Chu Xi, having gained a lot, excitedly went shopping. Since going to the countryside as an educated youth, he had only been to the county town twice, and both times were in a hurry. This time, he must take a good look around.
In fact, the entire county town is not big, and the most prosperous street is only one.
The County Government Road runs from east to west, and has the county government, library, department store, state-owned hotel, cinema, post office, photo studio, etc. It has everything you need, and it is small but complete.
After walking around for more than an hour, I lost interest because there are only a few places to go, and many places are not suitable for ordinary people to wander around.
Go straight to the last stop, the department store.
Chu Xi was going to buy some daily necessities to take back. When she thought about it carefully, her house was simply terrible. Apart from a kang, a small cabinet and a washbasin, there seemed to be nothing else. It was also a woodshed. This house was a shabby place!
Never mind, I want to divide the family, whoever wants to go can go.
I walked into the department store a little angrily. It was called a building, but it was actually just a small three-story building.
The first floor sells food, including all kinds of fresh vegetables, fried foods, pickled vegetables, mountain products, etc., as well as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc., which are all necessities of life.
So the entire first floor looked bustling, with an atmosphere a bit like a large shopping mall in later times. Only Chu Xi could feel the difference by looking at the styles of everyone's clothes.
The second floor is for clothes, fabrics, and general merchandise, but there aren't many styles. Most of the items are green clothes that resemble military uniforms. There are only about seven or eight styles for women.
The fabrics include flower flag, white flower flag, sling cloth, large twill, small twill, flag cloth, large plain cloth, small plain cloth, herringbone cloth, corduroy, large velvet and so on.
There are also general merchandise that require industrial rolls, such as teapots, soaps, bed sheets, pillowcases, washbasins, tooth mugs, needles and thread, etc. These are also necessities of life. The key is that you cannot buy them even if you have money, and you must match them with corresponding receipts.
Half of the third floor is filled with grain and meat. I don’t know who planned this and put grain and meat on the third floor?
I guess it’s because there are fewer tickets for these two things. They are issued according to quotas. Scarcity makes things valuable. Most people have to collect them at the grain store on a monthly basis. Very few people can come to the department store to buy grain or even meat, and the supply is not much, so the third floor is basically deserted.
The other half should be considered the "luxury goods" area, such as radios, watches, bicycles, sewing machines, etc.
This "three turns and one ring" is very popular nowadays, comparable to the "three golds and five golds" in later generations. Families that can get together "three turns and one ring" to get married are very remarkable.
When Chu Xi was a child, her grandfather told her a story that exemplified the role and impact of the "three turns and one ring." Li Zegen, a 46-year-old miner from a remote mountainous area in Shaanxi, walked dozens of miles from his home in the mountains early one morning, carrying a "huge sum" of 150 yuan he had saved for two years, to catch the first bus to the Jiefang Department Store and queue up to buy a sewing machine.
After a bumpy ride of more than two hours, he finally made it to the Jiefang Department Store before it opened, joined a long line of people waiting to buy sewing machines, and carried home a Peony brand sewing machine worth 137 yuan. That sewing machine solved the clothing problem for his family of nine, young and old.
While strolling in the department store, I also used my mental power to observe the learning situation of the little stone in the space. It was pretty good. It seemed that it was interacting with the robot quite happily. It was both educational and entertaining, and it slowly started to learn.
While walking, I was thinking about what I could buy for Xiao Shitou, which would be like a gift for our "reunion" and would make it worthwhile for her to call her mom.
The main thing is that the things bought here can be used, unlike her who has hundreds of billions of assets but cannot use them.
I just bought some snacks for children, such as sesame cakes and White Rabbit milk candies. Suddenly, I saw a nice-looking khaki color and decided to buy some to make clothes for my children.
I was about to touch the counter to feel it, but as soon as I stretched out my hand, I heard a loud shout.
"What are you doing? Stop touching me!"
A slightly sarcastic voice came over.
"Huh? You're not allowed to touch this cloth?" Chu Xi said.
"If you buy the cloth, you can definitely touch it. The lady next to you is obviously rich, so you can touch it as you like."
As he spoke, he waved his hand generously.
"So you mean that rural people like us can't touch it?"
"Well, what if it gets broken or dirty? I can't afford to pay for it..."
The sarcastic voice makes people's teeth ache, and the arrogant attitude is very arrogant.
"You're just a peasant, and you want to buy such fine cloth? Dream on! You deserve to dig in the fields for the rest of your life."
The salesman with a face full of flesh was still muttering.
Salespeople in this era are so powerful, they are paid by the government.
Whether it was a store in the city or a supply and marketing cooperative in the countryside, they were all state-owned enterprises, monopolies, and single-brand businesses with no branches. Salespeople working in these stores and cooperatives enjoyed significantly better wages and benefits than typical factory workers, effectively securing a "golden rice bowl."
The salesperson, driver, ticket seller and purchasing agent are collectively called the "four major members", and they are guaranteed to make a profit regardless of the market conditions.
Not only that, salespeople can easily "get the moon first because they are close to the water", and can also buy popular goods that others can hardly buy, such as sugar, bicycles, cloth, etc., which is really enviable.
Ever since Li Ruhua got a job as a salesperson in the building through her second uncle's connections, she has become arrogant and looks up to people every day.
She uses her connections to boss people around, bossing them around so much that customers think she's the department store manager. Didn't they see how the other salespeople run away when she shows up? They think they're so powerful, but in reality, they just hate her.
Suddenly, Chu Xi had an idea. The person behind him was a leader, right?
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