When they arrived at Tieling County, Li Mengxue was the first to suggest that they go shopping or do business separately and then meet again after noon.

"Why? It's just a visit to some state-owned stores. Why can't we do it together?" Qian Lailai asked puzzledly.

Yi Qingqing held her back and said, "That's not necessarily true. I want to walk around the county town before I buy anything! If you don't want to go, we have to separate first." He winked at her.

Qian Lailai stopped asking.

Yun Guyuan had no objection. Only Zheng Xiaolong, who had a low EQ, didn't understand and really thought that Li Mengxue had her own place to go and didn't want to delay others.

He immediately said that he could accompany Li Mengxue, go wherever she wanted, and help her carry things.

Yi Qingqing couldn't help but think that the second male lead was just not mature enough compared to the male lead.

Li Mengxue was forced into a desperate situation and made an excuse, saying that she had relatives in the county town and wanted to visit them.

Zheng Xiaolong then stopped talking about following.

In the end, Li Mengxue and Yun Guyuan left alone, Yi Qingqing left with Qian Lailai, and Zheng Xiaolong left with Chen Zhihe.

Each of them went in a different direction.

"Qingqing, why don't you let me ask? I always feel that Li Mengxue doesn't tell the truth. She says her family is poor, but she dresses well. She and I are both from Haishi, but I have never seen the clothes she is wearing before, and the flashlight is a new thing. She has to hide it when she buys something now. Would we still be greedy for her things? I just feel that this person is not honest," Qian Lailai said with a frown.

Yi Qingqing didn't want her to accumulate too much dissatisfaction with the heroine and become a vicious female supporting role, so she comforted her: "Everyone has things they don't want to tell others. There is no need for us to get to the bottom of it. It doesn't affect us anyway, so think positively."

"Now that you put it that way, I understand." Qian Lailai took her arm. "You are only half a year younger than me, how come you know so much?"

"Haha, that's it," Yi Qingqing laughed.

Qian Lailai glanced at her and said, "You are really not modest."

The two of them first toured the county town.

Tieling County is smaller than Nanping County.

The state-owned shops that bought and sold goods were all located on a long street in the center of the county.

There aren't many shops, but each one takes up a large area, so it takes a while to go around.

There was no supply and marketing cooperative in the county. I only found out after asking people. Because many production teams were located in remote areas, the supply and marketing cooperatives were located in the communes below.

There is a department store in the county town, which is equivalent to a combination of Nanping County Supply and Marketing Cooperative and a department store. Daily necessities, four major items, clothes and shoes are all sold here.

Yi Qingqing saw the check-in sign at the door, and there were also signs in front of the several counters inside.

Next to the department store is a grocery store, next to it is the grain station’s store, and next to that is the local products store and the agricultural machinery store.

Across the street are state-owned restaurants, banks, post offices, Xinhua Bookstore and other places.

These stores have sign-in areas at the entrance or at the counter inside.

After leaving this street, just turn a corner and you will find the school, which is located in the elementary, middle and high schools.

Yi Qingqing found the sign-in area at the school gate. Looking inside, she saw other places, but she was a stranger and it was difficult for her to get in.

Elsewhere are residential areas and three factories.

There is a meat processing plant to the north, a textile plant to the east, and a steel plant to the west.

There is also a recycling station to the south.

These places require a long walk to reach, and Yi Qingqing and the others just asked about them but didn't go to look for them.

After a quick look around, Yi Qingqing had an idea in mind and decided to start from the department store.

The two entered the department store, where there was a special counter for each category of goods, some requiring tickets and some not.

The four major items: bicycles, watches, sewing machines and radios are also bought here.

Section 15

"Come on, come on, let me go buy a bicycle with you first. I have never bought a bicycle in person before," Qian Lailai excitedly pulled her to the bicycle counter.

When the people shopping nearby heard the word "bicycle", they all glanced over.

Those who can get bicycle tickets are all rich and powerful people!

Yi Qingqing felt the way they looked at the rich and suddenly understood Qian Lailai's excitement. In this era, buying a bicycle might be the same as people in the previous life buying hovercrafts?

There was nothing much to choose from. The bicycles all looked the same, Phoenix brand, and cost 150 yuan each, plus a bicycle ticket. She spent most of the 200 yuan her mother gave her in one go.

After paying the ticket and money, the car is ready.

The whole process took less than five minutes.

"Qingqing, I'll carry my things by myself today. I hope this new bicycle doesn't get crushed," Qian Lailai said as she touched the shiny new bike. It was rare for Qingqing to be so generous that she was willing to help her carry things on the new bike.

Yi Qingqing didn't think it was a big deal. "If you say that, then the free meal at our state-owned restaurant will be gone. Oh, what a pity. The joy of buying a bicycle can't make up for the sadness of not being able to eat at a big restaurant."

Qian Lailai pretended to pinch her waist, "..., eat, eat, eat, I'll let you eat as much as you want!"

She didn't say anything about not letting Yi Qingqing carry her. She just thought about buying as little as possible later. After all, there was a supply and marketing cooperative in the commune, and she could buy some things there.

This person pushing a brand new bicycle is different wherever he goes. Yi Qingqing used up all the daily necessities coupons her mother bought for her to prevent them from expiring later. From beginning to end, she never saw a salesperson with a bad attitude; they were all very enthusiastic.

There were an enamel basin, a kettle, a flashlight, two strips of toothpaste, a toothbrush, two bars of soap, a box of vanishing cream and other things in her backpack.

Qian Lailai bought some toothpaste and a toothbrush, then tore off a few feet of coarse cloth, saying that he would go back and separate the kang like her.

Then the two of them went to the grocery store, and Yi Qingqing bought a pound of maltose, a pound of fruit candy and a pound of brown sugar.

"Why did you buy so many candies?" Qian Lailai asked curiously. I remember you haven't finished eating the fruit candies you brought.

What else can I do? Who told me that I love candy? I will have to find a chance to meet him when signing in next time. It is easier to be rejected if I use candy as an excuse.

She tried it this morning. When she gave him candy, there had to be physical contact.

But she couldn't say these things, so Yi Qingqing just said that she loved to eat it.

"Be careful not to damage your teeth if you eat so much candy," Qian Lailai said with concern.

In addition to sugar, Yi Qingqing also weighed two pounds of meat, a bag of egg cakes, and bought some oil, salt and seasonings. When she saw the supplied vegetables, she thought about the private plot.

The educated youth site had its own private plots, which were opened up by the old educated youth themselves, and were located on both sides of the Great Hall.

I guess if they want it, they have to open it themselves.

After leaving the grocery store, she went to the grain station's store to exchange 10 kilograms of fine grains and a bundle of noodles. At this point, the only tickets her mother had given her were some grain coupons and meat coupons.

Looking at Yi Qingqing's heavy backpack, Qian Lailai had a new understanding of her generosity. "You are too extravagant. How much coarse grain can you exchange for this fine grain? Do you have enough food coupons to eat like this?"

Qian Lailai's family conditions were actually a little better than Yi Qingqing's. Although they were a little patriarchal, they didn't treat her unfairly. It was just that she and her sister had to go to the countryside, so each of them didn't get much.

All the food coupons that could not be used up at home were given to the two of them, but this was only enough for her to barely fill her stomach, and she couldn't even think about fine grains.

"It's enough. The team also borrowed some coarse grains, which taste better when mixed with food. Besides, the tickets my mother gave me are about to expire. She was afraid that I would save them and not use them," said Yi Qingqing.

She didn't want to upset her stomach just to fit in with others, and one lie always had to be covered up with more lies, and she never knew when it would be exposed.

Besides, she has already bought a bicycle for 150 yuan, so a few kilograms of fine grain should not be a big deal.

Qian Lai came to see that she had an idea of ​​the situation, so she felt relieved. She was just worried that Yi Qingqing would use up all the tickets at once and go hungry later.