i was my mistake

"Then buy it again." She replied lightly, "Don't worry so much, soldiers will block you, water will cover you, if you really can't bear it, just jump from upstairs to the next floor."

This subtle hell joke with gray humor finally made Ye Chen couldn't help laughing out loud.

He put on his own shoes again, just like a child who insists on putting on an adult's shoes, not only does it look ill-fitting, but it also makes a 'bang bang da da' sound when worn.

It seems that what is covered is not shoes, but a box.

Wan Qing couldn't help laughing a few times, bent over to put on her shoes, and when she came out, she closed the door behind her: "Okay, let's go."

"Let's go!" Ye Chen couldn't wait, mainly because he wanted to buy a pair of shoes that fit quickly.

Walking out of the apartment, the sky was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly. There were still not many pedestrians and vehicles on the street, but at least it was a little more lively than during typhoon days.

You can see yellow construction trucks driving by everywhere, or stopping on the side of the road to rush to repair those power poles, or completely saw off the blown-off trees.

After only a few steps to the street, the staff of various departments are already busy.

Not only the electrical circuits need to be repaired urgently, but also some water pipes have to be repaired urgently, and even the road surface has subsided, so it is even more urgent to repair.

As for the manhole covers that were stolen during the typhoon, they had to be replenished.

Wan Qing stopped a red taxi: "Go to the East Bus Station."

"it is good."

"How to calculate the price?"

"By meter."

There are very few taxi drivers who are willing to use the meter to calculate the price. The main reason is that the meter has not been fully popularized yet, and even many cars have not installed it. Everyone is still used to the old way of reporting the place name, and then let the driver follow the potential of the industry. Rules to quote a relatively reasonable price.

However, this price can actually fluctuate up and down. It is normal to have more than a dozen or 20 yuan or less.

To put it bluntly, it is to watch the dishes.

And Wan Qing, who came back from the era when taxis were cheap in the future, really couldn't accept this kind of billing method purely based on feeling.

"Okay, turn on the watch." She nodded with satisfaction, and dragged Ye Chen into the car.

The appearance of the two was reflected in the rearview mirror, one was petite and cute, and the other was delicate and handsome.

——Of course, the former only looks like that.

Ye Chen would never admit that Wan Qing is cute in his heart.

Although there were several detours in the streets after the typhoon, there were a lot fewer cars, and most of the time it was unimpeded. Many sections of the road signal lights were broken, so there was no need to wait, and you just drove all the way. That's fine.

Finally, the huge red light board of the East Bus Station can be seen from a distance. Such a big station is quite impressive in this era.

When it was first built, it was quite deserted, but now after several years of development, the surrounding area is full of shops, even if you don’t come by car, you will come here, because it is also the largest in H City wholesale market.

Just like the Yiwu Small Commodity Market, you can buy almost everything here. In the era when there was no online shopping, it was a huge treasure house, and you would never get tired of shopping in it for a whole day.

"Here we are." The driver glanced at the number on the fare increase table, "It's 12 yuan in total."

"Okay." Wan Qing took out three dark brown five-yuan bills with the pattern of steelworkers printed on them and handed them to the driver. She got out of the car first and asked Ye Chen to take the three coins she got in change, "Okay Alright, let's go...to buy shoes."

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47. New shoes

The typhoon has just passed, and the place is already overcrowded.

There are many people who come to buy goods with big bags and small bags, and there are also many tricycles parked on the side of the road, waiting for the purchase business that may come to the door at any time.

The petite Wan Qing couldn't find her way in the crowd, her hair rope was rubbed off in the crowd, and her black hair was loose and messy.

"Hey, Ye Chen, Ye Chen—!"

"...Ah, ah?"

"I can't see the way!"

"...I can barely see clearly..." Fortunately, the people at this time are not too tall, and Ye Chen, who is 1.6 meters [-], will not be completely blocked from seeing.

"Hold me up, I'll find my way."

"what?"

"Oh, just carry me behind your back, it's more convenient."

"...how?"

"Stand still, I'll climb up by myself." Wan Qing said, she stood on her tiptoes to put Ye Chen's shoulders on her shoulders, and then with a sudden force, she jumped up and clamped his back with her legs. "Okay, okay, let me see which direction it is..."

There are many entrances to the wholesale market near East Railway Station. If you choose the wrong entrance, you will have to go around in the maze-like market.

The key is that there are still so many people, and it is very tiring to squeeze around...

"How...how—? Did you see...?" Ye Chen was like a boat on the river, swayed by pedestrians.

"I see, go to the left! There is a small shop selling biscuits, just go in through the entrance over there."

"Okay——" Ye Chen struggled to carry Wan Qing on his back, while the latter kept commanding on his back, and finally managed to bypass the most crowded place of the crowd as much as possible, and arrived at the door.

The people crowded at the door are not actually queuing, but buying food.

That's right, since it is a place with such a large flow of people, people will naturally gather here spontaneously. Slowly, the entrance has become a place where many farmers sell vegetables.

In this era, green food has not yet become popular, and farmers' dishes have not been sold at high prices, and they are still synonymous with 'cheap'.

Even people who just come to wholesale other things will buy some vegetables and go back.

That's what makes it so crowded.

Wan Qing leaned on Ye Chen, turned her head and looked at the old lady sitting on the steps next to her, holding an old steelyard, putting the vegetables on the small aluminum tray, carefully adjusting the weight a few times while shaking The location: "Twenty-two a catty, sixty cents."

If it was any other place, at this time, there would definitely be urban management coming to catch up, but this place is different, like the default open area.

However, it was almost time for these farmers who bought vegetables to close their stalls. It was not early, and all the vegetables that should be sold had been sold out, and the rest were basically packaged.

"Ha...huh." Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and put Wan Qing off her back, "Is this here?"

"Well, good, here we are."

"Hurry up and buy a pair of shoes. My shoes are uncomfortable to wear, and it's hard to lift my legs..."

"I know, I know, let's go inside."

Of course, it is impossible for Wan Qing to remember which store here has good quality shoes, so she can only take one step at a time.

Selecting products is one of the joys of shopping.

It's just that Ye Chen really has no patience at the moment. He walks in shoes that are several sizes too big. The more he walks, the more his legs feel as if they are filled with lead.

The market was actually not that crowded, and the short Wan Qing led the way for a long time.

"I said...do you know how to choose shoes?"

"To be honest, I'm not very good at it. I used to buy some cloth shoes or sneakers, and since I started online shopping, I bought three pairs of rubbish stuff that cost 100 yuan online to make do with."

"Three pairs of 100 yuan is not cheap."

"This is at least the price in 20 years."

"Oh... yes, you also said that you were paid four to five thousand for any job at that time..."

And Wan Qing finally saw a shoe store that she was interested in. Unlike the previous stores that sold Jiefang shoes or pull-back shoes, most of the products sold here were canvas shoes, and the styles and colors seemed to be more abundant.

There is not much distinction between men's and women's styles of this thing, even if Ye Chen really becomes a girl in the future, as long as the foot size does not change, she can still wear it.

- This way you can save some money.

The boss, a man in his thirties, was busy arranging those shoe boxes neatly one by one, and adding some to the shelves by the way.

He was wearing a pair of brown leather shoes, a pair of casual dark blue trousers, and a dark blue shirt. An alligator belt was tied tightly, but one end was not tightly tucked and had leaked out from the hem.

"Little girl, do you want to buy shoes for yourself?" Seeing the business coming, he hastily put down the shoe box in his hand and walked over in three steps at a time. A large bunch of keys hanging on his waistband issued a 'ding The crisp sound of "jingle dong dong".

Wan Qing tilted her head, glanced at Ye Chen who was walking more and more difficultly, and pointed at him: "Buy him a pair."

"What's the foot size? See what style you like? I still have some women's sneakers here, you can take a look."

"Ah?" Ye Chen, who was struggling to come over, was stunned, feeling that the boss seemed to have misunderstood something.

"Oh, haha, it was far away just now, looking at Qingxiu, I thought it was a girl, but it turned out to be a handsome guy, how about going to school?"

"Well, senior year." Ye Chen replied honestly.

"Look, there are many styles, and the canvas shoes are basically unisex, which can be worn by both men and women."

"Cough... I don't know how big my feet are." Ye Chen was a little embarrassed.

"Is it growing again?"

"Uh...haven't really...know." He said foolishly, but this kind of explanation made even Wan Qing shake her head when she heard it—it was too far-fetched.

Fortunately, the boss just wanted to do business, so he didn't go into it. He just asked him to sit down and take off the big shoes that obviously didn't fit.

"Haha, your feet are rosy, if you don't tell me, I'll definitely think it's a girl's—" The boss laughed heartily, and made a visual inspection, "It's probably a size 37 or 38, ouch, it's your feet It’s not that big for a boy of his age.”

"Uh, do you have any shoes that fit your size?"

"Yes, there must be." The boss looked him up and down, "Let me see, you should be more suitable for that clear color."

The so-called chuqing means to look fresh and clean.

It is also a kind of dialect.

"Is it clear?"

"Well, like blue, white, green, yellow, etc."

As the boss said, he threw over a pair of canvas shoes with white background and blue stripes on the shelf: "This pair is a size 38, check to see if it fits, and this pair is...a size 37."

The other pair is golden yellow stripes with a blue base.

Ye Chen couldn't wait to put on the second pair, stood up and took two steps.

"how do you feel?"

"Well—just right."

"But if you wear socks, it may be crowded. In winter, the socks you wear should be thicker. Try the 38 pair again?"

"it is good."

"How about 38?" Wan Qing asked this time.

"It's almost the same, just be more relaxed."

"Your feet are too small, they don't look like men's feet at all, haha." The boss laughed loudly, "I think it's 38, and it will be convenient to wear socks then, just wait, I'll get you more Look at a few pairs of different styles."

Canvas shoes are all about those looks. The so-called different styles are basically the differences in colors and patterns.

At most, add the difference between high and low tops.

While Ye Chen was trying on shoes, Wan Qing also picked around and settled on a pair of pure black canvas shoes.

It's not that I like black so much, it's just that black is not easy to get dirty.

Pure black is actually rare, because generally even if it is all black, the part of the toe in front will be a little white.

No matter how bad it is, the edges of the shoes are white.

But this pair is completely black.

"This pair...is there a smaller one?"

"I'll look for it, what's your size?"

"35 to 36." Wan Qing looked at her original shoe size, and naturally knew what her size was.

"There is no 35, but there is a pair of 36."

"Alright, I'll try."

Canvas shoes are the shoes that Wan Qing wears most. They usually don’t have shoelaces, and even if they do, you don’t need to re-tie them every time you wear them. They are very convenient to wear—you can just put them on.

The style is also more versatile and can be worn on most occasions.

It can barely be used as a sneaker on the sports field.

"How much are these two pairs?"