“What?”
Instantly, Stanna almost felt a sense of collapse.
In those brown eyes, there was anger!
This stinky man!
How, how could he be like this?
Last time it was for bread, this time it is for…
me to help him sell stockings!
In the eyes of this man, does the existence of a woman even matter?
Stanna actually guessed right.
At least for now, there truly was no woman in Li Yi’an’s heart.
Since he’s already time-traveled, who the hell still cares about women!
Hurry up and make money, that is the hard truth!
As for thanking the tomboy, besides sample perfumes and women’s underwear, her bag of goods also contained dozens of long nylon stockings, the kind sold five pairs for ten bucks.
In this era, stockings are super valuable.
However, precisely because they are valuable, he needs to find buyers who can afford them.
If it weren’t for the fact that this woman had connections to enter high society, Li Yi’an wouldn’t even bother with her.
Using sex to commit a crime?
Who cares!
Glaring angrily at the man, facing such disregard, Stanna, whose heart was a jumble of mixed feelings, simply didn’t know how to describe her current mood.
Anger, doubt, disappointment…
While her mood was troubled by various flavors, she heard the man say:
“This pair of stockings can be used as a sample for you to use.
Of course, the money will be deducted from your salary later.”
Given to me?
Instantly, wild joy burst forth from Stanna’s eyes.
A woman, in the end, still cannot resist the temptation of stockings.
Right at this moment, the man’s seductive voice echoed in her ear once again.
“With it, you can re-enter the environment you were once familiar with.
Do you want to go back?”
Psychology is useful.
With just a little observation, he could find that this woman’s current situation is not optimistic.
Perhaps she was wealthy once, but now she is just an ordinary person.
For such people, what they desire more is to return to the past, to experience that sought-after and respected life again.
This is also the reason why Li Yi’an chose her.
What she needed was an opportunity to get back everything she once had, rather than the petty profits before her.
Otherwise, if he chose a random person, they might just abscond with the money.
This man…
Staring at the stockings, Stanna knew that not only did she have no reason to refuse him, but deep down, she even longed to use this opportunity to regain her dignity in front of those who had once looked down on her.
…
Ah!
Am I already old?
After the man left, Stanna deliberately went to the bathroom, stood before the large mirror, and carefully examined herself.
Her body was still as slender as a young girl’s, yet not lacking in plumpness, and her appearance was even more beautiful and glamorous than before.
But, how could you turn a blind eye to it?
Instantly, Stanna’s mood fell to the absolute bottom, but the next moment, thinking of that pair of stockings, a brilliant smile appeared on her face.
Stockings!
They are mine!
As Stanna stretched her one-meter-long legs, walking towards the bedroom full of joy, Li Yi’an, who was going down the stairs, was looking at the light screen that only he could see.
[Hired one employee, opening a new chapter in business.
Experience points +20.]
Hiring employees can actually farm experience points too!
This is simply too wonderful!
“Eh?
No other rewards?”
Although a bit disappointed, Li Yi’an was still full of expectations for the future.
After all, one employee was just the beginning.
In the future, he would at least set up a multinational enterprise with a starting count of ten thousand employees.
“A towering skyscraper rises from the ground; let’s build a solid foundation first.”
Having a ration book that could serve as identification, he naturally could stroll around London more.
In wartime London, one could see people wearing military uniforms everywhere, but what was more common were long lines—there were always long lines in front of food stores.
The people in line couldn’t help but crane their necks to look forward, seeing how many people were ahead.
Li Yi’an naturally was no exception and also lined up.
After all, people have to eat.
While lining up, he specially observed the people in the queue.
Most were women, and even if there were occasionally a few men, they were white-haired old men.
Young men, and even middle-aged men, had entered the army.
As a young man, it was naturally easy to attract others’ attention.
In fact, while lining up, there would always be women casting their eyes on him: energetic young girls, amorous young married women.
Their gazes were either direct or shy.
In short, the pressure was immense.
But in this place, what everyone cared about most was food, not just the question of whether there was any, but also the price.
After all, everyone had a ration book, but it was just a voucher for purchase; you still had to pay money when buying.
Whether you could afford it and whether you could get it was the most important thing.
“What?
Two ounces (1 ounce = 28.350 grams) of sugar actually costs 10 pence? Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
Why don’t you go rob someone…”
An old woman near the front of the queue shouted loudly.
Hearing it, others followed suit and clamored loudly.
“My God, one pound of sugar actually costs 80 shillings!”
“One pound of sugar?
Are you dreaming?”
“Yeah, do you have that many ration coupons?”
Amid the crowd’s clamor, an old man said:
“Madam, if you want to blame someone, blame the Germans.
Didn’t you see in the newspaper, German submarines sank over a dozen more ships.
Our sugar has definitely sunk to the bottom of the sea again…”
“Damned Germans!”
Instantly, the indignant crowd began to curse the Germans and the guy with the weird mustache.
Just like that, moving forward with the surging crowd, finally, it was Li Yi’an’s turn.
When he took out the ration book, the food store owner took one look at the ration book, then looked at him, and asked:
“Sir, what do you need?”
“Give me two loaves of bread, and a pound of bacon or ham, and butter…”
To avoid queuing up again, Li Yi’an wanted to buy a bit more.
However, he didn’t notice that both the food store owner and the people in line were looking at him with strange eyes.
“Okay, sir.”
As the food store owner took the food ration coupons from his hand, someone behind shouted loudly:
“Harry, why are you selling him so many things?
We can buy four ounces of bacon at most!”
“Yes, why sell this guy so much food!”
What’s going on?
Looking at the indignant people around him, Li Yi’an was somewhat confused, when the food store owner said, “Ladies, he is a diplomat, he uses a red book…”
Instantly, the originally indignant people fell silent, and the looks they gave Li Yi’an became complicated.
Is this the treatment for foreign guests?
For a moment, Li Yi’an felt a little flutter of joy in his heart.
After all, this was the legendary foreign guest treatment.
Taking the paper bag full of food, he thanked the owner and left holding the food, amid the envy and jealousy of the crowd, and of course, the flirting glances cast by the women.
Walking to the intersection, just as he was about to buy some fruit, a hoarse voice came over.
“Hello sir, do you have petrol coupons?”
Looking toward the sound, he saw a blond, blue-eyed, thin man wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a flat cap looking at him.
“Sir, if you have petrol coupons, I’m willing to buy them at a high price.”
Saying that, the man rolled up his sleeve to reveal a gold watch, saying:
“I have a gold watch here, sir, a real gold watch…”
(END CHAPTER)