On the second day in Shanghai, Yu Tong took Lin Xianglian to a department store.
She doesn’t know if it’s because she has the ambition to open a shopping mall, Yu Tong has always been curious about what the shopping malls were like in the late 1970s.
What Yu Tong went to was the Huaxing Department Store in Shanghai. It was a three-story building. Of course, the appearance of the building was not as good-looking as the shopping malls of later generations. The most eye-catching thing is probably the four-character signboard of Huaxing Shopping Mall.
“Tongtong, shall we just go in like this?” Lin Xianglian was a little dizzy looking at the three-storey building. It was the first time she came to the mall and she didn’t know anything.
Yu Tong smiled and comforted her: “Of course you can, just follow me closely, and when you come to Shanghai in the future, you will be able to visit the mall frequently.”
Probably because it is not a holiday, there are not many people in the mall, As soon as Yu Tong and Lin Xianglian entered, the salesmen at each counter looked over. Naturally, the decoration of the shopping mall in this society is not as good as that of the later generations, and the counters are also very simple, but the salespersons are all dressed in neat light blue overalls, and the goods are much more complete than the supply and marketing cooperatives.
Yu Tong owns clothes and shoes. As for cosmetics, the ones here are not as good as Yu Tong’s. After all, Yu Tong is also the one who gritted her teeth and bought it. So Yu Tong’s goal today is very simple – to buy something edible, take it home, pay someone to process it, and have a big meal with Lin Xianglian.
Yu Tong went straight to the seafood area. Seeing that Yu Tong was a half-grown child, and that Lin Xianglian looked timid, she really didn’t look like a rich person, so she didn’t care. Having been in this business for a long time, even if they don’t deliberately learn, they will have some experience.
People like Yu Tong, at most, came to see it because of novelty, maybe it was their first time in the city!
But Yu Tong went straight to the crab, her eyes glowing.
The city of Shanghai is close to the sea. Wild crabs are not a luxury these days, and fishermen often come out to sell them on bicycles. It’s just that there is no such thing in the county, so Yu Tong can only secretly eat it by herself in the past two years, and she didn’t dare to take it out of the supermarket to Lin Xianglian.
It’s all right now, she can finally let Lin Xianglian have a meal.
The crabs in the basin were all about a catty in size, plump and delicious, and Yu Tong felt a little greedy just looking at them.
Just as Yu Tong wanted to ask how much the crab is, the salesperson said impatiently: “If you don’t want to buy it, don’t move. What if you get caught by the pliers? We are not responsible for it.”
Probably thinking that Yu Tong had never seen such a thing as a crab, the salesperson’s tone was somewhat arrogant .
Yu Tong straightened up, the mood of picking crabs was gone, and she looked up at the salesperson. Is she so rustic? She thinks the dress on her is very pretty!
Lin Xianglian blushed immediately when she heard the reprimand, she stepped forward and pulled Yu Tong to leave, but Yu Tong gently pushed her hand away. Yu Tong smiled and asked the salesperson, “If I buy crabs, you won’t earn a commission, right?” The salesperson was impatient, “What commission?”
Yu Tong smiled even more: “Don’t worry if I don’t have it, get me 6 Crabs.”
She actually wanted more, but she didn’t dare to spend money recklessly, so six would be enough. The salesperson was stunned, unexpectedly, Yu Tong ordered six at once.
Crabs in department stores are a little more expensive, 40 cents a catty, and 6 crabs weigh 8 or 9 catties. How can this girl pay nearly four yuan for crabs? That’s a tenth of her salary.
Seeing the salesperson frowning for a long time, Yu Tong frowned, and asked, “Do you want to sell it?, People these days really can’t be judged by appearances, what’s going on, could it be that my way of seeing people is out of order…?”
No, Lin Xianglian looks like a rural person! Yu Tong paid the money, took the crab and left.
When she left, the salesperson looked at her inexplicably. Yu Tong didn’t say anything, just took Lin Xianglian’s hand and said: “Mom, our life is getting better and better, and I will try my best to let you eat well in the future, as long as you eat with an open stomach.”
Lin Xianglian smiled kindly: ” It’s fine if you have a stutter, save more money, and don’t be so extravagant in the future…”
The mother and daughter left while talking. The salesperson’s face turned pale and blue, very ugly.
To be honest, she is usually very good as a salesperson in this era when demand exceeds supply. After all, everyone has to beg her to buy something! That’s why even though Yu Tong ordered so many crabs just now, although she was shocked, she didn’t feel that she was slapped in the face.
It wasn’t until she heard what Yu Tong and Lin Xianglian thought about each other that the salesperson felt that her behavior of judging people by their appearance just now was really low-level. She is filial to her mother, what is she doing wrong ?
Her mother is long gone, and she has no chance to be filial… Let her attitude towards customers be gentler in the future.
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Back at the guest house, Yu Tong stuffed some money into the staff of the guest house and asked him to steam the crabs. The money was earned for nothing, and the employees were very happy, so they immediately agreed, and in about ten minutes, he brought the crabs to Yu Tong, and when he opened the door, he did not forget to say: “Girl, you picked the crabs really well, they are so fragrant How did you pick it?”
“Pick female crabs, some are yellow, which are more delicious. In addition, there are more meat protruding from the belly button, and there are more vigorous ones…” Yu Tong finished her method one by one.
The employees leave contentedly. Originally, they thought it would be a lot of inconvenience for the mother and daughter Yu Tong to go to the city for the first time, but they didn’t expect that they bought so many crabs as soon as they came up, and now the rural people are so rich?
Hey, I really regret working in the guest house, I should go back to farming!
Yu Tong put the plate on the ground, sat down on the floor with Lin Xianglian, and started eating. The location of Linjiacun is not near the sea, and Lin Xianglian has never eaten crabs, so Yu Tong taught her little by little.
Now, Lin Xianglian felt that Yu Tong had great powers.
Yu Tong handed the grilled crab to Lin Xianglian, “Taste it.”
The crab was so plump and full of meat, Lin Xianglian took a bite, full of flavor, and immediately took a second bite. Why didn’t I know there was such a delicious thing before?
Yu Tong asked, “Is it delicious?” Lin Xianglian didn’t care to answer, but just nodded.
Yu Tong smiled and said: “Eat less, I have to go to the market at night.”
“Market?” Lin Xianglian asked curiously, “What market?”
“I asked Brother Cheng before I came here, there should be western restaurants and hot-boiled mutton, what do you want to eat?”
Lin Xianglian was silent for a second. Hey, it seems that Yu Tong spends money generously, which is also brought by Wen Cheng… On the one hand, Lin Xianglian felt that it was not good to spend too much money, and on the other hand, she felt that it was right to let her daughter enjoy herself. She was a little uncertain for a while. After thinking for a long time, she said: “I will Listen to you, you can do it.”
” Then let’s go eat western food. We have eaten hot boiled lamb at home before, and we can cook it ourselves. Western food is better cooked in restaurants.” That’s it for dinner.
The market Yu Tong went to not only had restaurants, but also sold all kinds of snacks. She bought a bunch of candied haws for herself and Lin Xianglian, and they took them to a western restaurant. After eating, both of them couldn’t bear it anymore. They walked all the way back to the guest house, but their stomachs were still uncomfortably distended. Swell and be happy.
Yu Tong was so moved that she wanted to cry as she recalled her day-to- day life. How long has it been since she enjoyed life like this? Sure enough, later generations like her still like big cities like Shanghai! She must stay in Shanghai in the future!
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Lin Xianglian stayed with Yu Tong in Shanghai for a few days. She was afraid that Yu Tong would not get used to it alone, and she was afraid that she would follow the old path of her husband and son, so she followed. But after following her, Lin Xianglian realized that Yu Tong was taking care of her most of the time, and that Yu Tong was well adapted to life in the city.
This made Lin Xianglian seriously consider the possibility of staying in Shanghai.
Before returning to the county seat, she had already decided that she would work hard after returning home, work hard to save money, and strive to come to Shanghai as soon as possible.
Although she felt that the policy change that Yu Tong said was out of the question, she was willing to believe her daughter for no reason. Maybe it will come true? But Yu Tong still has one big thing to do.
She took some beautiful dresses from the supermarket and planned to meet Lin Qing’s friends. Lin Qing said that these friends are very reliable, they are all first-class and beauty-loving, and they will never make things difficult for beauty. Yu Tong was convinced by Lin Qing’s statement, so she believed in these people.
Even in Shanghai, she has to start her “career”, and today is the beginning.
Yu Tong went to find one of the girls according to the address Lin Qing gave her.
Because it was the first time she came to Shanghai, Yu Tong didn’t know her way, and almost fainted in a small building. Where are the building numbers? ?
Yu Tong stopped, and was just about to ask someone, when a man burst out from a building on the right. The man walked in a hurry, didn’t notice Yu Tong, and bumped into Yu Tong directly after he came out. Yu Tong was stunned by his bump, subconsciously looked up, this time even more stunned.
The man who hit her turned out to be Chu Jie. Since Chu Jie returned to the city, there has been no news. The original owner’s memory is only about Chu Jie starting a business. It seems that Chu Jie started his business in Shanghai. It’s just that now… why did he run out of this building?
After seeing Yu Tong’s face clearly, Chu Jie froze for a few seconds. Her usual gloomy appearance was gone, and she said in a daze, “You…why did you come to Shanghai?”
Seeing Chu Jie’s dumbfounded look, Yu Tong felt less uncomfortable, With a smile on her lips, her smile was bright and bright, “I came to school, oh, today I came to find friends, but I couldn’t find the place.”
Chu Jie has been struggling for survival these years. He has done many things, many of which were forbidden by law. After experiencing the changes in his family, he understood that only money is real, and everything else is imaginary. It’s just that when he was tired, Chu Jie would occasionally think of Yu Tong’s shadow.
He can’t tell the reason, probably because he was deeply impressed by the fairy who saved him a few years ago. Now that Chu Jie saw Yu Tong, he was so nervous that he didn’t know what to say. He didn’t have this kind of personality before.
Chu Jie didn’t dare to look at Yu Tong, so he just lowered his head to look at the note, “Oh, here, go forward ten meters, turn left, the third building on the right is… Shall I take you there?” It took a long time for Chu Jie to realize that this address is not far away, and he can definitely send Yu Tong there.
What’s wrong with him, why can’t he figure out such a simple thing?
