Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 99, Department Store

Author: Flying Wooden Fish

Chapter 99, Department Store

The Forty-Nine City Department Store is located on Wangfujing Street, across the street from Dong'an Market. It is the first large-scale department store invested and constructed by the state after liberation, and is known as the "No. 1 Store in the Country." The department store opened on National Day in 1955

When it officially opened on the eve, it was called Sijiucheng Department Store and Wangfujing Department Store.

The department store has a business area of ​​18,000 square meters. The first floor sells food, tobacco and alcohol, daily necessities, enamel steel, children's toys, cosmetics, medical and health products, etc.

The second floor sells sweaters, textile fabrics, bedding, paper and stationery, clothing, shoes and hats, hardware and electrical materials, etc.

The third floor sells high-end woolen materials, leather clothing and leather goods, watches, radios, photographic equipment, Chinese and Western musical instruments, special handicrafts and other more valuable commodities.

It can be said that the things inside it are the most complete.

At that time, there was a popular saying among the people of Sijiucheng: "If you can't buy something in a department store, don't go anywhere."

Jiang Yan knew about it when he opened the business before, and wanted to go shopping at that time. He was not on a mission at the time, so he happened to go there with Xu Damao today.

Wangfujing is not far from the Siheyuan. Jiang Yan and Xu Damao walked for almost ten minutes before arriving at the entrance of the department store.

Seeing this crowd, Jiang Yan was completely stunned.

I heard it said before that when this department store first opened, there were so many people that customers picked up two big baskets of lost shoes.

Jiang Yan thought it was an exaggeration, but now after seeing these abortions, Jiang Yan felt that what they said was not an exaggeration at all.

The two people followed the flow of people and entered the department store. The area inside was really large, and the decoration was simple and elegant.

The steel wire above the head is densely packed like a spider web, and from time to time there are clips holding money and tickets passing by, making a crisp sound.

I don’t know who invented this thing, but it seems to be really convenient to use.

With the flow of people, Jiang Yan and the two of them started shopping on the first floor. The places selling food and children's toys were the most crowded.

When Jiang Yan and the others squeezed in, they discovered that there were quite a lot of varieties here, and there were some things that Jiang Yan had never seen before.

But buying these things requires a ticket. Jiang Yan rummaged through his entire pocket, and there were not many things he could buy with a ticket. He bought two kilograms of White Rabbit toffee, twenty or thirty cans of Arctic soda and Laobai beer, and some

There are peach cakes, trough cakes, and the like.

There were no plastic bags in this period, so everything you bought had to be wrapped in paper bags with "Four-Nine City Department Store" printed on them.

It is even more convenient to pack beer and soda. They can be tied directly with ropes, but the way others tie them is convenient and beautiful.

There wasn't much to browse on the second floor, but there was a lot of fabric in their own space, so the two of them took a quick glance and headed towards the third floor.

Compared with the first and second floors, the third floor seems much emptier, with fewer people inside and fewer goods.

"Comrade, how do you sell this bicycle?" Jiang Yan asked the waiter in front of the bicycle counter.

"Feige's 164, permanent 172, and a bicycle ticket."

Bicycles from the Feige and Forever Clothes brands were also regarded as domestic products in later generations, but now the appearance of the two bicycles is basically the same. At this time, Jiang Yan didn't know which one to choose.

"Boss, buy a permanent one. It can pull more things than a flying pigeon skin test." Xu Damao, who was next to him, saw Jiang Yan's hesitation and reminded him.

Jiang Yan naturally followed suit and took out the money and bicycle ticket directly to the waiter at the counter.

"Trouble, a permanent bicycle."

After collecting the money, the waiter clicked the order. After it was accurate, he issued a ticket, stamped the receipt and handed it to Jiang Yan.

"Pick up the car at the back door on the first floor." After saying this, he ignored Jiang Yan and the others and was busy with his own business at the counter.

Jiang Yan didn't think much about the waiter's attitude, and pulled Xu Damao towards the place where radios were sold.

In these days, waiters were serious members of the working class, one of the "eight great members", a job that everyone envied. You couldn't get into it without any ability or connections.

Wherever they sell radios, they only have the domestically produced "Red Star" tube radio, and there's not much to choose from.

"How much does it cost to be a waiter?"

"189 yuan, plus a radio ticket."

"Okay, here's one," Jiang Yan said, then took out 189 yuan and a radio ticket and handed it over.

The waiter took out a radio from the counter, skillfully installed the battery, turned it on, placed Jiang Yan's noodles on it, and started debugging it.

Jiang Yan nodded while listening. Not to mention, the sound quality of this radio is quite good.

"Trouble."

Hearing Jiang Yan's words of thanks, the waiter nodded slightly and skillfully packed and packaged the radio that he had just tested.

"Boss, this will cost you three hundred yuan! It's more than half a year's salary of mine."

After the two people got the bicycle, they went to the public security bureau and stamped the bicycle.

After coming out of the public security bureau, Jiang Yan originally wanted to ride, but Xu Damao grabbed him. He had to ride with Jiang Yan. Looking at the things he bought from the department store, Jiang Yan let him go.

In this era, bicycles are rare items and must be stamped with a steel seal at the Public Security Bureau.

In Jiang Yan's small courtyard in the courtyard, the first aunt, the second aunt, Jia Zhang and several selected aunts and daughters-in-law were chatting happily around the old lady. When they saw Jiang Yan and Xu Damao pushing a bicycle, they

When they walked in, the scene instantly became quiet, and then everyone huffed and cheered around Jiang Yan and Xu Damao.

Auntie: "Xiaoyan, this is a permanent bicycle! It's really good. I heard this bicycle is very expensive."

The second aunt: "Xiaoyan, don't you have a bicycle? Why did you buy another one? But this car is much more beautiful than the previous one." After speaking, she touched the body of the bicycle with a look of envy on her face.

"This is a play box!" Jia Zhang pointed at the radio in Jiang Yan's arms and spoke with a rather surprised expression!

Although bicycles are rare, many people buy them. Jiang Yan and his friends have bicycles in several stores in Nanluogu Alley.

But this radio is the first one.

After hearing what Jia Zhang said, everyone looked at the radio in Jiang Yan's hand.

Seeing everyone's curious expressions, Jiang Yan quickly said: "This is a radio. You can listen to the radio. I bought it for grandma to relieve her boredom. Damao, Damao, please give the candy you bought to auntie."

Share a little and be sweet."

When everyone heard that there was candy available, they didn't even bother to watch the radio and stretched out their hands directly to Xu Damao.

Seeing Xu Damao surrounded by the ladies, Jiang Yan let out a long sigh of relief. The bunch of ladies were too fierce. Many people just attacked Jiang Yan, and one of the buttons on his clothes was torn off.

However, the aunts and ladies who got the candy did not eat it. Instead, they put the candy in their pockets and prepared to give it to their children.

Jiang Yan installed the battery and turned on the radio. Everyone gathered around to listen to the broadcast.

While listening, they praised Jiang Yan, "Old lady, you are still blessed. Your Jiang Yan is very capable and filial."

"Just get up, I'll be satisfied if my children are half as capable as Jiang Yan."

"Old lady, this Jiang Yan must be eighteen years old! There is a girl in my natal family who is pretty and has a big butt and is very fertile. Why don't you introduce her to Jiang Yan?"

"Your mother-in-law comes from the countryside and is worthy of Xiaoyan. Old lady, I have a niece here who is as tall as a flower. I will bring her to you to see her someday."

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This was originally meant to be a compliment to Jiang Yan, but things went wrong while we were chatting. It turned into a blind date conference.

Jiang Yan, who had a big head, quickly took Xu Damao to the kitchen to make lunch and leave this den of right and wrong.

(End of chapter)