Zhao Yu glanced at her with disgust. If he weren't in a hurry to buy the watch and didn't want to get entangled with her, he wouldn't want to be the sucker.
Seeing Zhou Mingmei's impatient expression, he still reluctantly took out twenty yuan and threw it to Lin Xiaoxiao.
"I've given you the money, now give me the watch."
"How shameless."
The last sentence was something he muttered to himself.
Lin Xiaoxiao, with her sharp ears, heard it, but she wasn't angry.
After all, such suckers are rare, so why bother arguing with a fool?
After the sales clerk issued the receipt, Zhao Yu couldn't wait to put the watch on Zhou Mingmei's wrist, praising, "This watch only looks good on you."
Zhou Mingmei's family background naturally meant she had no shortage of watches, but when she was feeling down, her partner was willing to spend money to cheer her up, which she appreciated.
My mood has improved a lot.
"Yes, it looks good. This must have cost you several months' salary."
"I'd give my life for anything, not just a few months' salary," Zhao Yushen confessed.
Zhou Mingmei said casually with a matter-of-fact expression, "You're a company commander, and your salary isn't even as much as my pocket money. It's kind of you to go to all this trouble."
Unwittingly hurt, Zhao Yu forced a smile and said, "You're my boyfriend, this is what I should do."
Even though he disliked Zhou Mingmei's aloof attitude, he kept telling himself otherwise.
I will endure it.
Think about her dad, think about her brother.
Having easily earned twenty yuan, Lin Xiaoxiao was in an even better mood than the other two.
A casual glance caught my eye of a dazzling and luxurious watch in the corner of the counter, and I asked the salesperson to take it out for me to look at.
The sales clerk looked embarrassed. "I'm really sorry, sir, this watch is too valuable, we don't allow you to handle it."
Logically speaking, imported watches of this caliber should only be found in Friendship Stores in Beijing and Shanghai.
However, a manager at their department store was arrested for having an affair, and it was also discovered that he had embezzled the building's assets. To cover this shortfall, everything in the manager's home had to be confiscated.
This watch was supposedly bought during a business trip to Shanghai, but it was ruined before it could be given to his sweetheart.
So the watch was put on the counter for sale.
It hadn't sold for several months, so it was moved to a corner.
The price is too high, and if a customer damages it, no one can afford to compensate for it, so the higher-ups have stipulated that it cannot be touched.
Lin Xiaoxiao became interested. "Is this an imported Rolex? How much does it cost?"
Before the apocalypse, although her family was just an ordinary family, she still knew the Rolex brand.
I'm curious how many watches that cost millions in later years could sell for today.
The saleswoman was surprised that she knew the watch brand. It wasn't that she was contemptuous, but Lin Xiaoxiao just didn't look like a rich person.
However, out of her duty as a saleswoman, she patiently explained to her the origin of the watch and why it was so valuable.
Finally, the price was revealed: "One thousand five hundred and sixty, to be purchased with a ticket."
"So expensive?"
It wasn't Lin Xiaoxiao who said it was expensive, but rather other people passing by the counter after listening to the salesperson's explanation.
What does 1,500 yuan mean? It's equivalent to three or four years' wages for an average worker.
The sales clerk maintained a smile throughout, saying, "Watches from Friendship Store are naturally expensive; this is the only one of its kind in the entire city."
The Plum Blossom brand watch we just saw, although it was the last one, was only available in their department store; other department stores did have it.
"It's a bit more expensive than at the Friendship Store." Zhou Mingmei had obviously been to the Friendship Store.
This was the first time Zhao Yu had ever seen such an expensive watch. Even though he came from a good family and his father was of high status, he had been thrown into the army as soon as he came of age and had never seen much of the world.
However, being someone who always cares about his image, he wouldn't want to appear ignorant.
"Foreign exchange shops require foreign exchange certificates, which are dozens of times harder to obtain than watch coupons, so it's normal for them to be more expensive."
Anyone with a modicum of knowledge knows that you need foreign exchange certificates to buy things at the Friendship Store.
The sales clerk smiled and nodded, "Comrade, you're right."
“Even my dad has never worn such an expensive watch.” Zhou Mingmei’s expression clearly showed that she had her eye on it.
Zhao Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly turned his attention to Lin Xiaoxiao.
"Little black girl, what are you still standing there looking at? Do you think you can afford it? Don't embarrass yourself here."
Zhao Yu didn't believe that someone who would be greedy for twenty yuan had the ability to do so.
Her clothes and appearance clearly indicate that she's a country bumpkin who's come to the department store to broaden her horizons.
Zhao Yu felt a pang of heartache at the thought of the twenty yuan she had taken from him.
His monthly salary is only about fifty yuan, so twenty yuan is almost half a month's salary.
They live at home, but still have to pay half of the money out of the bank.
After finally saving up some money, a third of it was spent on buying a watch for Zhou Mingmei.
No, he has to go home and trick his mother into giving him some money.
Lin Xiaoxiao automatically ignored Zhao Yu's words, treating him like a fool.
"I'll take it. Wrap it up."
If you like it and want it, then buy it.
"What?"
They successfully garnered incredulous shock points from the salesperson, Zhao Yu, Zhou Mingmei, and onlookers.
"I said I'm buying it," Lin Xiaoxiao repeated to the sales clerk, then took out the money and receipts from her storage space under the cover of her handbag and slapped them on the counter. "Issue the receipt and pack it up."
His lavish spending left everyone stunned.
A country girl dressed in clothes patched countless times bought a watch worth over a thousand yuan without hesitation.
Is this reasonable?
Is this really reasonable?
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