Chapter 82: The Thrift Market
Zhuang Chengyun sometimes really wants to pry open her head to see what is in it.
Such a smart person can be at ease in everything, why is he so slow to be like this, the relationship between the two of them is not clear enough.
His heart has always been held in front of her, and it has never been withdrawn.
It's not that Ji Wei is pretending to be confused, she is the most direct witness to the failed marriage of her biological parents, and the only victim, the word "marriage" is more sacred and solemn in her mind than anyone else, and it is okay to cooperate with acting and volunteer help, but if it is true, she must be cautious, even if the other party is Zhuang Chengyun.
Because this is the only thing in her life that she can't afford to fail.
In other words, she also wants to remind Zhuang Chengyun by the way, unless you are really ready, you should use this matter less to tease her, and getting married and dealing with a partner are two different things.
She has a good impression of him, but she will not be connived at without a bottom line.
If you say this, you will lose it here, and Ji Wei, who should be taken care of, still has to take care of him in every detail.
Knowing that she was going out tomorrow, she specially painted two white cotton masks for him overnight.
With this thing, and then press the hat on, no one will normally recognize him.
The weather has not completely warmed up, and there are many people wearing masks outside, especially during the morning rush hour at work.
Considering that he had to work as a coolie today, Ji Wei didn't dare to wear high heels, and only changed the corduroy suit that he had been wearing since he was a child.
In fact, Zhuang Chengyun prefers her to wear a beige set of cashmere, which makes her look like a white pearl, but when he thinks that this may attract the attention of many gay men, he thinks that this most eye-catching corduroy is okay.
His wheat, it is enough for him alone to know her beauty.
Ji Wei took the map, refused the request of the boss of the Fu family to allocate a car, and led Zhuang Chengyun to take a taxi on the side of the road.
Ji Wei knew that when it came to the real popularity in the provincial capital, several top-notch department stores together could not compare to this street of thrift goods.
That place was originally a state-run thrift store, in addition to some old goods, but also deal with some factory defects, export to domestic sales of stranded goods, and all kinds of strange items, with practical, affordable, cost-effective, and "free ticket" characteristics, attracted a large number of customers, every day from the early morning to the end of the evening, and then someone found business opportunities, in the vicinity of the state-run thrift store gradually formed a black market, and then later reform and opening up, everywhere is promoting individual business, Overnight, the black market became what it is now a thrift market.
With the expansion of the scale, the variety of goods is also increasing, and now almost two-thirds of the customers in the province are concentrated here every day, so it can be said that if you have not been to the thrift market in the provincial capital, you will not have been to the provincial capital.
Ji Wei felt exaggerated at first, but she didn't expect that after the destination, she had already frightened the lively pomp and circumstance outside before she got out of the car!
Catch up with the weekend, the battle is more exaggerated than their county New Year's goods during the New Year, there are people everywhere, men, women and children, people are boiling, almost every stall has a long queue in front of it, and you can only rely on crowding to walk!
Even if some people don't buy things, he has to go around to see if there are any cheap ones to pick up.
She regretted bringing Zhuang Chengyun here, one more person, the more trouble, if it was just herself, just go in like a bull, there was no need to worry about squeezing him or squeezing him......
"In case I don't take care of you later, and we get separated, you just stay where you are, I will definitely find you, you know." Anyway, I can't see the crowded, Ji Wei took his hand and squeezed into the crowd.
Before this, Zhuang Chengyun never knew that there was such a thing as a thrift market in this world, he rarely went out to buy things in person, and he had never been exposed to such an environment, crowded and noisy, many stalls actually sold refurbished old clothes, and there was a strange smell in the air, but everyone's face was filled with joy from the heart, which made him feel novel.
Human happiness actually seems to be quite simple.
Ji Wei took the list with the purchase catalogue and compared it in the roadside stall from time to time.
Wearing, uneven printing and dyeing fabrics, velvet, or flawed clothes, pants, shoes and socks, everything, hot water bottles, enamel bowls and basins, furniture and even small household appliances and bicycles, or defective or second-hand, as long as people want to get it, almost can be bought here.
On the shelves of state-run thrift stores, she actually saw the familiar trademark of the Red Star Leather Shoe Factory.
Thinking of Guo Shufen's leather shoes, Ji Wei hurriedly squeezed to the counter, "Comrade, how do you sell leather shoes!" ”
A row of counters is crowded with people, several salespeople are busy, picking up the goods here and settling accounts, customers are asking, they are stunned and keep answering the effect of gossip, "Men's leather shoes are 17 yuan octagonal, women's leather shoes are 15 yuan octagonal, '765' leather shoes are 6 yuan hexagon!" ”
Compared with the threshold of more than 20 tickets and industrial coupons for supply and marketing cooperatives in stores outside, the price here is really cost-effective!
Ji Wei hurriedly reported the size, "A pair of men's '765', and then six pairs of men's leather shoes and a pair of women's leather shoes!" ”
She always kept in mind Guo Shufen's three words of "cheapest", and as for the other four pairs, they were called by other members.
"Six pairs of men's leather shoes, one pair of women's leather shoes, and one pair of men's '765', a total of one hundred and twenty-nine yuan and two jiao!" The salesman sang at the top of his voice while opening the ticket.
Whether it is an old product or a defective product, it is not allowed to pick, and what you get is what you get.
After paying, the salesman quickly pulled the thin hemp rope and tied the four shoeboxes together for her, Ji Wei turned around and hung on Zhuang Chengyun's hand, and continued to squeeze into the next counter.
A flawed men's shirt is only 10 yuan, the liberation shoes are only 4 yuan, and the old blended velvet is half the price of the new product, and the price is 6 yuan and 5 yuan...... There are many and miscellaneous things, Ji Wei simply bought it according to the list at the beginning, and then bought whatever she saw was suitable, anyway, she didn't want a ticket, and she was not afraid that no one would want it when she brought it back, except for a few old goods required by the members, other defective products that she picked out, such as a hot water bottle with a piece of paint knocked off, a flashlight or a table clock with a sunken shell, these things can be left for their own use, the price is low and there are no tickets, and the cheap lady will never say anything!
When I bought it, I was very happy, but when I paid it, it hurt my flesh, don't look at it as worthless things, it adds up to quite a lot, not counting the hundreds of dollars given by the members, and it cost more than 100 yuan for her own five yuan and ten yuan to buy.
"Comrade, I was introduced by your neighbor Brother Xie, do you have a watch?" At the clock counter, she saw a young man sneakily pulling the salesman into a corner and stuffing her with two dollars, and soon the other party gave him a small receipt, "Come early tomorrow morning." ”
There are really watches for sale!
At the clock counter, Ji Wei only saw all kinds of grandfather clocks, wall clocks, and alarm clocks, and she thought there was no watch!
It turns out that it's not nothing, it's just that ordinary people can't touch it!
"Don't look at it, it doesn't matter, even if you go up and ask, they won't sell you, these people are very dog-eyed!" The middle-aged eldest sister who was crowded next to her kindly reminded.
Ji Wei retracted his gaze angrily, "It's too much, the thrift store was originally to save money for everyone's convenience.
If she had a watch, she would like to take a few more pieces back, so that she would not have to draw.
"You're here for the first time." The middle-aged eldest sister looked at Ji Wei's clothes and dressed better than her in a provincial city, but she was still not sure, "It's all like this, just buy it a few more times, as long as it's a hot item, it will be bought by insiders or related households as soon as it arrives, you really want it, it's better to go outside and inquire, individual stalls may be a little more expensive than those in state-run thrift stores, But an acquaintance introduced a watch like this has to pay the salesperson five yuan for hard work, which adds up to not much worse. ”