"Qingyue, where do you want to go? Daddy will drive you there personally."
Qingyue is in poor health, and was robbed by that road bully a few days ago. Now he doesn't feel comfortable letting Qingyue go out alone.
Yu Qingyue naturally refused: "I want to go to the department store and buy some books and things, so I won't bother Dad."
There is a department store two kilometers away from Yu’s house, not far away.
"Well, I also want to go to the department store to buy some clothes. Mom will go with you," Liu Yi said immediately after she saw Yu Qingyue rejected Yu's father.
Yu Yao, who was standing by, also looked up from the newspaper, her face serious: "Sister, let mom go with you. Everyone is still frightened by what happened last time. Although the two road bullies were executed, what if something else happens?"
"Yes, yes, let Huan'er accompany Sister Qingyue out!" Yu Huan'er also came to join in the fun.
Yu Qingyue was somewhat helpless. She looked at her family's concerned eyes and tried to persuade them: "I am feeling much better now. I just want to go out for a walk by myself. I promise to be back before lunch..."
After talking for more than ten minutes, Yu Lishan and Liu Yi finally let go and repeatedly told her to be careful!
Before leaving, Liu Yi stuffed an electric baton into the car for her and then let her go.
Looking at the electric baton placed on the passenger seat, Yu Qingyue's expression was gentle.
It feels so good to have family...
She had a car before she came here. After sitting in the driver's seat and feeling the car for a while, she stepped on the accelerator and drove slowly towards the mall.
It is not rush hour now, there are some pedestrians on the road, and few bicycles, so the journey is smooth.
The roads along the way are very open. Compared with modern steel and concrete, not only is the air better in this era, but without the obstruction of tall buildings, one feels a lot more open both physically and mentally.
Yu Qingyue parked her car in front of the entrance of the shopping mall. The space was empty except for her car.
This is a three-story shopping mall, which is considered a tall building in this era.
Outside the mall’s main entrance, some trendy people were coming in and out.
This is an open era, but also a conservative era. You can see clothes that do not reveal an inch of skin, as well as women wearing sleeveless dresses. If you can wear a pair of flared jeans, you will get a few more glances wherever you go.
Yu Qingyue walked towards the department store.
She was wearing a short-sleeved white dress today, which was simple and elegant, and people kept turning their heads wherever she went.
It's not cold in early autumn in Nanshi, so you won't feel cold even if you wear short sleeves.
The mall looks very rough from the outside, and it becomes even rougher when you walk in. It is daytime now, and the lights in the mall are not on, so the overall look is a bit dim.
The feeling of walking around here is just like the basement floors of some old modern shopping malls, except that it’s not as bright and modern.
There are stalls in each store with various goods on display. The booksellers are on the first floor, on the same floor as the grocery stalls.
Yu Qingyue was strolling slowly on the first floor. There were not many pedestrians in the mall. Ordinary people usually went to the market and did not come to the mall to shop.
Although the things here are good, they are more expensive than those outside, so people are more willing to buy them at the market.
Yu Qingyue came to a bookstore. There were quite a few books on display in the store. The day's newspapers and some magazines were also placed on the stalls. The teller was a young woman.
When she saw that Yu Qingyue was beautiful and the dress she was wearing was made of high-end fabric, a smile immediately appeared on her face.
"Is this lady here to buy books? What kind of books would you like to choose?"
The attitude of today’s tellers is not as friendly as modern ones. Those who can work in this mall are people with some connections.
Now these shopping malls are under the jurisdiction of the government. Those who can work here are government employees. In other words, they are people within the system and work for the country.
It is a great honor to be able to work for the country, which is much nobler than these customers. Naturally, one will not be so humble. Some even look down on customers and give them the cold shoulder.
Yu Qingyue nodded to the teller and said, "I want some books on traditional Chinese medicine. Just two or three will do. Take these new comic books and the Adventures of Tintin, and pack these series of books for me as well."
Huan'er is given comic books and picture books, while Yaoyao likes to read some foreign series of books.
"Okay, please wait a moment, miss," the teller's eyes lit up and he kept saying it.
This lady is really not an ordinary person. She bought so many books with just a few words. What’s more important is that among these books, there are several foreign series which are limited editions. They are all imported from abroad and sold at three dollars a book!
Yu Qingyue waited for a while, and the teller packed the books and handed them to her.
The teller's face was full of smiles. "I picked out three books on traditional Chinese medicine that you wanted. Those two series of books were imported from abroad and are all plastic-coated. Please check them. The total is eight dollars and two cents."
Yu Qingyue took out ten yuan and handed it to the teller. After the teller gave her the change, she carried the book to a corner and casually put the bag into the space.
One great advantage of this era is that there is no surveillance. As long as you find a place where no one is around, you can put all your things in the space without having to worry about being captured by surveillance.
After she put all the books into the space, she saw a very small shop in an extremely remote location.
It was only about five square meters. There was a middle-aged man sitting in the store. There was a kerosene lamp lit inside. Compared with the uniformed clerk next to him, the middle-aged man was dressed very casually.
Yu Qingyue took a closer look and saw various kinds of seeds displayed in the store. Some were placed in winnowing baskets, and some were placed in snakeskin bags. Looking in from the outside, it looked a bit messy.
She paused and walked in.
The middle-aged man was reading a book under a kerosene lamp. When he saw someone coming, he just looked up and lowered his head again.
In the dim light of the kerosene lamp, Yu Qingyue saw the big gold necklace on the man's neck and his well-groomed, shiny hair.
She felt that this middle-aged man should not be a teller, but the owner of this store!
Some people who have connections with the higher-ups can get stores in shopping malls, but they’re in a remote location and are much smaller in size. However, even with the remote location, they can still make a lot more than working outside. Besides, the shopping mall is open every day, while things are only sold outside on market days.
Especially the seed market, which is only open twice a week, and in the afternoon, the people inside are a mixed bunch.
This middle-aged man must have used his connections to move his store into the mall.
She glanced at the book the middle-aged man was reading. It was a picture book that looked like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Yu Qingyue said calmly: "Boss, give me some of all the seeds in the store."
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