Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 20 What's Wrong with Country Folks?

Lin Qingping even managed to borrow an iron to iron the clothes until they were perfectly flat, and then prepared to sell them.

At that time, the iron was very simple; it was just a sheet of iron with charcoal inside and water added to generate heat for ironing.

At that very moment, the remaining clothes arrived in the county.

Du Gen had connections and an acquaintance in the county. He gave this acquaintance's address to Section Chief Fu, who then arranged for a truck to deliver the clothes to his acquaintance. The acquaintance then sent a message to them, asking them to pick up the goods.

Lin Qingping couldn't help but sigh, having grown accustomed to the speed and convenience of the mobile phone era, she found things incredibly inconvenient now.

For example, if they were to sell these 100 pieces of clothing now, they would have to consider the transportation issue.

But there were only one hundred items. How did they manage to bring all one hundred back, and then how did they manage to get them out of the country?

It was at this moment that everyone realized that Lin Qingping's goal was not to sell in the county, but to sell in the provincial capital!

Gu Youlian has only been to the county a handful of times in her life, and going to the provincial capital is something she never even dared to dream of!

How daring!

But there was no way to stop them now, so Gu Youlian could only nervously head to the provincial capital with everyone else. While feeling nervous, she also felt a strange sense of excitement and anticipation. They were going to the provincial capital!

Zhiyuan also went with us.

Lin Qingping wanted to take him there to broaden his horizons, but later they realized how right it was to bring Zhiyuan along!

Not to mention how hard the group worked to get to the provincial capital with these hundred pieces of clothing, they arrived early in the morning. Lin Qingping first found a place for everyone to tidy themselves up, at least to be clean and their clothes neat, and then they went straight to the department store in the provincial capital.

Go and sell their clothes.

However, the campaign got off to a bad start.

Lin Qingping took Du Gen and her older sister to the counter with a few sample garments. The sales clerk only glanced at them and then ignored them.

Dugen was unwilling to give up and kept pushing his sales pitch, "Our clothes have novel styles, they're all unique to this place, and the prices are cheap, why don't you take a look?"

Lin Qingping also said, "Could you please introduce me to your director? We'll just meet him once and then leave."

The sales clerk just rolled her eyes.

“Really, we have a letter of introduction…” Lin Qingping took out the letter of introduction that the Party Secretary had given her.

The sales clerk grew impatient and started shooing people away, shouting, "What kind of people are you! Country bumpkins, get out of here, or I'll call someone to kick you out!"

"How can you be like this?" Gu Youlian put her hands on her hips, ready to step forward and start a fight.

Lin Qingping stopped her, "Forget it, let's go to another one."

However, they changed several companies in a row, and each time they were kicked out.

By the time they reached the last house, Gu Youlian was so angry that she refused to go in and had given up all hope. She and Zhiyuan stood guard at the door, anxious and worried, their eyes red and on the verge of tears.

Lin Qingping comforted her for a few moments, then led Du Gen and her second sister inside. However, they hadn't gone far when they heard people arguing at the door.

She rushed back and saw a man pointing at Gu Youlian and yelling at her. Gu Youlian was crying in panic. Zhiyuan was standing in front of Gu Youlian, pretending to protect her, but he was just a child and his face was full of panic.

"What happened? Let's talk this out." Lin Qingping immediately shielded Gu Youlian and the child.

Upon seeing her, Gu Youlian seemed to find her pillar of support, and cried as she said, "I didn't do anything, I just touched that dress, and he said I made it dirty... and demanded that I pay for it..."

Lin Qingping looked at the gray dress that Gu Youlian was pointing to, without any dirt or damage, and couldn't help but get angry. "I've never heard of clothes in a shopping mall that you can't touch. What kind of logic is it to have to pay for touching them?"

The man was gradually surrounded by other shop employees, and the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger.

The man looked at her with disdain. "It's not that you can't touch them, it's that some people don't deserve to be touched. We're not letting you touch them for your own good. Do you know that you can't afford to pay for it if you get it dirty?"

"Really? This dress is very expensive?" Lin Qingping asked.

"Yes! It's very expensive! You can't afford it!" The man became even more smug.

"Hurry up and leave, look at the mud on your feet, don't dirty our ground!" Another shop assistant chimed in, disdainfully trying to move the sacks containing their clothes.

"What kind of junk is this! Don't put it in front of our store!"

One by one, they're all coming to throw their things away.

"Wait!" Lin Qingping shouted. "Look at yourselves! The slogan you posted at the entrance of your shop says 'Serve the People.' What? Does that mean we people from the countryside aren't part of the people?"

"you……"

Both shop assistants were speechless after hearing that.

The onlookers also said that the two of them were wrong and shouldn't have looked down on people like that.

Lin Qingping looked at the dress and said, "I'm going to buy this dress today!"

The man scoffed, "This is the most upscale shopping mall in the entire province. Do you know how much this dress costs?" He held up three fingers. "Thirty yuan!"

A piece of clothing that costs thirty yuan is definitely extremely expensive!

Gu Youlian even forgot the grievances she had suffered, fearing that her sister-in-law might impulsively buy it.

As it turned out, what she feared most came true. Lin Qingping actually took out three bills, handed them to Zhiyuan, and said to the shop assistant, "See? Don't look down on me, I want to try it!"

Gu Youlian was really anxious, and even Du Gen was anxious. There was absolutely no need to spend money like this out of spite!

But Lin Qingping was not one to listen to advice; she took the clothes and went inside to try them on.

Not only did she try them on, but she also looked at herself in the mirror repeatedly, saying they were a little too big and she wanted a size smaller. The male sales assistant patiently brought her a smaller one, but she said it was too small and she wanted the larger one. Then she said the color didn't suit her and tried on every color in the store.

The male shop assistant's patience had reached its limit, but given Lin Qingping's earlier question, "We country folks are not part of the masses," and with so many people watching, he was afraid of incurring public wrath and forced himself not to explode.

Finally, Lin Qingping put on the first gray outfit again, looked in the mirror, and exclaimed, "It really looks good!"

"Yes, our clothes, I'm not bragging, are the best in the country, a Shanghai brand." The male waiter was extremely proud.

Lin Qingping smiled, took off the clothes, and handed them back to him. "Yes, they really are quite nice, but also quite expensive. So, thank you for your trouble, I'd better not buy them."

"You..." The male waiter's face turned liver-colored with anger.

"I was just messing with you on purpose!" Lin Qingping said arrogantly, leading her sister and a few others, carrying their own clothes, and strode away from the store.

The onlookers just treated it as a joke, laughing and making way for them. A few nosy old men even pointed at the male shop assistant and said, "You can't look down on people, you should teach him a lesson, right? As the old saying goes, everyone who comes is a guest!"