Meiman plane trader

Chapter 25 Shopping
"Here is 5 yuan." Outside the bank, Margot, who had just come out of the bank, got into the car and stuffed a large kraft paper bag into Josie's hand.

Hearing this number, Josie's hand shaking when picking up the bag, almost missed it.

Immediately opened it and saw that there were indeed five stacks of hundred-yuan bills inside.

"Why are there so many?" Josie asked in a daze holding the paper bag. Didn't he say that tens of thousands or even thousands of dollars would be enough.

And sister, you really have a big heart, so you're not afraid of being robbed.

"Is there a lot? Anyway, you can just look at the flowers, and keep them for yourself. There must be a lot of places for men to spend money outside. It's not a bad thing to put more on them." Margot said on Josie's cheek. He took a peck on his face and said affectionately.

Just such a sentence almost broke Josie's defense.

What a wonderful woman, Josie was filled with emotion when she thought about those women in later generations who wanted cars and houses at every turn.

Sure enough, soft rice is delicious.

At this time, Josie felt 1 thanks to Tony Wendis in his heart.

If this guy hadn't acted as a demon himself, how could such a good woman get on him?

In return, Josie decides to let Tony Wendy's death be a bit more painful, and to vent Margot's anger.

Otherwise, he would feel sorry for the affection of this pitiful beauty.

So Josie nodded, without rejecting Margot's kindness, and accepted the money.

Seeing this, Margot didn't feel that he was greedy at all. Instead, she was very happy to think that Josie had fully accepted herself, instead of insisting on giving herself money to live in a house like before.

"By the way, let's go buy some clothes first. The quality of your clothes is still a bit poor, and they don't match your handsome face. Well, you need to change your leather shoes." Margot said excitedly, holding Josie's arm .

"Okay, everything is up to you!" Josie nodded and said, he didn't really care about the clothes, but he really couldn't say no to this sweet and lovely girl.

"But I don't have any clothing coupons," Josie said.

Just like sugar and gasoline, even in the United States during this period, special clothing coupons were required to buy clothes and shoes.

From 42 years on, every federal citizen will receive 24 clothing coupons every year to buy clothes and shoes.

It seems a lot, but do you think you can buy a piece of clothing with a clothing coupon?

Not at all.

The actual standard is that it takes 18 tickets to buy a large coat, 26 tickets for a complete suit, 9 tickets for a pair of shoes, 5 tickets for slippers, 3 tickets for petticoats (underwear dresses), 8 tickets for trousers, and corsets 3 cards and so on...

In other words, 24 clothing coupons for one person are not enough to buy a whole set from head to toe under normal circumstances.

Among them, the purchase of shoes is a real-name system. One person can only buy two pairs a year. If you want to buy more, you can only buy second-hand.

While ordinary clothes can still be bought with coupons, some things can't even be bought.

What is it?

stockings.

That's right, stockings.

A fact that makes people of later generations a little bit ironic is that during World War II, silk stockings belonged to the same key strategic materials as sugar and gasoline.

why?

Because of the parachute.

Before the war, the main source of parachutes for the U.S. military was actually not nylon, but silk from Asia.

But after the war with the foot pot chicken, the supply of silk was cut off, and the material of the parachute became nylon.

As a result, all nylon manufacturers, including the DuPont Group, were under the mandatory order of the federal government to stop manufacturing nylon by-products such as stockings, and instead all produced military supplies such as parachutes needed by the military.

It was also from this time that the price of folk stockings skyrocketed, and the price was fired to $20 a piece.

But this is only the beginning.

During World War II, when the price of stockings was the highest, it even reached a terrifying $[-].

This is so in the 21st century, even the original taste of those female stars would not dare to sell it at such a high price.

But even so, the output of nylon is still in short supply.

So the military launched another fundraising campaign from the civilian population...

Advertise with pictures of handsome men in the army, calling on all women to donate their stockings...

outrageous.

In fact, there are even more outrageous.

That is, according to a report by FBI director Edgar Hoover, the robbery targets of roadside robbers in the United States during the war, among the top three items, did not include US dollars, gold and other valuables.

The difference is wine, stockings and shoes.

This is why before, Josie would wear an ill-fitting coat on the street, because it was actually the clothes left by his father during his lifetime.

Even the clothes that Josie changed when he robbed the car to retaliate, "borrowed" the car, and tracked and killed Joe Barbaro, were mostly old clothes, so it wouldn't feel bad if it was burned.

As for the new ones, I just bought two or three sets when I had money a few days ago, and it took two years of last year and this year (42, 43), and all the clothing coupons he and his deceased parents had accumulated together .

Thinking of this, Josie couldn't help but glance at Margot's smooth thigh, and couldn't help but stroke it.

Yesterday, Margot was wearing stockings, but he tore them off because of his arousal. Thinking about it now, it still hurts a little.

"There are too many people here, don't make trouble! Don't worry about the coupons, because you don't need them." Margot said, and then leaned into Josie's ear and whispered softly, "If you can't help it, let's find a place with fewer people."

The soft words in his ear made Josie shiver uncontrollably.

Oh my god, this woman is really good at it.

No, no, I'm still growing up, so I can't exhaust the water,

So Josie decisively pretended not to hear what Margot said later, started the car, and drove towards the destination according to Margot's instructions.

After arriving at the place, Josie realized that the place Margot mentioned to buy clothes was not a shopping mall.

It was a high-end private custom clothing store that I had only heard of in my previous life.

But in this day and age, this kind of custom-made clothing stores has not been done as in later generations, and there is no such thing as not selling ready-made clothes.

After a lot of tossing by the tailors in the hall, Margot helped Josie choose three sets of ready-made clothes from inside to outside, and ordered another three sets.

In the end, it was true that tickets were not used, but a thick stack of bills was used to speak.

Of course, there is also the factor of Margot's interpersonal relationship as a high-class lady in Chicago.

Therefore, the so-called shortage of supplies and limited supply are actually aimed at ordinary people without power and power.

After buying clothes, I went to another shoe store and did the same thing.

During the period, I went to the watch shop and spent thousands of dollars to buy a Breguet watch.

Although in later generations, Breguet's reputation has been surpassed by brands such as Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin.

But in this era, Breguet is the unique watch king.

And now Breguet not only makes watches, but also makes various aviation and navigation instruments, and even makes fighter jets.

After some shopping and tidying up, Josie's whole body was completely renewed. Coupled with her already handsome face and tall figure, as well as her self-confidence as a time traveler, her whole temperament has been sublimated.

From the handsome boy who was originally a commoner, he transformed into a modern noble son.

People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. The ancients did not deceive me.

(End of this chapter)