The department store is more than two miles away from the bus station, on Dongfanghong Street, the main street of Linshui. Along the way, you looked left and right, and kept reading: Workers' Cultural Center, Second People's Hospital, People's Bath, People's Hotel, Chinese Post, Photo Studio, Hongqi Hotel, People's Theater.

The middle-aged man who pushed the three wheels asked curiously: "Sister-in-law, how old is your child, and he can recognize so many words." ”

"Her mother teaches and learns early. ”

The department store is located in the center of Dongfanghong Street and is a four-story building. There are four gates alone, one in the east and west directions, and two in the south, and there is an endless stream of people coming in and out.

When you go in and take a look, you only have one feeling, which is comparable to the large-scale comprehensive shopping mall of later generations. In addition to the counters around the perimeter, there are two rectangular counters in the middle. All kinds of goods are placed according to the type, a bit in the form of a special counter in later generations.

There are many customers in a large area, and the counter is crowded with people, and the voices of the sales staff come and go, which is particularly noisy. Money and invoices were sandwiched between iron clips, and they flew over people's heads along the wires, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

Yoyo circled around the counter and opened his eyes. Grandma grabbed her, "We have money, you can buy it today, it's not easy to come to the water." ”

"Grandma, I'll take a look before I buy, you can buy whatever you want, we're not short of money now." "Yoyo now knows the difficulty of making money, and understands that money must be used on the blade and in the key place.

"Well, let's take a look first. ”

From the first floor to the fourth floor, Yoyo can be regarded as an eye-opener, compared with the department stores in the county, the department stores near the water are really called high-end atmosphere and grade.

All kinds of goods are complete in variety and quantity, and under the comparison, customers have more room to choose.

There are more than 10 kinds of toothbrushes alone, and there are different sizes, and Yoyo was inspired, and when he went back, his brother and sister could use children's toothbrushes. The toothbrushes of the brothers and sisters in the family are all used by adults, and Haohao and Youyou are bald.

Children's toys occupy a set of counters, more than in county department stores. The counter was full of children, staring at the wind-up toys on the table, and from time to time they let out bursts of "yaa" exclamations, looking enviously at the children who bought the toys.

You squeezed in and saw the nostalgic toy "tin toy" that was praised by future generations. The image is realistic, the colors are bright, the variety is diverse, light and strong.

Frogs, ducks, hens laying eggs, two roosters eating, children playing drums, there are more than a dozen kinds of car toys alone: Dongfeng trucks, Jiefang cars, Hongqi cars, Shanghai cars, tractors, trains, tanks, all kinds of pistols and airplanes of different lengths and sizes.

The price is also very cheap, a tin frog is only more than four cents, a small pistol is more than six cents, and the most expensive bear photo is only five yuan.

Yoyo was so excited to play that he bought more than 20 in one go, and also bought a harmonica, a total of less than ten yuan, which also caused the children around him to inhale.

At the small goods counter, Yoyo found a rare thing, a fake collar. It is not as long as the crop top of later generations, only under the armpits, and there are no sleeves. Both men and women, there are quite a lot of styles, pointed collars, round necks, square necks, small lapels, white, blue, pink, light yellow, light blue, all kinds of small flowers, cotton, really good, there are more than a dozen. The price is also cheap, a really good piece of two or three, and the cotton cloth is only eight cents.

What is this thing for, Yoyo hurried to the brain for answers, and quickly figured out its purpose, which is admirable and sad.

False collar is also the crystallization of people's wisdom, this period, the material is relatively scarce, textiles are generally supplied with cloth tickets, so the false collar came into being.

A fake collar is actually a real collar, but it's not a real underwear, it's just a collar.

It has a placket, a back piece, buttons, buttonholes, only a small half of the upper part of the underwear, worn inside the outer garment, enough to be fake, the exposed collar part is completely the same as the shirt, so the United States called it "fake collar".

The counter selling scarves is the most conspicuous, and the bright and dazzling scarves are tied together, slightly elegant, and can be seen from afar. A group of women pointed and chosen, trying to compare, very lively.

If you look carefully, there are two kinds of scarves: the ordinary one is two cents, and the two five cents with gold thread are all squares of 80 centimeters.

For the first time, Yoyo felt that the price of items now was high, and the chemical fiber of later generations was the cheapest. In the nostalgic store, this kind of scarf, which is affectionately called "a handful of grabs" by the old people, has a price of no more than 0.5 yuan, and is generally a gift.

The price of the sea soul shirt is not the same, the child wears a piece of seven or eight, and the adult is divided into three models, large, medium and small, and the price is between 3.50 ———— 3.80 yuan. Women wear less than two pieces of white sneakers, and more than three pieces of men's shoes.

Thinking that the male and female migrant workers who participated in the reconstruction, especially the young migrant workers, were at a good age, you arranged for Zhinao to order a batch of sea soul shirts, white sneakers and all kinds of fake collars.

In the cloth area on the second floor, there are more than a dozen kinds of colorful real silk satin, and grandma reluctantly touched them one by one, muttering to herself: "I didn't expect to see these things in this life." ”

Yoyo looked at the price tag, according to the different colors, the price per meter ranged from three to seven yuan, all of which were 100% mulberry silk. In later generations, the price of such fabrics was as high as two or three hundred yuan per meter.

Thinking of the silk quilt and not the cloth ticket, he asked the salesman: "Auntie, how many cloth tickets do you need for this beautiful cloth?"

The salesman smiled: "Children, I like this beautiful satin, this kind of cloth ticket." ”

"Do you want to buy it?"

"You can buy it, but it's expensive. ”

This is the truth, ordinary cotton cloth costs three or four cents a foot, and it is indeed good that it is more than seven cents, and the silk costs one or two dollars a foot. But in Yoyo's opinion, it is cheaper than the price of Chinese cabbage.

"Grandma, if you like it, buy more, not only will it be expensive in the future, but there will be nowhere to buy it. ”

"I can't wear it even if I buy it. Grandma said wistfully

"You forgot the record in your mind, you will be able to wear it in a few years, and it will be expensive by then. ”

Grandma hesitated for a while, and after a long time, she chose the four most expensive brocades, each of which cost five meters.

You watched it, and fully felt what it means to be a penny for a penny, this kind of brocade, the price of later generations has reached thousands of yuan. I admire my grandmother's taste from the bottom of my heart, and firmly believe that grandma following my grandfather is not only the role of a maid, but also a hall.

Youyou himself took a fancy to a few beds of hand-embroidered silk quilts, each bed only cost 76 yuan, which was a collection in later generations, and the price was more than 100,000 yuan.

Given the current economic situation, Yoyo endured the pain and only chose two beds. I secretly swore in my heart that when I made a lot of money in the future, I would definitely buy more money. Anyway, the price has not changed much in the past two years, and my sister has time to prepare.

Since the big ones can't afford to buy, Yoyo can buy small things, silk hand-embroidered wallets are two and a piece, Yoyo bought fifty in one go, and the salesman put the box containing the wallet on the counter, so that Yoyo sat on the counter to choose.

Grandma explained that she had opened a consignment point, and there were many female migrant workers in Fudi, so she was ready to sell to them, and took out a letter of introduction from the supply and marketing cooperatives that the third aunt asked her to find someone to open. The salesman saw it and told her that she could buy it at the wholesale department, and the price would be 15% cheaper.