ebookland Chapter 370 Return to the Mall
Chapter 370 Return to the Mall
"Hahahaha, Fatty, I'm back again!"
This shout startled Ning Yuan and the others.
Not to mention Ning Yuan and the others, even the people waiting to get on the next bus or coming to drop off their children were attracted by the sudden shout.
Many people also pointed fingers at the fat man.
However, Fatty Fan didn't take them seriously at all. He walked up to Zhong Yuemin and Xiao Ningwei and started to walk out of the station.
Before he had taken a few steps, he was stopped by someone.
Several railway police in uniform stood in front of Fatty Fan.
A middle-aged man who was in the lead looked at Fatty Fan and asked with a frown.
"Comrade, where are you from? Do you have a pass?"
Fatty Fan was not afraid at all at this moment. After all, he did not come back secretly. He came back as a legitimate educated youth with a travel permit.
So he looked at Ning Yuan and shook his head to signal him to take the pass.
Then he spoke enthusiastically to the middle-aged man in front of him.
"Comrades, thank you for your hard work! We are back from Annan to visit relatives. We have a visiting permit!"
Ning Yuan also knew that this was not the time to tease Fatty. After all, if he was caught as a educated youth who had sneaked back, the consequences would be very serious.
After taking out the pass from his pocket, he quickly stepped forward and handed it to the middle-aged railway policeman.
After briefly checking the seal, the middle-aged railway police nodded and returned the pass to Ning Yuan.
"Alright, now that you're back, don't run around. Stay home for two days. And you fat comrade, stop yelling here, okay? It'll easily cause a commotion! If you yell again, we won't be polite!"
After warning Fatty Fan, the middle-aged railway policeman waved to the people behind him.
Fatty Fan nodded repeatedly and said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, I got it. I definitely won't cause any trouble for you comrades! Take care!"
After seeing the railway police leave, Fatty Fan put away his smile.
At this time, Zhong Yuemin teased Fatty Fan.
"Just try yelling again, bro! I don't believe they can actually arrest you!"
After Ning Yuan put away the pass, he also agreed with a smile.
"That's right, I don't believe it either. We're all here to visit our families, and you're not even allowed to shout? Fatty, go ahead and shout! We'll support you!"
Fatty Fan pointed at Ning Yuan and Zhong Yuemin, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke angrily.
"Come on, you two! Don't think I don't know what you two are up to. If you want to call someone, go ahead and call them yourself. Don't instigate me!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the station with his bag.
Ning Yuan and Zhong Yuemin looked at each other, then burst into laughter, each carrying their luggage and following Fatty Fan out.
After leaving the station, Ning Yuan took Zhong Yuemin and the others to the gate of the small courtyard he had bought.
The bicycles they didn't take with them when they left Beijing are also stored here.
After taking out the key from under a stone pile at the entrance, Ning Yuan and the others pushed the door open and entered.
"Wow! This yard is almost turning into a grassland!"
The fat man was dumbfounded when he came in. The yard was full of weeds.
"Hey, that's normal. We haven't been back for almost a year, and there's no one to take care of it. Isn't it just abandoned?"
Zhong Yuemin continued.
"Okay guys, let's go to that room over there and check on our bikes before they get rusty!"
Ning Yuan took a quick look and pointed to the two servant rooms.
When they finished their work in the courtyard of the Second Factory, they threw their bicycles into these two rooms.
After opening the door, it was indeed full of dusty bicycles.
Fortunately, the weather in Beijing is relatively dry, so these bicycles are at most covered with a layer of dust, but they are not rusted.
Ning Yuan and his friends picked out a few bicycles, wiped them briefly, and then each took one out.
After locking the door again, several people rode along the street towards Baiwanzhuang.
The old railway station of the old city of Sijiu is in Dongcheng District, while the compound where they live is in Xicheng District.
From here, go west and pass by the department store.
The guys parked their bikes and rushed in.
Since its opening in 55, Wangfujing Department Store has been the largest department store.
The things here can be said to be the most complete in the entire city.
At the beginning, there were only three floors in total.
The first floor sells daily necessities, including food, drinks, cigarettes, alcohol, snacks, pots, pans, and everything else.
The second floor sells clothes, textiles, bed sheets, and quilt covers.
The third floor is for household appliances and so on, but few people actually visit the third floor.
One reason is that these things are relatively expensive, and another reason is that many of these electrical appliances are imported and require tickets and foreign exchange coupons to purchase.
Ning Yuan was not short of money. There was at least 5,000 yuan in his space, which was enough for them to spend.
I didn't buy many snacks on the first floor, just some cigarettes and alcohol.
In the 1970s, there was no brand classification control in the old city, so there were many kinds of cigarettes, and the prices were slightly higher than other places.
The price of Da Chongjiu is 0.29 yuan, Daqianmen is 0.33 yuan, and Hongye is 0.32 yuan.
There are also Badaling priced at 0.27 yuan, Xiangshan 0.34 yuan, and Evergrande 0.48 yuan! (This Evergrande is not that Evergrande!)
But Evergrande is relatively rare and hard to come by. Being able to smoke cigarettes with filters in this city is considered a luxury.
When I came back this time, I happened to see Evergrande cigarettes on the counter.
Ning Yuan didn't waste any more time. He had been fighting for a lifetime and it was time to enjoy himself.
They bought all the Evergrande brand cigarettes.
Of course, it sounds very grand, but it actually doesn’t cost much to buy it.
There are only six packs of Evergrande cigarettes on this counter, which cost only a few dozen yuan in total.
For others, a few dozen dollars may not be a small amount, but for Ning Yuan, it is just a drop in the bucket!
As for alcohol, there are not many choices, just Moutai.
At that time, Moutai cost nearly eight yuan a bottle, and twelve bottles were in a box. They were packed in old-fashioned cardboard boxes. Ning Yuan bought three boxes at a time, one box for each of the three brothers' families.
They didn’t buy anything on the second floor, so they all went straight to the third floor.
The third floor is the home appliance area. Although it is called home appliances, the only truly valuable items are televisions, radios and washing machines.
The others are small items like flashlights and tungsten filament light bulbs.
Radios are easy to buy as long as you have money.
But you need tickets to buy televisions and washing machines.
After Ning Yuan and his friends took a look around, they found that brands such as Yellow River, Feiyue, Kaige, Venus, Panda and Peony could be seen in the mall.
But without exception, they all require a TV ticket to purchase.
There was no solution no matter how much they tried to persuade him, so Ning Yuan could only take a few people out of the department store.
They had enough things in hand, and they didn't need to take the three boxes of Moutai. Someone at the counter sent a tricycle to deliver it to them.
After all, this purchase costs nearly three hundred yuan, so he is a big customer!