“What a pity.”
Su Nan pouted and muttered something, but Su Yang, who was squatting beside her, still heard it. He tugged at her sleeve and asked in confusion: "Sister, what's wrong? Isn't there anything you want to buy here?"
"no."
Su Nan shook his head, regained his composure, and began to rummage through the pile of messy things. He was surprised to find that the whole basket was filled with women's bodies.
What about Xueqi ointment, moisturizing oil, rouge box, clam oil, hairband...
Su Nan pulled the corner of his lips. It was really weird that such a grown man was selling these. And how did he get the goods?
If she remembered correctly, these things would be controlled items nowadays, right? The production rights were entirely in the hands of the state, and even the supply and marketing cooperatives had to purchase them in limited quantities with coupons.
It seems that this person has some skills.
Su Nan pushed aside a pile of snow cream and soon found a cylindrical object in the corner.
Her heart began to get excited. She took two deep breaths and pulled off the black lid, revealing the red paste inside.
"What is this?" Su Yang was confused and didn't understand why Su Nan was so happy to see this thing.
"Lipstick, it's my life."
Su Nan looked at it left and right as if it were a treasure. Although the color was that old-fashioned bright red, it was lipstick.
A must-have beauty item, no doubt about it.
In the past, Su Nan would not go out without applying it. Without it, the whole makeup would lose its soul, the food would not taste good, and the water would not be sweet.
So, isn't lipstick her life?
She went to the largest shopping mall in Shanghai yesterday. Not only was the variety of cosmetics there limited, but they were also extremely expensive. A box of snow cream cost an ordinary worker almost a month's salary.
Let’s not talk about money for now. That thing actually requires a ticket. Without a ticket, no matter how much you offer, they won’t sell it to you.
Where did she get the tickets? Lin Yuemei held all the family's tickets, and she didn't know if she had any.
Even if she had a ticket, she had no money.
She only had a few dollars in her hand, which was the money the original owner had saved for a long time to buy the bra.
Su Nan felt so depressed. She had never suffered such hardship in her life. She had nothing she wanted and could not afford anything she wanted. Life was really hard.
"Sister, are you okay?"
Su Yang hesitated to speak, looking at Su Nan who was about to jump for joy one moment and then gritted his teeth and hugged her the next, and he couldn't help but worry.
And what did his sister just say? Her life? How is it related to fate?
Although they didn't understand what lipstick was, they knew it was expensive just by looking at the packaging. They might not be able to afford it.
But she really seemed to like it.
Su Yang silently pinched the hidden money in the dark layer of the army green shoulder bag, gritted his teeth, and said, "Sister likes to talk..."
"Boss, how much is this?"
Su Nan put away her joy, pretended not to be satisfied, put down the lipstick, picked up another box of clam oil, and said in a cold voice with a stern face.
But she couldn't let the boss see what she was thinking, otherwise what if he raised the price at the last minute?
Hearing this, Zhou Rang raised his eyelids and said lazily, "Seven dollars, no ticket needed."
Wow, that’s so expensive.
A bowl of 200g plain noodles costs 8 cents, an egg costs 1 cent, and 100kg of rice is only 17 yuan. How could this little box of clam oil cost 7 yuan? Are they robbing people?
Wouldn't lipstick be more expensive then? After all, lipstick was still a rarity in that era.
Su Nan curled her lips, put down the box of clam oil, asked a few more prices, and then picked up the lipstick again.
"What about this one?" If it exceeded her budget, she would definitely give it up reluctantly.
After all, in this era when people are hungry and cold, it is still too wasteful to spend so much money on a lipstick.
Besides, she also needs to save some money to go to the countryside.
Zhou Rang extinguished his almost finished cigarette, glanced at Su Nan's face, which she thought was pretending to be innocent but was actually very nervous, and could only smile.
"Two dollars." Is that too expensive? What if I make the little girl cry?
Zhou Rang frowned and rubbed the cigarette butt with his fingers twice.
Just as he was about to ask for a price change, he saw the person in front of him grinning so hard that his eyes curved into crescents. He quickly stuffed the things into his bag, then, as if afraid he might change his mind, interrupted him and said, "It's settled."
"Yeah." He silently took back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Seeing him respond, Su Nan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly took out two rolls of crumpled things that looked like a bunch of waste paper from her bag.
"Here, two dollars for you, not a penny less." Su Nan stood up, took a last look at the pile of money with reluctance, and then handed it to the man with quick movements.
Su Yang was dumbfounded. His sister was really rich. It seemed that she didn't need their help.
He reached out and pinched the inside of the bag again. Inside lay the one dollar and twenty cents he had saved by living frugally.
I started to feel sad for no reason...
"Um."
Zhou Rang responded and finally emerged from the darkness, the dim light shining on his face.
At that moment, Mei Tu's voice took shape.
The man had a cold pale complexion, with fine black hair covering his full forehead. His eyelids were slightly drooped, and she could only see two rows of thick, long eyelashes, a high nose bridge, and pale, thin lips tightly pursed.
Every contour line seems gentle yet contains a sharp chill.
Their fingertips touched, and Su Nan took his hand back first, hiding it behind his back and wrinkling his clothes.
Damn, she is obsessed with looks.
Su Nan took a deep breath, trying to ignore the heat on his face, and said, "Handsome guy, no, boss, why don't you consider giving me a box of snow cream or a hairband? I paid a lot of money for you to buy something."
"ah?"
The one who spoke was not Zhou Rang, but Su Yang who looked shocked.
Su Nan couldn't help but roll her eyes. This action was really inconsistent with her cold and beautiful face, causing the other two people to be stunned.
"What do you know, little kid? Why do you butt in when adults are talking?" Su Nan turned around and glared at Su Yang, feeling disappointed.
Do you understand what a gift is? Are the major businesses in live broadcast rooms used to use these tricks?
Then she put on a smile and said to Zhou Rang, "Boss, I'll introduce you to other customers next time. I have many young ladies here. I guarantee your business will prosper."
Su Yang was stunned by the yelling. He lowered his head in grievance and shut up obediently, his hands constantly stirring in front of his body.
The boss is not stupid, how could he agree to it?
Who knew that the next second, I heard that person's deep voice: "Hey, pick whatever you like and take it with you."
Su Yang raised his head in disbelief. Could he really be a fool?
Who runs a business like this? Wouldn't they lose a lot of money?
Hearing this, Su Nan was also startled, then turned around and smiled, stood on tiptoe, reached out and patted the man's shoulder, praising him: "Boss, you are really a man, that's right, I will patronize your business next time."
Zhou Rang subconsciously moved his shoulders to avoid Su Nan's contact. His eyebrows jumped violently, and he looked away without saying a word.
It's really weird.
Su Nan didn't notice his evasive action. She had already withdrawn her hand and began to pick out the gifts with great joy. In the end, she chose a box of the most beautiful snow cream.
For such a wool-pulling business, she had to pick the most expensive one.
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