After two hours of wandering on the potholed gravel road, the car finally arrived in the city at almost ten o'clock.

Ning City was originally the prefecture-level city with the largest area in the entire Saibei Province, but in the past 20 years, it has been divided by several surrounding league cities seven or eight first, so now it ranks among the bottom three among the 12 league cities in Saibei Province in terms of area and regional economy.

But even so, Ning City is still much more prosperous than Qingshan County.

As soon as she got out of the car, Tang Xue asked a little nervously, "Are you familiar with this place?" ”

Li Yi smiled and said, "I'm not familiar! ”

"That's... So where are we going now? ”

"Go to the mall!"

"Where's the mall?"

"Let's go out and ask!"

Although Li Yi didn't know where the shopping mall in Ning City was, he knew what the largest shopping mall in Ning City was called - the joint venture shopping mall!

This is a state-owned unit, which is famous throughout the city of Ning, until the beginning of the 21st century when it closed down due to poor management and the rise of several other major shopping malls.

The two of them walked out of the bus station lightly, and Li Yi inquired about passers-by, and finally asked about the location of the joint venture mall.

At that moment, the two of them followed the road and went straight to this legendary "gold cave".

Outside the joint venture mall, the two looked at the mall in front of them with shocked faces!

Tang Xue was surprised because it was too big and prosperous, and she saw that a huge three-story building was full of all kinds of goods, from oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to televisions, sewing machines, and bicycles.

And there are a lot of ordinary people shopping inside, men, women and children, and there are people everywhere.

In comparison, Qingshan County Supply and Marketing Cooperatives are really not high-grade, and they are completely a rural commissary!

And Li Yi was shocked that this place is really so small and low!

For the famous joint venture shopping mall, Li Yi has long admired it in his heart, after all, this place is an absolute shopping paradise in the minds of the people of Ning City and its surrounding counties, and its popularity is not smaller than that of Wangfujing Shopping Mall in Beijing.

But when he really got here, Li Yi realized that this was completely different from the shopping center in his mind.

Isn't this just a large supply and marketing cooperative?

It's really better to be famous than to meet!

With a hint of disappointment, Li Yi took Tang Xue and walked towards the area where clothes were sold!

Although the decoration and sales methods here are still similar to those of the supply and marketing cooperatives in the banner county below, it is indeed more complete than the general supply and marketing cooperatives.

Take the clothing sales side, at a glance, there are at least dozens of meters long stalls selling clothes, covering men's and women's ready-to-wear, children's clothing, underwear and all kinds of fabrics.

Although the style is a bit old-fashioned, at least there are many types.

It's just that Li Yi didn't stop here as soon as he came over, but pulled Tang Xue to take a quick look inside.

"What are you looking for?"

After walking for a while, Tang Xue couldn't help but ask.

"Wedding dress!"

"Wedding dress?"

Hearing this answer, Tang Xue was a little confused.

What a wedding dress is, she knows, she has read it in books.

However, people in this area don't wear this stuff when they get married.

"What are you looking for a wedding dress?"

"Dress for you, I want you to marry me in a white wedding dress!" Li Yi said.

Hearing this, Tang Xue was a little moved in her heart, and immediately grabbed Li Yi's hand and said, "There's no need to waste this money, anyway, you are married to me, it doesn't matter what clothes you wear!" ”

"That being said, I want our wedding to be as perfect as possible!"

"Alright then!"

Subsequently, the two looked for wedding dresses in the joint venture mall.

It turned out to be a little disappointing that the huge joint venture mall did not sell wedding dresses.

But think about it, wearing a wedding dress for marriage is a Western tradition, and wearing a wedding dress on the wedding day represents the bride's holiness and immaculateness, and it also means that the future will be bright and flat.

Chinese people do not have this tradition, and people prefer to wear red wedding dresses when they get married, which represents festivity.

The Li family has already made it for Tang Xue, but Li Yi wants to see his daughter-in-law wear a white wedding dress for herself.

But alas, there isn't one here!

Seeing that Li Yi seemed a little disappointed, Tang Xue immediately comforted: "If you can't find it, you can't find it, everything you wear is the same!" ”

Li Yi nodded, and then said: "If we can't find a wedding dress, then let's take a look at other clothes, after all, if you get married once, you need to have a few decent new clothes!" ”

"Hmm!"

But the two turned around for a while, but the result was still disappointing, there was a huge joint shopping mall, but none of the clothes could satisfy Li Yi.

To tell the truth, although it has been two years since the reopening, people's thinking and understanding have not changed much from previous years.

Especially in terms of dressing up, it follows the original aesthetic.

Women's clothing in the 70s was still the world of military casual clothes, and the young women of that era dedicated their blood and youth to the land, and they didn't seem to care too much about dress.

Therefore, women's clothing in that period was basically in a stagnant stage, and the whole country was a sea of blue, green, gray and black.

Although with the continuous improvement of people's material life and the gradual opening of their minds, there are also many girls who pursue beauty in the sea of work and military uniforms.

Everyone took off Lenin's uniforms, military uniforms, and civilian clothes, but blue, green, gray and black are still the main theme of Chinese people's clothing.

Therefore, Li Yi took Tang Xue around the place where he sold ready-to-wear in the joint venture mall for a while, and he didn't even have a piece of clothing that made his eyes shine.

Tang Xue thought that there were a few good things, but Li Yi shook his head after reading them.

After all, they bought wedding clothes, what the hell is the green army casual clothes?

Suddenly, a white skirt appeared in Li Yi's sight, this skirt was snow-white, simple, and there were no special patterns or decorations.

But compared to those homespun overalls, it looks fairy, and it looks too good.

"Comrade, take this dress and take a look?" Li Yi said.

The salespeople in the city are all trained, and they are obviously more professional than those in the Qingshan County Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

Although Li Yi and Tang Xue were dressed in general, they still took off the white skirt hanging on the shelf behind them and handed it to Tang Xue.

After Tang Xue got the skirt, she gestured twice on her body, and a satisfied smile suddenly appeared in her eyes.

The dress was so beautiful, it was the most beautiful dress she had ever seen.

And such a long skirt shows a calf, and no one will say anything if you wear it in the village.

"How's that, is it pretty?"

Tang Xue compared the white skirt to her figure and asked Li Yi.

Li Yi nodded and said, "It's good-looking!" ”

Afterwards, Li Yi said to the salesman: "My daughter-in-law is 1.65 meters and thin, please help me find a suitable size!" ”

"Okay!"

The salesman saw that the two were indeed willing to buy, and immediately responded enthusiastically.

Tang Xue hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, comrade, how much does this dress cost?" ”

"8 yuan a piece, don't cloth tickets!" The salesman said immediately.

Tang Xue couldn't help but gasp, eight yuan a piece of clothing was too expensive.

"We don't..."

Without waiting for her words to speak, Li Yi said directly: "Comrade, we want this dress, hurry up and find a suitable size for my daughter-in-law!" ”

"Howler!"

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