Chapter 1479 Christine 2
Feng Qingxue was stunned and said quickly, "You are guests from our country. Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant will not check your work ID before serving you. It's just like when you enter the Friendship Store."
Although it was an era of planned economy, there were certain preferential treatments for foreign guests and overseas Chinese.
Isn’t that the case with this Moscow restaurant?
When the money remitted from abroad is converted into RMB, the bank will issue a certain amount of overseas remittance coupons according to the amount. With the overseas remittance coupons, one can buy many scarce materials such as rice, flour, grain, oil, meat, eggs and imported goods outside the planned economy.
Feng Qingxue was not sure whether this was the case for foreign guests coming to China, and it was not easy to ask in detail.
However, she knew that the Friendship Store was established for foreign guests, overseas Chinese, and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, and that it contained many commodities that were not even available in department stores. It was simply a dazzling array of goods.
"Overseas Remittance Coupons? This?" Christine took out a thick stack of Overseas Remittance Coupons issued by the capital from her bag. "When we came here, my father told me to go to the bank to exchange francs and euros for RMB. After they exchanged the RMB for me, they gave me a lot of these coupons. My father said I could use these coupons and money to buy things at the Friendship Store."
After looking at the number of remittance vouchers found, Christine felt a little embarrassed.
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Edward was in Helen's room. She didn't need to look for Edward anymore. A bright smile appeared on her face involuntarily. "And you, Edward, we don't need to buy a lot of things. If you can't use them all, please give me some. I want to give them as gifts to my friends. Of course, if you don't have enough, I will go to the bank to exchange them for RMB and return them to you."
"Helen, can you give me some of your remittance coupons?" Christine poked her head into her good friend's room.
Christine blinked her blue eyes and remembered that her father said she could give this as a gift to others, and it would be a great gift and would be very popular. So she went back to her residence and found her remittance voucher.
"Is your friend the beautiful lady I met in the restaurant today?"
Feng Qingxue nodded gently, "Overseas Remittance Vouchers are very useful."
Seeing Christine nod, Edward said, "I exchanged a lot of RMB, and then got overseas remittance coupons equivalent to the RMB, with a one-year term. We will be leaving in a month, and I can't use it all. I don't think my parents would like to use my money. It's really great that you gave it to your friend as a gift. It helped me solve a big problem. But I can only give you part of it, because when I return home, I need to go to the Friendship Store to buy some handicrafts to bring back."
Helen played with her wavy golden brown hair. "The prices in China are really too low. I exchanged more than 10,000 yuan for RMB, and I don't think I can spend it all. The same goes for the remittance coupons. Christine, if you need it, take it! Just like Edward, leave me a portion that is enough for my use."
Christine hugged them and smiled even more brightly, "Thank you, my dear friends. Meeting you is the greatest luck in my life."
"If we don't give it to you, you will definitely say, 'I'm so pitiful. I don't have any good friends.'" Helen glanced at her.
Christine chuckled, neither admitting nor denying.
Edward asked, "Christine, is that beautiful and elegant lady the one you are looking for? I find your attitude so enthusiastic that it's incredible."
(End of this chapter)