Luo Qiao nodded in agreement and replied, "Yes, there's a shortage of everything, so I sold some herbs and bought a few daily necessities."
Zhao Xiaomei said, "What all did you buy? Let the Second Sister take a look."
Without waiting, she eagerly made her way into the house and, upon seeing the shoes on the kang and the enamel washbasin on the floor, her eyes glittered.
Wow, are these new Jiefang shoes?
Zhao Xiaomei picked them up and felt them for a while, then said, "Luo Qiao, our feet are pretty much the same size. Could you lend these shoes to the Second Sister for a few days?"
Luo Qiao replied with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "I haven't even worn these shoes yet. Besides, our shoe sizes aren't the same; I wear size thirty-six, and you can't fit into them."
Zhao Xiaomei, after looking for a long while and apparently lost in thought, said, "It's fine, I wear size thirty-seven, my feet are slim so I can definitely squeeze into them."
