Siheyuan, counterattack from the proficiency panel

Chapter 19: Sensible Little Girl He Yushui Asks for Investment and Reading
"By the way, Yushui, there seems to be a market tomorrow. How about I take you to the market after I get off work tomorrow? How about I buy you the candied haws and bragi you want most?"

Hearing this, little Loli He Yushui's eyes suddenly lit up and she asked, "Really? Brother?"

"Of course it's true. When have I ever lied to you?"

"Yeah, brother, you are so nice..."

He Yushui cheered, while He Yuzhu smiled and looked at his sister lovingly.

When it comes to Bragi, some people may have heard their elders mention it but are not familiar with it;
Some people only know about it through various period dramas. Bragi was also worn by many people in Northeast China and Beijing at that time. So what exactly is this clothing? How did the name Bragi come about?
Blagi is actually a dress, and the name is a transliteration from Russian. To be precise, it is a Russian-style dress with puff sleeves and a pleated skirt, which was popular in the 1950s.

This is just like when it was popular for men to wear Zhongshan suits, the popular suit for women was the bra.

Bragi is actually the clothing worn by Big Brother heroine Zoya, with loose short sleeves, a simple round neck, floral, plaid or striped patterns, and a cloth belt around the waist.

Every minute reflects the gentleness and generosity of women.

In the early days of friendship, a lot of Big Brother’s culture, including clothing, language, and food, was introduced into the country.

Because the skirt - Bragi, was novel in style and came in many colors, it was very popular among women, and people began to be strongly encouraged to wear dresses.

It is no surprise that the Northeast region and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are experiencing a Bragi craze.

The next day, He Yuzhu worked an early shift and took He Yushui to the market when he came back.

Hearing that there was going to be a market, the little girl was so excited that she didn't sleep well last night.

"Brother, let's go quickly!" After He Yushui said this, he immediately jumped up happily, pulled He Yuzhu and ran to the container selling Bugi La on the second floor.

"Brother, this bugeira is too expensive. I'd better buy some cloth and ask a tailor to make me some clothes." Although He Yushui is illiterate, she is not deaf. After walking around the counter selling bugeira for a while, she found out the price of bugeira.

Wow! A piece of burqa costs at least 300,000 yuan. When He Yushui heard this, her face turned pale. She knew that her brother worked hard for a month and only earned 360,000 yuan. This piece of clothing would cost a month's salary. Even if He Yushui was not good at math, she knew the difference between the two. So she decided not to buy the burqa.

"Haha, Yu Shui is so good! But I can still afford a mere buggy coat, so you don't have to worry. Besides, what we want to buy is children's buggy coat, which is not that expensive!" He Yuzhu was very happy to hear his sister's words. He believed that He Yushui would not become an ungrateful person in the future.

So he squatted down and picked up He Yushui, then pointed to the few children's brocade shoes behind the counter and said to the salesperson: "Comrade, please bring me the light pink brocade. I want it."

To be honest, from He Yuzhu's modern perspective, the styles of Bugela are very beautiful clothes, not at all tacky. In this era, they look like fairy clothes, and no girl can refuse them. Moreover, the materials used in the clothes at that time were sufficient. If you took good care of a piece of clothing, it could be worn for six or seven years. So it was not a loss if it was a little more expensive. However, it would be a bit of a luxury to buy children's clothes, because children would grow up after all, and might not be able to wear them in a year or two.

The salesperson was a little surprised when she heard that He Yuzhu wanted to buy a Bugela for children's clothing. She had been a salesperson for two years and had sold a lot of Bugelas, but to be honest, no one had asked about the Bugelas for children's clothing since they were put on the counter. After all, children from rich families don't like Bugelas very much, and they mostly buy dresses. So these Bugelas for children have become a headache for the store manager. So the salesperson immediately showed He Yuzhu a sweet smile, turned around and quickly wrapped the light pink Bugela for children and handed it to He Yuzhu, smiling and saying, "Comrade, this dress costs 260,000 yuan."

He Yuzhu was somewhat startled by the salesperson's quick movements and attitude. He had been to the dealership to buy things many times in the half year since he traveled through time. All these salespeople were indifferent. Buying something from him was like begging for help, which was really annoying.

The salesperson now was somewhat like the salesperson in his previous life, and his service was quite good. Of course, He Yuzhu was only amazed for a moment, and quickly came to his senses and paid readily. After all, no ticket was required to buy this thing.

For things like clothes, if you buy ready-made clothes, you don't need tickets, but you need tickets to buy cloth. This is a very strange phenomenon, but it is the same for many things now. Finished products don't need tickets, but raw materials do need tickets.

He Yushui happily took the bujila handed over by his brother, took a look at it and hugged it tightly in his arms, as if he was afraid of losing it. He Yuzhu laughed at this. Then he went shopping on the second floor again.

He thought about buying himself another set of clothes. After all, clothes make the man, and gold makes the Buddha.

Fortunately, there weren't many people on the second floor, so the brother and sister quickly found the men's clothing counter. After a few rounds of searching, they picked out a gray Chinese suit. There was nothing they could do about it, as this was the only popular style these days.

The two pieces of clothing cost a total of five hundred thousand.

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After He Yuzhu finished buying clothes, he decided to go shopping at the street stalls not far from the department store because it was still early. He wanted to buy some meat such as chicken, duck and fish. Although these things would be more expensive at the street stalls, they basically didn't require tickets, so the higher price was acceptable. After all, both he and Yushui were growing taller, so they had to get more nutrition.

Although private transactions were prohibited in the city at that time, the state had too few supplies and the people's living conditions were quite difficult, so the leaders usually turned a blind eye and did not really force people not to trade privately, so various pigeon markets could be seen everywhere in the city, but to avoid trouble, everyone consciously set up stalls in remote places with less traffic. However, now that the New Year is approaching, all aspects are much more relaxed, so many bold people set up stalls directly near the department store, which once caused an unusually crowded flow of people.

As they walked, He Yuzhu bought He Yushui a string of candied haws. After taking a bite of the sweetness, the girl couldn't help but squint her eyes.

He Yuzhu held the little He Yushui in his arms and said, "Yushui, are the candied haws delicious?"

"Well, it's delicious."

He Yushui nodded desperately, which made him burst out laughing.

"Brother, you eat too..."

As he spoke, He Yushui handed the candied haws to He Yuzhu's mouth.

(End of this chapter)