With a cheat code, she travels through the 40s and hoards goods to take her motherland to new height

Shu Ran could clearly sense the emotions of everyone present.

Overwhelmed with gratitude, she quickly turned off her "perception" ability after realizing that nothing was amiss.

The troops stationed here dispatched soldiers to move the goods. There were so many items that it took more than a week to move them all.

After meeting on the first day, at Lin Shizhang's invitation, Shu Ran decided to travel around the mainland for a while before returning home.

She stayed at the largest hotel in the area, accompanied by a few of her own people, government officials, and a team of soldiers responsible for protecting her.

Because they entered the mainland through normal procedures, their normal activities were not subject to many restrictions.

The port was bustling with activity. Shu Ran only brought Shu Huwen and Shu Huwu with her for protection, along with a few people in charge of reception.

After considering Shu Ran's preferences, the staff developed several sightseeing plans for Yuecheng.

The first one is food.

"Miss Shu, please try this. It's the most authentic dim sum here."

"Okay, thank you! You guys eat too, I can do it myself."

The table was laden with dim sum, enough for the six of them.

Shu Ran picked up a translucent shrimp dumpling and put it in her mouth.

It's fresh, fragrant, and chewy, making you want to keep eating it.

This craftsmanship is clearly that of a master craftsman.

Shu Ran enjoyed the meal very much; it was just as good as Uncle Feng's cooking at home, and even had more local flavor.

When they asked A-Wu to pay, the receptionist beat him to it.

Shu Ran didn't push or argue over paying; she simply left behind the money for food, clothing, and lodging during her stay before leaving.

Among the three receptionists, the leader was a woman in her forties, who was the chairwoman of the Women's Federation, Zhai Qing.

Shu Ran made her stance clear on her very first day: she was from the Xia Kingdom.

With their hearts set on the country, the country would not push them away; the diplomats who were originally scheduled to receive them were urgently withdrawn.

Seeing the Friendship Store ahead, Zhai Qing turned to the side and asked, "Miss Shu, would you like to browse the Friendship Store?"

Shu Ran followed Zhai Qing's gaze and saw a fairly large shop with a vertical signboard hanging at the entrance.

Zhai Qing explained, "We prepared some things for your trip in China, including foreign exchange certificates, which can be used here. There's a wide variety of goods here; if you're interested, Miss Shu, you can go in and have a look."

"Then go and see!"

Shu Ran decided to stay on the mainland for a few days, partly because the grain had not yet been unloaded, and partly because she wanted to visit the Friendship Store.

Fortunately, she had a lot of M dollars and Y pounds that she could use, which could also contribute a little bit to the country's foreign exchange reserves.

The Friendship Store is a three-story building. Guided by Zhai Qing, Shu Ran started browsing from the first floor.

"The goods on the first floor are quite ordinary, mostly food, drinks and daily necessities."

"This...is a bear paw?"

Looking at the items displayed openly on the counter, Shu Ran was somewhat incredulous.

Zhai Qing introduced in a serious tone: "Yes, these are specialties that were recently transported from Northeast China. Besides bear paws, there are also tiger skins, tiger bones, snow frogs, and the like. Are you interested?"

Shu Ran: ...I almost forgot, there is no such thing as an animal protection law yet.

The products available at this time of year are really wild!

Shu Ran was amazed, but considering its medicinal value, she still bought some to keep for later use, lest she want to use it but couldn't buy it later.

As for other things, there was nothing worth buying for Shu Ran, who was well-off.

After walking around for a while, I followed Zhai Qing up to the second floor.

"This floor has some furniture and appliances, and over there is the clothing and fabric area where you can customize clothes."

What's on the third floor?

Having seen the appliances and clothes made by Xiao Er in the future, Shu Ran wasn't very interested in these things, but she was really looking forward to the third floor.

A common plot in period novels is that the female protagonist uses foreign exchange certificates to find bargains at the Friendship Store, such as calligraphy and paintings by modern artists, antiques from the Qing Dynasty, and jade.

These are all works of art, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, jewelry, and the like that can be exported.

Genuine antiques and cultural relics from before the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty should not be found here.

Zhai Qing then led the group up to the third floor: "These are some export handicrafts. If you like them, I can take you to another place to pick out some better ones."

The entire third floor is like this, with scattered counters arranged in a regular pattern.

"Is this a shrimp? This is a horse! This is a chick pecking at rice!"

The first thing you pass is a counter displaying modern and contemporary calligraphy and paintings.

"Yes, do you like the works of these masters? I can have someone specially collect a few from your home."

Shu Ran felt a moment of disbelief; it seemed true, as several famous figures from later generations were still alive and well.

It will take at least forty or fifty years for the value to appreciate.

But it's not a loss to stock up on some.

Shu Ran turned to Zhai Qing: "In that case, I'll trouble you!"

“It’s no trouble at all. Compared to the contributions you’ve made, these are just small things.”

Zhai Qingxiao's gentleness was perfect because she knew people who were around.

Fortunately, she had prepared a lot of foreign exchange certificates, and Shu Ran bought almost half of the entire third floor.

The remaining half, apart from calligraphy and paintings, consisted of modern and contemporary crafts, which Shu Ran did not find appealing.

I spent three or four hours at the Friendship Store and was tired after buying everything.

The afternoon's itinerary was simply cancelled, and Shu Ran returned to the hotel with her entourage to rest.

Two days later, Shu Ran went to a dim sum restaurant to kill time, but ran into someone she knew.

"Why are you here?"

Shu Ran swallowed the honeycomb tripe in her mouth and wiped her mouth.

Gou Xinglan smiled and nodded to the people around her before sitting down next to Shu Ran: "Just like you, except I don't have your grand gesture."

"After my grandfather learned about what was happening in the mainland, he arranged for me to come here."

Shu Ran was a little worried about his health: "Are you alright? Why didn't you send Gou Zixun? He's strong and can take it."

Feeling a warmth in his heart, Gou Xinglan blinked and leaned closer, the jade gourd on his chest swaying slightly with his movement.

"Ranran, are you concerned about me?"

Shu Ran remained calm and pushed away the face that was approaching her with a slap: "Yes, were you alright on the boat?"

Not sad at all, Gou Xinglan reached out and grasped the jade gourd on her chest, her dog-like eyes full of smiles: "My health has improved a lot in recent years. My sister and Zixun are currently on training and discussing cooperation, so they can't leave. I'm the only one among the younger generation who's free, and since you're here, I volunteered to come over."

"Okay, that's good. When did you arrive? Shall we grab something to eat together?"

"Great! We just arrived last night."

The two teams of reception staff met up and went directly to arrange for them to move to a larger private room.

Shu Ran originally wanted to see what Xia Guo looked like in the 1960s, so she chose to have morning tea in the lobby.