Zhang Xuan did the right thing. The total time she and Wan Feng had known each other was no more than one day. Since they were not related, she certainly couldn't just accept Wan Feng's things.
Wan Feng didn't say anything else.
Zhang Xuan reluctantly left the clothing counter, and the two of them wandered around the store for a while.
"Let's go to the bookstore." Zhang Xuan suggested.
For students of that era, bookstores were almost a must-visit place. Even if they didn't buy any books, they could spend hours just looking at the cover.
"Okay!" Wan Feng nodded in agreement. It didn't matter to him where they went anyway.
The two came down from the third floor of the store and walked out of the store.
"Electronic watch, electronic watch, does anyone want an electronic watch?"
As soon as he left the store, Wan Feng heard someone selling electronic watches.
On the left, a young man was standing against the wall of the department store, surrounded by several people.
"How much?" asked a farmer-looking man.
"Sixty, fixed price."
Holy shit, are digital watches still this expensive here in Wu County? Over in Hongya, they've already dropped to around thirty.
"It's too expensive." The farmer-looking man said as he turned to leave.
"Brother, can you give me a discount? If you can, this guy and I will each buy one. What do you think?" At this time, a young man in a white shirt and blue pants came on the scene and reached out to grab the farmer-looking man who was about to leave.
The watch seller thought for two seconds and said, "Fifty-five, it can't be any cheaper. This is the lowest price."
The young man in the white shirt glanced at the farmer and said again, "Fifty. We'll each buy one. What do you think, big brother?"
The farmer-looking man seemed a little hesitant: "Fifty is a bit expensive."
"If it's fifty, I'll lose money. I can't sell it." The man selling electronic watches hesitated.
The young man in the white shirt took two watches from the man selling electronic watches and said, "I don't even know what you businessmen have to compensate me for. You are asking for them blindly. The price is forty-eight! We want them." As he said that, he handed a watch to the man who looked like a farmer and started to pay for it.
The farmer-looking man hesitated for a moment and also took out the money.
Wan Feng shook his head and took the hand of Zhang Xuan, who was watching the fun, and went down the stairs.
As soon as she got off the stairs, Zhang Xuan shook off Wan Feng's hand and said with a blushing face, "Don't hold a girl's hand casually."
"Ah! It's your hand! I thought I had grabbed a piece of pork, it's so warm!"
"You...you are the pork!" Zhang Xuan's face turned even redder.
"It's not pork? It feels exactly like pork."
"You still say that!"
Zhang Xuan looked shy and waved to pat Wan Feng, but she didn't dare to pat him.
"It really looks like a pig... Did the guy selling electronic watches figure out what's going on?" The two crossed the intersection and walked towards the bookstore across the street.
"What's the big deal? Isn't it just that someone spent forty-eight dollars to buy two digital watches?"
"Actually, that guy just sold a watch, and the young man in the white shirt was a shill."
"Tuo? What is Tou?"
"He's the one who helps scam people. The young man in the white shirt is in cahoots with the guy selling digital watches. He's specifically trying to scam people."
This phenomenon still surprised Wan Feng. To has appeared now! If it were in the south, this might be normal, but this is a small border town in the far north, so To's appearance here seems a little early.
Zhang Xuan is still confused about the word "托". It's not surprising. If you mention the word "托" to anyone on the street now, everyone will be confused and don't understand what it means.
In the 1980s, there were as many people in Xinhua Bookstore as in department stores. The entire first floor lobby was bustling with people.
Zhang Xuan was obviously more interested in magazines than other books, so he went straight to the magazine area.
Wan Feng thought she would be interested in the newly launched clothing magazine, but she actually asked for a book on northern literature.
Could it be that she also has the tendency to be a hipster?
It seems that I didn’t find any special talents in this area in her school.
"I just love reading novels, any kind of novels. Lying in bed at night and reading a novel is the happiest thing for me."
Loving to read novels is not a good thing. If you love it too much, you will want to write, and naturally you will become a literary youth.
However, Wan Feng felt that Zhang Xuan's hobby was worth supporting. Reading at home was better than hanging out on the streets.
"Give me a copy of the novel magazine as well." Wan Feng said to the clerk at the counter.
"Do you want to buy it or not? If not, I can't show it to you." The salesperson thought Wan Feng's funny cough was a waste of time.
"Of course I bought it. I'll take a copy of any literary book."
The salesperson quickly picked out a large stack of magazines from the counter, nearly twenty in total.
Large publications like October and Harvest cost one yuan each, while others like Mountain Flowers, Sprouts, and Yalu River cost more than 40 cents each, with a few thicker ones costing around 60 cents.
There are four large publications in this pile of magazines, and the rest are small and medium-sized literary publications.
These books cost a little over twelve bucks in all.
Zhang Xuan didn't bring a schoolbag, so Wan Feng had to put the books into his own schoolbag and then handed them to Zhang Xuan.
Zhang Xuan was still surprised. Wan Feng spent more than ten yuan to buy a stack of books. This was a little hard for her to accept. It was the first time she saw someone buying books in this way.
"Are you stupid? I'll lend you these books first, including this schoolbag. Please return them to me when school starts."
I originally wanted to give it to her, but then I thought about it and was afraid that she wouldn't dare to accept it, so I had to lend it to her first.
Zhang Xuan, who felt bad for Wan Feng spending more than ten yuan to buy books, was immediately replaced by joy when she heard that the books were lent to her.
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