Chapter 25 Shopping

   "Here is fifty thousand yuan." Outside the bank, Margot, who had just come out of the bank, got into the car and stuffed a large brown paper bag into Josie's hand.

  Hearing this number, Josie's hand shaking when picking up the bag, almost missed it.

  I opened it immediately and saw that there were indeed five stacks of hundred-yuan bills inside.

   "Why are there so many?" Josie asked in a daze while holding the paper bag. Didn't he say that tens of thousands or even thousands of dollars would be enough.

  And my sister, you really have a big heart, so you are not afraid of being robbed.

"Is there a lot? Anyway, you can just look at the flowers, and keep them for yourself. There must be a lot of places for men to spend money outside. It's not a bad thing to put more on them." Margot said on Josie's cheek. He pecked at him and said affectionately.

   Just such a sentence almost broke Josie's defense.

  What a wonderful woman, Josie was filled with emotion when she thought about those women in later generations who would always ask for a car or a house.

   Sure enough, Ruanfan is delicious.

  At this time, Josie can be said to be 10,000 thanks to Tony Wendis in his heart.

   If it wasn't for this guy to act as a demon himself, how could such a good woman get on him?

   In return, Josie decides to make Tony Wendy's death a little more painful, and to vent her anger on Margot.

   Otherwise, he felt sorry for the affection of this pitiful beauty.

  So Josie nodded and accepted the money without rejecting Margot's kindness.

  Seeing this, Margot didn't feel that he was greedy at all. Instead, she was very happy to think that Josie had fully accepted herself, instead of insisting on giving herself money to live in a house like before.

"By the way, let's go buy some clothes first. The quality of your clothes is still a bit poor, and they don't match your handsome face. Well, you need to change your leather shoes." Margot said excitedly, holding Josie's arm .

   "Okay, everything is up to you!" Josie nodded and said, he didn't really care about the clothes, but he really couldn't say no to this sweet and lovely girl.

   "But I don't have any costume coupons," Josie said.

   Just like sugar and gasoline, even in the United States during this period, special clothing coupons were required to buy clothes and shoes.

  Starting from 42 years, every federal citizen will get 24 clothing coupons every year to buy clothes and shoes.

   It seems like a lot, but do you think you can buy a piece of clothing with a clothing coupon?

   Not at all.

The actual standard is that it takes 18 tickets to buy a large coat, 26 tickets for a complete suit, 9 tickets for a pair of shoes, 5 tickets for slippers, 3 tickets for petticoats (underwear dresses), 8 tickets for trousers, and corsets 3 cards and so on...

   That is to say, 24 clothing coupons per person is not enough to buy a whole set from head to toe under normal circumstances.

   Among them, the purchase of shoes is a real-name system. One person is limited to two pairs a year. If you want to buy more, you can only buy second-hand.

  While ordinary clothes can still be bought with coupons, some things can’t even be bought.

   What is it?

  Stockings.

  That’s right, stockings.

  A fact that makes people of later generations somewhat dumbfounded is that during World War II, silk stockings were a key strategic material like sugar and gasoline.

why?

   Because of the parachute.

  Before the war, the main source of material for the parachutes of the US military was actually not nylon, but silk from Asia.

  But after the war with the foot pot chicken, the supply of silk was cut off, and the material of the parachute became nylon.

  So at that time, all nylon manufacturers, including the DuPont Group, were under the mandatory order of the federal government to stop manufacturing nylon by-products such as stockings, and instead all produced military supplies such as parachutes needed by the military.

   It was also from this time that the price of folk stockings skyrocketed, and the price was fired to $20 a piece.

   But this is only the beginning.

  During World War II, when the price of stockings was the highest, it even reached a terrifying $4,000.

   This is in the 21st century, even the original taste of those female stars would not dare to sell it at such a high price.

   But even so, the output of nylon is still in short supply.

  So the military launched another fundraising campaign from the civilian population...

  Advertising photos of handsome guys in the army, calling on all women to donate their stockings…

   is outrageous.

   In fact, there are even more outrageous.

  That is, according to a report by FBI Director Edgar Hoover, the robbery targets of roadside robbers in the United States during the war period, among the top three items, there were no valuables such as dollars or gold.

   And respectively are drinks, stockings and shoes.

  This is why before, Josie would wear an ill-fitting coat on the street, because it was actually the clothes left by his father during his lifetime.

   Even the clothes that Josie changed when he robbed the car for revenge, "borrowed" the car, and followed and killed Joe Barbaro were mostly old clothes, so it wouldn't feel bad if it was burned.

As for the new ones, I just bought two or three sets when I had money a few days ago, and it took two years of last year and this year (42, 43), and all the clothing coupons he and his deceased parents had accumulated together .

  Thinking of this, Josie couldn't help but glance at Margot's smooth thigh, and couldn't help but stroke it.

  Yesterday, Margot was wearing stockings, but he tore them off because of his excitement. Thinking about it now, it still hurts a bit.

   "There are too many people here, don't make trouble! Don't worry about the coupons, because you don't need them." Margot said, and then leaned into Josie's ear and whispered softly, "If we can't help it, let's find a place with fewer people."

  The soft words in the ear made Josie shiver uncontrollably.

  Mom, this woman is really good at it.

   No, no, I’m still growing up, so I can’t exhaust the water,

  So Josie resolutely pretended not to hear what Margot said later, started the car, and drove towards the destination according to Margot's instructions.

   After arriving at the place, Josie realized that the place to buy clothes that Margot said was not a shopping mall.

   It was a high-end private custom clothing store that I had only heard of in my previous life.

  However, in this day and age, this kind of custom-made clothing stores has not been done as in later generations, and there is no such thing as not selling ready-made clothes.

  After a lot of tossing by the tailor in the hall, Margot helped Josie choose three sets of ready-made clothes from inside to outside, and ordered another three sets.

   In the end, it was true that tickets were not used, but a thick stack of bills was used to speak.

  Of course, there are also factors of Margot's interpersonal relationship as a high-class lady in Chicago.

  So the so-called shortage of supplies and limited supply are actually aimed at ordinary people who have no power or influence.

   After buying clothes, I went to another shoe store, and the same operation was done.

  During the period, I went to a watch store and bought a Breguet watch for thousands of dollars.

   Although in later generations, Breguet's reputation has been surpassed by Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and other brands that came from behind.

  But in this era, Breguet is the unique watch king.

  And now Breguet not only manufactures watches, various aviation and navigation instruments, but even fighter jets.

  After a lot of purchasing and cleaning, Josie's whole body was completely renewed. Coupled with her already handsome face and tall figure, as well as her self-confidence as a time traveler, her whole temperament has been sublimated.

  From the original handsome commoner, he has transformed into a modern aristocrat.

  Man relies on clothes and horses rely on saddles, the ancients never deceived me.

  (end of this chapter)