flstandardbreds Chapter 179 The Educated Youth on the Island 43
Chapter 179 The Educated Youth on the Island 43
After lunch, Pei's mother and Gu Nuanyi changed their clothes and went out hand in hand.
Old Qian was playing chess with Grandpa Pei in the yard. Looking at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law holding hands, he said, "They have a really good relationship!"
Grandpa Pei looked up after making his move and said with some pride, "They are both good kids. Who wouldn't like them if they treat others sincerely?"
Friendship Store
Many passers-by were curious about what was being sold, but they couldn't get in without a foreign exchange bill.
I had to lean on the window of the Friendship Store and look inside.
A waiter was standing at the door of the Friendship Store. Seeing Pei's mother and Gu Nuanyi coming over, he asked in a low voice: "Do you have foreign exchange bills?"
Gu Nuanyi took out two or three foreign exchange bills and showed them to the waiter: "Of course I would come to the Friendship Store if I had foreign exchange bills!!"
The waiter immediately smiled and extended his hand to lead the way: "Come in, both of you!"
Mother Pei whispered, "My dear, you can't come in here without a foreign exchange bill!!"
Gu Nuanyi looked around and said, "There are so many foreign words here! It looks like there are a lot of imported things."
The waiter still had an impeccable smile on his face: "Ladies, some of the things sold here are imported from abroad, and the other part is handicrafts we made and sold to foreign friends."
After ushering the person into the store, the waiter went back to stand at the store entrance.
There weren't many people in the Friendship Store at this time, but the salespeople all had comfortable smiles on their faces.
The glass cabinet behind me displays the products for sale.
Exquisite porcelain vases, wood carvings, table tennis, footballs, volleyballs, tobacco, alcohol, tea, snacks and cakes, etc.
There is even a special cabinet for tea sets.
Pei's mother took Gu Nuanyi to look at the counters one by one. Neither of them was very interested in the handicrafts.
They both wanted to see things imported from abroad.
Mother Pei pointed to something printed with English on the counter and asked, "Comrade, what is this?"
The salesperson smiled and replied: "Ma'am, this is Hershey's milk chocolate, 2 cents a piece."
"2 cents a piece? It's more expensive than White Rabbit candy. This... this is not even as big as the palm of your hand."
Hearing what Pei's mother said, the salesperson's expression did not change at all, and he still said with a smile: "This is imported from abroad, so it is more expensive!"
Pei's mother: "It's so expensive, I want to try it and see what it tastes like. Please pack 7 pieces for me, and everyone in the family can have one piece."
"Okay! Please wait a moment, I will pack it for you! The total is 1 yuan."
Gu Nuanyi pointed at the things on the counter and said, "Can you please get me another bottle of peanut butter and a box of luncheon meat?"
“好的！午餐肉4块5一盒，花生酱2元一瓶，一共8块2毛5！”
The salesperson wrote the order and asked us to go to the counter in the middle to pay. After paying, we went back to the counter to get the items.
When you buy things at the Friendship Store, you have to pay with foreign exchange bills.
After paying, Gu Nuanyi took the receipt to the counter to pick up the items.
The two of them went to other counters together and bought some imported sandwich biscuits, honey, coffee powder and milk powder.
When Gu Nuanyi went to check out, Pei's mother started chatting with the salesperson.
"Hey, comrade, don't your faces get stiff when you keep smiling like this?"
"We all received professional training before taking up our posts!"
“What if I meet someone who doesn’t buy anything?”
"Our manager said that it doesn't matter how many items we sell, but the service must be good. Even if the customer doesn't buy anything, we can't pull down the corners of our mouths and make faces." The smile on the salesman's face was like welded on his face. After he finished speaking, the corners of his mouth returned to that height.
Mother Pei looked at the other salespeople and found that the corners of their mouths were raised at the same height.
Pei's mother gave a thumbs up: "You are this!!"
When Gu Nuanyi and Pei's mother were walking out with their shopping bags, they saw the waiter leading two foreign ladies in.
The salesperson immediately switched to English to receive the customer.
Mother Pei: "There are 360 professions, and every profession has its top talents! Listen to how fluent they speak English!"
After returning home, Pei's mother and Gu Nuanyi put their things on the coffee table and collapsed on the sofa together.
The two looked at each other and smiled, but no one remembered
Then just continue to lie down.
When Grandpa Pei came back, he thought the two were injured, and asked quickly: "Where are they injured? Why didn't you go to the hospital?"
Gu Nuanyi touched her nose and sat up: "Grandpa, my mom and I are just tired from shopping."
"Hey, you two are so lazy..." Grandpa Pei waved his hand: "You two continue to rest! Let me see what you bought."
Mother Pei sat up and took out the chocolate from the bag: "Dad, what is this... Hershey chocolate, try it and see if it tastes good."
Grandpa Pei looked at the English words on the chocolate and said: "It's really an imported product! I have to try it to see what it tastes like."
Mrs. Zhou and Xiao Lu also gave one piece each. They were both a little excited. This was imported food. They could actually taste it.
Pei's father was also called down. He ate the milk chocolate which was not even as big as his palm in two bites.
"You are chewing a peony like a cow. You only chew it in two bites and you can't taste anything!"
Father Pei savored the taste in his mouth and uttered two words: "Not bitter"
Mother Pei: "...This is milk chocolate. Can you taste the milk flavor?"
Father Pei thought about it again: "No"
Mother Pei turned the wrapping paper over and over again and said, "I can't taste the milk flavor. I might as well eat White Rabbit Milk Candy."
Gu Nuanyi: "Maybe the chocolate is not so bitter after adding milk! I think this is quite delicious!"
Father Pei opened a bag of sandwich biscuits and ate half of it in one bite. Then his whole face wrinkled together, and finally he swallowed the sandwich biscuit in his mouth reluctantly.
Then I picked up the teapot on the coffee table and poured water into my mouth
This action made Pei's mother, who also wanted to try it, withdraw her hand and ask, "Is it so unpalatable?"
"It's not that it tastes bad, it's just too sweet. Don't foreign candies cost money? If I didn't want to waste it, I would have spit it out."
Mother Pei took back her hand: "Then I won't try it. I can't eat anything too sweet."
Father Pei looked at the remaining half of the sandwich biscuit in his hand and had to bite the bullet and stuff it into his mouth.
It was painful to chew and swallow...
For a while, no one dared to try this sandwich cookie again.
Gu Nuanyi suggested: "Why don't we have it with coffee that day? Didn't the salesperson say that foreigners have afternoon tea with a cup of coffee and a piece of cake?"
Grandpa Pei shook his head: "This foreigner really knows how to enjoy himself!!"
Pei's mother: "Dad! There is always someone who knows how to enjoy life!"
Grandpa Pei looked out the window and said: "We didn't have time to enjoy ourselves back then! We might as well go to the battlefield and kill a few more devils instead of spending time enjoying ourselves."
Gu Nuanyi: "It is because of the hard work of our ancestors that we have such a peaceful life now"
Grandpa Pei waved his hand: "Let's not talk about what happened back then. Is Mrs. Zhou's meal ready?"
Mrs. Zhou replied from the kitchen: "It will be ready soon!!"
"Clear the things on the table and go eat!"
Grandpa Pei doesn’t want to talk about that time anymore, because he thinks that time has passed, so let it go. People can only make progress if they look forward, and they can’t always live in the past!!!