The shopping that Xiaopang refers to is Huating Road near Wuyuan Road, which was once known as the "No. 1 Chinese Clothing Street". The road, which is just a few hundred meters long, is lined with simple tents and hundreds of clothing stalls.
Not only are the prices here affordable, but the key is that they are always at the forefront of fashion trends. The "flared pants", "Ami pants", "dungarees", "cultural shirts", "platform shoes", etc. all became popular from here.
And in a few months, the Huating Road clothing market, which has been bustling for nearly 20 years, will be relocated to Xiangyang Road. Merchants here are desperately discounting and clearing out their stocks, and the prices are cheaper than before.
Fan Xiaopang pulled Li Tang, who was also wearing a cap and mask, and excitedly squeezed into the crowd, browsing stalls one by one and asking for prices. Li Tang was led by her like a puppet.
It was Li Tang's first time shopping here since he broke up with his ex-girlfriend. Like most male compatriots, Li Tang doesn't like shopping. Every year, his mother sends a large package of his clothes from the United States. He rarely buys clothes himself, and even if he does, he goes to nearby shopping malls. There are so many people here that it is almost crowded, and it is said that a few years ago this place was a paradise for pickpockets throughout Shanghai.
In one afternoon, Xiaopang bought a few spring and summer clothes and skirts, which only cost a few hundred yuan in total. The little fat boy was as happy as if he had picked up a wallet.
After finally finishing shopping, Li Tang wanted to find a place to rest and have a meal. As a result, Xiaopang had to drag him to Xiangyang Road not far from here.
The full name of Huating Road is "Huating Road Clothing Market", while the market on Xiangyang Road, which has a similar position, is called "Xiangyang Road Clothing Market". Although there is only one word difference, the product management is very different.
Huating Road focuses on fashionable clothing, while Xiangyang Road focuses more on bags, watches, gifts, shoes and other products. Moreover, Xiangyang Road is more famous for its collection of "NIke", "Adidas", "Diodona", "LV", "Prada", "Dior", "Valentino", etc., almost all the famous brands. Products from all world famous brands. Of course, these products are Daxing goods of counterfeit brands. They are obviously fakes, but they are still labeled as "A goods" and "parallel imports."
For example, Fan Xiaopang was holding a Louis Vuitton handbag and examining it carefully. Li Tang couldn't tell the difference between authenticity and authenticity.
The Daxing LV bag stall owner offered a price of 1,800 yuan, and proudly said that this is this year's new product, and one in a specialty store would cost at least 60,000 to 70,000 yuan.
"I want eight hundred dollars."
Xiaopang is also very tricky. When someone bargained for half the price, she just wiped out the first digit.
The stall owner smiled, especially when he heard that Xiaopang had a foreign accent, and said in a disdainful tone: "Nongbang, please help me. Don't talk about it for eight hundred yuan. If you want it sincerely, it's only one thousand six hundred yuan each."
"A thousand dollars!"
The little fat man hesitated for a moment, then quoted another price and rounded it up.
As a result, the stall owner didn't even answer the question this time, and directly reached out to take the bag away from the little fat man without selling it.
Xiaopang was anxious and said hurriedly: "Then tell me how much you want and give me the actual price."
"As I said, one thousand six, I won't sell it for a penny less."
The stall owner's attitude was very tough, especially when he looked at Fan Xiaopang with obvious contempt.
Li Tang, who was standing aside, couldn't stand it anymore. Perhaps because of his personality, he had no interest in so-called luxury goods. But he also knew that girls were inherently lacking immunity to this kind of luxury goods. At the same time, he could also see that Xiaopang really liked this bag, so he said, "Friend, don't show any gimmicks. How much is it?"
When the stall owner heard Li Tang's local dialect, his attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees. He put on a smile and said with a cheerful look: "My friend, let me tell you this, it will cost you at least 1,500 yuan to smash the bags." Yuan, Nong sincerely wants it, one thousand and fourteen!"
"One thousand and two, if you want to sell it, just sell it. If you don't want to sell it, forget it."
"Don't come to the competition. I told you to be sincere and ask for one thousand fourteen, which is the lowest price."
Before the stall owner finished speaking, Li Tang directly returned the bag to the stall owner, took Xiaopang and left.
Seeing this, the stall owner hurriedly said: "Hey, hey, one thousand and three each, one thousand and three..."
Xiaopang hesitated and wanted to stop, but was stopped by Li Tang: "Don't look back, keep walking, he will definitely fall again."
Unfortunately, they didn't hear the stall owner calling them to stop them until they were more than ten meters away. It seems that one thousand three is indeed the lowest price. Of course, it’s also possible that this bag is a new model and the stall owner doesn’t have to worry about selling it at all.
"Otherwise, let's go back and buy it again." Xiaopang said, taking Li Tang's arm.
"Really like that bag?"
Li Tang felt a little embarrassed, and he felt that it was not worth spending more than a thousand to buy a fake.
"This is a new model, of course I like it. If I can't afford the genuine article, I'll just buy a fake to make up for it." Xiaopang said with a silly smile on his face.
Li Tang looked at the silly girl in front of him and felt a little sad. He knew that Xiaopang really didn't have much money at this time. At the beginning of last year, he earned 300,000 yuan from acupuncture to pay the down payment for his family to buy a house in the capital. Later, he terminated the contract with Aunt Qiongyao's agency and paid 200,000 yuan, which almost left Uncle Fan's money. With Aunt Zhang's family background, I later went around the capital doing business and accepting commercials, but I still had to borrow the 200,000 termination fee from my parents. Nowadays, people say that they want to save money to buy a house for themselves. It’s no wonder that they have to be careful in their budgeting if they want to buy a fake.
"Go back...or let's go shopping again and ask at other stalls." Seeing that he remained silent, Xiaopang pulled his arm again and said.
Li Tang gritted his teeth, took Xiaopang's hand and said, "Let's go, since we like it, let's go buy the real thing."
Xiaopang was dumbfounded when he heard it. He couldn't react for a moment. After being dragged by him for a few steps, he stopped and said, "Hey, hey, are you kidding me? This is this year's new product. It sells for six in specialty stores." Seventy thousand."
Li Tang didn't look back, but still held Xiaopang's hand and said, "Yes, sixty or seventy thousand is sixty or seventy thousand. It's not like we can't afford it, so why do we have to buy fakes!"
His idea is very simple. After all, if he sleeps with someone, he has to express it. At this time, seeing that Xiaopang liked this LV bag so much, he simply gave her a genuine one.
Unexpectedly, Xiaopang threw away his hand and said with a frosty face: "Yes, you can afford it, but I can't afford it, so I can only buy fakes."
Her voice was loud and attracted the attention of many passers-by. And everyone thinks that the two of them are quite strange. Who would wear a hat and a mask on the street, covering themselves tightly.
Li Tang even heard someone comment: "Could he be a celebrity?"
"What kind of celebrity? A celebrity would come here to buy fake goods!"
He quickly pulled Xiaopang aside and said helplessly: "What are you doing? I just want to give you a bag you like."
"Hey, you got a 60,000 to 70,000 yuan bag at the first sale, you are so generous!" Xiaopang sneered, "You don't do this to every woman, do you?"
"What are you talking about? I have only had two girlfriends, one for her and one for you."
There was nothing wrong with what Li Tang said. Even though he had no connection with his ex-girlfriend before, he had only dated two of them.
Hearing that Li Tang classified himself among the girlfriends he was dating, Xiaopang's face turned a little brighter, but he still said angrily: "There's something wrong with you, are you burning money to buy such an expensive bag? I'll tell you Say I don’t want it, and when I have money in the future, I will buy it myself.”
Li Tang didn't expect that Xiaopang was quite tough. In his previous life, he had seen many young actors or celebrities climb into bed for a luxury bag. Of course, he proposed to buy Xiaopang a genuine bag because he slept with her, but there was also a sense of exchange. I think if we break up in the future, I won't feel any guilt.
Since he has this idea, Xiaopang can also think in this direction, so it's no wonder she is so angry. Li Tang suddenly felt very embarrassed. He didn't expect that the clown was actually him.
He could only look at Xiaopang apologetically and said: "Then... uh, let's go back and buy it."
Xiaopang unexpectedly said: "No, let's go and find a place to have dinner."
Li Tang was stunned at first, but soon figured it out. It was right, so that he would not think of this scene every time he saw this bag in the future, which would simply add to the heart.
"Uh, okay, what do you want to eat?"
"I heard from Brother Zheng that there are some small restaurants on Jinxian Road that serve very delicious dishes. Please take me to try them!" Xiaopang suddenly seemed to have a different face and said with a smile.
It was as if the previous dispute had never happened.
"OK!"
Li Tang didn't know if the impulsive incident he had just caused would put a thorn in the relationship between the two. It's just that seeing the smile on Xiaopang's face felt so unreal.
The two took a taxi back to the apartment to put away their things. Li Tang found the business card he had taken at the last meal and called to reserve a table in advance. After resting for a while, they went to the small restaurant where Xu Guangtou treated guests last time.
There are four cold dishes: white-cut door cavity, white-cut tripe tip, soy sauce duck and silver mustard greens. Four hot dishes are the braised pork with soy sauce egg, the must-order shredded eel with oil, stir-fried hairy crab with rice cake and stir-fried dried cress.
After the vegetables are eaten up, the sauce of the shredded eel can still be mixed with a bowl of rice.
After coming out of the hotel, Xiaopang touched his belly and shouted: "I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore. Fortunately, I have to go back to the set tomorrow, otherwise I would have lost weight some time ago."
Li Tang looked at her laughing and joking, and felt a little calmer. He put his arm around her shoulders and said, "You're not angry anymore, are you?"
"Of course I'm angry. What do you mean? Who do you think I am..."
At the end of the sentence, Xiaopang's voice even contained a hint of sobs.
It turns out that the heartlessness he felt before was just an act, and he might have turned his depression into food when he was eating just now.
Now that the words were out of the way, Li Tang was completely relieved. He lowered his head and kissed her red cheek, comforting her and saying, "Okay, I was wrong this time. I apologize to you."
Although Xiaopang is a bit vain, he has his own principles. It's good. This way you can save money on dating. Maybe Xiaopang is really a good girlfriend candidate. But when he thought of the cold and noble fat man he saw in his previous life, he felt that his idea seemed to be filled with many uncertain factors.
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