Chapter 158 - 152: Persuasion
After breakfast, Lu Aiguo rode his tricycle, taking a few people directly toward The First Department Store Building on Shun’an Street.
There was a place to park bicycles right at the entrance of The First Department Store. However, while it cost just three cents to park a bicycle, the aunt in charge of parking insisted on charging them ten cents for their tricycle.
The big shopping spree turned out to be even crazier than Lu Yun had imagined; The First Department Store was packed with people buying New Year goods.
Everyone usually had to work, and it was rare to have a Sunday off, especially with less than half a month until the New Year. It was precisely the time for shopping for New Year’s goods. Thus, the shopping atmosphere inside The First Department Store was just too good.
After her spiritual power reached the level where she could use the Space Stone in the morning, Lu Yun handed over all her possessions to Xia Yuan for safekeeping. Previously, the group had distributed profits according to their shares, and Xia Yuan and Lu Aiguo’s dividends were quite substantial. They didn’t deposit them in a bank but kept the cash in Lu Yun’s space.
With plenty of cash on hand and a great shopping atmosphere around her, a woman’s nature is to enjoy buying, buying, and buying. So without realizing it, they managed to purchase according to plan only two semiconductor radios and five or six thermos bottles.
When buying new clothes and pants, the crush of people was intense. Xia Yuan couldn’t manage to carefully consider who needed what size of clothes or pants, how many sets for adults, how many for children, or what quantities? In the end, it just turned into buying anything that caught her eye, with Lu Aiguo and Shitou guarding her left and right and helping to carry things.
When their hands were full, they carried the items outside to the tricycle, with Shitou or Lu Aiguo riding out. Then, they would find a quiet alleyway halfway to slip in, quickly stow the items when no one was around, and come out of another alley exit.