Chapter 16: On the Eve of Going to the Countryside (Part 4)
Lu Xiaoxiao went under the tree to wait for someone first, but she didn't take out the things. It's always better to be cautious.
Not long after, Lu Xiaoxiao saw the man coming from a distance. Seeing that the man came alone, she took advantage of the cover of the tree to take the things out of the space, and then when the man came under the tree, she asked him to come forward to inspect the goods.
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, the man reached out and flipped through the rice and flour, then picked up some with his hands, nodded with satisfaction, and then handed the ticket to Lu Xiaoxiao.
She took the ticket the man handed her and checked it to make sure it was correct, so she nodded to the man and left in different directions tacitly with him.
Lu Xiaoxiao used the same method to make deals with several people. Seeing that it was almost dawn, she found a deserted place, put the headscarf and the basket back into the space, then took out a clean towel to wipe her face, and walked towards the state-owned restaurant.
She went to a state-owned restaurant and ordered a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun. After she finished eating, she went home.
After returning home, Lu Xiaoxiao went into the villa, took a shower, and then flashed out of the space with a cup of milk tea. She lit the coal stove, picked up the cloth bag and poured out all the tickets she had exchanged today. At first glance, there were so many types that it was dizzying.
She took a quick look at the pile of tickets and found that there were food tickets, cloth tickets, meat tickets, sugar tickets, wine tickets, industrial tickets, and some miscellaneous tickets. The supply in the city was tight now, and even with tickets one might not be able to buy anything. No wonder those people would exchange them with her for food.
After Lu Xiaoxiao sorted out all the tickets, she planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and department store in the afternoon to buy what she needed.
She thought that she was about to leave Beijing, and she had to say goodbye to Zhang De's family. They were the first people who brought her warmth since she came to this world, and they were a family that truly treated her well.
Lu Xiaoxiao went to the department store in the afternoon and saw Jiefang shoes and rain boots, so she bought five pairs for men and women, size 38 for women and size 43 for men, planning to trade them with locals in the countryside. Shoes were rare there, as a pair of shoes cost eight industrial tickets and six yuan. Farmers were not workers, and they could only get a few tickets a year, so it was difficult to buy a pair of shoes.
After buying the shoes, Lu Xiaoxiao went to the place where candy and cakes were sold. She bought 3 kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy and 5 kilograms of fruit candy. Then she used the remaining candy coupons to buy 2 kilograms of brown sugar and 2 kilograms of white sugar.
Since there were too many things, Lu Xiaoxiao went out to find a place where no one was around to put them in the space before going back into the department store to continue shopping.
When Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the place where cakes were sold, she saw that they only sold egg cakes, trough cakes and ox tongue biscuits. She had just enough cake tickets to buy 2 kilograms of each.
After buying the pastries, she saw a cigarette store a few counters away. She remembered that she seemed to have three cigarette coupons, and one cigarette coupon could buy two packs of cigarettes, so she went over and bought four packs of Hezuo brand cigarettes and two packs of Baihua cigarettes.
Lu Xiaoxiao saw that there was a wine shop at the next counter. She thought about the four wine tickets in her hand, looked at the things in her hand, then went out to put the things in the space and went back in to buy wine.
Lu Xiaoxiao came to the place where liquor was sold, took out her ticket and bought two bottles of Wuliangye, one bottle of Fenjiu and one bottle of Xifeng Liquor. She wanted to buy Moutai but unfortunately she didn't have the ticket for the high-end liquor.
When she was paying, the lady at the counter asked her why she bought so many things at such a young age. She saw her buying things at several counters just now, so where did she get so much money and so many tickets?
Lu Xiaoxiao listened to the other party's sarcastic tone and knew that she was jealous and wanted to make trouble. When she saw the people at other counters also craning their necks to watch the fun, Lu Xiaoxiao sighed that she was careless. But fortunately she went out a few times, otherwise the scene of her carrying all the things in her hands would be terrifying to think about.
So Lu Xiaoxiao said loudly: "Sister, my two brothers are getting married, and their time is very tight. The tickets we have saved for a long time are for the two brothers' weddings. Now there are too many things to buy. My mother is outside looking at things, and I came in to buy. There are too many things to carry and it is not easy to walk. It would be bad if I bump into something."
The onlookers nodded when they heard Lu Xiaoxiao say that. Nowadays, when someone in the family gets married, it is a big event. Basically, they have to start preparing for things half a year in advance, and many people start a year in advance. The big sister who sells wine snorted when she saw this and turned to chat with the cigarette seller.
After Lu Xiaoxiao walked out of the department store carrying a few bottles of wine, she put the wine into the space and then went back into the department store to continue shopping. Since things turned out like this today, she planned to use this as an excuse to spend all her money.
Then Lu Xiaoxiao went upstairs and bought a pair of Plum brand watches, one for each man and woman. She saw that imported watches did not require tickets, and she liked the Omega model very much, so she bought that too.
After buying the watch, Lu Xiaoxiao thought about the tickets in her hand, which were all for small items, so she left the department store and went to the supply and marketing cooperative. When Lu Xiaoxiao left the building, she heard the wine seller say that she had finished buying them. She thought there were still many tickets. There are really strange things every year, but this year there are especially many.
(End of this chapter)
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