From Ancient Times to the Present Chapter 8: Makeover

Li Qingcang walked out of the garden, and at this time the sky was already bright, and the street was already lively, with many fast iron carriages galloping on the road.

Walking along the street in the direction he came, there were many breakfast stalls on the side of the road that had been opened, smelling the fragrance, Li Qingcang was hungry, and he was afraid that he would be treated as a beggar in the past, so he thought that he would buy clothes and eat something again.

Take a closer look at the environment on the street, yesterday because it was night, many of the scenery was not very clear, but now the light is bright, naturally much clearer than last night.

I saw that the tower-like high-rise buildings abounded, and the volume was huge, as if it was about to rise into the clouds! There are many tall buildings with huge portraits painted on them, and the men and women on them are graceful and handsome, like immortals.

The houses on the street also have some low buildings, but even the shortest ones are much taller than the high-rise buildings in the Song Dynasty!

It is estimated that it is too early now, and many shops have not opened, and the transparent crystal seen last night is covered with a layer of silver-gray iron wall, blocking the scene in the store.

The road on the street is wide and straight, the road surface is a blue and black color, and the fast iron carriages on it are even more colorful, red, yellow, white and black, blue, green, blue and purple, which makes people dizzy.

The size and style of the carriages are also different, some are square, some are semi-circular, and there is a square head in front and a large iron box in the back.

Li Qingcang walked along the street with his lonely hair and bare feet, and when the pedestrians on the road saw his appearance, they all looked sideways as they did last night, and even pointed a little farther away.

Li Qingcang knew that these were some people who judged people by their appearance, so he didn't care about it, and strode forward by himself.

At this time, many storefronts on the road also opened their doors one after another, and the iron wall covering the crystal wall was also very easy to open, only to see those shopkeepers take out the key and twist it underneath, and then lift it up with both hands, and the iron wall "Boom!" With a snap, it shrank and rolled into a roll, revealing the transparent crystal wall.

The scene in the store is unobstructed, and the goods are even more strange, most of which have never been seen before. There are also some stores that move out two large boxes that are one person high, and the boxes make clear and loud human voices, and the content is to introduce the price of the store's goods, what "jump off the building and sell!" "Clearance Discount! Li Qingcang heard it clearly, but he didn't quite understand the meaning.

Coming to a store full of clothes, Li Qingcang looked at the store through the crystal wall, and saw several life-like dolls standing behind the crystal wall, which were lifelike. Sitting or standing, wearing clothes, pants, shoes and socks, even though he is a dummy, he looks energetic. I thought to myself, "This is probably the style of clothes in this store, wearing it on the doll makes it easier for customers to see the effect of this dress on the body, which is much more convenient than the tailor-made clothes of those tailor shops in the Song Dynasty, and you can wear it directly on your body if you spend money to buy it." Seeing that the doll looks similar to his own body, I'll buy this one later. ”

At the entrance of the store, there were several female clerks wearing short-sleeved red clothes and red hats, holding a few small tin horns and shouting: "Our store is on sale, spend 100 yuan and get 10 yuan, spend 200 yuan and get 20 percent, rebate 10 percent, and ...... on the last day." I don't know what these girls mean.

Many pedestrians on the road stopped here to enter the store to pick up clothes, and it seems that the business of this shop is still good.

Standing in front of the shop window and observing for most of the day, after brewing in my mind for a long time, the tone of the people of this era has been brewing.

Li Qingcang stepped forward and asked one of the girls who looked kinder: "Girl, I want to buy clothes, how do you sell clothes in your store here?" ”

The female clerk with short hair and red clothes and a round face and big eyes glanced at Li Qingcang, maybe she thought his tone was more sincere, maybe the concept that the customer was God had been deeply rooted in her mind, and she was not frightened by Li Qingcang's maverick dress, nor did she show that kind of contempt. Instead, he greeted warmly: "What kind of style do you want to buy, our store is now on sale, there is a discount, please come with me." ”

After Li Qingcang followed the girl into the store, he was also dizzy when he saw the clothes, pants, shoes and socks all over the store, and he didn't know which one to buy, so he pointed to the clothes on the doll in front of the window and said, "Just buy this one!" ”

The female clerk walked over and looked at the sign, then went to the counter and took a small black box, crackled and pressed it a few times, and said to Li Qingcang: "A total of four hundred and eighty yuan." ”

Li Qingcang was embarrassed when he heard it, and he had two hundred yuan on him, and he still didn't know the price here, so he only heard the big-eyed sister and the old beggar say that they could buy clothes, but they didn't ask the price, and they made a fool of themselves as soon as they bought something. I think that Li Shaoxia was still the master who often rewarded back then, but today he wants to be fat and slapped in the face, which is really embarrassing.

Thinking of this, he simply took out the two hundred yuan, handed it to the female clerk, and said, "I have so much money, you can choose one for me, just leave me a bowl of noodles." After the female clerk took the money, she shone it on the light, ran to the counter and used the money counter for a while, and after making sure that it was not counterfeit money, she looked at Li Qingcang's dress again, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile, probably because she felt that this action was inappropriate, and stuck out her tongue again, looking very cute! After laughing, he reined in his mind and carefully measured Li Qingcang's figure and helped him pick up his clothes.

I saw her take a T-shirt in the east, a pair of jeans in the west, a belt on the left, and a pair of casual shoes on the right. I took another pair of socks and a pair of underwear, put them on the counter and crackled for a while, and then said to Li Qingcang: "It's just two hundred and two yuan, the discount is twenty yuan, and you will be charged one hundred and eighty-two yuan." ”

After speaking, he took out a few banknotes from the counter and handed them to Li Qingcang along with his clothes, pointed to the dressing room and said to him, "You can change clothes there." ”

Li Qingcang held the change in his hand, walked into the dressing room with a pile of clothes, and saw that the room was very narrow, and the three walls were full of human-high mirrors, but this mirror was a hundred times stronger than the bronze mirror he took in the Song Dynasty.

In the mirror, he has long hair and messy hair, a long beard, a torn leather armor on his body, a rotten cloth coat on his waist, and a pair of bare feet, and his appearance is really unsightly. No wonder Fat Chen would call him a madman, and the old beggar would regard him as a peer.

Immediately, he took off his leather armor, rotten cloth, and looked in the mirror for a long time, and saw that there was nothing abnormal on his body. Only then did I pick up the newly bought clothes and study them, recall what everyone was wearing, and put them on according to the gourd painting.

The female clerk also has a good eye, and the clothes, shoes and socks she picked out for him fit well. I just feel that this short shirt and trousers are really fast to wear, especially this leather belt, which is much more convenient than those wide robes and large sleeves in the Song Dynasty, and the belt decorated with jade blocks. Looking in the mirror again, although the hair is messy and the beard is long, the whole person is much cleaner and neat, and the spirit has also come out.

I felt that I felt that it was for the bits and ends, put the change in, picked up the tatters that had been replaced, and walked out of the dressing room.

When the female clerk saw Li Qingcang's new appearance, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and then she frowned again, pointed to a shop opposite and said to Li Qingcang: "You can shave your head there, as long as ten yuan, you can eat a bowl of noodles after shaving." ”

Li Qingcang nodded in thanks, waved goodbye to the enthusiastic and kind female clerk, and walked out of the store.

When he came to the shaving shop across the street, he stood at the door, thinking that the men he saw along the way were all short-haired, and the women's hair was almost the same as before, but the clothes were very revealing, and the white arms and thighs shook him dizzy. Come to think of it, this is the custom of the new era! Although "the body is skinned and the parents are receiving" should not be easily damaged, it is better not to be a maverick and follow the crowd!

So he threw away the tattered Song Dynasty cultural relics worth thousands of gold in his hand and walked straight into the barber shop. Half of the walls of the shop were mirrors from the ones I had just seen, and there were a row of shelves on the wall with scissors, razors, and some gadgets that I had never seen before, and a few leather chairs facing the mirrors. After asking for the price, he sat down in a chair and asked the barber to cut his hair and trim his face.

The barber was young, and his hair was strangely shaped, and the strands rushed up into the sky like a hedgehog. A big man wore silver earrings on his ear, and his appearance of neither being a man nor a woman made Li Qingcang feel very uncomfortable.

And this person is still a talker, his mouth keeps talking, and he is full of demonic sissy flavor! After a while, he said how soft Li Qingcang's long hair was, but he lacked care and used less conditioner. After a while, he asked who helped him design his hairstyle, why it was so bad.

Li Qingcang was very disgusted with him, so he didn't bother to talk to him, just kept silent. The barber didn't care, and kept babbling. In his hand, he used both pushes and scissors, and his technique is skillful, and he will stop shaving after a while. took Li Qingcang to the shampoo pool to help him wash his hair, and then put the chair down for him to lie down, and Li Qingcang also fiddled with him.

I saw the barber go to the wooden frame and pick out a razor, use a hot towel to help Li Qingcang apply his beard, and then take a small brush covered with foam and apply it to Li Qingcang's chin, a scraper flew up and down, shaved his beard clean in a moment, and after helping him wipe his face clean, he lifted the chair and signaled that he had finished shaving.

Li Qingcang looked at the mirror for a long time, only to feel an unfamiliar face appear in front of him, a short hair slightly to the side, his beard was shaved clean, and a circle of cyan stubble appeared in the skin under his lips and chin. The whole person is a little less vicissitudes and elegance, but a little more energetic. The barber stood behind with satisfaction and said to himself: "It's still my craftsmanship, you see how handsome you are, how you make yourself like an old man." ”

Li Qingcang was also satisfied with the current appearance, and nodded his head in thanks! After paying the money, he walked out of the store, and at this time, Li Qingcang was dressed exactly like a modern person. A white T-shirt on the top, a pair of blue jeans on the bottom, a black cow belt around the waist, and a pair of white casual shoes on the feet. Standing on the street and looking around, the towering buildings, the endless flow of people, the dazzling array of goods, and the galloping iron carriages all over the street...... These novelties that can't be named, and the confusion in my heart is much less.

The pedestrians around him walked by, and there was no longer that strange gaze, and no one pointed a finger at him. It seems that he has the same appearance as the people of this era.

When I looked up, I saw a breakfast stall not far away, touched the change in my pocket, looked at the dress, walked forward, and asked the boss, "How much is a bowl of your noodles." ”

The boss replied, "Three dollars a bowl."

Li Qingcang said: "Then you bring me two bowls." "Find a stool and sit down.

Soon the boss brought two bowls of steaming noodles up, and Li Qingcang was swept away, and after a while, the two bowls of noodles were eaten cleanly.

After paying the money, there were still two small pieces of paper of one yuan on my body, but now I am not hungry, my appearance is not strange, and my mood is much better than yesterday.

I remembered that the old beggar said that the street was full of small advertisements for workers, and the old beggar didn't explain much when he heard the strange question he asked, and he didn't know what it was. So I asked the owner of the noodle stall where there was a job advertisement?

The boss casually pointed to the long and short notices posted on the stone pillars on the side of the road, said that they were all these, and did not say much, so he went to work himself.

Li Qingcang walked over to take a look, but his heart was half cold, and most of the words on it were still unknown. Looking back, the owner of the noodle stall was very busy, and he didn't want to bother anymore. I thought I would just walk down the street, and when I saw someone watching at these papers, I would go up and ask, so I walked down the street at random.