Renovation street

YiShan Road in Shanghai is known to be a favourite hangout for all those who will do renovations. It has shops lined up on both side of the street from tiles, toilets, door handles, sinks to pipes; you name it and the street offers. We were there because our toilet seat was broken. Being a "clone" of American Standard equipment, we were having a hard time looking for a replacement unit. We headed there as a last ditch effort looking for one. We did! But about 100 times or so more than originally budgeted. You see, when we did a station stop in Tokyo's Narita airport, the Japanese had this funky idea of being neat and detailed. So, the toilet seat was NOT a normal one; it has gadgets spraying either which way and drying with a touch of a button or two. And it is heated! So, the Queen had this idea in her head ;-) And she found a similar one in one of the shops located in YiShan Road. We got one. To be delivered and installed next week. Funny thing, we did not pay the listed priced. It was discounted from the listed and we didn't asked for it. 25% off!!!!! And that was the top one with a dryer! When we paid, we did not pay to the shop; we headed to the cashier on the second floor; one lady collected and the other stamped and handwrote out a Fapiao (official tax receipt) for the purchase. Talk about full employment.