bookbashuk Chapter 124 Foreign Exchange Shop
Chapter 124 Foreign Exchange Shop
The two returned home.
One person opened their closet to look for their watch and tickets, while the other went to get the money.
One should always be wary of others, especially when it comes to money.
Xu Sui had a considerable amount of money in her savings account. A large portion of it came from the dowry Qin Yunzhou had given her, along with some of her own money. In this day and age, it would definitely be a huge sum of money.
Besides these, there were also the jade bracelet given by Grandma Xu, two small golden fish-shaped pendants, and small gold locks for the two children, all of which were kept in her little treasure vault.
No one is immune to the love of money, especially those who have experienced poverty from a young age; their desire for money is far greater than that of the average person.
In her previous life, Xu Sui was an orphan who grew up by collecting garbage. She was no exception. Whenever she had no money or savings, she would feel anxious and unable to sleep. She would always try her best to make money.
She kept her money in a box, but she added several locks to the box and connected it to the wardrobe, hiding it at the very back of the wardrobe.
Without a key, the box can't be opened. If you want to forcibly take the box away, you'd have to be able to move the whole big wardrobe in the house, or have an axe to split the box open.
Anyone who dares to steal her money will cause a huge commotion and will be discovered very quickly.
Xu Sui took out a bunch of keys and opened her box layer by layer. Finally, she found the watch ticket and the green jade bracelet that the old lady had given her.
To be honest, she initially suspected that the jade bracelet might be some kind of cheat code, and she secretly tried various methods to verify whether it was a cheat code.
Unfortunately, it didn't react at all; there was never any cheat code.
Xu Sui wasn't too disappointed, after all, her life was still pretty good now. She hadn't been reborn as a poor orphan girl in the countryside during a famine, unable to eat or stay warm.
She turned around, picked up the watch and the ticket, then took out a bunch of keys and carefully put away her secret stash.
Having done all this, she had just gotten up.
Qin Yunzhou had been waiting for her for quite a while.
"Let's go, the sooner we go, the sooner we'll be back."
Soon, the two arrived at a supply and marketing cooperative.
I went straight to the counter that sold watches.
The supply and marketing cooperative in this small county town was indeed not very big, and not everyone could afford a watch.
Especially in recent years, with the famine and hardship, people have been struggling to even afford food, so that counter is practically deserted and quiet.
The watch saleswoman sat there, head down, knitting a sweater, barely looking up more than a few times.
Xu Sui and Qin Yunzhou walked over there, but the person didn't even raise their head to look at them.
There weren't many watches in the glass display case, only about a dozen, and most of them were men's watches.
There were only three or four women's watches, the designs were very ordinary and nothing special, and there was a thin layer of dust on them, which showed that no one had taken care of them for a long time.
If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a secondhand watch.
Xu Sui stood in front of the counter, but after looking around, she didn't see anything she liked.
Buying a watch is a big purchase; cheap ones cost sixty or seventy, while expensive ones cost several hundred. Once you buy one, you'll wear it for a long time.
You can't just pick any piece.
Xu Sui was somewhat disappointed. She shook her head at Qin Yunzhou, "Let's not buy it for now."
She didn't want to settle for anyone she didn't like.
Qin Yunzhou followed her gaze to the women's watches, frowned slightly, and quickly guessed why she didn't want to buy them for the time being.
"Let's look around somewhere else first. If we can't find anything suitable, I'll ask someone to help you buy a suitable one from Shanghai. But that would take one or two months to get it."
Watch tickets are hard to come by, and buying a watch costs a lot of money.
When asking someone for help, you definitely need to send the watch and money to them first.
This round trip will take at least one or two months.
However, Haishi is a famous watchmaking center, and many people consider watches from Haishi to be fashionable. The watch styles from that place are more diverse, and there are many good ones.
Upon hearing that someone had been asked to buy things from Shanghai.
The saleswoman, who had been engrossed in knitting without looking up, paused for a moment before finally raising her head.
She glanced at Xu Sui and Qin Yunzhou, scrutinizing them from head to toe as if trying to confirm something. After a long while, she finally stood up.
"You two want to buy a watch, but we don't have anything you like here?"
"These watches of ours are all from Shanghai. Why don't you take another look?"
They looked like a newlywed couple, dressed smartly, with some plumpness and fair, tender skin. These days, there aren't many people who can cultivate themselves like that.
Even some people with jobs don't necessarily have such a good complexion; these two are definitely not ordinary people.
She had just overheard this young man talking about buying things in Shanghai all the time.
Thinking of this, the old lady's smile became even more enthusiastic, and she quickly began to introduce the place to Xu Sui.
"Is this watch for you, girl? Come on, look at this one, isn't it beautiful? It's perfect for a young and pretty girl like you."
"Here, let me take them out for you to try. If they don't fit, I have two more pieces. I'll take them out for you to try."
Xu Sui didn't like any of them, and this one was covered in a layer of dust, which made her dislike it even more.
So she politely declined, saying, "No, ma'am, it's getting late, we have to go home."
After saying that, she gave Qin Yunzhou a wink, and then the two of them left.
After leaving this supply and marketing cooperative.
The two then went to look at another department store.
It's a little better than the previous supply and marketing cooperative, but there's still nothing suitable.
Xu Sui didn't find anyone she liked.
Qin Yunzhou also felt that none of these were suitable for Xu Sui. She had slender wrists and fair skin, which made her suitable for wearing finely crafted silver women's watches. None of the watches they looked at today were suitable for her.
"Wait a little longer, I'll ask someone to bring you one from Shanghai."
Xu Sui thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'm not in a hurry to use it right now."
"I like things that are simple and elegant, not flashy or gaudy."
Qin Yunzhou raised an eyebrow slightly, stretched out his wrist, pulled open the sleeve of his white shirt, revealing a high-end silver watch on his wrist.
It looks understated yet sophisticated. At first glance, it doesn't seem special, but upon closer inspection, you'll find that both the workmanship and materials are extraordinary, and it even has a faint cool silver sheen.
"You like this?"
His watch wasn't cheap; he bought it at a foreign exchange shop in Beijing. He even used special foreign exchange certificates and pulled strings with a classmate's family to get it.
Such watches were originally only sold to foreign friends, and it was difficult for other people in the country to buy them.
Xu Sui didn't know the origin of Qin Yunzhou's watch, but that didn't stop her eyes from lighting up.
"Mmm, your watch is really beautiful."
"If I could find one similar to yours, that would be great."