Walking into the department store, Ruan Jiaojiao felt a chill.

Not air conditioning, no fan.

Instead, the department store has placed ice basins in all corners of the first floor, and the first floor is empty and the windows are open high, which makes it feel very shady.

The emptiness is because the height of the first floor from the ceiling of the second floor is very high, and it looks like at least four or five meters, like a large factory, which seems relatively empty.

But in fact, it just seems empty.

The first floor is full of glass counters, and there are many shelves on the walls, filled with dense goods.

Ruan Jiaojiao and Zhang Meihua entered in the afternoon, and it stands to reason that this department store is the most idle time.

But as soon as they walked into the building, they saw a counter flooded by a crowd, and the salesperson shouted "queue", as if the crowd could not hear, waving money tickets in their hands and continuing to crowd.

It's so hilarious.

Ruan Jiaojiao doesn't like to join in such a lively scene, she has thin arms and thin legs, in case someone pushes her down, who will reason with her.

But obviously, Zhang Meihua didn't think so.

She let go of the hand holding Ruan Jiaojiao and asked her to wait, and she rushed in that direction.

Ruan Jiaojiao saw her jumping up and down on the periphery of the crowd, crowding people to inquire, and her braids were a little loose.

After a while, Zhang Meihua trotted back, panting and saying with a lack of interest: "I thought there was something fashionable and good, it turned out to be a brushed glass, I already have this thing at home." ”

Brushed glasses?

Ruan Jiaojiao was about to ask, when she saw someone in the crowd already holding something and squeezing out.

It is an extremely brightly colored glass tea set, with several cups and a teapot.

In this era of black, white and gray cold tones, such colors are indeed extremely eye-catching.

Zhang Meihua saw that Ruan Jiaojiao was attracted by the man's brushed glass, and thought that she liked it too, so she said, "Do you like Jiaojiao?" I'll help you buy it, I just heard from the salesperson that there are fifty sets today, and I specified that I can grab one set! ”

Seeing Zhang Meihua rubbing her hands, eager to rush there again, Ruan Jiaojiao hurriedly grabbed her, "No, no, I'm curious to take a look, I don't want to buy it." ”

"Oh, okay." Unable to rush to buy something, Zhang Meihua was visibly disappointed, and then said: "Then tell me if you want to buy anything in the future, I will grab something!" Every time I buy New Year's goods, I rush in to be strong, compared with the battle, where is it today. ”

Knowing that Comrade Zhang Meihua was very good at shopping, Ruan Jiaojiao helped her help her with a somewhat crooked hat, and left this "land of right and wrong" while praising her, for fear that she would be aroused again.

The first floor sells everyday necessities, and the second floor sells more expensive items, such as watches and radios.

The two walked around, and except for Zhang Meihua weighing some chicken cakes, they didn't buy anything.

In Ruan Jiaojiao's opinion, the contents are neither used nor valued, and there is really no desire to buy.

…

Out of the department store, walk a few hundred meters to the Friendship Store.

Compared with the department store, the outside of the Friendship Store looks neater and more elegant, and the walls on both sides are made into floor-to-ceiling windows, through which the environment inside can be seen unobstructed.

Ruan Jiaojiao took out her overseas Chinese certificate, and after registering at the door, she was ready to take Zhang Meihua in.

But it was refused.

The reason is that Zhang Meihua is not a foreign guest and is not allowed to enter, even if Ruan Jiaojiao takes it.

Since this is the case, Ruan Jiaojiao is not ready to go in.

The current policy is indeed like this, and it is impossible to blame others, asking her to go in by herself and leave Zhang Meihua outside the door.

"Don't worry, wait for me."

Zhang Meihua originally thought that she could go in with Jiaojiao, but after being refused, she sensed that Ruan Jiaojiao wanted to turn around and leave, so she patted Ruan Jiaojiao, took out a folded piece of paper from her small bag and handed it to the person who guarded the door.

This is the certificate that Zhang Meihua's father handled for her.

In addition to receiving foreign guests, the Friendship Store will also receive Chinese guests, that is, officials and leaders of all over the world.

As long as you handle the relevant certificates, you can also enter.

After registering the information, the person at the door respectfully opened the door of the friendship store for the two.

The Friendship Store is brightly lit, not slightly darker than a department store, and the most surprising thing is that-

There was even an air conditioner in it.

There are no other customers in the store except Ruan Jiaojiao and Zhang Meihua.

Clean and tidy glass cabinets and beige floor tile shelves make the already bright store even brighter.

The salespeople inside stood at their counters with proper smiles, some of them wearing the most popular curls of the moment.

Steering wheels, stethoscopes, salesmen, were very decent occupations in this era.

And to add the most important word in front of this "decent", it is undoubtedly the salesperson of the friendship store.

The salespeople here are all brightly dressed, no matter which one goes out, they will be praised for their "foreign style", they are the top fashion trendsetters in society.

Ruan Jiaojiao ignored the burning gazes of the salespeople looking at her, and looked at the display cabinet with Zhang Meihua slowly.

They are not interested in Moutai whisky, canned chocolate, watches and appliances are also not interested.

The two of them walked to the side and looked at the area similar to the classification of handicrafts, which sold embroidery, brocade, ceramics, lacquer carvings and other exquisite things, and even put signs on the side of some items, indicating what age they were.

Ruan Jiaojiao doesn't know much about cultural relics, and she doesn't know the date, look at the calendar, and only look good and bad in her dictionary. Can be placed in the friendship store to earn foreign exchange, must be more in line with the public aesthetics and the age is relatively recent, suitable for use as ornaments, but it is a pity that one or two pieces are not used, and the large quantities are more than enough and insufficient.

Skipping over these items marked with the word "antique", Ruan Jiaojiao's attention was all drawn to the embroidered ornaments on the shelves.

This is a set of four pieces of embroidered screen ornaments of Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, which seems to be double-sided embroidery.

The salesperson at the counter couldn't take her eyes off Ruan Jiaojiao, so she removed the embroidery from the shelf and placed it on the glass case so that customers could look more closely.

Ruan Jiaojiao took a closer look and saw that this was indeed a double-sided embroidery of Suzhou embroidery, or a double-sided heterochromatic embroidery from the master's craft.

Not to mention, the gradient and depth of the embroidery pattern are different on both sides, and the ethereal and dreamy colors are presented under the light, which is really amazing.

Similar screens, each in the future will start at 200,000, let alone such a set.

It's a real work of art!

Ruan Jiaojiao couldn't take her eyes off it, and Zhang Meihua also sighed again and again, both of them were heartbroken for this artwork.

"How much does this ornament cost?"

In addition to the cash she took out, she spent money these days, and there was still more than 1,000 balances left in Taogou.

If she can, she wants to buy this screen ornament that she fell in love with at first sight.