After the adults came back from dinner, they watched TV and played cards, and their children were also noisy in the room.

Let the cold wind whistle outside, but the room is warm and lively.

The first night in the Magic City, Ye Chengyang and Ye Chenghu were so excited that they didn't want to sleep. They were in a state of excitement all day, especially when they saw snow at night.

At this time, if Lin Xiuqing urged her to go to bed, the two kids were lying on the window and moving, and just staring at the flying snow outside.

Then he blew on the glass from time to time, smeared it with his fingers, and stared out the window all the time.

They just wanted to see if there could be accumulating on the ground? A lot of snow would be allowed to touch the snowflakes tomorrow, so that they could build snowmen and play snowball fights like in textbooks.

The grass in the yard was already a little white at this time. From the time of 5 o'clock to the moment of 10 o'clock, a little snowflakes had accumulated.

"Mom, can we go out and pack a bucket of snow back? There is snow on the grass." Ye Chenghu said eagerly.

Ye Chengyang also begged, "Let's go out and pretend to be snowy and come in immediately!"

"It's very cold outside, I'm going to bed soon. Why do you go out? Just a little snow. When you wake up tomorrow, you can pretend more."

"We'll go out for a while..."

"I want to go too!" Ye Xiaoxi also shouted.

They had long been clamoring to go out, but the temperature outside was low and it was snowing. The key was that there were two small ones. When they came back from dinner in the evening, their cheeks and noses were red, so Lin Xiuqing stared at them and prevented them from going out for a breath.

"Don't go, it's too cold. When the snow will accumulate more tomorrow morning, why are you going out now?"

Ye Xiaoxi pulled her clothes and acted coquettishly, "Mom, let's go for a while..."

"Then there is not a little snow yet..."

Several children surrounded her and said that she just didn't let go. The main reason was that the snow on the grass was just a little white, and there was not much, so it was freezing when going out, which was not very meaningful.

It's not as good as home, now it's several degrees below zero, and I feel cold inside the house, let alone outside.

"Hmph, I'll go find dad."

Ye Xiaoxi ran to their card table happily.

"Dad~" she said, pulling Ye Yaodong's arm and shaking it.

"What's wrong? I'll find your mother if you have something to do." He was playing cards and couldn't get busy.

"I want to go outside and decorate the snow and come back."

"Go! Go! Go……"

"Okay, that's great, mom, my dad agreed, my dad said to go, brother, go..."

Ye Xiaoxi was so happy that he had already gone to find a bucket.

Lin Xiuqing walked over with a stern face, "What are you going? It's still snowing outside, the temperature is so low, there is not much snow on the grass, it's time to go to bed now, when the snow comes in, what time will they have to play?"

"It's okay. I don't go to school anyway. I'll get up later if I go to bed later. We are not in a hurry."

"Some people are already running noses. When they catch a cold, they will be troublesome again. The Chinese New Year is coming soon."

Ye Yaodong looked up at her, "Then you go out to pretend for them? Or I go out to pretend for them, otherwise it would be strange if they can sleep."

All the four children stared at Lin Xiuqing with a fierce look and protested together.

"If I don't pretend, I won't sleep."

"I don't sleep either!"

"Me too!"

Lin Xiuqing raised her hands and gestured bluffingly, pretending to slap them.

Ye Chengyang reacted quickly and hid behind Ye Chenghu. Ye Xiaoxi hid behind him. Pei Yu also hid behind Ye Xiaoxi when he saw this...

Ye Chenghu: "???"

Four small ones were like driving a train, from high to low, and before Ye Chenghu could notice it, he had already become a locomotive.

He looked at his mother's slap that had not yet fallen, then at the tail behind him, hurriedly avoided, and kept pulling the hand behind him.

"What are you doing? Let's go away and don't hide behind me."

"don't want……"

When Ye Chenghu moved, the three behind swung like snake tails.

Ye Xiaoxi laughed, "The eagle catches the chick, and the brother is a hen..."

"You're a chicken."

Lin Xiuqing glared at them, went to the kitchen and took out a soup bowl.

"mother……"

"Shut up and don't talk too much. I'll go out to catch you. Stay honestly for me and put the snow back for you. Then go to bed upstairs with me honestly."

All four nodded like pounding garlic, and the frequency was rare and consistent.

Ye Chengyang also let go.

Now it was Ye Chenghu's turn to liquidate.

He ran to Ye Chengyang directly. Ye Chengyang screamed and ran around the room. Ye Xiaoxi and Pei Yu also laughed and ran away.

There was a lot of laughter and joy in the house.

Lin Xiuqing went out to fiddle with the grass at the door, but she felt that there was not much. She searched around and saw a little white snow on the stone table, stone bench, and swing. Then she collected it.

Several children saw a small pot of snow, and they were satisfied. The snow was enough for them to play with a small snowball.

Now they all went back to the room while playing with each other. It was impossible to sleep.

After I have enough fun and the snow melts, I will be willing to sleep.

Lin Xiuqing and Ye Yaodong slept on the floor, but Ye Yaodong had not come up yet, so she slept on the bed and slept with Pei Yu and Ye Xiaoxi.

After they finished playing cards, A Guang came over to carry the sleeping Pei Yu back into the house.

The couple didn't have to sleep on the ground anymore.

The next day, everyone slept until almost noon before getting up. In winter, no matter adults or children, they were all households with difficulty in getting up, and only Lin Xiuqing got up the earliest.

Several children had already played with snow last night, but they had a thought. Today, they got up and played with snow before dawn.

But when they woke up, there was still surprise. It snowed all night last night and it had not melted until noon. When they woke up, they opened the curtains and screamed.

After putting on his clothes, he couldn't wait to run out to play with the snow, leaving only Ye Yaodong tightly wrapped in the quilt.

Lin Xiuqing urged him, "Hurry up, it's already noon, I'm just about to get up for dinner, and I'll call your friend up by the way. Now Ah Guang is up."

Ye Yaodong pressed the corner tighter, "Let me lie down for a while."

Lin Xiuqing didn't care about him for the time being. She went to care about the children who had just run out. Some of them were not hungry when they played with them. She called Ye Yaodong only after everyone got up.

When a large group of people went out in a huge way, it was already lunch time.

The children were worried that the snow would melt when they came back, so they specially filled the buckets and big bowls at home with some snow, intending to come back to play in the evening.

The No. 1 Department Store is located in the bustling Nanjing East Road Pedestrian Street. It was one of the largest and most complete state-owned department stores in my country at that time.

The building retains the Art Deco style of the Daxin Company period in the 1930s. It has a square and solemn appearance, with beige exterior walls and vertical lines. There is an iconic bell tower on the top.

The interior is an open "return" shape layout, with an empty patio in the center surrounded by old-fashioned glass counters, the stairs are wide and thick, and the wooden handrails are grinding.

The distance between the counters inside is narrow, and the goods are densely displayed on glass cabinets or open shelves, and unopened cartons are often piled up behind the salesperson.

The floor is terrazzo or mosaic tiles. It is ventilated by ceiling fans in summer and is slightly cold in winter. Promotional messages or light music are played in loops on the radio.

The cash register is concentrated in the corner of each floor. Customers need to issue invoices first, then queue up to pay, and finally pick up the goods with stamped notes. The process is cumbersome but orderly.

The current department store environment is the last glory of the planned economy.

Lin Xiuqing was like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden. She was already taking a bus all the way, and looking at the buildings in the Magic City was enough to shock her.

When she walked to the gate of the First Department Store, she was even more amazed, and even dazzled her when she came in.

The first floor is a top-notch product and domestic products: Shanghai brand watches, permanent/phoenix bicycles, butterfly brand sewing machines, etc.

There are also some cosmetic counters with Yakushu, Pechoin iron boxes, snow cream, etc.

His house is full of watches, bicycles, sewing machines, and small appliances, and there is no refrigerator.

But it is not available now. People don’t live in the Magic City, so they are idle if they buy it. There is no need to buy it here in their hometown. He is also worried about the pressure of electricity.

So as soon as he came in, he held the child in one hand and led Lin Xiuqing toward cosmetics.

Pechoin, a domestic old brand, will remain strong for decades.

He has been here several times and wants to buy it every time, but he thought that Ah Qing would come soon and could keep it for her to choose what she wanted.

Lin Xiuqing is rich now and is willing to spend a lot of money, not to mention that the things are very cheap.

"If you want, buy whatever you want, you can buy everything back as long as you don't have it."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "I don't have many things, so how can I buy everything back."

"Buy whatever you want. Some time ago, my mother and the others came up like shopping, and they wanted to buy whatever they saw."

"I just pick a few of them, and it's a waste to buy too much and use them all."

"What are you wasting? You can prepare a Pechoin for your mother, your two sisters-in-law, and your niece."

"This is..."

Lin Xiuqing picked up carefully around the counter and counted the heads in his mind. How many copies do he need to bring?
To be continued...