Chapter 36: Lu Miao's Dirty Move
Most people probably don't understand why a beautiful girl doesn't braid her long braids. Not only does it feel awkward to leave them loose, it also looks messy.
It’s such a hot day, it would be so hot if you breathe on my back!
Chen Miaomiao didn't understand the meaning. When she saw that there were just as many people looking at her on the street as there were looking at Lu Miao, her heart seemed to have gained great satisfaction.
Lu Miao is beautiful, but so what?
Is she worse than Lu Miao? Not necessarily.
Chen Miaomiao thought about it and felt more confident. She couldn't help but straighten her back a little straighter.
The supply and marketing cooperative in Nanhu Town is an adobe house. The overall space is not large and is long and narrow. As you enter the door, you will see a long row of green glass cabinets. They look a bit dirty and are filled with a lot of messy things.
Lu Miao had no shopping experience. Combining her original memories and watching Ren Bingxin and the others pick things for a while, she became familiar with the routine. Then she walked up and started talking to one of the salespeople.
"A single spark can start a prairie fire! Hello, comrade, do you have any facial cleansing… stuff for sale?"
The young saleswoman glanced at Lu Miao, and was first amazed, but then became a little lazy, with a very slack attitude, "Why? You want to buy something?"
Lu Miao frowned slightly. He had heard a story from the older generation, saying that their generation felt a headache every time they went out to do business and met people working in state-owned enterprises.
Because a large number of people of that type felt very proud of having a stable job, not only did they not serve the people well, but some of them had bad tempers and would even beat up customers. Therefore, many state-owned departments had slogans on their walls saying "No beating of customers" at that time.
Lu Miao looked around and saw a note on the cabinet on the long counter that said "Serve the People", but she didn't see any "No Beating of Customers". However, the attitude of the female salesperson really made her unhappy.
I have visited various luxury goods counters and specialty stores, and was there any one who did not bow and scrape when they saw her?
Lu Miao's face turned pale, and he suddenly had a dirty trick in mind.
She folded her arms around her shoulders and turned slightly to the side, glancing at the salesperson with an extremely arrogant and contemptuous look, and hummed nonchalantly:
"Hmph, the boss even said he wanted to transfer someone from you to cover for the department store. With your service awareness, it's useless even if you go. You'll be sent back on the first day of storage."
What? The boss wants to transfer someone to the department store!
When the saleswoman heard this, she perked up instantly.
Although both working at the supply and marketing cooperative and the department store are counter positions, and both are stable jobs, the difference between them is huge! Not to mention how respectable it is to work at the department store, the salary alone is a huge difference!
The saleswoman looked at Lu Miao seriously, and was also worried that Lu Miao was just saying this to tease her. It was obvious that Lu Miao was wearing good fabrics, and he had fair skin and beautiful looks. He was full of arrogance, and looked like a superior who sat in the office and made a lot of money.
The saleswoman immediately believed it, mistakenly thinking that Lu Miao was a superior who had come to inspect the situation. She quickly straightened her back and became attentive:
"Yes, yes, a batch of clam oil and vanishing cream just arrived. Lead... No, comrade, let me show them to you!"
That's about right.
Lu Miao rolled his eyes at her rudely, and tapped the glass cabinet with his slender, bud-like fingers. "Then take a look."
The saleswoman took out two large flat iron boxes, unsealed them and opened the lids. One was filled with clam oil and the other was filled with vanishing cream. "Comrade, you can unscrew these lids and see if you want to see the effect. You can also take a small amount and apply it to see if it works."
The saleswoman had already opened a box of clam oil and was about to take a piece off for Lu Miao to try. Lu Miao waved his hand, "Don't worry about it, let me take a look first. If I don't buy it and you break it, how will the next person buy it?"
The saleswoman said attentively, "Yes, yes, yes, comrade, you are very conscious and you are absolutely right!"
Lu Miao frowned. She was indeed unhappy about being looked down upon just now, but now the other party was too attentive, which also made her very uncomfortable.
Lu Miao simply ignored it and picked up a box of clam oil to look at it carefully.
The appearance of clam oil is as its name suggests, it looks like two shells put together. When you open it, you can see the milky white paste inside. If you smell it up close, you can smell a faint fragrance.
Lu Miao didn't dislike the smell, so he picked out two boxes of clam oil that he liked. Before he could even utter the words "I want it," a hand suddenly reached out from the side, grabbed two boxes of clam oil, and said:
"Comrade, how much is this?"
It’s Chen Miaomiao.
Chen Miaomiao looked at Lu Miao with a smile, then said to the salesperson, "I want two boxes."
The saleswoman mistakenly thought that Lu Miao was an inspector sent by the higher-ups, so she was so polite. But when she saw Chen Miaomiao approaching, her face instantly became long.
"Comrade, what's wrong with you? Do you understand the principle of first come, first served?"
Chen Miaomiao saw the difference in attitude between the salesperson and Lu Miao, but she wasn't angry. Instead, she took a step closer to Lu Miao and said, "We are friends, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
The saleswoman turned to look at Lu Miao, who nodded. "If she wants you to pay her first, just pay her."
The saleswoman had to be patient and said, "Clam oil is seven cents a box, two boxes for ten cents and fourteen cents."
Chen Miaomiao gave the money promptly.
Lu Miao took two boxes of clam oil and put them aside. He looked at the vanishing cream and thought it was good, moisturizing and not greasy, so he asked, "How much is this?"
"This is from Shanghai. It's 20 cents a box. It's always been the best-selling brand in the supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores."
Lu Miao took two boxes and before he could say anything, Chen Miaomiao came over again and asked, "How much is this? I want one box."
“…”
This is a bit too deliberate.
Lu Miao rolled his eyes lightly, his eyebrows lowered in displeasure. Without even looking at Chen Miaomiao, he asked the salesperson directly, "Do you have any soap?"
"Yes, do you want it? I'll get it."
Lu Miao nodded, and the salesperson quickly took out two bars of soap wrapped in old cartons. "Soap requires a ticket, 70 cents a piece."
"Take five."
Without even glancing at the soap, Lu Miao turned sideways, pursing her rosy lips into a beautiful arc. "You should buy some too, right? I'll take five. How much do you want? Don't worry about not having enough soap tickets. I have some here. I can lend you as many as you want."
“…”
Chen Miaomiao was stunned.
She had gritted her teeth to buy that box of vanishing cream just now.
A box of soap for 70 cents...
She brought all the money she had with her today, which was only one dollar and fifty cents in total. She had just used up some of it to buy clam oil and vanishing cream, and now she only had one dollar and sixteen cents left, which she had to save for emergencies in the future!
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