The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 199 - 194: Exploring Yangcheng City

Grandpa Xue went to work early today, and Grandma Xue said she would help by asking the Liu family in front.

Xue Jianian said he would take her out for a stroll.

"It’s not easy to come here, so let’s take the opportunity to wander around Yangcheng City, to make the trip worthwhile."

Lu Jingqiu also wanted to look around: "Sure."

"Let’s go." Xue Jianian, taking her hand, told Grandma Xue, "Grandma, I’m taking Jingqiu out to play, we won’t be back for lunch."

"Be careful, the two of you, don’t wander off, and watch out for pickpockets."

"Got it, Grandma, we’re heading out."

Xue Jianian took Lu Jingqiu out the door, starting with the largest department store in Yangcheng City.

The department store had four floors and was indeed quite large, with a variety of items, not to mention all kinds of snacks.

Take the various electrical appliances, for instance, which were more plentiful in brands than other cities, and some were even ten yuan or more cheaper than in West City. Not to mention that it was a major city for wholesale clothing.

There were clothes ranging from a few to dozens of yuan, and even over a hundred. Lu Jingqiu liked several items, lamenting, "If this were in West City, I would definitely buy them all, but they’re not easy to carry."

Xue Jianian laughed and said, "It’s just a few things; what’s so difficult about carrying them? If it comes to it, we can just have an extra bag on the way back."

"We’re still going to other places later, aren’t we? Let’s wait for another day."

"Don’t be like that, tomorrow I want to take you to other places too. Just buy whatever you like, I’ve got a bamboo basket, and it can fit."

"How can I let you carry things for me?"

Xue Jianian laughed and jostled, "If you like it, just buy it. I’m strong; I carry dozens of pounds of grain every day like it’s air. A few pieces of clothing won’t tire me out."

Lu Jingqiu gave in, feeling that since she was here, she shouldn’t miss out on things she liked.

At this time in Yangcheng City, the clothing area was selling tops and shirts, as well as long-sleeve polo shirts for autumn. Lu Jingqiu fancied a pink one with a gray collar and spent ten yuan to buy it, as well as a finely checked shirt with a special design, and a long dress for winter wear, along with a classic merino wool long coat. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

She bought two sets of long underwear for her dad and one for Nanzhou, the ones here made of cotton, which looked pretty good. She even bought a pair of leather boots for both her dad and Nanzhou.

She also bought a set of merino wool coats for her aunt and her husband.

Xue Jianian also bought a merino wool coat and a pair of long pants, and a few clothes for his grandparents.

Lu Jingqiu had come in a hurry this time and hadn’t brought anything for Grandpa Xue and Grandma Xue, so she bought two boxes of Sweethearts and a bucket of Malted Milk, plus two packs of brown sugar at the department store.

Xue Jianian even thought that she was going to take them back with her, considering that the goods were indeed a few cents cheaper than in West City, without giving it further thought.

All the purchases were put into Xue Jianian’s bamboo basket, her big load and Xue Jianian’s big load together, and it still didn’t seem full. Lu Jingqiu laughed, "Where did you buy this bamboo basket? It really holds a lot."

Xue Jianian paused, then smiled and said, "My grandpa made it. It doesn’t look big from the outside, but it can hold a lot of stuff. I’ve been carrying it for several years. Let’s go, I’ll take you to the port to have a look."

"Okay, let me carry the basket then."

"No need, no need, these items don’t weigh much for me at all."

"How can they not weigh anything? They must be at least ten or so pounds."

"It’s not that heavy, let’s go, you can rest assured, I’m not tired at all."

"How about I carry it for a while, and then you can take over?"

"I can carry it myself, you just need to check behind us from time to time, there are a lot of strangers around here and plenty of thieves too."

Seeing Xue Jianian insist, Lu Jingqiu had no choice but to do as she wished, occasionally looking back after they left the department store.

Xue Jianian finally breathed a sigh of relief, to prevent Lu Jingqiu from getting suspicious, she didn’t dare to put the stuff on top into her space and instead used lighter cotton at the bottom.

After leaving the department store, Xue Jianian took her to the nearby harbors, "We have several ports here, when people first arrive they usually like to go to Shagang, but they don’t know that the ships docking at Yellow Port are from foreign harbors, and all the foreign goods are here. Like radios, televisions, refrigerators, some of the things from the Friendship Store."

"Can you buy things from the Friendship Store at the harbor?"

"I don’t know about that, I went to West City after leaving the village and rarely come over here, we’ll see when we get there."

Having arrived here, Lu Jingqiu was curious about everything, because in her previous life, she had no knowledge of the outside world for these ten years, especially the current Yangcheng City, which looked dilapidated yet was so full of vitality.

The port Xue Jianian brought her to was also bustling, with various large ships docked around, some were unloading cargo, and there were many tricycles, all there to help with the transportation of goods.

Lu Jingqiu actually saw some goods from the Friendship Store, the ones hauling the cargo seemed to be a manager from the Friendship Store, who was checking the inventory.

Xue Jianian saw it too, chocolate, watches, clothes, "Jingqiu, how much do you think those foreign watches are each?"

Lu Jingqiu laughed, "At least seven or eight hundred."

Xue Jianian gasped, "That’s too expensive, isn’t it just a watch for telling the time? Ours are just as expensive, our own country’s production looks just as good, I think our watches are pretty too."

Lu Jingqiu smiled but didn’t tell her that these foreign watches would be worth a lot of money in the future. In fact, she wanted to buy one, but unfortunately, she needed the money for buying a house. If she had spare money in the future, she would definitely get one to appreciate in value.

The items from the Friendship Store were limited in quantity, they wouldn’t be sold directly at the harbor.

Lu Jingqiu happened to come across a cargo ship selling coffee and milk powder, and upon inquiring, a packet of coffee was ten yuan, milk was eight yuan.

Lu Jingqiu bought two packets of coffee and three packets of milk powder, intending for her aunt to bring the milk powder to her older cousin’s wife.

The harbor was bustling with all sorts of sales, and the two of them also saw a cargo ship unloading electrical appliances, all foreign brands. Although the packaging bore foreign names, there was a table next to the ship with unpacked rice cookers, and refrigerators and washing machines were placed beside it.

Seeing that quite a few people had gathered around, Xue Jianian pulled her, "Come on, let’s go take a look."

Lu Jingqiu nodded, and they both edged closer, a few sturdy middle-aged men were checking the inventory with the ship’s owner.

Perhaps due to where she was standing, Lu Jingqiu, with her sharp eyes, spotted their purchase sheet and saw a number over a hundred. She wanted to take a closer look, but the sheet was already being put away.

Once the unloading was finished, a slightly overweight man who just did the checking called out to the crowd, "Folks, today’s batch is not large, three hundred refrigerators, five hundred washing machines. Today we’ve got a new product, rice cookers that can steam rice. Those interested in buying should hurry and get the numbers."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a young man from the crowd asked, "Boss, what’s the price for the refrigerators this time?"

The overweight man smiled, "How much are you buying?" As he gestured covertly to the young man, who quickly understood and stepped forward to whisper a number to him. In a short while, the young man purchased twenty refrigerators.

The rest of the people stepped forward and began to inquire with the owner, and Lu Jingqiu alongside Xue Jianian also stayed to listen.

The twin-tub washing machines were three hundred and fifty, refrigerators one thousand five hundred-plus, rice cookers four hundred twenty.

Xue Jianian was tempted, whispering, "Jingqiu, the refrigerators we just inquired about in the store were over two thousand yuan each, and washing machines were at least five or six hundred. Tsk, if we get the goods here, we can make a few hundred on each one after selling them."

"What, you want to do this business?"

"I do." She previously thought selling grain was quite profitable, since most of the produce came from her space, but now she felt that not all cost-free goods made the most profit.