Chapter 91 What is Queliang
The salesperson quickly brought the item over and said, "Our vanishing creams are all branded goods from Shanghai. Comrade, take a look at this, Ya Shuang's vanishing cream. It's very good to use, and all the girls who come here like it."
"Let me take a look first."
"Oh, okay. There's some that have been disassembled here, you can try it."
The salesperson brought out an opened box, unscrewed the lid, removed the wax seal on the surface, and handed it to Lu Miao.
Since there were "trial packs", Lu Miao didn't hesitate and spread a little on the back of his hand. It turned out that the texture was much finer than the ones he bought before, and the porcelain bottle had a metal lid, so it was well sealed.
"Give me two boxes of this. Forget it, give me three."
"This is thirty cents a box. Are you sure you want three boxes?"
"Um."
The salesperson took out the vanishing cream and put it away separately. Seeing that Lu Miao was generous and not shy, the salesperson couldn't help but become serious and recommended toothpaste and soap to Lu Miao.
There were several brands of toothpaste and soap, with prices fluctuating by a few cents to a few dimes. Lu Miao had looked at them, but couldn't tell the difference in quality, so he just picked the ones in the middle of the price range and took a few boxes of each.
"That's all. Can you help me calculate how much it will cost?"
"Okay, comrade, please wait a moment." The saleswoman lowered her head to write down the order and repeated what she wanted: "Three boxes of Yashuang vanishing cream, three boxes of soap, and three tubes of toothpaste. Six yuan in total. I also need three soap coupons and one foreign exchange certificate for three tubes of toothpaste. Please check it."
It was a very simple account, and there was no need to look at the bill. Lu Miao quickly went through it in his mind and gave the money note.
Finally, she took the things and left, and the salesperson behind her stretched his neck to look at them for a while.
The young saleswoman opposite asked curiously, "Sister Liu, what are you looking at?"
The saleswoman, known as Sister Liu, tossed the ticket in her hand and said:
"Did you see that woman just now? I don't know where she comes from, but she handed me a big unity banknote. My counter just opened, and it took me ages to give change... I don't know where she comes from either."
The young saleswoman opposite had a flash of envy in her eyes, but soon regained her composure, lowered her voice, put one hand on the side of her face, and stretched her neck to say:
"You're not here to take something, so you can go back and do some speculation, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Sister Liu glanced around nervously, then shook her head after a while and said, "No, I think she's pretty with her delicate skin and tender flesh. She looks unfamiliar, so I don't think she's an educated youth from the city. She must be the daughter of a leader."
“Tsk tsk tsk—”
The young saleswoman shook her head and smacked her lips. Sister Liu waved her hand and said,
"Okay, stop talking. We're at work! It's a bad influence."
The casual chat ended abruptly, and Lu Miao had no idea what was going on behind the scenes.
After buying toiletries, she did the same thing and bought enough toilet paper. She carried the things upstairs to look at other things and met Gu Ying and others who were looking at fabrics on the second floor.
The department store here has this year's new cloths in several colors and patterns, such as blue and white stripes, white background with black polka dots, and solid colors of black, white, gray, pale blue and army green. There is also a stack of bright red.
The materials are thin and thick, cotton and linen, but Gu Ying and her friends are particularly fond of a kind of smooth fabric.
Inspector Lu Miao looked over her neck, and Gu Ying saw her and quickly pulled her over:
"Lu Miao, did you see that? Dacron, what a beautiful color!"
Dacron is the most fashionable fabric nowadays, and girls all love it. If you can make a Dacron braid and wear it out, it will be as eye-catching as a Zhongshan suit worn by men. It is both beautiful and enviable.
Lu Miao has always been a lavish spender. Dacron material is hard to come by in the city, but he finally found it here. Gu Ying thought Lu Miao would definitely not miss it, but Lu Miao's reaction surprised her.
“It’s quite pretty.”
The light yellow background with pink camellia printed on it looks nice as a tablecloth, but it would be too tacky to be used as clothing.
Lu Miao was not in high spirits, and Gu Ying asked doubtfully: "Such beautiful material, aren't you going to buy it?"
Lu Miao shook his head and touched the fabric: "It looks good, but I don't like it."
Lu Miao didn't know much about Dacron. She just felt that the fabric was slippery and looked like polyester. It might not wrinkle easily, but it was definitely not breathable.
It was not like the later times, where there was air conditioning everywhere and you could wear a vest, T-shirt, etc. under your clothes.
What kind of good fabric is this? If it is made into a dress, and the weather is so hot now, it will be worn directly on the body. Lu Miao can imagine how stuffy it would be, and how embarrassing it would be if the fabric of the clothes sticks to the body when sweating.
"Look, I'm going to go over there. I just came over and I think I saw someone selling rock candy."
Lu Miao was not interested in buying rock sugar, and Geng Xiaoyun told her:
"Don't go too far, or you'll get lost."
"I see. Am I a child? How can I get lost?"
Geng Xiaoyun smiled: "Come on, hurry up, we'll be short of time."
Lu Miao did not stop and looked at each counter according to what he wanted.
Yanji sugarcane is one of the main economic crops, so it has all kinds of sugar.
Among them, the quality of brown sugar, white sugar and rock sugar are all very good. Lu Miao bought some of each, among which rock sugar is the most popular, followed by brown sugar.
I never had the chance to eat the snow frog I bought from Geng Xiaoyun before. Now that I have rock sugar, I can think about making it and eat it when I get home.
The department store also has a counter specializing in selling dried goods, including roasted melon seeds, pine nuts, walnuts, red dates, black fungus and white fungus.
In addition to wood ear mushrooms, Lu Miao ordered some of everything. Among them, pine nuts and walnuts were the most expensive, costing 1.2 cents per pound. The salesperson explained that these two items were from the north and were good things, but the transportation cost had to be included, so they were expensive.
Lu Miao understood and said nothing.
Moreover, the price is expensive for people of this era, but it is a real bargain for her, not to mention that the pine nuts are plump and the walnut shells are thin and crispy, and the quality is indeed good.
They originally only bought two kilograms each, but when settling the bill, Lu Miao added two more kilograms.
The quantity was so large that it was difficult to carry in the small bag. She was in a dilemma, and the salesperson was unusually considerate. He said that the goods had just been delivered in the morning and there were a few extra woven bags on the counter, so he gave her one.
The edge of the woven bag was a little chipped, but it did not affect its use. Lu Miao thanked him and confirmed again and again that the woven bag did not require any money or tickets. Then he left with a large bag of things.
When he came back to look, Gu Ying and the others were no longer in front of the cloth counter. Lu Miao took a glance and prepared to leave.
Thinking of something, she turned her gaze back, pursed her rosy lips slightly, as if she had made some kind of decision, and dragged the bulging woven bag towards the cloth counter.
"Hello, comrade. What can I order? We just got a batch of Dacron fabric from Shanghai, a big city. City girls love it. Would you like to take a look?"
Lu Miao shook his head and raised his finger:
"I want three feet of that red cloth. Do you have any thread for sale?"
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