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When they arrived at Tieling County, Li Mengxue was the first to suggest that they go shopping or do business separately and then meet again after noon.
“Why? It’s just a visit to a few state-owned stores. Why can’t we go together?” Qian Lailai asked in confusion.
Yi Qingqing held her back and said, “That’s not necessarily true. I want to walk around the county town before I buy anything! If you don’t want to go, we have to separate first.”
She winked at her.
Qian Lailai stopped asking.
Yun Guyuan had no objection. Only Zheng Xiaolong, who had a low EQ, didn’t understand and really thought that Li Mengxue had her own place to go and didn’t want to delay others.
He immediately said that he could accompany Li Mengxue. She could go wherever she wanted, and he could also help her get things.
Yi Qingqing couldn’t help thinking that this second male lead was not mature enough compared to the male lead.
Li Mengxue was forced into a desperate situation and made an excuse, saying that she had relatives in the county town and wanted to visit them.
Zheng Xiaolong then stopped saying that he would follow.
In the end, Li Mengxue and Yun Guyuan went alone, Yi Qingqing went with Qian Lailai, and Zheng Xiaolong went with Chen Zhihe.
They each went in different directions.
“Qingqing, why don’t you let me ask? I always feel that Li Mengxue doesn’t tell the truth. She said her family is poor, but she is well-dressed. She and I are both from Haishi, but I have never seen the clothes she is wearing, and her flashlight is also a new thing. If she goes to buy something, she has to hide it. Would we still covet her things? I think this person is not honest.” Qian Lailai said with a frown.
Yi Qingqing didn’t want her to accumulate too much dissatisfaction with the heroine and become a vicious female supporting role, so she comforted her: “Everyone has things they don’t want to tell others. There is no need for us to get to the bottom of it. It doesn’t affect us anyway, so think positively.”
“Now that you put it that way, I understand,” Qian Lailai took her arm, “You are only half a year younger than me, how do you know so much?”
“Haha, that’s right.” Yi Qingqing laughed.
Qian Lailai glanced at her, “You are really not modest.”
The two of them walked around the county first.
Tieling County was smaller than Nanping County.
The state-owned stores that bought and sold goods were all located on a long street in the center of the county.
There were not many stores, but each one occupied a large storefront, so it took a while to walk around.
There was no Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the county. They asked people and found out that because many production teams were relatively remote, the Supply and Marketing Cooperative was opened in the commune below.
There was a department store in the county town, which was equivalent to the combination of Nanping County Supply and Marketing Cooperative and the department store. Daily necessities, four major items, clothes, and shoes were all sold here.
Yi Qingqing saw the sign-in location at the door. There were also sign-in locations in front of several counters inside.
There was also a non-staple food store on the side of the department store, and next to it was the grain station’s sales department, and next to it was the local product sales department and the agricultural machinery sales department.
Across the street were state-owned restaurants, banks, post offices, Xinhua Bookstore, and other stores.
There were sign-in locations at the door of these stores or at the counters inside.
Out of this street, turn a corner and they would find the school, where primary, middle, and high schools were all located together.
Yi Qingqing found the sign-in location at the school gate, and there were others when she looked inside. But, she was a stranger, so it was difficult for her to get in.
Other places were residential areas and three factories.
There was a meat processing plant in the north, a textile plant in the east, and a steel plant in the west.
There was also a waste recycling station in the south.
It took a long way to get to these places. Yi Qingqing and her friends just asked around but didn’t go to look for them.
After a quick walk, Yi Qingqing had an idea and planned to start from the department store.
The two of them entered the department store. There were special counters for each type of goods, some of which required tickets and some did not.
The four major items, such as bicycles, watches, sewing machines, and radios were also sold here.
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Translator’s Little Encyclopedia
The Four Big Things
The Four Big Things (四大件; sì dà jiàn) is a term originally applied to the four symbols of material success in China from the 1950s until the 1970s and is now used to refer to any visible marker of newfound affluence.
The original list was:
-A sewing machine
-A bicycle
-A wristwatch, generally from Shanghai Watch Company
-A radio receiver, usually Red Star or Red Lantern brand
More recently, the “Four Big Things” could include televisions, refrigerators, cameras, cell phones, computers, apartments, cars, etc.
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