Chapter 18 Robber

Wen Ci walked into the mall. It had just opened and the shop assistants were busy with their work in an orderly manner. He passed by a clothing store.

Wen Ci stopped and stood outside the window. She immediately fell in love with a dark-colored turtleneck sweater worn on a mannequin. The style looked extremely fashionable in that era.

You can buy it for Huo Jingyuan to wear.

Wen Ci walked into the store and saw that each sweater had a clearly marked price tag. After taking a closer look, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The price of each wool sweater is generally more than one hundred yuan.

In that era, the average wage per person was only a few dozen yuan, and Huo Jingyuan's monthly wage subsidy was 54 yuan. A woolen sweater was equivalent to two months' salary for him.

Wen Ci thought about it carefully. The 1980s was a time of great money-making, so making money had to be put on the agenda, otherwise it would be too late to regret.

Wen Ci asked, "Can this sweater be cheaper?"

"We sell genuine Shanhai brand wool sweaters, which are genuine state-owned enterprises. We are the only store in the entire northwest that sells them. We don't offer discounts."

Wen Ci: “…”

The waiter in front of me was dressed brightly and beautifully, but there was a tone of contempt in his voice when he spoke.

Wen Ci raised his hand to lift his hair, revealing the gold bracelet on his wrist calmly, and smiled faintly: "Can't it be cheaper? I'll buy two at a time."

I bought it for Huo Jingyuan, and I also want one for myself.

The clerk looked at the gold bracelet on Wen Ci's wrist and carefully sized her up and down. She was wearing simple clothes, but he didn't expect her to be rich. He smiled:

"Miss, if you want two sweaters, I'll give you a discount of ten dollars. Is that okay with you?"

"Ten bucks off a piece?"

"OK."

Wen Ci calculated in her mind and cut down to twenty yuan. She was satisfied: "Help me get this dark-colored sweater first, and I'll pick another one..."

Wen Ci glanced at other high-necked sweaters, selected a light pink one, and went to the dressing room to try it on. The pink color made her skin look white and creamy.

Standing in front of the mirror, Wen Ci was extremely satisfied.

Wen Ci asked, "Because my husband is not here, can I change the size if it's too small?"

"Just don't tear the cards apart. You can return them anytime."

Wen Ci took out two hundred-yuan bills from her dowry and handed them to the waiter. After getting twenty yuan in change, she happily carried the bag and left the sweater shop.

I also bought a lot of things according to the list given by Huo Jingyuan.

Wen Ci paid a worker to help her move to the door of the guesthouse. She also bought a box of instant noodles for emergency use and paid the money: "Uncle, help me move to the door of the guesthouse, just don't block the door."

"I'll definitely take care of it for you."

Wen Ci accompanied him throughout the whole process after all, these things cost a lot of money.

Suddenly, Wen Ci heard someone shouting breathlessly: "Robbery, that person robbed me, no one came to help."

Everyone's eyes looked in the direction of the voice.

The fleeing robber held a sharp knife with blood on it in his left hand, and a bulging briefcase in his right hand.

When people saw the knife in his hand, they all retreated.

Robbers these days are very arrogant and are willing to kill people. Everyone thinks it is better to have less trouble than more and stays away from them.

When Wen Ci saw the robber running towards him, he calmly walked to the side of the road, stretched out his foot, and deliberately tripped the robber.

The robber fell to the ground and his bag flew out.

(End of this chapter)