’t buy anything from every one of them. After all, she lives in the dormitory now, and if she buys too much, she won’t be able to store it all.
They kept strolling around until almost noon, then Xu Manman dragged Chen Ming into a copper pot hot pot restaurant. They sat down and ordered four plates of mutton, some vegetables and frozen tofu as side dishes, and steamed buns as the main course.
Chen Ming fully understood his position today. Today he was just a bag carrier, and he would listen to his cousin when it came to buying things and ordering food.
Put the mutton in the copper pot of clear soup, take it out after it changes color, and pair it with a dipping sauce made of Erba sauce, chives, fermented bean curd, chopped green onions, and coriander. It is so delicious that Chen Ming can't even lift his head.
He had indeed been eating too bland food in the cafeteria recently, and once he started eating meat, he couldn't stop.
Xu Manman was also very happy while eating. Although this thing can be eaten frequently in the space, the feeling of eating it alone and eating it with someone is completely different. Eating hot pot is largely about the atmosphere.
Not only is the meat delicious here, the steamed pancakes are also very good. The pancake base is crispy and the filling is soft, mixed with the aroma of leeks and eggs. The more you chew, the more delicious it becomes, making you unable to stop.
After the meal, the brother and sister really had to hold their stomachs as they came out.
They bought too many things in the morning and it was not early for them to go back, so Xu Manman simply found the nearest post office, packed up all the snacks and things bought for home and sent them away. When they came out of the post office, their hands were already mostly empty.
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