The 70s Novel: The Supporting Character Just Wants to Lie Down-Chapter 40: Bookstore Encounters and Another Meeting

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Bookstore Encounters and Another Meeting

The Red Star Bookstore in town is just on the street behind the school, so Wang Miaomiao never saw it before as she didn’t need to take that route to school.

This time, after listening to Zhou Hu’s suggestion, she subtly asked Jia Bao about the location, so she knew where it was.

Upon entering the town, the mother and daughter separated, one went to the post office, and the other headed straight to the bookstore.

Wang Miaomiao held the two yuan that Liu Yulan had just given her, and once again, the thought of earning pocket money arose in her mind. She really wasn’t used to asking for money to spend.

But now, she’s still a student and in an era like this, doing small businesses isn’t feasible, so how can she earn pocket money...?

As she pondered, she had already reached the place, Xinhua Bookstore. The place wasn’t large, about twenty square meters. Upon entering, to the left was a row of bookshelves against the wall, with a space in the middle for a person to walk through, and then a row of counters. You could see the end at a glance. Various slogans were pasted on the right wall. At noon, it was quite quiet inside.

"Little girl, what do you want to buy? A new batch of books came in a few days ago, want to take a look?" The one tending the store was an enthusiastic woman who was quite welcoming when she saw someone come in.

"Sure..." Wang Miaomiao took a quick glance. Inside the counter were various study supplies, with a few stacks of newspapers on top, and the books on the bookshelf seemed quite representative of the era.

While Wang Miaomiao was glancing around, the woman brought over three new books, "Hongnan War History," "Niu Tianyang," "Fierce Battle of Nameless River," "These are the new books that just arrived. Take a look and see if there’s anything you want."

Wang Miaomiao flipped through them, quickly skimming over the pages, and wasn’t interested... Then she looked at the prices: Hongnan War History 0.95 yuan, Niu Tianyang 0.75 yuan, neither over one yuan, but for someone with only two yuan, they seemed expensive...

Not too interested and couldn’t afford them, so there was no need to dwell on them.

Wang Miaomiao returned the books to the woman, apologizing, "I want to look at comic books. Do you have any recommendations?"

The woman wasn’t angry and put the books away, then took out a stack of comic books, "Pick some."

Wang Miaomiao quickly began choosing.

"Hello, do you have the book ’Niu Tianyang’ here?" A deep, magnetic voice sounded in Wang Miaomiao’s ear. She slightly turned her head to glance, finding a male compatriot standing beside her.

She picked out two comic books she was interested in and waited for the woman to finish with the billing.

The woman was enthusiastically holding up the three books, introducing and recommending them to the male compatriot.

The male compatriot wasn’t annoyed at all and nodded with a very calm demeanor.

Wang Miaomiao’s eyes lit up, a well-dressed man, with even the top collar buttoned... tsk tsk...

Hey... why does this person seem familiar? When have I seen him before...

Jiang Yan felt the gaze from the little girl beside him, turned to look at her, and immediately recognized her; wasn’t this the sister of Lao Yang’s matchmaking partner he met on the road that day? That forehead injury was too noticeable, why hasn’t it healed yet? Jiang Yan slightly furrowed his brow...

Recently, Yang Zhigang has been muttering about his partner and gossip about the partner’s family affairs. Ugh... he’s got the Wang Family’s members down pat.

It was really just a moment, but Wang Miaomiao noticed clearly. She thought the other person was unhappy with her bold gaze, and her face blushed slightly. She quickly turned her head to look at the woman, "Aunty, could you please help me with the bill." How embarrassing, staring at a man and being caught, making oneself annoying.

Jiang Yan saw the slight blush on the little girl’s side face, lowered his eyelids slightly, and withdrew his gaze. He initially wanted to greet her, but since the little girl pretended not to know him, he let it go; after all, they were just strangers to begin with.

Wang Miaomiao quickly paid for the comic books, and after thinking for a moment, she also asked the woman for some white paper and a box of red crayon.

After buying the things, she didn’t stay long and went straight out to the supply and marketing cooperative to find Liu Yulan.

After Wang Miaomiao left, Jiang Yan also settled the bill, buying all three books, which made the woman smile from ear to ear.

Wang Miaomiao walked quickly along the street, when suddenly she heard the ringing of a bicycle bell behind her. She obediently moved to the side of the road. The man from earlier swiftly rode past her on his bicycle. Watching his back, a scene suddenly flashed in her mind, and she realized she had indeed seen him before; he was with the man next to her older sister’s matchmaking partner that day on the road...

An unexpected encounter, brushing past each other again, neither took it to heart.

When Wang Miaomiao arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, she soon found Liu Yulan, who was choosing shoes for Wang Miaomiao.

"Mom? What are you buying?" Wang Miaomiao looked at the few pairs of shoes on the counter with some interest.

Liu Yulan was pleased to see her coming, "Just in time, I’m picking a pair of shoes each for you and Pandi. Which pair do you like?"

"What size does my sister wear?" Wang Miaomiao looked at the shoes, somewhat thoughtfully.

Liu Yulan held a pair of red sandals in her hand and said, "You two have the same shoe size, both size 37. How about this pair? Do you like it?"

Hearing that they shared the same shoe size, Wang Miaomiao had an idea, "Red looks nice, but it doesn’t go well with everything. Let’s get a pair of black sandals and also a pair of white sneakers. We have the same shoe size, so we can switch and wear each other’s."

Liu Yulan felt both comforted and a bit tender at her daughter’s thoughtfulness, "No need to switch between you two, I’ll buy each of you two pairs, gotta change shoes every now and then. You take the black ones, and I’ll get the red ones for your sister; red is pretty."

She immediately made the decision and said to the salesperson, "Write up a ticket for me, please. Two pairs of size 37 sandals, one black and one red, two pairs of size 37 white sneakers, um... and one pair of size 40 men’s white sneakers."

She smiled at Wang Miaomiao, "Also getting a pair for your brother." She suddenly remembered she planned to take the kids to J City to visit her eldest brother during the summer break. The daughter would be well-dressed, the son couldn’t look shabby either.

Liu Yulan paid with ease, a bountiful haul today.

Beneath the blazing sun, Wang Miaomiao was dripping with sweat, holding all her purchases, but walked with vigor. Indeed, women need shopping.

Back home, Liu Yulan gave the fabric to Wang Pandi, letting her make her own clothes and pants. Wang Pandi, looking at the fabric, was delighted. A piece of red floral fabric could make a dress, white fabric for a shirt, and black fabric for pants.

Wang Miaomiao shook the bag with the shoes inside, "And there are shoes too..."

Wang Pandi was overjoyed. "Miaomiao, help me think, how should I make them?"

"Sure, I’ll draw out the patterns for you..." Wang Miaomiao agreed without hesitation, and the two went into the room to discuss. She felt her sister had a talent for fashion; it could be developed further.

Liu Yulan watched her two daughters getting along so harmoniously, and felt very content. Thinking of the atmosphere at home in the past compared to now, many thoughts suddenly dawned on her.

She noticed her son was nowhere to be found again, and after thinking for a moment, she put the shoes away first, lest he wear them now and not take care of them, and have them dirty and damaged in a few days. Sigh... better give them to him when they go to J City.