Super-rich: Spending money is just a job!

"Wow, everything in this store looks so nice!" Xiaoping seemed to have spotted something interesting and stopped in front of a shop window.

Xiao Meng looked up and saw the shop sign read "Zhi Ran Zhai," with a line of smaller characters next to it: Intangible Cultural Heritage, Time-Honored Brand of China.

The shop window displays embroidered fans and small screens, which look very exquisite and are indeed beautiful.

“Xiaomeng, look, it says ‘double-sided embroidery’ on the bottom of that fan. It’s a pity we can’t see the back. I wonder if double-sided embroidery means both sides are the same, or if the patterns are different on each side?” Xiaoping said to Xiaomeng.

"Why don't we go in and take a look?" Xiaomeng suggested.

"I wouldn't dare," Xiaoping said repeatedly. "The items in this store are so high-end. If I accidentally break one, I can't afford to pay for it."

At this moment, the shop assistants saw Xiaomeng inside and seemed to have discovered something. The two shop assistants huddled together and whispered to each other while looking at a mobile phone screen.

A short while later, the shop assistant noticed that Xiaomeng and Xiaoping were just looking outside the door and hadn't come in.

A shop assistant with a round, smiling face came out and overheard Xiaoping expressing her concern about breaking the merchandise.

The shop assistant quickly explained, "Welcome! Customers are welcome to come in and handle the items. Silk and embroidered products aren't that fragile; looking at them won't damage them."

The tall shop assistant was also extending a warm invitation to the two of them, mainly to Xiaomeng.

They seemed to recognize Xiaomeng. Xiaomeng guessed that their mall had some kind of large customer communication group or something.

Seeing how enthusiastic the shop assistant was, Xiaoping followed Xiaomeng into the store and finally got to see the other side of the double-sided embroidery in the window.

"Wow, that's amazing! The patterns on both sides of this double-sided embroidery are different. I've heard that embroidery with different patterns is more difficult to do than embroidery with the same pattern, is that right?" Xiaoping asked curiously.

"Yes, this kind of double-sided irregular embroidery is even more difficult. It's the treasure of our store, and it's all made by master craftsmen," the round-faced shop assistant enthusiastically introduced.

Then it explained how many strands of embroidery thread are needed. In other words, a single thread needs to be split into a dozen or even twenty finer strands before it can be used to embroider a pattern.

The shop assistant then introduced their embroidery technique, which is Suzhou embroidery with a long history. The craft was passed down from a master craftsman, and the master craftsman's descendant holds shares in Zhiranzhai.

Their company's high-quality products are frequently featured at exhibitions and auctions.

It's clear that the shop assistants are very proud of the products in their store.

Xiaomeng looked at the exquisitely crafted small fan in the display case, depicting a monkey offering peaches. The monkey's expression was lively and adorable, the peach tree was vigorous, and the peaches were beautiful. The entire embroidery was like a beautiful traditional Chinese painting.

Xiaomeng fell in love with it at first sight and silently started counting the zeros on the label.

The round-faced shop assistant noticed and was secretly pleased. She leaned closer to Xiaomeng and took a fan out of the cabinet to show it to her. "This fan has ribs made of Xiangfei bamboo. It's lightweight and suitable for holding and appreciating. The price is 128,000. If you like it, we can give you a discount."

Xiaoping exclaimed from the side, "120,000, no, almost 130,000! Who would dare to hold it in their hands and admire it?"

The round-faced shop assistant glanced at Xiaoping, then at Xiaomeng. "Your friend dares to do that?" she thought. But she didn't say anything, just smiled.

Xiaomeng nodded and smiled, "It's definitely not something ordinary people would play with. Let's put it away for now."

The round-faced shop assistant looked a little puzzled. When Xiaoping went to the other side to look around, Xiaomeng whispered to the shop assistant, "Pack up that 600,000 yuan screen in the window and that small fan from earlier."

Oh, and I also like that embroidered cat handbag. I'll wrap it up too, and come back later to swipe my card.

The round-faced shop assistant's eyes lit up upon hearing this, indicating that she understood. This person wanted to keep a low profile in front of their friends; it must be a peculiar quirk of wealthy people.

She quickly took the small fan and its matching fan holder behind the counter.

Xiaoping and her friends looked at some beautiful silk printed scarves.

These scarves are the cheapest items in the store, but they still cost five or six hundred yuan each.

After touching it, Xiaoping exclaimed, "Good things just feel different; it's as delicate as a child's skin. It's a pity I can't afford it."

If my boss hadn't gone bankrupt, I would have been willing to buy a silk scarf like this, but alas…

Xiaomeng thought so too. Who wouldn't want something good? This silk scarf emitted a faint pearly sheen, and when wrapped around her neck, it made her skin appear even fairer.

When you have a fixed salary, you can naturally grit your teeth and buy something you love.

Nobody's in the mood right now that they've just lost their jobs.

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Besides browsing silk shops, Xiaomeng and her friends also visited a couple of porcelain shops, and even toy shops, Lego shops, building block shops, and other shops that young people like to visit.

These toy stores are still quite popular with young people after get off work.

Xiaoping and her companion had no interest in luxury fashion boutiques or the like.

Although the shop windows of luxury fashion stores are also beautiful.

But those clothes looked like evening gowns, incredibly luxurious, and completely unsuitable for everyday wear.

They all thought these clothes and dresses cost several thousand or tens of thousands of yuan, which was not something an ordinary working girl could afford, so they didn't even consider going in to browse. At most, they would just glance at them when they passed by the shop window.

The same goes for luxury handbag stores. Xiaomeng could even sense that the shop assistants recognized her; the cunning in their eyes was almost palpable.

Unfortunately, Xiaoping was an obstacle in our way.

As soon as Xiaoping saw the sales clerks at the luxury store greeting them, she quickly pulled Xiaomeng away, afraid of being dragged into the store.

She confidently told Xiaomeng that the luxury handbag store they had just visited charged tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan for a single bag, which they could not afford.

Xiaomeng didn't refute it; that's just how their characters are, there's nothing wrong with it.

Finally, Xiaomeng discovered that the place where they had the most fun and spent the most time was a certain premium general store.

You can freely try things out inside, and buying one or two items isn't expensive, so you won't feel bad about spending the money.

When the two of them finally came out of the boutique, they didn't buy much, just a matching sun hat that their best friend had, and they were already very happy.

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